Chapter 371: Bloodline Baptism, Bloodline Fusion (Two-in-one, 10,000 words)

As Li Zhangsheng's voice fell, all the Clan Elders fell silent. They realized it would not be easy to openly oppose him, as doing so would likely incite public indignation; among the Clan Elders present, there were always some who were on good terms with the three elders Li Ming, Li Yi, and Li Luo River.

Elders Li Yi and Li Luo River had only passed away for a little over two months, and their networks of relationships had not yet fully vanished. Opposing him openly at this time would not only make them targets, but once news spread that they were fighting over benefits with the dead, their reputations would be ruined.

Elder Li Ming was clearly stunned for a moment; he had not expected a pie to fall from the sky, but after reacting, he hurriedly looked at Li Zhangsheng with eyes full of gratitude.

"Does anyone have any objections to Elder Changsheng's proposal?"

Li Wenbo was also quite surprised. Seeing that no one had any objections, he continued, "In that case, these three spots are decided. Alright, let us continue to discuss the remaining four spots!"

The meeting hall, which had been relatively quiet, once again turned into a vegetable market. The Clan Elders blew their beards and glared, tearing off their usual disguises and cultivation to fight for some benefits.

After about ten minutes, following some compromises and exchanges of interests, the remaining spots also found their respective owners.

Soon, the family meeting concluded successfully.

After the family meeting ended, Li Wenbo brought Li Zhangsheng to the entrance of a small, sealed courtyard.

This was a small courtyard that had clearly been washed by the passage of time; the two-meter-high walls were covered in mottled marks, as if telling of its great age.

"Our ancestor discovered the secret Bloodline Cleansing Pool here, so he built the Manor on this site. This is also the key to the Li Family's rise!"

After opening the courtyard gate, Li Wenbo introduced it while leading the way to the depths of the small courtyard, finally arriving before a place covered by a Restriction.

The next moment, Li Wenbo took out the Bronze token handed to him by the External Affairs Hall Elder. Under the stimulation of his Mental Power, a ray of light shot out from the Bronze token and landed on the Restriction above the dry well.

The Restriction flickered violently and slowly spread to both sides, revealing a deep, dry well.

"Go down!" After saying this, Li Wenbo jumped into the dry well first.

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng followed Li Wenbo into the dry well. During the descent, he used his Mental Power to slow his fall, finally landing steadily at the bottom of the dry well.

There was a faint light at the bottom of the dry well. Its right side was completely empty, revealing a winding staircase.

Li Wenbo did not speak, leading Li Zhangsheng straight onto the stairs.

At the end of the stairs was a very thick door made of refined iron.

At this time, Li Wenbo took out the silver token given by the Internal Affairs Hall Elder and embedded it into the refined iron door.

*Click-clack—*

The sound of a mechanism opening rang out, and the refined iron door, which was dozens of centimeters thick, began to slowly open, revealing a spacious and bright space.

In this space stood a small blood-colored hall.

The words "Bloodline Refining Hall" were written on the hall. The main door was tightly shut, and on both sides of the door stood two lifelike stone carvings of mysterious birds.

It was also at this time that Li Wenbo took out the gold token under his own control and embedded it into the palace gate.

Whether it was the dry well, the refined iron door, or the palace gate, there were a large number of Restrictions. This was also the place with the strongest defense in the Li Clan, far exceeding the Secret Technique Pavilion and the Treasure Pavilion. Even a Sixth-tier Beastmaster would have to spend a great deal of effort to forcibly break through the Restrictions here.

*Click, click, click—*

The palace gate slowly opened, revealing an empty space. This palace was only about a hundred square meters, with no decorations inside; it could be described as "bare walls."

The only special thing was a blood pool located in the center of the palace.

This blood pool was filled with a liquid as red as blood and as thick as paste, faintly shimmering with some golden light.

Li Zhangsheng could not help but sniff; the blood pool did not emit a bloody smell, but instead brought a refreshing aura.

Li Wenbo stood before the Bloodline Refining Hall and began to describe the effects of the Bloodline Baptism Pool.

The Bloodline Refining Hall was born from the essence of heaven and earth, with the essence of all things condensed within. As long as a Demon Pet enters the pool to soak, it can provide a Bloodline Baptism for the Demon Pet. There is a certain probability of activating the deeper bloodline of the Demon Pet, or even fusing multiple bloodlines into a new one. The probability of refining is related to the quality of the Demon Pet itself; the higher the quality, the greater the probability.

With the passage of time, the vast majority of Spirit Beasts, in addition to their original tribal bloodline, have various messy and impure bloodlines in their bodies. Most of these are recessive bloodlines that have not yet been activated, and some even contain unknown bloodlines of Divine Beasts and fierce beasts.

