Chapter 98 - 97: Is the Bathwater Tasty?

When the Jade Spirit Python counterattacked after feigning death, several students were so scared their hearts nearly leaped out of their chests. They turned and fled.

SWOOSH!

Without dodging or evading, Luo Tian leaped, actively throwing himself into the Jade Spirit Python’s gaping, bloody maw.

"That brat! Does he have a death wish...?"

Yue Jing and the others looked on with utter disbelief, completely dumbfounded.

"No, that’s not it! This must be the Jade Spirit Python’s final burst of life before it dies."

Nangong Yu paused, his expression shifting slightly.

’Hmph! Even if it’s the Jade Spirit Python’s dying counterattack, it’s still enough to kill him.’

Resentment filled Liu Ziyan’s heart as she cursed him inwardly.

Though it appeared weak after "coming back to life," the Jade Spirit Python still emanated the pressure of the Spirit Sea Realm.

Whoever was caught by its dying blow was in for some serious bad luck!

In the blink of an eye!

The Jade Spirit Python lunged at Luo Tian with its mouth wide open, and Luo Tian charged forward to meet it.

It was as if the two were actors in a dramatic standoff.

WHOOSH!

Luo Tian’s body vanished into the Jade Spirit Python’s gaping, bloody maw.

HISS~

The Jade Spirit Python’s massive tongue and fangs moved to strike.

’Hmph! You’re just a spent force!’

Scoffing inwardly, Luo Tian unleashed the terrifying aura of the Ancient Demon Emperor at point-blank range, a presence whose might could shake all of creation.

The Jade Spirit Python was already on the verge of death, its consciousness nearly gone.

Right now, it was all bluster. Its actual combat power was less than thirty percent of what it was in its Peak Era.

None of this escaped Luo Tian’s Spiritual Sense.

WHOOM!

The sudden blast of the Demon Emperor’s aura triggered the Jade Spirit Python’s instinctual fear, and its body went rigid.

SHING!

Luo Tian burrowed deeper inside. His Wind and Snow Sword flashed, unleashing a brilliant Star Trace Sword Light that pierced the Jade Spirit Python’s throat.

According to the Celestial Book’s Inference,

aside from its eyes, the Jade Spirit Python’s scaly hide provided a powerful Defense.

Its insides, however, were extremely vulnerable.

GLUG! GLUG! GLUG!

Instantly, a deluge of Jade Spirit Blood washed over Luo Tian.

’This feels amazing!’

A cool, soothing sensation spread through Luo Tian’s entire body.

HMM! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The Divine Vein inside him began to frantically absorb the pure Spiritual Power from the Jade Spirit Blood, and his Cultivation rose at a visible pace.

Furthermore, a mysterious power within the Jade Spirit Blood seeped into his limbs and bones, refining his physical constitution.

’Deeper!’

Without pausing, Luo Tian let the momentum carry him deeper into the Jade Spirit Python’s body until he disappeared from view.

"I get it! He’s bathing in fresh Jade Spirit Blood!"

Nangong Yu exclaimed as the realization dawned on him.

Jade Spirit Blood!

The expressions on Yue Jing and Liu Ziyan’s faces changed drastically.

A Jade Spirit Python’s entire body is a treasure, especially its Jade Spirit Blood, which can improve a Martial Artist’s constitution and nourish their Cultivation and vitality.

HISS! HSSSSS!

In its death throes, the Jade Spirit Python thrashed about madly, its body erupting with great clouds of a ghastly green toxic mist.

The other students didn’t dare to get close.

"Damn it! The Jade Spirit Blood is most effective when consumed while the Jade Spirit Python is still alive. Once it dies, the Spiritual Blood Power in its blood will rapidly fade away."

Yue Jing was filled with endless regret, his heart aching with the loss.

"Bathing in the fresh Jade Spirit Blood achieves the perfect effect!"

Nangong Yu sighed softly, a trace of envy in his heart.

The timing Luo Tian had seized just now was simply perfect.

At the critical moment, he was both bold and meticulous, decisively seizing that perfect opportunity.

’Hmph! A giant python’s body contains powerful digestive acids, let alone a Jade Spirit Python...’

A cold glint appeared in Liu Ziyan’s eyes.

Spirit Level pythons primarily kill their prey by swallowing them whole. The acid inside their bodies can easily melt metal.

By entering the Jade Spirit Python’s body, Luo Tian seemed to have seized an opportunity, but he would actually face an even greater danger.

