A Soaring Increase in Strength! Ladies, Don't Be Too Curious

[Low-Level Copy: You obtained twenty percent of Queen Medusa's secret sealing technique, Snake Seal]

[Intermediate Copy: You obtained forty percent of Queen Medusa's Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline]

[Advanced Copy: You obtained sixty percent of Queen Medusa's companion serpent soul, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python]

With a thought from Lu Yuan, the first benefit reward appeared.

[Snake Seal (twenty percent)]

A warm stream of information flooded his sea of consciousness. The methods of performing Snake Seal, the hand seals, and the paths along which its power circulated were all etched into the depths of his soul.

Lu Yuan closed his eyes and contemplated it, soon discerning its mysteries.

This was a special secret sealing technique of the Snake-People Tribe. Its core lay not in sealing Dou Qi, but in sealing bloodlines.

The caster transformed his own Dou Qi into serpent-shaped power and drove it deep into the target's bloodline, forming a "parasitic" structure.

If the sealed person kept attacking the seal in their dantian, they would instead continue to nourish this structure, making it burrow ever deeper and grow ever stronger. The result would be a situation like Hai Bodong's.

As long as the sealed person gave up trying for a while, the seal would dissipate with time.

But during that period, their cultivation would be restricted, leaving them in a dangerous state.

This was a closely guarded secret of the Snake-People Tribe's royal lineage.

After Lu Yuan obtained it, it merged directly into his Purifying Lotus Triple Flower Pupils, transforming into an ocular sealing technique.

Lu Yuan tried to focus it and found that he could already use it without difficulty. That was the effect of twenty percent mastery.

"If anyone gets on my nerves in the future, I can restrict their strength for a while with one glare. Nice."

Lu Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

The second reward followed close behind.

[Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline (forty percent)]

A scorching, ancient power poured from the Fortune Catalog into his limbs and bones.

Lu Yuan shuddered, feeling the bloodline within him churn violently as though it had been thrown into a blazing furnace.

A presence that spanned heaven and earth surged upward. It was the bloodline pressure of an ancient magical beast, and although it was only forty percent, it was enough to improve his bloodline.

Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python: its eyes were tinged with purple, its body gave off a fragrance, and its power reached the heavens.

Lu Yuan's bloodline did not transform into that of a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. Instead, he fused forty percent of the origin of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python under Medusa into his own bloodline, thereby gaining some of its special powers.

At that moment, he gained power that reached the heavens.

The power of heaven and earth became clear to him.

Before, when he drew on the power of heaven and earth, it had felt as though a thin veil lay between them. Now that veil was gone, and the power of heaven and earth seemed to flow toward him of its own accord. Yin, lightning, and every other attribute appeared in the finest detail to his senses.

He even faintly touched upon a trace of spatial power. It felt like gazing up at the surface from the bottom of the water: he could see the ripples and feel the flow, but could not yet grasp it.

Lu Yuan's heart trembled slightly.

Under normal circumstances, it was simply impossible for a Peak Dou Wang to sense spatial power.

Only a high-level Dou Emperor who cultivated an Earth-class or higher cultivation method, or a person of supreme talent, could gain a rough grasp of spatial power.

Yet he had touched upon it at Nine-Star Dou Wang Peak. That meant he had the makings of a Dou Zong.

Before he could contemplate it further, the third reward appeared.

A streak of seven-colored light appeared out of nowhere in the space within his eyes, transforming into a Seven-Colored Little Snake about an inch long.

Seven-colored radiance flowed over her entire body, and her serpentine eyes shone like purple gemstones.

This was a copy of Medusa's companion serpent soul, capable of existing in an independent form.

With sixty percent of Queen Medusa's strength, she had also reached the sixth tier, making her comparable to a Dou Emperor.

Lu Yuan tried summoning her through their soul connection. The Seven-Colored Little Snake immediately emerged from the space within his eyes and transformed into a seven-colored ring of light that wound around his right arm.

He could feel that the serpent soul was linked to his own. She could transform into a totem at any time to boost his combat strength, or be released to fight on her own.

