Chapter 445: Section 232: Magic Potion Blood Test (Part 3)
Zi Di’s test once again made phased achievements.
Lan Zao’s blood possessed an Extraordinary Bloodline, which was detected.
Up to now, it had been confirmed to be of the Fishman Species Bloodline.
However, exactly what it was still awaited further testing.
Zi Di continued to delve deeper in this direction.
“We need to refine a more targeted Detection Magic Potion for the Fishman Species.”
She fetched a sample of Fishman Blood from the warehouse.
The blood was well-preserved, possessing a Silver Level aura.
It was Dao Hen’s blood.
Dao Hen, a Silver Level and a strong warrior among the Fishman of Twin Eyes Island, had been defeated by Ku Feng, who was in a better condition at the time.
His sword skills were very unique, greatly broadening Ku Feng’s horizons.
His personal strength was also formidable within the Silver Level; when the Dragon-man youth experienced his prowess, he thought of Dao Hen.
However, after the melee at Twin Eyes Island ended, Dao Hen fought with all his strength and eventually became a prisoner of the humans.
He was now imprisoned by Hun Tong.
The survivors were able to obtain his blood due to a trade before leaving the island. In this trade, the biggest gain for the survivors was the Water Pigman slaves.
In the list, they also requested more alchemy materials, the more, the better.
During the trade, Hun Tong naturally schemed to obtain more profits, thinking of the Fishman prisoner Dao Hen and immediately ordered his bleeding.
He even inquired the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps if they wanted Dao Hen’s bones, flesh, skin, and scales, as these could also be sold.
But Dao Hen himself could not be sold.
Because Hun Tong wanted to keep him as evidence for the upcoming Empire investigation.
Even if there was no investigation, he could use him to claim military accomplishments to the Multi-Eyed Clan and the Empire.
In other words, Dao Hen had become a rather important political chip for Hun Tong.
It’s worth mentioning that, in this trade, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps also obtained the blood and flesh of the old Fishman Clan Leader.
The old Fishman Clan Leader was almost successful in the melee but was ambushed and killed by Hun Tong.
Any part of his body was considered to be of Gold Level material.
Zi Di used Dao Hen’s bloodline for concocting potions.
The potion-making process went smoothly, and soon, she obtained a Dao Fin Bloodline Detection Magic Potion.
To ensure a higher success rate, Zi Di deliberately lowered the potion’s grade, only reaching the Black Iron Level.
Dao Hen’s blood was Silver Level, and it was entirely possible to concoct a Silver Level Magic Potion.
But Zi Di, using a series of production tools such as the Magic Agate Bath, had guaranteed success in concocting Bronze Level and Black Iron Level potions; concocting Silver or higher was less certain.
Zi Di then placed this potion in the Alchemy Array.
The Platinum Light Mist turned silver-white, but the embedded cluster of Lan Zao’s blood showed no reaction.
Instead, another blood sample reacted, vibrating audibly without changing in volume or color.
“Zong Ge’s blood… The color and volume remain unchanged; he is not of Dao Hen’s bloodline but has a distant connection to it.”
“The Bloodline Grade of Zong Ge is indeed high; the trembling sound of the blood drove back the silver-white light mist, emptying 80% of the light mist in the Alchemy Array.”
Zi Di felt both surprised and unsurprised.
Based on various clues, the survivors had long speculated that Zong Ge came from a remarkable origin.
Since he was extraordinary, the possibility of Zong Ge’s Bloodline Grade being high was quite likely.
“Since the grade is higher than Dao Hen’s bloodline and is temporarily deduced to be unrelated to the Fishman Species bloodline, then…” Zi Di checked the Bloodline Map.
Starting from Dao Fin Bloodline, extending from the category of Fishman Species, and using the previous detection result of No Attribute Tendency to narrow down the scope.
Zi Di roughly counted, well, at least over a hundred possible bloodline routes.
Any of these routes could be Zong Ge’s bloodline.
The discovery of Zong Ge’s bloodline was just an incidental finding; Zi Di turned back to continue testing Lan Zao’s blood.
This time, Zi Di took the blood of the old Fishman Clan Leader and concocted a potion.
The old Fishman Clan Leader had prominent features of the Green Cheek Bloodline, so this potion should be a Detection Potion for the Green Cheek Fishman Bloodline.
After the potion was added to the Alchemy Array, only one blood sample reacted.
However, it was not Lan Zao’s blood, but Mu Ban’s blood.
“This kind of reaction actually proves that Mu Ban’s Bloodline has no relationship with the Fishman Species.”
“The change occurred because the Green Cheek Fishman Bloodline and the Mu Ban Fishman Bloodline both possess the wood element, which is a resonance of the same attribute.”
“However, Sanda’s Bloodline also contains the wood element, but there was no reaction, indicating that Sanda’s Bloodline is very distant from the Green Cheek Fishman Bloodline.”
