CHAPTER 382: CHAPTER 382: MISTER

The particles of blood light surged into Chen Guan’s body. The spirit and body, which had become extremely weak after being wounded by the blood spirit, immediately felt as if injected with a stimulant, instantly feeling rejuvenated.

Chen Guan instinctively wanted to use the Secret Technique of One, but immediately realized that he was in a soul state, without a physical body, with which to employ the Secret Technique of One.

However, he quickly discovered that the Secret Technique of One had already begun to operate, refining and absorbing the dispersed particle of the blood spirit.

Only then did Chen Guan realize that his current state wasn’t purely a state of a soul body.

Although his physical body didn’t come along, the Great Luo Dream Butterfly that brought him here had become another of his bodies.

However, this body was not a human-like one but was more akin to a blood spirit’s existence.

The blood spirits weren’t purely spirit bodies. They were a type of energy body, similar to secret spirits, formed when humans or secret spirits were killed, and their essence and spirit were extracted and refined by the Blood Spirit Banner.

Jin Taohua scattered a blood spirit and integrated it into Chen Guan’s body, which in effect strengthened Chen Guan’s essence and spirit.

In fact, blood spirits themselves can’t cultivate to grow stronger, but blood spirits can become more powerful through mutual devouring.

The Blood Spirit Banner is like a collection of venomous insects, where the blood spirits within can grow continuously by tearing at each other and devouring one another.

Since blood spirits have spirits but no consciousness, despite how much they devour to grow, they maintain no self-awareness, only acting according to command and cannot cultivate, relying entirely on instinct to fight.

Now that Chen Guan had refined the energy of the blood spirit using the Secret Technique of One, it felt like his body was gradually solidifying.

"How do you feel?" Jin Taohua asked as she saw Chen Guan quickly absorbing the energy of that blood spirit, his pale red body noticeably more solid.

"Power... Growing..." Chen Guan said.

"Do you remember anything?" Jin Taohua continued to ask: "Do you remember who your enemies are?"

"Palace... Palace..." Chen Guan seemed to unconsciously repeat a word.

Hearing this, Jin Taohua thought to herself, "This person was indeed persecuted by the King of Palace before his death."

Finding this useful, Jin Taohua did not hesitate, summoning several blood spirits, dispersing them and integrating them into Chen Guan’s body.

The integration between blood spirits went almost unimpeded; Chen Guan quickly absorbed the energies of these blood spirits, without even needing to wait for digestion. The blood spirit energy immediately became part of this body.

Chen Guan could clearly feel his body growing clearer, his connection with the world becoming more intimate, and gradually gaining strength.

Chen Guan could sense that the power of his current blood spirit body exceeded his previous physical body significantly.

The blood spirits from the Blood Spirit Banner were at least level 30 beings in their past lives, and now that Chen Guan had absorbed the energies of several blood spirits, his own energy had long surpassed his original flesh.

Unfortunately, a blood spirit is ultimately just an energy body; no matter how strong the energy, it cannot truly be transformed into a human form, remaining just a mass of blood shadow.

Jin Taohua watched Chen Guan, observing if he could remember more.

Chen Guan knew it was time to show his worth, for taking advantage without serving a purpose might not sit well with a female demon like Jin Taohua, who was unlikely to support a useless spirit.

"I... I am... I am..." Chen Guan clutched his head, as if growing a brain, seemingly recalling something, but also seemed in great pain.

"Who are you?" Jin Taohua’s eyes glowed slightly as she continued to press with a raised voice.

"I am... I am... Mister..." Chen Guan said painfully.

"Mister? What mister?" Jin Taohua frowned slightly; the term "mister" has multiple meanings through the evolution of time.

"Mister" can represent a teacher, a doctor, a male, a husband, and also be used as a respectful form of address.

Jin Taohua’s mind raced. The significance she thought "mister" might represent, though, was another kind.

A certain group of people who specialize in the research of secret techniques and secret skills is also known as "mister" in this era.

This group is quite broad, including those who conduct research specifically and those who study for self-use.

Those who can be called "mister" not only research but also share their research findings and teach others to cultivate, qualifying them to be called "mister," regardless of gender.

Jin Taohua contemplated if Chen Guan might have been such a "mister" before his death, and if the Emperor’s Scripture was penned by him.

If so, then this person was definitely an extraordinary figure in his lifetime.

After all, to conduct research, one must have access to research materials; if the level isn’t high enough, one cannot even access high-level secret techniques and secret skills, let alone research them.

If the Emperor’s Scripture, such a secret technique, was his masterpiece in life, then his personal level must have been higher than a Great Cave Heaven, and among the top-tier within the Great Cave Heaven.

"Teaching... Teaching..." Chen Guan seemed to still be painfully reminiscing.

"Who did you teach?" Jin Taohua, hearing him say that he was a teaching mister, couldn’t help but feel somewhat disappointed.

"Qin... Great... King..." Chen Guan’s thoughts seemed to be becoming much clearer, and his speech was becoming smoother.

Jin Taohua was suddenly surprised to hear this and quickly asked, "Which Great King of Qin?"

She hadn’t heard of a person called Great King of Qin in this world, but there was indeed a Great King of Qin, the ruler before the Emperor Ancestor unified the Six Harmonies and ascended to emperor.

"Great King... Great King..." Chen Guan just kept repeating these words, seemingly unable to recall more.

Jin Taohua asked a few more questions but could not get any more answers, frowning slightly.

After contemplating for a moment, Jin Taohua waved her hand, first putting Chen Guan into the Blood Spirit Banner. Then, she left the cave, flying quickly in a direction.

Inside the Blood Spirit Banner, Chen Guan breathed a long sigh of relief. Jin Taohua wanted to figure out his identity, so she shouldn’t do anything to him for a while.

Now, Chen Guan only hoped the Great Luo Dream Butterfly would quickly send him back. Although the Grotto Heaven was good, without a physical body, he was ultimately just a wandering lonely ghost, achieving no true accomplishment.

Glancing at the undulating blood spirits in the Sea of Blood, he noticed his feelings now differed from before.

Perhaps due to absorbing the blood spirit energy, Chen Guan himself could be considered a part of the blood spirits, now able to sense the differences among these blood spirits.

Whereas before, to him, all blood spirits seemed like blood shadow fierce ghosts, differing only in size, shape, and shade, with no other differences.

But now, he could clearly feel differences among the blood spirits.

The most obvious feeling was that blood spirits could be divided into three classes, with tremendous differences between these classes of blood spirits, which could be sensed from their energy strengths.

The highest-level blood spirits, in Chen Guan’s perception, had energy so immensely powerful that they were terrifying like primordial beasts, so strong that they could shake a person’s spirit.

The lowest-level blood spirits were much like Chen Guan, or perhaps even weaker.