Bloodline Potion

[Name: Life Essence (Essence).]

[Ingredients: Red-Eyed Fire Bull essence blood: 50%, Blood-Melding Vine essence: 30%, raspberry essence: 12%...]

[Note: This was a precious potion that could make humans grow golden bull horns and possess the physique of a Magic Beast.]

[Mutation: 45%.]

"..."

The original Life Essence provided by Jack.

It could cause genetic mutations and partial beastification of organs, but the degree of mutation was far below 10%.

After the modification, the probability of genetic mutation reached 100%. Rather than slight mutations in individual organs, it directly turned the subject into a minotaur.

Moreover, the golden bull horns belonged to the Red-Eyed Fire Bull King, an intermediate Magic Beast, raising it by an entire rank.

"No! The degree of mutation doesn't meet my requirements."

"I'll analyze every medicinal ingredient separately first and see what role it plays in the Life Essence."

Yin Ming did not want to create an orc race. What he needed was absolute beastification—turning humans into cattle.

Extraordinary bloodlines could suppress mortal bloodlines. Forget 100% mutation; reaching 90% was entirely possible.

Back then, among the three people who had fought Zhu Bajie in Viscount Orson's Mountain Territory, there had been an old man capable of transforming into a black dragon.

[Extract!]

Yin Ming first extracted the Blood-Melding Vine.

Mutation: 0%.

The Blood-Melding Vine's function was to allow mortals to merge with extraordinary bloodlines. It was the main ingredient of Life Essence.

[Extract!]

Immediately afterward, Yin Ming put back the Blood-Melding Vine and extracted Frostgrass.

Mutation: 15%-45%.

Frostgrass's function was to provide stability for the potion.

[Extract!]

[...]

In the end, every medicinal ingredient was extracted and tested one by one. The raw materials could be divided into three major categories.

1. Main ingredients: Magic Beast essence blood, Blood-Melding Vine.

Function: Merge extraordinary bloodlines into the body, allowing it to possess Magic Beast genes and gain the ability to absorb elemental energy.

2. Harmonizers: Frostgrass, White Crystal Stone, Bright Yellow Seed, Yellow-Veined Grass, Binding Flower.

Function: Ensure the potion's stability and allow the body to withstand bloodline alteration.

3. Inhibitors: Withered Bloodroot, Four-Leaf Flower, Seven-Knot Vine.

Function: Suppress Magic Beast bloodline mutation, allowing the user to retain human form rather than become beastified.

If powerful harmonizing medicines could be found, the inhibitors could be removed and the ingredients for Life Essence could be streamlined to four or five types.

"Who needs to be human? The inhibitors don't need to be added at all."

[Extract!]

Yin Ming extracted all the inhibitor ingredients. At last, the mutation level made a breakthrough.

Mutation: 67%.

"..."

Having reached a 67% mutation level,

further increasing the mutation became exponentially more difficult.

The simplest method!

Naturally, it was to improve the quality of the Blood-Melding Vine—using the Scavenger Gourd to optimize its seeds and cultivate higher-quality Blood-Melding Vine.

Yin Ming had indeed done exactly that!

Any useful plant in the Magic Beast Forest had been optimized and replanted. Once the plants matured, extracting their essence would greatly enhance their medicinal properties.

However, it would take at least four or five years for the Blood-Melding Vine to mature. He could not wait that long.

"I'll adjust the optimal proportions of the raw materials again."

This work took quite a bit of time. After nearly half a day of experiments,

he reduced the essence blood ratio to 30%, increased the Blood-Melding Vine to 62%, and left the other ingredients at 8%.

The mutation level of the Life Essence finally reached 78%.

At this degree of mutation, it could already turn a human into a cow.

"I can test Quasit blood now!"

Yin Ming crushed the crystal ball, and a drop of crimson blood spilled out.

It dripped into the prepared amber potion, instantly dyeing it blood-red and giving off a faint, mysterious glow.

[Name: Bloodline Potion (Essence).]

