The sun was setting, taking away the last shimmer of heat.

This is the edge area of the Jingbian swamp, surrounded by tall aquatic plants, and the water body is not deep, probably only a foot long.

A dark green grass carp leisurely emerged from the grass, but its movements froze suddenly, and then it struggled violently.

The grass carp crashed into a transparent, jelly-like mass, and it seemed to sense the danger, but it was too late to break free.

Grass carp constantly struggle......

The jelly-like thing seemed to be alive, it was not in a hurry at all, it slowly and methodically wrapped the grass carp, and the grass carp's struggling movements gradually became slow and sluggish......

Finally, the grass carp did not move......

The jelly-like thing wriggled and enveloped the grass carp, and the scales slowly lost their luster to the naked eye, and gradually revealed a hint of decay.

But at this juncture, I only heard a 'boom', a cold light flashed, and a dagger was inserted into the half-rotten fish.

To the naked eye, a dead white colloidal substance appeared on the body of the dead fish, like a large, cold snot, and this is exactly what its name suggests-

Slug!

A slightly emaciated figure emerged from the water and grass, he pulled out the dagger from the dead fish with one hand, picked up the slug with the other, and shook the dead fish out with a flick of his wrist.

The emaciated figure turned around, revealing a slightly immature, but resolute young face.

Bai Zhimo inserted the dagger back into the holster at his waist, carried the corpse of the slug, turned around and burrowed into the grass again.

There was no path in the grass, but Bai Zhimo walked fast.

And where he walked, he didn't leave any traces, and even the delicate and crisp aquatic plants were not broken.

It was obvious that he was very familiar with the grass.

After about a quarter of an hour, Bai Zhimo finally got out of the grass, which was a bare rock that was more than a square square and grayish-white, the color of weathering the water that had been exposed to water for many years.

Bai Zhimo threw the slug's corpse in his hand on a slightly flat raised stone, while he sat cross-legged in front of the slug's corpse, his eyes closed solemnly.

He quickly calmed his mind with his hands on his chest, and then his hands changed abruptly, like a frightened butterfly that had taken off.

After more than a dozen breaths, his hands formed a lotus-like handprint on his chest, and after this operation, a layer of fine sweat also appeared on Bai Zhimo's forehead.

The handprint on Bai Zhimo's chest pushed forward, and a crystal illusory three-petaled lotus flower flew out of his hand and landed on the corpse of the slug.

Three-petal purifying lotus seal!

The lotus handprints fell on the corpse of the slug, like water seeping into the desert, leaving no trace.

And the dead white corpses of slugs lose water, shriveled, and wither at a rate visible to the naked eye......

After about a dozen breaths, the corpse of the slug dried up completely.

Bai Zhimo's palm pressed lightly on the dry corpse, and the corpse suddenly turned into pieces of fly ash and scattered in the wind, revealing a blood-red crystal the size of an adult's thumb in the fly ash.

Bai Zhimo picked up the blood-colored crystal, and a touch of joy crossed his eyes, the squatting for more than an hour just now was finally not in vain.

This blood-colored crystal is called a blood crystal, which is condensed from the blood of a god's blood creature, and what plays a condensing role is the purification of the lotus seal.

Divine blood creatures are strong and weak, divided by sequence, from sequence 0 to sequence 9, the higher the sequence, the stronger the strength.

The slug is only the lowest-level sequence 0 divine blood creature, and there is only about a 30% chance that it can condense blood crystals, and most of the time it can't condense blood crystals, and his luck this time is obviously good.

In the face of god-blood creatures, ordinary humans are not opponents at all, god-blood creatures were rampant in ancient times, and the human race was weak!

After a long period of exploration, the Terrans finally found a way to gain power, to obtain the power of god-blood creatures, which is-

The path of divine blood!

This is the path of promotion belonging to the human race, and now a relatively complete system has been formed.

Ordinary people are zero-order, and by constantly absorbing blood crystals, they can reach their own perfection realm, and then take Sequence 1 original blood, they can be promoted to the first order and obtain the same strength as Sequence 1 divine blood creatures.

At this time, they are called sequencers.

Blood crystals can enhance the blood qi of the sequencer, and the blood qi is the foundation of the sequencer, the source of their power.

The first-order sequencer continues to absorb the blood crystal, and after consummation, he can take the sequence 2 original blood of a specific pathway to promote the second-order sequence, and then the third-order sequencer, the fourth-order ......

Theoretically, those who can always be promoted to the ninth order sequence are equivalent to the strength of the god-blood creatures of sequence 9.

Primordial blood is mainly made from the essence blood of god-blood creatures, supplemented with certain medicines.

Bai Zhimo was only a poor zero-order now, and he was working in the direction of a first-order sequencer......

