Chapter 230: Hatching Part Two
If audio player doesn't work, press Stop then Play button again
Chapter 230: Hatching Part Two
Sage ran the little girl through the same process hed performed a year ago. Drawing upon her essence, using his own body as a converter and then pouring it into the egg. Ruanfu felt a little weakened, but it was nothing like the process of awakening her egg. That egg had been in a barely living form of stasis for who knows how long, while this new egg was brimming with vitality. Once the transfer was complete, Sage ruffled up Ruanfus hair, You did great! King, you have my permission to bring her to town and buy a whole bag full of candy.
Sage passed over a pouch full of Spirit Stones to the birdman and thanked both of them again. They stuck around to watch the egg hatch and the three of them watched a terrifying creature being born. The head of a snake poked out of the egg. It was mottled with a sickly green and yellow color, atop burnt brownish red scales. It was also dotted with many crater like pockmarks. As it slithered out further, its body was covered in circumferential muscles that made it look like a worm. Weirder still when it slithered out further there was a pair of wings covered in coarse matted down hair just like a bird.
While the other two were still marveling, Sage held his hand out towards the weird winged worm snake and sent some Qi into its body. A few seconds later he smiled, Whew. We were lucky.
Ruanfu and King looked at him, This little thing has both of your bloodlines now, but it didnt inherit the strength of your soul or mind. Its mostly worm. Thankfully, we dont have to do that again. Sorry for the strain on you, Ruanfu.
They werent really sure what he was talking about, but Sage left them to their own devices. King brought Ruanfu and some of his wives, flying them all over to the border town theyd visited before. In the meantime, Sage took the little winged snake worm and quickly used the Merge technique. After linking up, he rapidly matured it and used it to produce a few more offspring. Out of respect for Ruanfu he put the eggs into stasis instead of adding them into his breeding experiments, at least for now.
The Human Seal could modify his appearance, but an even better method would be to entirely change his blood, aura, and even his soul. All three of which would be modified if he were to merge again. It had already been quite a few years since the debacle of losing his mind last time so there shouldnt be any difficulties. Last time he hadnt spent enough time letting the different minds and personalities completely integrate before merging with others. Instead of his personality and self being the dominant party the other merges left behind remnants that eventually overpowered him in a similar manner to a person with multiple personalities might experience. The only problem was the other personalities were mindless insects and murderous Demonic Beasts.
He was worried for a moment, wondering if hed ruined everything. Only it wasnt ruined. The shadows forms werent destroyed, they merely reformed. Breaking into much smaller pieces and forming into other shapes. Then they broke apart again and formed into more shapes that were even smaller in size. Sage altered the mutation energy and with a bit more experimenting he found how to control the process. Halting, reverting, or advancing it again. The more he broke the shapes apart, the smaller and less detailed they became.
Probably something like data loss through the generations. Diluting of bloodlines, maybe?
Regardless of the cause, it still gave him more choices and he quickly set about experimenting with different bits and pieces. His current form was pretty satisfactory, but it was still a bit too foreign in comparison to that of a humanoid. Also, as he had found with the Blood Refining technique, it was more important for a beast to have a powerful ancestry and inborn strength than it was to look good. No matter how beautiful or impressive he made his body look, he still didnt stand a chance against even a disfigured pig if it was a half-dragon.
The way he saw it, there was another fork in his path. He could attempt to alter his body shape closer to that of a humanoid. Obviously, he would still be a beast, but if he had more human like proportions, walking bipedally with two arms and legs, it would greatly enhance his combat prowess. While he had never been a martial expert, hed still spent many years training in the Lang Clan. In comparison, he had only the inherited memories of the Twin Ringed Soul Serpent to guide him as a beast.
On the other hand, he could go all in. Right now he was a spined flood dragon with a decidedly snake-like head. Instead of making his body more like a human he could try to match the draconic ideal hed seen in pictures and chase after their full form.
Where was a coin to flip when you need one?
Please report us if you find any errors so we can fix it asap!
Chapter 230: Hatching Part Two
Sage ran the little girl through the same process hed performed a year ago. Drawing upon her essence, using his own body as a converter and then pouring it into the egg. Ruanfu felt a little weakened, but it was nothing like the process of awakening her egg. That egg had been in a barely living form of stasis for who knows how long, while this new egg was brimming with vitality. Once the transfer was complete, Sage ruffled up Ruanfus hair, You did great! King, you have my permission to bring her to town and buy a whole bag full of candy.
Sage passed over a pouch full of Spirit Stones to the birdman and thanked both of them again. They stuck around to watch the egg hatch and the three of them watched a terrifying creature being born. The head of a snake poked out of the egg. It was mottled with a sickly green and yellow color, atop burnt brownish red scales. It was also dotted with many crater like pockmarks. As it slithered out further, its body was covered in circumferential muscles that made it look like a worm. Weirder still when it slithered out further there was a pair of wings covered in coarse matted down hair just like a bird.
While the other two were still marveling, Sage held his hand out towards the weird winged worm snake and sent some Qi into its body. A few seconds later he smiled, Whew. We were lucky.
Ruanfu and King looked at him, This little thing has both of your bloodlines now, but it didnt inherit the strength of your soul or mind. Its mostly worm. Thankfully, we dont have to do that again. Sorry for the strain on you, Ruanfu.
They werent really sure what he was talking about, but Sage left them to their own devices. King brought Ruanfu and some of his wives, flying them all over to the border town theyd visited before. In the meantime, Sage took the little winged snake worm and quickly used the Merge technique. After linking up, he rapidly matured it and used it to produce a few more offspring. Out of respect for Ruanfu he put the eggs into stasis instead of adding them into his breeding experiments, at least for now.
