Chapter 9: Iron-Eating Crocodile

Daoist Chongyun saw the two walk in, waved his hand at Qingfeng, let him stand aside, and his scorching gaze fell on Wang Yu behind him quickly.

Wang Yu was uneasy in his heart, but didn't show it on his face, and bowed respectfully to the Daoist, shouting "Temple Master."

"Blood energy is condensed, gathered but not scattered, it is indeed a sign of the awakening of physical bloodline, but it is rare that blood energy is condensed in the head. No matter what kind of bloodline power it is, it should only be awakened by half, which is a pity. This kind of blood energy anomaly will dissipate after half a day, so don't worry too much." Daoist Chongyun looked at Wang Yu carefully for a long time before saying with a bit of regret in his joy.

"Master, even if Qiuye only awakened half of the bloodline power, it is far better than those who only have spiritual sense, and if you awaken physical bloodline, it is easier to get started when practicing certain kung fu secret techniques." Qingfeng said seriously on the side.

"That's true. Qiuye, I ask you, are you willing to worship me as a teacher and become a true disciple of this Taoist temple?" Daoist Chongyun looked at the boy in front of him solemnly and asked.

"Of course I am willing, disciple pays respects to Master!" At this time, how could Wang Yu refuse? He immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the Daoist.

"Good, good. From today on, you are the second disciple under my sect." Daoist Chongyun helped Wang Yu up and said with satisfaction.

"Congratulations to Master for accepting Wang Wang Shidi Qiuye into the sect." Qingfeng also said with a smile.

"Qiuye is already my disciple, then the set of quick-success things you originally planned to pass on is naturally not good. You need to learn basic kung fu from me first and lay a good foundation before you can." Daoist Chongyun thought for a while and said to his eldest disciple.

"This is natural. Since Master intends to pass it on personally, the disciple will retire first." Qingfeng bowed and retired.

"You go down, by the way, leave the mirror, I have use for it." The Daoist nodded, suddenly thought of something, and ordered.

The young Taoist agreed, handed the small bronze mirror he carried with him to the Daoist, and exited the room, closing the door tightly.

"Qiuye, I need to test the bloodline power again, let your bloodline manifest further, and judge what bloodline it is, so that I can rest assured to pass on your kung fu." Daoist Chongyun said to the Taoist boy solemnly.

"Master, what is bloodline? Is it rare for people to awaken it?" Wang Yu couldn't help asking.

"I forgot, you don't know the origin of bloodline power yet, so I will tell you simply." The Daoist was stunned for a moment, then a bit enlightened.

Wang Yu hurriedly pricked up his ears.

"Bloodline, as the name suggests, naturally means alien bloodline. It is said that in the ancient times, many years ago, some human cultivators, in order to become powerful, implanted the essence blood of some powerful alien races or monster beasts into their bodies through various means, thus possessing talents different from ordinary people. After these humans intermarried with ordinary people, their descendants would also have a certain probability of activating this talent, which is bloodline awakening." The Daoist said.

"In this way, the disciple's ancestors might be the descendants of these human cultivators." Wang Yu was very shocked.

"Hehe, it's not wrong to say so, but in fact, from ancient times to the present, after such a long time of bloodline circulation and flooding, bloodline power has long spread all over the human race, truly becoming the power of the human race. It is not strange that some people have several bloodline powers hidden in their bodies, but compared to before, these bloodlines inherited from ancient times have become very thin. Now, humans want to awaken bloodline and stimulate the talent ability in it, which has become extremely difficult."

"If it is said that people with spiritual sense are one in a thousand, then those who can awaken bloodline are one in ten thousand. And those who have both are even fewer. This is also the reason why I accepted you into the sect as soon as I saw you awaken bloodline."

The Daoist explained without any concealment, and then took out a wooden box the size of a palm from his arms. After opening it, it revealed densely packed slender silver needles, making Wang Yu shiver.

"Don't be afraid, this set of acupuncture methods of mine is just to further stimulate blood energy, and there will be no pain." The Daoist said, letting Wang Yu take off his outer clothes and sit cross-legged with his back to him.

Although Wang Yu was uneasy in his heart, he could only do one by one.

At the same time, he felt his bare back, several places were slightly numb, and his blood began to flow rapidly in his body, and faster and faster, making his body hot everywhere.

Just at this moment, Daoist Chongyun patted Wang Yu's shoulder from behind, making his body turn around, facing the Daoist.

Silver light flickered, and several more silver needles were inserted directly into his chest and abdomen.

"Boom."

Wang Yu only felt that the blood in his whole body rushed upward, gathering at the top of his head, making his whole head seem to swell a circle.

"Break."

Daoist Chongyun gave a low drink, and a yellow talisman appeared in his fingers at some point, and it was instantly pasted on his crown. At the same time, a coolness surged out from the talisman, making Wang Yu, who was originally dizzy, instantly clear-headed a few points.

"Eh, you are this……" Daoist Chongyun just looked at the face of his second disciple, but frowned.

