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Chapter 176 Secrets [Part Two] (Two-in-One)

inside the house.

The incandescent bulbs hung high overhead, their pale light pouring down and illuminating the entire room.

Hu Lin has already left.

Although the commotion the two had made earlier wasn't significant, it was still noticed by the guards and a few members of the tribe at the Skin-Turning level. They went out to deal with it to prevent any further complications.

So at this moment, only two people remained in the large room.

Hu Long sat upright to one side, and out of habit, he still looked like Hu Lin.

Although he was not afraid, it is easy to dodge a spear in the open, but difficult to guard against a hidden arrow.

Ancient techniques exist in this world, and these superior clans may possess methods unknown to us. In case of any curses, we can take precautions to avoid them.

He looked down at the ground in front of him, his gaze calm.

On the cold ground ahead, Ji Xiguang lay unconscious.

The black scales on her body had all faded, and she had returned to her normal appearance.

His clothes were almost completely torn, his exposed skin was as pale as paper, and several hideous wounds stretched across his shoulders, arms and ribs, with the flesh rolled up, but strangely, not much blood flowed out.

The edges of those wounds were visibly and slowly undulating, healing.

If it were an ordinary person, suffering such severe injuries, there wouldn't even be a need for emergency treatment; they could simply be cremated.

But Ji Xiguang is a master of blood transfusion.

Skin, flesh, bones, internal organs—every inch of the body has undergone years of nourishment and tempering by the power of the force, and has long since undergone a complete transformation.

This level of injury poses little threat to her and is far from life-threatening.

A martial artist at the Blood Exchange Realm can heal even if their heart is ruptured, as long as their brain is not destroyed.

At this level, one can be considered inhuman in a certain sense.

Hu Long ignored this for the time being.

His gaze fell upon the fading silver light screen of text before him.

[Target: Ji Xiguang]

[Bloodline: Viper Dragon (Fake)]

Size: 300MB (Status: Unavailable for download, insufficient download credits)

(Note: A pseudo-bloodline artificially cultivated using surgical tools. Although it cannot compare to a real dragon, it still provides a significant boost to physical strength.)

【Skill 1: Nine Dragons Offering Heavenly Book (Blood Exchange Chapter 5)】

Size: 27MB (Status: Not available for download)

(Note: The emperor is not a nobleman of bloodline, but one who receives the mandate of heaven and holds the hopes of all people.)

This technique is derived from observing the celestial bodies and the dragon veins of the earth. It uses the body as a cauldron and the mind as a guide, visualizing nine dragon forms, ultimately leading to the return of the nine dragons to their origin, thus achieving the body of a true dragon, the Son of Heaven.

【Skill 2: Soul-Slaying Spear (Mastery)】

Size: 120MB (Status: Not available for download)

(Note: The spear is the thief of all weapons. It is treacherous, fast, fierce, and deadly. This secret technique was created in the midst of battle among thousands of troops and is extremely bloodthirsty.)

With each person killed, a trace of death energy erodes the will; this can be neutralized by practicing the Nine Dragons Offering Heaven Scripture.

It can only be said that he truly deserves to be called the blood-changing master of the Ji family. He has even more skills than Zhao Yaozhen of the Zhao family, who died at his hands before.

Although there is a difference in strength between the two.

Based on the exchange just now, in terms of combat power alone, Ji Xiguang is stronger, far surpassing Zhao Yaozhen. In fact, the power unleashed by that strange dragon transformation is comparable to the fourth level of the Blood Exchange Realm.

Thinking of this.

Hu Long's gaze fell on the bloodline section.

This is the third target with a bloodline he has encountered since he came into this world.

The first is the Fire Demon, the second is the previous leader of the Pure Fire Sect, Bai Xiao, and the third is Ji Xiguang.

But Ji Xiguang is different from the previous two.

The Fire Spirit bloodline is born of nature and nurtured by the earth, while the Bai family bloodline originates from the Seraphim in that position.

As for Ji Xiguang's bloodline, it was actually created using magical tools.

"It seems the Ji family has many secrets—"

Hu Long's eyes flickered.

Looking at the fading and disappearing words in front of me.

He raised his hand and pointed.

A wisp of true energy burst forth from his fingertips, as thin as a hair and as fast as lightning, silently entering Ji Xiguang's motionless body.

The next moment, Ji Xiguang's body trembled violently.

Swish!

She suddenly opened her eyes, and the moment her consciousness returned, everything that happened before she lost consciousness rushed back into her mind like a tide.

Her instinct was to get up, to retreat abruptly, and to create distance.

However, her gaze suddenly met a pair of emerald green eyes.

Ji Xiguang's movements froze completely, and even her breathing seemed to stop at this moment.

Until a spiral pattern appeared in her pupils and then disappeared.

The eerie green light in Hu Long's eyes then disappeared.

