Chapter 83
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Inside the meeting room...
"So, Shen Lu, go ahead and tell us about your experiment on the blood." Duan Li spoke out.
Shen Lu nodded as he said excitedly, "You won't believe this!"
He then told them about his numerous experiment with the blood that he got from Duan Li.
Heeding to the advice of Duan Li before, he diluted a single drop of blood inside a bucket full of water and to his surprise, the whole water was dyed red in an instant the blood touched it!
This was the evidence of the sheer potency of the blood alone!
And then, in order to test it, he caught himself a few small fishes from the nearby pond on what would happen if it were to swim in that bucket of red water - which was what he called it from then on.
When he did, the result had entirely shocked him!
The small fish grew bigger and bulkier as it metamorphosed into something terrifying in a short time!
It's mouth grew teeth while its scales became as thick as a metal sheet! However, the fish continued to expand without showing any signs of stopping, until it eventually explode!
After some further adjustment, he found that the correct ratio were; a drop of blood should be diluted with three buckets of water! Only then did the fishes stop exploding one after another.
He had also tested this golden ratio onto other animals as well - chicken, ducks, birds, and all of them had successfully evolved to become bigger and stronger after being bathed with the red water!
And the most spectacular thing was, they still remained docile after their transformation!
Hearing this result, Shen Murong was a little bit unimpressed.
"Eh? All the other blood essences from random monsters could do that to normal animals. Although the chances are far more miniscule, what would be the difference?"
"Hehehe! I have already predicted that this question would come out!" Shen Lu smirked.
"What if I told you, that these animals had formed their own cores and started to cultivate?" he said.
Pu!
Shen Murong choked out.
"H-How was that possible?! Poultry animals are just normal creature!" he exclaimed out in shock.
As far as he knew, only monsters could cultivate! He had never heard of any normal creatures forming their own cores and started to cultivate, regardless if they had transformed due to being affected by blood essences and the likes.
They were just not meant to!
And this was the iron clad rules since the beginning of time. To think that a mere single drop of blood, at its diluted state could create such a change?
That was truly heaven-defying!
"Well, I also took into consideration that this fact would be hard to swallow, so I brought one of the transformed chicken with me here for everyone to witness themselves!" Shen Lu said as he pulled out a cage from under the table.
All eyes were now focused onto this big chicken. It's chest were puffed up entirely as if it had been doing body-exercises for all of its life. That feather of his was gleaming with shine, as if radiating out its grand presence.
Even its beak had turned golden!
Furthermore, from the fluctuation of spiritual Qi around it, they could see that this chicken in front of them was currently cultivating with closed eyes!
No wonder it was so silent before, to the point that they didn't managed to noticed it under the table!
"That's not all." Shen Lu chuckled out as he opened the cage.
"Watch!" he said as he poked at the chicken abruptly.
Immediately, the chicken was startled and cuckoo'ed. Then, under the astonished gaze of the people inside the room, it began to flap its wings and flew in circles trying to find ways to escape!
Hiss!
What a sight! A chicken could actually flew like a real bird now?
And as if that was not mind-boggling enough for them, it turns out that this chicken used a skill art in order to fly from that faint blue hue on both of its wings!
"T-This is incredible! If this news were to come out of the world, people would kill to get their hands on a single drop of this miracle blood!" Shen Murong commented out.
All of them nodded their head in agreement to what the other party had just said.
In fact, it was even possible for the value of the single drop of blood to go way beyond their expectations!
"As my followers, I forbid everyone here to talk about this to anyone else. I understand that I have no ways of preventing you from telling this to others at the moment, but I hope that I can trust everyone here on this secret." Duan Li spoke out.
Both Xiahou Yu and Wang Xiolun could already be considered as trustworthy enough for him. The former had witnessed personally on what he could become, while the latter should be feeling immensely grateful to him for resolving the affliction and wouldn't even think about crossing him.
Only the two men that was in front of him right now that made him worried.
