Chapter 414 - 13: Transmitting the Technique

Although the Ten Thousand Spirits Body Forging Technique is a Cultivation Method, it can also function as a means of genetic enhancement.

However, unlike using technology to adjust and perfect one’s own genes, the Ten Thousand Spirits Body Forging Technique strengthens the user by devouring the genes of other living beings.

Theoretically.

Cultivating this technique could grant a person the speed of a cheetah, the strength of an ant, or even the wings of a bird.

Taken a step further.

The Talent of Vermilion Bird Fire Control, the all-piercing eyes of the Three-Eyed Divine Race, the extreme speed of a Kunpeng soaring through the void...

One could even obtain such legendary abilities, ultimately evolving the most perfect Physical Body.

Of course.

This was all just theoretical.

In reality, the Ten Thousand Spirits Body Forging Technique was incomplete. Recklessly devouring other creatures could easily turn someone into something neither human nor beast. Fusing foreign genes was an immensely risky process.

As of now.

Only the bloodline of the Three-Eyed Divine Race was compatible with this Cultivation Technique. Unfortunately, that bloodline was exceptionally rare. Even Jade Void Cave Heaven had to kill a great many people just to perform the Refinement for a single suitable wisp.

If not for Zhu Ju’s luck, he would never have even been able to begin practicing this Cultivation Technique.

Fortunately, this world’s genetic modification technology was highly sophisticated and could perfectly complement it.

The research building.

Yui Songde frowned at Wuh Qing, his voice laced with displeasure.

"Do you have any idea that your tardiness has set my experiment back by an hour?"

"Professor."

Wuh Qing’s face was pale as she answered in a low voice,

"I... I lost my student card. I had to register at the entrance, which is why I’m late."

"You lost your student card?" Yui Songde’s expression was dark. He pulled a blank card from a drawer and tossed it to her.

"Use this to get by until your new one is issued. Now hurry to the observation room and resume yesterday’s experiment."

"Yes." Wuh Qing took the card.

"Thank you, Professor."

Yui Songde was a notorious research fanatic at Jiuzhong, the kind of man who would stop at nothing for his work. It was precisely because of his extreme personality that he had been demoted from his professorship at a High-Level Academy.

Knowing his personality, Wuh Qing didn’t dare to delay. She quickly donned a nearby white Protective Suit, grabbed her instruments, and navigated the familiar path to the lab.

Inside a massive glass enclosure lay a set of incomplete remains.

The remains belonged to a Legendary Beast.

A Cyan Snake Lion!

Its body was over thirty meters long, with the head of a lion and the torso of a snake. Even after being dead for many years, the remains still radiated a terrifying aura that dared anyone to approach.

Just as there are different levels of strength in Martial Arts, so too do Exotic Beasts have their own classifications.

Legendary Beasts were at the very pinnacle of their kind. They possessed inconceivable strength, speed, and even innate Talents. Typically, not even a Martial Arts Grandmaster was a match for a Legendary Beast.

In fact, the destruction of many Safe Cities was linked to Legendary Beasts.

The reason Yui Songde had accepted a demotion to teach at Jiuzhong was because it possessed the carcass of a Legendary Beast for him to research.

HUMMM...

As the machinery hummed to life, Wuh Qing felt unsteady on her feet, and the surrounding magnetic field began to shift.

"Bone marrow extraction, energy analysis, spectral plotting..."

"Phase one!"

The monotonous electronic voice prompted Wuh Qing to steel herself. Instrument in hand, she approached the remains.

A Legendary Beast’s body emits powerful radiation, affecting anything that gets too close.

Even with her Protective Suit, Wuh Qing felt her body ache with weakness, and hallucinations flickered at the edge of her vision.

Her predecessor.

Was still lying in a hospital bed, comatose.

"Get closer!" Yui Songde’s voice was ice-cold.

"There are multiple layers of protection. You won’t die."

"...Yes." Wuh Qing pursed her lips and complied, inching forward once again. She didn’t notice Yui Songde suddenly flip a switch, causing the instrument to surge with power as it targeted the bone marrow.

VMMMM!

A white light flared into existence.

"Quick!"

Yui Songde’s face was flushed with excitement.

"Get closer and collect the data! I need it..."

BOOM!

A violent explosion erupted. A wave of light and heat rushed over Wuh Qing, instantly sending her flying.

Her Protective Suit instantly shattered.

Her body tumbled across the floor after she landed, rolling several times before slamming to a stop against a wall.

Shards of glass, snapped steel reinforcement bars, and overturned tables and instruments completely buried her.

In her final moment.

A figure rushing toward the wreckage entered her line of sight.

’Professor...’

Wuh Qing struggled to open her mouth, only to see Yui Songde run past her to a fallen monitor, frantically checking the data it had recorded.

Hah...

In that instant.

Wuh Qing felt her life was meaningless, that she was nothing more than an expendable tool. Her consciousness faded into endless darkness.

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Zhu Ju laid the charred-black body of Wuh Qing on a bed.

Her breathing was faint, her life like a candle in the wind, ready to be extinguished by the slightest breeze.

"To be caught in a blast like that and not die instantly in the lab... I’d say you’re pretty lucky."

Shaking his head, Zhu Ju took out an Elixir. He gently rubbed it between his hands, and the pill dissolved into a fine, dew-like mist that seeped into Wuh Qing’s body.

"Lucky for you, you ended up with such a good ’father.’ If I weren’t here, you’d be dead for sure."

"Flow!"

The Rain and Dew Curse!

Zhu Ju flicked a finger, and a faint light appeared at its tip. A dense wave of energy rushed toward the last spark of life remaining in Wuh Qing’s body.

THUMP!

THUMP!

Her heart, which had stopped beating, was reignited with life by the Golden Core Grandmaster’s internal and external power.

After a moment of thought,

a faint smile touched Zhu Ju’s lips as a Spiritual Light flared in his eyes.

His Divine Soul Power surged forth, carrying the Ten Thousand Spirits Body Forging Technique with it as it brutally and unceremoniously crashed into Wuh Qing’s Sea of Consciousness.

The Divine Soul Transmission Method!

Unlike verbal instruction, the mind-to-mind Divine Soul Transmission Method could only be performed by someone with immense Divine Soul Power, and it offered numerous advantages.

For instance, the secrets hidden within a Cultivation Technique, certain epiphanies, and the Mental Realm of a Martial Skill’s moves were all things that could only be understood, not explained.

The Divine Soul Transmission Method, however, allowed one to pass them on to another person in a much more intuitive fashion via a direct mental link.

It was the equivalent of.

Instantaneously mastering the Method.

CRASH!

Zhu Ju had just finished his work when the outer door was violently smashed open and a sweat-drenched Wuh Ping charged in.

"Sister!"

He rushed into the room and saw the charred body on the bed. He froze instantly, a bone-deep chill sweeping through him.

"My sister... She... what happened to her?"

"Don’t you know already?" Zhu Ju rolled his eyes and started walking toward the door.

"There was an explosion in the lab. Your sister was at the epicenter, and this is the result."

"Sister!"

Wuh Ping cried out in grief, his knees buckling as he collapsed to the ground.

"What are you crying for!"

Zhu Ju snapped.

"She’s not dead yet, she just looks miserable. Doesn’t your school bother to check for vital signs before declaring someone dead?"

"Huh?"

Wuh Ping was stunned.

"This happened at her school, so the school is paying for her treatment. I certainly don’t have the money for it," Zhu Ju said.

"However..."

"My daughter has been so severely injured. They’d better offer some compensation!"

In any case.

He wasn’t going to pay for the medical treatment, but he damn well wasn’t going to miss out on the compensation.