He asked calmly.

"What brings you to the Hu family?"

Having been branded with a mental mark, Ji Xiguang knelt on the ground with a respectful expression.

"Master, I have come here because I suspect the Hu family has connections with the Pure Fire Sect and wish to investigate—"

soon.

She then gave a brief account of the situation.

As Hu Long had predicted, the unusual behavior of the Hu family and all the coincidences that had occurred in Yangang City were too much to ignore and inevitably attracted the attention of the Ji family.

"Where did you hide the spear you were carrying earlier?"

Hu Long's eyes flickered slightly, as if he had remembered something.

He continued to ask.

"I placed that gun within the magic runes."

As Ji Xiguang spoke, he raised his hand.

On the palm of his hand was a white tattoo with eyes closed, the lines so fine that they were almost imperceptible without close inspection.

At that moment, as her vital energy surged forth, the tattoo suddenly opened.

Like a miniature eye, opening deep within the palm of your hand.

Immediately, a black bra appeared out of thin air and quietly landed in her palm.

It was as if they were retrieving something from a distance.

Hu Long saw this and roughly understood what was going on.

The so-called magical patterns are similar to magical tools; both were created by practitioners of the old arts.

To acquire more storage space, one must find extremely rare materials to refine it, and it also requires a high level of cultivation from practitioners of the old techniques.

Given the current spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the preciousness of this material goes without saying.

It is naturally even more difficult to own a storage device of this level; only a very small number of people in this world can possess one.

to this end.

Most people have no choice but to settle for second best and use tattoos as a substitute.

This technique essentially transforms a portion of one's own flesh and blood into a storage container.

In this regard.

Hu Long was slightly surprised.

However, he quickly came to terms with it.

After all, even blessed lands and grotto-heavens truly exist in this world, so what are mere storage techniques compared to that?

This kind of thing is almost a standard feature in those novels, but then again, having it does make things much more convenient.

If given the chance, perhaps we could snatch one.

As for the method of magical runes, Hu Long is not considering it for the time being.

Not only is the space small, but it also requires sacrificing some of one's flesh and blood.

With his current physical strength, it would be difficult to pierce him, and it would be unlikely to get a magical mark tattooed on him.

Of course, more importantly, he doesn't trust others. If he learns it later, he might be able to give it a try.

Compared to using spell patterns, he would much rather directly seize a storage device than use this method.

"Tell me, what's the deal with the bloodline in your body?"

Hu Long asked.

This is the point he is most curious about and concerned about.

"The blood in my veins—"

Ji Xiguang, who was being controlled by the mental imprint, was about to answer, but she suddenly stopped after saying only two words.

Looking over there.

She looked bewildered, but a hint of struggle flickered across her face, as if the news was very important to her.

At that moment, Hu Long sensed a peculiar mental fluctuation emanating from the other party.

It was as if his question touched on a taboo topic, triggering a special self-protective mechanism in her mind.

"Um?"

Seeing this scene.

Hu Long frowned slightly.

Although the power of the Divine Spirit talent also increases as one's own strength grows.

However, due to the inherent limitations of talent, there are always certain constraints.

For example, even if a martial artist at the Skin Polishing Realm is strong enough to defeat a martial artist at the Bone Tempering Realm, they still cannot compare to a Bone Tempering Realm martial artist in terms of bone tempering. This is a fundamental difference.

The fact that the mental imprints planted on Luo Tian by Jiang Shuying and others in the underground palace were removed during that incident already proves this point.

This deficiency became even more apparent when encountering members of these superior clans.

The divine talent can be neutralized or even resisted by these people.

"It seems I'll have to improve this mental talent when I have the chance."

Thinking this, Hu Long's eyes once again emitted a ghostly green light, which almost materialized and shone directly into Ji Xiguang's pupils.

It only lasted a moment.

The struggle on her face disappeared.

"The bloodline in my veins comes from the Dragon Transformation Spring within my family—"

soon.

As the other party spoke.

Hu Long roughly understood what was going on.

As one of the top three families among the eight great clans, the Ji family naturally has its own special characteristics.

What is most special about these, besides the secret weapons, is the bloodline.

However, this bloodline is not something one is born with.

It is acquired later in life.

When a member of the Ji family breaks through to the Blood Exchange Realm, they can enter the Dragon Transformation Spring.

Hualongquan, as the name suggests, is a place where one can transform into a dragon.

Of course, this does not mean literally transforming into a real dragon, but rather awakening the power of one's bloodline.

Once the dragon blood awakens, it feels as if an invisible raging fire is burning all over the body.

Muscles and bones are reforged, and vital energy surges violently, like rivers changing course or earth dragons turning over.

The physical body will become more robust, and the vital energy and true strength will become more powerful and refined, far surpassing the ordinary.

