Eternal Life: I Can Control My Essence Qi-Chapter 184 - 158: Three Years Later (2)

The second type is quite rare, mostly naturally formed Heaven and Earth Treasures, with very few like the Earth Soul Crystal which are artificially crafted.

"Swish!"

Zhang Yao reached out and summoned another new demon fish.

The outer shell of the Earth Soul Crystal is the only material Zhang Yao has seen so far that can confine and suppress Primordial Energy.

This means he can exploit this feature, using the Earth Soul Crystal as an 'adapter', treating the demon race's body as a shell, forcibly infusing his Primordial Energy into it, pressing and urging its bloodline to advance.

He didn't need to think twice to know that this approach had many drawbacks, and the success rate would probably be very touching.

Even if it succeeded in the end, since his Primordial Energy was used, the advanced demon race would most likely be a crippled monstrosity, the only advantage being that the collected bloodline might have an exceptional affinity with him.

But there was no choice, how precious is an Earth Soul Crystal? Zhang Yao couldn't bear to directly use the Primordial Energy within the Earth Soul Crystal to catalyze the demon race's bloodline.

"Zzz..."

Amid a peculiar soft sound, Zhang Yao slowly infused his Primordial Energy, forcibly channeling it into the demon fish through the Earth Soul Crystal as a medium.

Because he had refined the Earth Divine Embryo, his Primordial Energy could no longer affect the Primordial Energy within any Earth Soul Crystal.

This was initially a restriction, but in this situation, it reversed to become a major assist, allowing him to unapologetically use the Earth Soul Crystal as an adapter without worrying about damaging or contaminating the pure Primordial Energy within.

"Bang!"

The demon fish in Zhang Yao's hand immediately struggled madly, its entire body like it was electrocuted, the fish tail desperately flapping, fish eyes turned outward, with a trickle of blood oozing from the eye sockets.

"Boom!"

The demon fish in his hand exploded, turning into a cloud of blood mist and fragments of flesh and bone.

Zhang Yao's brows slightly furrowed, he waved his sleeves, sweeping away the blood mist and fragments of flesh and bone with his Magical Power, and stored them in a porcelain bottle.

"The first attempt failed..."

He recalled the details earlier, contemplating for half a day before his brows slowly relaxed.

"It should be a problem with the control frequency of the Primordial Energy infusion, perhaps a bit slower..."

When he was doing it just now:

Foreign Primordial Energy and the demon fish's own Primordial Energy clashed violently, causing it to be unable to bear it and perish by explosion.

The first hurdle for him to further improve the experiment is the issue of Primordial Energy conflict.

......

Time swiftly passed.

Zhang Yao dedicatedly cultivated while also setting aside fixed times each day to improve the bloodline experiment and cultivate Daoist Techniques.

Thanks to his control over the Haihe Association, he became wealthy, so Spirit Stones used for cultivation and Spirit Pills used to enhance Magical Power were abundantly supplied, accelerating his cultivation speed compared to previous years.

More than three years later, one day.

Deep within the Cangjiang Water Mansion, in Zhang Yao's cave dwelling.

"Experiment number two thousand three hundred and fifty-five begins..."

Zhang Yao took out a new blank jade scroll, preparing to start recording experimental data.

More than three years had passed, through daily experimentation, reflection, and summarization, he had already built up a comprehensive recording system and had compiled a lot of rules.

And fortunately, the Cangjiang Water Vein stretched over a hundred miles, overflowing with Spiritual Qi, housing tens of thousands of water demon races, reproducing swiftly, otherwise in another place it couldn't withstand his relentless trials.

"Swish!"

A demon fish broke through the water surface, was captured into Zhang Yao's hand by his Magical Power.

Zhang Yao adeptly controlled the frequency of Primordial Energy infusion, his Divine Thought swept back and forth, carefully observing minute changes.

"Primordial Energy infusion successful... first stage complete!"

"Entering Primordial Energy fusion phase, preparing interference... second stage complete!"

"Preparing to enter bloodline catalysis phase..."

