To Li Wei's disappointment, under high magnification, the Basilisk's separated blood revealed nothing more than a pool of damaged cellular fluid.
It even looked no different from any other cellular fluid!
"How could this be?"
Li Wei pulled his eyes away from the microscope, frowning as the thought crossed his mind.
Suddenly, as though he had recalled something, he examined the Basilisk's cells through the microscope again and spoke in Parseltongue:
"Reveal your secrets to me!"
As soon as the words fell, the Basilisk's separated blood beneath the microscope seemed to receive an order. It began to emit a faint glow, and patterns woven from strange textures emerged within the Basilisk's blood!
"These... these are all Ancient Runes!"
Li Wei stared in shock at the Ancient Runes appearing in the Basilisk's blood. His mind itched, as though he had glimpsed some hidden secret!
As everyone knew, the Basilisk was an artificial Dark magical creature created by the ancient wizard Herpo the Foul!
In other words, the Basilisk was an alchemical creature Herpo had created through Life Alchemy!
This was common knowledge. One could tell simply from the fact that Basilisks could not reproduce naturally!
But if he shifted his thinking and extended it from the Basilisk to other magical creatures, or even to wizards, might the same be true?
Could magical creatures, and even wizards, be products of Life Alchemy created by some being—or by nature itself?!
With that question in mind, Li Wei immediately went to Moonlight Forest. Relying on his extraordinary Magical Creature Affinity, he drew a little blood from a Mooncalf and performed the same procedure.
But when Li Wei examined the Mooncalf's blood through the microscope, he was dumbfounded!
He had forgotten that it was only through Parseltongue that he had made the Basilisk's blood reveal