Panlong: Starting from Jiudingji

Chapter 104 Coveting from Auf

Underworld, Qisha Mansion, Youlu City.

The third floor of the Ghost Castle.

Bacher looked at the counter in front of him with some doubts in his eyes. He carefully looked at the other counters around him again and again to make sure that he was not in the wrong place.

However, when Bacher looked at the huge sign that read 'Bloodline Awakening' in front of the counter, he felt that it was a little difficult to understand.

At this time, a staff member in a black robe at the counter walked towards him with a smile.

As they have been trained, they must never give up on any potential customer.

"Do you have any questions about 'Bloodline Awakening'?"

The staff's greeting interrupted Bacher's thoughts, and he looked towards the staff following the sound.

"Wasn't this a counter dedicated to selling special items from other planes before?" Bacher looked at the staff with a somewhat confused expression.

"Of course, the power of the 'innate magical powers' awakened by the descendants of the mythical beasts will be far inferior to the source of their bloodline."

He came here hoping to buy some special materials from hell, but he didn't expect that when he came, the counter was missing.

"If you need it, just go to the corresponding counter according to the nature of the materials you need."

Bacher nodded directly, "Yes, all three of them are my children."

"As long as..., it can be absorbed by your heirs, thus meeting the requirements for bloodline awakening."

"From now on, this will be the 'Bloodline Awakening' counter."

The staff explained, "The principle of our 'bloodline awakening' is to extract part of the 'bloodline energy' from the source of the bloodline, which is your body, to help your heirs awaken."

"It's just that I heard that since three hundred years ago, basically all the ghost castles in the underworld will have a 'bloodline awakening' counter."

Bacher's smile immediately brightened. The price was too cheap for him. The materials he originally wanted to buy were more than this price.

He is a well-known strong man around Youlu City.

But he has always been very worried about something. He is obviously very powerful, but he has no heirs to succeed him.

The staff explained, "The products previously placed on this counter have been reclassified and allocated to other counters according to their uses."

Bacher, his origin is a mythical beast born in the underworld, his name is 'Sky-Splitting Tiger', and his innate magical power is called 'Shattering Sky'. Its effect is that it can cause extremely powerful damage by smashing the space in the target direction. It can also be regarded as a very powerful innate magical power.

As a result, Bacher suddenly became interested and asked curiously, "So what exactly is being sold at the 'Bloodline Awakening' counter?"

The staff member looked at Bacher and confirmed, "Did you purchase the 'bloodline awakening' service for your descendants three times?"

The staff seemed to be used to such shocked expressions, and replied calmly, "Don't worry, it's true."

After listening to the staff's explanation, Bacher roughly understood the basic principles of 'bloodline awakening', but some new doubts emerged in his mind.

"'Bloodline Awakening', as the name suggests, means that as long as a strong person who is a divine beast purchases services from us, we can let one of his bloodline descendants awaken the divine beast bloodline in his body."

This has always made Bacher a little worried. The main supplies he came to the Ghost Castle to purchase this time were also for the training of several children.

Hearing that the guy in front of him really had hope of becoming a customer, the staff member's smile became even more enthusiastic, "The price may be more favorable than you think. The cost of a 'bloodline awakening' only costs 100,000 hellstones."

He also felt a little surprised. Bacher had heard of the legend that this ghost castle was the property of the Lord God. There were as many ghost castles as there were cities in the underworld.

After receiving the hint from the staff, Bacher immediately understood that it was impossible for such a large-scale action without the presence of the Lord God behind it.

Bacher frowned and thought of many bad situations in his mind, "What? Is there a limit to the number of times each person can purchase this 'Bloodline Awakening' service?"

"Otherwise there would be no way our counter would be located in this ghost castle..."

"What do you mean?" Bacher asked with a frown.

What he couldn't even understand was that even though he was a divine beast of the wind element, his child's talent in the wind attribute was really limited.

