Chapter 9

The water of Lake Watch was very clear. At night, as gentle breezes blew, ripples spread across the lake. The surroundings were filled with lush, towering green trees, and occasionally, a few dense leaves would fall onto the lake, attracting several fish to swim around them.

"Ximen, let's talk about you. Since we've formed a team, we can't keep secrets from each other. As for me, you already know, I'm an orphan who grew up with an old man. Now that the old man is gone, I'm all alone. As for Landa, I found her by chance." Bai Mo said with a smile.

"Who did you find? That sounds so strange," Landa pouted.

"What? Aren't you the one I found?" Bai Mo said with a smile.

"I...," Landa really didn't know how to refute it, and could only pout in anger, "Ximen, I'm not from the Canglan Realm; I'm from the Qingzhou Realm."

"The Qingzhou Realm? That must be a high-level realm," Ximen thought to himself, but his face remained calm as he scanned the two, "Bai Mo, Landa, as you said, since we've formed a team and are brothers, I have nothing to hide. I'm just a small cultivator in Fallen City. In fact, not only in Fallen City, but also in several nearby cities in the Wulong Mountains, I've been around. The reason I do this is only one: I want to find my sister."

"Your sister? What happened to her?" Landa asked.

"She's missing!" Ximen's face showed a hint of sadness, "Our Ximen family used to be a glorious clan, but unfortunately, it declined. By the time it got to my generation, only my sister and I were left. But when I was eight years old..."

Bai Mo listened quietly. Although Ximen's story was quite cliché, it wasn't the same when it happened to you. When it really happens to you, you don't have the heart to think about whether it's cliché. The pain of losing a loved one, Bai Mo could feel it personally.

It hurt, deeply.

"I hate it! If I hadn't left back then, my sister wouldn't have been lost. These years, I've been dreaming of my sister suffering, being bullied. Sister, it's all my fault for losing you! I really deserve to die!"

It was hard to imagine that Ximen, who was usually so composed, was now crying like a child.

The sobs were heart-wrenching!

"Ximen, if you're a real man, don't cry! From now on, I don't want to see you cry over anything. Just because you lost your sister, you can find her! If your sister sees you like this, she would be even more heartbroken. Listen to me, as a brother, you need to act like a brother. Since you lost her, you must do whatever it takes to find her. Only then can you be a man, a qualified brother." Bai Mo had no sympathy, and after watching Ximen cry for a while, he sternly shouted.

"I know!" Ximen wiped away his tears, looked up at Bai Mo's resolute face, and nodded firmly, "I just couldn't help it. Don't worry, from now on, I won't shed any more tears. You're right, since I lost my sister, I must find her myself."

"That's more like it! Before, it was just you, but now, we're here too. Since we're brothers and a team, we can't stand by. Don't worry, your sister is my sister too, and I'll help you find her." Bai Mo said.

"Okay!" Ximen smiled.

A kind of indescribable emotion flowed through his body. Ximen didn't know why, but from the moment he met Bai Mo, even though it hadn't been long, he could feel the sincerity between them. Between men and women, it's called love at first sight, but between men, perhaps it's more fitting to say they are compatible.

Sometimes, things happen so suddenly, and the inevitability hidden in that suddenness will be perfectly confirmed over time.

"Ximen, over all these years, you've been to so many cities, but you haven't found any news of your sister? By the way, what's your sister's name?" Landa tore off a charred rabbit leg and ate it daintily, asking.

"Her name is Bai Qi, Ximen Bai Qi!" Ximen said slowly, "I've been to many cities, but I haven't found any news at all. But I won't give up. I know Bai Qi is waiting for me, waiting for me to find her. As long as I live, I will find Bai Qi, my dear sister."

Ximen's calm tone exuded an unprecedented determination.

"Good, you have the spirit, worthy of being my brother. Come, let's have a drink first!" Bai Mo raised his wine glass. As a hunter, after obtaining the Black Tower, Bai Mo had stuffed everything into it. Not to mention wine, he could even produce a bed at any time if he wanted to.

That night, Ximen really got drunk!

It was the first time in many years that Ximen had gotten so drunk, and it would also be the last time. Apart from this, Ximen never allowed himself to get drunk again.

The next morning.

When the warm sunlight enveloped Lake Watch, Bai Mo and the others had already left. When Bai Mo returned to the wooden house, this time, in addition to Landa, there was also Ximen. After settling Ximen, he prepared to go to the Blood Pool to cultivate. After obtaining the blood of the two spirit beasts, the most urgent thing for Bai Mo was to refine the Blood Beads as soon as possible.

"Bai Mo, your Blood Pool is used to refine the body. Here, take this Dragon Tooth Grass and integrate it into the Blood Pool." Ximen took out the Dragon Tooth Grass without hesitation.

"Ximen..."

"Don't dilly-dally!" Ximen waved his hand and threw the Dragon Tooth Grass over.

Bai Mo took it with a smile, said nothing more, and closed the door, sitting in the Blood Pool. As the blood covered his head, his spirit consciousness quickly entered the Black Tower, appearing before the Blood Pool covered in spirit patterns.

Next to the Blood Pool, the massive skeletons of the Silver Ancient Clam and the Unicorne Dragon Centipede were piled up. Due to the storage bag, these two corpses were eventually collected by Bai Mo.

At this moment, there were already three Blood Beads in front of the Blood Pool. Compared to the previous ones, the Blood Beads looked no different, but Bai Mo knew their power was absolutely different.

After picking up the Blood Beads, Bai Mo looked at the still full Blood Pool and thought, "I wonder if this Dragon Tooth Grass is really as miraculous as people say, worth so many people fighting over. Since the Blood Pool can refine blood into Blood Beads, I wonder if it can do the same for this herb. No matter, even if it doesn't work, it's just a Dragon Tooth Grass. I'll take the risk!"

The Dragon Tooth Grass, with the raise of Bai Mo's arm, drew a beautiful arc in the air and fell into the Blood Pool. Without any pause, his spirit consciousness left the Black Tower. Compared to waiting, he had more important things to do now, which was to test the power of these Blood Beads.

"I hope you don't disappoint me!"

Bai Mo smiled and put a Blood Bead in his mouth. Almost as soon as the Blood Bead slid down his throat, a fiery aura surged from his blood. This aura was more powerful and domineering than the previous Blood Beads. If the previous Blood Beads were a small river, then the power of this Blood Bead was a mighty river.

Majestic and awe-inspiring.

Ah!

With past experience, Bai Mo clenched his teeth tightly, roaring fiercely in his heart, but he didn't let out the breath. A wave of overwhelming power surged out, beginning to refine his blood and bone marrow. Each blood vessel, which had already reached its limit, burst out in an unimaginable way as the Blood Bead was refined: it thickened and expanded outward.

Ninth Rank Spirit Warrior!

In the midst of this near-death pain, Bai Mo's cultivation level suddenly rose, quickly crossing into the Ninth Rank Spirit Warrior. The star pattern on his chest became even more brilliant and dazzling, flashing continuously without any sign of fading.

As the power of the first Blood Bead gradually weakened and Bai Mo adapted to the Ninth Rank Spirit Warrior realm, he didn't hesitate and swallowed another Blood Bead.

Unbearable torture!

Pain worse than death!

When the pain from his bones made Bai Mo feel as if he was being torn apart, he suddenly raised his head and roared out all the suppressed frustration in his heart.

Roar! Roar!

With each roar, a shocking scene unfolded: Bai Mo's entire body emitted a sound like popping beans.