Something's wrong with this demon.

Chapter 40

Nothing happened that night.

After daybreak, Luo Qingchen greeted Yang Guang and then left the building.

"Brother Luo, you can go first. I'll wait a bit longer."

Yang Guang was being teased by two girls in a corner on the first floor, looking like he was enjoying it and reluctant to leave.

Luo Qingchen had just stepped out of the building when she encountered Zhao Yun, who was returning from the main entrance.

Zhao Yun, dressed in a thin dress, shivered in the morning chill. Upon seeing him, she unconsciously lowered her head.

"It's cold, remember to wear an extra layer next time."

After Luo Qingchen said those words, she immediately felt that she had said something pointless.

The girls in the building go out to solicit customers, deliberately wearing revealing, thin veils to attract them; how could they possibly wear more clothes?

Zhao Yun forced a smile, but didn't say much, only softly replying, "Mm."

Luo Qingchen didn't say anything more, nodded, and walked towards the backyard.

Zhao Yun stood still, watching his back until it disappeared around the corner not far away, before she lowered her head and went into the building.

"Whoosh!"

After returning to her room, Luo Qingchen began her cultivation.

The medicinal energy absorbed by my body after last night's medicinal bath is flowing through my bones.

This is the perfect time for cultivation!

I took a nap in the afternoon, and continued my practice after getting up in the evening.

In the blink of an eye, fifteen days have passed.

At this point, the blood in his second health bar had been completely used up by the medicinal bath.

His cultivation progress has rapidly increased to 600/1000!

Fortunately, things have been peaceful for a while now. No one else has died in the building, and no one has come to spy on the backyard anymore.

This gave him the opportunity to take a medicinal bath and cultivate in peace.

"boom!"

At this moment, he threw a punch, the power of which was almost twice that of before.

Whether it's the skin and flesh or the bones, their toughness and defensive capabilities are greatly increased.

His breathing became longer and stronger, and his senses became much sharper.

The progress is clearly visible!

"The process is still 400 steps short, but there's no more blood available."

He took out his bulging money bag and poured out all the loose silver inside.

During this period, due to the intense training, he often went out to buy meat to eat, so of the 120 taels of silver, he now only has 110 taels left.

He is going out to buy blood today.

The medicinal baths must be continued in order to make rapid progress.

After thinking for a while, he changed his clothes and went out.

Yang Guang had just returned from outside, holding a steaming hot pancake in his hand. Upon seeing him, he immediately handed the pancake over, smiling and saying, "Brother Luo, these pancakes are freshly bought and still warm. Have one."

Luo Qingchen thanked her but didn't reach out to take it, saying, "I'll eat in the kitchen."

During this period, the two patrolled together at night and got along fairly well.

After having breakfast in the kitchen, he went straight out of Baixianglou and arrived at the blood shop on North Street.

He sold his blood for money in this very shop.

It was the same old man in black robes. Upon seeing him, whether he recognized him or not, he coldly asked, "Selling blood or buying blood?"

Luo Qingchen took out some loose silver and asked, "How much is a bowl of blood?"

"Fifty."

"How many?"

Luo Qingchen thought she had misheard, so she quickly asked again, "How much is a bowl?"

The old man in black robes seemed impatient and raised his voice: "Fifty taels a bowl!"

Luo Qingchen's lips twitched, and she couldn't help but ask, "Why is it so expensive? When I sold my blood, it was only seven taels a bowl, and I was a cultivator."

The old man in black robes didn't explain, but said expressionlessly, "It's all the same price. If you think it's too expensive, then don't buy it."

Luo Qingchen paused for a moment, then silently put away the loose silver in her hand.

"I'll think about it some more."

He didn't linger any longer and turned to leave the shop.

Then he went to several other shops to inquire, and the prices were all about the same.

One shop even sold it for eighty taels a bowl, claiming: "This is the blood of disciples from the upper sects, and specifically the blood of female disciples who are still virgins, so the medicinal bath will be even more effective."