"This not only allows his descendants to have a god clone that matches the attributes of his own divine beast bloodline, but also allows him to awaken the 'innate magical powers' inherited from his bloodline."

The staff member confirmed, "Yes, it only requires one hundred thousand Hades Stone."

For a moment, Bacher thought he had heard wrongly, "One hundred thousand?"

Hearing that Bacher wanted to know more, the smile on the staff's face became more sincere, "What we sell at this counter is not a specific product, but a service."

After hearing this, Bacher felt at ease, as long as he could still buy things.

"Is this an order from the Lord God?" Bacher tried to inquire.

The staff member gave Bacher a look, and then said in a subtle tone, "I don't know about this."

The staff did not go to pick up Bacher's Hades Stone for the time being, but reminded, "Sir, we recommend that you purchase the 'Bloodline Awakening' service for the time being."

Sensing the opportunity to completely untie his knot, Bacher quickly asked, "How much does it cost to awaken one's bloodline?"

"Of course there will be no restrictions. Just for your consideration, we recommend that you only purchase the service once in a short period of time." The staff quickly explained, "Since we say that we provide services, we naturally do not include actual items."

"I want to purchase the 'bloodline awakening' service three times." Bacher directly took out 300,000 hellstones from the space ring and handed them to the staff, saying with a proud look on his face.

And now, this ghost castle has specially set aside a counter for this unknown 'bloodline awakening'...

"However, as a subject of energy being extracted, if too much 'blood energy' is extracted in a short period of time, it will cause some unnecessary negative effects on your body."

Bacher thought that he had a small amount of savings after hanging around here for so many years, and he should be able to afford the corresponding expenses if he gritted his teeth.

"What?" Bacher suddenly looked at the staff member who was explaining to him with a shocked expression, feeling a little excited, "Are you telling the truth?"

Is there really no problem in extracting this 'blood energy' from one's own body?

"Will this really have no negative impact on me?" Bacher hesitated again.

"Don't worry, the whole process will definitely not cause any harm to you. The whole process is similar to using your own 'natural power'." The staff tried to dispel Bacher's doubts, "It's just that this time the 'natural power' 'The consumption will be a bit heavy and more time will be needed to recuperate."

"And our entire process of 'bloodline awakening' will not impose any restrictions on you."

"During the whole process, if you feel something is wrong, you can choose to stop at any time."

"Of course, you need to bear the losses caused by this behavior yourself." Finally, the staff member ended his explanation with a disclaimer.

"There is a master god behind the ghost castle. The master god doesn't need to lie to me..." Bacher was mentally building himself up.

After a long while, Bacher took a deep breath, looked at the staff at the counter, and said firmly, "Then I will purchase the 'bloodline awakening' service first."

"Okay." After saying that, the staff took out three badges, two black and one brown.

He first handed the brown one to Bacher, "Please put a drop of your 'blood essence' on this badge first. To successfully carry out the 'bloodline awakening' ceremony, your blood essence needs to be analyzed in advance."

This time, Bacher only hesitated for a moment, and then decisively dropped a drop of his 'blood essence' on the badge.

When the 'blood essence' was about to come into contact with the badge, a transparent ripple flashed across the surface of the badge, and countless runes seemed to flash faintly in it, and then the drop of 'blood essence' disappeared without a trace.

Of course, in Bacher's opinion, he was absorbed by the badge.

At the same time, in a room in a palace in Netherworld Mountain, a sealed vessel suddenly lit up. Among the dense runes, a drop of 'blood essence' suddenly appeared out of thin air in the vessel.

Jie Ning sensed that the 'blood essence inventory' was increasing again in his 'storage room', and he couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

This 'bloodline awakening' service is naturally provided by Jie Ning. The main purpose is to obtain the blood essence and blood of these various mythical beasts and their bloodline energy.

The runes on the badge are low-level technology copied by Jie Ning based on the principle of the teleportation array. Currently, it can only be used to transport some inanimate substances, but it is enough for the current Jie Ning.

