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 allow a human to grow golden bull horns and possess the constitution of a Magic Beast.]

[Mutation: 45%.]

"..."

The original Life Essence provided by Jack.

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

After modification, the probability of genetic mutation reached 100%. Localized beastification had gone from slight organ mutations straight to turning one into a minotaur.

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

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

"Analyze each herb separately first and see what role it plays in the Life Essence."

Yin Ming was not trying to create a race of beastmen. What he needed was absolute beastification that turned a person into a bull.

An extraordinary bloodline could suppress a mortal bloodline. Not to mention achieving 100% mutation, reaching 90% was entirely possible.

Back in Viscount Orson's Mountain Territory, among the three people who had fought Zhu Bajie, 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 purpose was to allow mortals to fuse with extraordinary bloodlines. It was the main ingredient of Life Essence.

[Extract!]

Next, Yin Ming returned the Blood-Melding Vine and extracted Frost-Condensing Grass.

Mutation: 15%–45%.

The purpose of Frost-Condensing Grass was to provide stability for the potion.

[Extract!]

[...]

In the end, every herb was extracted and tested one by one. He discovered that the ingredients could be divided into three major categories.

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

Purpose: To fuse an extraordinary bloodline into the body, giving it Magic Beast genes and the ability to absorb elemental energy.

2. Balancing agents: Frost-Condensing Grass, White Crystal Stone, Bright Yellow Seed, Yellow-Veined Grass, Binding Flower.

Purpose: To ensure the potion's stability and allow the body to withstand bloodline alteration.

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

Purpose: To suppress Magic Beast bloodline mutation, allowing the user to retain human form without beastifying.

If he could find potent balancing herbs, the inhibitors and ingredients of Life Essence could be reduced to just four or five types.

"Why bother staying human? There's no need to add inhibitors at all."

[Extract!]

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

Mutation: 67%.

"..."

At a mutation level of 67%,

continuing to raise it 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.

And Yin Ming had indeed done exactly that!

Any useful plant in the Magic Beast Forest had been replanted after optimization. Once the plants matured, extracting their essences would greatly enhance their medicinal properties.

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

"I'll adjust the optimal ratios of the ingredients again."

This task took quite some time. After nearly half a day of experiments,

he lowered the essence blood ratio to 30%, raised the Blood-Melding Vine to 62%, and allocated the remaining 8% to other ingredients.

Life Essence's mutation level finally reached: 78%.

At this level of mutation, it could already turn a person into a bull.

"I can adjust the Quasit Blood now!"

Yin Ming crushed the crystal orb, releasing a drop of crimson blood.

When it fell into the prepared amber potion, the liquid instantly turned blood-red and emitted a faint, mysterious glow.

[Name: Bloodline Potion (Essence).]

[Ingredients: Quasit Essence Blood: 30%, Blood-Melding Vine: 62%, balancing agents: 8%.]

[Note: When you gaze into the Abyss, the Abyss gazes back at 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.

Furthermore, it had not undergone repeated adjustments, so the potion had not been depleted in reactions and remained at peak potency. Thus, its mutation level reached an astonishing 84%.

"A potion that changes bloodlines has already left the realm of Life Essence. It counts as an extraordinary potion."

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

One had to know that the vast majority of Wizard Apprentices did not have the potential to become One-Ring Wizards.

Yin Ming barely possessed the aptitude of a wizard himself, and he did not have the potential to become a One-Ring 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 definitely multiply.

Unfortunately, bloodlines were not USB drives. Altering one's original bloodline genes, 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 forms."

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

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

"This potion..."

The Bloodline Potion definitely could not be wasted. The key question was: who should take it?

Once one's genes mutated into a Quasit infant, one would share the same origin as the First-Ring Quasit at the source of that bloodline in the Abyss.

The Demon Bloodline 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 runt with fangs filling his mouth, a bald head, and huge ears, then finding a wife would be all but impossible in this lifetime.

"Who says it has to be... a human?"

Humans were the least controllable. Take Count Golden Lion's serfs, for instance—not a single one was wholeheartedly loyal to him.

Wielding great power could bring backlash, but even if that power were weaker, without any means of restraint, if they could not win, could they not just run away?

"..."

The outer perimeter of the Magic Beast Forest.

Several long-tailed macaques leaped through the trees, constantly sniffing with their noses as they picked up nuts scattered across the ground.

Their soft, long tails stood high in the air. Every few seconds, they would lift their heads and look around, wary and timid.

For ordinary animals to survive in the Magic Beast Forest, they had to remain on twelve parts alert and be ready to flee at any moment.

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

"Chitter..."

The monkey troop heard the warning.

In the blink of an eye, they scattered like frightened birds and beasts.

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

"Little monkey! Do you thirst for power?"

Yin Ming emerged from hiding and gave the red-nosed little monkey a kind smile.

Long-tailed macaques were similar in both size and appearance to Abyssal Quasits. The only difference was that one was covered in fur, while the other was completely hairless.

Primates were not stupid. With some training, perhaps it might yield an unexpected harvest.

"Chitter, chitter..."

The red-nosed little monkey shrieked in terror, baring its claws and struggling without pause.

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

"You thirst for it? Then drink up!"

Yin Ming took out the Quasit Bloodline Potion.

Not a single drop was spared. He poured it all into the red-nosed little macaque's mouth.

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