Chapter 36

As Li Shun Tian's voice echoed, the ball of essence blood indeed transformed just like it did when Bao Wen Liang made his oath last time. It first shone brightly, reaching a peak, then quickly dimmed, and finally shot into Li Shun Tian's眉心, disappearing without a trace.

Lin Hao Ming watched the entire process of Li Shun Tian making the blood oath. Seeing his slightly pale face after the oath, he felt a bit of admiration for this person's ability to take and let go. If it weren't for his early misjudgment of the situation and offending many people, he probably wouldn't have fallen to this point.

Of course, if Li Shun Tian hadn't made the blood oath, Lin Hao Ming wouldn't have dared to bring him along so easily. A person like him, once given an opportunity, would definitely not be easy to deal with.

However, now that he had made the blood oath, things were different. Lin Hao Ming smiled and said, "Brother Li, I am very satisfied with your resolve. Here is a small trinket for you to use!"

Lin Hao Ming patted his storage bag, and a metal ball about the size of an adult's fist flew out, heading straight for Li Shun Tian.

"This... This is a mid-grade magical artifact!" Li Shun Tian was quite shocked. After all, even a mid-grade magical artifact of poor quality would cost 100 spirit stones. For the other party to give it to him so casually, this was quite a generous gesture.

"The Black Iron Ball is a magical artifact from the Buddhist Temple of Vajra. I obtained it by chance. I see that your cultivation is not very high, so you can use it temporarily. As long as you do a good job for me, you will naturally benefit!" Lin Hao Ming said in a condescending manner.

"Thank you, Brother Lin!" Li Shun Tian held the magical artifact with both hands, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes.

As he expressed his gratitude, Lin Hao Ming also felt that his Merit Pearl had received a bit of merit. Although the amount was not much, not even enough to make up a complete small merit, at least it showed that Li Shun Tian was grateful, which was better than harboring resentment.

Lin Hao Ming was very pleased with this outcome and also felt the effectiveness of combining kindness with authority. Although he hadn't planned it this way today, it ended up happening.

After putting away the Black Iron Ball, Li Shun Tian asked curiously, "Brother Lin, what exactly do you need me for?"

Li Shun Tian cleverly expressed his loyalty right away. Lin Hao Ming said directly, "Didn't I just tell you that I need to go out for a while, and it just so happens to be to your former country!"

"Brother Lin, you are going to the Southern Liang Kingdom?" Li Shun Tian asked, somewhat surprised.

"That's right, I have some matters for you to handle!" Lin Hao Ming said.

Li Shun Tian knew that after making the blood oath, Lin Hao Ming had no reason to deceive him. However, he wondered why someone would go to a mortal kingdom. Could it be that Brother Lin needed to practice some cultivation technique that required living people?

Li Shun Tian was puzzled, but Lin Hao Ming didn't explain. Instead, he instructed him to refine the Black Iron Ball.

After refining it, Lin Hao Ming immediately summoned the Mother and Son Swords and flew toward the entrance to the second level.

Li Shun Tian immediately followed behind Lin Hao Ming. The Black Iron Ball could also be used as a flying magical artifact. Although it looked strange to stand on a ball, it was still exciting for Li Shun Tian to fly for the first time, and the resentment from being forced to make the blood oath diminished somewhat.

After flying for a short while, Li Shun Tian noticed that they were not heading outside but seemed to be going toward the entrance to the second level, which made him a bit puzzled.

When Li Shun Tian was brought back to the sect, he was intended to be trained as an inner disciple due to his good potential. Therefore, he knew that the second level had a teleportation hall. Seeing this, he wondered if Lin Hao Ming was going to use the teleportation hall to leave.

Although Li Shun Tian was puzzled, he didn't dare to ask too many questions and just followed behind Lin Hao Ming.

Soon, the two arrived at the entrance to the second level. Lin Hao Ming took out the token given by Ling Sheng Jie, and the guards let them pass without any issues.

Seeing the token in Lin Hao Ming's hand, Li Shun Tian realized that he had underestimated Lin Hao Ming. Although he hadn't seen the token before, he knew it wasn't an ordinary item. It could not only access the second level but also the third level without any problems.

As Lin Hao Ming's background became more impressive, Li Shun Tian's resentment diminished. After all, following a stronger person could provide some comfort.

Soon, the two indeed arrived at the teleportation hall.

Since Lin Hao Ming was an outer disciple, he had to take out the token again.

The disciples at the teleportation hall didn't fuss when they saw Lin Hao Ming's token and let them pass. After all, Lin Hao Ming was a regular visitor, and they knew the rules.

This time, Lin Hao Ming wasn't going to Red Leaf Mountain, and the legendary array at Red Leaf Mountain had been suspended. Lin Hao Ming directly took Li Shun Tian to the teleportation array for the Southern Liang Kingdom.

Although the Blood Refinement Sect was located in the Che Yun Kingdom, it actually controlled a vast territory, including many small and large mortal kingdoms. The Che Yun Kingdom was just the most powerful one, while the Southern Liang Kingdom was only a small kingdom. Even so, it still covered an area of several million square kilometers.

The Blood Refinement Sect also sent disciples to these mortal kingdoms to search for talented children among the mortals to supplement the sect's strength.

Lin Hao Ming directly threw some spirit stones to the disciples at the teleportation hall.

They skillfully embedded the spirit stones into the teleportation array, and then Lin Hao Ming and Li Shun Tian stood on the array.

As the white light of the teleportation array shone, the two quickly disappeared from the teleportation hall.

Under the dim light of a few oil lamps, they saw only the walls made of green bricks, with nothing else.

Have we really returned to the Southern Liang Kingdom? Li Shun Tian felt incredulous as he recovered from the dizziness. Just a few hours ago, he was still working as a butcher in the Floating Pagoda Cave.

He glanced at Lin Hao Ming, who had already stepped off the teleportation array.

At that moment, one of the green brick walls suddenly trembled, and then the wall moved aside, revealing a hidden door.

An old man with gray temples appeared at the door. Seeing the two, he bowed respectfully and said, "Yue Hai Xia, greeting the two senior brothers!"

This old man was also a cultivator, but despite his advanced age, his cultivation was very poor, only at the sixth level of the Qi Condensation stage. From his appearance, it seemed he would remain at this level for the rest of his life.

Lin Hao Ming had already learned that many outer disciples, after realizing they had no hope of becoming inner disciples, would leave the sect at a certain age, having accumulated some wealth, to enjoy a comfortable life outside. This old man was likely one of them.

The gathering places of mortals had thin and mixed spiritual energy, unsuitable for cultivation. Therefore, except for those who had completely given up on the path of immortality, like this old man, most people wouldn't come to such places. In a small country like the Southern Liang Kingdom, the sect wouldn't even send a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator to guard it. The person in charge was just an inner disciple at the peak of the Qi Condensation stage, and most inner disciples wouldn't come here unless they had special reasons or were unfortunate.

"Is this the Southern Liang Kingdom?" Lin Hao Ming asked casually.

"Exactly!" Yue Hai Xia answered respectfully.

Hearing his confirmation, Li Shun Tian felt a wave of emotion. After being away for years, he had finally returned home.