Xiao Xue noticed what seemed to be a soul hidden deep within her Sea of Consciousness.
If she hadn't cultivated the Secret Art of Ancient Blood, even with her current soul strength, she wouldn't have been able to perceive the existence of that soul.
Sure enough, some things depend on their origin.
It's like you whimsically wrote a novel.
The writing is weak, the characters are rehashed, and the plot is cliché.
But if you fill in the author column with the four characters "Qin M Chanzhao," the effect will undoubtedly be extraordinary.
And Ancient Blood is precisely that.
This item, after all, came from Gu Yuan's hands.
A secret art he casually gave her actually had such an effect.
She truly wondered how powerful the core inheritances of those ancient races must be.
However, she couldn't access the core inheritances of the Gu Clan or other ancient races in the short term.
The legacy left by the Xiao Clan could only be planned after entering the Heavenly Tomb.
The most urgent matter now was to solve her own problem.
After discovering the nascent soul in her Sea of Consciousness, Xiao Xue quickly understood the "cause and effect."
According to the description in Ancient Blood, this should be the Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline, which unexpectedly revived during its spontaneous fusion with the Sky Fox bloodline… it was quite sudden.
Given this, her deepening relationship with Medusa in the system earlier now had an explanation.
After all, from the perspective of soul form, what revived was the Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline.
This meant that she now had a nascent Heaven-Swallowing Python soul within her.
So, it could be understood as… what the hell is all this?!
"Wha… f*ck!"
Xiao Xue couldn't help but want to stomp her foot.
According to the records in Ancient Blood, the birth of a soul from a bloodline revival was truly one in ten thousand.
After all, if one bloodline was too strong, it could completely suppress the other, preventing it from moving.
This situation would only occur when the fused bloodline and one's own bloodline strength were similar.
She actually encountered such a low-probability event?!
Moreover, she knew exactly where the Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline came from.
It was nothing more than that one accident.
Medusa, you truly court death… Little did Xiao Xue know that the Heaven-Swallowing Python's soul wasn't generated by bloodline fusion.
However, this little fellow did indeed fuse a portion of the Sky Fox's bloodline power.
Xiao Xue took several deep breaths, trying to calm herself down.
Anything she said now was useless.
Solving the problem was the main priority.
Otherwise, if she laid a snake egg two years from now, it would truly be a joke.
Xiao Xue gathered her soul power in her Sea of Consciousness and tugged at the little Heaven-Swallowing Python's soul.
—It didn't budge.
The little Heaven-Swallowing Python even wagged its tail, found a comfortable position, and continued to snore away.
Xiao Xue: "…"
After gaining a general understanding of the current situation, Xiao Xue immediately withdrew her hand.
Waking it up rashly now might not be good for her.
Now, Xiao Xue had two paths before her.
One, melt the Heaven-Swallowing Python's soul.
This way, she might gain more Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline power, further advancing her bloodline strength.
However, the difficulty of fusing it with her own soul would likely be extremely high.
Even Medusa in the original work, when fusing the Heaven-Swallowing Python's soul, had to be refined by the Fallen Heart Flame, a unique flame specializing in souls, for a long time to achieve it.
Moreover, her evolved true form was the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, and her body's compatibility with it was already quite high.
And the Sky Fox bloodline had a certain degree of repulsion towards the Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline.
Therefore, if she were to fuse the Heaven-Swallowing Python's soul, she shouldn't even think about it without at least ten or twenty years.
Even if she got her hands on the Fallen Heart Flame from Canaan Academy and used it daily to accelerate the process, it would probably still take several years.
After all, the Fallen Heart Flame was not easy for her to refine.
And the Fallen Heart Flame outside the body would naturally have its effect greatly diminished.
At the very least, it would take several years, and by then, the little Heaven-Swallowing Python's soul would probably have already developed.
So… bloodline fusion, pass.
Directly erasing it was naturally not an option, as it would definitely backfire on her body.
Then, she could only choose the second method.
—Sever the connection between the nascent soul and the main soul, and peel the little Heaven-Swallowing Python's soul out of her body.
In that case, the concentration of Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline in her body would definitely decrease significantly.
But doing so was better than having a Heaven-Swallowing Python soul remain in her body in the future, competing with her for control of the body.
Moreover, she already had the Sky Fox bloodline, and in the future, she would inevitably awaken the Xiao Clan's Dou Di bloodline.
For Xiao Xue, the Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline was irrelevant, whether she had it or not.
Without further ado, Xiao Xue immediately began to study the method of stripping nascent souls from Ancient Blood.
However, after three days of sleepless research, Xiao Xue discovered with some despair that she probably couldn't even strip the Heaven-Swallowing Python's soul.