As the experiment progressed to the third stage:

With a "zip!" sound, a blood-red sinew burst through the scales of the demon fish, extending from its forehead like tentacles.

The demon fish emitted a mournful cry, its fins flapping a few times before quickly expiring.

After the demon fish's breath ceased, the blood-red sinew drooped, and within moments it dried up completely, losing vitality.

"...Third stage failed, still resulting in bodily deformities due to bloodline abnormalities."

After recording the data, Zhang Yao further meticulously observed:

"Hmm..."

His expression was contemplative, still sizing up the blood-red sinew:

"This time the direction of bloodline mutation seems to lean more towards the basic physical part, but the frequency rhythm doesn't match the Primordial Energy fusion node."

"It seems further experiments are needed to understand the key nodes of the Primordial Energy fusion phase and their effect on specific bloodline parts..."

After summarizing experiences and lessons, recording the data, Zhang Yao quickly ended this experiment.

Leaving the crystal laboratory, he returned to the quiet chamber, ready to begin today's practice and a new round of seclusion.

More than three years had passed:

Though his cultivation hadn't achieved qualitative improvement, all his Spiritual Artifacts had been upgraded to high-grade quality, and two newly refined Golden Armor Divine Talismans were several levels stronger than the old ones.

Coupled with further cultivation and comprehension of his Daoist Techniques, his combat power had significantly increased compared to three years ago.

The only regret might be that three years were too short, he hadn't successfully recruited new Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and the strength and influence of the Haihe Association remained stagnant.

"Association Leader!"

Just then, Zhang Yao's expression changed as he heard several familiar Divine Thoughts.

He rose and left the quiet chamber, opened the array at the cave dwelling entrance, and saw Peng Yue Xian, Fairy Lichen, Master Cang'er, and others.

"I didn't expect you all to come together, please come in."

He was somewhat surprised, after greeting everyone, he invited them into the main hall of the cave dwelling.

After splitting into host and guests and sitting down, they exchanged pleasantries for a while before Peng Yue Xian revealed the purpose, it was to use Contribution Points to exchange some treasures.

"Just that?"

Zhang Yao said in surprise:

"I thought you all came together for something important, turns out it's just for that."

After taking control of the Haihe Association, owing to temporarily not finding suitable and trustworthy candidates, he hadn't handed over the Water Mansion Treasure Vault but kept it in his hands.

Usually, when Old Peng, Master Cang'er, and others needed something, they'd directly find him for the exchange, but this collective visit for an exchange was a first.

"Doesn't the Association Leader know?"

Peng Yue Xian and others were a bit surprised too, unable to help saying:

"In half a month, it's the ten-year auction event at the Celestial Treasure Tower!"

"This is a grand event in the entire Da Li Cultivation Realm, who knows how many Foundation Establishment Cultivators will gather, is Association Leader not planning to go?"

"Auction event?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yao's expression hesitated.

The renowned Celestial Treasure Tower auction event was something he'd been aware of for a long time, but he hadn't had the opportunity.

Last time the auction event opened, he was stationed at Suiyu Mountain, heard that Lord Haihe led everyone for a lively visit, securing many good items.

"Hmm..."

He pondered for a moment, thoughts flickering:

"To go or not to go?"

After so many sessions, the Celestial Treasure Tower auction event has long become a public platform.

There's a chance rare top grade Spiritual Artifacts or Foundation Establishment Stage demon race Essence Blood may appear at the auction and subsequent various trade fairs, all of which he needs.

His bloodline experiment is still far from successful, missing this opportunity means waiting another ten years.

But with the Celestial Treasure Tower as the host, it made him apprehensive, especially since he had offended the Celestial Treasure Tower Master Yu Wen Tai several years back, posing some risk.

"Right."

Zhang Yao suddenly thought of something and casually asked:

"Has Lord Haihe attended every time in past years?"

"Yes."

Peng Yue Xian nodded and said:

"In the past dozen auction events, Lord Haihe hasn't missed a single one."

"After all, for us Foundation Establishment fellows, this is a rare opportunity for open exchange and resource sharing, basically anyone who can make it will attend."