A Mortal's Journey to Immortality

Zhou Ping looked at Jin Jingtian, who was busy dealing with the deadly poison, and sighed inwardly.

It wasn't that he was being malicious and secretly poisoning someone; it was simply that he was at the mercy of others and was merely trying to protect himself.

The poison Jin Jingtian was poisoned with was the only mixed poison among several rare poisons cultivated by Zhou Ping, called "Red Lotus".

This poison is similar to the "Soul Separation Powder" used by Jin Jingtian. It requires a corresponding "catalyst" to detonate its toxicity, making it a unique poison whose onset time can be artificially controlled.

The preparation of "Red Lotus Albizia" is extremely simple. It only requires the roots and stems of Red Lotus Albizia and several common poisonous herbs, which are mixed, crushed, and ground into powder.

Although the medicine has been prepared, it is not toxic and will not pose any danger even if ingested.

However, since this poison is called a rare poison, it must have its own unique reason. The key to "Red-Striped Albizia" lies in its medicinal ingredient, the Albizia flower.

To activate the toxicity of this drug, it is necessary to use the pollen of the mimosa flower, and it must be the pollen of a mimosa flower that is over a hundred years old; otherwise, the toxicity in the prepared medicine cannot be activated at all.

The toxicity of this poison depends on the age of the mimosa flower pollen; the older the flower, the stronger the toxicity.

At this moment, Jin Jingtian was poisoned by the "Red Lotus Flower". The medicinal ingredient, the acacia flower, had been aged to six hundred years by Zhou Ping with agarwood. Its toxicity was extremely rare. Even with his Grandmaster cultivation, there was no way he could escape it.

In Zhou Ping's view, Jin Jingtian's poisoning was entirely his own fault, and he had no one else to blame but himself.

When the two made their vows with a high five, Zhou Ping, in order to protect himself, applied the prepared medicine "Red Lotus Harmony" to his palm beforehand, and then passed it to Jin Jingtian's hand.

Because this poison is colorless, odorless, and has no toxic effects, it is extremely difficult for people to detect.

During the later battle with the cultivator Liu Feng, Zhou Ping took advantage of the moment when he activated the Soul-Trapping Needle with the Wind-Intercepting Hand technique to secretly smear the medicinal ingredient "Albizia Flower Pollen" on his clothes.

This was only to prevent accidents from happening. If Jin Jingtian did not have any ill intentions towards him, then the "Red Serpent Union" in his palm would never activate.

Conversely, if Jin Jingtian comes into close contact with Zhou Ping's body, the medicinal ingredient on his clothes will inevitably detonate the strange poison in his hands, causing him to suffer the consequences.

The pitch-black venom spread through his body at a visible speed. When Jin Jingtian saw that his true energy could not stop it in the slightest, he panicked.

Fortunately, the Soul-Stealing Spirit Guide had been fully nurtured. He steeled his heart and struck Zhou Ping on the back of the neck.

You old scoundrel! Even now you still haven't given up your wicked intentions!

The moment that thought crossed Zhou Ping's mind, he lost consciousness completely.

Seeing that the other party had fainted, Jin Jingtian raised the arm containing the Soul-Stealing Spirit Guide, gave it a sudden jolt, and then quickly pressed it onto Zhou Ping's dantian.

The spiritual guide on his wrist seemed to come alive, its body radiating black light, and a strange suction force caused it to spin wildly like a vortex.

Jin Jingtian immediately froze, his essence, energy, and spirit completely absorbed into the spiritual guide, leaving his body devoid of any vitality.

The dark venom spread rapidly to his head, chest, and then to his limbs.

Just as it was about to spread to the wrist where the spirit guide was hidden, the black spirit guide suddenly trembled. After pausing for a moment, it shook slightly, and its ethereal form, like a nimble fish, swam towards Zhou Ping's dantian without any hindrance.

......

In a blue ocean, a crack suddenly appeared in the sky above the once calm water, and a shadow like a black dragon emerged from it. The black dragon body, wrapped in black mist and the smell of blood, suddenly swooped down.

The calm sea surface instantly became turbulent, and the black dragon twisted its massive body, swimming back and forth like a raging torrent, as if searching for something.

Soon after, several mighty rivers appeared in the black dragon's eyes, their surging blue torrents flowing continuously into the sea, a truly magnificent sight.

Excitement gleamed in the black dragon's eyes. With a flick of its body, it swiftly swam towards the largest river.

In the blue river, the water flows quietly without a ripple.

A giant black dragon roamed among them, adapting to its surroundings as it steadily floated upstream. Gradually, a bluish luster appeared on its black scales, as if it were undergoing a transformation.

As time passed, the scales on the black dragon's body became increasingly bluish-green, transforming from its initial jet black to its current dark bluish-green color.

"Kong——"

A triumphant dragon roar echoed throughout the entire river, as if expressing its current excitement.

The changes in the dragon scales continued; the black color diminished, and the body grew increasingly blue.

The original black dragon seems to be gradually transforming into a giant blue dragon. If successful, it seems that this entire space will become its territory, allowing it to roam freely.

Just then, a light drizzle began to fall from the sky, and blue raindrops instantly filled the entire sky.

"Clang!!"

A thunderbolt rang out and instantly struck the black dragon's massive body, shattering several pale blue dragon scales, which then dissipated into wisps of blue mist between heaven and earth.

"roar!!"

The black dragon roared angrily, its massive body churning violently as it soared upstream, seemingly riding the clouds.

The light drizzle instantly turned into a violent storm, and the river water was no longer calm. It surged into the sky like boiling water, turning into huge blue tornadoes, all roaring towards the black dragon.

Bolts of lightning, like tribulations, struck the black dragon. Countless tornadoes, like spinning blades, peeled away the blue scales from its body, turning them into blue mist to reveal the pitch-black dragon's body beneath.

"roar!"

"roar!!"

.......

The painful roars of dragons echoed through the azure sky, growing weaker and weaker until they became fewer and fewer.

Finally, all the dark blue scales were chopped off, and the black dragon returned to its original form.

However, its enormous dragon body seemed to have shrunk, becoming extremely weak. Its pitch-black body had long since lost its scales, leaving only wisps of thin black mist swirling around it, like flowing blood.

Finally, as it sped along at breakneck speed, a portal of light appeared at the end of the river.

Gazing at the hazy blue space behind the door, it unusually stopped moving forward, seemingly feeling somewhat lonely, or perhaps somewhat unwilling.

Like a defeated general, it arrived alone at the enemy camp, with no soldiers following behind.

"roar!!!"

It let out a roar with all its might, and then charged into the portal without hesitation...

In the void, a huge cyan sphere of light floated silently in the air.

It watched as the black phantom rushed toward it recklessly, and swallowed it whole with a swift movement of its mouth.

As the shadow dissipated, a faint lingering thought, painstakingly preserved, transformed into a final plea, echoing in the void...

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