Sure enough... Chen Jing's heart sank when he saw the old man who had basically completed his transformation.
This aligns with Chen Jing's earlier guess: the blood is the key. He still has thin tubes connected to the ground on his back, absorbing that blood.
At this moment, Mei Moke spoke:
"Well done, well done." Mei Moke's face had returned to human form: "On behalf of Meijing Taoist Temple and the Mei family, I thank you. Give me more blood, more blood, kill the other cocoon people, and I will reward you, reward you..."
Li Aidan couldn't help but ask, "What will you become in the end?"
Chen Jing thought, "Does this even need asking? The final form must be an angel... no, not necessarily."
Angels may very well be just an intermediate form in this transformation!
Mei Moke grinned and replied, "I will become a being you can't even imagine—purely benevolent and powerful..."
Zhang Taoying glanced at Li Si, then asked, "The reward? Can we get the reward now?"
Seeing that Li Si tacitly agreed, Dao Nan also said, "Before that, we need some compensation. Just like you, the other cocoon people are getting stronger and stronger, and it is becoming more and more difficult for us to deal with them."
This is true. If those two cocoon people are both at the Dan realm, then Chen Jing and his group might have to pay a price to deal with them, the price of one of their members' lives!
Li Si and He Lili are both at the Dan realm, but He Lili is not good at fighting and can only be considered as a Blood realm-level fighter. Even if you include the others, these two cocoon people and Chen Jing's team are very close in strength!
They weren't nailed to stakes and used as targets anymore. Even though they were originally in fixed cocoons, they've now grown legs and can move around.
“Listen up,” Mei Moke said. “I am the abbot of the Mei Family Taoist Temple. I have a lot of savings. I can give you the reward you need.”
Chen Jing asked, "Can you use magic to help us?"
Although Chen Jing had previously decided to keep a low profile and not let Li Si notice him, now that others were speaking up, he couldn't be too low-key and had to maintain the same level as Dao Nan and the others.
Mei Moke said, "I can't go too far right now, and my magic can't support you."
"I can provide knowledge and intelligence, if you want them."
“I can sense that there are two other enemies nearby in the same state as me, fighting for blood, the sacred blood of the feathered dragon. Kill them all, no, even just one more.”
The old man's voice was slightly manic and fanatical. Chen Jing and the others couldn't help but look at He Lili.
He Lili mouthed "No malice intended".
Then, He Lili asked, "Do you know about the War of Ruins?"
"Ruins battlefield? Is that the name of that war?" Mei Moke asked rhetorically.
Uh… Chen Jingcai suddenly remembered that the term “war of ruins” only came into use on Zhou Tian Island when various countries and regions signed a ceasefire agreement.
He Lili also thought of this, and she said, "The wars between the Song Dynasty and other countries."
Mei Moke nodded, and said in a dreamlike tone, "War, yes, war. The Song Dynasty needs power, it needs the power from ancient calamities..."
He Lili continued, "What was the last day you saw the calendar, or do you remember anything significant that happened 'recently'?"
Without much thought, Mei Moke replied directly, "The Celestial Empire's army plundered the 'Big Pot' region, and the Song Dynasty sent troops to provide support."
“'Big pot'... okay.” He Lili looked at Li Si and the others: “I can’t think of any problems for now.”
Mei Moke muttered to himself, "Was the war lost? Meijing City has been occupied? Is this why the workshops abandoned this place?"
After a moment of silence, Li Si asked, "How much do you know about the workshop?"
“A group of hunters who hunted monsters hidden among the people,” Mei Moke said. “Later, because they were too crazy, they were abandoned by the protectors of the Heavenly Dao Sect. Later, they established themselves in the Song Dynasty, and when the Song Dynasty was in danger, they were still willing to fight for the Song people.”
Dao Nan then said, "If you really can't provide any support, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to deal with those two cocoon people. They are together, at least when I saw them before, they were together, and they didn't fight each other, but were on the same side."
Yes, they're on the same front against us... Chen Jing thought to himself. Dao Nan had exaggerated the enemy's threat within reasonable limits in order to obtain intelligence, but that wasn't a problem. He wasn't lying. At least the two cocoon people seemed capable of acting together when fighting against external threats.
Mei Moke said, "No, I don't believe it. They only need a spark to start a fight. Believe me, when you are in my position, no worldly emotion can hinder your desires."
Li Si asked, "Back in the mortal realm... did you already consider yourself a being beyond the mortal realm?"
At this moment, Chen Jing noticed that Mei Moke was becoming agitated, and the blood in the thin tube on his back was getting paler and paler.
"You've asked enough, God, I crave, I crave blood, to kill them, to kill the others..."
Dao Nan glanced at Li Si, then said, "Alright, let's be honest." He spread his hands: "We were almost wiped out when facing the previous level of cocoon people. Those two are obviously stronger. If we can really not provide any information..."
Dao Nan paused for a moment, then said, "Please ask your God to help you."
Zhang Taoying nodded: "I think so too."
“It doesn’t matter. From what you’ve said, they’re very close, so they’ll fight sooner or later… It’s alright if you don’t help me.” Mei Moke smiled.
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