Chapter 66: If one loses, both will suffer.
After coming back from the dead.
Li Changan has decided to live in seclusion.
Must keep a low profile!
The far north is too dangerous.
Although he was unlucky this time, he happened to walk into a gathering place of Ice Jade Scorpions, and the Ice Emperor happened to be there. Otherwise, even if it couldn't be defeated by an ordinary 100,000-year-old ice jade scorpion, it could still escape with the majesty of its own bloodline. No matter what, a life would not be lost. Just bad luck.
But this encounter also reminded him that his current strength is still very weak. There is a huge gap between them and Ice Emperor's soul beasts that often have hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation. He must at least have the same cultivation level as a hundred thousand year old soul beast to be able to not be afraid of these ferocious beasts.
So before that, if you encounter those ferocious beasts, just hide away if you can. There is no shame in protecting yourself wisely when you are weak.
Li Changan didn't think that he could waste his nine lives casually. After all, his resurrection mechanism is not unsolvable. If someone can predict or sense the location of his resurrection in advance, they can directly kill him while he is still in the egg embryo state when he reshapes his body.
Then stay at the place where he is reborn next time and kill him again while he is resurrected!
If this cycle continues, let alone nine lives, even 90,000 lives will not be enough.
What's more, even if the enemy cannot know the location of his resurrection, he can actually choose not to kill him, but to seal or imprison him.
In this way, if you don't die, the resurrection mechanism will not be triggered. Li Changan had no way to escape and could only stay where he was and let others slaughter him.
Therefore, the nine-life talent brought to Li Changan by the Jiuying bloodline seems to be very impressive, but in fact, as long as he understands his resurrection mechanism, the enemy has many ways to deal with him. It is not an insoluble ability.
"Hmph! Just wait, after a hundred thousand years, I will find my place again sooner or later!" The eight-headed giant snake snorted coldly, and then tried its best to restrain its aura, shrink its body at the same time, and start looking for the next prey...
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Tiandou Royal Academy.
Student dormitory.
Li Changan, who was sitting cross-legged on the futon and meditating, slowly opened his eyes and felt that one-ninth of his power had disappeared. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch. He did not expect that the snake body would die once and lose one-ninth of its strength. The main body will also lose one-ninth of its power simultaneously.
It seems to Nima that the connection between the main body and the snake body is far closer than he imagined!
The nine lives brought by the bloodline talent turned out to be shared by the human body and the snake body. And the injuries and losses are shared equally by both parties. If one loses, both will suffer, if one gains, both will prosper.
It seems that I have to be careful in the future, and I must not die just once just because I have nine lives. Otherwise, one-ninth of the strength will be lost every time, and the growth of strength will stagnate. Who can bear it?
"Fortunately, although my original power has been weakened, I have not lost my level. In addition, on the snake body, the lost head can grow back after a lot of hunting and eating high-level soul beasts. The missing power will soon be made up for. Coming back won't slow down my growth progress." Li Changan let out a long sigh of relief after sensing the situation on the side of the snake.
Next.
Li Changan entered a period of steady growth. Since he understood the method of hiding the soul ring, he no longer had any scruples in absorbing the soul power shared from the snake body. The growth rate of soul power is much faster than before.
Just as he was enjoying the rapid growth of his soul power, news suddenly came from the three education committee members one day, telling him that the prince wanted to see you.
Li Changan was stunned, Prince? Isn't that Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe?
Although he was recruited as the consort, except for his father-in-law, Emperor Xueye, he had not met the rest of the royal family. He has never met even his nominal fiancée Xue Ke. Not to mention this cheap "big brother".
As for Xue Beng, another brother-in-law who is also in the academy, Li Changan is devoted to cultivation and rarely goes out. I have only heard of this guy's name, but never seen him in person.
So this was the first time he met a member of the royal family other than the emperor. Although Li Changan was a little surprised that the other party wanted to see him, he didn't find anything strange.
After all, he is the future guardian that the royal family has high hopes for. As the future emperor, "Xue Qinghe" came to establish a good relationship with him and win over him. It's a normal thing.
"This day has finally arrived."
Even Li Changan couldn't help but feel a little nervous when he thought about the fact that he was about to meet the prince named Xue Qinghe, who was actually Qian Renxue. After all, if his true talent is exposed, then even the Tiandou royal family may not be able to protect him.
Qian Renxue wanted to kill someone, even if he was the emperor, he would not be spared. The main reason why Emperor Xueye is still alive is because once he dies, the empire will be in chaos. So I can’t die just yet. It’s not that I don’t dare to kill!
Although "Xue Qinghe" is already the prince, he does not have much power yet. We have to figure it out slowly and slowly gain control of the empire bit by bit. That's why he was only given chronic poison, instead of directly assassinating him like those princes.
It’s not that it can’t be done, it’s that the time has not yet come.
So if Li Changan exposes his true talent and arouses Qian Renxue's fear, then even with Dugu Bo's protection, he will definitely die.
Under such circumstances, could he not be nervous?
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The agreed meeting place.
Located in Tianhuang Street, the most prosperous area of Tiandou City.
Based on the address, Li Changan came to an antique teahouse.
This teahouse doesn't look very big, with only three floors, but it's decorated in an antique style, giving it a very high-end feel.
At this time, there were only scattered guests in the teahouse, which looked very quiet. But judging from the luxurious clothes of these people, the people who can come here are either rich or noble!
Li Changan walked in and walked all the way to the innermost private room on the second floor without opening the door directly. Instead, he knocked on the door politely. Just when he was about to speak, a voice came from the room first.
"Is it Brother Xian from Chang'an who is here?"
This was a man's voice, and his words sounded very close, "Please come in quickly."
After receiving permission, Li Changan reached out and pushed open the door, only to find that the prince was not the only one in the private room. Instead, there were three people.
One is young, one is middle-aged, and one is old.
Among them, the young man is about in his twenties. Although his appearance is not very handsome, he has a straight nose and a square mouth, and has a dignified appearance. He is dressed in a clean blue cloth robe, which gives people a very refreshing feeling. Especially the pampered and noble aura, it was obviously the prince Xue Qinghe (Qian Renxue) who invited him here.
Two others.
One has an elegant and gentle appearance, and his white robe is spotless. He looks to be in his forties, with soft eyes, and looks like an ordinary person.
The other man had white beard and hair, but the skin on his face was as smooth and delicate as a child, not at all like the skin of a seventy or eighty-year-old man. It fully explains what it means to have a childlike appearance.
Look at the three people in front of you.
Reminiscent of the original work, Li Changan made some guesses about the identities of the three people.
(End of chapter)