Chapter 705: Shanjenna's Opportunity
After thinking about it silently, Shanjenna eventually nodded in agreement. That Tang Xiu was evidently a lofty bigshot. Such a powerful figure, would he even accept other's employment for some money? Unlikely.
However, after pondering and giving up the idea, Shanjenna cheered up again nonetheless. At least, the feeling of having survived a dire predicament did feel great. She took a deep breath, and then looked at Han Jintong and said with a smile, "I really have to thank you on this one, Professor. Without your protection, I would have been depraved into some medicament and stinking bloody pulp."
Han Jintong was thinking about how to obtain more advanced cultivation techniques and how to become a true expert like Tang Xiu. Therefore, he did not pay attention to Shanjenna's words, perfunctorily replied with "you're welcome", and then prepared to lead her out.
"Umm?"
Suddenly, Shanjenna curiously shifted her sight toward the depths of the forested mountain, because she saw a burly man who just left with Tang Xiu return.
Han Jintong was startled by her. After following the direction of her gaze, he then found Jin Shi flying towards them. He arrived in front of them after several breaths, immediately cupping his hands and said, "Is there anything this Brother wants to tell me?"
"My Boss sent me to ask whether you're interested to be his guest. If you are, you need to accept two of his requests."
"What are the two requests?" Asked Han Jingtong immediately without thinking. He had been dreaming to establish a relationship with Tang Xiu all this while.
"Firstly, if you are to go with my Boss to some place, and you must follow his instructions and cannot leave without his permission. Secondly, he wants to cooperate with her to perform some experiments."
Shanjenna lifted her bloodstained finger to point at her own nose and surprisedly asked, "Your Boss wants to cooperate with me on some experiments? What exactly are them?"
"I don't know." Jin Shi shook his head.
Han Jintong slightly furrowed his brows. He looked at Shanjenna and then shifted his gaze toward the direction Tang Xiu left, and suddenly asked, "May I ask whether the experiments Tang Xiu wants to perform would injure Shanjenna?"
"I don't know about it either." Jin Shi still shook his head and paused for a moment, and pensively thought before saying, "If my Boss wanted to harm her, he could have already done it before. And I don't think you could resist either."
Han Jintong instantly relaxed. He looked at Shanjenna and said, "You can choose to refuse now, Shanjenna. I'll still do everything I can to send you out of China. But you can opt to stay here as well, on the premise that you cooperate with Mr. Tang to conduct some experiments. I believe he won't harm you given his character."
"What about Mr. Tang's place? Is it safe?" Asked Shanjenna cautiously.
"It should be safer than leaving you alone," said Han Jintong. "Besides, the Darksoul Scent is currently on you, and if the assassination agents from the Stygian Club keep hunting you, you only have a slim chance to escape. If you opt to stay and wait in Mr. Tang's place until the Darksoul Scent on you completely dissipates, you can then leave quietly."
Shanjenna felt joyous inwardly and nodded with an excited expression, saying, "Alright. Then I choose to stay. As long as Mr. Tang doesn't harm me, I'm willing to cooperate and conduct the experiments with him."
Laoshan Highway.
Five SUVs were parked on the roadside. Tang Xiu sat in the car in the middle while smoking and watched the young men outside the window, who wore respectful expressions, and spoke to them in satisfaction, "You've done a very good job this time. What's your name?"
"Wang Ya! (Chen Song!)" The duo replied separately.
Tang Xiu nodded, "Work hard in the future and strive to assume the highest two posts in Shanghai's intelligence division. I'm looking forward to seeing you render your service under me in the future."
Chen Song and Wang Ya's eyes lit up and immediately nodded repeatedly with excited expressions.
Tang Xiu took two porcelain bottles from his interspatial ring, each of which contained a drop of Body Refining Liquid, and threw it to the duo and said, "When you go back home, pour this into your bathtub along with warm water, and then soak yourselves inside. Do remember, however, that no matter how painful it gets you must endure for half an hour. It will give you some benefits."
