Along the way, with frequent stops, Li Xuanzu absorbed an astonishing amount of blood.

Millions of zombies possess an enormous amount of blood.

However, the amount of blood in a zombie is not as much as that in a human, less than two liters, which is less than half of that of a normal adult.

Li Xuanzu also tried absorbing the blood of Qian Li and Ouyang Ningxue, and then came to a conclusion.

Black blood is far less effective than fresh blood, and its conversion rate is only 30% that of fresh blood.

This data was obtained by Li Xuanzu after comparing many times.

Therefore, Fu Yu made the biggest sacrifice. Considering that Qian Li was still young and could not lose too much blood, and that Ouyang Ningxue, as a martial artist, would also suffer from blood deficiency if she lost too much blood.

Li Xuanzu looked down on Liang Lezhan.

Although Fu Yu absorbed very little blood, Li Xuanzu's daily visits gradually pushed Fu Yu to the brink of collapse.

Meanwhile, Huang Lao had completely taken control of both Kyoto and Shanghai. With Leng An and his team clearing out zombies, the third-tier zombies scattered around Kyoto were all wiped out, and he also cultivated his own power.

Even the third-tier exorcists within the Dragon Kingdom tacitly accepted Elder Huang's sweeping reforms within the Dragon Kingdom, which can be considered as having chosen sides.

The Dragon Kingdom currently has nine Tier 3 Psionic Power users. Huang Lao and Leng An have four, and they have trained three Tier 3 Psionic Power users. In addition, they gave an extra Tier 3 Psionic Core to Leng An to summon zombies.

Three Tier 3 psychics were sent from Shanghai, along with two of his trusted confidants, Jia Tai, and a Tier 3 exorcist to oversee the situation. Ji Province became a new safe haven for the Dragon Kingdom, and humanity's living space expanded significantly.

Moreover, Li Xuanzu told Huang Lao about his needs: everyone in the Dragon Kingdom must donate blood every now and then, and the Dragon Kingdom's blood reserves have reached nearly one million liters.

Ninety percent of this amount was available for Li Xuanzu to control.

The blood donation process went very smoothly, thanks to Elder Huang's prestige in the Dragon Kingdom. Several troublemakers who refused to donate blood were beaten to death in the street by Elder Huang's men, and no one dared to challenge Elder Huang's authority anymore.

People like kind leaders, but they don't cherish them because of it. Instead, they become increasingly dissatisfied and constantly demand that the leaders bring them blessings.

It's even possible that a few trivial matters could threaten their interests and cause great dissatisfaction, leading to the situation escalating.

That's what Huang Lao did before, but he never made any wrong decisions in his life, which is why the people love and respect him.

However, when he first banned people from denouncing Li Xuanzu online, public anger was unprecedented. This was because people believed that Huang Lao Hui would listen to the opinions of the people and let them do whatever they wanted.

Using a very old joke from before the apocalypse is quite fitting here.

"If someone gives you a dollar every day, he will resent you if he doesn't give you one day; if someone slaps you every day, he will be grateful if he doesn't give you one day."

The words may sound old-fashioned, but the reasoning behind them is still sound.

Humans are all inherently base.

... ...

Just as Old Huang was happy that he could do something for Li Xuanzu, repay some favors, and get closer to him, Li Xuanzu called.

"By the way, besides the neutral supreme leader you mentioned, lock up the immediate family members of the other six as well. I'll deal with them all when I return to the capital after I've cleared out the Mongolian region." Li Xuanzu's voice was as calm as ever, but it struck Huang Lao like a bolt from the blue.