Chapter 142 : Chapter 142

Chapter 142: A Deal with Bai Zhan, Leaving the Dongming Sea!

【The next moment, you saw the tiger demon block your path and appear before you.】

【You saw the tiger demon looking at you with a smug expression as he told you that White Tiger Divine Beasts were born with innate spatial divine abilities. Since he possessed a trace of White Tiger bloodline, he could naturally inherit part of that power as well.】

【“Do you really think you’ve got me cornered?”】

【You looked at the tiger demon before you, tightened your grip on the Taixu Immortal Sword, and fixed your gaze on him.】

【Seeing that you looked ready to die rather than yield, the tiger demon signaled for you not to be nervous. He was not here to kill you.】

【“My name is Bai Zhan. I only want to make a deal with you!”】

【“A deal?”】

【You looked at Bai Zhan in surprise. You had not expected him to chase after you just to make a deal.】

【“You want the True Dragon Blood Essence in my body?”】

【“That’s right!”】

【Bai Zhan did not hide his intentions in the slightest and directly admitted that he wanted the True Dragon Blood Essence from your body.】

【Bai Zhan told you that your constitution was far too special. The True Dragon aura coming from your body had all the demon clans in the Dongming Sea coveting you.】

【And from Bai Zhan’s point of view, judging by your earlier battles, you most likely had not even gone all out yet. That was why he had no intention of fighting you to mutual destruction and only wanted to make a deal.】

【“What do I get from making a deal with you?”】

【You narrowed your eyes at Bai Zhan. You could naturally give him some True Dragon Blood Essence, but you would absolutely not hand it over so easily.】

【“Judging by the direction you’re traveling, you should be heading to the Southern Wilderness Divine Continent, right?”】

【“From the look of it, you crossed the Endless Sea to reach the Dongming Sea. I can let you use a teleportation array to go to the Southern Wilderness Divine Continent!”】

【“What do you think? It’s a very worthwhile deal. You should know very well just how dangerous the Endless Sea is.”】

【After hearing Bai Zhan’s words, a cold sneer appeared on your face.】

【“Since I was able to cross the Endless Sea and reach the Dongming Sea, do you really think I’m worried about being unable to reach the Southern Wilderness Divine Continent?”】

【“If that’s how you do business, then I think this deal between us can end right here!”】

【Hearing that, Bai Zhan frowned as he looked at you.】

【“Then what do you want?”】

【“Give me ten top-grade spiritual herbs that can strengthen the Primordial Spirit, and I’ll give you one drop of True Dragon Blood Essence!”】

【After thinking for a long time, you decided to trade for spiritual herbs that could strengthen the Primordial Spirit. On the one hand, those herbs could be used for Wuji Heavenly Venerable. On the other hand, they could also be prepared for your own future tribulation.】

【Although you did not understand why Wuji Heavenly Venerable had been unable to contact you ever since you entered the Canglan Realm, the spiritual herbs still needed to be prepared in advance.】

【“Ten stalks?”】

【“No. Ten is too many. Spiritual herbs of this kind are already rare to begin with. Five at most!”】

【After seeing Bai Zhan refuse, you deliberately reached out and touched the Taixu Immortal Sword in front of him.】

【“Not one stalk less than ten. Do you know how much of my vitality it takes for me to produce a single drop of True Dragon Blood Essence?”】

【Right in front of Bai Zhan, you deliberately spoke as though losing one drop of blood essence would cause you extremely severe backlash.】

【Although Bai Zhan did not believe what you said about the backlash, the moment he saw the Taixu Immortal Sword in your hand, he fell into hesitation.】

【For him, taking out ten top-grade spiritual herbs at once was not an easy matter either.】

【Moreover, he did not want to fight you. Leaving aside everything else, the Taixu Immortal Sword in your hand was a genuine Immortal Artifact.】

【What worried Bai Zhan the most was that if the battle between the two of you drew the people of the Eerie Immortal Race, then he could forget about obtaining the True Dragon Blood Essence altogether.】

【You and Bai Zhan remained locked in a standoff. In the end, Bai Zhan let out a long sigh and still agreed to your request.】

【Bai Zhan told you that he needed seven days to gather everything.】

【You told Bai Zhan that you would wait here for seven days. If he did not appear within seven days, you would leave directly.】

【Bai Zhan nodded and turned to leave.】

【Seven days later!】

【Bai Zhan arrived as promised and tossed you a storage ring.】

【After seeing the spiritual herbs inside the storage ring, you were overjoyed. You then handed over the one drop of blood essence you had prepared in advance to Bai Zhan.】

【After giving Bai Zhan the blood essence, you asked him why, within the Dongming Sea, he was the only Mahayana demon beast you had seen.】

【Hearing that, Bai Zhan looked at you in confusion, his expression as though he were looking at a fool.】

【The moment you saw Bai Zhan’s expression, you instantly understood what was going on.】

【You had not expected that the situation among demon beasts was actually no different from that of you humans. They too were under the control of the Eerie Immortal Race.】

【“The Eerie Immortal Race?”】

【Bai Zhan looked at you in puzzlement and curiously asked how, after cultivating to such a realm, you could still ask such a question.】

【You let out a helpless sigh and told Bai Zhan that you had come out of the Dead Zone.】

【After hearing that, Bai Zhan revealed a look of shock in front of you for the first time.】

【He had not expected that you were actually a human cultivator who had come out of the Dead Zone. In his view, there should no longer have been any trace of human cultivators left within the Dead Zone.】

【Right after that, Bai Zhan told you that the cultivation method of the Eerie Immortal Race was fundamentally different from yours.】

【Bai Zhan told you that, according to what he knew, the Eerie Immortal Race could only cultivate and break through by devouring flesh-and-blood prey. They had absolutely no reliance on spiritual qi or immortal qi.】

【“That is also why, in the Canglan Realm today, there are no longer any humans or demon beasts above the Immortal Realm.”】

【“For all these years, the human race has been resisting, but every one of them who broke through to the Immortal Realm was eaten. By now, they have even started eating those in the Tribulation Realm. Some of the weaker members of the Eerie Immortal Race do not even spare Mahayana cultivators.”】

【After hearing Bai Zhan’s explanation, you gained a deeper understanding of the Eerie Immortal Race.】

【You discovered that the Eerie Immortal Race and the Eerie Insect Race were completely different. One targeted the Primordial Spirit, while the other targeted the fleshly body.】

【After learning the answer you wanted, you asked Bai Zhan whether he could take you to the teleportation array to head for the Southern Wilderness Divine Continent.】

【The moment those words came out, Bai Zhan’s face instantly turned livid.】

【“If you give me another drop of True Dragon Blood Essence, I can take you to the teleportation array!”】

【“You don’t think it’s easy for me to use the teleportation array, do you? I may appear to be the one in charge of the Dongming Sea on the surface, but in the end, it is still the Eerie Immortal Race that calls the shots behind the scenes.”】

【“Farewell!”】

【After leaving behind that single line, you decisively turned and left.】

【If he had been willing to help you enter the teleportation array for free, you might still have tried it. But if he wanted blood essence, then forget it.】

【Deep down, you were even worried that if you went there, the people of the Eerie Immortal Race might notice something unusual about you. After all, the True Dragon aura on your body was far too dense. Once you were exposed, the consequences would be unimaginable.】

【One month later!】

【You crossed the entire Dongming Sea and arrived near the Endless Sea.】

【Looking at the Endless Sea before you, you knew that as long as you crossed it, you would reach the Southern Wilderness Divine Continent.】