"Thank you, Boss!" The duo held the porcelain bottles with fervent eyes, as though they just had discovered some precious relics.
When the duo departed, as Tang Xiu had finished smoking, he saw that Jin Shi, with Han Jintong and Shanjenna, had arrived. He did not speak to the two and let them board the car, and then issued an order to leave.
The reason why he had a sudden change in mind to bring along Han Jintong and Shanjenna back, was because he remembered something. The vampire body he took would definitely have its blood activity weakened, and eventually would lose its activity. But Shanjenna was different since she was a living vampire. Maybe he would gain something if he could study her blood and her organs.
On the way back, he called Mo Yi and asked the old man to put aside his research and immediately rush to Shanghai alone. Mo Yi was a biologist, and he knew that this man would continue to complete his research on the vampires. And Tang Xiu had a faint expectation about the final result.
Paradise Manor.
Tang Xiu did not directly go to the Bluestar Villa Complex but straightly took Han Jintong and Shanjenna to the Paradise Manor, since it was rather convenient to settle them there. Ouyang Lulu who had received a call from Tang Xiu ahead of time and was already waiting in the courtyard in an area of the Paradise Manor that was not open to the public. The area had several foreign-style multi-story buildings, and when the group arrived here, they directly settled Han Jintong and Shanjenna.
In the living room where Han Jintong just sat down, he saw Tang Xiu watching Shanjenna and scrutinizing her. As an experienced man, he immediately got up and said, "Mr. Tang, I'm injured, so I'll go to my room to heal myself. Feel free to summon me if you have anything to tell me."
Tang Xiu just waved his hand casually and did not look at him at all. His eyes were still full of curiosity, making Shanjenna have some gooseflesh inwardly.
"T-Tang… Mr. Tang, I-I also must heal me if there's nothing else," said Shanjenna immediately after getting up.
Tang Xiu stopped her. Though Shanjenna's whole body was battered and scarred, he seemed to be watching her like she was a fine, exquisite object. After Han Jintong's back disappeared in the hallway, he then took a Holy Healing medicine and threw it at her, saying, "There's something I'm very curious about. This medicinal pill has a strong healing effect on humans, but I don't whether it will have the same effect on you. Do you dare to try it?"
Shanjenna looked at the medicinal pill in her hands. She could smell the medicinal fragrance, and there was an intoxicating look on her pale face. She greedily sucked up several breaths of it, looked at Tang Xiu and asked, "You mean… you want me to take this pill?"
"That's right," said Tang Xiu with a smile.
Shanjenna threw the Holy Healing medicine into her mouth without hesitation and immediately felt the pill turn into a heat flow that coursed through her whole body after entering her throat. The heat flow current entered her body and then turned into myriad heat flow currents. In just a few breaths, it had already circulated all over her body.
Warm and comfortable!
She felt like every pore all over her body stretched out, while the injuries in her body were constantly being healed. Even part of the medicinal efficacy actually merged into her bloodstream and fused into her Core Nucleus. On the surface of her body, all the horrible bleeding open wounds were healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Her tall and delicate body twitched unceasingly, eventually slumping on the soft sofa and squirming.
It was so itchy and yet comfortable.
The contrasting sensations made her feel like she was floating in the clouds. She greedily covered these two sensations, wishing that she could forever indulge within and never wake up again.
Flap, bang!
The bones inside Shanjenna's body sent out a bean-like bursting sound, as her pair of broken wings that were retracted into her body now opened in an instant. Her delicate body slowly floated from the sofa while a particular stream of energy from all directions fluxed into her body.
Quickly, her wings were repaired, while her aura was getting stronger and stronger.
Flop…
A sound like a cork being unplugged was faintly heard from Shanjenna's body. Her body bloated up and turned bigger in an instant and her wings were enlarged, while the lines on them looked even more complicated than before.