Bai Zhimo took out a palm-sized snakeskin pouch from his arms.

He stretched out his hand and shook it, and the contents of the snakeskin pocket were poured out, and Hao Ran was all blood crystals.

Bai Zhimo squatted down, picked up a piece of blood crystal and gently rubbed it with his fingers for a moment, then put it back into the snakeskin pocket, and muttered in his mouth,

"A Blood Crystal ......"

Then he picked up another piece of blood crystal and put it in the snakeskin pocket, and muttered again,

"Two Blood Crystal ......"

............

At this time, Bai Zhimo seemed to be incarnated as a greedy landlord and old wealth, calculating his wealth with great enjoyment.

"Eight Blood Crystals!"

Bai Zhimo put the last piece of blood crystal back into the snakeskin pocket and licked his dry lips, his eyes flashing with excitement.

Although he had long felt that he had gained a lot this time, he was really surprised by the harvest at this time.

"Twenty-one slugs, eight blood crystals, the harvest of the past few days is really good, it's time to go back and rest!"

Bai Zhimo muttered in a low voice, already tightening the snakeskin pocket and putting it back in his arms.

The night in the swamp is very dangerous, and it is very likely that it will become the ration of the god's blood creature in his sleep, Bai Zhimo has not slept for the past few days, and now he is really a little unbearable.

He looked at the last vestiges of blood left in the west, and with a movement of his feet, he burrowed into the grass again.

Bai Zhimo was careful not to leave any traces, this area was a secret place for him to recuperate, and he didn't want to be followed to find this place.

Bai Zhimo soon came to a huge city, the city wall is more than 100 zhang high, and people under the city wall are like a sesame seed on a baked cake, small and humble.

The walls are stained with black and red blood, with swords and slashes, as well as scratches and bites from god-blood creatures, which add a strong atmosphere of age to the city walls.

Lingbo City! The only city in the Jingbian swamp!

After taking two steps, Bai Zhimo came to the city gate and said to one of the guards with a grin,

"Little Fifth Brother has worked hard!"

The guard laughed and scolded, "It seems that your kid has gained a good result this time! But the trap is almost useless, and the money that should be paid must not be less!"

Bai Zhimo took out a copper coin from his pocket and handed it to the guard.

"How can I get a copper coin brother!"

The guard took the copper coin and said with a smile,

"Okay, don't be poor, you kid, come in quickly, the city gate will be closed soon!"

"The little fifth brother is back!"

Bai Zhimo had already entered the city as he spoke, the smile on his face gradually faded, a blood crystal can be exchanged for ten copper coins, one copper coin is really nothing, but he can't afford to take one every time he enters the city.

In fact, this is nothing, the real big head is the cost of living.

Living in Lingbo City, you have to pay a fee of fifty blood crystals every year, which will be directly handed over to the City Lord's Mansion.

The lord of Lingbo City is the king of Lingbo - Bai Canghai, a sixth-order sequencer, who is the master of this royal city.

Only those who are in the sixth-order sequence are qualified to be kings, can build cities, and have the strength to protect cities.

Bai Zhimo is not even a first-order sequencer now, but as a good young man with pursuits, of course he has to pursue powerful power, and of course, more importantly, to survive.

After all, blood crystals are needed for daily food and clothing, and blood crystals are also directly related to lifespan.

Ordinary people would only have a lifespan of forty years if they didn't rely on blood crystals, but if they could ensure a sufficient supply of blood crystals, they could live to be one hundred years old.

After the age of twenty, ordinary people need to absorb blood crystals to ensure normal survival, a piece of blood crystal is about worth ten days of consumption, and with age, the consumption of blood crystals will also increase, after the age of eighty, a piece of blood crystal can only be consumed for three days.

If a person wants to live to the maximum life limit of a hundred years old, the amount of blood crystals consumed in it is definitely not a small amount.

And this is still without cultivating, if you want to cultivate, you will consume more blood crystals.

Bai Zhimo hunted in the swamp for five days, but he only got eight blood crystals, he is only sixteen years old this year, and he will definitely need a lot of blood crystals in the future, and he is not just satisfied with being an ordinary person.

Bai Zhimo returned to his home, and finally had a trace of life in the quiet courtyard.

Bai Zhimo's parents are only at the zero level, and they have cultivated some superficial martial arts, and they have accumulated blood crystals, hoping that Bai Zhimo will one day become a sequencer.

But when he was ten years old, his parents left the city and never returned, and after that, he was the only one in the family.

Bai Zhimo closed the door, came to his bed, pried up a green brick, and pulled out a wooden box.

When I opened the box, there were blood crystals lined up neatly, and at a cursory glance, there were two or three hundred.