This technology has been temporarily used by Jie Ning in his newly launched 'bloodline awakening' service.

Under Bacher's gaze, the staff quickly put away the badge that had no change in appearance and in fact.

Then he handed the remaining two badges to Bacher, "Next, please identify the owners of these two badges with blood."

"This time only ordinary blood will be enough." the staff member added.

Bacher completed the operation according to the staff's instructions, and then handed the two badges back to the staff.

The staff only accepted one, "The other badge is your proof of purchasing services, please keep it safe."

Bacher immediately put the badge into his space ring.

Then, the staff handed out another form, "Fill in your recent residential address in Youlu City here, and a dedicated person will contact you within a month based on the address you filled in."

"What needs to be filled in below is your mythical beast race and the 'talented magical powers' you possess..."

"Our 'bloodline awakening' service requires the assistance of magic circles. This information is used to make appropriate adjustments based on your bloodline information." The staff compiled the reasons they just thought of a few days ago.

However, Bacher had no doubts about it and complied with it honestly.

"Okay, the formalities here are over. Now you just need to show the badge in your hand when someone contacts you."

"Just please note that if you are unable to show your badge, regardless of whether it is lost or damaged, we will default to you giving up the 'Blood Awakening' service." The staff finally warned.

Bacher nodded, then seemed to remember something again, looked at the staff and asked, "Then when can I purchase the second 'bloodline awakening' service."

"If there are no accidents, we recommend that you purchase the next service fifty years after you complete this 'bloodline awakening'." The staff replied enthusiastically.

After getting the information he wanted, Bacher did not buy any other products, but quickly left the Ghost Castle.

After all, he had to bring his child to Youlu City first...

Watching Bacher disappear, the staff made a copy of all Bacher's information, then turned around and entered a room, placing it above a magic circle.

With a flash of light, the form disappeared in an instant.

At the same time, a new file was added to Jie Ning's archives.

……

Time soon came two weeks later. Bacher took his young son Pei Na and followed a staff member also wearing a black robe to a yard next to the Ghost Castle.

Bacher immediately saw a large tree with various runes engraved all over it growing in the center of the courtyard, and various runes were also engraved on the surrounding ground.

There are two marks, one red and one green, on both sides of the big tree.

"You two, wait and stand at the designated positions according to the marks on the ground." The staff said, pointing to the two marks.

"Those who need to perform 'bloodline awakening' stand on the red mark, and those who provide bloodline energy stand on the green mark."

"Don't resist if anything happens next." Finally, the staff member warned Bacher and the two with stern eyes.

"Yes." During this period, Bacher and Pei Na had already made psychological preparations. The two obediently followed the staff's instructions and stood in the prescribed positions. Then, Bacher saw the staff take out a token, and then a ray of light shot directly from the token towards the big tree next to him.

The next moment, Bacher saw a magic circle activated with the big tree as the center.

At the same time, the branches of the big tree next to them began to hang down, wrapping Bacher and Pena at the same time.

'Same as what was said before, the blood energy began to be sucked away. Bacher felt a suction force coming from the branches next to him, "However, I can break free by using this kind of force at will..."

In fact, the main target of the soul-absorbing tree is Bacher's divine power, but for Bacher, compared to the scarce blood energy, the absorbed divine power is just a drop in the bucket for him.

The soul-absorbing tree successfully absorbed the blood energy from Bacher's body, and then quickly purified it with the help of the magic circle, and then excreted part of it from another direction according to a certain guide.

The rest flowed all the way down the trunk and into a root of the spirit-absorbing tree.

At this time, Pei Na also felt an extremely comfortable warmth beginning to flow into his body, which made him feel like moaning.

Gradually, Bacher found that the suction force disappeared, and the branches around him began to leave his body.

Bacher quickly looked to the other side and immediately saw his youngest son Pei Na's face full of joy.

This gave him some confidence.

