Chen Miao currently had a little over forty-three jin of Yin Virtue.
Even if he used all of it for fusion, he could only fuse Blood Pupil with two statuses, not a third.
So Chen Miao had to make a choice.
After scanning the three statuses, Chen Miao ruled out [Status: Three-Eyed].
Three-Eyed's illusion ability mainly worked on conscious humans. Having it would help Shen Xi complete her missions.
For example, people who were lying would easily give themselves away under its illusions.
But the user had no control over the direction Three-Eyed's illusions took.
The hallucinations its targets experienced arose entirely from their own consciousness. Under those circumstances, he might not get the answers he wanted.
Upgrading Three-Eyed to the next tier might change that, but it still fell short of the other two statuses.
Of the remaining two, Chen Miao decided to fuse Ancestor's Protection first, since it offered both offense and defense.
However, Ancestor's Protection was still a first-tier status. Chen Miao needed to finish its remaining upgrades and advance it to the second tier before fusing it.
Why not fuse it directly?
For one thing, Chen Miao felt that spending ten jin of Yin Virtue to fuse a first-tier status was a poor deal. For another, he worried that a first-tier status would carry too little weight in the fusion, barely changing Blood Pupil's traits.
That would waste not only ten jin of Yin Virtue, but a status as well.
A difference of just one tier should be ideal.
Having made his decision, Chen Miao reached out and upgraded [Status: Ancestor's Protection (V)].
Five liang of Yin Virtue vanished. Ancestor's Protection was erased, and a new status appeared in the status bar.
[Status: Ancestor's Blessing]
"Protection from an ancestor became a blessing from a