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"I dare to ask, senior, how did the Four Sacred Beasts fall?"

Li Xiuchang felt that this must involve some high-level secrets, so he followed the trend and asked.

Qing Cang paused and said: "I don't know the details. I have countless brothers and sisters, and I am not the one closest to my father. I have no chance to understand some things. I only know that the Four Saints All the beasts will die in battle!”

Li Xiuchang originally guessed that the four holy beasts might have died from the Immortal Tribulation. After all, the longer they lived, the stronger the Immortal Tribulation would be. The four holy beasts were all antiques that had existed since the birth of the world, so it was not surprising that they died from the Immortal Tribulation.

Unexpectedly, he died in battle!

All four holy beasts were killed in battle, which was a bit unusual. What kind of enemy did they encounter?

Qing Cang didn't know the specific reason, but Li Xiuchang didn't believe it.

Dragon nature is inherently lustful, so it is normal for a green dragon to have countless heirs.

But this secret realm is hosted by Qing Cang's thought clone, which means that among the countless descendants of Qing Long, Qing Cang is also among the best. Logically speaking, Qing Cang should not be unable to figure out the cause of such a major event as Qing Long's fall.

However, considering that this is just Qing Cang's thought clone and does not have all of Qing Cang's memories, it is possible that Qing Cang did not share the relevant memories with this thought clone.

Regarding the death of the four holy beasts, Li Xiuchang couldn't ask any more questions, so he asked about another doubt in his mind.

"Why did the Four Sacred Beasts family build this secret realm?"

Why invest money and effort to build this secret realm of sacred beasts?

Why give out the extremely precious blood essence and blood of the four holy beasts as a reward?

Qing Cang sighed: "It's all to cultivate more powerful monsters. Top human warriors are emerging in large numbers, but our monsters are gradually weakening... Of course, this is also the instruction left by the four holy beasts during their lifetime. Let the four of us The Holy Beast family worked together to cultivate a strong monster who surpassed their ancestors!"

Li Xiuchang keenly captured some key information.

"A strong man from the demon clan who surpasses his ancestors" means to cultivate a strong man who can surpass the four holy beasts?

According to Qing Cang, the Four Holy Beasts are still the ceiling of the demon clan's combat power. If you want to cultivate a strong man who surpasses the Four Holy Beasts, you may not be able to do it by giving some holy beast essence and blood in this secret realm.

And if it is said that the Four Holy Beasts family is following the ancestral precepts in doing so, why did the Four Holy Beasts leave such instructions? Qing Cang still couldn't explain it.

This reminded Li Xiuchang of Buddhism, which also went through many tests and took great pains to select those Buddhist practitioners with potential for training.

But the ultimate goal is to use these potentially powerful Buddhist practices to perfect the Buddhist path.

But I wonder what the purpose of the Four Sacred Beasts is?

Perfect the four natural avenues mastered by the four holy beasts?

That is completely unnecessary. The four natural avenues controlled by the four holy beasts are thriving, and the four sacred beasts are dead. No matter how they perfect the avenues, they will not be able to benefit from it.

Qing Cang said: "Outsiders think that our Four Holy Beasts family is extremely powerful and everlasting. The Four Holy Beasts' bloodline is extremely talented, so that our descendants will have a starting point that other monsters can't match since they were born, but they don't know this." Bloodline has made us successful, but it has also become our shackles.”

When Qing Cang said this, it was really difficult for the monsters present to resonate with him. It felt more like he was in Versailles.

Wenwen, Whale Jing and Golden Falcon, they have the blood of mythical beasts, and of course they are well aware of the power of the bloodline of mythical beasts.

Moreover, compared to the direct lineage of the four holy beast families, their divine beast bloodline is so thin that it can be ignored.

In addition, they all have the blood of divine beasts, and there are high and low levels. The blood of the four holy beasts is the first among all the blood of divine beasts.

Qing Cang knew from everyone's expressions that they didn't believe it at all, and explained: "What outsiders don't know is that in all the mythical beast families, there is a unified problem, that is, one generation is inferior to the other.

"The bloodline of divine beasts, the bloodline of success, the bloodline of defeat, most talents come from the bloodline, but it is inevitable that the bloodline will become thinner from generation to generation. Whenever children are born, the bloodline will inevitably be diluted, unless there is intermarriage within the clan, but then there will be The terrible consequences were that many crazy descendants were born, bringing disaster to the family.”

As a modern person, Li Xiuchang naturally knows the disadvantages of incest marriage, and now it seems that even if the bloodline of mythical beasts is not close relatives, intermarriage of the same race is still possible to give birth to defective offspring.

