Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 381 - 381 0281 Do You Want it _2

Chapter 381: Chapter 0281: Do You Want it? _2 Chapter 381: Chapter 0281: Do You Want it? _2 When it comes to it, ever since Qi Tian tamed Hu Niu in the Lianying Realm, Hu Niu’s strength had hardly improved, struggling to keep up with the pace of Qi Tian’s progression. It wasn’t that Hu Niu didn’t work hard, nor that Qi Tian mistreated Hu Niu. Qi Tian had simply progressed too quickly. Hu Niu was methodically cultivating, thus it was only natural to lag behind Qi Tian.

Qi Tian didn’t dislike Hu Niu, but it wasn’t possible for him to use her in battle in the future. Having an Eighth Level of Qi Cultivation Golden Flur Tiger on the battlefield would make him a laughing stock. He wasn’t afraid of mockery, but the chances of Hu Niu surviving such a battle were slim to none.

Qi Tian constantly thought of improving Hu Niu’s strength. Whatever he seized from fights with others, he would collect it as food for the Spirit Beast and give it to Hu Niu to devour. However, this method hadn’t proven effective.

Qi Tian couldn’t feed Hu Niu with beast food and beast medicines anymore. The approach he thought of was straightforward: enhance Hu Niu’s bloodline.

Qi Tian had obtained a perfect inheritance related to the bloodline. From identifying the bloodline to utilizing it, he had a complete inheritance. If he could use this inheritance, he might have a chance to change Hu Niu’s bloodline and significantly promote her strength.

If he were outside, even knowing the method, Qi Tian wouldn’t be able to find a target to improve his bloodline. But don’t forget that just before his closed-door cultivation, Qi Tian had just killed a Gold Core Stage White Zombie Tiger. Qi Tian believed he could definitely extract a bloodline from it.

Qi Tian took out the White Zombie Tiger. Although he had pulled the White Zombie Tiger into the black hole with the Transporting Whirlwind, he didn’t use it as fuel for the Heavenly Dao Engine. Instead, he stored it for later use.

The body of the White Zombie Tiger was well-preserved. When Qi Tian took it out, it was still bleeding from its wounds.

Qi Tian brought out a container and collected all the blood from the White Zombie Tiger. Most of this blood came from the cultivators who had unjustly died, but since the blood had been inside the White Zombie Tiger for quite some time, it had been contaminated and assimilated into the tiger’s fresh blood.

Once no more fresh blood flowed from the White Zombie Tiger, Qi Tian put it back into the Heavenly Dao Engine’s storage room. He knew that the absence of blood flow did not mean that the tiger’s blood had truly run dry. He believed that there must still be fresh blood inside the White Zombie Tiger, which could be the root cause of the tiger’s Zombie state. For now, Qi Tian did not want to use this blood. He had to see first if there were any bloodlines in the blood he had already extracted. If there were, he would refine it to see if Hu Niu could use it. If she couldn’t, all his efforts would be in vain.

The amount of black fresh blood spilled by the White Zombie Tiger was not small, filling a large basin. By the looks of it, there were almost a hundred pounds or thereabout.

Looking at the blood, Qi Tian shook his head secretly. How much blood had the White Zombie Tiger sucked from the cultivator’s bodies to have such an abundance of tiger blood? He felt he had avenged those comrades who had died unjustly.

Qi Tian recalled the method of refining the bloodline recorded in the archives. He silently recollected it a few times, making sure he had not overlooked anything. Opening his eyes, a sharp light shot out, and Qi Tian’s hands were fluttering up and down, launching one spirit rune after another into the basin of fresh blood.

Each of these spirit runes contained a bit of True Essence. After falling into the basin, they caused some minor changes in the fresh blood. At first, small bubbles appeared on the surface of the tiger blood. Soon, small bubbles turned into big ones. Not long after, the tiger blood started to bubble like boiling water, continually bursting and generating more bubbles.

Qi Tian frowned as he watched the bursting bubbles, his face somber. Could his guess be right? Was there really no bloodline in the whole basin of tiger blood? How was that possible? If this White Zombie Tiger didn’t have a bloodline, how could it have cultivated to the present level?

Now Qi Tian had no other options, he could only keep hoping, expecting a new change in the Tiger’s blood in the basin.

As Qi Tian launched more and more spirit runes, the surface of the tiger blood was occupied by densely packed bubbles. Despite their constant bursting, there was nothing above the basin, no steam or anything. The bursting bubbles in the basin seemed non-existent.

Qi Tian’s expression slightly changed. If he really couldn’t find a bloodline, he might have to consider replacing Hu Niu. If Hu Niu couldn’t keep up with him, the probablity of her being in the dropout was quite high.

Just when Qi Tian was about to give up, there were still no changes in the wooden basin. A flash of inspiration suddenly appeared on Qi Tian’s mind. He didn’t know if there would be any change if he activated the Heavenly Dao Engine when he punched the bloodline extraction rune?

Qi Tian hurriedly activated the Heavenly Dao Engine. He didn’t activate it at full power but just used a straightforward double mode. Under this mode, he began to recast the runes. Soon, Qi Tian found that not only did his rune casting efficiency double, but also the power of each rune seemed to double when it left his hands, taking away more Spirit Qi from him.

This strong spirit rune fell into the wooden basin, causing the tiger blood in the basin to boil more fiercely, and some obscure information hidden deep in the tiger blood slowly revealed itself.

Suddenly, Qi Tian noticed that with the bursting of a certain bubble, unlike the past where there hadn’t been any reaction, a faint red mist was born in the air when this bubble burst.

Bloodline!

Qi Tian was overjoyed and quickly cast a spirit rune to collect the bloodline. The extremely faint bloodline, which seemed to dissipate fully in the next instant, immediately coalesced to form a tiny Bloodline Bead barely larger than a hair’s diameter.

Qi Tian didn’t mind the small size of the Bloodline Bead. He was merely glad to have it. While keeping the Heavenly Dao Engine active, Qi Tian continued to refine more Bloodline Beads.

More than half an hour later, Qi Tian cast the last spirit rune, only to find no change in the wooden basin. He shook his head and stopped. At one point, he’d even cranked the Heavenly Dao Engine up to three times the power, but still wasn’t able to form more Bloodline Beads from the tiger’s blood.

Qi Tian held a bottle in his hand, eyeing its contents at a level parallel to his line of sight. He could see clearly that there were a total of five Bloodline Beads, each about the same pitifully small size.

Qi Tian combined the five Bloodline Beads to form a larger one. Of course, its size was relative. Strictly speaking, the larger Bloodline Bead was smaller than even half a grain of rice — so small that if it were dropped, it might never be found.

The Bloodline Bead was so small that although Qi Tian knew much about bloodlines, based on its size, he wasn’t able to determine its type and the meaning it represented.

Qi Tian believed that if he squeezed the body of the White Zombie Tiger dry, maybe more Bloodline Beads could be extracted. Perhaps it was even possible to determine the bloodline of the tiger. That, however, would be time-consuming and the results were uncertain.

Qi Tian didn’t intend to waste time. With a wave of his hand, Hu Niu was released from the Spirit Beast Bracelet.

Hu Niu was in the middle of her cultivation, and upon Qi Tian summoning her, she immediately stood up, went to Qi Tian’s side, and nestled her fluffy large head into Qi Tian’s chest.

Qi Tian comically stroked Hu Niu’s big furry head that was in his arms, not unlike a playful kitten. Then, pointing to the small Bloodline Beads in the bottle, he said, “These are the bloodlines I just extracted. Do you want them?”