The Bloodline Baptism Pool can extract the most powerful bloodline within a Demon Pet. If the Demon Pet has already activated multiple bloodlines, it has the opportunity to fuse the favorable factors from multiple bloodlines into a new one. While the bloodline undergoes transformation, it significantly increases the bloodline concentration and simultaneously gains a certain amount of bloodline inheritance.

Simply put, this is somewhat like the effect of a Bloodline Fruit, but it also has some functions that the Bloodline Fruit does not have.

"I will head out first!" After the introduction, Li Wenbo did not disturb Li Zhangsheng and left the palace on his own.

Looking at the blood-red pool, Li Zhangsheng hesitated. Judging from the effects of the Bloodline Refining Hall, it was not suitable for Demon Pets that had already activated a Divine Beast Bloodline. In this way, the only ones that met the requirements seemed to be Yuangungun, the Emperor Crocodile, and the Treasure-Seeking Mouse.

Yuangungun possessed the Wind Civet and Feifei bloodlines, which were both Quasi-God bloodlines; the Emperor Crocodile possessed the Black Dragon Bloodline, which also fell into the category of Quasi-God bloodlines.

The Treasure-Seeking Mouse was the most miserable, having only the shrew bloodline, but its treasure-seeking talent had brought Li Zhangsheng no small benefits, such as the Fire-Radiance Stone mine this time, or the Dragon Whisker Grass and the ancestral Black Dragon corpse last time.

If the Treasure-Seeking Mouse activated a deeper bloodline, it might lose its treasure-seeking talent.

Because of this, the Treasure-Seeking Mouse was temporarily not in Li Zhangsheng's consideration.

In the choice between Yuangungun and the Emperor Crocodile, Li Zhangsheng clearly leaned towards Yuangungun, who possessed top-tier quality. Moreover, Yuangungun had already activated two bloodlines; even if it did not have a better unactivated bloodline in its body, it was possible to fuse the Wind Civet and Feifei bloodlines to eventually form a new bloodline.

This felt like the Kunpeng, which was formed by the two bloodlines of the Kun and the Golden-Winged Great Peng.

"Come out, Yuangungun!"

As the Blood-colored Hexagram emerged, Yuangungun, who was fast asleep, appeared before Li Zhangsheng.

The moment it was summoned, even though Yuangungun was still a bit sleepy, it subconsciously opened its eyes, fearing that Li Zhangsheng would blame it; this was a natural reaction after long-term training.

"Yuangungun, step into the Bloodline Refining Hall and accept the Bloodline Baptism!"

Under Li Zhangsheng's command, Yuangungun walked with steady steps and stepped into the blood pool, trembling with fear.

The appearance of this blood pool was too chilling.

*Whoosh, whoosh—*

As soon as it came into contact with the thick pool water, Yuangungun showed a painful expression, and its whole body seemed to feel like it was boiling.

It subconsciously turned its head to look at Li Zhangsheng. After seeing Li Zhangsheng's serious expression, it finally gritted its teeth and braced itself to continue moving toward the center of the blood pool.

During this process, a large number of golden threads emerged from the pool. They were like wild beasts that had smelled blood, actively drilling into Yuangungun's body as it soaked in the pool water, and finally entering its body.

Soon, most of Yuangungun's body was soaked in the blood-red, thick pool water. More and more golden threads frantically drilled into its body. Yuangungun felt increasingly sore and unbearable, and felt more and more uncomfortable.

Such pain made Yuangungun hesitate. It stopped its steps and turned its head to look at Li Zhangsheng again.

"Continue forward. As long as you complete this trial, you will be rewarded with a day of free time!" Li Zhangsheng used Yuangungun's "weakness" to motivate it.

Upon hearing Li Zhangsheng's encouragement, Yuangungun's spirit was immediately lifted. It gritted its teeth hard and waded step by step to the center of the Bloodline Refining Hall. Except for the part from the nose up, the rest of its body was completely submerged in the thick blood-colored liquid.

The next moment, the entire Bloodline Refining Hall almost boiled. Countless blood-red bubbles were produced, and more golden threads frantically gathered toward Yuangungun, drilling into its body continuously, as if there were no end.

Under the transformation of this special power, Yuangungun felt as if the blood all over its body was boiling. Drops of blood began to emerge from its surface, mixing into the liquid of the Bloodline Refining Hall.

At this moment, the pain Yuan Gungun was enduring was nearly reaching its limit; its ability to endure was not very good, but whenever it was about to give up, Li Zhangsheng would always be muttering nearby about a day of rest, and a strength would subconsciously well up in its heart, supporting it to continue persisting.

Without a doubt, Yuan Gungun was completely controlled by Li Zhangsheng!

At this time, because there were no bloodlines in Yuan Gungun's body stronger than the Wind Civet and the Fei, and the bloodlines of the Wind Civet and the Fei belonged to the same grade, the golden threads entering Yuan Gungun's body began to spontaneously interact with these two bloodlines; these two different Quasi-God Bloodlines began to fuse, and at the same time, the quantity of these two Bloodline Imprints also began to show a trend of gradually growing stronger.