"For the descendants of our mythical beast family, bloodline concentration determines the starting point, but too much reliance on bloodline has also caused bloodline concentration to lock our upper limit. Only a small number of descendants with natural talents can break the shackles and experience atavism. , to increase one’s own blood concentration.”

"But there are only a few geniuses like that. Their appearance only slows down the decline of the family, but cannot change this general trend."

"Besides, let's take our Qinglong family as an example. I have so many brothers and sisters that I can't even count them all. We are all powerful without exception because we have half of the Qinglong bloodline!"

"But none of us can catch up with our father, because we only have half of the Blue Dragon bloodline! The gap between the other half of the bloodline cannot be made up by our lifelong efforts."

"So no one in the Four Holy Beasts family can catch up with their ancestors and become a new Holy Beast, let alone surpass the Four Holy Beasts!"

"Even the Four Sacred Beasts themselves are limited by their own bloodline. For example, my father was born to master the path of wood, but he can no longer master other paths. This allows him to have top strength without training, but no matter how hard he works, You can’t get any improvement by practicing.”

"His strength completely depends on the strength of the Wood Avenue... Therefore, our Four Sacred Beasts families all understand that if one day a strong monster of the demon race is born in this world that surpasses the Four Sacred Beasts, it will definitely not come from our four clans. . So we established this secret realm to select demon geniuses worth cultivating from foreign races.”

At this point, Li Xiuchang was confused: "Wait, if that's the case, shouldn't your target be those monsters that don't have the blood of divine beasts? Why do you have to have the blood of divine beasts to enter the third level?"

Qing Cang smiled and said: "When the concentration of the divine beast's bloodline is low to a certain level, the blessing of the bloodline is so small that it can be ignored. Since you do not enjoy the benefits brought by the bloodline, you will naturally not be shackles by the bloodline. This is considered If you don't have true divine beast blood, usually if the blood concentration is less than 10%, it will not be recognized by the major divine beast families. And none of you here have half of the divine beast blood in your body.

"Why not choose those monsters that do not have the blood of divine beasts? That is because monsters with too weak blood cannot withstand the transformation of the blood of the four holy beasts. An ordinary monster may directly become a monster after absorbing the blood of the Azure Dragon. The bloodline of my Qinglong family would be meaningless. It would be better to directly recruit a genius from our clan.

"But if it has some thin blood of the divine beasts, it will not be assimilated by the blood essence. Only in this way can it successfully absorb the true blood and essence blood of the four holy beasts."

Li Xiuchang nodded and understood.

To put it bluntly, the bloodline screening in the third level is specifically to find those monster beasts with thin bloodline of divine beasts.

If the blood concentration is too high, he will probably be eliminated.

But there is only a thin bloodline of the sacred beasts, like those of Wenwen, which is equivalent to a layer of "background" on the bloodline, and will not be easily assimilated by the essence and blood of the four holy beasts.

If the blood concentration of the divine beast is too high, it will be shackled by the blood.

Ordinary monsters will be assimilated by the blood of the four holy beasts and become members of the four holy beast families. They will also be shackled by the blood of the divine beasts.

Only those like Wenbian, who have a little bit of the blood of divine beasts but whose blood concentration is very low, are just right.

Qing Cang continued: "Furthermore, for our selection criteria for the third level, the bloodline of the divine beast has never been a mandatory requirement. Among you, doesn't it and he have the bloodline of the divine beast? What we look at is the strength of the bloodline. As long as your bloodline is strong enough, If it is enough to resist the assimilation of the essence and blood of the four holy beasts, it can be let in..."

Qing Cang's eyes swept over Jin Jiao and Li Xiuchang.

But when he took a closer look at Li Xiuchang, he suddenly froze...

Li Xiuchang didn't notice. At this moment, he finally understood why he and Jinjiao could come in and accept the test even though they didn't have the blood of the sacred beasts.

Because their bloodline is too strong!

Qing Cang finally exclaimed: "You, you are not a monster! You are a human!"

He had always thought that Li Xiuchang was just a monster in the form of a beast, but now that he took a closer look, he realized that Li Xiuchang was indeed a human monk.

He was stupid. He didn't dare to think about this before, because the screening before the third level of this secret realm made it impossible to let humans in.

Li Xiuchang scratched his head: "Actually, I am a monster that looks exactly like a human, called the terrifying upright ape."

The golden-haired falcon immediately agreed: "Yes, I have seen his true form. He is a golden-haired great ape, the water ape king who once suppressed the bloodline of the sacred beast Zhu Yan!"

