In just a few days, this was already the second time Zhang Tie had undergone a bloodline test. The frequency was simply too high, and it suddenly gave Zhang Tie an idea—could it be that the Shadow Demons of this world, the shape-shifting demons, were numerous rather than rare? Was that why the human race acted as though facing a great enemy, devising all sorts of methods to guard against shape-shifting demons infiltrating the populace?
The temple's testing methods were even stricter than those aboard the airship. On the airship, Zhang Tie had only needed to prick a finger for testing, but here in the temple, besides one randomly selected finger from each hand, blood from both earlobes was tested as well.
The one conducting Zhang Tie's test was that chili-pepper woman from the temple.
Although Zhang Tie accepted the examination calmly, he still had doubts. Using sound transmission, he quietly asked Ji Yuelan, "Wouldn't pricking one spot and testing the blood be enough? Why test four places?"
"Tests used to require only a finger prick and a drop of blood. But shape-shifting demons at the level of Wind Demon Generals and above possess a secret blood-replacement technique that lets human blood remain in certain parts of their bodies for a long time. This technique can fool finger-prick blood tests. We never knew shape-shifting demons had such a secret art before, so many of them infiltrated the human race, and we suffered greatly because of it. Several temples were even destroyed as a result. So, to be safe, anyone joining a temple now must have blood drawn and tested from more than three locations on their body before they can be considered safe!"
"Why more than three locations?"
"Because I've heard that the blood-replacement secret art of shape-shifting demons allows