Shen Lu was a Strategist, someone who could weigh the pros and cons for the sake of benefits. Sometimes, Duan Li feels like he could understand him, while at other times it feels like the other party was having their own thoughts.
Shen Murong on the other hand, was just someone that Duan Li knew recently. From his personality so far though, Shen Murong seemed like someone that was direct and upfront. Duan Li hadn't yet witnessed for the other party to show any signs of scheming. But that boldness alone might cause the other party to slip up their lips unintentionally.
The both of these men nodded their heads after thinking for a while.
"I agree. Furthermore, the full effects from the blood was still a mystery. For all we know, this chicken might even turned berserk or died the next morning. It was just the first day after all." Shen Lu said, as if hinting that he would not tell anyone else, at least for the moment.
To Duan Li, this was acceptable. After all, he did not plan to hog these benefits all to himself and his party for long. If it proved to be able to increase the strengths of the common populace as a whole, that would bring them even more closer to survival!
"Me too! These kinds of things are always too troublesome for me. I would rather have my safe haven to cultivate in peace rather than telling others and risk myself of being spied on at every moment!" Shen Murong spoke out.
Duan Li nodded, although Shen Murong's reasoning sounded simple enough, he could feel that the other party had really meant what they said.
"I agree as well!" Wang Xiolun added.
"Me too!" Xiahou Yu said.
Hearing their words, Duan Li nodded in satisfaction. His first few followers were showing quite the promise!
As long as they remained loyal to him, he wouldn't mistreat them at all.
"Now that it was all said and done, there is only one question left." Duan Li said, as the rest of them nodded in realization as to what Duan Li meant.
Looking intently at the three remaining small bottles that contained a single drop of blood each, a single question popped in their minds.
Will this blood be able to make them stronger?
...
Duan Li had tasked Wang Xiolun to bought them four wide cauldrons that were usually used by cultivators to strengthen their physical body.
Usually, only by adding bone pastes mixed with blood essences from some special types of monsters, could a cultivator increase the resilience of their body slowly by stages.
At first, they were confused as to why Duan Li had asked Wang Xiolun to only bought 4 cauldrons when there are five of them. Naturally, Duan Li decided to just told them that he wanted his followers to have a go at it first and he would do it himself later.
After all, to be bathing in his own blood was something that makes him feels a little bit uncomfortable.
It did not take long before Wang Xiolun came back with four big cauldrons. The cauldron that Duan Li asked him to buy was the most expensive one available on the market, cauldrons that was made from the silvergold crystal!
The revolting-heavens cauldron!
Each of these cauldron cost about 200 middle quality spirit stones, but it seems as though Duan Li did not even bother to count as he whipped out a single high quality spirit stone to buy them, and asked Wang Xiolun to keep the remaining change.
These cauldrons would allow for an optimum heat temperatures to be maintained throughout the process.
And not only that, the impurities within a cultivator's body that was excreted out during the process of body tempering would be filtered out from the cauldron automatically. Thus, ensuring the contents to remain pure at all times!
Shen Murong and Xiahou Yu were setting up these cauldrons right now as Shen Lu approached at Duan Li.
"Brother, do you still have another drop of blood?" he asked out.
Hearing this, Duan Li chuckled out as he whipped out a small bottle with a drop of blood in it.
"Great! Now we don't have to dilute the remaining blood any further! Otherwise, I'm afraid that the effects would not be as impressive.." said Shen Lu excitedly as he took the bottle.
"The water temperatures are now hot enough for our pores to open once we bathed in it!" Xiahou Yu called out as she turned towards Duan Li, with Shen Murong behind her giving the thumbs up with a wide grin.
What is up with that guy so suddenly?
Shen Lu went over to each cauldron as he put in a single drop of blood in them, and the water swiftly turned deep red.
"Alright, goodluck people!" Duan Li cheered on them as the men started to unbutton themselves.
At this moment, Xiahou Yu approached at Duan Li slowly.
