Immortality: Starting with the Fruit of Taiyin

Although Wang Xuan hadn't prepared any protective measures beforehand, he did have a contingency plan.

However, due to the lack of high-level origins and spirit stones, many of them remain only ideas.

Fortunately, the path to the Han family has now been opened, and the essence blood of first-tier demonic beasts will no longer be a problem.

Feeling somewhat relieved, Wang Xuan climbed onto the back of the Blue Feathered Eagle and said no more.

……

The next day.

The rest of the trip was uneventful, and nothing unexpected happened until they returned to the lower house.

Occasionally, when encountering a few passing cultivators, they would generally choose to keep their distance, fearing that it might cause some misunderstanding.

Clearly, riding a flying beast commonly used by sect disciples and carrying an outer sect disciple's token at one's waist, one would hardly encounter any trouble in the Chen Kingdom's territory unless one's enormous wealth was exposed.

Before setting off, Wang Xuan specially obtained a mid-grade first-tier Windwalking Pill, which could increase the speed of the Blue Feather Eagle by several times, giving it the speed to leave almost 99% of Qi Refining cultivators behind.

However, no danger occurred at all, and there weren't that many fools in the cultivation world.

For a moment, Wang Xuan couldn't help but continue to subtly inquire about the future of the sect.

But whether it was because Chen Yao was unwilling to say more, or because she herself was not very clear, he was unable to get any more definite information until he returned to the lower house.

However, Wang Xuan thought this was perfectly normal.

After all, although their relationship was good, they were by no means intimately familiar with each other, and the other party was unlikely to be completely open with everything.

In fact, Chen Yao's willingness to leak information about this matter in advance went beyond the scope of "fellow townsmen," "fellow students," or even ordinary friends.

If he has the opportunity in the future, he will definitely repay it.

……

a few days later.

In front of the Spirit Beast Garden, return the Beast Taming Talisman.

Wang Xuan was about to say goodbye to Chen Yao when a whooshing sound came from behind him.

"Here, this is for you."

brush--

With a swift movement, a storage bag landed perfectly in his hand.

Slightly taken aback, Wang Xuan looked at Chen Yao with some surprise.

"What are you doing?"

Consider it a thank-you gift.

"I forgot to tell you before, but to thank you for 'taking good care' of me—even though you didn't do anything—I prepared a thank-you gift for you in addition to me."

"No need to be polite. She's valued by the sect's masters now, so she doesn't lack these spirit stones... Just consider it a windfall and use it to buy a decent monster egg."

Chen Yao pursed her lips, a hint of disdain flashing across her face.

"Bloodline grade doesn't matter, since I think high, medium, and low grades are all the same... What's important is tracing the source of the bloodline, preferably to a sufficiently ancient one, so that there's still a slight possibility of bloodline mutation in the future."

"Although the success rate is one in ten thousand, at least we can try our luck, and it's something to look forward to."

He casually mentioned that the so-called bloodline mutation is that there is an extremely low probability that a demon beast's bloodline will revert to its ancestral form before birth and during the process of advancing to a higher realm.

To be honest, Chen Yao didn't think it was of any practical use.

It should be understood that the bloodline of demonic beasts is like the spiritual root of humans, and is even divided into inferior (ungraded), low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade, earth-grade, heaven-grade, and even ancient true spirit.

Moreover, just as it is difficult for humans to improve their spiritual roots later in life, it is extremely difficult for demons to elevate their bloodlines.

Therefore, the so-called "one in ten thousand" bloodline mutation actually refers to the probability of upgrading a low-grade bloodline to a mid-grade bloodline through mutation.

Based on this, the stronger the original bloodline, the closer the probability of it being non-existent.

Furthermore, high-level demonic beasts often have difficulty giving birth, so when you think about it carefully, it really is a complete gamble on luck.

"But it doesn't matter anyway."

"Truly superior bloodline beast eggs are hard to come by. Since they are destined to be eliminated in the future, we might as well take a gamble."

"If it succeeds, it will be a great help."

After pondering for a moment, Chen Yao couldn't help but nod to herself.

"Just take it, it's her stuff, why not take it if it's free?"

"But don't blame me for not warning you, take her things as you please, but don't get any funny ideas about her. Otherwise, you might end up in a bad situation."

"Cough cough..."

Wang Xuan coughed lightly, then stammered, "You're overthinking it. Junior Sister Chen is exceptionally talented, so how could I—"

No, you didn't understand what I meant.

Chen Yao waved her hand dismissively, giving a slight interruption.

He looked up at the sky, as if recalling something.

"I'm not talking about the gap between you, although there is indeed a gap, but that's not the key point at all."

"The key point is that Chen Wanrou is just as her name suggests. She is gentle, polite, kind, and generous. As an inner disciple, she doesn't forget to care for her distant cousin. Even though we barely exchanged a few words this time, she still specially prepared a gift for you."

"The difference in status, the completely different attitudes... How about it, do you have the illusion that 'Is she special?' Heh, that's right, because that means you're not far from death."

"Oh, I almost forgot, the wording here isn't very precise." With a calm expression, Chen Yao corrected, "The 'death' I'm referring to isn't necessarily physical, but it's definitely mental."

"After all, in my view, some people may be alive, but they are already dead."

"So to avoid dying like that, I suggest you stay away from her."

Wang Xuan: "..."

Well, although he hadn't originally planned to do anything, he still felt a sense of intimidation after hearing Chen Yao's words.

As a normal cultivator, Wang Xuan naturally had joys and sorrows, and he appreciated beauty.

However, he wouldn't get involved too early when his cultivation level wasn't high enough, especially with someone who looked so troublesome.

"Hmm...don't worry."

"In that case, I thank Miss Chen for her generosity."

"I didn't think too much about it," Wang Xuan said gratefully.

He treated it as a loan... and simply hung the storage bag on his waist to store it.

A favor that can't be repaid is called charity; a favor that can be repaid is called friendship.

It would be good to have more spirit stones to buy beast eggs, so that he could go to Wanze Immortal City in a year at most.

……

After saying goodbye to Chen Yao, Wang Xuan returned to the courtyard assigned to him in the lower courtyard without delay.

After restoring his mana and physical condition to their peak, he immediately took out a row of small bottles from his storage bag.

The jade bottle was exquisite, with several simple runes engraved on it to seal spiritual power.

Opening one of the jade bottles, a strange aroma mixed with the smell of blood wafted out.

Without a doubt, this was Wang Xuan's greatest gain from this trip: the essence blood of an unknown demon beast that possessed inferior bloodline and whose strength had reached the threshold of the early stage of the first rank.

As agreed with the Han family, every so often in the future, the other party would send demon beast blood essence and varying amounts of spirit stones, depending on the quality of the pills and 'insights' sent.

As long as Wang Xuan can show steady progress, this transaction will continue until the Han family trains its own formal alchemist.