The test this time also yielded some results.
The relationship between Lan Zao’s Bloodline and the Green Cheek Bloodline is almost non-existent.
The distance between Mu Ban’s Bloodline and the Green Cheek Bloodline on the map is not far.
But Zi Di knew without looking that this range was still vast! There were too many possible answers.
“Ah,” Zi Di sighed involuntarily.
Using materials of the Golden Level, she gained little.
Zi Di felt a twinge of heartache.
But the testing had to continue.
Zi Di took out a book.
A vampire’s cookbook.
The author of this cookbook was a vampire duke.
He was a warrior, and enjoying gourmet food was his greatest hobby.
The cookbook detailed the taste of each species’ blood, the best times to drink it, and the most effective ways to do so, among other things.
To help educate his descendants, he sealed many blood samples of various species in this alchemy book.
Once, this cookbook had a very high Grade, but now it had fallen to the Silver Level. Although it still contained many blood samples, at best they were only of Silver Level.
However, although there were many types of blood, the quantity of each was not large.
After usage, it would be difficult to produce a second batch of the Detection Potion.
Zi Di did not hesitate.
If they had used the blood of the old Fishman Clan Leader of the Golden Level, of course, these had to be used as well.
In fact, when they bought this cookbook at the auction, they planned to use it for this purpose.
The process of Magic Potion blood testing was the same as before.
Red Eye Fishman Bloodline… not it.
Buttery Scale Fishman Bloodline… not it.
Wanderer Fishman Bloodline, Lan Zao’s blood reacted after several silent rounds.
Based on this result, the range in the map was further narrowed down.
“These bloodlines are no longer necessary to test,” Zi Di promptly excluded some of the Fishman Bloodlines, saving quite a few blood samples.
She continued the detection.
Fanged Fishman Bloodline… no reaction.
Hot Blood Fishman Bloodline… not it.
Large Plankton Bloodline, once again reacted.
“We are running out of blood samples.”
When Zi Di had to stop, Lan Zao’s Fishman Bloodline had still not been confirmed.
But the range of his Bloodline on the map had been greatly narrowed down.
“His Bloodline is within these three bloodline pathways… but currently, lacking samples, we can’t produce the corresponding Detection Potion, so it can’t be confirmed.”
“Of course, there’s also a possibility. These three bloodline pathways might all be the wrong answers. If that’s the case, then it’s problematic.”
Such a situation often means that the previous Magic Potion detection conjectures were wrong at crucial points.
The reason is simple.
The raw materials Zi Di used were various Fishman bloods.
Do these Fishman bloods truly contain only a single Bloodline?
This is hard to determine.
For example, Zi Di used the Golden Blood of the old Fishman clan leader to create the Green Cheek Fishman Bloodline Detection Magic Potion.
“If the Fishman Clan Leader has other Transcendent Bloodlines affecting the blood reaction, then the detection results of this Magic Potion could be wrong.”
“Moreover, does Lan Zao’s blood really contain only one Transcendent Bloodline?”
“If there is a second or even multiple Bloodlines producing a hybrid, it could also potentially affect the actual results of the Magic Potion detection.”
“The disadvantages of Magic Potion blood testing are undoubtedly revealed at this moment.”
“The test subjects likely contain multiple Bloodlines, which cannot be purified.”
“The raw materials used for making detection potions also cannot be purified.”
“For instance, Zi Di is using a ruler with variable scales and not very standard, to measure the size of an object. And she does not know if there is any error in the size displayed.”
“However, these are not the most troublesome issues.”
“What Zi Di is most worried about is, what if Lan Zao’s blood is an entirely new Bloodline, not within the marked range of the Bloodline Map?”
“Theoretically speaking, this possibility cannot be ruled out.”
“After being busy for most of the night, the materials that Zi Di invested, and the consumption of manpower and time, conservatively estimated, are worth at least 300 gold.”
“Although there are quite a few results, the Bloodline of the first test subject has not yet been completely determined.”
“And this is still based on the Bloodline Map provided by the War Merchant.”
“Helpless.”
“For the survivors, the most likely successful method is to use potions to test the Bloodline.”
“As for the testing of Lan Zao’s Bloodline, let it rest for now.”
“Only by collecting more materials and refining the corresponding Magic Potion in the future can they narrow the scope until the real answer is determined.”
“In the deepest storage of the Deep Sea Monster Fish, there is actually a Fishman corpse.”
“A Sea Level Holy Corpse.”
“However, the survivors are not yet aware of the specific Bloodline of the Sea Level Holy Corpse.”
“They only know that one main purpose of the Fishman attacking Twin Eyes Island was to retrieve this Holy Domain corpse.”
“Setting aside Lan Zao’s blood, Zi Di continues with the testing.”
“Her testing strategy is to start with the easiest and move to the more difficult.”
“After Lan Zao, it’s Zi Di’s own blood.”
“Her Bloodline contains wood and fire elements.”
