Chapter 215: The Three Paths to Becoming an Emperor of the Ancient Races!
"Hmm? You mean that ancient race... sigh, that was a story from a thousand years ago, I only heard it from the high priest of our tribe," the Buli Great Priest said. Although she was a bit confused as to why Jiang Lin was asking about this, she was happy to chat about the old stories from a thousand years ago with a young person. After all, even though she didn't know Jiang Lin's background, his future achievements would surely make them, the Buli Tribe, look at him in a different light. It was always good to build a better relationship now to benefit from it in the future.
"All I know is that the leader of that ancient race wanted to break through to the Dou Emperor realm and even extracted the imperial blood from his entire tribe. Unfortunately, he failed in the end. Otherwise, this world would have been in even greater turmoil, and tribes like ours would have faced catastrophic disasters," the Buli Great Priest said, clearly only having heard a little about the ancient race. She didn't even know the name of that race. On the one hand, the time was too far back, and on the other, the Buli Werewolves had become too weak to gather information about the top-tier families.
Jiang Lin's expression remained calm, but his heart was shaken to its core.
Jiang Lin, who had done many material experiments in his previous life, understood that some things should either not be touched or pursued down a single path with no turning back. Once you start down the path of extracting imperial blood, you can't stop!
The Buli Great Priest naturally didn't understand the positions of the Eight Great Ancient Races, but Jiang Lin knew all too well!
'If the Soul Refining Technique isn't lying, then the Soul Race can achieve the legendary Imperial-grade soul by devouring the source of the soul power!'
'If the Flame Refining Technique isn't wrong, then the Spirit Race is trying to break through to the imperial level using the method of spiritual weapons!'
'But... all of this was disrupted by the Xiao Clan! They chose the simplest and most direct path—using their own people to extract imperial blood and forcibly break through to the imperial realm! This is setting a terrible precedent!'
Although his heart was in turmoil, Jiang Lin still maintained a calm demeanor. He spent nearly half an hour collecting data on the Buli bloodline inside A Xiao, the werewolf girl.
'Now I can only hope that the Spirit Race with their spiritual perception didn't notice anything related to Source Qi in the Xiao Clan's blood extraction attempt to break through to the imperial realm. Otherwise, it would be terrifying.'
'After all... the Xiao Clan is taking such a big risk, they wouldn't be arrogant enough to try breaking through to the imperial realm in front of the other imperial families, right?'
Jiang Lin slowly calmed his mind, then looked at the Buli Great Priest and A Mo, who were both waiting expectantly for his analysis. He softly said, "The problem in her bloodline is that there is a violent force within it. This might have something to do with your bloodline's origins. Even though you still call yourselves the Buli Werewolves, you are actually closer to the Buli people. The violent force in her blood leans toward the beast bloodline."
"Your Buli people may have a stronger physique than ordinary humans, but the bloodline degeneration has gradually made you more detached from the beast domain. The Buli bloodline in A Xiao has reverted to a beast-level bloodline, and her Buli people's physique can't adapt to this."
"The so-called 'Moon Madness' in her case is similar to how humans forcefully use magical core Dou Qi for cultivation, leading to a mental disturbance caused by the violent Dou Qi," Jiang Lin noted, realizing that his talent as a physician was proving quite useful.
"Your Buli people are different from humans. Your magical cores gather the violent Dou Qi generated by this bloodline. When the magical core is full, it will erupt. So, the symptoms of her condition are different from ours. And this cannot be avoided. Even if you don't cultivate Dou Qi, your magical cores will automatically absorb it."
Jiang Lin had to admit that the person who invented the magical core was truly a genius. For the beastmen and magical beasts that possess magical cores, they could automatically cultivate, and the efficiency wasn't low. That's why many long-lived magical beasts like to lie down and sleep. After all, sleeping was a way of cultivating.
But humans were different. For humans, magical cores had somehow become an abstract concept, like their cultivation methods. In Jiang Lin's view, cultivation techniques were like very abstract "virtual machines." When humans practiced their techniques, they constructed a virtual magical core, which would then absorb the violent Dou Qi from heaven and earth. The better the technique, the more real the virtual magical core was, the more efficient it became, and the higher the technique's rank.
It was as if humans could choose the "quality" of their own magical core through their cultivation abilities. And to magical beasts, this was like a bug, because their magical cores were innate and could only be gradually enhanced by external opportunities. They couldn't simply switch cultivation techniques to create a new magical core like humans could.
'In the future, if I have the chance, I must research a cultivation technique for humans that can solidify a magical core! I'll give it away for free so that everyone can achieve magical core freedom! Lying down and getting stronger, no—leveling up! How did I accidentally say that out loud?'
Jiang Lin shook his head, calming the chaotic thoughts in his mind. He then took out a small wooden box from his robe, which contained a purple-red crystal-glass sphere.
"A Xiao's current problem is that her physique doesn't allow her to cultivate to a level where she can absorb and purify the violent Dou Qi in her bloodline. To fully adapt to the violent Dou Qi in her bloodline, she'll need to reach a higher cultivation level. This level might be Dou Ling or even Dou Wang. However, she's currently at the Dou Shi stage and is progressing quite fast. Her Buli people's transformation is highly advanced, and she may need to reach Dou Wang to withstand the violent Dou Qi in her bloodline."
Only Dou Wang in the human race could resist the violent Dou Qi from magical cores below their level, as at this stage, humans' meridians were barely on par with magical beasts of the same level. The faster A Xiao's cultivation progressed, the closer she was to becoming a Buli person rather than a Buli werewolf. Jiang Lin even noticed that A Xiao didn't have a tail like the Buli Great Priest and A Mo. Clearly, she had become more humanized.
No wonder A Mo said his sister had the potential to become a Dou Huang. Now that he looked at it, with human cultivation speed and a five-fold human lifespan, if it weren't for the two wolf-like gray-white beast ears on A Xiao's head, Jiang Lin would have suspected she'd secretly consumed a shapeshifting pill from birth. Of course, it was also possible that A Xiao, after taking the shapeshifting pill, insisted on keeping her beast ears.
"Just so happens that I have a pill..."
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