Time passed slowly, and suddenly, the rules of heaven and earth came. Pei Na floated into the air, and a godhead formed in his body.

……

Looking at his youngest son falling back to the ground, Bacher quickly stepped forward and asked nervously, "Pena, how do you feel?"

Pei Na felt the abundant strength in his body and said happily, "Father, I feel great now."

"Then do you feel the 'natural power'?" Bacher continued to ask.

Pei Na nodded, "I can feel that I can already use my 'natural power', but here..."

As he said that, Pei Na looked around and hesitated.

At this time, the staff on the side suddenly said, "There is another courtyard next to you that allows you to test your newly awakened 'talented powers'..."

Bacher quickly took Pena to thank the staff, and then immediately took Pena to the yard next door.

There are many other cases like the Bacher and his son that have happened in the underworld over the years.

Successful cases one after another made the hearts of the powerful men who were born in countless mythical beasts become excited.

In today's major supreme planes and divine planes, it can be said that the number of divine beasts among all powerful people has a very high ratio.

And among these powerful men, there is almost a universal problem: their descendants cannot inherit their powerful bloodline.

You know, even for most mythical beasts, whether they have a powerful 'innate magical power' will determine whether they are a truly strong person.

And now, they also have an opportunity to let their descendants have their own 'innate magical powers', which will undoubtedly transform the strength of the descendants of the divine beasts.

Some mythical beasts who care about their descendants after establishing a family continue to help generations of descendants awaken.

If it hadn't been for the news that Ghost Castle later announced that blood energy could be extracted from the bodies of heirs who had awakened their blood, but it just took several people to work together to get the full amount.

Only then did many mythical beasts break free from the 'awakening cycle'.

However, the spread of this news has brought not only good things, but also some malicious covetousness.

For example, a certain Lord of Light who suddenly came to the underworld to 'collect wind' heard the news.

And he knew it, so naturally, the Master of Destiny also knew the news.

"The 'Bloodline Tree' of the Ghost Castle?" Auf rarely broke away from his research, with a bright light in his eyes.

The 'Bloodline Tree' is the spirit-absorbing tree, and it only got a new name because of its ability in the eyes of outsiders.

With a flash in his eyes, Auf had an idea in his mind, and then passed the idea to Augusta, who was still in the underworld.

Since Augusta became the Lord of Light, Off has agreed to his request, and the memories between the two are no longer directly connected.

Although the two still essentially belong to the same person, neither can directly see the other's memories without the consent of the other.

After receiving Aof's reply, Augusta's face showed a look of assurance.

Looking at the noisy city below, a cold smile appeared on his face.

……

Soon after, a shocking news spread in the underworld. The Netherworld Castle in a city was actually ransacked by strong men of unknown origin, and all the belongings were looted. At that time, all the people in this Netherworld Castle were basically free unless they had other clones. No one was spared.

The most shocking thing is that although some of them have other god clones outside, he has no idea who the murderer is who killed him?
This incident almost caused an uproar in the entire underworld.

Many people speculate that this must also be the work of a main god. This main god is obviously hostile to the main god behind the Ghost Castle.

……

In Netherworld Mountain, Rias sat at the top with an expressionless face, and Jie Ning stood behind her.

Below are the remaining four main gods of the death series, all four of them standing tremblingly.

"Such a big thing happened, and now you tell me, you don't know anything?" Rias's eyes swept over the four of them calmly.

The Median Lord of Death, Hailsen, raised his head cautiously, "Master, the speed of the person who did this was too fast. Everyone in the Ghost Castle at that time was killed without anyone noticing anything strange."

"I've asked several guys who have god clones, and they have no idea who killed them."

With someone stepping forward, Maldo, another middle god of death, quickly echoed, "This is definitely the work of other main gods..."

"Bang~" Before Maldo could react, Rias had already knocked him away with a wave of her hand, and she hit the wall directly. "I still need you to tell me that the murderer is a main god. ?"