Bai Zhimo looked at the blood crystals in the box, full of excitement.

Inside the box were two hundred and seventy-eight blood crystals, plus the eight he brought back this time, this was two hundred and eighty-six.

Zero-order consummation, about a thousand blood crystals, and then you can take the original blood and promote to the first-order sequence.

He had already absorbed eight hundred blood crystals, and with the addition of nearly three hundred blood crystals, he should be able to reach the Zero Order Consummation without accident.

Back then, his parents left him a lot of blood crystals, which was almost enough for him for twenty or thirty years.

But what will happen in twenty or thirty years? Bai Zhimo can see it very clearly-

Instead of waiting for death, it's better to give it a go!

So, after Bai Zhimo was twelve years old, he began to absorb blood crystals, cultivate martial arts, and then go out of the city to hunt divine blood creatures.

The ideal is plump, and the reality is skinny.

Divine blood creatures are not something that can be hunted by anyone, not to mention that he was only a half-old child at the time.

After thinking about it for a long time, Bai Zhimo set his target on the slug, although the slug does not produce many blood crystals, it is basically not aggressive.

For him, safety is the most important thing.

In the first month, Bai Zhimo encountered a lot of slugs, but he couldn't kill a single one.

In the second month, he was lucky enough to kill one, but due to a little problem with the Purification Lotus Seal, he didn't condense the blood crystal in the end.

Later, he gradually found the trick, and gradually became adept at hunting slugs.

It's not that he doesn't have the idea of hunting other god-blood creatures, but it's too dangerous, his so-called martial arts are just the most basic sword moves, and any god-blood creature can kill him.

After four years, counting the blood crystals left by his parents, he finally gathered enough blood crystals, and he could immediately reach the zero-order consummation realm and be eligible to take the original blood.

There is not only one pathway, but many pathways, each of which requires different blood.

The most widely spread divine blood sequence path in Lingbo City is the Xuanwu path, and more than ninety percent of the sequences in the city are the Xuanwu path, and the first-order Xuanwu sequence corresponds to leeches.

The medicine used to reconcile the leech essence blood, Bai Zhimo has basically prepared, but he has not yet received the leech essence blood, and he plans to hunt the leech himself after the zero-order consummation.

After all, one leech essence blood required five thousand blood crystals, which was simply not something he could afford.

In the next time, Bai Zhimo stayed at home and concentrated on absorbing the blood crystals, and the pieces of blood crystals turned into powder in his hands, and the blood qi in his body became more and more majestic.

Bai Zhimo had absorbed one hundred and eighty blood crystals, and the food at home had run out, so he could only go outside to buy food.

However, as soon as Bai Zhimo walked out of the door, he saw that his courtyard door was rudely kicked open, and a man dressed as a gangster walked in with a swagger.

When Bai Zhimo saw this face, he had the urge to rush up and step on a few feet, this guy is known as Li Er's leper, he is idle all day long, and he is useless.

But he happened to have a good sister, and the person he married was the captain of the city guard.

Putting aside the identity of the city guards, every city guard must be a sequencer, and the squad leader is the existence of a second-order sequencer, and this is also the capital of Li Er's arrogance.

Li Erlezi looked at Bai Zhimo and said with a somewhat playful smile,

"Snot killer, it's time to pay this year's living expenses!"

The slug is recognized as the lowest level of divine blood creatures, basically not aggressive, and the blood crystals produced are pitiful.

There is only Bai Zhimo, who has been hunting slugs day in and day out for four years, so Bai Zhimo has the title of 'snot killer'.

Now it is shouted out by Li Erlezi in person, and its irony and ridicule are self-evident.

Bai Zhimo's face was slightly ugly, his face was cold, he turned back to the house and took out sixty blood crystals, and before he could hand them out, he heard Li Erzi laugh coldly,

"Boy, I'm going to hand over eighty blood crystals this year!"

"Wasn't it sixty blood crystals last year?"

To be exact, it should be fifty blood crystals, but when it is really implemented, it has become sixty blood crystals, and most people dare not speak out, who let this guy's brother-in-law be the captain of the city guard team!

"What so much nonsense, if you want to live in Lingbo City, you will pay eighty blood crystals, and if you don't pay, you will get out of the city!"

Li Erzi raised his eyebrows and scolded arrogantly.

Li Er's leper seems to be just an ordinary zero-order, not even consummation, and his strength is not much stronger than ordinary people, Bai Zhimo has the heart to slash him with a sword, but the consequences are not what he is willing to bear.

Bai Zhimo hesitated for a moment, turned around and went back to the house, and when he came back, he threw a small cloth bag to Li Erzi.

