Chapter 67: Chapter 67: Crimson Yin Blood Coagulation Technique

The Blood Shadow Mosquitoes that the Wu Family had bred for generations contained a faint trace of Profound Yin Blood Demon Essence Blood. But with each passing generation, this trace of Essence Blood had become so diluted it was nearly gone, causing the probability of cultivating a Three Capitals Blood Demon Mosquito Mother to plummet.

Seeing their family’s pillar industry on the verge of collapse, the Wu Family’s ancestors grew extremely anxious. They tried every method imaginable to halt the decline of the Blood Shadow Mosquito’s bloodline.

Some of their methods were inhumane and utterly appalling.

All of these attempts ended in failure.

Obtaining another drop of the Profound Yin Blood Demon’s True Blood was an almost impossible task.

The Profound Yin Blood Demon was exceedingly dangerous, considered one of the most perilous Outer Celestial Demons. The techniques from the All Heavens Secret Demon Register were largely ineffective against it. Even an old Nascent Soul Stage demon wouldn’t dare to summon a Profound Yin Blood Demon lightly.

The secret vaults of the Dark Spring Demon Sect did contain a collection of True Blood, but for the Wu Family, given their status, acquiring it was nothing but a pipe dream.

Just when everyone was at their wit’s end, the Alchemists of the Six Great Sects invented a brand-new Spirit Pill: the Bone Marrow Transformation Pill. This elixir possessed the miraculous ability to correct a creature’s deficiency in Innate Qi Blood, and it was merely a Tier One Upper Grade Spirit Pill.

The Wu Family patriarch at the time made an executive decision, secretly purchasing a large quantity of Bone Marrow Transformation Pills from the Wei Kingdom to test their effect on the Blood Shadow Mosquitoes.

The results were a mixed bag. The Bone Marrow Transformation Pill was extremely effective on the Blood Shadow Mosquitoes. The incredibly diluted Profound Yin Blood Demon True Blood within them absorbed the pill’s efficacy with even greater potency, strengthening the bloodline after consumption.

However, the Bone Marrow Transformation Pill couldn’t transform an already hatched Blood Shadow Mosquito into a Three Capitals Blood Demon Mosquito Mother; it could only increase the probability of the next generation producing one.

After extensive experiments, they found that one Bone Marrow Transformation Pill increased the probability by approximately one in one hundred thousand.

The odds were simply too low. By then, the Six Great Sects had already begun restricting the circulation of the Bone Marrow Transformation Pill. A single smuggled pill cost as much as three hundred Spirit Stones.

A single Blood Shadow Mosquito could only lay about five thousand eggs in its lifetime. To gamble on such odds, even a slight bout of bad luck could bankrupt the entire Wu Family.

Still, the Wu Family was, after all, a major family with a long history and deep resources.

Generations of their cultivators painstakingly researched and developed a Secret Technique called the Crimson Yin Blood Coagulation Technique. The technique involved selecting a Three Capitals Blood Demon Mosquito Mother that was either near the end of its life or gravely injured, feeding it a sufficient number of Bone Marrow Transformation Pills, and once it was gravid, casting the Crimson Yin Blood Coagulation Technique upon it.

Afterward, the Profound Yin Celestial Demon True Blood within the Three Capitals Blood Demon Mosquito Mother’s body would condense into the eggs.

The Demon Mosquitoes that hatched from these eggs would have an extremely high probability of becoming a Three Capitals Blood Demon Mosquito Mother—at least one percent. Furthermore, their innate aptitude would be so superior as to rival that of the parent Mosquito Mother.

The only price was that the mother mosquito would die without fail after laying its eggs.

Yang Jing’s eyes lit up. ’So such a Secret Technique actually exists.’

“How many Bone Marrow Transformation Pills does it require?”

“At least sixty!”

Wu Yanlu looked at Yang Jing, hoping to see disappointment on his face. In the Chen Kingdom, Bone Marrow Transformation Pills sold for as much as twenty Spirit Stones each, but they were a product with a price and no supply—nearly impossible to find for sale. On the black market, the price skyrocketed to one hundred and fifty Spirit Stones.

Even if he was an Inner Sect Disciple of the Taixu Sword Sect who had befriended an Alchemist capable of making the Bone Marrow Transformation Pill, it wouldn’t be easy to gather so many.

After all, even minorly accomplished Alchemists were proud and self-important. They would rest for ten days to half a month after a single refinement session, and you had to queue up just to request their services. Who knew how long it would take to get sixty Bone Marrow Transformation Pills.

It was for this very reason—the exorbitant cost of cultivating mutated Blood Shadow Mosquitoes—that his grandfather, Wu Chunqiu, had refused to allocate any more Spirit Stones for purchasing Bone Marrow Transformation Pills, focusing all his energy on some mysterious opportunity instead.