Luo Qingchen strolled around the streets for a while before preparing to return to her building.

He only has 110 taels of silver left. If he uses it all to buy blood at the blood shop, he can only buy blood twice at most.

This is not enough for his current progress.

"If you encounter someone selling blood, buying their blood privately should be very cheap."

This idea suddenly popped into his head.

But he knew that such people were not easy to find.

Moreover, doing so would be very risky, as it would offend the entire blood shop in Medicine Man Town, and even the higher-ups.

"What should we do then?"

Can't we just rely on time and patience to cultivate slowly like other cultivators?

No, he can't wait.

Even if he could wait, his sister couldn't.

The Ten Soul Banner cannot last for very long.

Just as he was about to spend a huge sum of money to buy a bowl of fresh blood to temporarily continue his medicinal bath, a mournful howl suddenly came from a butcher shop next door.

Turning my head, I saw several people holding down a wild boar, preparing to slaughter it.

With one slash, blood spurted out.

The wild boar howled in pain and struggled violently, but it was tightly bound.

As the thick, fresh blood flowed into the wooden basin that had been placed below, Luo Qingchen suddenly felt a familiar sensation surge through her body!

The life-stealing skill of the second health bar in my body actually reacted!

"Pig's blood?"

He was suddenly jolted, his eyes fixed on the blood spurting from the wild boar, feeling utterly incredulous.

Before long, the wild boar finished bleeding and died.

At this moment, the wooden basin on the ground was already more than half full of blood, and a lot of blood had sprayed onto the ground.

Luo Qingchen suppressed her burning desire and waited a moment longer. Seeing that the men were about to take away the pig's blood from the ground, she calmly walked over and asked, "How much is this pig's blood?"

The butcher was a shirtless, bald man who was holding a sharp knife and preparing to butcher the pork.

Hearing this, she glanced at him and asked, "How many do you want?"

Luo Qingchen glanced at the blood in the basin and said, "I want it all. My family likes to eat it."

At this moment, a young man who was butchering a pig nearby laughed and said, "This pig's blood is very smelly."

The bald man glared at him, held up one finger, and said, "One tael of silver."

Seemingly worried that he had quoted too high a price, he added a few more words of explanation: "It would naturally be much more expensive outside, but here it's different. Moreover, this pig's blood sells very well. Many people who have their blood drawn for medicine come to buy a few pieces of pig's blood to take home and replenish their bodies."

As the saying goes, you are what you eat.

Many patients who have their blood drawn for treatment will buy pig's blood to eat in order to replenish their blood.

But most people know that it doesn't actually have much effect.

Luo Qingchen frowned and said, "A pig outside only costs two taels of silver."

In fact, outside, even a lowly maid is only worth two taels of silver.

The bald man snorted coldly, "You said it yourself, your prices are for outside, this isn't outside! Buy it or don't, get lost! I still need to butcher the meat!"

This bald man seems to have a bad temper.

Luo Qingchen pretended to think about it for a moment before saying, "Okay, but it doesn't need to be cooked. I'm in a hurry to get back to work, so I'll just take it back and cook it myself. Please wrap it up for me so it doesn't leak out."

"Doesn't it need to be cooked?"

A woman standing nearby gave him a strange look and went inside to find some tools.

Luo Qingchen took out one tael of silver, hesitated for a few moments, and then reluctantly handed it over.

The woman found a large earthenware jar and placed it on the ground.

Two young men nearby lifted the wooden basin on the ground and began to carefully pour the blood into the earthenware jar.

As the murky blood gushed into the earthenware jar, Luo Qingchen maintained a calm expression, but her heart was filled with barely suppressed excitement.

If the blood-sucking skill can even suck pig's blood, then it means that it can also be used for cultivation.

If that's the case, then in the future he will be able to absorb not only human blood, but also animal blood for his own use!

In that case, he would never lack fresh blood for his medicinal baths again!