Starting My Cultivation With Time Management-Chapter 883 - 23 Dragon Assimilation Formation
Chapter 883 -23 Dragon Assimilation Formation
Jiaolong truly couldn’t fathom how a dominion that once reigned supreme over the world ended up being beaten down into such a state.
He had suspected whether Luo Yan was lying, but there were many detailed accounts, some so extensive that they didn’t seem fabricated. Moreover, based on Jiaolong’s understanding of his clan, those members indeed were capable of such acts.
Thinking this, his mood turned utterly desolate and dispirited.
The subsequent tale, he could guess even without Luo Yan’s explanation: the once ruling Imperial Clan suddenly plunged into decline, their throne seized by another, doing whatever was necessary to suppress the former dynasty—it was all quite predictable.
They would definitely be ruthlessly crushed!
“Senior?” Luo Yan sent a telepathic reminder to him.
“Hmm.” Jiaolong forcibly suppressed his sorrow and suddenly asked casually, “Human child, why do you think the Jiaolong Clan fell into decline?”
“From prosperity to decline, from adversity to ease, such is the cycle of the Heavenly Dao,” Luo Yan replied. “Even without Emperor Ying Long’s disastrous expedition, they would have declined eventually due to some other matters.”
“…Ah.” Jiaolong could not refute this explanation, only letting out a deep, melancholic sigh that breathed out countless chills.
Shi Liuli was unaware that these two were communicating telepathically, only hearing about the siege of Penglai by ten thousand demons and gods, and suddenly noticing the old dragon’s sigh. She became instantly filled with doubt.
Our Penglai is being besieged by the Demon Cult, what is this old dragon sighing about?
Of course, she wouldn’t interpret the sigh as being for Penglai, only hearing Jiaolong saying:
“Ah, I now understand. I will now explain to you the key to refining dragon blood.”
He began to elaborately detail the points of the refining method: as it turns out, dragon blood is extremely potent and needs multiple seals applied before ingestion, and after entering the Dantian, the seals must be slowly removed one at a time to digest layer by layer.
And the most crucial step lies in timing the removal of these seals.
Remove them too fast, and the fierce toxicity of the dragon blood erupts— the cultivator could, at the very least, be forced to expel the dragon blood, ruining their efforts, or at worst, could have the deadly toxin spread through their limbs and body, causing irreparable damage beyond salvation.
But if the seals are removed too slowly, the dragon blood becomes inactive from being sealed too long, which also leads to failure.
Listening to him explain in such a manner, the take away was to err on the side of slowness rather than haste, but not too slow either. The timing for releasing each seal could be numbered one, two, three, four, five… If it were any other cultivator, they might feel their head swell from the information, but Miss Shi, not being slow-witted, diligently committed it to memory, recalling nearly eighty to ninety percent of it.
On Luo Yan’s side, a single hearing was all it took to remember, and with Ah Jing’s scanning ability, after Jiaolong finished speaking, he recited it verbally to Shi Liuli once more, solidifying her recollection to one hundred percent.
Shi Liuli then sat cross-legged, ingesting the dragon blood and began trying to apply the refining method.
With Luo Yan at her side acting as a protector, Jiaolong suddenly asked:
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“You clearly belong to the Human Race, yet why do you know so much about the affairs of the Jiaolong?”
“That is not within the scope of our deal,” Luo Yan replied with a slight smile.
“No matter, I was merely asking casually.” Jiaolong showed a very lonely expression and said, “I once hated them for forgetting me, and cursed them to meet a disastrous end, but hearing such dire news about my clan’s decline, besides sadness, I felt not a trace of satisfaction from my vengeful desires.”
“Perhaps being trapped here is a blessing… At least I do not have to witness my clan’s fall to such a state.”
Luo Yan, seeing Jiaolong so disheartened and his eyelids drooping, was unsure whether to offer consolation.
About half an hour later, Shi Liuli finally opened her eyes, wanting to speak, but she burped instead, emitting a wisp of bloody mist from her stomach.
