Chapter 429: The Shadow Snake King Who Dedicated His Life to Research (First Update, seeking)

Although the cage is large, given the height of this Behemoth, it can only sit obediently inside, unable to even straighten its back.

Judging from this point alone, its height is definitely close to thirty meters.

Li Zhangsheng began to check the information on the Behemoth.

【Spirit Beast Name】: Behemoth (Old Age, Top-tier Exotic Beast)

【Spirit Beast Realm】: 7th Rank Lord

【Spirit Beast Race】: High-Level Monarch

【Spirit Beast Quality】: Superior Quality

【Spirit Beast Bloodline】: Golden Behemoth (Rich)

【Spirit Beast Attribute】: Earth + Gold

【Spirit Beast Status】: Weak, Frail, Completely Irrational 《Suffered a heavy blow to the head, completely irrational, unable to distinguish friend from foe》

【Spirit Beast Weakness】: Fire

"Three types of negative status!"

Li Zhangsheng clicked his tongue in wonder; it was his first time seeing a Demon Pet afflicted with three types of status, though unfortunately, all three were negative.

Among these three negative statuses, weakness can be gradually improved through medicine and dietary therapy.

Frailty is related to age; unless it advances to the Demon King level or consumes a large amount of Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure and Alchemical Pill that increase longevity, this is an almost irreversible phenomenon.

The most serious one is the completely irrational status; even if a contract is formed with it, one cannot communicate with it, it does not obey commands, and it cannot distinguish between friend and foe, with even its master and friendly Demon Pets included in its range of attacks.

Simply put, this is a Behemoth with no value for a contract.

"Rich Bloodline, what a pity!"

However, Li Zhangsheng's focus remained on its bloodline concentration.

Most Behemoths only have a Sparse or Pure Grade Golden Behemoth Bloodline, but this one has a Rich Bloodline, which can be described as truly gifted.

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng looked at the other few Spirit Beasts locked in the cages.

These Spirit Beasts had different forms, and like the Behemoth, they also possessed the completely irrational status; it was clear that Cai Yangqian had specifically treated these Spirit Beasts.

They possessed the bloodlines of a Red Dragon, an Ice Crystal Phoenix, and a Heavenly Wolf, respectively, corresponding to the bloodlines of Cai Yangqian's Scarlet Flame Flying Dragon, Ice Vulture, and Dark Demon Wolf King.

In this way, Li Zhangsheng understood Cai Yangqian's intentions.

Cai Yangqian kept these Spirit Beasts here, likely with the idea of "long-term exploitation," extracting large amounts of blood from time to time to harvest the Bloodline Imprint.

However, the Bloodline Imprint within a Spirit Beast is almost fixed, and the recovery speed is notoriously slow; unless an effective method is mastered, the efficiency is bound to be low.

Spending such great effort and cost for such meager results is something few people would do, which is also the main reason Li Zhangsheng chose to "kill the goose that lays the golden eggs."

"Cai Yangqian is no fool; perhaps he has mastered a method?"

Such a thought flashed through Li Zhangsheng's mind, and he couldn't help but feel some anticipation; he thought of Cai Yangqian's Behemoth, which was also a Behemoth with a Rich Bloodline.

Ordinary Behemoths only have a Sparse or Pure Grade Golden Behemoth Bloodline; either Cai Yangqian's Behemoth was gifted and born with a Rich bloodline concentration, or Cai Yangqian possessed a method to rapidly recover the Bloodline Imprint, otherwise, with his inefficient purification rate, he would likely need to slaughter hundreds of Behemoths and Savage Beasts to obtain a jar of Golden Behemoth Essence Blood.

Of course, there is also the possibility that Cai Yangqian was lucky enough to obtain a jar of Golden Behemoth Essence Blood, though this possibility is truly slim, especially since Li Zhangsheng had carefully inquired about the treasures Cai Yangqian obtained from his parents.

Immediately, Li Zhangsheng began to inspect the secret chamber.

Under the sweep of his Mental Power, Li Zhangsheng did not discover any abnormalities.

In this situation, Li Zhangsheng summoned Aixi, who had the keenest sense of smell, and then handed over the Patriarch Token.

On this Patriarch Token, Cai Yangqian's rich scent naturally remained.

"Aixi, smell this scent and help me find the places in this secret chamber where the scent is the strongest!"

Under Li Zhangsheng's command, Aixi's black nose twitched as she carefully sniffed the scent on the token.

There were only the scents of two people on it, belonging to Li Zhangsheng and Cai Yangqian respectively.

After ignoring Li Zhangsheng's scent, Aixi carefully memorized Cai Yangqian's scent, her nose twitching constantly as she began to search the secret chamber.

In this secret chamber, Cai Yangqian's scent lingered everywhere, though there must be a difference in the degree of concentration.

The longer Cai Yangqian stayed and the more recent the time, the more scent should remain in that place.

Roar~

Aixi's roar sounded, and she pointed to a spot near the cage holding the Behemoth, continuing to sniff.

Li Zhangsheng checked it, reached out and flicked his Monster Pet Bag, summoning the Treasure-Seeking Mouse.

Roar~

The Behemoth's weak roar sounded again, but it still frightened the Treasure-Seeking Mouse.

The Treasure-Seeking Mouse shuddered, hurriedly ran behind Li Zhangsheng, and hugged his thigh for comfort.

"Don't worry, it can't get out! Treasure-Seeking Mouse, dig up this ground!"