「A few breaths later.」

The Jade Spirit Python suddenly stopped struggling. A large amount of blood gushed from its body, soaking the soil and rocks below.

"It’s dead! Quick!"

The faces of the students present lit up with excitement as they rushed toward the Jade Spirit Python’s corpse.

After a Jade Spirit Python dies, the Spiritual Blood Power within its blood dissipates quickly.

But drinking a few mouthfuls now would still be highly beneficial.

GULP!

Nangong Yu stepped forward, cupped a mouthful of the Spirit Blood, and drank. His True Qi rapidly recovered, and he felt his energy surge.

Beyond that, there were no other noticeable effects.

’Something’s wrong.’

Nangong Yu’s brow furrowed. When he drank a second mouthful, the effect was even weaker.

As the Jade Spirit Python lay dead, its Jade Spirit Blood was gradually turning into ordinary blood, or even useless dregs.

"What’s going on?!"

Yue Jing and the others quickly stopped "drinking the blood."

In just a few breaths, the Spirit Blood flowing from the Jade Spirit Python had turned into useless dregs.

Even the first few mouthfuls they drank only restored a bit of their energy and Vitality. It did nothing to advance their Cultivation, let alone provide the miraculous effect of improving their constitution.

"Could the rumors be false?"

The students present were greatly disappointed.

"Something must have happened, causing the blood to lose most of its Spiritual Power after the Jade Spirit Python died."

Nangong Yu wore a thoughtful expression.

Normally, the Spiritual Power in Jade Spirit Blood wouldn’t dissipate this quickly after death.

Just as everyone was looking on in shock and confusion...

POP! CRACK!

A hole suddenly burst open in the Jade Spirit Python’s abdomen. A young man covered in glistening jade blood shot out, carrying a lantern-sized pouch made of flesh and blood.

"Luo Tian?"

The students present turned pale with shock.

The Jade Spirit Python’s body contained powerful digestive acids. How could Luo Tian have emerged completely unharmed?

"Ah! That feels good..."

Luo Tian stretched lazily with a look of pure enjoyment on his face. His body was coated in a layer of frosty, jade-colored blood.

After entering the python’s body, he had bathed in its blood and activated his Divine Vein Cold Power, forming a layer of frosty blood to insulate himself from the acid.

After the Jade Spirit Python died, the potency of the acid in its body had also been sharply reduced.

CRACK!

As Luo Tian spread his arms, a burst of True Qi shattered the layer of blood-frost on his body, revealing the clean, refreshed face of a young man.

Looking closely,

Luo Tian’s skin was fair and smooth with a healthy, reddish glow. His entire complexion looked more vibrant and full of life.

Faintly, his cultivation aura was approaching the Peak of the Sixth Layer.

Yue Jing and Liu Ziyan’s faces were grim, and they gnashed their teeth in hatred. Luo Tian had clearly obtained immense benefits from bathing in the Jade Spirit Blood.

In just a few short breaths, his Cultivation had skyrocketed!

"Everyone! How was my bathwater?"

Luo Tian grinned mischievously, his gaze sweeping over the traces of blood on the corners of their mouths.

Bathwater?

Yue Jing and the others were stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage.

Luo Tian had bathed in the fresh, living Jade Spirit Blood, achieving the most perfect effect.

And they had drunk the blood that flowed out after the Jade Spirit Python died.

In comparison,

they had basically drunk Luo Tian’s "bathwater."

At this thought, Liu Ziyan felt a wave of nausea. Her pretty face turned ashen, and she wished she could tear Luo Tian limb from limb.

"Luo Tian, what’s that in your hand?"

Nangong Yu suppressed his disgust, his gaze falling on the fleshy pouch in Luo Tian’s hand. It was about the size of a lantern and looked like some kind of organ.

"The Spiritual Power is fading anyway. Here, have a drink."

Luo Tian said cheerfully.

He handed the fleshy pouch to Nangong Yu.

"This is?"

After a quick glance at the fleshy pouch, Nangong Yu swiftly took a drink.

GULP!

After that one mouthful, a comfortable feeling spread through Nangong Yu’s body. His cultivation surged, bringing him to the verge of breaking through to the Eighth Layer of Meridian Opening.

At the same time, a mysterious power flowed through his limbs and bones, improving his physical constitution.

"Thank you."

Nangong Yu took a deep breath, a grateful look on his face, and handed the fleshy pouch back to Luo Tian.

"What is that fleshy pouch?"

