The Power of Moonlight Episode 104

  In the dead of night, on the rooftop of the hospital building, within a boundary marked by a peculiar aura, Li Yan stood silently in the center. His surroundings were filled with all sorts of fresh medicinal herbs. However, his hands were clasped together, and strands of strange, glowing light flowed between his palms, transforming into intricate patterns that floated in mid-air, slowly rotating to form a small whirlpool.

  In the vortex, thirty-three long and short uneven blue-green flowing lights floated faintly, with a mysterious power that seemed to be drawing in the surrounding medicinal materials, constantly emitting tiny emerald green light points that hovered in mid-air, swirling around and gathering towards the vortex between Li Yan's fingers, merging into the thirty-three blue-green hundred-herb needles, shining brighter and brighter.

  At the same time, the surrounding medicinal materials, after losing a large number of emerald green light points, suddenly withered and wilted at a speed visible to the naked eye, transforming from their previously thriving appearance into lifeless objects in just an instant.

  Li Yan extracted the essence of their lives with his incredible divine power. Unlike ordinary flowers and grasses, the medicinal herbs contained a unique medicinal power that was the root of saving people and curing diseases. However, on the other hand, it was also the best weapon for killing people.

  Slowly releasing his hand, Li Yan carefully suppressed the surrounding spiritual energy vortex, compressing it into the thirty-three Hundred Grass Needles, forming a green light that emitted a faint emerald glow, illuminating the entire Xu Mi Boundary. After absorbing the medicinal properties of various herbs, these Hundred Grass Needles instantly turned a brilliant emerald green, dazzling to the eye. Although they had not yet reached the level of top-grade spiritual artifacts, they had already reached the pinnacle of mid-grade spiritual artifacts, only a few small steps away from completing their evolution.

  Next to him, the vampire Fang Zuo stared blankly at the scene, subconsciously swallowing a mouthful of saliva. Although the energy fluctuations just now were not obvious, since he had advanced to the Vampire Marquis realm, his spiritual awareness had made great progress, and he could naturally feel that kind of palpitation, which came from Li Yan and the thirty-three cyan glows they refined together, making his body tremble uncontrollably.

  With a wave of his hand, Li Yan withdrew the Hundred Herb Needle back into his body and spoke calmly: "Very good, this time you did well, the medicinal properties of the herbs are excellent. Since you have accomplished your task with merit, naturally I won't be stingy in rewarding you. Later on, I will help you improve your cultivation a bit. If you continue to perform well, I will naturally continue to reward you."

  In fact, Li Yan did not want to get entangled with other cultivators at this time, especially since the Western world and the Eastern cultivation world were already separate. Arbitrarily intervening in the affairs of the Western blood clan was absolutely not a wise thing to do. However, he urgently needed Fan Zhuo's financial resources now, so he would help Fan Zhuo improve his cultivation. It was both a reward and a hope that Fan Zhuo could block some people's attraction on the surface.

  "Great Ancestor of the Wei clan, I must be dreaming! A cultivator from the East is actually going to help me increase my power!" Upon hearing this, Fan Zhong couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He stupidly pinched his own thigh hard, and the intense pain made him realize that everything in front of him was real.

  On the night he found the Holy Grail, facing the battle against the Eastern Cultivation world's top experts, Fan Zhong had deeply felt the terrifying abilities within those mysterious cultivators. Recalling the earth-shaking battle between Li Yan and that old Daoist, he believed that even the Bloodline's closest kin, or even the Emperor, or even higher, the Ancestors, were nothing more than that. Not to mention, there was also the magical Eastern treasure and formation, all of which left him shocked beyond words.

  "No need to be so excited, since you helped me with things and did a good job, it's only natural that you'll get my reward." Li Yan spoke calmly, with an air of nonchalance.

  "Hmm," Fan Zhong couldn't help but reveal a wry smile, "Sir, you don't know that my family has already declined. So in recent years, I've been rushing around, cultivating and advancing at a pace far slower than other bloodlines. And now that I've obtained the Luminous Holy Grail, if I still can't quickly improve my cultivation, once I return, I'm afraid I'll be killed by those powerful bloodline experts who want the Luminous Holy Grail."

  "No need for so much nonsense, I'm helping you improve your cultivation because you helped me with something. As for the matters of your bloodline, deal with it yourself when you return to the Western Continent." Li Yan waved his hand somewhat impatiently and then asked, "You first tell me, how does your bloodline cultivate?"