At this moment, her previously shut eyes instantly opened, and a scarlet blood light flashed on them. A look of ecstasy was shown on her face as she forcefully clenched her fist and swayed her hands, creating a whooshing sound. Her figure flashed in an instant to the front of Tang Xiu, as she knelt on the floor and gratefully said, "Thank you so much, Mr. Tang."
Tang Xiu, who had been observing Shanjenna, found that her aura was several times stronger than before. At this time, he looked at her grateful face and curiously asked, "What exactly happened to your body? Have your injuries been healed already?"
Shanjenna, who was kneeling and lowering her head toward the floor, raised her head and excitedly said, "My Bloodkin has a strict Bloodline Rank. I was only a small Baron Rank Bloodline, but after taking the pill you gave me, not only has it healed my injuries, but the most important thing is that it has qualitatively changed my Bloodline Rank and now has broken through to the Viscount Rank. Even if I were to meet that Wolfkin Beastman again, I'm confident I can blow his head off."
Tang Xiu looked at her with a strange expression and said, "So to say, the medicinal pill I gave you that was supposed to heal your injuries seems to have an effect like a medicinal pill to increase cultivation strength, increasing your strength and upgrading your Bloodline Rank. Is that right?"
"Yes. It's exactly what happened." Shanjenna nodded.
"Is there any adverse effect?" Asked Tang Xiu.
"How could there be any adverse effect?" Shanjenna shook her head. "My body is presently very great, and I won't feel weak even if I don't drink blood in the next three days."
Tang Xiu suddenly remembered something and asked, "Does the survival of your Bloodkin depends on drinking blood?"
"That's right. We feed on blood since it supplies us with energy," said Shanjenna. "We must take blood to survive and stay alive for a long time. And we can also have our Bloodline Rank undergo a qualitative change and even be promoted if we intake high-quality blood."
Even when Tang Xiu was in the Immortal World, never did he encounter a situation like the Bloodkin's. It piqued his curiosity, and he suddenly asked, "What kind of blood can be considered as high-quality?"
Chapter 706: A New Toy
Shanjenna seemed to recall something, as she subconsciously licked her lips and said, "For example, species of divergent races that are of a higher rank than me, or a special human being like you or Professor. The quality of his blood is very high. I injured him when I was sparring with him and secretly tasted a few drops of blood he shed."
Tang Xiu was stunned. As if having found a new fun toy, he got up and circled around Shanjenna a few times, before he halted in front of her, groped his chin and asked, "What is the particular difference between Bloodkin and human beings?"
She thought for a moment and then answered, "Bloodkin are innately stronger than human beings in terms of physique. We also have wings while human don't, and we mainly rely on our wings to absorb energy. Um, our Bloodkin also has a Core Nucleus while humans don't."
Tang Xiu waved his hand and said, "Get up. I'll check your pulse."
Checking her pulse?
Shanjenna got up with a puzzled look and stood in front of Tang Xiu with a expression of loss. She did not understand what Tang Xiu meant.
Looking at her expression, Tang Xiu immediately understood what she thought and let out a hollow laugh to try to conceal his awkwardness, and said, "There's nothing you need to do, just extend your wrist. Remember, don't resist when my power enters your body. I won't harm you."
"Alright!"
At this time, Shanjenna had put down her wariness toward Tang Xiu. After all, Tang Xiu saved her life and even gave her a very powerful pill that upgraded her Bloodline Rank by a level, promoting her strength several by times.
Tang Xiu held her wrist and to his surprise, Shanjenna's body had scarcely any meridians channels and veins. There were only a total of 108 veins and acupoints inside her body. These 108 meridians passed through the four limbs, five major bones and the pair of wings, which then formed an unusually perfect great circuit of Heavenly Cycle. However, her body only had six meridians broken through at this time, which were the six meridians connected to the four limbs and wings.
