Chapter 42: The Devil's Blood Medicine

  "Now let your Golem digest this Bloodstone and then reconstitute the effective components of the Bloodstone, extracting them," Xiran said.

  Gua handed the Bloodstone to Guji, who was hiding behind his shoulder. Guji let out a cheer and swallowed it with a "gulp gulp" sound, as if he had seen something delicious.

  Right after that, Guagua saw Goujue's body secrete acidic liquid, wrapping the Bloodstone around it. The Bloodstone was like a cookie soaked in hot water, becoming loose and its edges slowly dissolving in the acid. The entire Bloodstone kept shrinking nonstop.

  "Put your hands on the crystal ball," Xiran said.

  Gua immediately placed his hand on the crystal ball, and immediately a feeling came from the crystal ball, passing through himself into Gu Jiao's body.

  This force skillfully and delicately extracted the effective components from the bloodstone in an acidic liquid, just like skimming off the transparent part of the gray gelatin when cooking meat.

  Soon, the useless part of the bloodstone was corroded clean, and what remained were the effective parts of the bloodstone that had been separated. However, at this moment, this part was not pure and was still a dull color.

  Xī Lǎng furrowed his brow, stroking his chin in thought. Suddenly remembering something, he said: "Gǔ Guā, you will separate all the bloodstones in this bag like this." As soon as he finished speaking, he went up to the third floor through the magic staircase.

  Kuga wanted to talk about food, but Xiran looked completely unconcerned. He could only arrange for his subordinates, the Dog Heads, to collect any edible things in the surrounding area and bring them back. And he began a rationing system, controlling the Dog Heads' diet, making the limited food last a little longer.

  Then Kua began to separate the hematite mineral.

  He picked up a piece of bloodstone the size of his thumb and threw it into Guji's body, Guji happily trembled twice. There was delicious food, and the person he feared was not there, his mood was extremely good.

  Kua used the power he had just felt to control the slow digestion of the stone, and extracted the effective components from the bloodstone into the gelatinous area.

  He accidentally corroded some of the effective ingredients in the Bloodstone, but no one noticed, so Guagua carefully licked his tongue and ignored him, picking up another piece of Bloodstone and throwing it into Guchi's mouth.

  In this process, Guagua felt that his control was more precise and powerful, and the connection and sensation between him and Gugu became closer. The subsequent decomposition of the Bloodstone also became faster, and his technique became more skilled.

  When he had broken down the entire bag of hematite, looking at the varying shades of red substances in the gummy gel-like part, Gua Guo smiled tiredly. Suddenly a severe headache struck, causing Gua Guo to hold his head and roll on the ground, cold sweat flowing down his wet scales in streams.

  The pain came and went quickly. Táng Guā understood that this was a manifestation of his own mental strength being overused. For the time being, he stopped thinking about other problems and sat down cross-legged, using meditation to relieve his headache.

  In this process, Gua finally felt a scorching breath coming from Gu's body. Under the influence of this breath, Gua's Qi and blood were extremely turbulent, his heart beating at a speed one and a half times faster than usual, as if he had just undergone intense exercise.

  I can feel an extremely exciting feeling deep down in my bones, as if I've taken something special and I'm high right now.

  The blood was boiling and flowing rapidly, the generation speed of dragon pulse blood also accelerated a bit, quickly circulating the blood in the body, penetrating through his five internal organs.

  Suddenly, he seemed to have some feeling, and grabbed his beard, only to find that two of his whiskers had grown from short stubble into half the length of a small finger, quivering with excitement as they wildly absorbed the water-based magic in the air. In an instant, he was on the verge of reaching the edge of 2nd-level mage.

  It seems that this Bloodstone is indeed extraordinary, able to stimulate such a huge change in the body's blood vessels in a short period of time.

  One reason is that it was his first time coming into contact with such a large amount of Bloodstone, and the other reason should be that his level was too low, so the amplification was particularly great.

  This kind of **upgrade** is extremely fast, but it also has the defect of being unstable. In his previous life, Gua didn't have any geniuses, and he had always looked down on those who made rapid progress in their cultivation, constantly muttering to himself: "The faster you upgrade, the faster you'll die when you ascend!"

  So in this life, he actually had the opportunity to rise rapidly, but instead became extremely unnatural. He carefully put down the Bloodstone and began to meditate steadily.

  After the dizziness passed, he stood up again and began to exercise with a set of physical exercises that had the function of stimulating and nourishing the blood vessels. This set of exercises was named "Zhu Shi Quan" by Guagua, which was quite appropriate.

  The circulation of blood slowed down, the heart and blood vessels gradually returned to normal function, and Guagua finally let out a breath of relief, continuing to meditate.

  In the process of meditation, it was like a dream, the books stored in his brain flowed through his mind, as if nothing had been read, but actually already stored deep in his mind.

  This is also the method that Gua learned from Xi Lang when he gave him "The Beginner's Book of Magic", storing books in his brain in a gentle and slow manner, as if he hadn't studied it at all, but when he needed to use it, he could recall the knowledge he needed in an index-like way.

  After meditation was over, Gua also recovered most of his energy. Suddenly, he heard the sound from downstairs.

  She slightly pursed her lips and still used the iron key to come to the first floor.

  Kada knelt on the ground, his eyes fixed firmly ahead. When Gua appeared, he stood up and bowed to him, saying: "Great elder, I have come to an understanding, accept the contract, Blood Vine, Demon Pet."

  In the tribe of Dog-Heads, shamans are called elders.

  Vala nodded and didn't say anything, taking Kaida to the second floor, then opening the upward communication through the crystal ball.

  "Has he come around? Is his mood normal? Has the Bloodstone been purified?" After Xiran asked a few questions and received affirmative answers, he said, "Alright, I'll be right down."

  After returning to the second floor, Xilang walked leisurely in front of the crystal ball, and like taking a book from a bookshelf, another golden "Tactics for Beginners" was thrown at Kada's head. The golden book flashed on Kada's head and was sucked in, Kada looked tense, apparently suppressing his surprise.

  Then he handed over the test tube containing the vampire ivy and the materials for setting up the magic circuit to Gada, and then took him down to the first floor.