  "Your Excellency, our bloodline possesses abilities far surpassing those of ordinary humans from the moment we are born. We have almost endless life and time, and our powers will gradually increase with the passage of time even if we do not cultivate them. If we do not die prematurely in the course of normal life, then after several thousand years, your strength will also reach the level of a duke. However, that is also the limit."

  After a slight pause, Vant saw Li Yan and didn't react, continuing: "From duke to prince is a very difficult barrier to overcome. Many bloodlines get stuck here. Of course, we have our own cultivation methods, which are innate abilities. There are mainly two types. The most common one is to absorb the energy stored in one's heart core during full moon. The longer the time, the stronger the ability. Another relatively common method is to increase one's cultivation by absorbing fresh blood with spiritual power, such as human blood. Drinking a large amount of human blood will also greatly increase our strength, but there are limitations. A bloodline can only bite three people in a day; otherwise, they won't be able to withstand the invasion of blood spiritual power and will eventually go mad."

  Li Yan slightly furrowed his brow and immediately spoke out, "I don't have any fresh blood for you to suck, try it out and see if you can absorb the power of the moonlight."

  "Yes!" Vanzo responded, then raised his head to gaze at the round moon in the sky. He let out a low growl and spread his wings, opening his mouth to inhale. In the bright moonlight, tiny wisps of pale light began to appear, slowly descending from the heavens into Vanzo's open mouth.

  "Hmph, this is what you call absorbing the full moon's energy? It's truly speechless! That night on the mountain top in the suburbs, I didn't think much of him absorbing the moon's power, after all, in the Eastern cultivation world, whether it's human cultivators or demons, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon is a very common cultivation method. Now that I've seen the Blood Clan's cultivation method up close, I couldn't help but feel disdain."

  This can't even be considered as absorbing the power of the moon to cultivate, it's far inferior to those unformed monsters. It seems that these vampires don't have any specific cultivation methods either, they're all relying on their most primitive instincts to cultivate. Otherwise, how could it be said that the longer they live, the greater their abilities become? Since the war between the Eastern and Western cultivation worlds, the powerful blood clan members have all been several hundred or thousand year old antiques. It turns out it's actually like this.

  Li Yan couldn't help but feel a kind of speechlessness, not to mention that in this life, he had the accumulation of his previous life, and his cultivation speed was extremely fast, it could be said that it was terrifying, even if it was the previous life, it would still be considered as one of the fastest progress, but how could he look down on such a primitive way of cultivation.

  Even the monsters from the East, after cultivating and transforming, also learned to gradually develop some simple techniques, although not particularly top-notch, but still stronger than relying on instincts to cultivate.

  No wonder, this vampire Van Helsing, he is at least eight hundred years old, but also only a vampire earl, his cultivation is not as good as the sun god realm cultivator and the great demon, if there is no help of the crystal holy cup, I'm afraid that now it's not possible to barely reach the rank of marquis.

  However, judging from his current cultivation method, it's estimated that even with the help of the Luli Sacred Cup that can gather and absorb the essence of the Moon Spirit, if he doesn't take action himself, wanting to reach the rank of Duke or even higher, Prince-level, would be purely a dream without at least 180 years of time!

  "Alright, this guy, since he's willing to put in the effort to help himself, it wouldn't hurt to give him some benefits. Later on, he'll naturally be more diligent." Li Yan's thoughts flashed through his mind as he raised his hands, and with a complex hand seal, a series of flowing lights shot out from his fingertips, weaving and swirling around Fan Zhuo's body, instantly forming a small array.

  "Stellar Conjunction, power of the sun, moon and stars, follow my lead, descend!" Along with Li Yan's loud shout, his hand gestures changed rapidly, and the array composed of flowing lights began to rotate continuously. Moreover, with Li Yan's urging, it rotated faster and faster.

  Mysterious array, in an instant, a mysterious power surged out, pulling the moon in the sky to tremble. A thick and intense lunar force followed, falling from the sky onto the array.

  "Hey kid, what's wrong with you? Hurry up and absorb the moonlight energy!" Seeing Van's dazed expression, Li Yan was so angry that he almost went over to kick him: "If you don't absorb it, I'll cancel the formation!"

  As they spoke, Li Yan's vast primordial spirit rapidly dispersed, although it was covered by the Great Mustard Seed Boundary. However, as he forcibly pulled in a large amount of Moon Flower power into the mortal realm, the disturbance couldn't be considered small, and it would inevitably be detected by some powerful cultivators. Moreover, in this night sky, he could clearly sense two surging grievances that were not to be underestimated.