The first thing Aguli did when he saw Long Chen was kneel in front of him.

“Master Long Chen... I know that I did wrong. Take my life for it... but please spare my people!”

His plea was sincere, albeit clumsy.

He had the Blood Barbarian race’s blood flowing in his veins, and Blood Barbarians were rather peculiar—the greater their talent, the stronger their physique, but this was inversely proportional when it came to intelligence. Wilde was a prime example. He had the absolute purest bloodline, and as he grew up, his power also grew. But his intelligence didn’t even seem as high as it had been when he first met Long Chen in the Phoenix Cry Empire.

Thinking of this foolish brother of his, Long Chen felt a bit worried. He knew that Wilde’s people treated him well, but they had spent far too much time apart. Unfortunately, he still wasn’t strong enough. Once he had sufficient power, he would make sure Wilde stuck by his side. Only then could he be at ease.

Long Chen looked at the kneeling Aguli speechlessly. He had already told him that his brother was the king of the Blood Barbarian race, so why would he kill him?

However, Aguli’s power was simply too terrifying. The Full Moon Sect’s experts had placed restraining shackles on him because he couldn’t control himself. Perhaps Aguli thought he was going to be executed because of this, and he wanted to beg for mercy for his people at least. Long Chen didn’t even know how to respond to level of intelligence.

“Don’t worry, I won’t kill you. I will also think of a way for you and your people to see the king of the Blood Barbarian race.” Long Chen lifted Aguli up.

Aguli was instantly overjoyed, but then he quickly grew mournful. “I... we... We were all tricked! How could we meet our king?”

These days, people had been looking after him. He had learned what had happened from them. Long Chen wanted to explain, but he gave up before even trying when he thought about how difficult it would be to get it through his thick head.

Instead, he simply asked, “Do you trust me?”

Aguli nodded firmly. “You are stronger than me. I trust you!”

Long Chen had no words. Right. Perfectly sound logic.

“Then if you became stronger than me, would you stop trusting me?” he asked.

“If you make me stronger, that means that you treat me well. I’d still trust you!” swore Aguli, staring at him with innocent eyes.

Long Chen said, “Alright then. Give me half of your essence blood!”

“Alright!” Aguli did not hesitate in the slightest. He crossed his hands in front of his chest. Blood-colored flames rose as his incredible bloodline power gushed out.

It wasn’t long before a ball of blood the size of a head had condensed in front of his chest. This ball of blood was filled with swirling runes. Violent fluctuations came from it. Meanwhile, Aguli had turned pale and listless. It looked like he had been sucked dry by a giant mosquito. His head was covered in sweat.

Aguli handed Long Chen the blood sphere. “Master Long Chen, is this enough? If not, I can squeeze out a bit more!”

He was not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he knew that the Barbarian race’s essence blood was an excellent tonic for body cultivators. It was a priceless medicine for refining the body. Thus, when Long Chen asked him for his essence blood, he assumed Long Chen wanted to use it to improve his body. That was why he asked if it was enough.

Long Chen sighed inside when he saw how innocent Aguli was. The Brahma line are all a bunch of criminals. How can they trick someone so simple and so honest?

The moment the Barbarian trusted someone, they would trust them unconditionally. Thus, Aguli didn’t think of his status, his power, or anything else before doing what Long Chen had requested.

“That’s enough. You can rest. And don’t worry about your people, I’ve already sent people to secretly bring them over. It won’t be long before you can reunite,” said Long Chen.

Aguli’s eyes reddened with excitement when he heard that. He followed the Full Moon Sect’s disciples away.

Once Aguli left, Zi Yan, Shen Qingxue, and the others came out from behind a curtain.

“Barbarians are really adorable, I have to say!” Xin Yu chuckled. She felt that Aguli’s naivety was cute.

“You didn’t say he was adorable when he was fighting us!” said Chi Yutong with a snort.

At that time, Aguli had been like a beast in human form, incredibly fierce and powerful. He didn’t seem the slightest bit lovable.

“Big brother, why do you want his essence blood?” asked Xie Wanyi curiously.

Long Chen raised the orb of essence blood for them to look at it. “Aguli has the Blood Barbarian race’s bloodline. Although it isn’t pure, he should have the power to transform. However, even when he was forced into desperate straits against you, he didn’t transform. That means that he doesn’t know how. I want to help him.”

“Maybe his seniors didn’t have a chance to teach him before dying in the night?” guessed Xie Wanyi.

Long Chen shook his head. “The Barbarian race only has divine abilities, not divine techniques. They can’t be learned, and they can’t be taught. In any case, do you seriously think it’s possible for anyone to teach them anything? Their divine abilities are branded deep into their souls and awaken through their bloodline.

“Aguli survived the endless night. He lived under the clash of two sets of world laws. His bloodline has also mutated. This mutated bloodline contains too many impurities, and these energies clash with each other. I want to see if I can remove these impurities from his blood. After that, I hope I can use some mutated medicinal plants to refine a Spirit Awakening Pill and help him awaken his bloodline power. If it works, I don’t even know how many times stronger he will become.

“Oh, and it won’t just be him. All the survivors of his race will be able to walk the same path. After all, they all managed to survive the night. They can also be considered chosen by the heavens. Of course, if it doesn’t work, I will just purify his essence blood as much as I can and return it to him. There won’t be any loss to him.”

Aguli’s bloodline was not pure, but it had mutated, and his potential was something only known by the heavens themselves. If Long Chen could successfully awaken that latent potential, he might be able to create a terrifying legion of mutated experts.

Long Chen didn’t waste time. He had them prepare a room and took out the Demon Moon Cauldron.

It had been a long time since he had personally refined pills. Long Chen instantly felt a dissonance between him and the Demon Moon Cauldron’s flame. That gave him a warning.

Yao Linger had been continuously refining pills and improving, while Long Chen was still stuck at his original level. That was no good. In the future, he couldn’t slack off. After all, alchemy was the first step in him defying the heavens and changing his fate. He couldn’t abandon it in his pursuit for the martial path.

Thankfully, Yao Linger did her best to work with him. They slowly matched each other to regain their old merged state.

Refining essence blood was not easy. The flame had to be controlled perfectly. The slightest mistake and it would destroy the spirituality of the blood. In that case, all this blood would be wasted.

After spending a full day, Long Chen had finally expelled the impurities in the blood. After examining what remained, he picked out one of the eight formulas he had for the Spirit Awakening Pill. This one matched the characteristics of the Barbarian race’s blood the best. After resting for a couple hours, he began the refinement.

The first time he refined it was not using Aguli’s blood. He used some demonic beast essence blood to practice. After getting accustomed to the process, he worked together with Yao Linger to refine a Barbarian Blood Spirit Awakening Pill.

Seven days passed. Long Chen refined a hundred Spirit Awakening Pills and gave them to Aguli. The latter obviously did not understand what they were, but since Long Chen had told him to eat them, he did so without hesitation. After consuming them, he immediately fell into a deep slumber. His skin began to turn to stone; it wasn’t even an hour before he became a stone statue.

“Well, this makes sense; he is from the Stone Barbarian race. He is first awakening his original abilities. I wonder what kind of divine abilities he will awaken in the end...”

Long Chen was a bit disappointed. It seemed that Aguli’s Stone Barbarian bloodline exceeded his Blood Barbarian bloodline. However, in any event, it was a good thing for him to awaken these abilities. It meant that this was a feasible path for him and his kin.

Suddenly, the entire divine capital quaked. Long Chen frowned when he felt that.

“Someone dares to attack the divine capital?”