Immortality: Starting with the Fruit of Taiyin

"good."

Nodding to himself, Wang Xuan sensed the vibrant life force within the bird egg.

Clearly, as the masked maidservant said, the beast eggs sold by the Tianfeng Merchant Guild were by no means inferior; they were truly excellent among their kind.

"White titmouse, inferior bloodline."

"Wood-type monsters don't have any special bloodline abilities, and their attribute performance is extremely ordinary, with only their endurance being slightly outstanding."

"Most adults are at the early or middle stage of the first rank, and rarely at the late stage. Only when they are in large groups can they pose a threat to Foundation Establishment cultivators."

"Moreover, according to ancient records, depending on their growth environment, white mountain sparrows generally need eight to twenty-four years to reach their peak. Their combat strength at the same level is quite average, and their lifespan is also shorter than that of human Qi Refining cultivators, averaging only fifty or sixty years."

"It can be said that apart from a very few rogue cultivators, almost no one would raise such a demonic beast as their natal beast. At most, they would make beast tokens and use it at will."

Information about the White Mountain Sparrow flashed through his mind. According to the records, it was indeed a low-level demon beast that even rogue cultivators looked down upon, with extremely mediocre abilities in all aspects.

The only advantage is probably that there are enough of them and the price is cheap.

Without signing a contract directly, Wang Xuan closed his eyes and focused his mind, first communicating with the Dao Fruit within his body to directly sense the beast egg in front of him.

As with every time before, Wang Xuan introspected and saw a broken moon hanging in his sea of ​​consciousness as if it had existed since time immemorial, emitting a hazy light and shadow... However, after a moment, Wang Xuan opened his eyes and shook his head as expected.

"It won't work... I knew it wouldn't."

"The power of the Dao Fruit is indeed unfathomable, and it may very well involve the legendary 'Dao'. It can indeed extract bloodline into concepts, just as I thought, but only if I can sense it."

"But with my abilities, I may not have a problem sensing the overall bloodline power of the 'White Tit,' but I can't do more precise differentiation."

"If we act now, the only result will be to extract all its bloodline, ultimately turning it into a mortal beast."

"Only a contract, only the closest 'soul contract,' can allow its soul to be imbued with my aura, and even make the Dao Fruit regard it as 'a part' of me, so as to carry out more precise operations and further purify its bloodline origin."

Take a deep breath; all of the above are just speculation.

Wang Xuan was also unsure whether Dao Guo would consider his natal demon beast and himself as one, thus granting him perception abilities beyond the limitations of the Qi Refining stage.

However, he was mentally prepared for this. Even if he didn't try it now, he would eventually have to explore the upper limit of the power of the Dao Fruit little by little in the future.

"bring it on."

Wang Xuan stretched out his finger and drew a line between his eyebrows.

A drop of 'soul blood' attached to the essence blood slowly flowed out under the condensation of the Soul Contract Technique, and then transformed into a constantly changing rune.

"White tit... Even though you haven't been born yet, I still want to tell you."

"This is an opportunity that your ancestors and their descendants have only encountered once in billions of years... It is your chance to ascend from the mortal realm to the heavens."

"If it succeeds, everyone will be happy."

"Defeat... I only lost some spirit stones, but with your bloodline, I'm afraid there's no possibility of you continuing this journey with me."

The Soul Contract is powerful, not only greatly restricting demonic beasts, but also imposing some constraints on cultivators.

If a soul contract is signed for a long time, once the demon beast dies, its master will inevitably suffer injuries and need to go into seclusion to recuperate.

Therefore, to avoid this situation, if the attempt fails, Wang Xuan will have no choice but to end the life of the monster directly, considering it a waste of its essence and soul power.

"Heavenly Soul and Earthly Blood... bear witness to my true book!"

Silently reciting the incantation, Wang Xuan pressed his finger down, plunging it into the eggshell.

As the essence and blood merged with the egg yolk, the soul blood was incorporated into the still-developing, hazy consciousness.

In a hazy sense, Wang Xuan felt a connection, a bond of flesh and blood, beginning to form deep within their souls.

A hint of weariness flashed in his eyes; he dared not waste any more time.

With his eyes closed in meditation, he once again activated the power of the Dao Fruit, attempting to perceive the essence of the White Sparrow's bloodline.

As Wang Xuan probed with his mind, he sensed that a vague sense of obstruction still existed.

Fortunately, although the bloodline perception of the beast egg was still not as clear this time, it was a great improvement compared to before.

At least at this moment, with Wang Xuan's spiritual sense at the Qi Refining stage, he could distinguish three different bloodlines, one layer upon another, with each layer progressing in turn.

The first type, naturally, belongs to the low-grade bloodline of the White Mountain Sparrow, accounting for over 99% of the total. It can be influenced and affected by the first-order origin.

The second possibility is that it is an ancestor from who knows how many generations ago, a superior-grade bloodline demon beast, the Azure Shadow Sparrow.

A superior bloodline is analogous to a superior spiritual root in the human race, and relies on innate bloodline abilities, often making one stronger than other cultivators of the same level during the Qi Refining stage.

Generally speaking, this kind of demonic beast is guaranteed to reach the second tier, and grows rapidly at the first tier, but the chances of it reaching the third tier are slim. Therefore, in Wang Xuan's perception, at least the second tier origin is needed to be effective on it.

He was initially somewhat puzzled about this point.

After all, the mixed inferior bloodlines can be fully extracted with only a first-order origin, so why does detailed sensing now require a high-order origin to be effective?

Fortunately, the problem was not complicated, and after a short while, Wang Xuan figured out the principle behind it.

Smelting a piece of iron ore is something any ordinary person can do, and do very well at that.

But only cultivators can remove all the impurities from iron ore without damaging its essence, and ultimately extract the iron essence from a mountain of ore. The same applies to the bloodline here.

Transferring mixed low-grade bloodlines is likely something a Foundation Establishment cultivator skilled in beast taming could do.

The ability to perfectly extract a portion of bloodline is a skill that is considered a miracle even by those at the Core Formation or Nascent Soul stages.

"That's normal. If it were really that simple, I would suspect there might be some hidden dangers."

Shaking his head slightly, Wang Xuan stopped thinking about it and continued reading.

Besides the first two bloodlines, there is a third bloodline in the White Tit's body... It is mixed in with the already negligible Blue Shadow Finch bloodline, accounting for less than one percent of it.

Faintly, through the power of the Dao Fruit, Wang Xuan could sense a subtle spatial fluctuation emanating from it.

If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the bloodline trace of the top-grade earth-level bloodline demon beast, the Void Shadow Sparrow.

As one of the very few demonic beasts that can access spatial power at the Earthly level, the Void Shadow Sparrow is quite famous in the cultivation world and has a certain probability of becoming a fourth-order demon king.

Moreover, his ability to escape into the void is unpredictable and beyond the reach of ordinary cultivators, who cannot match him without supernatural powers or magical treasures that can control space.