With his perception, Tang Xiu kept scouring and headed toward Shanjenna's heart. Despite knowing that Tang Xiu would not harm her, she still blocked it subconsciously. The Core Nucleus in her heart was the most mysterious and the most important existence of the Bloodkin, and if someone were to destroy it, they would die in an instant.
Tang Xiu did not stop his observation even though he got blocked. When Shanjenna retracted back her consciousness that blocked him, he wrapped her heart smoothly and slowly seeped inside.
The Core Nucleus was diamond-shaped and looked like a blood-colored crystal. It was very small in size, about the size of a fingernail. But with his perception, Tang Xiu could sense a huge energy inside it. Despite having a very formidable body at present, he could still be injured if this core were to explode.
"What a very mysterious Core Nucleus. A very mysterious species indeed."
Tang Xiu secretly lamented inwardly, while at the same time being amazed by the miraculous and mystical creator. He was getting more and more curious about Earth's existence in the universe, for a lot of rare and very precious treasures in the Immortal World could be found here, and there were even species that had never been seen in the Immortal World.
"Tang Xiu, I've arranged for the meals to be served. I'll have the waiters send them later…" Lulu walked inside with light footsteps, but when she saw Shanjenna with her opened wings, the words she was about to say got stuck in her throat. If it was not broad daylight, she would have been utterly freaked out despite having a tough mind. Yet, she still shouted in fright, "GHOST!"
Tang Xiu took back his perception and turned his head to glance at Ouyang Lulu, and suddenly had a faint headache. He was seeping his consciousness into Shanjenna's Core Nucleus inside her heart and was unaware of Lulu's arrival. Now that she had seen Shanjenna's appearance, explaining it to her would probably be quite a headache.
On the contrary, Shanjenna did not reveal an unusual expression after being seen by Lulu, but flapped her wings and came Lulu's front, and gave her hand out in a friendly manner, saying with a smile, "Hello, Beautiful Oriental Lady. I'm Shanjenna from the Salzburg Bloodkin."
Lulu desperately gulped down and stared back and forth between Shanjenna and Tang Xiu for several times with widened eyes. She stretched her hand out cautiously to shake hands with her, and then replied with a trembling voice, "H-Hello, I-I am O-Ouyang Lulu from Jingmen Island."
"Please don't be afraid of me, Miss Ouyang." Shanjenna smiled. "Though I belong to the Darkness faction, I'm not an evil Bloodkin. Besides, Mr. Tang saved my life and helped me improve my strength. You have his scent and aura, so you must be his woman, thus also my benefactor."
A Bloodkin! Got rescued! Benefactor!
Lulu's heart flipped and flopped, beating at a very rapid rate. She squeezed out a smile and nodded at her before immediately running toward Tang Xiu's front, a flustered expression still on her face. After sitting next to Tang Xiu, she forcefully grabbed Tang Xiu's hand and said, "What the heck is this situation? How the heck can there be a Bloodsucker in the world… no, that's not right, how can a Bloodkin exist?"
"The universe is infinite, and it's possible for every strange thing to exist," said Tang Xiu. "Since we, human beings, exist along with beasts and birds, why can't the Bloodkin? However, whether cultivators or Bloodkin, they are forces that are hiding in the dark and are rarely discovered by ordinary people. If ordinary people were to discover them, they would use various means to make those who have seen them keep it a secret, even if they have to kill them. This is really bad. You just found out Shanjenna's secret as a vampire. Do you think she'll kill you?"
"I, I, I…"
Lulu's pupils violently contracted and shrunk, and instantly approached Tang Xiu with fear on her face. However, the scared look only lasted for a few seconds as she immediately reacted and angrily hit Tang Xiu's arm out of shame, and snappily said, "How could she possibly kill you? She did not even kill you! Also, you're her savior and I'm also a half savior to her. How come she would kill me? Bastard, you're damned. You just want to freak me out!"
