As Li Musheng was thinking, Li Yuanling beside him circled around examining him, revealing a curious expression as she said, "That's it? How come I don't see any changes in you at all?"
Hearing this, Li Musheng withdrew his thoughts, glanced at her, and said in a haunting tone, "My dear sworn sister, is it because you didn't see me turn into the appearance of Floating Boat City's City Lord that you feel particularly disappointed?"
"Huh?"
Li Yuanling froze slightly. Her jet-black, clear eyes rolled around as she said, "How could you think of me like that?"
With that, she raised her hand to roll up her green gauze sleeve, pointing to her exposed snow-white lotus root-like arm, saying, "I just didn't see you grow a 'Qilin Arm,' and I didn't see you awaken some 'Qilin Bloodline,' so I was just rather curious, that's all."
Then, she blinked and said, "Could it be... that Qilin Blood was a fake?"
Li Musheng raised his eyebrows and waved his hand, saying, "It's genuine enough, but there was just too little of it. Before I could even figure out what it tasted like, it was gone!"
Hearing this, Li Yuanling suspiciously stroked her chin.
That Floating Boat City Lord had swallowed the Qilin Blood and nearly lost his life over it, yet her sworn brother said the Qilin Blood had no particular taste.
She had a feeling he was showing off his martial arts strength.
Although she couldn't think of an exact word to accurately describe this behavior at the moment, he undoubtedly had a faint air of being asking for a beating.
Just at this moment, Li Musheng suddenly revealed a spring breeze-like smile. He reached out to pat her shoulder and praised her without any reservation, "My dear sworn sister, bringing me to Floating Boat City this time and finding the Qilin Blood has been of considerable help to me."
Seeing this, Li Yuanling's eyes immediately flickered with light as she asked somewhat excitedly, "Since I have merit, do you have some kind of reward for me?"
However, Li Musheng slowly shook his head and said, "Not really. I just wanted to ask if you know of any other places that have Qilin Blood. And conveniently take me there for another trip."
Li Yuanling: ...
...
Seeing his sworn sister suddenly fall silent, Li Musheng knew this definitely wasn't going to happen.
After thinking for a moment, his gaze shifted to look at the motionless Han Meiyan in the distance.
In the next moment, his figure flashed and he instantly appeared before Han Meiyan.
Sensing Li Musheng's arrival, Han Meiyan, who had been treating herself like a wooden puppet, couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"Miss, what is your name? Which demonic faction do you come from?"
Li Musheng slowly examined her and asked in a gentle tone.
Hearing this, Han Meiyan took a deep breath and lightly bowed to Li Musheng, fully displaying her beautiful and alluring figure as she answered in a low voice, "This humble woman is Han Meiyan, from the Six Desires Demonic Sect."
"This humble woman knows she has offended Young Master in many ways, so no matter how Young Master chooses to deal with me, this humble woman has no complaints."
Li Musheng frowned slightly, as if recalling something, and asked, "Previously at Aurora Pavilion, someone used the Six Desires Demonic Sect's 'Demonic Heart Implantation' technique against me. Could it be that the one who struck was Miss Han?"
Han Meiyan's heart trembled slightly, but she hurriedly shook her head, saying, "This matter has nothing to do with this humble woman. It was done by this person acting on his own authority."
With that, she looked toward a human-shaped crater in a distant rock wall.
Li Musheng tilted his head slightly, then let out a light "Oh?" and said, "Quite interesting. He's actually not dead yet?"
Han Meiyan carefully glanced at Li Musheng and explained aloud, "Young Master doesn't know, this person has a special physique and cultivates the Undying Blood Sacred Technique. Ordinary injuries can hardly make him..."
However, before she could finish speaking, a low explosive rumbling suddenly came from the distant human-shaped crater.
Han Meiyan instinctively looked up, only to see a terrifying true qi of heaven and earth dissipating from Zhang He's location. His entire body, which had been embedded in the deep crater, had already transformed into a mass of blood mist slowly dispersing outward.
"Now he should be truly dead."
Li Musheng turned his head back to look at Han Meiyan, whose face had instantly turned deathly pale before him. He waved his hand and said, "Great Li has an ancient saying: those who understand the times are outstanding individuals. Miss Han appears to be a clever young lady at a glance. You should understand what I mean by saying this?"
Hearing this, Han Meiyan lightly pressed her flame-like red lips together. Without any hesitation, she immediately bowed gracefully and said, "As long as Young Master doesn't harm this humble woman, no matter what requests Young Master has, this humble woman will do her utmost to satisfy them."
Li Musheng's gaze swept over her full and graceful figure, then he slowly nodded, "In that case... then tell me how you learned that Floating Boat City was hiding Qilin Blood. And do you know the whereabouts of any other Qilin Blood?"
Han Meiyan bit her lip and quietly looked up at Li Musheng. Seeing his gaze watching her but without the slightest lustful intent toward her...
She slowly lowered her head to look at her snow-white bosom where she completely couldn't see her toes. Her brows furrowed slightly, and she inexplicably felt a trace of insecurity in her heart.
But soon, she collected herself. After pondering briefly, she told him everything she knew about the Qilin Blood.
In truth, all of Han Meiyan's knowledge about the Qilin Blood came from a hidden sect in the martial world called the "Qilin Sacred Cult."
Whenever Qilin Blood appeared in the world, the Qilin Sacred Cult would emerge accordingly, beginning to travel throughout the martial world and spread various news related to the Qilin Blood.
However, it seemed the people of the Qilin Sacred Cult never participated in competing for the Qilin Blood. The disciples of this sect only traced the Qilin Blood's tracks, providing various clues to martial world practitioners from all walks of life, yet had not the slightest covetous desire for the Qilin Blood itself.
There were even rumors in the martial world that the Qilin Blood actually originated from the Qilin Sacred Cult, and that the Qilin Sacred Cult deliberately bestowed the Qilin Blood upon the entire martial world.
After listening to Han Meiyan's answer, Li Musheng revealed a contemplative expression and said, "You mean to say that as long as I find people from the Qilin Sacred Cult, I can find the whereabouts of Qilin Blood scattered throughout the martial world?"
Han Meiyan nodded lightly and said, "Exactly so. This humble woman also happened to encounter a disciple of the Qilin Sacred Cult on the road to the Great Li imperial capital, and only learned from them about the news that Floating Boat City was hiding Qilin Blood."
With that, she looked deeply at Li Musheng and said, "Additionally, Young Master may not know this, but Floating Boat City is backed by Great Li's Fourth Prince. It's a hidden faction he has been secretly operating for many years. This humble woman previously had some entanglements with Floating Boat City, so she conducted in-depth investigations of this place and inadvertently learned of this matter."
"Fourth Prince?"
Hearing this, Li Musheng raised his eyebrows slightly.
Regarding Great Li's Fourth Prince, he did know some general information.
He had formed an alliance with that fake Seventh Prince in the heavenly prison and had once been able to stand on equal footing with the First Prince and Second Prince's factions.
However, after that fake Seventh Prince's exposure, the other party had already kept a low profile for some time.