The Human Seal could modify his appearance, but an even better method would be to entirely change his blood, aura, and even his soul. All three of which would be modified if he were to merge again. It had already been quite a few years since the debacle of losing his mind last time so there shouldnt be any difficulties. Last time he hadnt spent enough time letting the different minds and personalities completely integrate before merging with others. Instead of his personality and self being the dominant party the other merges left behind remnants that eventually overpowered him in a similar manner to a person with multiple personalities might experience. The only problem was the other personalities were mindless insects and murderous Demonic Beasts.
He was worried for a moment, wondering if hed ruined everything. Only it wasnt ruined. The shadows forms werent destroyed, they merely reformed. Breaking into much smaller pieces and forming into other shapes. Then they broke apart again and formed into more shapes that were even smaller in size. Sage altered the mutation energy and with a bit more experimenting he found how to control the process. Halting, reverting, or advancing it again. The more he broke the shapes apart, the smaller and less detailed they became.
Probably something like data loss through the generations. Diluting of bloodlines, maybe?
Regardless of the cause, it still gave him more choices and he quickly set about experimenting with different bits and pieces. His current form was pretty satisfactory, but it was still a bit too foreign in comparison to that of a humanoid. Also, as he had found with the Blood Refining technique, it was more important for a beast to have a powerful ancestry and inborn strength than it was to look good. No matter how beautiful or impressive he made his body look, he still didnt stand a chance against even a disfigured pig if it was a half-dragon.
The way he saw it, there was another fork in his path. He could attempt to alter his body shape closer to that of a humanoid. Obviously, he would still be a beast, but if he had more human like proportions, walking bipedally with two arms and legs, it would greatly enhance his combat prowess. While he had never been a martial expert, hed still spent many years training in the Lang Clan. In comparison, he had only the inherited memories of the Twin Ringed Soul Serpent to guide him as a beast.
On the other hand, he could go all in. Right now he was a spined flood dragon with a decidedly snake-like head. Instead of making his body more like a human he could try to match the draconic ideal hed seen in pictures and chase after their full form.
Where was a coin to flip when you need one?
Chapter 230: Hatching Part TwoSage ran the little girl through the same process hed performed a year ago. Drawing upon her essence, using his own body as a converter and then pouring it into the egg. Ruanfu felt a little weakened, but it was nothing like the process of awakening her egg. That egg had been in a barely living form of stasis for who knows how long, while this new egg was brimming with vitality. Once the transfer was complete, Sage ruffled up Ruanfus hair, You did great! King, you have my permission to bring her to town and buy a whole bag full of candy.Sage passed over a pouch full of Spirit Stones to the birdman and thanked both of them again. They stuck around to watch the egg hatch and the three of them watched a terrifying creature being born. The head of a snake poked out of the egg. It was mottled with a sickly green and yellow color, atop burnt brownish red scales. It was also dotted with many crater like pockmarks. As it slithered out further, its body was covered in circumferential muscles that made it look like a worm. Weirder still when it slithered out further there was a pair of wings covered in coarse matted down hair just like a bird. While the other two were still marveling, Sage held his hand out towards the weird winged worm snake and sent some Qi into its body. A few seconds later he smiled, Whew. We were lucky.Ruanfu and King looked at him, This little thing has both of your bloodlines now, but it didnt inherit the strength of your soul or mind. Its mostly worm. Thankfully, we dont have to do that again. Sorry for the strain on you, Ruanfu.They werent really sure what he was talking about, but Sage left them to their own devices. King brought Ruanfu and some of his wives, flying them all over to the border town theyd visited before. In the meantime, Sage took the little winged snake worm and quickly used the Merge technique. After linking up, he rapidly matured it and used it to produce a few more offspring. Out of respect for Ruanfu he put the eggs into stasis instead of adding them into his breeding experiments, at least for now. The Human Seal could modify his appearance, but an even better method would be to entirely change his blood, aura, and even his soul. All three of which would be modified if he were to merge again. It had already been quite a few years since the debacle of losing his mind last time so there shouldnt be any difficulties. Last time he hadnt spent enough time letting the different minds and personalities completely integrate before merging with others. Instead of his personality and self being the dominant party the other merges left behind remnants that eventually overpowered him in a similar manner to a person with multiple personalities might experience. The only problem was the other personalities were mindless insects and murderous Demonic Beasts. He was worried for a moment, wondering if hed ruined everything. Only it wasnt ruined. The shadows forms werent destroyed, they merely reformed. Breaking into much smaller pieces and forming into other shapes. Then they broke apart again and formed into more shapes that were even smaller in size. Sage altered the mutation energy and with a bit more experimenting he found how to control the process. Halting, reverting, or advancing it again. The more he broke the shapes apart, the smaller and less detailed they became. Probably something like data loss through the generations. Diluting of bloodlines, maybe?Regardless of the cause, it still gave him more choices and he quickly set about experimenting with different bits and pieces. His current form was pretty satisfactory, but it was still a bit too foreign in comparison to that of a humanoid. Also, as he had found with the Blood Refining technique, it was more important for a beast to have a powerful ancestry and inborn strength than it was to look good. No matter how beautiful or impressive he made his body look, he still didnt stand a chance against even a disfigured pig if it was a half-dragon.The way he saw it, there was another fork in his path. He could attempt to alter his body shape closer to that of a humanoid. Obviously, he would still be a beast, but if he had more human like proportions, walking bipedally with two arms and legs, it would greatly enhance his combat prowess. While he had never been a martial expert, hed still spent many years training in the Lang Clan. In comparison, he had only the inherited memories of the Twin Ringed Soul Serpent to guide him as a beast. On the other hand, he could go all in. Right now he was a spined flood dragon with a decidedly snake-like head. Instead of making his body more like a human he could try to match the draconic ideal hed seen in pictures and chase after their full form.Where was a coin to flip when you need one?
