"Lu Zheng!" Themur shouted as his large body suddenly transformed into the size of a pekingese.
He was no more the mighty beast but an adorable beast pet.
"I heard you've broken through to rank five" Lu Zheng said as he patted Themur's head.
"Hmm. It was thanks to the meat you sent" Themur rubbed his head against Lu Zheng's palm.
"That's good news then. There's more where it came from" Lu Zheng said meaningfully.
Themur smiled and knew that his decision that day in the secret land to become Lu Zheng's beast pet was a wise one.
"Where's Lannah?" Lu Zheng asked Hong Haoyu.
"She finally decided to join Blazing Flame Palace" Hong Haoyu replied. "It seems Blazing Flame Palace made her an offer she couldn't refuse"
Lu Zheng nodded when he heard Hong Haoyu's response.
He didn't know Lannah before the Hawaii incident but her felt strong goodwill towards her.
Now that she was acquainted with Blazing Flame Palace, she was protected from that Keanu and his Sea Fish Cult.
"When do you plan to leave?" Hong Haoyu asked.
"Soon, I have something to receive from Olina" Lu Zheng replied.
"Oh" Hong Haoyu responded.
"Is there something you have to do?" Lu Zheng asked.
"Hmm. I just remembered something my father told me, as a result, I'll be returning to Juanshei Sect" Hong Haoyu explained.
"Juanshei Sect…" Lu Zheng muttered.
"Don't worry. I don't plan to stay there for long. We can meet later in the future" Hong Haoyu said.
Lu Zheng walked on with Hong Haoyu and the miniature sized Themur to their living quarters and unexpectedly, Olina was already there.
"You're back?" Lu Zheng was pleasantly surprised.
"Hmm" Olina rolled her eyes. "Here is what you asked for"
She revealed a spatial ring which she tossed to Lu Zheng.
After quickly scanning its contents, Lu Zheng smiled and gave her the Memory Fragment Crystal containing knowledge about the Vermillion Bird Race's bloodline.
When Olina sent her psyche into it, she was stunned by its contents so much so that her breathing became heavy.
She had already met with Palila and had noticed that she had already assimilated Lu Zheng's bloodline.
The only problem was that Palila had zero knowledge on how to manipulate the bloodline.
She was like a person who had many bars of gold but did not know how to spend it.
The knowledge inside the Memory Fragment Crystal Lu Zheng gave Olina would certainly aid Palila.
Soon, Palila's descendants would also inherit the bloodline of the Vermillion Bird Race and within the span of a century, Blazing Flame Palace would be overflowing with martial practitioners with strong bloodlines.
To mortals, one century was a long period of time but to a Void Passage realm expert like her, it would only be a fleeting memory.
Lu Zheng was surprised by Olina's reaction.
He had only put a little amount of information regarding the Vermillion Bird Race's bloodline that touched on the fundamentals of the bloodline like bloodline techniques, bloodline abilities and bloodline power.
Compared to what the Vermillion Codex contained, this was merely a drop in the ocean.
Yet Olina was gawking over it and even treated the Memory Fragment Crystal with care.
Lu Zheng wondered what Olina would be willing to trade for what the Vermillion Codex contained.
Shaking his head at the thought, Lu Zheng decided to inform Olina about their departure.
"You're leaving already?" Olina was surprised. "I cannot just let you leave. Wait, let me call someone to escort you"
Soul ripples emanated from Olina that spread over many hundred metres. Soon, a spatial passage formed beside her.
A man with black hair and blue pupils walked out of it before bowing slightly to Olina.
"Miss, you sent for me"
"Hmm. Alaka'i, I need you to escort these three to the shoreline" Olina said, gesturing to Lu Zheng, Themur and Hong Haoyu.
"I understand" Alaka'i responded.
…..
Escorted by Alaka'i, Lu Zheng's group began to make their way to the shoreline.
Soon, they left Blazing Flame Palace's territory and ventured deep into Water Raising Palace's territory.
Suddenly, four people appeared out of thin air right before Lu Zheng and the others.
"Young master Nakao" Alaka'i pinpointed the identity of one of the men.
"Relax. I am only here for a man" Nakao seemed to be looking for something. "Black hair and black pupils, it must definitely be you!"
