Invincible Snake Emperor

Chapter 691: Chapter 637: Bestowing the Six-Eared Macaque Bloodline

The Spirit Stones were purely for decoration. Considering Tu Xiao’an’s current Level and Cultivation, the three thousand Spirit Stones he’d gotten from the vice-dean were of no use to him anymore.

Tu Xiao’an had simply grown too quickly.

Using the Golden Core of a Rank Three Demon Spirit, however, was a different matter. Tu Xiao’an knew that while his corpse wasn’t rotten, its life force was long gone. The blood within had coagulated and ceased to flow.

His goal this time wasn’t just to take a drop of blood, but Essence Blood—the very essence of life.

Extracting Essence Blood from a corpse was, frankly, asking for the impossible.

So, he extravagantly used a Demon Spirit’s Golden Core to forcibly liquefy the blood in the corpse and get it flowing again.

The Golden Core of an enlightened Demon Spirit had many uses. After all, it normally took an animal at least several hundred years of step-by-step Cultivation to become a spirit, then a Demon.

Achieving enlightenment in just three hundred years was the mark of a true prodigy.

After finishing his preparations, Tu Xiao’an didn’t rush. He waited, letting the Golden Core slowly and thoroughly revitalize the coagulated blood within the corpse.

An hour later, Tu Xiao’an took a deep breath. He touched a finger to the corpse’s forehead, and a powerful Energy began to surge.

”Come, my Essence Blood.”

As Tu Xiao’an looked up, his demonic eyes flashed with an ice-cold glint.

In that instant, something bizarre happened. The corpse moved, its entire body starting to convulse as if it were about to reanimate.

A normal person would have turned tail and run for the hills.

Then, a bloody hole appeared between the corpse’s eyebrows, and a single drop of Essence Blood abruptly floated out.

One drop. Just a single drop. From a body that had been dead for so long, he wouldn’t have been able to get even this much if not for the Golden Core forcibly revitalizing the blood.

Tu Xiao’an was thrilled. Using his formidable power, he had managed to squeeze a single drop of Essence Blood from his own corpse.

But...!

He should have been happy to see the Essence Blood, but his expression instantly twisted into one of horror.

As the Essence Blood hovered in the air, the corpse inside the coffin immediately began to shrivel like a deflated balloon.

The sight was too gruesome to bear.

Even the Demon Spirit’s Golden Core couldn’t stop the corpse’s decay.

The scene horrified Tu Xiao’an, causing him to stagger back three large steps, deeply shaken.

The corpse in the coffin was, after all, himself. Watching his own body shrivel and turn ugly, how could Tu Xiao’an remain indifferent?

After a long, stunned moment, Tu Xiao’an seemed to come to a realization and suddenly laughed. ’This corpse shouldn’t exist in the first place, because I, Tu Xiao’an, am still alive. Not only am I alive, but I’m living better than anyone!’

”Burn.”

Tu Xiao’an gave the coffin one last, deep look, his demonic eyes narrowing.

The coffin instantly erupted in flames. The shriveled corpse within ceased to exist, truly returning to dust and earth.

’The past is like smoke. Let what’s past be past.’

Tu Xiao’an was going to create a human avatar for himself, a miracle. There was no need to keep this corpse around.

Keeping it would only serve as a reminder that he was already dead—a dead man.

After putting the Essence Blood away, Tu Xiao’an knelt before his father’s tombstone. He kowtowed three times with deep respect and said solemnly, ”Father, I can’t stay here with you. I will live a good life, for a long, long time.”

”I know you must be lonely, Father, but I can’t let Mom come join you. I will be a good son and take care of Mom, so she’ll live to be a hundred—no, a thousand. I know you didn’t get to live as long as you wanted, so you must hope that she can live a long, long life too.”

Tu Xiao’an gazed at his father’s tombstone, slowly pouring out his heart, and continued speaking until nightfall.

Tu Xiao’an was even tempted to open his father’s coffin and place a Rank Three Demon Spirit’s Golden Core inside to make his body incorruptible.

But his father had been gone for over a decade; his corpse had surely rotted away long ago, leaving only bones.

Even a Demon Spirit’s Golden Core would be useless now.

Besides, Tu Xiao’an didn’t have the courage to open his father’s coffin.

”Father, next year, during the Qingming Festival, I’ll bring Mom and my sister to see you.”

After speaking his final words, Tu Xiao’an vanished from in front of the grave.

* * *

Back at the Snake Palace in the Yaoling Mountain Range, Tu Xiao’an had a meal with his mother and sister. He had intended to go straight to the Ten Thousand Blood Pool to use his Essence Blood to begin cultivating his new creation.

But then Tu Xiao’an remembered that Azure Owl would be bringing Su Rushi to the Snake Palace the next day. He’d have to be there to greet the girl.

Creating the avatar wasn’t something he could finish in a short time; he would have to enter seclusion for a while.

This wasn’t a function of the system, but a form of Secret Technique Cultivation.

But with nothing else to do, Tu Xiao’an still went to the Ten Thousand Blood Pool and soaked in it.

His Snake King bloodline would continuously absorb the essence of the myriad snakes, which was always beneficial.

”Ape King!”

Lazily soaking in the Blood Pool, Tu Xiao’an suddenly spoke in a soft voice.

SWISH... Space rippled, and the Ape King—lean but immensely powerful—appeared eerily at the edge of the Blood Pool.

”Master!” the Ape King said respectfully.

Tu Xiao’an looked at the Ape King and teased, ”Want to come in for a soak?”

The Ape King’s brow furrowed as he stared at the crimson pool. Wisps of bloody Qi rose from it, bubbling as if the water were boiling. The air was thick with the stench of blood.

