Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation Chapter 1240: Life Essence

Hearing such anxious words from Ao Jiao, Xiao Chen ignored his fatigue and prepared to go over.

However, he looked around and discovered that Wang Yuzhu’s eyes were filled with hope as he looked at those motes of light, appearing entranced.

Oh no! I forgot that this person was still here.

Although Xiao Chen was normally a good judge of character, he could not help feeling nervous. In his current state, he was not confident of defeating this half-step Martial Emperor.

If the other party ended up being greedy, Xiao Chen could only choose to flee alone and not fight now.

Wang Yuzhu felt Xiao Chen’s gaze and smiled in embarrassment. “This is the Life Essence of a Martial Emperor. I’d heard of it before, but this is my first time seeing it. So I ended up a little too engrossed.”

Xiao Chen said calmly, “It’s fine. I understand.”

If the other party wanted to snatch it, this was his best chance. After Xiao Chen absorbed this Life Essence, there would not be any more opportunities to do so.

In the end, Xiao Chen had not gone through life and death with Wang Yuzhu nor spoken heart to heart with him before. He could use this opportunity to test Wang Yuzhu.

If Wang Yuzhu could endure the temptation and greed, not making a move on Xiao Chen, then he would be worth befriending. Xiao Chen asked Ao Jiao to stand guard before crossing three steps’ worth of distance with every two steps to arrive beside Old Hong’s corpse.

As Xiao Chen was about to sit down cross-legged, the Azure Dragon Martial Spirit Yuanying in his dantian wanted to roar again. It took advantage of his weakness to try and break through his suppression.

From the moment he entered the Distant Sea Dragon Grave, he had felt a mysterious existence calling out to him. The Azure Dragon Martial Spirit probably wanted to roar in reply to the call of this mysterious being.

Due to the presence of Yi Ling and the others, Xiao Chen had been suppressing the Azure Dragon Martial Spirit, not letting it respond to that call.

Right now, the Azure Dragon Martial Spirit wanted to tak

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