"What's wrong, Master?" Wang Yu saw this and hurriedly asked.

"Hmm, look at it yourself." The Daoist was prepared and handed the small bronze mirror over.

Wang Yu took the mirror and looked at it. Only then did he see that the yin-yang face on the mirror surface had disappeared, but there was an extra blood-red strange pattern between his eyebrows for no reason.

"What is manifested between your eyebrows is the bloodline pattern, referred to as blood pattern. Generally speaking, the blood patterns manifested by each bloodline are different. However, you only awakened half of the bloodline power, so the blood pattern is also incomplete, which is probably not easy to distinguish clearly." The Daoist said slowly.

"What should I do now?" Wang Yu asked honestly.

"There is no shortcut, but there is a stupid way. I once bought a book 'Blood Pattern Identification' at a high price, which records many common complete blood pattern diagrams. As long as you compare them one by one, you should be able to find the corresponding bloodline. Qiuye, wait here, I'll be back." The Daoist said hurriedly and left the quiet room.

Wang Yu could only stare blankly and wait in the room.

Not long after, Daoist Chongyun returned to the quiet room holding a thick classic, sat on his futon, opened the classic in his hand and looked at it, looking at Wang Yu between his eyebrows from time to time.

Wang Yu sat cross-legged facing the Daoist, and was also very curious in his heart, what kind of bloodline did this body awaken?

"Found it, found it! This blood pattern's half part is exactly the same as yours... hmm, the bloodline you awakened should be 'Iron-Eating Crocodile' bloodline power." Chongyun turned the classic to a small half, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Iron-Eating Crocodile? Is this monster beast very powerful?" Wang Yu asked with some expectation.

"According to the classic, Iron-Eating Crocodile can only be considered a kind of low-level monster beast. It is not very powerful itself, but the talent awakened by this kind of monster beast is very practical. For example, the most likely to awaken 'Copper Skin and Iron Bones,' which can make the awakener thick-skinned, and practicing body-tempering kung fu will get twice the result with half the effort. Another 'Shi Jia' talent can control stones to directly attach to the body, forming a kind of natural armor... Disciple, you should also look at it yourself." Daoist Chongyun became happier the more he said, and the more he looked at Wang Yu, the more satisfied he was, and handed the classic in his hand to him.

Wang Yu took the classic and looked at it carefully.

On the opened page, a blood-red blood pattern diagram was clearly printed. The left half was indeed exactly the same as the blood pattern between his eyebrows. Below this blood pattern diagram were densely packed small characters, half of which introduced the habits and abilities of the Iron-Eating Crocodile monster beast, and half introduced the several talent abilities that humans with this kind of monster beast bloodline might awaken.

According to what was said above, in addition to the two common talent abilities that Daoist Chongyun had already mentioned, the Iron-Eating Crocodile bloodline also had two other rare talents. One is called "Blood Rage," which is a kind of ability to use blood to go berserk, and the other is called "Gold Pointing Technique," but in fact, it is just a kind of ability to weakly sense metal mineral deposits.

Wang Yu used his heart to remember them one by one. These supernatural data brought back to the Blue Star world are not small contributions.

"Alright, just look at the things on it simply. I hope you can awaken 'Copper Skin and Iron Bones' or 'Shi Jia' for the Iron-Eating Crocodile talent. The latter two are auxiliary, and they don't improve strength much, and may even have certain bad effects. For example, 'Blood Rage' talent will mostly affect your sanity during battle, and the last 'Gold Pointing Technique' is even more useless. Now there are many means to survey metal mineral deposits, who would use such a chicken-rib ability. You first try to activate all the bloodline power, so that you can awaken one of the Iron-Eating Crocodile's talents." Daoist Chongyun waited for Wang Yu to finish reading, and stopped him from continuing to read.

"Master, after officially awakening bloodline, can there only be one talent? What's going on with my sudden great strength after awakening?" Wang Yu reluctantly returned the classic to the Daoist and thought of something to ask.

"Monster beasts are mostly physically strong, and Iron-Eating Crocodile is also thick-skinned among low-level monster beasts, so your body will naturally be greatly strengthened synchronously when you awaken, but this kind of strengthening is only one-time, and it doesn't count as a true talent ability. As for whether you can only awaken one talent, it's not necessarily the case, but usually you will only awaken one ability. It is very rare to awaken multiple abilities. Alright, don't think too much, I will pull out the silver needles on your body first." The Daoist explained two sentences, and patted his shoulder lightly with one palm.

"Whoosh." "Whoosh."

Wang Yu felt his body shake, the silver needles inserted on his body surface popped out instantly, the blood flow in his body slowed down rapidly, the blood pattern between his eyebrows faded and disappeared, and his whole face returned to normal.

The Daoist grabbed wildly in all directions with two big hands, and caught all the silver needles into his hands, putting them back into the wooden box.

This kind of means made Wang Yu watch, and he couldn't help but "tsk tsk" in his heart.