Chapter 349: Imposture
Translator: Panda_Penn Editor: Chrissy
The Blood Pond of God was well-known. It was not unique to the Lu Family. All the 12 Royal Families had this.
This was one of the resources owned by the 12 Royal Cities. It was because the Blood Pond of God that the 12 Royal Families could train powerful warriors and remain prosperous for a long time.
Patriarch Eight’s proposal was supported by all the other patriarchs. Only disciples of the family could absorb the blood essence in the Blood Pond of God. This was an established fact among the Royal Families. Whether Lu Li was a disciple of the Lu Family could be determined after he got into the blood pond.
Patriarch Eight’s introduction was well received by Lu Li. He was the son of Lu Renhuang, so there was nothing to be afraid of.
They walked out at once. They went to a black fortress, not far from the Hall of Patriarchs. The black fortress had no window and it had a cold and spooky feeling. There were candles everywhere.
"Creak, creak~"
After they went into the fortress, Lu Fenghuo pressed on the wall. With a dark glare, there appeared a gate on the smooth wall. Lu Fenghuo took the lead and they all went in. Lu Li went in as well, following Patriarch Eight.
The Blood Pond of God was underground. They walked downstairs after they went into the gate. The passage was a spacious one, allowing up to 10 people to walk side by side. The entire passage was a long spiral staircase, leading to underground.
They were very fast but they had been walking for the time for three incense sticks to burn. By that calculation, the Blood Pond of God was way underneath the ground.
Finally, they stopped and stood in front of a huge black stone gate. Lu Fenghuo activated some gears and they walked into a majestic and forbidding hall.
The hall had a diameter of more than 3000 feet, very spacious and it was well-lit. Lu Li saw a huge blood-red pond right in front of him.
The pond was built by a kind of spar, dark-red in color. Its length and width were both at about 100 feet and it was about six and a half feet tall. The dark-red spars had some kind of mysterious patterns and runes on them, and the spars were flickering in dark red light.
Lu Li stared at the mysterious patterns. He seemed to be able to see a face of a ghost. Those patterns appeared to have formed a picture of angry King Kong, making people terrified and afraid to get closer.
"Um? There is a cold breeze?"
Lu Li suddenly felt some cold air come from the other side. He looked over and saw a closed stone gate covered in ice. The cold ice should have come from there.
"Can it be another place of treasure of the Lu Family?"
Lu Li turned back soon. There were some other gates in the hall. They should be leading to other places of treasure in the Lu Family.
"Now move on!"
Patriarch Eight said to Lu Li and the former walked over to the blood pond. Lu Fenghuo, Lu Liantian and the other Patriarchs were there, waiting.
Lu Li walked over. He threw a look into the pond, feeling shocked.
The blood in there was dark red in color and it was tumbling. There was some kind of power from inside, making people feel agitated. It felt more like venom than blood.
There was something more—when the blood moved, it also formed a pattern of a King Kong with angry glares. It looked very ferocious. Lu Li felt that if somebody were to jump in, the King Kong would devour that person.
"Lu Li, get in there. As long as you are really a disciple of the Lu Family, you should be fine." Patriarch Eight had such a kind appearance that he looked like a goody-goody old man.
The other patriarchs all stood by the blood pond, looking at Lu Li. Lu Li handed over Little White which was still asleep to Patriarch Eight gently and walked towards the blood pond slowly after some thoughts.
Patriarch Eight threw some casual glances to Little White and didn’t think too much. He thought it was just a normal pet. Seeing that Lu Li was about to jump in directly, Patriarch Eight reminded him, "Lu Li, take off your clothes."
Lu Li didn’t. He had the dragon mark on his back that he didn’t want to show. He shook his head and jumped into the blood pond.
"Splash~"
Blood spilled up but not out from the pond. The pond was about six and a half feet tall so Lu Li sank into it, as if he had been devoured by the angry King Kong.
All the patriarchs stared at the pond but nobody used their psychic power. The blood in the pond would render psychic power inefficient.
"Nothing?"
The blood pond calmed down after the time for several breaths. Blood was only tumbling slightly and the King Kong face re-emerged, but nothing else happened.
"Impostor!"
A glint of coldness flashed through Lu Fenghuo’s eyes. Lu Liantian released his Xuan Energy, ready to kill Lu Li right away. Anybody with Lu Family Bloodline must be able to absorb some blood. Lu Li must be a fake.
Patriarch Eight frowned and said, "Let’s wait for a bit longer."
The Xuan Energy that glared on Lu Liantian’s hand died down. They waited in patience. Time pressed on but there was nothing going on in the blood pond. Many Patriarchs were getting gloomy.
Lu Li felt frustrated as well. He was submerged in the blood pond but he couldn’t feel anything going on in the pond.
He wondered… if there was something wrong with the blood pond or he was not a disciple of the Lu Family.
The time for half an incense stick to burn passed. Still, there was nothing. Lu Fenghuo and Lu Liantian could not wait any longer. Lu Liantian waved his hand and said, "Tianhe, get Lu Li out of there."
Patriarch Eight didn’t disagree this time. Patriarch Ten, Lu Tianhe took out a whip from his Interspatial Ring, reached out to the blood pond and was ready to pull Lu Li in.
"Buzzing~"
Right at that moment, the silver dragon mark on Lu Li’s back glared. The dragon pattern moved and swam about and then the entire blood pond tumbled. Every drop of blood was tumbling over.
"Um? There is something. Tianhe, stop."
Patriarch Eight shouted in surprise. Patriarch Ten paused for a moment but in the end, he did get his whip back. All the patriarchs were looking at the blood pond. They frowned when they saw the dark red blood tumble around.
How come when Lu Li first go in, nothing happened? Why did it take such a long time for the blood to have some reaction? This never occurred before.
"Plop, plop~"
Blood was tumbling over and over, like boiled water. Patriarch Eight was relieved and he smiled. Only disciples of the Lu Family could absorb the blood essence in the blood pond, which was something Lu Li was doing right now. It could prove that Lu Li really was a disciple of the Lu Family.
With the blood tumbling, its color started changing as well. The dark red color turned into light red.
"Ah~"
There came a muffled cry of pain from the pond. Patriarch Eight shouted right away, "Lu Li, don’t be afraid. You will sense some pain when you absorb the blood. It is the blood essence refining your body and your own blood. This is good for you. Hold on."
Hearing Patriarch Eight’s words, Lu Li cried less loudly. He bit his teeth and endured the pain.
"Plop, plop~"
Blood was still tumbling over. The color was getting lighter and lighter and it had now turned to a pale red color, yet the blood showed no signs of calming down.
The patriarchs looked at each other. Patriarch Eight and Patriarch Four were shocked. However, nobody said anything. They focused on the blood pond.
The time for one incense stick to burn passed, and then for two, for three…
Color of the blood was so light that it was getting transparent from the pale red. Lu Li could be seen in the pond.
"How…"
All the Patriarchs stood in astonishment. The Blood Pond of God had been here for one million years and the most talented could only absorb half of the blood in the pond. However, Lu Li had taken in more than half and he hadn’t stopped yet…