"Umm.. can I temper somewhere else?" she asked with a red face.
Hearing this, Duan Li face-palmed himself in a sudden realization!
No wonder Shen Murong gave him that wide grin!
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Inside the meeting room...
"So, Shen Lu, go ahead and tell us about your experiment on the blood." Duan Li spoke out.
Shen Lu nodded as he said excitedly, "You won't believe this!"
He then told them about his numerous experiment with the blood that he got from Duan Li.
Heeding to the advice of Duan Li before, he diluted a single drop of blood inside a bucket full of water and to his surprise, the whole water was dyed red in an instant the blood touched it!
This was the evidence of the sheer potency of the blood alone!
And then, in order to test it, he caught himself a few small fishes from the nearby pond on what would happen if it were to swim in that bucket of red water - which was what he called it from then on.
When he did, the result had entirely shocked him!
The small fish grew bigger and bulkier as it metamorphosed into something terrifying in a short time!
It's mouth grew teeth while its scales became as thick as a metal sheet! However, the fish continued to expand without showing any signs of stopping, until it eventually explode!
After some further adjustment, he found that the correct ratio were; a drop of blood should be diluted with three buckets of water! Only then did the fishes stop exploding one after another.
He had also tested this golden ratio onto other animals as well - chicken, ducks, birds, and all of them had successfully evolved to become bigger and stronger after being bathed with the red water!
And the most spectacular thing was, they still remained docile after their transformation!
Hearing this result, Shen Murong was a little bit unimpressed.
"Eh? All the other blood essences from random monsters could do that to normal animals. Although the chances are far more miniscule, what would be the difference?"
"Hehehe! I have already predicted that this question would come out!" Shen Lu smirked.
"What if I told you, that these animals had formed their own cores and started to cultivate?" he said.
Pu!
Shen Murong choked out.
"H-How was that possible?! Poultry animals are just normal creature!" he exclaimed out in shock.
As far as he knew, only monsters could cultivate! He had never heard of any normal creatures forming their own cores and started to cultivate, regardless if they had transformed due to being affected by blood essences and the likes.
They were just not meant to!
And this was the iron clad rules since the beginning of time. To think that a mere single drop of blood, at its diluted state could create such a change?
That was truly heaven-defying!
"Well, I also took into consideration that this fact would be hard to swallow, so I brought one of the transformed chicken with me here for everyone to witness themselves!" Shen Lu said as he pulled out a cage from under the table.
All eyes were now focused onto this big chicken. It's chest were puffed up entirely as if it had been doing body-exercises for all of its life. That feather of his was gleaming with shine, as if radiating out its grand presence.
Even its beak had turned golden!
Furthermore, from the fluctuation of spiritual Qi around it, they could see that this chicken in front of them was currently cultivating with closed eyes!
No wonder it was so silent before, to the point that they didn't managed to noticed it under the table!
"That's not all." Shen Lu chuckled out as he opened the cage.
"Watch!" he said as he poked at the chicken abruptly.
Immediately, the chicken was startled and cuckoo'ed. Then, under the astonished gaze of the people inside the room, it began to flap its wings and flew in circles trying to find ways to escape!
Hiss!
What a sight! A chicken could actually flew like a real bird now?
And as if that was not mind-boggling enough for them, it turns out that this chicken used a skill art in order to fly from that faint blue hue on both of its wings!
"T-This is incredible! If this news were to come out of the world, people would kill to get their hands on a single drop of this miracle blood!" Shen Murong commented out.
All of them nodded their head in agreement to what the other party had just said.
In fact, it was even possible for the value of the single drop of blood to go way beyond their expectations!
"As my followers, I forbid everyone here to talk about this to anyone else. I understand that I have no ways of preventing you from telling this to others at the moment, but I hope that I can trust everyone here on this secret." Duan Li spoke out.
