Chapter 14: Totem of Variation

  "Does Qinglian also not know what this totem is?" Hu Gao furrowed his brow, it seemed that his own totem was not simple.

  "I remember!" Qinglian suddenly exclaimed, "This... this is the Bloodlight Serpent that appeared once thousands of years ago?"

  "Wow!"

  As the three words "Blood Light Snake" fell, the red snake on Hu Gao's head suddenly burst out a strong blood light that almost filled the entire room, but it disappeared in an instant.

  "Blood Light Snake? What kind of totem is that? Is it powerful?"

  Hu Gao's eyes flashed with a hint of blood light, and his mind became even more puzzled. It had only appeared once ten thousand years ago, and it sounded like an extremely powerful and majestic thing.

  "The Blood Light Snake totem, I'm not very clear about the specific situation, I only saw it in the classics, the first appearance should be during the Post-Ice Age Riot period, at that time its master used less than two hundred years to step into the Broken Sky Realm and reach the peak of a martial artist."

  It is said that later on, he relied on the Blood Light Snake totem to challenge another old broken air boundary warrior with a variant totem. In the end, he used less than ten moves to defeat him. Afterwards, he successively defeated many old broken air boundary warriors with variant totems, thoroughly shaking the world.

  Qinglian sighed, "The Bloodlight Serpent's mutation totem has also been famous since then. If I'm not mistaken, it's currently ranked ninth in the mutation totem rankings."

  "Variation Totem Ranking? What's that? I saw very little record of Variation Totems in [Totem Original Explanation]."

  Qinglian smiled, "The book in your hand is over ten thousand years old, so there's no need for too much introduction. Every time the Variant Totem appears, it attracts countless attention, and some people start to pay attention to collecting these totems. They eventually rank them based on their strength, but this ranking isn't very reliable either. After all, the totem is not the only measure of a warrior's power."

  "Wow, that's incredible!" Hu Gao was equally shocked and amazed, his heart racing with excitement, as if the legendary strongman who shook the heavens was himself. He withdrew the Blood-Devouring Snake back into his body, but then furrowed his brow as he thought of something: "The 9th ranked Mutated Totem on the leaderboard, and yet the Blood-Devouring Snake isn't even the strongest?"

  Qinglian was speechless for a moment, "According to the latest variation of the Totem ranking list, there have been over 3,000 variations in history, so think about it, the Bloodlight Snake being able to break into the top ten is how terrifying an existence."

  "Over three thousand kinds?!" Hu Gao exclaimed in shock, never expecting that the Variant Totems would have so many types, it was completely beyond his expectations.

  "That's right, the entire world is vast and boundless, with countless totems of all kinds. It's not excessive for over 3,000 varieties of variant totems to appear. Of course, these variant totems aren't all extremely terrifying, they just possess some special functions or come with their own unique abilities."

  "Big brother, you have the Blood Light Snake totem, so don't reveal it to outsiders, or it will bring great disaster. And unless absolutely necessary, it's best not to use totem attacks."

  "I know!" Hu Gao also knew the severity of the matter. The Blood Python, ranked in the top ten, represented what, and probably anyone with a normal mind would know.

  But that's not the biggest trump card, if people know they have double totems, it will be crazy. Collecting his thoughts, Hu Gao pretended to ask casually: "Qinglian, variant totems are so powerful, but I don't know if anyone has condensed out double totems?"

  "Absolutely not, the most condensed totem is just a higher rank of totem, it's impossible to condense two totems at once, no matter how talented you are." Qinglian's answer was very affirmative, without any hesitation.

  Hu Gao collapsed, and Qinglian's erudition said that there was no record of it, but he still asked: "Then can a person only have one totem?"

  A glimmer of longing flashed in Qinglian's beautiful eyes, and she said: "This is indeed possible. It is said that when one's cultivation reaches the Swallowing Heaven Realm, they can absorb and spit out spatial energy, condensing it into a spatial heart, which can awaken a second soul and condense a second totem. The more spatial hearts condensed afterwards, the more totems one will have, but the limit is nine."

  "Space Heart?"

  "Uh, this involves a powerful spatial force that is far beyond our reach. I also can't explain it to you in detail, as these are too far away from us. Martial artists must not be arrogant and overconfident." Qinglian reminded, "However, big brother being able to condense the Variant Totem is already very impressive, worthy of a successor!"

  "This is all thanks to Qinglian, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't even be able to enter the meditation state now!" Hu Gao sighed, this time successfully condensing was not easy, but he was also curious, with Qinglian's strong spiritual power, entering the meditation and condensing the Totem shouldn't be a piece of cake? There must be some secret behind this, he didn't dare ask for now, leaving it to slowly discover later.

  "Hehe, it's Qinglian's honor to help big brother, I...I'll leave first, and come back tomorrow to visit big brother." Just as she finished speaking, Qinglian's face had already turned from pale to red, her recovery ability was so strong that it made Hu Gao look at her sideways.

  "Give my regards to your grandfather." As he was leaving, Hu Gao thought for a moment and added this sentence. Now that he was alone, having someone backing him up wasn't bad either.

  "Uh, well... goodbye big brother."

  Watching Qinglian carrying an empty basket, jumping and gradually disappearing into the distance, Hu Gao touched his own nose and whispered to himself, is it really good to have such a good girl as a younger sister?

  He shook his head, went back to the room, and lay down on the bed again, with his legs raised and eyes half-closed, starting to sort out his thoughts. Today's visit from Qinglian had brought him a lot of information and changes within himself, which needed some time to digest.

  Firstly, Hu Wushuang should not have a variant Totem, otherwise the Hu family would not be forced to this point. With the assistance of the Transmission Elder, it is possible to defeat him within three months, and during this period, he should still be safe.

  Secondly, Lang's family is indeed very strong. They can just send a teenager who is not much older than themselves to venture into the Hu family's forbidden land alone and even defeat the Elder of Judgment. At this rate, if the Hu family doesn't have any trump cards, they are really in danger. For this family that has been sacrificing itself, Hu Gao truly owes them no gratitude. If there is a chance for training in the future, it would be best to try to escape.