Chapter 2864 - 868: Lia: Princess of the Yuanling Clan

"I want to look around, isn’t this the place where the Yuanling Clan resides? Last time I came here, I was almost killed by that Tree Fortress Giant.

Later, Chen Cangxiong fought fiercely with the Tree Fortress Giant and luckily obtained a Life Essence, which greatly helped improve my cultivation level.

The Tree Fortress Giant has ten Life Essences, and I want the remaining nine.

With my strength now, am I not invincible here?"

Ling Xiao said with a smile.

"If you hadn’t mentioned, I almost forgot. Alright, you go find the Tree Fortress Giant, I will help you break the Illusion Array."

The Yuan Venerate replied.

"Thank you, Master!"

After speaking, Ling Xiao walked in the direction he remembered. Although there is an Illusion Array that mingles reality with illusion, the place occupied by the Yuanling Clan doesn’t have an Illusion Array, so it should be relatively easy to find.

He went there just for the Life Essence and didn’t intend to fight the Yuanling Clan.

However, if those guys don’t know what’s good for them, they shouldn’t blame him for being impolite.

Back then, the Yuanling Clan started a war that almost indirectly killed his friend, a feud he could put aside.

But if the other side really doesn’t know when to show respect, he wouldn’t mind taking revenge.

"Huh? There seems to be someone over there!"

As Ling Xiao was walking, he suddenly saw several figures in the distance. He didn’t know if they were disciples of the Secret Realm Academy or martial artists of the Yuanling Clan, but he decided to go over and check.

With his current strength, no one in the Yuanling Clan is likely to be his opponent, so he has absolutely nothing to fear.

A moment later, he was standing in front of those people.

Six people, four men, two women.

One of the women was dressed lavishly and carried a sense of nobility; she should have a substantial status.

The other woman held a short knife, very vigilant, clearly the close guard of this girl.

As for the four men, they were all dressed in the characteristic clothing of the Yuanling Clan, with special Yuanling Clan patterns on their bodies.

No need to ask, these six seemingly human-like figures must be martial artists of the Yuanling Clan.

The appearance of Ling Xiao shocked the six people.

After all, this is the territory of the Yuanling Clan, and Ling Xiao is clearly human, so he could only be a disciple of the Secret Realm Academy, their enemy.

"Don’t be nervous, I’m just passing through."

Ling Xiao glanced at them and said lightly, "May I trouble you to tell me, in which direction is the Tree Fortress Giant?"

The noble-looking, fair-featured girl hurriedly said, "So you’re looking for the Tree Fortress Giant, he’s in..."

"Princess Lia!"

The girl had only spoken half a sentence when the female guard next to her stopped her, "This person is of unknown origin and is probably our enemy. He’s looking for the Tree Fortress Giant, definitely with bad intentions."

After speaking, the female guard looked at Ling Xiao vigilantly, even drawing her short knife.

Ling Xiao chuckled contemptuously and then said, "You’re right. I’m looking for the Tree Fortress Giant for his Life Essence. After all, even if he loses a Life Essence, he can regenerate another. It just takes some time."

"You are delusional! Life Essence is a reward for our Yuanling Clan’s great warriors. Who do you think you are, daring to lust after such a treasure?"

A male warrior shouted angrily at Ling Xiao.

"Heh."

Ling Xiao chuckled, turned around, and was about to leave. It was normal for him to want other people’s things, and if they didn’t give them, he planned to take them himself.

Just as compensation from the Yuanling Clan.

"Wait a minute."

The girl called Princess Lia shouted, "I can feel that you are not a bad person. I’m Lia. What’s your name? If you really only want the Life Essence, I can help you, but you’ll have to purchase it with Spirit Stones from the outside world."

"My name is Ling Xiao."

Facing this naive girl, Ling Xiao didn’t hide his name.

"Can Life Essence really be bought with Spirit Stones?"

Ling Xiao asked.

"Of course it can. Actually, we have a large stock of Life Essence; we can’t use it all. Instead, we lack Spirit Stones. If you have a lot of Spirit Stones, I can definitely have my father trade with you."

Lia nodded.

"Are you saying that the Chen Royal Family has traded with you too?"

Ling Xiao asked.

"Hmph, those shameless guys took the Life Essence but don’t want to pay Spirit Stones. There’s nothing to discuss with them."

Lia said angrily, clenching her fist.

"Indeed, the Chen Royal Family is shameless."

Ling Xiao nodded in agreement.

"Aren’t you a disciple of the Secret Realm Academy? You are really daring to have ventured into their hidden land."

Lia looked at Ling Xiao, with some admiration.

"It’s nothing, I sneaked in and didn’t encounter anyone."

Ling Xiao said lightly.

"Princess Lia, this guy doesn’t look like he has money, and he sneaked in. Aren’t you afraid he’ll steal our Life Essence?"

One warrior said.

"Wu Pa, how can you suspect people so easily."

Lia said somewhat annoyed.

This little girl is still so naive.

But speaking of wealth, Ling Xiao might really be the richest in the Chen Dynasty.

He just killed so many experts of the Chen Royal Family, and seized quite a number of Spirit Stones.

Ling Xiao casually took out a Storage Ring, releasing the Spirit Stones.

At that moment, Wu Pa’s eyes widened.

"This, this must be over a billion Low Grade Spirit Stones!"

Lia was also shocked, "A Life Essence is only worth 1 Million Low Grade Spirit Stones, you could buy so many."

"Heh, if possible, I’ll buy as many as you have."

Generally, a martial artist uses about three Life Essences with no additional effect.

But Ling Xiao is different.

He can store the energy of Life Essence within his cells.

In future battles, encountering strong enemies and getting injured, the energy of Life Essence will be automatically released, helping him not only speed up recovery but also break through his cultivation level.

So he wants as much Life Essence as he can get.

His body now is like a huge warehouse capable of infinitely storing energy.

Ling Xiao re-stashed the Spirit Stones and was prepared to return to their tribe with Lia and the others.

Suddenly, a distant rumbling sound of beasts trampling the ground was heard.

"Boom!"

The ground shook violently, indicating a large number of people coming.

This sound caught Ling Xiao’s attention, and when he looked, he found at least a hundred Secret Realm Academy disciples riding Mysterious Turtle Battle Beasts charging this way.

The leader seemed very powerful but also young, presumably a genius expert of the Secret Realm Academy.

He hastily put on a silver mask, because these people really didn’t matter to him.

However, what he cared more about at this moment was the Life Essence, not wanting to make too big a noise here and attract more enemies.

"Damn, it’s those lackeys from the Secret Realm Academy, let’s hurry!"

Lia’s face looked a bit grim, in her opinion, those people from the Secret Realm Academy were enemies.