Tang Xiu laughed loudly. He rarely saw Lulu look scared, and her expression a moment ago was really funny to him. After hugging her shoulder, Tang Xiu smiled and said, "Lulu, I'm sure you already know my status as a cultivator. Shanjenna's secret as a vampire must stay a secret. Don't expose it to the outside since humans have deep fear toward the existence of the Bloodkin. I don't want you to create trouble for her."
"Relax. I know that." Lulu nodded. And her expression this time looked adorable.
Tang Xiu then shifted his gaze toward Shanjenna and said, "Alright, retract your wings! Since you are going to stay here for some time, I'll send some people to the hospital to find fresh blood to make sure you have your daily consumption. But you are not to leave this building without my permission!"
"But Mr. Tang, can I go to the roof?" Asked Shanjenna hesitantly. "It's because a Bloodkin like me not only devours blood but also absorbs the moonlight energy under the moonlight as it also helps in our cultivation."
Absorbing moonlight?
Tang Xiu suddenly remembered the lines he observed on her wings. He immediately closed his eyes as the routes of these lines appeared inside his mind. The more he recollected it, the more intense his surprised expression was. Finally, he opened his eyes and ordered Shanjenna to spread her wings and carefully observed them.
"Wonderful. It's truly a marvel!"
While studying it, the deeper the amazement Tang Xiu had inside. His eyes turned brighter and brighter, as the brilliance inside revealed his excitement.
After half an hour, Tang Xiu asked Lulu to find a paper and a pen, and then quickly painted some outlines of a pattern on it. In just a few minutes, he had painted a complete pattern. As the Primal Chaos Force in his body seeped into the pattern, a weak suction in the darkness emerged from above. The faint trace was extremely weak. The energy contained within the moonlight was something a weak cultivator could not even sense, yet it was sucked into the pattern on the paper.
During the day, the moonlight energy was extremely thin!
Tang Xiu thought up to this point. He suddenly clapped and smilingly said, "This is great. So wonderful! Little did I think my unintentional action would turn out to bring such an unexpected harvest. It is wonderful that I was able to chance upon this great opportunity."
That was true! It was indeed a great opportunity. The energy that was mainly absorbed by his Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis was the energy from the stars. The moon was also a kind of star and naturally, the moonlight power itself could be absorbed. If he was to arrange an array according to this pattern, it would definitely speed up the absorption and even increase his cultivation speed by many times.
At dusk, the fatigued from travel Mo Yi arrived in Paradise Manor. But his appearance was a bit messy and his white hair was even more chaotic. Therefore, he was stopped by the Paradise Manor's security guards.
"Let me in. I'm looking for someone."
Mo Yi was anxious to see Tang Xiu. He was curious and wanted to know why Tang Xiu asked him to come here alone, so his tone was particularly stern.
One of the security guards handed over a towel to him and curiously asked, "Who are you looking for? Maybe I can help you contact that person if you tell me."
Mo Yi wiped the dust off his body with the towel. He got dusted in the lab, and because he was too anxious and left in a hurry, there was still a lot of dust remaining even after he cleaned himself up; there was grayish dust even on his white hair. He simply looked like a migrant worker old geezer.
"I'm looking for Tang Xiu. He… ah, right. He told me to mention Ouyang Lulu as soon as I arrived here, and this Ouyang Lulu will take me to him."
The security guards had their expressions changed and one of them immediately took his walkie-talkie and conveyed the message. Without much effort a mountain view car drove over, as Lulu, donned in a fur coat, looked at Mo Yi with a curious face and asked, "Are you Professor Mo?"
Mo Yi did not expect that the one who came to pick him up would be such a beautiful girl. After nodding in response, he asked, "Where's Tang Xiu? I need to see him immediately."
Lulu pouted. She let out a faint smile and said, "He's playing with his new toy now. Alright, I'll take you to see him, Professor Mo. That's right, maybe there will be a surprise for you there, too."