159: The correct way to use dragon carp

The texture of the Dragon Carp was tender yet slightly crisp; with every bite, it felt as if a stream of fresh water and moonlight were held on the tip of the tongue.

The fish meat contained not only rich spiritual power but also a trace of nearly imperceptible dragon blood power.

The spiritual power and dragon blood power transformed into wisps of warm current, nourishing his Foundation without being dry or violent.

For an ordinary Cultivator, this faint dragon blood would only nourish the Physical Body and enhance its strength.

Lin Yan already possessed the True Dragon Bloodline, so absorbing this trace of dragon blood had a certain nourishing effect on it.

However, the effect was too weak, almost negligible.

"Eating Dragon Carp directly provides too little improvement."

Lin Yan thought about how to increase the efficiency of utilizing the Dragon Carp while eating the fish meat.

What he needed was the True Dragon Bloodline.

The dragon blood within dragon-type creatures was generally quite thin.

Even Flood Dragon Essence Blood was far inferior to True dragon blood.

It could be used to nourish the Physical Body, but the effect on enhancing his True Dragon Bloodline was poor.

"I still have to start with spirit plants!" Lin Yan made up his mind.

His advantage was the spirit plant System, which could forcibly increase the growth progress of plants.

This was a power comparable to creation itself.

A Dragon Blood Grass seedling had thin dragon blood power within it and required Dragon Qi nourishment to mature.

In the outside world, it was extremely difficult for Dragon Blood Grass seedlings to grow to maturity.

But with the System, Lin Yan could continuously increase the growth progress of the Dragon Blood Grass, thereby increasing the dragon blood power within it.

The feedback from spirit plant mutations was even more so.

"Extract the dragon blood from the Dragon Carp and use it to cultivate Dragon Blood Grass!" Lin Yan thought to himself.

"If a single Dragon Blood Grass mutates, the improvement it offers me will far exceed eating a hundred Dragon Carps directly..."

In the following days, Lin Yan continued to vigorously cultivate Dragon Carp.

This kind of creature grew very quickly.

The first batch of Dragon Carp reached adult size in less than a year.

By this time, there were already over four hundred Dragon Carp of various sizes in his pond.

Lin Yan no longer ate these Dragon Carp directly; instead, he extracted the Dragon Carp Essence Blood and stored it.

After extracting the Essence Blood, he and Xu Shuangyuan feasted on the Dragon Carp meat.

The ingredients available to the two were now extremely abundant.

The Spirit Beasts in the Small Valley's ranch were also growing well; they could eat Spirit Meat like Spirit Rabbit, Spirit Sheep, and Colorful Feather Sparrow every few days.

Little Fatty had quite a talent for eating, and his cultivation speed was very fast, comparable to an Inner Sect Disciple with a High Grade Spiritual Root.

Now, he had already reached the Seventh Layer of Qi Refining.

Lin Yan's cultivation was also rapidly increasing, reaching the Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer and approaching the Late Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm... Lin Yan sat cross-legged by the pond, his spiritual power circulating as he lifted an adult Dragon Carp.

The panicked Dragon Carp thrashed its tail wildly, but it couldn't break free in the slightest.

Lin Yan's palm rested on the Dragon Carp's back, his Spiritual Sense probing deep into the fish's Bloodline like a fine needle.

A thin wisp of Green Light condensed at his fingertip, traveling along the fish's Meridians to slowly draw out the Essence Blood containing the True Dragon Bloodline... The Dragon Carp in his hand struggled even more violently, but to no avail.

"Deep breaths, dizziness is normal..." Lin Yan softly comforted the Dragon Carp in his hand.

Soon, a few drops of Essence Blood were extracted.

The Dragon Carp's Essence Blood was crimson like molten gold, with fine dragon-shaped light patterns churning inside; the aura wasn't strong, but the quality was high and quite extraordinary.

With a thought, a jade bottle appeared before him.

He carefully channeled the few drops of Dragon Carp Essence Blood into the bottle.

The red-gold Essence Blood landed inside the jade bottle with a very soft "ding," like the clinking of pearls and jade.

"This is the hundredth Dragon Carp..." Lin Yan whispered to himself.

He turned his gaze to the jade bottle; the bottle wasn't large, and the Dragon Carp Essence Blood inside was nearly full.