[Ingredients: Quasit essence blood: 30%, Blood-Melding Vine: 62%, harmonizers: 8%.]

[Note: When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Drink this potion, and you will completely transform into an Abyssal Quasit.]

[Mutation: 84%.]

Quasit blood was more corrosive to mortal bloodlines than Red-Eyed Fire Bull blood.

Moreover, after repeated adjustments, the potion had not been depleted in the reaction and remained at its peak. Thus, its mutation level reached a staggering 84%.

"A potion that changes one's bloodline has already left the scope of 'Life Essence.' It counts as an extraordinary potion."

An Abyssal Quasit was a first-circle Demonic Beast. Drinking the potion would grant one a Quasit's long lifespan and the potential to grow into a first-circle creature.

One had to know that the vast majority of wizard apprentices did not have the potential to become first-circle wizards.

Yin Ming barely possessed wizard aptitude himself, and he did not have the potential to become a first-circle wizard either.

"If I mutate into an Abyssal Quasit, could I use the Scavenger Gourd to extract the bloodline and turn back into a human?"

A Quasit's lifespan was ten times that of a human.

He could use his brain at high frequency without fear, and his cultivation speed would surely multiply.

Unfortunately, bloodlines were not USB drives. Changing one's original bloodline genes and then forcibly extracting the bloodline again would most likely result in genetic collapse and death.

"I wonder how Darkscale can shift freely between dragon and human."

Immortal arts also had transformation techniques of this kind. Yin Ming even had a cultivation manual in his memories: the Eight-Nine Mystical Art.

But without sufficient knowledge, he could not convert Daoist arts into wizardry. Elemental magic power could not drive immortal arts.

"This potion..."

The Bloodline Potion certainly could not go to waste. The key was deciding who should drink it.

Mutating into a Quasit hatchling would make one share the same origin as the first-circle Quasit at the source of that bloodline in the abyss.

The demon descendants in Golden Lion County

would be suppressed by its bloodline and might even obey its commands.

Randy?

Forget it!

That fellow dreamed of being an ordinary man, marrying a wife, and having children.

If he turned into a gray-skinned dwarf with a mouthful of fangs, a bald head, and huge ears, then finding a wife would basically be hopeless for the rest of his life.

"Does it necessarily have to—be a human?"

Humans were the most uncontrollable. Take the serfs of Golden Lion County's count, for instance—not a single one was wholeheartedly loyal to him.

Possessing great power could invite backlash. Even if the power was weak, without any means of restraint, if they could not win, could they not simply run away?

"..."

The outskirts of the Magic Beast Forest.

Several long-tailed macaques leaped through the woods, constantly sniffing with their noses as they picked up fallen nuts from the ground.

Their soft, long tails stood high in the air. Every few seconds, they raised their heads to look around, alert and timid.

Ordinary animals had to be twelve parts cautious to survive in the Magic Beast Forest, always ready to flee at a moment's notice.

Suddenly, a transparent giant hand lifted a young monkey that had just reached adulthood.

"Chitter..."

The monkey troop heard the warning cry.

In the blink of an eye, terror sent them scattering like birds and beasts.

Only the red-nosed little monkey remained, suspended in midair.

"Little monkey! Do you crave power?"

Yin Ming stepped out of his hiding place and gave the red-nosed little monkey a kind smile.

Long-tailed macaques were not all that different from Abyssal Quasits in size or appearance. The only difference was that one was covered in fur, while the other had none.

Primates were not stupid. With some training, perhaps there would be an unexpected gain.

"Chitter, chitter..."

The red-nosed little monkey shrieked in terror, baring its teeth and flailing its claws as it struggled without pause.

Wizard's Hand had a maximum grip strength of six thousand kilograms. Naturally, a little monkey could not break free.

"You crave it? Then drink it!"

Yin Ming took out the Quasit Bloodline Potion.

Without leaving behind a single drop, he poured it all into the red-nosed macaque's mouth.

In an instant, the violently struggling red-nosed macaque rolled its eyes back and completely lost consciousness.