Both Xiahou Yu and Wang Xiolun could already be considered as trustworthy enough for him. The former had witnessed personally on what he could become, while the latter should be feeling immensely grateful to him for resolving the affliction and wouldn't even think about crossing him.
Only the two men that was in front of him right now that made him worried.
Shen Lu was a Strategist, someone who could weigh the pros and cons for the sake of benefits. Sometimes, Duan Li feels like he could understand him, while at other times it feels like the other party was having their own thoughts.
Shen Murong on the other hand, was just someone that Duan Li knew recently. From his personality so far though, Shen Murong seemed like someone that was direct and upfront. Duan Li hadn't yet witnessed for the other party to show any signs of scheming. But that boldness alone might cause the other party to slip up their lips unintentionally.
The both of these men nodded their heads after thinking for a while.
"I agree. Furthermore, the full effects from the blood was still a mystery. For all we know, this chicken might even turned berserk or died the next morning. It was just the first day after all." Shen Lu said, as if hinting that he would not tell anyone else, at least for the moment.
To Duan Li, this was acceptable. After all, he did not plan to hog these benefits all to himself and his party for long. If it proved to be able to increase the strengths of the common populace as a whole, that would bring them even more closer to survival!
"Me too! These kinds of things are always too troublesome for me. I would rather have my safe haven to cultivate in peace rather than telling others and risk myself of being spied on at every moment!" Shen Murong spoke out.
Duan Li nodded, although Shen Murong's reasoning sounded simple enough, he could feel that the other party had really meant what they said.
"I agree as well!" Wang Xiolun added.
"Me too!" Xiahou Yu said.
Hearing their words, Duan Li nodded in satisfaction. His first few followers were showing quite the promise!
As long as they remained loyal to him, he wouldn't mistreat them at all.
"Now that it was all said and done, there is only one question left." Duan Li said, as the rest of them nodded in realization as to what Duan Li meant.
Looking intently at the three remaining small bottles that contained a single drop of blood each, a single question popped in their minds.
Will this blood be able to make them stronger?
...
Duan Li had tasked Wang Xiolun to bought them four wide cauldrons that were usually used by cultivators to strengthen their physical body.
Usually, only by adding bone pastes mixed with blood essences from some special types of monsters, could a cultivator increase the resilience of their body slowly by stages.
At first, they were confused as to why Duan Li had asked Wang Xiolun to only bought 4 cauldrons when there are five of them. Naturally, Duan Li decided to just told them that he wanted his followers to have a go at it first and he would do it himself later.
After all, to be bathing in his own blood was something that makes him feels a little bit uncomfortable.
It did not take long before Wang Xiolun came back with four big cauldrons. The cauldron that Duan Li asked him to buy was the most expensive one available on the market, cauldrons that was made from the silvergold crystal!
The revolting-heavens cauldron!
Each of these cauldron cost about 200 middle quality spirit stones, but it seems as though Duan Li did not even bother to count as he whipped out a single high quality spirit stone to buy them, and asked Wang Xiolun to keep the remaining change.
These cauldrons would allow for an optimum heat temperatures to be maintained throughout the process.
And not only that, the impurities within a cultivator's body that was excreted out during the process of body tempering would be filtered out from the cauldron automatically. Thus, ensuring the contents to remain pure at all times!
Shen Murong and Xiahou Yu were setting up these cauldrons right now as Shen Lu approached at Duan Li.
"Brother, do you still have another drop of blood?" he asked out.
Hearing this, Duan Li chuckled out as he whipped out a small bottle with a drop of blood in it.
"Great! Now we don't have to dilute the remaining blood any further! Otherwise, I'm afraid that the effects would not be as impressive.." said Shen Lu excitedly as he took the bottle.
"The water temperatures are now hot enough for our pores to open once we bathed in it!" Xiahou Yu called out as she turned towards Duan Li, with Shen Murong behind her giving the thumbs up with a wide grin.
What is up with that guy so suddenly?
