Starting My Cultivation With Time Management-Chapter 720 - : 54 Chapter Forbidden Experiments

Chapter 720: 54 Chapter Forbidden Experiments

From the ceiling of the cave to the bottom, there was a height of several dozen feet, and there was no place to grip or foothold for descent.

If a mortal were to fall from here, death was certain, but members of the Dragon Clan all knew how to ride the clouds and drive the fog, so they had no problem and landed steadily.

After entering the secret realm, Long Long scanned the distance once more to confirm the whereabouts of Lv Yan and Lü Ya.

For enemies, he used scanning; for companions, he used hints. Long Long was confident that this underground exploration could not possibly go wrong nor could any accidents happen.

Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

The group then proceeded deeper into the cave, passing through many long passageways, only to see the ceiling in front gradually getting lower, and the corridors on either side narrowing more and more.

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Qin Zhou and Qin Ye proceeded with extreme caution, afraid that at any corner ahead, Lv Yan, Lü Ya, and others might suddenly turn back and bump right into them.

However, through Ah Jing’s scanning range, which was much larger than that of ordinary Divine Sense, Long Long was constantly keeping a distance from the two White Tigers up ahead, hence his composed demeanor.

In the eyes of the Qin siblings, this naturally became proof of Long Long’s confidence and assurance, diminishing the nervousness they initially felt.

As for Long Hu, he roamed left and right, looking around, not seeming to be exploring the cave but rather like a puppy inspecting its own territory, quite curious and excited.

Finally reaching the end of the passage, they came upon another huge cave, with numerous corridors built along the cave wall, winding and turning like a giant snake coiled around.

In the center of the cave lay a giant snake, its body as massive as a mountain, with scales dark and dull, as if it could swallow the light of the sun and moon.

Merely looking at that giant snake filled the four with a shudder that seemed to emanate from the depths of their bloodlines.

“Shed skin,” Long Long suddenly spoke, “This is not a living creature, but merely an ancient shedding from the Scaled Clan.”

The group quickly scanned with their Divine Sense and found it to be just as Long Long had said; the giant snake’s interior was hollow, lacking any flesh or blood.

“Could this be the Earth Python?” Qin Zhou said hesitantly, “I’ve heard that during the era when the Dragon Clan ruled the Eastern Emperor Realm, the Python Clan lived in Central State, later subdued by the Dragon Clan Emperor to break mountains and forge construction.”

At his words, Long Long also recalled this.

The Earth Python had a status in the Scaled Clan akin to that of the Golden-Winged Roc in the Feathered Clan, with its massive body and boundless strength, making it extraordinarily useful in many areas.

Regrettably, after Emperor Ying Long fell into the Mortal World, the political situation in the Eastern Emperor Realm underwent drastic changes.

While there was no concrete evidence, it was generally believed that the Python Clan was attacked by old enemies during that period and ultimately had their bloodline completely eradicated.

“It is said that the Earth Python also has a nickname, ‘Earth Dragon,’ capable of effortlessly creating earthquakes,” Qin Ye suddenly remembered something, his eyes lighting up, “Its scales belong to the Earth of the Five Elements, and with them, one could perform the Earth Escape Technique.”

“If we could bring back the scales, wouldn’t we be able to gain the old ancestor’s trust?”

Long Long silently scanned for a moment and discovered that the two were moving through the upper walkways of the cave wall far away.

Following them to the cave wall’s walkway would increase the risk of discovery; it would be better to first hide within the shed skin below, make use of Ah Jing’s power to shield the scanning of Divine Sense, and search after the two had left.

“That’s a good idea,” he nodded in agreement.

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To avoid causing any fluctuations in spells, the four did not directly ride the clouds and fog but instead relied on their physical bodies to climb down.

Long Long held the little fox in his arms, moving with agility and ease, jumping on the protrusions on the rock wall.

He was innately skilled in the Cloud-Parting Eight Trigrams Step, and though he did not use this technique now, his experience allowed him to run along walls and gracefully twist and turn without making a sound, charging straight down the rock wall, leaving Qin Zhou and Qin Ye behind.

Long Hu clung tightly to his neck, with his tail wrapped around his waist, so thrilled that she wanted to scream, but afraid of being heard by the enemy, she could only cover her mouth with a flushed face.

The four finally descended to the bottom of the cavern. From this angle, the giant snake shed looked even more immense, and a mere glance gave an eerie and terrifying sensation.

“Eh?” Long Hu suddenly exclaimed in surprise, “Look, doesn’t this coiled snake shed resemble a building?”

At his words, everyone looked carefully and indeed saw the outline of a man-made entrance hall at the tail of the shed, leading into the pitch-black interior of the snake shed.

Clearly, someone had used the empty husk below the giant snake shed and fashioned it into some kind of structure.

Long Long scanned the area again and then led the others into the snake shed.

Upon entering, they were immediately hit by a damp, fishy stench.

The other three were from the Scaled Clan and were not bothered by the stench, but only the little fox, with her sensitive nose, was nearly brought to tears and had to hold her breath.

Hanging from the ceiling were countless corpses, all of various Feathered Clan remains, tightly bound by semi-transparent silk threads, their heads hanging downwards.

The semi-transparent silk threads were also recognized by everyone as a kind of sealing magic artifact made from the salivary fluid of the Dragon Clan, specifically used to bind captives.

Various torture instruments were arranged against the wall, and there was a large number of jade slips piled on the table.

Long Long picked up a jade slip, glanced at it for a moment, and knew that this trip was worthwhile.

If this place were exposed by the White Tiger Clan, the relationship between the Scaled Clan and the Feathered Clan might be completely destroyed.

The jade slip recorded a very strange experiment:

Bloodline Fusion Experiment.

The experimenters started with the mechanism of the transformation from giant Kun to Peng, arguing that since the Scaled Clan could transform into the Feathered Clan, it proved that the bloodline barriers between different Demon Races weren’t insurmountable chasms.

Therefore, they collected a wide variety of Feathered Clan blood samples for exploratory research.

So far, they had researched 112 types of Feathered Clan bloodlines, and only three had the potential to fuse with those of the Scaled Clan.

Here, fusion didn’t refer to the mixing of bloodlines through marriage and offspring born between two different individuals, but rather having two different bloodlines coexisting within one individual without the ability to devour each other or cause conflict, allowing the individual to wield the divine secret skills of both bloodlines…

At this thought, Long Long couldn’t help but glance at Long Hu.

He had a rough guess as to why Emperor Ying Long was conducting such experiments here:

It was probably because he had anticipated some irreconcilable bloodline conflict within his wife and daughter, Long Hu.

Perhaps the Bloodline Fusion Secret Technique held by the Jiaolong Clan in Beiming Fanyang was the final product of the experiments conducted here?

With this in mind, Long Long quickly flipped through more jade slips.

Regrettably, most of the remaining jade slips were filled with data and conjecture and lacked any substantial conclusions or ready-made Cultivation Technique Scrolls.

Stuffing the jade slips into the storage bag, Long Long scanned the area above again.

Lv Yan and Lü Ya were still moving around in the corridors of the cavern walls, not staying too long in any room, which suggested they hadn’t found anything of value.

Considering this, Long Long quickly made a decision:

“We’ve found evidence that will convince our clan. We leave immediately!”