The pupils of his ape-like eyes constricted. He could see countless terrifying, venomous snakes writhing menacingly within the pool—a dense, hissing mass. Even the mighty Ape King couldn’t help but shudder.

”I’m not worthy of such an honor, Master,” the Ape King said, gulping.

”Haha... I’m just messing with you.” In this Ten Thousand Blood Pool, probably no one besides Tu Xiao’an himself could soak.

Any creature from another race would be devoured by the innumerable venomous snakes. And if a snake from the Snake Race entered, no matter how high its Cultivation, it would be eroded until it, too, became one with the pool.

”Ape King, our acquaintance was forged in battle. I killed many members of your Monkey Race. I also Crossed the Tribulation, achieved enlightenment, and underwent Demon Transformation on your Monkey Mountain, nearly bringing your entire race to the brink of extinction. I owe a debt to you and the Monkey Race.”

Lying in the Blood Pool, Tu Xiao’an glanced at the Ape King, his voice tinged with guilt.

Not only that, but he had also subjugated their king. He had practically driven them into the ground. With this, the Monkey Race might as well have filed for bankruptcy.

The Ape King heard this and gave his master a slightly reproachful look, as if to say, ’So you’ve finally grown a conscience.’

Tu Xiao’an set aside his lazy demeanor, looked deeply at the Ape King, and said seriously, ”Now, I will compensate you. I will evolve your bloodline and make you a true Monkey Demon King.”

The Ape King’s spirits lifted, his eyes immediately brightening. Although he hadn’t followed Tu Xiao’an for long, he was well aware of how monstrously powerful his master was.

He possessed the ability to evolve the bloodlines of other creatures. Before, he had evolved a Cyan Dragon and the Bull Demon King. Now, it was finally his turn.

”Legend has it that at the dawn of Chaos, heaven and earth gave birth to the Four Mischievous Monkeys: the Spiritual Stone Monkey, the Red-bottomed Macaque, the Long-Armed Ape, and the Six-Eared Macaque. Choose one of their bloodlines.”

Tu Xiao’an spoke casually, but he couldn’t hide the domineering aura of one who could command the world.

In recent days, his Faith Points had accumulated to over a billion. He could afford to splurge.

”’The Four Mischievous Monkeys...’ The Ape King completely lost his composure. ’That’s the most powerful bloodline of the Monkey Race in all of legend! Just what kind of terrifying power does my master possess?’”

’Even a Divine Spirit would struggle to do something like this.’

’If I could really become one of the legendary Chaotic World Spiritual Monkeys,’ the Ape King thought, ’then what does it matter if I’m someone’s Battle Companion? I’d be willing to slave away for him without complaint!’

”Don’t just stand there in a daze. Hurry up and choose.”

”This...” The Ape King swallowed, momentarily at a loss for words. This windfall was so huge it left him completely stunned.

Tu Xiao’an glanced at the pathetic Ape King and said, ”If you won’t choose, then your master will choose for you.”

”I am entirely at Master’s disposal.” The Ape King knelt directly behind Tu Xiao’an, pressing his forehead to the ground.

These four chaotic bloodlines represented the ultimate evolutionary system for apes. No matter which one he received, the Ape King’s power would skyrocket. If the evolution was successful, he might even gain the strength of a Deep Mountain Demon King.

And his potential would be limitless.

”Hmm... then the Six-Eared Macaque it is,” Tu Xiao’an decided, making the final call.

The Six-Eared Macaque is Good at Listening, can Neng Cha Li, and has Knowledge of the Past and Future. All things are clear to it. Nothing in the world can escape its magical hearing, should it wish to know something.

This would be of great help to Tu Xiao’an.

Then, what in the world could possibly be hidden from him?

”Thank you, Master!” The Ape King trembled all over, so excited he could barely control himself.

Tu Xiao’an smiled, stood up from the Blood Pool, and looked at the Ape King as he secretly summoned the system.

’System, I want to purchase the Six-Eared Macaque bloodline.’

”DING... Six-Eared Macaque, a top-tier ape bloodline. Requires one billion Faith Points. Does the host confirm the purchase?”

”Yes, confirm.”

Tu Xiao’an could see that his Faith Points had currently accumulated to 1.1 billion.

He now had over five million fans, gaining over fifty million Faith Points every day, just collecting the ”interest.”

He didn’t feel the slightest bit of heartache spending the billion points. Besides, evolving a legendary Six-Eared Macaque... what a magnificent feat!

It was even more incredible than evolving the Cyan Dragon.

”DING... Deducting one billion Points. Host has successfully purchased the Six-Eared Macaque bloodline. Bestow immediately?”

A faint smile touched Tu Xiao’an’s lips. He stepped out of the Blood Pool, completely bare, and walked over to the kneeling Ape King. Placing a fair hand on its head, he intoned softly, ”I bestow upon the Ape King the bloodline of the Six-Eared Macaque.”

WHOOSH...!

A sacred light immediately enveloped the Ape King’s body. The Ape King looked up at his master in astonishment, as if gazing upon a Supreme Divine Spirit.

Then, enveloped in this incomparably sacred light, the Ape King seemed to return to the dawn of Chaos, his figure flickering in and out of existence as the entire Ten Thousand Blood Pool began to tremble violently.

CRACK...!

The door to the Ten Thousand Blood Pool burst open, and a Snake Demon Spirit guard rushed in. He was immediately dumbfounded. The inside was a vast expanse of white, filled with an incredibly sacred light.

”My King, what’s happening?”

Tu Xiao’an’s indifferent voice sounded out: ”Get out!”

”Yes!”

Hearing his king’s voice, the Snake Demon Spirit immediately relaxed and retreated.