"What do you want!?" Lu Zheng asked.
"Hmph. You opposed my Sea Fish Cult and still have the mind to waltz around my territory. Now you can only die" Nakao smiled.
"I'm sorry but I can't allow you to take him young master Nakao" Alaka'i said.
"You stay out of this!" Nakao shouted as the three men by his side flew towards Lu Zheng.
"Sky realm experts! Let me protect you Lu Zheng" Themur said with a growl.
Instantly, his miniature pekingese sized body transformed into his true form as he flew towards the three men.
Hong Haoyu snorted coldly as he took to the air and also attacked.
Alaka'i was about to join but Nakao flew to his front and stopped him: "You can't interfere"
"Hmph!" Alaka'i snorted as fire Qi emanated from him. He immediately began to fight Nakao.
Hong Haoyu was at the second tier of Sky realm and had the Supreme Ice Physique. He was extremely strong.
He alone took on two of the men.
Themur was left with the last man.
Meanwhile, Alaka'i fought against Nakao fiercely.
Lu Zheng stood all alone and watched the fight.
~Although I am in the Domain Formation realm and can't survive a fight with a Sky realm expert, I should be able to inflict some pain on one~
Dozens of drops of Vermillion Blood came out of Lu Zheng's body before rotating above the surface of his palm.
He was contemplating on who to help.
Themur was unable to win against Hong Haoyu but that wasn't because he was weak but because Hong Haoyu was too strong.
He was doing well against his own opponent.
The same went for Hong Haoyu. Although he was fighting two martial warriors in the Sky realm, he still held the upper hand firmly.
Lu Zheng was at a loss at what decision to make.
The dozens of Vermillion Blood droplets above his palm struck one another before turning into a large crimson mass of Vermillion True Flame.
"Flame Bomb" Lu Zheng slowly muttered. The Flame Bomb in his palm was a bloodline technique he had learned from the Vermillion Codex.
Like its name suggested, the ball of fire in Lu Zheng's palm would literally explode when it struck someone.
Lu Zheng finally made his decision. He was going to help Themur.
From past events, Lu Zheng knew that Hong Haoyu's Supreme Ice Physique feared the Vermillion True Flame innately.
If he attacked Hong Haoyu's opponents in a bid to help him, he might do Hong Haoyu more harm than good.
Lu Zheng controlled the ball of fire to fly towards Themur's opponent who noticed it immediately.
"Tch! How pitiful" The man sneered as water Qi formed into a large snake that bit into the ball of fire.
"Boom!"
The Flame Bomb was ignited prematurely and exploded immediately, sending shockwaves that destroyed the air itself.
The water snake that attacked the Flame Bomb was obliterated and even the man was injured severely by the explosion.
Normally, a single drop of Vermillion Blood was enough to form a Flame Bomb but Lu Zheng knew not to underestimate a Sky realm expert.
Themur gulped as he remembered how harmless the Flame Bomb looked like.
Such a small mass had rendered a Sky realm expert unable to battle anymore.
Themur knew that if Lu Zheng hadn't transmitted a warning beforehand, the explosion would have harmed him too.
"Bastard! Don't you know your place!? How dare you attack me, a Sky realm expert!?" The man roared in anger as strong water Qi enveloped him.
The sounds of water rushing could be heard from the man.
The strong water Qi became a torrent that flowed down on Lu Zheng, threatening to crush him.
"I'm still your opponent!" Themur growled as he attacked the man.
The man was already injured when he was fighting Themur and Lu Zheng's Flame Bomb had pushed him near death's gate. Themur's final attack was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Meanwhile, as the torrent flowed down on Lu Zheng, the latter urged his bloodline power as a crimson robe of flames enveloped him.
"Flame Cloak!"
The torrent crashed forcefully upon Lu Zheng and Flame Cloak began to break apart.
Bloodline power was expended as Lu Zheng withstood the attack of a Sky realm expert.
After a short moment, Flame Cloak broke apart and Lu Zheng passed out.
"Lu Zheng!" Themur roared as he flew towards his master.
He knew that the final attack of a Sky realm expert near death was nothing to be trifled with.