Apart from the colorful eyebrow and eye markings on their foreheads and their slightly red eyes, the Asura Clan’s appearance didn’t differ much from that of the Human Clan. Each one of them was a handsome man or a beautiful woman.
"At last, you are here. What took you so long? Do you know how bored we elders are? Bring the entertainment already," an Asura Elder at the far end complained with a disgruntled face.
Luo Sandao replied with an embarrassed grin, "It’ll be ready soon."
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"Come, let us join our hands..."
Before Luo Sandao could finish, an Elder kicked him flying, shook his slightly gray hair, and said dismissively, "Who wants to hear your nonsense?"
Chen Jiuge was thrown into the Big Blood Pond. The Elder quickly returned to his seat, pulling out a human-sized bag of popcorn from his Storage Ring. "I hope this kid holds on a bit longer. I wouldn’t want him to kick the bucket before I finish my popcorn."
Xiu Xiu looked at the unreliable Elder, her little face puffing up slightly in indignation. How impolite of the Elder.
The moment Chen Jiuge entered the Blood Pond, his already starving body quickly began to absorb the blood within, gradually eradicating the trace of Belis’s influence on his wounds. Bit by bit, new flesh started regenerating, filling the gaps in his body.
Just as everyone was intently watching the changes in the Blood Pond, Luo Sandao inopportunely reappeared on the Divine Altar. Covering the footprint on his clothes with one hand, he coughed lightly twice. "Although the refinement has already begun, the ceremony still needs to..."
Xiu Xiu withdrew her little fist, saying impatiently, "Can you not block our view?"
With Luo Sandao’s nonsense gone, the crowd began munching on popcorn and cracking sunflower seeds, quietly observing the transformation of Chen Jiuge in the Blood Pond.
The blood in the Asura Altar Blood Pond came from successive generations of Asura Immortal Daluo Golden Immortals. They would casually let their blood, slowly accumulating it into this massive Blood Pond, which contained terrifyingly powerful energy.
"Eh, it’s a Human Clan member. With such severe injuries, yet he didn’t die. I thought he was from another race," the first Elder, Luo Wencheng, said in surprise, munching on his popcorn.
"That’s quite normal. The Human Clan is almost on par with those messy-looking creatures these days. Having an undying cockroach among them is pretty standard," another Elder, Luo Peishan, casually remarked.
Luo Wencheng swatted away Luo Peishan’s sneaky hand as it reached for his popcorn. "Eat your own! I don’t have much left. You know it’s troublesome to restock from the Human Clan."
"Stingy," Luo Peishan said, reluctantly moving his gaze away from the popcorn.
Under the flood of Asura Blood, Chen Jiuge’s body began to manifest the Asura Bloodline. The Golden Finger in his mind, as if stimulated, started autonomously extracting this new bloodline. Consequently, Chen Jiuge, still in the Blood Pond, began to rapidly absorb even more Asura Blood.
Observing the massive blood vortex within the Blood Pond, the highest-ranking Elder suddenly stood up, exclaiming, "Holy cow, isn’t the absorption rate a bit too fierce?"
From below, Xiu Xiu said with a facial twitch, "It can’t possibly be successful, right? I heard the Human Clan is quite finicky."
Compared to the seemingly fragile Human Clan, Xiu Xiu preferred those fierce and dominating races, especially those that could smash enemies with one punch. Now that’s a man.
Xiu Wu said with a beaming smile, "Congratulations, Xiu’er, your husband has arrived."
Xiu Xiu’s face twitched twice. "It’s not certain yet!"
As the blood vortex grew larger, the age-old Blood Pond even began to gradually subside.
After what seemed like an eternity, Luo Wencheng, still watching the spinning blood vortex, reached into his popcorn bucket but fetched nothing. He said uninterestedly, "How many days has it been? Why is it still spinning? It’s making me dizzy."
"If you don’t enjoy it, you can go back to sleep," Luo Peishan teased.
"I guess this is still more interesting."
Suddenly, the huge vortex exploded. A blood rain fell from the sky, and a massive blood cocoon appeared mid-air, a red tube trailing from its rear end connected to the Blood Pond.
Through the transparent, blood-colored shell, Chen Jiuge could be seen. He had surprisingly transformed into a baby, his navel connected to the red tube at the bottom of the cocoon. As the cocoon pulsed, streams of blood continuously flowed into Chen Jiuge’s body.
"Xiu’er, your husband turned into a baby," Xiu Wu covered her mouth and giggled.
Even if Xiu Xiu was reluctant to admit it, she knew the person before her was most likely her future husband. Slightly displeased, she said, "A baby then. Anyway, the Human Clan takes only a dozen years or so to reach maturity."
Over the next month, Chen Jiuge returned to his original appearance.
Upon awakening, Chen Jiuge felt as if he had just experienced a very long dream. As he stretched his limbs, the blood cocoon enveloping his body instantly shattered into pieces.
"Who is first to awaken from this great dream?" Chen Jiuge was about to break into song with this line, but he suddenly paused.
"Hey, this kid’s pretty shameless, reciting poetry without any clothes on."
"He’s not bad looking, though. Xiu’er is lucky."
"Speaking of which, he looks so pale and tender. Will Xiu’er bully him? Maybe he should marry me instead; I quite like him."
Chen Jiuge quickly scanned his surroundings and saw no familiar faces. Then, feeling a chill from below, he looked down. His heart instantly sank.
Covering his nether regions, he flashed into the Green Bamboo Realm, leaving behind only a Grotto Heaven entrance.
"Aw, he got embarrassed! He ran into his Grotto Heaven."