The Essence Blood in the bottle was like flowing crimson clouds, with a fine layer of dragon scale halo floating on the surface.

Getting closer, one could smell a rich Dragon Qi, a mixture of majesty and warmth.

The dragon blood power contained within the Essence Blood was condensed and did not dissipate. Its quality was so high that even when Lin Yan's fingertips touched the bottle wall, he could feel a slight throb deep within his Bloodline.

"It should be enough." Lin Yan thought, "Time to try the effect!"

This bottle of Dragon Carp Essence Blood was the accumulation of over a year, and it hadn't been easy to obtain.

He had been holding back for a long time.

He carried the jade bottle to the Spirit Field.

Between the ridges, dozens of Dragon Blood Grass plants were stretching their long, narrow red leaves; the leaf veins were like blood lines winding and trembling slightly in the wind, as if sensing something.

"You're the one."

He randomly chose a lucky Dragon Blood Grass.

Lin Yan tilted the jade bottle, and the crimson cloud-like Essence Blood poured down like a stream, seeping into the soil.

The moment the Essence Blood touched the soil, the red leaves of the Dragon Blood Grass moved without any wind, and the tips of the leaves even curled up slightly, as if "breathing" in this rich blood aura.

"It seems it should work. Let's try catalyzing it."

Lin Yan sat cross-legged and slowly pressed his palms onto the soil on both sides of the Dragon Blood Grass, his spiritual power seeping in like a stream.

Pure Wood Spiritual Power spread into a warm net, enveloping the entire Dragon Blood Grass within it.

He closed his eyes and concentrated, his mind sinking to resonate at the same frequency as the Dragon Blood Grass.

He guided the spiritual power to travel slowly along the main root of the Dragon Blood Grass; wherever it passed, the originally dormant fibrous roots suddenly stretched out.

The roots were like awakening spirit snakes, greedily reaching out in all directions and precisely wrapping around the clumps of soil soaked with Essence Blood.

Lin Yan could clearly feel the Dragon Blood Grass transmitting an emotion similar to joy.

"It really works!"

Seeing this, Lin Yan continued to increase the intensity of the catalysis, giving the Dragon Blood Grass a helping hand.

Dragon Blood Grass was different from ordinary Spirit Plants; its vitality was extremely strong, faintly exceeding the scope of plants and appearing more like an animal.

The root System of this Dragon Blood Grass stretched further and further into the soil, even kicking up small waves of dirt, as if cheering for the arrival of this dragon blood power.

He could clearly "see" that in the leaf veins of the Dragon Blood Grass, the originally dark red blood lines were becoming bright like molten gold at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The blood color at the tips of the leaves was thick enough to drip, reflecting a red halo in the sunlight; the surrounding Dragon Blood Grass all seemed to be infected by this blood aura, swaying gently.

Before long, the catalysis reached its limit, and Lin Yan turned to catalyze the surrounding Dragon Blood Grass plants.

The Dragon Carp Essence Blood had seeped into the soil; this Dragon Blood Grass gained the most, but the surrounding Dragon Blood Grass could also benefit a little... After three consecutive days of catalysis, the Dragon Blood Grass finally lived up to expectations and underwent a mutation.

[spirit plant Name: Dragon Blood Grass]

[Growth Progress: 572/1000]

[Mutation Progress: 3%]

[spirit plant Characteristic: Irrigating with dragon blood can significantly increase growth progress and mutation probability]

[Growth Status: Absorbed a small amount of dragon blood, experience +3]

..."It's done!" An irrepressible look of excitement appeared on Lin Yan's face.

His approach was correct.

Eating a hundred Dragon Carp directly would hardly provide any improvement.

But a mutated Dragon Blood Grass was a solid True Dragon Bloodline!

Moreover, the mutated Dragon Marrow Grass itself was a supreme treasure.

This deal was a huge profit.

Next, Lin Yan continuously repeated this assembly-line-like operation.

Cultivate Dragon Carp, extract Essence Blood, and pour it onto the Dragon Blood Grass.

Then catalyze the Dragon Blood Grass to obtain a True Dragon Bloodline and Dragon Marrow Grass.

His cultivation and True Dragon Bloodline improved steadily, and his strength grew continuously.