The two returned to the room and chatted for a while, and the day passed like that. At night, Zhang Chen took Xiaodouding upstairs, but when they reached the door of the second floor, Xiaodouding drove Zhang Chen away again, refusing to let him enter the room on the second floor.
Seeing this, Zhang Chen was a bit curious about what exactly was in Xiaodouding’s room on the second floor. Chengyu was always mysteriously keeping him out, which really piqued Zhang Chen’s curiosity.
With this curiosity, Zhang Chen returned to his room and began contemplating the changes in his own blood-colored Crystal Core. The changes in his blood-colored Crystal Core were the most important thing. Since it changed in the Netherworld, he hadn’t carefully studied it.
Zhang Chen’s consciousness descended onto the blood-colored Crystal Core, then passed through the endless Sea of Blood and arrived directly on that Eleventh-Grade Lotus Platform.
He saw the blood-red lotus flower opening eleven grades, with thirty-six lotus seeds on the platform, six of which were gushing with blood and transforming into a Blood Spring, continually spewing blood.
"This blood-red water flow is just ordinary water from the Sea of Blood, and has no use. The only question is, where does this blood-red spring water come from?" Zhang Chen’s eyes showed a hint of curiosity.
At this moment, as his will touched the Lotus Platform, an invisible message came to him, making Zhang Chen suddenly realize that this blood-red Lotus Platform represented the Blood Dao Destiny.
He had gathered six-tenths of the Blood Dao Destiny, and the remaining four-tenths had been scattered to the world by the previous Innate Mosquito, likely acquired by fated beings in the mortal world, mastered through the abilities evolved by the Blood Dao. He just needed to find them, defeat them one by one, and he could exclusively monopolize the Blood Dao Destiny, achieving the Great Perfection of the twelfth grade.
Those thirty-six blood-red lotus seeds represented the remaining four-tenths of the Destiny. As he collected back the Destiny, those lotus seeds would gradually turn into Blood Springs. Once the Blood Springs completely transformed, they could water the twelfth-grade lotus flower.
"I have now mastered six-tenths of the Blood Dao Destiny, giving me a substantial advantage. However, Destiny does not equate to strength. That Daoist Wen scattered the Dao throughout the world; who knows how many have grown strong or received Creation, truly ruining my plans and causing endless trouble for me," Zhang Chen’s heart was filled with resentment towards the Innate Mosquito.
Zhang Chen then swept his gaze over the petals of the eleven lotus flowers, and on each petal was inscribed a text full of innumerable mystical symbols.
It’s strange that although the petals are blood-red, the bizarre text on them is forged in golden yellow.
"That text... it seems like an article, as if recording something, yet I can’t understand it," Zhang Chen stared at the tadpole-sized golden texts, his eyes showing a hint of curiosity.
Just as Zhang Chen speculated on what information might be recorded by the golden symbols, the symbols began to flicker and seemed to come alive, burrowing into his consciousness through his gaze, allowing Zhang Chen to instantly grasp their meaning.
"Are these Divine Techniques born from the Blood Dao?" Zhang Chen’s eyes were filled with shock, looking at the eleven lotus petals with disbelief.
Eleven free Divine Techniques just delivered to his door?
The text before Zhang Chen’s eyes recorded a peculiar method: Bloodline Rebirth.
As long as he had offspring, even if he were killed in the future, he could be reborn within the bloodline of his descendants, possessing his bloodline offspring.
This means that if he cultivates this Divine Technique, continuously creating offspring to multiply, it’s akin to having countless lives.
"But this Divine Technique is too evil, possessing one’s own bloodline..." Zhang Chen pondered silently. Is this something a normal thinker could achieve?
Even a tiger, however fierce, does not eat its cubs!
However, if generations pass, seven or eight, there might not be much emotion left. By then, using the possession technique might not even trouble his conscience.
"But this Divine Technique is too sinister, so let’s put it aside for now, I’m in no rush," Zhang Chen directed his gaze to the second lotus petal.
On the second lotus petal, golden symbols flickered continuously, akin to tadpoles reviving and burrowing into Zhang Chen’s consciousness. Moments later, Zhang Chen was full of surprise: "This is an Array, and an extraordinary one at that. This Array is called: Blood River Array. Once set up, it can summon the Sea of Blood to descend upon the mortal world, corrupting it into a Sea of Blood, truly a malicious means."
"This Array is not easy to sacrificially refine."
Refining the Blood River Array requires extremely hard-to-find materials and even demands human lives based on its level. Even the simplest tier-one Array requires at least tens of thousands of human lives. Various odd names like bones, souls of different creatures, Zhang Chen had never even heard of them.
"I already have the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array. Honestly, the Blood River Array isn’t very useful to me, but if I spread the Blood River Array out, surely some will try refining it. If someone succeeds, my Sea of Blood within the Crystal Core can also descend upon the world, creating an unsurpassed Blood Sea World," Zhang Chen thought to himself.
This Divine Technique is suitable for dissemination, and with the means of those great powers and families, they could refine the Blood River Array.
If someone refines the Blood River Array, he benefits as well.
Zhang Chen then shifted his gaze to the third lotus petal, eyes filled with anticipation, as countless golden symbols swam into his consciousness like tadpoles. Zhang Chen absorbed the Technique within meticulously.
After a long time, Zhang Chen’s eyes showed disappointment: "Blood Flame?"
This Divine Technique, could it be strong? For some, it’s absurdly powerful. But for Zhang Chen, it seems useless.
The Blood Flame is a sinister flame, once mastered, it specifically burns flesh, turning the opponent’s flesh into power to strengthen oneself in return.
But Zhang Chen already mastered the Blood-sucking Skill, preferring to use it directly for sucking blood rather than the cumbersome Blood Flame.
However, the Blood Flame Divine Techniques have other mysteries; the more people it burns, the stronger it becomes, capable of even burning Innate Spirits eventually.
Still, Zhang Chen shook his head, finding it too time-consuming. He’d rather level up by acquiring skills using points.
Zhang Chen’s attention shifted to the next lotus petal, where innumerable golden tadpole texts swam into his consciousness.
"This Divine Technique... Bloodstain? Specifically contaminating others’ Magical Treasures and Primordial Spirits?"
Zhang Chen shook his head, having mastered this, rendering it worthless. This Divine Technique follows the same principle as Blood Flame: continually tainting the enemy, then absorbing the formed Bloodstain—the more ranks absorbed, the stronger the Bloodstain becomes.
Zhang Chen’s gaze didn’t pause, moving to the next petal, leading to another bout of information pouring into his consciousness. This time, Zhang Chen pondered for a long time, never opening his eyes, apparently pondering its mysteries.
After an indeterminate amount of time, suddenly Chengyu’s call awakened Zhang Chen from his reverie: "Zhang Chen, it’s time for the morning routine, don’t waste time."
Xiaodouding’s voice startled Zhang Chen. Upon hearing this, he opened his eyes, surprised to see morning had come: "Has it dawned already? The night passed quickly indeed."
Uninterested in the morning routine, Zhang Chen attended merely to go through the motions, then returned leisurely to his abode, contemplating the last acquired Divine Technique:
"This Divine Technique is intriguing, called: Blood God Child."