“The key clue is the pattern.”
“Thanks again to the War Merchant, Zi Di ordered the Tower Spirit to search through the vast database for various Magic Plants information, and compare them with the previous patterns.”
“The Tower Spirit helped Zi Di find hundreds of similar Magic Plants.”
“My Bloodline is likely related to Magic Plants, not intelligent species.”
“Zi Di boldly speculated because of the clue from the pattern.”
“She directly discarded the detection potions for intelligent species, and delved deeper within the range of Magic Plants Bloodlines.”
“The survivors have limited related alchemy materials on hand.”
“Most of the Magic Plants are coral.”
“This one is not right.”
“This one also…no reaction.”
“Until the potion with fire core coral as the main material, Zi Di’s blood finally changed, turning into a spherical shape and emitting a bright red light.”
“Zi Di felt joyful in her heart.”
“Such results seemed to prove her conjecture was correct and narrowed the scope down to the previous 67%.”
“After testing all the materials on hand, Zi Di began to look through the vampire’s cookbook.”
“She had to marvel at her own luck.”
“That she would accidentally buy this book.”
“The cookbook included not only the blood of intelligent life but also many Magic Beasts and Magic Plants blood.”
“Breakthrough progress occurred an hour and a half later.”
“Presented before Zi Di, only four answers remained.”
“They were: Bitter Bloodline, Mixed Bloodline, Gunpowder Flower Bloodline, Sunflower Bloodline.”
“This was the limit.”
Zi Di couldn’t continue, for she lacked the corresponding materials.
“As far as the current results go, they’re not bad.”
“The gunpowder flower bloodline is Golden Level.”
“Both the mixed bloodline and the Sunflower bloodline are Holy Domain Level.”
“Only the bitter taste bloodline is Black Iron Level.”
Zi Di naturally hoped the higher the grade of her Extraordinary Bloodline, the better.
The Bloodline Purification Array could only target the existing bloodlines in the subject’s body for enhancement.
Having paused her bloodline detection temporarily, Zi Di rested for a moment before continuing her diligent work.
Considering the difficulty, she began to test Sanda’s bloodline.
Sanda’s bloodline contained attributes of wood, fire, and ice, indicating a high range of survivor attributes.
This clue seemed promising, but in reality, it didn’t narrow down the range on the bloodline map by much.
The reason was simple.
Sanda’s Extraordinary Bloodline was likely not just one but multiple types.
It was exactly because of the mixture of various bloodlines that he was close to multiple attributes.
Moreover, background investigations on Sanda didn’t bring Zi Di any more useful clues.
“Let’s start by trying all the potions for intelligent life species.” Without enough clues, Zi Di could only proceed step by step.
When testing the Fishman Species Magic Potion, Sanda’s blood showed no reaction.
Elf Species, no reaction.
Element Species, no reaction.
Human Race Species, still no response.
Goblin Species, there was a reaction, but that was expected. Sanda was a goblin.
“Hmm?” Zi Di expressed surprise.
While trying the Beastman Species Magic Potion, Sanda’s blood suddenly burst forth with three layers of radiance, undergoing drastic changes.
“Could it be that Sanda has Beastman bloodline?”
“Maybe this is one of the potential reasons why he is so close to Zong Ge?”
As the secrets of the bloodlines were gradually unveiled, Zi Di’s understanding of the people around her also improved.
“Wait a moment!”
“Beastman bloodline, three types of attributes? This reminds me of a famous Beastman Ranger, Guo Jin.”
“He possessed—are three-colored Panda-man bloodline!”
Realizing this, Zi Di immediately started searching through a vampire’s cookbook, and in the upper part of one page, she found a sample of three-colored Panda-man blood.
“I have a feeling… Let’s try this first!”
Zi Di prepared the corresponding potion, and successfully introduced it to the Alchemy Array.
Sanda’s blood in the light mist changed dramatically again. The mist penetrated the blood, making it grow continuously.
At the same time, the tri-colored radiance emitted from the blood became more intensely consolidated.
The other data checked within the Alchemy Array also underwent a massive change.
“This phenomenon pretty much confirms it.”
“Sanda’s Extraordinary Bloodline is indeed the three-colored Panda-man bloodline!”
Reaching this point in the detection, it was unexpected that results would emerge from Sanda’s bloodline.
Zi Di expelled a breath of murky air, her expression complex.
“The three-colored Panda-man bloodline is one of the most classic Magic Chef bloodlines.”
“The ranger Guo Jin, back in the day, was not famous for his combat skills but for a Magic Dish he developed—the Tri-Colored Ice Bricks.”
“This guy Sanda, he’s in the wrong profession.”
“If he became a chef, he might have a brighter future and more potential than being a mercenary.”
Unintentionally, the cruelty and paradox of fate displayed a small scene in front of Zi Di.
Who would have thought?
Sanda actually had a Golden Level Magic Chef bloodline!