"Is it filled with Jade Spirit Blood? Why does it still have an effect?!"

The four of them, including Yue Jing, stared at the fleshy pouch in Luo Tian’s hand, their eyes filled with suspicion and greed.

Only Nangong Yu understood. ’What’s inside isn’t ordinary Jade Spirit Blood, but the Jade Spirit Python’s Essence Blood!’

He had experienced its effects firsthand.

"This is the Jade Spirit Python’s gallbladder. Using the python’s own organ to store the Jade Spirit Blood slows the rate at which its Spiritual Power dissipates."

Luo Tian said nonchalantly.

’So that’s how it is.’

Nangong Yu understood. Beyond his surprise, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of admiration.

’How could a commoner Martial Artist like Luo Tian be so knowledgeable?’

’From the moment he leaped into the Jade Spirit Python’s gaping maw, he must have already had a meticulous plan in mind.’

"Luo Tian, everyone who was here deserves a share!"

"Everyone contributed to killing this python."

Yue Jing, Liu Ziyan, the purple-haired youth, and the others stared at Luo Tian in unison, their eyes gleaming with greedy excitement.

A hint of killing intent flashed in the eyes of Yue Jing and Liu Ziyan.

However, given their current condition, neither of them had absolute confidence they could take down Luo Tian.

If Luo Tian would obediently hand over a few portions of the Jade Spirit Blood, they could reluctantly accept that.

"I was the one who risked my life to kill this python. The lion’s share of the credit should naturally be mine."

Luo Tian said coolly.

He would sooner spill the entire pouch of Spirit Blood on the ground than give Yue Jing or Liu Ziyan even a single drop.

"Luo Tian! Even if you have the most credit, if you’re eating the meat, you should at least let us have some of the soup."

The purple-haired youth’s eyes were bloodshot.

The benefits of Jade Spirit Blood to a Meridian Opening Realm Martial Artist were simply too great!

It was enough to drive a person mad!

"Didn’t you already drink the bathwater? What soup are you still talking about?"

Luo Tian retorted with a sneer.

"You’re courting death!"

The four of them, led by Yue Jing, flew into a thunderous rage. Their True Qi flared as they prepared to resort to force.

"Stop!"

An authoritative male voice rang out, accompanied by a wave of pressure from the Spirit Sea Realm.

SWOOSH!

A gaunt man in a purple robe floated down. On the back of his robe was an emblem of a purple and gold sun.

"A Sunshine Student!"

All the students present were deeply shocked.

"Senior Jin."

Yue Jing’s face was filled with awe.

A Sunshine Student! These were the chosen elites of the Sun Chasing Holy Mansion.

According to Yue Jing’s information,

it was this very Sunshine Student who had heavily injured a Spirit Level Demon Beast, which Luo Tian had later luckily stumbled upon.

"Hmph! Disciples of the same Mansion fighting amongst themselves. What a disgrace."

Senior Jin snorted coldly, releasing an immense pressure nearly on par with the Jade Spirit Python’s.

"Senior Jin! You can’t blame us. We all worked together to kill the Jade Spirit Python, but he monopolized the Jade Spirit Blood."

Yue Jing complained.

"When did I monopolize it?"

Luo Tian retorted, pointing at the Jade Spirit Python lying in a pool of blood.

"Look! There’s a whole puddle of bath... Spirit Blood! It’s more than enough for you to drink your fill, but you still insist on trying to rob me?"

"You must have done something to make the Spiritual Power in the Jade Spirit Blood fade so quickly!"

Liu Ziyan and the others trembled with rage.

Jade Spirit Blood?

A strange look appeared on Senior Jin’s face. His gaze swept over the Jade Spirit Python, then to the Python Gallbladder in Luo Tian’s hand.

As a Sunshine Student, he was knowledgeable and well-informed.

A moment’s thought was all it took for him to understand. Luo Tian must have taken the Jade Spirit Python’s heart Essence Blood, which caused the rest of its blood to rapidly become useless after it died.

After all, the heart is the center through which all the body’s blood flows.

"Kid! Acting all innocent after scoring such a huge advantage! Did you take the Jade Spirit Python’s Essence Blood?"

Senior Jin couldn’t help but chuckle, though he was inwardly surprised.

To cause such a result, he would have had to remove the Jade Spirit Python’s heart while it was still alive.

And Luo Tian had even stored the Spirit Blood in the gallbladder to slow the loss of Spiritual Power.

The difficulty and calculation involved were terrifying to even contemplate!