Rias's expression turned sharp.

"What I want to know now is which person who didn't care about his life did it."

"All the Lord Gods know that Ghost Castle is my property, yet there are still some little mice who dare to have such twisted thoughts."

After Rias went crazy, the four main gods below did not dare to speak at all.

Fortunately, Rias didn't expect to get any effective clues from them now, and directly ordered, "Now, as soon as you get out of here, go and turn the area around 'Donocheng' upside down for me. Rather..."

"Wait a minute," Rias seemed to suddenly think of something and looked at one of the lower-level Death Gods. "Isaac, go to the heaven to find the Master of Destiny and tell me that I need his secret skills to help me find some." Traces of guys.”

Rias suddenly remembered Auf's secret technique of capturing the hidden divine power.

"The three of you, go and guard near 'Donocheng' first. Before the Lord of Destiny arrives, no fighting is allowed near there."

"Yes." After the four main gods below accepted the order, they left as quickly as they could escape.

Although the order had been issued, the anger in Rias's heart had not diminished at all.

At this time, Jie Ning suddenly said, "Perhaps I know what the real goal of this 'mouse' is?"

"Perhaps the identity can also be narrowed down..."

Rias looked at Jie Ning, "What should I say?"

"The soul-absorbing tree, this is his goal." Jie Ning said thoughtfully, "In this incident, Donocheng's soul-absorbing tree also disappeared."

"Because I have the intention of preventing others from stealing, I have placed a special magic circle inside each soul-absorbing tree. If this magic circle is released first, the soul-absorbing tree will self-destruct as soon as it is moved."

"But this guy even took away all the fragments of the destroyed soul-absorbing tree..." Jie Ning's tone was full of meaning.

Rias immediately understood some of the hidden meaning in Jie Ning's tone, "You mean, the murderer is one of Of and Uhtred?"

Jie Ning's eyes narrowed slightly, "It's most likely yes."

"Everyone knows that the main function of the soul-absorbing tree is to allow the descendants of divine beasts to awaken their bloodline and even their innate magical powers."

"And among all the main gods, apart from me, only Auf and Uhtred have been studying this aspect."

"Off has started researching in this area a long time ago, and Uhtred started research because he wanted to surpass Off."

"Of course, it is not ruled out that other gods are also studying this aspect secretly."

Rias's eyes became dangerous, "We'll find out who did it when Auf comes."

"If he can't find anything, chances are he did it."

……

In the heaven, Auf frowned and looked at the scattered pile of black coal in front of him.

Although he had long known from the memory transmitted from Augusta that the tree had self-destructed, he really did not expect that the self-destruction would be so complete.

'Looks like I'll have to go talk to Rias. '

In Aof's original idea, this method of obtaining a large number of research objects was best and most convenient to be in one's own hands.

As long as you control the soul of the mythical beast that needs to be studied, and then let it continue to multiply, as long as you spend some time, you can have countless research materials.

For this reason, if he really succeeds, Off will feel that it is completely worth it even if he offends Rias.

After all, in his opinion, Rias has not yet become the Perfect Ruler of Death and poses no threat to him at all.

Rias has not made a move since she became the Great Perfection, and except for Jie Ning, almost no other main gods know this news.

"Isaac, the Lord of Death, seeks to see the Master of Fate." While Auf was thinking, a message came from the outside world.

Auf's expression changed, and he put away all the 'stolen items', and his signature gentle smile appeared on his face again, "Come in."

Soon, Isaac came to Auf and said respectfully, "Sir, Lord Death asked me to ask you to help find traces of a murderer."

Aof looked surprised, "Did something happen in the underworld?"

Isaac recounted what he knew truthfully.

After thinking for a while, Aofu agreed, "I don't have anything else important to do here, so I'll just go with you."

"Thank you, sir." Isaac breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Off didn't know that Rias had already placed her target between him and Uhtred.

(End of this chapter)