They can even undergo a certain degree of dragonification, and the most obvious sign after their bloodline awakens is that they will have a pair of dark gold pupils.

Just like Ji Xiguang before, she can unleash power far exceeding that of others of the same level.

Furthermore, the higher the concentration of awakened bloodline, the stronger the power gained after dragon transformation.

Ji Xiguang's awakened bloodline concentration is not weak within the Ji family, but it is only at the upper-middle level.

There are several people stronger than her, and these people become even stronger after transforming into dragons.

A dragon-transformation bloodline power that can be awakened later in life.

This is the fundamental reason for the Ji family's strength.

Regarding more detailed information about the Dragon Transformation Spring, Ji Xiguang only knew that it was not naturally formed.

Rather, it was a product artificially created by the Ji family ancestors using the dragon vein and a spirit creature, employing the most extreme means possible.

"Dragon Vein—Spiritual Impermanence?"

Hu Long frowned.

He knew about dragon veins; they were nodes of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, just called by different names.

As for spirits, this wasn't the first time he'd heard of them. When he fought Luo Tianshi in the underground palace, the latter, in a moment of shock, blurted out that he suspected Luo Tianshi was a spirit transformed into a human.

There are also scattered records about Black Reef, but they are not detailed.

Ji Xiguang didn't know much either.

All that is known is that it is essentially a type of evil spirit, only more powerful than ordinary evil spirits.

Although each spirit has a different appearance and abilities, they all have one thing in common.

That is, regardless of the type of spirit, they all possess independent intelligence and are extremely difficult to kill.

Have you ever heard of spirits and dragon-transforming springs?

Hu Long seemed to have thought of something.

She raised her hand, her gaze falling on the silver vine-patterned bracelet on her wrist.

"I've never heard of the Transformation Dragon Spring. It must be a creation of those old-style practitioners."

However, I do know about spirits and demons. That's what humans call us. For example, I am a spirit or demon.

Luo Sha's voice rang in Hu Long's ears without any hesitation.

Clearly, she had also seen what was happening outside.

"Oh?"

Hu Long was somewhat surprised, not expecting that the Dream-Eyed Worm was actually a kind of spirit, but upon closer inspection, it made sense.

"I sense a familiar aura emanating from this little girl, as if it's related to the Twelve Zodiac Animals magic item—"

At that moment, Luo Sha's voice rang out again.

Do you also know about the twelve zodiac animal props?

Hu Long's eyes flickered slightly.

"Of course, those twelve zodiac artifacts were the pinnacle creations that those powerful humans forged from a few spirit beasts as their foundation."

They even dared to try and refine me as well.

How ridiculous! Do you really think I'm comparable to those evil spirits? I personally killed several of them.

"If I hadn't been ambushed and sealed away for thousands of years, my power wouldn't have fallen to this level."

Luo Sha's voice was filled with disdain, but also concealed resentment.

The disdain is directed at those powerful humans of the past, while the resentment stems from one's current predicament.

Hu Long automatically ignored these points.

They asked a few more questions.

It's a pity that although Luo Sha lived a long time, most of the time she was either possessing people and playing role-playing games, or she was asleep, or she was sealed up and imprisoned.

Although I know a lot of things, I don't know them in detail.

However, one thing is certain: the Ji family definitely possesses the twelve zodiac animal artifacts.

"It seems I have to make a trip to the Ji family."

The secret of longevity lies in the two zodiac animals, so Hu Long naturally couldn't give it up.

However, he still needs to make some preparations before that.

That means accumulating a wave of source values ​​first.

Without the source value, it always feels like something is missing.

Hu Long did not kill Ji Xiguang.

Previously, the other party had done the Hu family a favor, indirectly saving the Hu family in a way.

Another point is that these superior clans seem to have some kind of means that they can detect the death of one of their members immediately, and may even be able to locate the cause to some extent.

Therefore, Ji Xiguang cannot be killed.

As for manipulation, given the previous examples of people having their mental imprints broken, Hu Long would not allow the other party to go back.

The only way is to take advantage of this gap to collect enough source value, and preferably to boost our strength again.

Then they went to the Ji family.

If this drags on, Ji Xiguang's situation is very likely to be discovered by the Ji family.

With Hu Long's strength, it wouldn't be difficult for him to collect a wave of source value in a short time.

Previously, Hu Long did not want to alert the enemy, but now, in these extraordinary times, he has no choice but to resort to extraordinary measures.

After all, among the many clans in the entire Yu Kingdom, the divine intentions and the remains of those strange spirits are all source values.

Time goes by.

A week passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, Hu Long visited several medium-sized clans in several provinces within the territory of Yu State.

Unlike before, with Hu Long's current strength, coupled with his divine talent's ability to manipulate minds, those clans were powerless to resist, and he couldn't even leave behind a single memory.

This efficiency is many times faster than the previous collection.