Li Erzi took the cloth bag and checked it first, then opened the cloth bag and glanced at it, glanced at Bai Zhimo contemptuously, turned around and walked out of his small courtyard.

Bai Zhimo walked out two steps behind, he needed to buy some food.

Suddenly, he heard a pale and weak voice beside him,

"Please, I only have eighty blood crystals, if I give it to you, I can only wait until I die, I will pay fifty first, and I will make up for the rest in a few days, you can do well, have mercy on me!"

"Hmph, it's a matter of Lao Tzu whether you die or not, you can't miss a piece of eighty blood crystals, either hand over the blood crystals, or get out of Lingbo City now!" This is Li Erzi's arrogant and indifferent voice.

Bai Zhimo followed the voice and looked over, and the person who spoke in front of him was his neighbor Luo Dong, who was begging Li Erzi bitterly at this time.

Luo Dong was a good friend of Bai Zhimo's father, and when his parents were still there, Luo Dong would often come to his house and have a few drinks with his father.

But after Bai Zhimo's parents disappeared, Luo Dong had less contact with him, but he also helped Bai Zhimo a lot on weekdays.

Luo Dong begged hard, but in the end, Li Erzi received eighty blood crystals, and Luo Dong, who had no blood crystals left, collapsed on the ground like ashes.

"Uncle Luo, are you okay?" Bai Zhimo walked over and helped Luo Dong up.

"Hey, I was just struggling to catch my breath, but now that there is no blood crystal, I don't know how many days I can live!" Luo Dong said with a pale face.

Bai Zhimo opened his mouth, but he found that he really didn't know how to comfort him.

"Xiaobai, you are still young, work hard, don't be like me, you knew to have fun when you were young, and now you want to work hard, your body doesn't allow it at all, it's too late!"

There is a way that people are dying and their words are good, Luo Dong is using his own history of blood and tears to warn this junior who is barely his son and nephew.

"Uncle Luo, I still have some blood crystals in my house, I'll get it for you!"

After all, it can be regarded as some origin, Bai Zhimo can't watch Luo Dong die, he only has twenty-six blood crystals left, help him first, and his zero-level consummation can only be put aside again!

Luo Dong's eyes lit up, but then dimmed, and he grabbed Bai Zhimo's arm,

"Xiaobai, no need, my body is broken now, I need a piece of blood crystal a day, Uncle Luo knows that you are a good boy, but Uncle Luo can't drag you down!"

"Uncle Luo, there will always be a way, why don't you go hunting slugs with me?"

"Back then, my family had a lot of savings, and I felt that I would never run out of them, so I rarely hunted the blood creatures, and now this body has long been wasted, and the slugs may not be able to kill them, and death is only a matter of time before I die. ”

Luo Dong waved his hand, and the walking dead went back to his home.

Bai Zhimo looked at Luo Dong's back, and couldn't help but shudder,

I can't do this no matter what, even if I die, I can't die like this, no matter how bad I am, I will die on the road to brilliant success......

Thinking of this, Bai Zhimo immediately set off to buy some food, and then returned to his home to continue absorbing blood crystals.

Three days later, Bai Zhimo absorbed another twenty-four blood crystals, and a subtle sense was generated in his body, similar to the feeling of having eaten a full meal, could it be that this was the so-called zero-order perfection?

Just as he was groaning slightly, thinking about how he would hunt the leech next, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps in the courtyard.

Bai Zhimo frowned, opened the door and went out, but it was Luo Dong, who was pale, and he said to Bai Zhimo weakly,

"Xiaobai, I'm dying, and I don't think I have a few days to live. ”

"Uncle Luo, I only have two blood crystals left, you can use them first!" Bai Zhimo was a little embarrassed to take out two blood crystals from his arms, this was indeed his last inventory.

"No need. Luo Dong stopped Bai Zhimo and said calmly,

"I can see it all, I have a few words I want to tell you before I die, I have no children and no friends, and now I can only talk to you!"

In fact, Luo Dong said a lot, including the scenery when he was young, his later downfall, and countless persuasions for Bai Zhimo to work hard and not lose time.

In the end, Luo Dong took Bai Zhimo's hand,

"Thank you for listening to me say so much, this book will be given to you, it is said that it involves a big secret, but I have not been able to understand it, I hope it can help you a little!"

Luo Dong gave Bai Zhimo a book as he spoke, and he himself had already turned away, and at the same time stopped Bai Zhimo, who wanted to continue to persuade him,

"Just let me leave peacefully, I don't want others to see what I look like after death, you cherish it yourself!"

Bai Zhimo held the book tightly in his hand, looking at Luo Dong's back, his heart was full of mixed tastes, but one thought ran through the whole thought,

"My future—

It can't be like this!"