It talks about the image of Li Xiuchang who transformed into a physical and mental ape.

Qing Cang stared and wanted to say that he had never heard of such a monster, but when he thought that he was just an incarnation of his mind, there were so many things he didn't know, so he swallowed his words.

He shook his head: "Forget it, I'm just the incarnation of my mind, responsible for explaining the rules to you and starting the third test. Since the secret realm has let you in, it means it recognizes you.

"Next, you will place your respective blood pills on the stone platform and prepare to accept the test!"

Li Xiuchang took a step forward, found a stone platform at random, and placed the blood pills in his hands on the stone platform. Wenwen and others also followed suit.

Li Xiuchang asked: "Senior Qingcang, after passing this test, can the blood of the blue dragon be rewarded directly to us?"

According to what Qing Cang said, the rewarded Azure Dragon's blood will be directly integrated into the blood pill.

After passing four rounds of tests, you can swallow the blood pill and obtain the baptism of the blood of the holy beast.

However, Li Xiuchang wanted to obtain the blood of the holy beast directly, which would make it easier for him to add points to the blood of the holy beast.

If it is integrated into the blood elixir, he can only add points to the blood elixir.

Originally, the gap was not that big, but the blood pill could only be swallowed, and only Li Xiuchang could take it.

Because his blood elixir is made from his own blood, others cannot absorb it.

But if he directly gets the blood of the holy beast, he can use it as he pleases.

Qing Cang shook his head and said: "The blood of the holy beast is not so easy to absorb. Only by using the power in the secret realm to fuse the blood of the holy beast with your blood pill can you absorb it smoothly. If you get the blood of the holy beast alone, , you yourself will not be able to absorb it.

"In addition, this rule also prevents you from transferring your rewards to others. Our Four Sacred Beasts family built this secret realm to cultivate the demon clan, not to help you get rich."

Li Xiuchang was helpless. The rules were like this and there was nothing he could do.

However, he is still confident about obtaining the essence and blood of the mythical beast.

Jinjiao and Wenwen are both on his side, and Golden Falcon and Whale Jing are the two weakest. No matter how you look at it, there is a high probability that the blood essence will fall on Li Xiuchang's side.

But if Jinjiao and Wenwen get the blood of the sacred beast, they can't pass it on to Li Xiuchang, and it will only be integrated into their blood pills.

Li Xiuchang can only go all out, at least he must get one or two drops of the sacred beast's blood.

For him, the sacred beast's blood is too important and the cost-effectiveness is too high!

As long as there is a little bit, he can make more infinitely.

Qingcang said: "My father didn't know much in his life. He was best at the Great Way of Wood, and then some skills related to the Great Way of Wood, such as planting spiritual plants, he has a lot of experience.

"This third test was originally intended to test your understanding of the Great Way of Wood, but later we thought, why not change the way and test you on the Great Way of Wood by planting spiritual plants. "

Wenwen and Jinjiao glanced at Li Xiuchang.

Li Xiuchang was also stunned, thinking that you might as well just give me the Azure Dragon's blood essence!

He is a genius in the art of spiritual plants that even Senior Brother Motu feels inferior to!

In fact, any skill involves more than one natural way.

Take the art of spiritual plants as an example. The most important one is the Great Way of Wood, but it also involves some of the Great Way of Life, the Great Way of Earth, the Great Way of Water, and so on.

Whether it is a human cultivator or a monster, in addition to the main Great Way, they will have some understanding of other natural Great Ways.

But as Qingcang said just now, Azure Dragon is born to master only the Great Way of Wood, and cannot comprehend other Great Ways at all.

Therefore, Li Xiuchang is also very curious about what the spiritual plant skills that are comprehended from the pure Great Way of Wood are like?

"Next, you will enter the illusion and watch the process of my father planting the dragon blood tree in the past, and comprehend the Great Way of Wood from it. Whoever can comprehend the most will be rewarded with Azure Dragon's blood essence. If you get nothing, you will not even get the real blood reward. "

Obviously, there will be no "consolation prizes" in this secret realm. If you are too weak, you may really get nothing.

This made the Golden Falcon and Whale Crystal cheer up.

They didn't have the confidence to compete with Li Xiuchang for the essence and blood reward. Their goal was the real blood of the holy beast.

If they didn't work hard, they might not even get the real blood!

Qing Cang added: "If anyone can successfully plant a dragon blood tree in the illusion, he will get an extra dragon blood tree seed as a reward! This is the sacred tree of my Qinglong clan. It has infinite uses and the seeds never flow out. "