Chapter 268: Primordial Aberration
Chapter 268: Primordial Aberration
The scroll Shan Tai held was actually a deed.
The title deed for Qinghe City property—basically the city’s version of a house certificate!
This deed proved ownership of a house inside Qinghe City. It had four rooms and two courtyards—not a mansion by any means, but such property held great value within the city walls.
And this was one of the bride prices Gao Jing prepared to help Shan Tai win Qing Lan’s hand in marriage!
After marrying Qing Lan, Shan Tai would stay living in the village fort. Yet Qing Lan’s family demanded their daughter spend part of each year residing in Qinghe City—making this house essential.
Moreover, one child born to Shan Tai and Qing Lan would carry Qing Lan’s family name.
This house was meant for that future child!
Shan Tai, honest and simple by nature, understood the property’s worth. He was so moved he couldn’t speak.
This Shan Yue Giant knew well how steep the bride price demanded by Qing Lan’s family truly was.
So high that even if the entire tribe emptied its wealth, it would still fall painfully short.
He’d nearly lost hope.
It was Gao Jing who patted his chest and vowed to make it happen.
To Shan Tai, even if Gao Jing ultimately failed, it wouldn’t matter.
Gao Jing had already done more than enough for the Shan Yue Tribe.
So to see Gao Jing actually fulfil that vow left him speechless.
Gao Jing asked: “Now that the house is settled, Brother Shan Tai, have you prepared the timber I asked for?”
Originally, Qing Lan’s family demanded: 1,800 jars of Baijiu, 500 Shell Pearls, and ten killed Second-order Demon Beasts.
Plus the house.
With the house secured and 500 Shell Pearls collected, only the ten Demon Beasts remained—hunting those was Shan Tai’s own task.
The 1,800 jars of Giant-sized Baijiu weighed 18,000 tons. Just buying that would cost Gao Jing at least 700 million coins.
Right now, Gao Jing couldn’t scrape together 700 million—even 70 million was difficult.
That money HAD to come from the timber he’d ordered the Shan Yue Giants to cut!
“All ready!”
Shan Tai snapped back to attention, replying swiftly: “Piled up at Mu Teng Village—chosen exactly as you asked. Go see for yourself first. If it’s not enough, I’ll lead the men back to chop more!”
To him, Gao Jing’s request seemed trivial.
“Good.”
Gao Jing gave a satisfied nod. “I’ll head over to inspect it after my Beast Spirit Fusion.”
“Speaking of which…”
Old Shaman Shan Yan suddenly cut in: “Gao Jing, what Monster Beast do you intend to use for Beast Spirit Fusion?”
For a Totem Warrior to advance into a Great Totem Warrior, not only must they break their cultivation bottleneck, they MUST also fuse with a Beast Spirit.
A Totem Warrior without a fused Beast Spirit isn’t truly a Great Warrior at all.
After gaining a Beast Spirit, a Great Totem Warrior can harness its power to vastly boost combat strength, unlock unique fighting techniques, even develop supernatural abilities!
In battle, they can physically manifest the Beast Spirit to fight alongside them.
It’s precisely this Beast Spirit possession that lets a Great Totem Warrior crush ordinary Totem Warriors.
But ONLY Monster Beasts possess Beast Spirits suitable for fusion. The spirit of a Monster Beast you kill personally is the purest, most stable for merging—no complications arise during the process.
Additionally, the Beast Spirit should ideally resonate with one’s own Bloodline Essence. This makes future training far more effective.
When Shan Tai advanced to Great Totem Warrior, he chose a Second-order Demon Beast Earth Fury Bear.
With Gao Jing’s help, he succeeded in killing one and smoothly completed the fusion ritual.
Today, Shan Tai alone could trounce every other Warrior in the tribe!
His compatibility with the Earth Fury Bear’s essence was remarkably high.
Now it was Gao Jing’s turn to fuse a Beast Spirit—and that presented a problem.
Because Gao Jing was an “Abyssal Descendant”—a Monster Beast like the Earth Fury Bear was simply far too enormous for him.
Perfect Bloodline Essence match or not, the fury bear’s spirit would literally explode Gao Jing’s body!
Finding a Monster Beast of suitable size for Gao Jing above ground seemed nearly impossible.
Regarding the Elder Shaman’s question, however, Gao Jing had already thought this through long ago.
From his Storage Space, he pulled out the corpse of the Crimson Serpent he’d slain all that time ago.
He placed it on the table, asking: “Shaman Chief, could this work?”
He had first encountered this Crimson Serpent while exploring the Great World as a novice. He’d only beaten it through sheer luck.
Back then, Gao Jing had drunk its blood, undergoing a life-changing transformation.
But to this day, he didn’t know what type of serpent it was—he assumed it was some kind of Monster Beast.
Perhaps it fit the Beast Spirit fusion requirement.
“Hmm?”
Staring at the Crimson Serpent sprawled across the table, the pupils of Shan Yan’s eyes abruptly contracted.
The wily old Shaman wore an expression of disbelief. Reaching out, he flipped the serpent’s body. His forefinger gently touched a dark golden spot just beneath its head—a spot barely the size of a ping pong ball.
Exactly where the bolt from Gao Jing’s crossbow had struck.
Elder Shaman Shan Yan squinted, leaning closer to examine it. His aged face was filled with awe.
He questioned: “How exactly did you kill this?”
Gao Jing hesitated briefly, then recounted the fight simply—including the part where he drank the serpent’s blood.
After listening, the Shaman wore a deeply peculiar expression.
Gao Jing frowned: “Shaman Chief, is there something wrong with it?”
Shan Yan nodded—then shook his head.
Leaving Gao Jing utterly confused.
After a long pause, the Elder Shaman finally spoke: “If I’m not mistaken, this should be a Viper Serpent.”
The Viper Serpent was a Primordial Aberration—an ancient, powerful Monster Beast.
Born from hellish lava, it absorbed energy from volcanic fires to live. After five hundred years, it grows into a Crimson Python. Five hundred more years, and it becomes a Flame Wyrm. Finally, after another millennium, it transforms into an Yinglong!
The Yinglong—one of the strongest Divine Dragons that exist!
Like most Primordial Aberrations, the Viper Serpent was long thought extinct. Crimson Pythons, Flame Wyrms, and Yinglongs vanished from the living world centuries ago.
They survive only within dusty texts and forgotten tales.
Old Shaman Shan Yan once studied an ancient tome titled Record of the Primordial Era while in the City of Ten Thousand Kings. Its entry describing the Viper Serpent perfectly matched this slithering crimson corpse before him.
Therefore, he declared: this WAS a Viper Serpent—a creature declared dead millennia ago.
“The Viper Serpent boasts immense strength. Its scaly hide offers near-impenetrable defense. Except… it shares just a single inherent flaw.”
Shan Yan declared: “Sheer luck! That your bolt hit its sole vitals. And sheer, impossible fortune! That you drank its blood without instantly dying!”
The Viper Serpent, a Primordial Aberration, the larval form of an Yinglong… its blood should have been beyond ANY mortal’s capacity to endure.
Now, the Shaman finally understood: why Gao Jing possessed dual Bloodline Essences of “Fire” and “Spirit”, and why his cultivation progressed so freakishly fast.
The reason? Drinking that serpent’s blood granted Gao Jing the Viper Serpent’s own Bloodline Essence!
Gao Jing unconsciously touched the Bronze Anchor pendant on his chest.
Understanding blazed cold and clear inside him: without that Bronze Anchor, he’d truly have been “Dead. Completely” that day.