Luo Yan was slightly shocked and quickly scanned his wife’s body, finding nothing unusual except that her Golden Core was already more than halfway transformed.
With some more cultivation, she would soon be able to smoothly pass through the Obscure Weave Rank and reach the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Realm.
At this thought, Luo Yan suddenly felt a subtle unease in his heart, realizing he might have been overly attentive to Shi Liuli’s cultivation progress, neglecting Junior Sister Xu and Senior Sister An.
But on second thought, Junior Sister Xu had the Ziwei Master and the Xu Family of Southern Heaven taking care of her, and Senior Sister An had Su Jian protecting her. How could those two lack cultivation resources? Only my poor wife Liuli, without the support of her parents, had to fend for herself in everything.
This husband’s treatment of his wife is just like how parents treat their children; showing favoritism in certain aspects is a very normal behavior.
For instance, if the eldest son strives and becomes a corporate executive, while the younger son struggles with delivering food and can’t even find a partner, if the parents support both kids equally or distribute the inheritance equally, those parents must have water in their brains.
If Miss Shi could suddenly soar into the skies like Jiang the Witch, I wouldn’t need to be so biased towards her.
With this thought, Luo Yan felt justified again.
After exhaling the surplus blood energy, Shi Liuli did not hurry to get up, but once again saluted the Jiaolong:
“Thank you, senior, for your guidance.”
“Hmm,” the Jiaolong said indifferently without even opening his eyes, “Finish what’s left to say, then you can leave.”
Shi Liuli thought she was to continue talking about the history of the Cultivation Realm, and with her cultivation level having just drastically increased, she set aside her doubts for the moment and resumed fulfilling her promise.
Meanwhile, Luo Yan detailed to this Jiaolong the whereabouts and outcomes of a few remnants of the Jiaolong Clan after they left the imperial capital.
“I see.” Hearing that some of his kin took refuge under the Azure Dragon, while others adopted isolationism in Beiming Fanyang, the Jiaolong also roughly knew what to expect, “Anyhow, as long as the bloodline continues, it’s not too bad.”
The Jiaolong having lowered his expectations to “as long as the bloodline continues” made Luo Yan feel somewhat pity for him.
Suddenly, a spark of inspiration hit him, and he asked the other:
“Senior, if there is a hybrid of the Jiaolong Clan with another race, and the bloodlines conflict, how would that be resolved?”
“No need to resolve it,” the Jiaolong lazily replied, “In the Demon Race, it’s the survival of the fittest. Mostly, a high-rank bloodline will devour a low-rank bloodline; if the ranks are approximately equal, it depends on how much of each bloodline is inherited from the parents—anyway, having multiple different bloodlines won’t coexist for long. Usually, within five years after birth, they will assimilate into one, leaving only one demon bloodline.”
“What if there are three types of bloodlines, and the other two band together to resist the first one?” Luo Yan asked persistently.
“How is that possible?” the Jiaolong instinctively retorted, “First off, everyone is born from their parents, at most there are two kinds of bloodlines. Where would the third come from? Oh, if a father or mother due to some reasons possesses two kinds of bloodlines, that’s not impossible… but these three bloodlines battling each other, the individual itself would perish within hours after birth, where is there even a need to consider resolving it?”
You’re right, but you don’t know about the Heaven-Mending Stone… Luo Yan, not giving up, asked for the third time:
“Suppose there is such an individual, then how would it be resolved?”
The Jiaolong seemed a bit impatient now, answering:
“By using the Dragon Assimilation Formation, to fuse the three bloodlines into a new bloodline.”
“So, this Dragon Assimilation Formation…”
“Do I look capable of setting up such a formation for you?” the Jiaolong scoffed in response, “This formation is a secret of our clan, requiring many precious resources, not something an individual can accomplish.”
“Since you are quite knowledgeable about our Jiaolong Clan, why don’t you just go directly to our clan and inquire?”