The Treasure-Seeking Mouse finally felt relieved and easily dug up this patch of ground, but after digging three zhang deep, it still found no abnormalities.

Li Zhangsheng shook his head and stopped the Treasure-Seeking Mouse from continuing to dig.

Roar~

Aixi's roar sounded again, pointing out the next location.

"Alright, wherever Aixi points, you go and dig!"

Following Li Zhangsheng's command, the Treasure-Seeking Mouse followed Aixi happily and began to work hard.

Not long after, there were several more pits several meters deep in the secret chamber, but unfortunately, there was still no harvest.

Roar~

At this moment, Aixi's roar sounded again.

Unlike the previous times, this time she did not point to the ground, but to a wall, at a height of less than two meters.

The Treasure-Seeking Mouse immediately took action, prying off a thick stone slab, and inside, it was actually hollow.

Although the intensity of the liquefied Mental Power is much greater, unless all Mental Power is concentrated, it cannot penetrate such a thick stone slab.

Squeak, squeak!

The Treasure-Seeking Mouse pointed excitedly at the items inside, calling out to Li Zhangsheng as if asking for credit.

Aixi lay on the ground with a proud and pampered air, though its eyes would glance at Li Zhangsheng from time to time.

"Well done!"

Li Zhangsheng dotingly patted the heads of the two Demon Pets, and both Demon Pets squinted their eyes, revealing expressions of enjoyment.

Only then did Li Zhangsheng take out the things inside.

They were, respectively, a seemingly ancient book, a very thick notebook, and a pen for writing.

This ancient book was made entirely of gold foil paper and was titled "Cultivation Methods for Plant-Type Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure"; its author was the Shadow Snake King!

Li Zhangsheng never expected that this ancient book would come from a Double-Character King, nor did he know where Cai Yangqian had obtained it.

He had once asked Cai Yangqian and was clear that this ancient book did not exist among his parents' belongings; it was obvious that this ancient book either came from the Cai clan or was obtained by Cai Yangqian himself.

"Shadow Snake King, I feel like I've seen this name somewhere?"

Li Zhangsheng had a vague sense of familiarity regarding the Shadow Snake King, this Double-Character King. He did not immediately flip through the ancient book, but instead took a book titled "Complete Collection of Continental King Titles" out of his Space Ring.

In addition to the titles of the Kings, there were also brief accounts of their life stories.

Very quickly, Li Zhangsheng found the page for the Shadow Snake King.

Ordinary Kings were usually summarized in just a few sentences, but the Shadow Snake King was different; the author of this book spent an entire page introducing the deeds of this King.

Unlike ordinary Kings, the Shadow Snake King was a research fanatic who stayed at home all year round. His breadth of knowledge was extremely vast, and he was skilled at researching and improving plant-type Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure.

The Shadow Snake King believed that plant-type Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure were very special and contained all kinds of magical effects, though what he coveted most were the longevity-extending effects of certain plant-type Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure.

Thus, in a situation where he believed he could not advance any further, the Shadow Snake King, who wanted to achieve immortality, spent a full hundred years studying and researching plants.

The Shadow Snake King had always focused on improving plant-type Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure to enhance their inherent effects, such as cultivating plant-type Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure with the same effects but different traits, gathering and fusing the advantages and specialties of both, or crossbreeding plants with different effects into brand-new varieties.

These experiments cost the Shadow Snake King a great deal of savings and energy; although most ended in failure, there were also some successful examples, as well as some plant-type Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure that possessed special effects.

Unfortunately, the Shadow Snake King died without ever researching a plant-type Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure that could grant a person immortality.

Even so, the Shadow Snake King's lifespan far exceeded that of ordinary Double-Character Kings, living for over eight hundred years; he was also the King with the longest lifespan.

This ancient book was very likely the crystallization of the Shadow Snake King's life's work.

Opening this ancient book made of gold foil paper, Li Zhangsheng glanced at it a few times and discovered that everything recorded was the cultivation methods for various plant-type Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure.

Plant-type Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure were all relatively delicate, which made their cultivation methods quite complex, involving cultivation conditions such as soil quality, air, temperature, climate, and light intensity.

Among them, there were some plant-type Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure that Li Zhangsheng had never even heard of; it was highly likely they were new varieties crossbred and cultivated by the Shadow Snake King.

The other notebook had no name on it. Li Zhangsheng flipped through a few pages and discovered that this was a notebook researching how to accelerate the Regeneration of a Bloodline Imprint, with all sorts of complex data written on it.

Very quickly, Li Zhangsheng finished flipping through this notebook and discovered that the handwriting on the last page was very new, clearly written recently.

This was Cai Yangqian's research work!

Because the efficiency of purifying a Bloodline was too low, Cai Yangqian used the cultivation methods for plant-type Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure recorded in the Shadow Snake King's ancient book to find another way to research how to accelerate the Regeneration of a Bloodline Imprint, and he recorded the entire process.

Judging solely by the thickness of the notebook, Cai Yangqian definitely spent a great deal of effort, and judging from the records in the notebook, he had actually managed to achieve some results through his experiments.

Unfortunately, all of Cai Yangqian's hard work ultimately ended up serving as a wedding dress for Li Zhangsheng.

Li Zhangsheng solemnly put away the two notebooks and looked at the few Spirit Beasts locked in the cage, pondering how to dispose of them.

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(End of chapter)