24 Zither

Zhu Long instantly went over to the demon beast's corpse in astonishment. He looked towards the shining area, he beamed in delight to see the gem engraved on the beast's head.

"This... This is a demon's core!? Only those with pure bloodlines of the Celestial Beasts can possess a demon's core."

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Zhu Long was excited to find such a rare object.

"This could sell for a lot of spirit stones!" He said as he grabbed the core. But something strange happened as soon as he grabbed the stone. The gem vanished as soon as he touched it.

'This feeling, it's the same as when Evil Old Yang made me absorb that demon's qi in hell.' He sighs as he ponders on things further. 'Now that I think about it, that was the first time that I had absorbed qi, it felt so painful at first, but then, the more I absorb it, the more I'm used to it. Somehow, this feeling is scarily familiar with what happened before, I better consult Evil Old Yang about it.' He thought as he sat down and let the qi run through his body.

Two hours later.

Coincidentally, Zhu Long felt much better than before. All of his wounds healed and he felt more refreshed than before. Zhu Long even felt more power surging within him. 'This, is this how it feels to get a higher cultivation level? But I don't find any difference in my aura. It's still the same as an ordinary person. So does that mean that I still haven't made a breakthrough? But again I feel more powerful.. ARHGG!!! Leave it be! I don't care anymore. I better continue and head east.' Zhu Long's mind was about to explode contemplating on things, he felt that he was more powerful now but his aura still was the same. It was as if nothing changed about him at all.

While traveling, Zhu Long encountered many other powerful demon beasts, but this time, they were a lot easier to kill. Only a single punch is required to kill them. Zhu Long looked at the dead beast's corpses, but in vain, none of them had any beast's cores. He smiled wryly, "Of course I won't be that lucky every time. Beast's cores only come from Demon Beasts whose ancestors are Celestial Beasts!."

After traveling for some time, Zhu Long finally saw a large mansion in the distance. It was in the middle of a forest on a large hill. The mansion looked nothing like the fortress that Elder Kong lived in. It truly looked like a place where an elder would live, it was lavish, filled with many beautiful flowers. One could get lost in this place in pure bliss.

After examining the area, Zhu Long realizes something strange about the place. It made him wonder as he continues to analyze his thoughts together. 'It would make sense that the Demons wouldn't attack within a forest so this would be the safest place in the village. I'm sure that the demon captain is smart enough to not send troops to a forest filled with wild beasts of unknown power. The mansion is safe for some reason, I don't even sense any aura of beasts within the premises of the mansion, Seems a little bit odd.'

Zhu Long found it suspicious that within a forest filled with many powerful beasts would be a place where the demon beasts wouldn't even get close to.

'I did notice that the closer I get to the mansion, the lesser the number of beasts came at me. What's more, they are all so weak and can easily be killed.'

Zhu Long was very suspicious. He carefully got closer to the mansion, trying to not be detected by anyone but what he didn't notice was that he was being watched carefully. Even though Zhu Long had felt that he was being watched, he had disregarded the thought about it and began to be a little paranoid.

Zhu Long sneakily went into the mansion. He looked around in complete trance; the walls were made from beautiful marble; the ceiling was well decorated with exquisite ancient patterns covered with mysterious design. Many art works of phoenix designs hung on the walls. There were also portraits of many beautiful women hung besides the phoenix. Those paintings completely entranced Zhu Long, even if they were paintings, they had a certain aura in them which made them look realistic.

'Whomever made these must be really powerful. So powerful that it would be impossible to find within a small village like the Qiang Village...' Zhu Long thought.

Suddenly, a melodious and beautiful tune echoed into Zhu Long's ears. Zhu Long's train of thoughts went away, his mind felt a little clearer.

Zhu Long, listening to the melodious tune, slowly went to its source. He exited the mansion and walked towards a large garden filled with a beautiful scent, and a picturesque view. Complemented by the music, Zhu Long felt extremely relaxed. As Zhu Long walked to the source of the sound, he saw a person's back. By what he could see, the person had long, black and silky hair. And they were playing a Zither!

'So the melody came from the Zither' Thought Zhu Long as he sat down quietly and listened to the melody.

Without knowing it, Zhu Long was in a deep meditative state. His mind had been clear after such a long time and he had to contemplate on all of his previous battles, maybe he could learn a few things. He also thought of the choices that led him here, was it fate? Zhu Long had many questions in his mind, How did he get another continent? Why doesn't Old Yang reply to him? Why is Zhu Long even helping the Qiang village? All of those questions had muddled up his mind, but after listening to the Zither, all of his worries went away and Zhu Long's mind felt free from the burden.

Without knowing it, a few hours had passed when Zhu Long had awakened from his meditative state.

"Hmm, it seems like you've awoken."