Shen Lu went over to each cauldron as he put in a single drop of blood in them, and the water swiftly turned deep red.
"Alright, goodluck people!" Duan Li cheered on them as the men started to unbutton themselves.
At this moment, Xiahou Yu approached at Duan Li slowly.
"Umm.. can I temper somewhere else?" she asked with a red face.
Hearing this, Duan Li face-palmed himself in a sudden realization!
No wonder Shen Murong gave him that wide grin!
...
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This was the evidence of the sheer potency of the blood alone! And then, in order to test it, he caught himself a few small fishes from the nearby pond on what would happen if it were to swim in that bucket of red water - which was what he called it from then on. When he did, the result had entirely shocked him! The small fish grew bigger and bulkier as it metamorphosed into something terrifying in a short time! It's mouth grew teeth while its scales became as thick as a metal sheet! However, the fish continued to expand without showing any signs of stopping, until it eventually explode! After some further adjustment, he found that the correct ratio were; a drop of blood should be diluted with three buckets of water! Only then did the fishes stop exploding one after another. He had also tested this golden ratio onto other animals as well - chicken, ducks, birds, and all of them had successfully evolved to become bigger and stronger after being bathed with the red water! And the most spectacular thing was, they still remained docile after their transformation! Hearing this result, Shen Murong was a little bit unimpressed. "Eh? All the other blood essences from random monsters could do that to normal animals. Although the chances are far more miniscule, what would be the difference?" "Hehehe! I have already predicted that this question would come out!" Shen Lu smirked. "What if I told you, that these animals had formed their own cores and started to cultivate?" he said. Pu! Shen Murong choked out. "H-How was that possible?! Poultry animals are just normal creature!" he exclaimed out in shock. As far as he knew, only monsters could cultivate! He had never heard of any normal creatures forming their own cores and started to cultivate, regardless if they had transformed due to being affected by blood essences and the likes. They were just not meant to! And this was the iron clad rules since the beginning of time. To think that a mere single drop of blood, at its diluted state could create such a change? That was truly heaven-defying! "Well, I also took into consideration that this fact would be hard to swallow, so I brought one of the transformed chicken with me here for everyone to witness themselves!" Shen Lu said as he pulled out a cage from under the table. All eyes were now focused onto this big chicken. It's chest were puffed up entirely as if it had been doing body-exercises for all of its life. That feather of his was gleaming with shine, as if radiating out its grand presence. Even its beak had turned golden! Furthermore, from the fluctuation of spiritual Qi around it, they could see that this chicken in front of them was currently cultivating with closed eyes! No wonder it was so silent before, to the point that they didn't managed to noticed it under the table! "That's not all." Shen Lu chuckled out as he opened the cage. "Watch!" he said as he poked at the chicken abruptly. Immediately, the chicken was startled and cuckoo'ed. Then, under the astonished gaze of the people inside the room, it began to flap its wings and flew in circles trying to find ways to escape! Hiss! What a sight! A chicken could actually flew like a real bird now? And as if that was not mind-boggling enough for them, it turns out that this chicken used a skill art in order to fly from that faint blue hue on both of its wings! "T-This is incredible! If this news were to come out of the world, people would kill to get their hands on a single drop of this miracle blood!" Shen Murong commented out. All of them nodded their head in agreement to what the other party had just said. In fact, it was even possible for the value of the single drop of blood to go way beyond their expectations! "As my followers, I forbid everyone here to talk about this to anyone else. I understand that I have no ways of preventing you from telling this to others at the moment, but I hope that I can trust everyone here on this secret." Duan Li spoke out. Both Xiahou Yu and Wang Xiolun could already be considered as trustworthy enough for him. The former had witnessed personally on what he could become, while the latter should be feeling immensely grateful to him for resolving the affliction and wouldn't even think about crossing him. Only the two men that was in front of him right now