Logically speaking, after mastering Ancient Blood, one could strip nascent souls.
The strength of nascent souls was generally not high.
As long as one's soul power was sufficient, and the secret art was performed to sever its connection with the main soul, it could be easily stripped away.
Xiao Xue's soul power had reached the peak of seventh grade.
Logically speaking, this strength should be more than enough.
However, the little Heaven-Swallowing Python's soul was more than just a notch stronger than the cases recorded in Ancient Blood.
The strength of this Heaven-Swallowing Python's soul didn't seem nascent at all.
After such a long period of dormancy, the little Heaven-Swallowing Python's soul strength was naturally not comparable to a "nascent soul."
It probably wouldn't be easy to drive it away.
One must know that although the little Heaven-Swallowing Python only had the strength of a Dou King at its birth.
Its soul strength was definitely at the seventh-tier level.
As long as it was given sufficient energy and a certain amount of time,
With its sufficient soul strength, it would break through all the way to the seventh-tier without any bottlenecks.
Otherwise, Xiao Xiao in the original work wouldn't have been a Dou Zong at birth just by inheriting the Heaven-Swallowing Python's power.
Moreover, when it was dormant, Xiao Xue, with her soul strength at the Great Perfection of the Mortal Realm, couldn't even discover it.
Now, Xiao Xue could only find its "hiding" place with the aid of a secret art.
Therefore, although the little Heaven-Swallowing Python's combat power might not be seventh-tier,
Its soul defense had definitely reached seventh-tier standards.
To be honest, it couldn't compare to Xiao Xue's current state.
But within the Sea of Consciousness, Xiao Xue could only exert seven or eight tenths of her strength.
After all, it was "surgery" on the soul, so Xiao Xue didn't dare to use too much force.
Damaging the little Heaven-Swallowing Python's soul was irrelevant, but if it caused damage to her own soul, that would be awkward.
Xiao Xue had just tentatively tried to sever the connection between the two souls.
But she found that no matter what she did, she couldn't separate the Heaven-Swallowing Python's soul.
The little Heaven-Swallowing Python even woke up because of Xiao Xue's actions and sent her an unusually kind (intimate/friendly) signal.
Although the little Heaven-Swallowing Python couldn't speak human language yet, and their languages were incompatible,
The meaning of soul messages could be directly understood.
Translating the little Heaven-Swallowing Python's message into human words meant that it had just called Xiao Xue "Mom."
Xiao Xue: "…"
Its intelligence was quite high.
Well called, but don't call again next time.
Xiao Xue, who didn't know the specific reason, could only selectively ignore it.
If she knew that the little Heaven-Swallowing Python had been lurking in her Sea of Consciousness for over a year, and had formed a considerable bond with her main soul, which was why it couldn't be stripped away,
Then Xiao Xue would probably go directly to Medusa to fight for her life.
However, she didn't think that far ahead.
After all, compared to the bizarre development of absorbing the Heaven-Swallowing Python's soul at that time,
The birth of a nascent soul, as recorded in the secret art, was undoubtedly more credible.
After reading Ancient Blood, Xiao Xue subconsciously attributed the soul's birth to the latter.
As for why it couldn't be stripped, she simply attributed it to the Heaven-Swallowing Python soul's special nature.
Perhaps one day in the future, Xiao Xue would realize the truth, but definitely not now.
Xiao Xue lay sprawled on the bed, contemplating a solution to the problem.
Unable to strip it, did she have to forcibly annihilate it?
Or would she live with two souls in one body from now on?
That wouldn't do; two souls competing for control of the body would definitely greatly reduce her strength.
Moreover, she didn't want a snake constantly in her Sea of Consciousness.
After being awakened by Xiao Xue, the little Heaven-Swallowing Python's soul was quite active, "playing" in Xiao Xue's Sea of Consciousness.
Meanwhile, it kept trying to communicate with Xiao Xue.
The little Heaven-Swallowing Python's soul had a natural closeness to Xiao Xue.
This level was no less than Xiao Cai's to Xiao Yan in the original work.
After all, in the original work, Xiao Yan only used the Companion Amethyst Source to gain the little fellow's approval.
But Xiao Xue had raised it for over a year.
Coupled with the "relationship" between the two, its favorability towards Xiao Xue could be said to have skyrocketed.
The messages from the little Heaven-Swallowing Python's soul annoyed Xiao Xue endlessly, so she unilaterally blocked it.
Their souls were still connected, so Xiao Xue wasn't worried about it causing trouble in her Sea of Consciousness.
After fruitless deliberation, Xiao Xue decided to ask Medusa.
She raised her left hand and lit up the peach blossom in her palm.
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