Chapter 1243: A Glimpse of the Sacred Seed

Hidden within the golden pool inside the mysterious space, that mysterious golden giant dragon was none other than the legendary "Dragon Sacred Seed" of the Li Li Tianwang bloodline!

"I told you earlier that there is a close connection between the Sacred Seed and the Original Seed, so if there is anything that can be used to roughly test for the existence of an Original Seed, then naturally it must be the Sacred Seed." Li Li Jingzhe also spoke with a faint smile at this moment.

"This golden pool is one of the most important forbidden zones of our Li Li Tianwang bloodline. It is sealed within a space, reinforced and concealed by layer upon layer of powerful strange arrays, so even a Li Tianwang-level expert would find it difficult to locate it from the void."

"Within the entire Li Li Tianwang bloodline, aside from the Old Ancestor, only we five branch leaders have the qualification to open it."

"Logically speaking, the Dragon Sacred Seed is far too important and should not have been shown to you, but circumstances force exceptions. Using it merely for a test should not be a major problem."

Li Luo stared with burning eyes at the mysterious golden giant dragon within the spatial rift. The continuously trembling "True Dragon Seed Pill" within his body made him want to rush inside, but fortunately his reason managed to suppress this agitation.

"Give me one drop of your essence blood." Li Li Jingzhe said at this moment.

Upon hearing this, Li Luo drew his fingernail across his fingertip, and a drop of essence blood slowly rose up. Within the essence blood flowed different attributes of phase force, faintly refracting brilliant colors.

Li Li Jingzhe took this drop of essence blood, then the space in his palm suddenly twisted violently. A terrifying force compressed inward, performing an extremely complex refinement upon this drop of essence blood.

This refinement even lasted Li Li Jingzhe, this peak expert of the Three Crowned King realm, for the duration of half an incense stick's burning. The difficulty involved could well be imagined.

After half an incense stick's time, that one drop of Li Luo's essence blood transformed into a blood crystal the size of only a grain of rice.

Within the blood crystal, six phase natures were revealed, extremely mysterious and wonderful.

Clearly, Li Li Jingzhe's refinement had almost entirely extracted and manifested Li Luo's phase natures from this drop of essence blood.

Such a technique was simply breathtaking.

Li Li Jingzhe flicked his finger, sending this blood crystal directly into the golden pool space behind the spatial rift. The blood crystal radiated a bloody glow, slowly descending and hovering above the golden pool.

"The Sacred Seed naturally develops some affinity and longing toward an Original Seed. If you truly are an Original Seed, then this blood crystal refined by me should make this Dragon Sacred Seed extremely greedy and delighted." Li Li Jingzhe explained to Li Luo and the others.

Only then did Li Luo realize — so they were using his essence blood as bait to see whether this Dragon Sacred Seed would show interest, in order to judge whether he was an Original Seed?

However, this testing method felt a bit crude.

The eyes of the three people stared fixedly at the mysterious golden dragon coiling deep within the golden pool. The latter's golden dragon eyes also seemed to be watching that blood crystal hovering above the pool water.

Its massive body slowly swam, but what made Li Luo slightly embarrassed was that this Dragon Sacred Seed did not seem to display that greedy and delighted emotion.

Its enormous dragon head emerged from the pool water, slowly approaching the blood crystal, then, as if after a brief pause, it opened its great dragon mouth wide and swallowed the blood crystal into its body.

It seemed to nod.

Then it quietly sank back into the golden pool.

The three people outside the spatial rift fell into a brief silence.

It was Li Luo who broke the awkward atmosphere, asking: "Grandfather, it doesn't seem particularly greedy for my blood crystal, does it?"

Li Li Jingzhe hesitated for a moment, saying: "According to ancient records, if a Sacred Seed encounters such a blood crystal of an Original Seed, it should appear extremely agitated, but looking at it now, this Dragon Sacred Seed seems a bit too calm."

"So, actually your guess was wrong? I'm not an Original Seed." Li Luo scratched his head, feeling both relieved and a little disappointed.

"You can't quite say that either..."

Li Li Jingzhe also furrowed his brow slightly, saying: "You don't know the habits of the Sacred Seed. It absolutely will not casually swallow any external object, but just now, it still swallowed your blood crystal. This shows that the blood crystal still provoked some reaction from it."

Li Luo was utterly speechless: "Then am I actually an Original Seed or not?"

Li Li Jingzhe was also somewhat at a loss. Even with his vast experience, this was his first time testing for an Original Seed, and the situation before him didn't quite match the information he knew.

"I feel... it should probably be, but then again... not really." Li Li Jingzhe said hesitantly.

"This description... does it mean I might be an Original Seed, but a defective type of Original Seed?" Li Luo said.

A hint of awkwardness also appeared on Li Li Jingzhe's old face, saying: "Your description actually has a degree of accuracy."

Li Luo rolled his eyes hard. What on earth was this situation?

Then was he actually an Original Seed or not!

Li Li Jingzhe waved his sleeve, and the spatial rift before them slowly healed, concealing the golden pool space. Pulling at his beard, he also felt a bit of a headache.

This situation was something even he hadn't expected.

Either it is or it isn't — why on earth did that Dragon Sacred Seed look like it could eat it, but not be particularly greedy? This was completely different from what the ancient records described.

This situation left even the extraordinarily experienced Li Li Jingzhe somewhat baffled.

Li Luo said: "The Innate Original Seed is the most noble, so I feel I can rule that out. The Acquired Original Seed requires a Sacred Seed to evolve, and I've never seen a Sacred Seed, so that can probably be ruled out too."

"So looking at it this way, I have nothing to do with the Original Seed no matter how you look at it."

Li Li Jingzhe thought for a moment, then pondered aloud: "I remember once seeing in an ancient text that there is actually another way for an Acquired Original Seed to be born."

Li Luo was stunned: "What way?"

"Innate nurtures Acquired."

Li Li Jingzhe said: "It is said that if there is an Innate Original Seed who voluntarily feeds it with their own Original Ancient Blood, it might also be possible to nurture an Acquired Original Seed."

"Of course, this is extremely rare, because losing Original Ancient Blood is also an enormous drain on an Innate Original Seed. No Innate Original Seed would be willing to do this, and an Original Seed nurtured this way should also be the weakest tier."

Li Luo nodded in agreement. This was indeed unlikely — which Innate Original Seed would willingly sacrifice themselves for others like this?

Moreover, where would he find an Innate Original Seed willing to drain themselves and willingly nurture him?

This was too far-fetched.

As Li Luo was thinking this, his gaze suddenly swept past Jiang Qing beside him, and in that instant, it seemed as if some spark of inspiration flashed deep within his mind.

A segment of memory suddenly surfaced.

Making every hair on his body stand on end at this moment.

It was from the recording that Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan had once given him. In it, Dantai Lan had once said these words to him: "You and your mother actually both owe her somewhat."

Li Luo's pupils suddenly contracted sharply at this moment, and a sense of shock surged up from deep within his heart like a tide.

Could it be that the Innate Original Seed is not him.

But rather, Sister Jiang Qinge?!