that made him worried. Shen Lu was a Strategist, someone who could weigh the pros and cons for the sake of benefits. Sometimes, Duan Li feels like he could understand him, while at other times it feels like the other party was having their own thoughts. Shen Murong on the other hand, was just someone that Duan Li knew recently. From his personality so far though, Shen Murong seemed like someone that was direct and upfront. Duan Li hadn't yet witnessed for the other party to show any signs of scheming. But that boldness alone might cause the other party to slip up their lips unintentionally. The both of these men nodded their heads after thinking for a while. "I agree. Furthermore, the full effects from the blood was still a mystery. For all we know, this chicken might even turned berserk or died the next morning. It was just the first day after all." Shen Lu said, as if hinting that he would not tell anyone else, at least for the moment. To Duan Li, this was acceptable. After all, he did not plan to hog these benefits all to himself and his party for long. If it proved to be able to increase the strengths of the common populace as a whole, that would bring them even more closer to survival! "Me too! These kinds of things are always too troublesome for me. I would rather have my safe haven to cultivate in peace rather than telling others and risk myself of being spied on at every moment!" Shen Murong spoke out. Duan Li nodded, although Shen Murong's reasoning sounded simple enough, he could feel that the other party had really meant what they said. "I agree as well!" Wang Xiolun added. "Me too!" Xiahou Yu said. Hearing their words, Duan Li nodded in satisfaction. His first few followers were showing quite the promise! As long as they remained loyal to him, he wouldn't mistreat them at all. "Now that it was all said and done, there is only one question left." Duan Li said, as the rest of them nodded in realization as to what Duan Li meant. Looking intently at the three remaining small bottles that contained a single drop of blood each, a single question popped in their minds. Will this blood be able to make them stronger? ... Duan Li had tasked Wang Xiolun to bought them four wide cauldrons that were usually used by cultivators to strengthen their physical body. Usually, only by adding bone pastes mixed with blood essences from some special types of monsters, could a cultivator increase the resilience of their body slowly by stages. At first, they were confused as to why Duan Li had asked Wang Xiolun to only bought 4 cauldrons when there are five of them. Naturally, Duan Li decided to just told them that he wanted his followers to have a go at it first and he would do it himself later. After all, to be bathing in his own blood was something that makes him feels a little bit uncomfortable. It did not take long before Wang Xiolun came back with four big cauldrons. The cauldron that Duan Li asked him to buy was the most expensive one available on the market, cauldrons that was made from the silvergold crystal! The revolting-heavens cauldron! Each of these cauldron cost about 200 middle quality spirit stones, but it seems as though Duan Li did not even bother to count as he whipped out a single high quality spirit stone to buy them, and asked Wang Xiolun to keep the remaining change. These cauldrons would allow for an optimum heat temperatures to be maintained throughout the process. And not only that, the impurities within a cultivator's body that was excreted out during the process of body tempering would be filtered out from the cauldron automatically. Thus, ensuring the contents to remain pure at all times! Shen Murong and Xiahou Yu were setting up these cauldrons right now as Shen Lu approached at Duan Li. "Brother, do you still have another drop of blood?" he asked out. Hearing this, Duan Li chuckled out as he whipped out a small bottle with a drop of blood in it. "Great! Now we don't have to dilute the remaining blood any further! Otherwise, I'm afraid that the effects would not be as impressive.." said Shen Lu excitedly as he took the bottle. "The water temperatures are now hot enough for our pores to open once we bathed in it!" Xiahou Yu called out as she turned towards Duan Li, with Shen Murong behind her giving the thumbs up with a wide grin. What is up with that guy so suddenly? Shen Lu went over to each cauldron as he put in a single drop of blood in them, and the water swiftly turned deep red. "Alright, goodluck people!" Duan Li cheered on them as the men started to unbutton themselves. At this moment, Xiahou Yu approached at Duan Li slowly. "Umm.. can I temper somewhere else?" she asked with a red face. Hearing this, Duan Li face-palmed himself in a sudden realization! No wonder Shen Murong gave him that wide grin! ...