Yang Jing suppressed his inner glee and put on a look of disappointment. He vented his feigned anger with a vicious kick, sending Wu Yanlu sprawling and coughing up blood.

“Who could possibly get their hands on that many Bone Marrow Transformation Pills! And you claim you’re not trying to fool me!”

He continued shouting and kicking until Wu Yanlu was barely breathing, then tossed a blank Jade Scroll in front of him.

“Record the Crimson Yin Blood Coagulation Technique on this Jade Scroll. Don’t try any funny business. I’m going to open all three of your Storage Bags and compare it with any scrolls I find inside. If I discover you’ve been dishonest, I’ll make you regret the day you were born.”

Yang Jing said, yanking Wu Yanlu up by his hair.

Wu Yanlu coughed up a few more mouthfuls of blood and hastily gave his assurance.

“Senior, only the Direct Lineage of the Wu Family has the authority to know the Crimson Yin Blood Coagulation Technique. I would never deceive you! At most, you’ll only find some notes on taming Blood Shadow Mosquitoes in their Storage Bags. If you just spare my life, I swear I will do everything in my power to cultivate mutated Blood Shadow Mosquitoes for you.”

As he spoke, he pressed his forehead to the Jade Scroll and recorded the Crimson Yin Blood Coagulation Technique within it.

Yang Jing took the Jade Scroll and pretended to inspect the technique.

[Would you like to use the Skill Book “Crimson Yin Blood Coagulation Technique” (Incomplete) to strengthen the Mingyi Dog (Iron Head)?]

SLAP!

Yang Jing’s palm struck Wu Yanlu across the face, sending him flying.

“This Crimson Yin Blood Coagulation Technique is obviously incomplete! You dare play tricks on me?”

Wu Yanlu was inwardly shocked. ’I only omitted the single step of nourishing the mosquito eggs with Magical Power, and he saw right through it? Could it be he already has the complete version of the Crimson Yin Blood Coagulation Technique and is just testing me?’

This made Yang Jing seem even more unfathomably mysterious to him. He had no choice but to obediently add the missing section.

“Senior, I… I accidentally left out a section just now. I deserve death for my carelessness. I have already formed a Beast Taming Blood Contract with this mutated Blood Shadow Mosquito. I can make it kill itself with a single thought. As long as you spare my life, I will obediently cultivate Blood Shadow Mosquitoes for you.”

Yang Jing glanced at him. After confirming the Crimson Yin Blood Coagulation Technique in his hand was now complete, he unleashed a blast of Sword Gang, slicing Wu Yanlu vertically in half.

He wasn’t so careless as to believe he could completely control a Demon Cultivator. Besides, he already had a Foundation Establishment Stage Three Capitals Blood Demon Mosquito Mother in his Cave Mansion. Wu Yanlu’s Qi Cultivation Stage Demon Mosquito was merely a backup option.

These Demon Cultivators grew up in the treacherous, dog-eat-dog environment of the Demon Sects; they excelled at scheming and political maneuvering.

Taking a huge risk just for a backup plan by leaving Wu Yanlu alive would only give him time and opportunity to feign compliance while plotting against him.

Yang Jing wasn’t that foolish.

The look of humility was still frozen on Wu Yanlu’s face. He never would have imagined Yang Jing could be so ruthless and decisive.

Unexpectedly, after Wu Yanlu’s death, his Three Cities Bloodthirsty Mosquito Mother remained perfectly fine, showing no signs of sudden death.

Yang Jing thought it over. ’The Wu Family has a Secret Technique like the Crimson Yin Blood Coagulation Technique. Every single Three Cities Bloodthirsty Mosquito Mother has the potential to produce more mothers. Of course they wouldn’t be willing to sign a harsh, life-linking blood contract.’

A Demon’s lifespan is typically far longer than a Cultivator’s, and that holds true even for Demon Insects like the Blood Shadow Mosquito. Collecting the Bone Marrow Transformation Pills was also a very time-consuming process. If the Cultivator from the Wu Family died of old age before all the pills were gathered, the Three Cities Bloodthirsty Mosquito Mother linked by the blood contract would die with him. The loss would be immense.

Yang Jing clutched the Jade Scroll, his thoughts turning to his “good big brother,” Wang Tong.

The world was ever-changing. He had suddenly become a prospective Outer Disciple of the Five Elements True Spirit Sect. He wondered if his good big brother Wang Tong’s affection for him was still as unshakeable as he’d claimed.

Yang Jing smiled to himself.

’Wang Tong is probably already plotting how to use the dirt he has on me for refining Forbidden Pills.’

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