208: The wonderful uses of the spring in the heart of the Jiuqu River

Lin Yan vaguely felt it wouldn't be anything good.

But none of this mattered to him, because the dragon blood in his body was much more domineering than this power; as soon as it entered his body, it would be ruthlessly swallowed and completely digested.

It was all just nourishment for Body Refining!

To test the limits of the blood sacrifice secret seed, Lin Yan used various methods one after another.

First, he sprinkled carefully prepared spirit fertilizer. The seed flashed with red light, the spirit fertilizer vanished into nothingness, and the feedback of blood and Qi power made Lin Yan feel warm all over.

He activated the nine bends river heart spring, condensing pure spiritual spring water to irrigate the seed.

The seed sucked happily, and the power fed back was even more refined.

Finally, Lin Yan simply slaughtered a Dragon Carp King and dripped a few drops of essence blood containing the True Dragon Bloodline onto the seed.

"Boom!"

This time, the reaction was the most intense.

The blood sacrifice secret seed seemed to have met its parents, its blood-light flaring up, emitting a satisfied hum like an infant swallowing milk.

In just a few breaths, that dragon blood was swallowed clean.

However, the blood sacrifice secret seed still didn't sprout, nor did the system panel appear.

Instead, when Lin Yan catalyzed it, a surge of pure blood Qi, many times denser than before, poured into Lin Yan's body like a bursting flood.

Lin Yan's Dragon Blood Battle Body loved this blood Qi power; the two were a perfect fit, without any rejection.

His Body Refining cultivation progressed rapidly.

This thing was simply invincible for increasing Body Refining cultivation!

However, this method was limited to him, or Cultivators like Gong Chenlong who also possessed the Dragon Blood Battle Body.

If ordinary Cultivators did this, they would likely be eroded by the power of the blood sacrifice secret seed.

Lin Yan withdrew his hand, looking at the object in the spiritual field that still maintained its seed form but had become a darker blood-red color, a flicker of realization crossing his eyes.

"So that's how it is..."

He murmured to himself, the crazy, hideous expression of Blood Shadow before his death, filled with an extreme desire for power, appearing in his mind.

"It's not a spirit plant meant for planting at all."

"It's a... converter."

Lin Yan stood up, brushed the dirt off his hands, and his gaze became deep.

"The reason Blood Shadow became like that was that after taking or implanting this seed, his own life form was forcibly changed."

"And this seed itself is a perfect energy transit station."

"It doesn't need to grow because its only purpose for existence is to swallow and refine any form of energy—whether it's Spiritual Qi, spiritual liquid, or blood Qi—and then convert it into that eerie blood Qi."

"If nothing goes wrong, the Cultivator who implants this seed will eventually be completely eroded by that blood Qi, and even undergo Fusion with the blood sacrifice secret seed itself, until their life form is completely changed!"

Lin Yan felt a chill in his heart.

What was the final life form?

The answer was obvious.

"blood race!"

If the Blood Mass promoted this thing on a large scale, letting their assassins all implant this seed... they would eventually transform into a batch of blood race!

"What a Blood Mass... what a blood sacrifice secret seed."

The blood race is Innate-ly much stronger than the Human Race.

Before stepping onto the path of cultivation, the Human Race is very weak.

Moreover, only a few humans possess a Spiritual Root.

Without a Spiritual Root, one can only practice martial arts; top Jianghu Martial Artists who have cultivated some internal energy are barely comparable to early-stage Qi Refining Cultivators and are easily defeated.

But the blood race is different; every one of them has cultivation talent!

A whole race of Cultivators!

They even have an Innate suppression ability against Human Race Cultivators.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Dao is balanced; the blood race has a fatal flaw: their reproductive capacity is extremely weak!

The blood race population is far smaller than the Human Race.

And now, the blood race seems to have found a way to solve this problem.

Although he had guessed some of the truth, he was helpless.

Lin Yan turned his gaze toward that blood sacrifice secret seed.

"Just right, my Dragon Blood Battle Body cultivation requires a massive amount of blood and Qi support; this 'blood pump' comes at just the right time."

...After finishing his research on the blood sacrifice secret seed, his main energy was focused on the pond where the Dragon Carp King was being raised.

The source water lived up to its reputation; after refining the nine bends river heart spring, there were too many benefits.

This source of spiritual spring seemed to be connected to heaven and earth; as long as his spiritual power was sufficient, he could condense incredibly pure spiritual spring water anytime, anywhere.

"Endless and inexhaustible... this is the true 'source'."

Lin Yan sighed, forming hand seals to activate the power of the nine bends river heart spring.

"Splash..."

Above the pond, water vapor misted, and beams of azure light descended from the sky, instantly filling the entire pond.

The moment it touched the river heart spring, the pond water seemed to be purified, becoming more transparent and even shimmering with a faint spiritual aura.

In the pond, the originally majestic Dragon Carp King felt this pure water-element power and excitedly flicked its tail, stirring up layers of waves.

"Gurgle gurgle..."

Several Dragon Carp Kings swallowed large gulps of this pure nine bends river heart spring water; with every gulp, their bodies seemed to expand.

Under the nourishment of the nine bends river heart spring, the Dragon Carp Kings made significant progress.

Their originally golden scales, soaked in the spiritual spring, became deeper in color, vaguely revealing an ancient bronze hue, and a hint of dark golden patterns even appeared on the edges, like the first appearance of dragon scales.

Although their size didn't increase significantly, every inch of muscle became tighter and more solid, as if forged from refined iron, filled with an explosive sense of power.

What surprised Lin Yan the most was that the aura on the Dragon Carp King was constantly growing stronger.

Although it was still at the Peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm and hadn't achieved a Breakthrough in Realm, that "Dragon" pressure was several times more powerful than before.

"This is... a sign of transformation!"

A sharp light flashed in Lin Yan's eyes.

For a Dragon Carp to transform into a flood dragon, horizontal improvement is more important; a Realm Breakthrough is meaningless for Bloodline evolution.

"Soon... it's coming soon."

Lin Yan thought to himself.

With the nourishment of this infinite spiritual spring, the time for the Dragon Carp King to transform into a flood dragon would be greatly shortened.

Besides breeding Dragon Carp, the nine bends river heart spring also played a major role in cultivating spirit plants.

Cultivating spirit plants with the nine bends river heart spring water was far more effective than ordinary spirit fertilizer.

It could also be used to directly irrigate the spiritual field itself.

In the spiritual field, the spiritual soil brushed by the nine bends river heart spring water turned from turbid to clear, the granular structure reorganizing itself in the glimmer, removing impurities and leaving only rich vitality.

"No wonder they say source water is a key resource for upgrading high-level spiritual fields!"