During the fusion process, the golden threads of the Bloodline Cleansing Pool were also rapidly decreasing; once all the golden threads disappeared, it would signal the end of the Bloodline Baptism.

Time passed slowly, and the golden threads of the bloodline cleansing had already decreased by more than half; it was likely that this Bloodline Baptism would end before long.

Fei-li~

Suddenly, Yuan Gungun let out a loud roar, its body was suddenly filled with rich brilliant white light, and its body size began to grow taller and fatter at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the span of a few breaths, the white light finally dissipated completely, revealing Yuan Gungun's increasingly massive body; at this time, Yuan Gungun was over four meters tall, its width and height were almost the same, and it looked like it had evolved from a small meatball into a large meatball.

The biggest change was still Yuan Gungun's tail, which had suddenly grown from a short tail of less than ten centimeters to four or five meters long, covered in snow-white, soft fur, looking quite magnificent.

Not long after, the golden threads in the Bloodline Cleansing Pool all dissipated, the original unbearable aching pain disappeared, and Yuan Gungun could not help but grin, revealing an expression of relief.

This Bloodline Baptism had almost cost it its life; if not for Li Zhangsheng's repeated "encouragement," Yuan Gungun really would not have been able to persist.

Splash~

At this time, Yuan Gungun quickly waded through the Bloodline Cleansing Pool and arrived in front of Li Zhangsheng.

Except for the crimson-as-blood liquid, there was not a single golden thread left in the Bloodline Cleansing Pool.

To fully recover, it would take a full fifty years.

Only at this time did Li Zhangsheng begin to check Yuan Gungun's data.

【Spirit Beast Name】: Unknown (Growth Stage)

【Spirit Beast Realm】: Upper 5th Stage

【Spirit Beast Race】: High-level Commander

【Spirit Beast Quality】: Top Grade

【Spirit Beast Bloodline】: Unknown Bloodline (Pure, fused from Wind Civet and Fei bloodlines)

【Spirit Beast Attribute】: Wind + Ice

【Spirit Beast Status】: Healthy

【Spirit Beast Weakness】: None

This time fusing the bloodlines, Yuan Gungun evolved into an unknown existence, which meant that Yuan Gungun likely belonged to a new species of Spirit Beast that had never appeared before.

"Let's call this species the Li-Fei Beast for now!" Li Changsheng chose a name quite casually; because it was a new species of Spirit Beast, Li Changsheng naturally possessed the naming rights. During this period, he still had to carefully observe Yuan Gungun's characteristics, such as whether it would be unable to reproduce like a Liger? If it could reproduce, would it be egg-laying or live-bearing?

Of course, there was no need for Yuan Gungun to procreate; Li Zhangsheng only needed to extract some things from it to obtain some important information.

This evolution benefited Yuan Gungun greatly; the biggest change was still its race, rising from High-level War General to High-level Commander.

As for the unknown bloodline after fusion, it was fused from two Quasi-God level bloodlines into one, extracting their strengths; the fused unknown bloodline very likely reached the category of Divine Beast.

After recalling Yuan Gungun, Li Zhangsheng walked out of the palace and left this place together with Li Wenbo.

Before leaving the Li Family Manor, Li Changsheng specifically met with Clan Elder Li Ming and gifted him a Condensing Jade Pill.

The Condensing Jade Pill was a sacred healing medicine exclusively held by the Imperial Family, rumored to be refined from hundreds of precious materials; one pill was worth a thousand gold and was priceless, its healing efficacy far exceeding the Li Family's Green Jade Hemostatic Ointment, and it even possessed the miraculous effect of Limb Regeneration.

The interests of the Fire-Radiance Stone mine were significant; although it was managed entirely by the family, Li Zhangsheng did not want to be caught in the dark, avoiding certain people's greed being too ugly and seriously infringing on his interests; this was also the main reason Li Zhangsheng was winning over Clan Elder Li Ming.

That night, after numbing his entire right arm, Clan Elder Li Ming severed the stump of his right hand; blood flowed like a fountain, but Clan Elder Li Ming seemed not to feel it, immediately pressing the Condensing Jade Pill into the wound on his right hand.

The next moment, granulation tissue grew from the stump of his right hand, and after enduring immense pain, the originally lost right hand miraculously grew back.

After his right hand recovered as before, Clan Elder Li Ming was naturally very grateful to Li Zhangsheng, and thinking of Li Zhangsheng's bright future, he naturally joined Li Zhangsheng's faction.

After all matters were concluded, Li Zhangsheng returned to the Yuanling Academy that night.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year, good health, and may all your wishes come true! By the way, asking for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets; in the new year, I hope to make further progress.

Today's goal: Three, pig, proof! Five thousand steps!

(End of this chapter)