"Attack and defense in one, and she can serve as a trump card too."

Lu Yuan nodded inwardly.

Although he had not obtained the increase in cultivation he wanted most, which would have sent his realm soaring straight to the Dou Emperor level, all three gains were fairly good.

Lu Yuan withdrew his ocular power and opened his eyes.

The green lotus core flame came into view.

"Should I refine this?" Lu Yuan rubbed his chin.

Refining Heavenly Flames did not necessarily require the Flame Mantra, the cultivation method that could evolve by devouring Heavenly Flames.

Any Heavenly Flame could be swallowed as long as one was strong enough. Someone as powerful as Xiao Xuan could devour three Heavenly Flames outright.

All he needed was a high-grade Spirit Storage to open up a space within his body. With his current cultivation, forcibly devouring the green lotus core flame would not be difficult.

"But even with the green lotus core flame, I'm unlikely to become an alchemist."

"Alchemist is the profession that fits the current meta on the Dou Qi Continent. If I can become one, I should."

"My soul power is sufficient, but I don't have the fire and wood attributes."

"Still, that won't be hard. I just need to find a way to get in touch with Cao Ying and Dan Chen."

"But they're at the Pill Tower in the Central Plains. Even if I went there now, it wouldn't be easy to approach them."

"Failing that, I could find Ye Xinlan first. She was once the future Flame Emperor's nominal fiancée, so the Fortune Catalog should be able to record her."

At that thought, Lu Yuan felt there was no need to refine the green lotus core flame.

He did not have the Flame Mantra, so he had to be careful when choosing a Heavenly Flame to refine. It was best not to consider weaker kinds.

He would be better off trading the green lotus core flame to Yao Lao in exchange for him refining sixth-tier or even seventh-tier pills for Lu Yuan and the people around him. He could also befriend Xiao Yan in the process.

As for himself...

"Tang Huo'er and Huo Zhi."

"They should be eligible for the Fortune Catalog too."

"One has the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, and the other has the Red Lotus Karmic Fire. Both rank high among the Heavenly Flames and suit me perfectly. I can even copy their power directly without refining them myself."

"And there's Yao Ling. I can make arrangements for her too."

The more Lu Yuan thought about it, the more he felt that refining the green lotus core flame himself was not the right choice.

He had to get the most value out of something like this. Refining a Heavenly Flame would only be adding flowers to brocade.

But if he could ask Yao Lao to refine sixth-tier and seventh-tier pills, the effect would be much better.

For example, he could deal with the Hall of Souls' influence on Yun Shan's soul power.

The Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun'er in particular, would owe him a huge favor.

Or he could help Hai Bodong have a Purple Spirit Recovery Pill refined.

He also needed to trade for the Poison Pill Method.

"Looking at it this way, this green lotus core flame could fetch a good price." Lu Yuan smiled. "A deal isn't made by chasing after the buyer, so I'll invite him into the jar."

With that thought, Lu Yuan formed Dou Qi wings, soared into the air, and went to find Yun Yun.

"Young master."

When she saw Lu Yuan enter the side hall, Qing Lin immediately went up to greet him, delighted.

"Mm." Lu Yuan patted her head and turned to Yun Yun.

Their eyes met, and Yun Yun said in surprise, "You seem to have changed a little again. Could it be that you've gained more of your inheritance?"

"Mm." Lu Yuan nodded frankly, though he held something back in his answer. "I have Her Majesty the Queen to thank for helping me obtain part of the inheritance. My cultivation hasn't improved, but I've gained many more techniques."

"Now I'm really curious." Yun Yun got up and came within half a zhang of Lu Yuan, asking with great interest, "What kind of inheritance is this of yours?"

"You can actually grow stronger just by coming into contact with women and dual cultivating in an unusual way."

Within the space in Lu Yuan's eyes, the Seven-Colored Little Snake's eyelashes twitched inside the purple body.

Was I about to learn this little man Lu Yuan's secret?

She had long been curious about where the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python serpent soul beside her had come from.