Chen Lufu stood up, looked at the red ball in his palm over and over again, and said: "This should be the key to the blood spirit's ability to possess a physical body."
Long Xiangtian came closer with his nose wrinkled, and the energy fluctuations of the red sphere became more obvious.
"Is this the blood-colored energy you mentioned, Master?"
Chen Lufu nodded and praised: "I don't know which expert came up with this idea. He actually condensed the blood energy into blood and put it into the dog's heart. Over time, this dog has become a blood spirit while maintaining its intelligence. It's incredible..."
Long Xiangtian's mind was not on this at all. Ever since he heard that this blood spirit was raised by a human, his entire mind was focused on this person.
"Master, how long does it take to cultivate a blood spirit?" Long Xiangtian asked.
Chen Lufu thought for a while and said, "Based on the blood flow rate of animals, it will take about three months to form."
Long Xiangtian's heart sank: "How long can the blood spirit survive?"
"After becoming blood spirits, they need to constantly replenish blood food. With sufficient food, they can live for several years or even decades. Without blood food, the blood energy cannot be replenished, and if they rely solely on their own blood recovery ability, they may die in a few months."
Long Xiangtian said in a deep voice: "If that's the case, then the blood spirit in front of us must have only been formed not long ago."
Chen Lufu looked at Long Xiangtian with appreciation and said, "I think so too. A tomb hundreds of years ago naturally doesn't have enough blood for it to enjoy, so... it can only be the most recent one."
"That is to say, there is a living person living in this tomb." Long Xiangtian finally said out loud what he was thinking.
The three of them fell silent. If that was the case, then what was this person's purpose, guarding the tomb? Or was he one of the tomb robbers, and he put down the blood spirit just to stop others from moving forward? Or maybe there was something else hidden in this that they didn't expect.
The three of them were silent for a long time before Chen Lufu spoke up: "No matter what the situation is, the current situation is not optimistic for us. It's okay if it's just tomb robbing, but I'm afraid there are some shameful secrets behind it. And after what you said just now, Xiaoliu, I remembered something else."
"What."
"Blood spirits... Only a mysterious tribe in China knows how to keep them in captivity."
"China?" Long Xiangtian has always had a very familiar feeling for the word China. At the same time, after reading a lot of books, he also understood the profoundness of Chinese civilization. Now, hearing that the Blood Spirit actually came from China, he couldn't help but be even more in awe.
"Well, I remember that the name of that tribe was the Xiayi tribe. It was a tribe that had existed for a long time. Many centuries ago, it disappeared in the long river of history for some reason. However, in the thousands of years of Chinese civilization, there were always people from the Xiayi tribe who appeared in it. Many dynasties left their mysterious shadows."
For some reason, Long Xiangtian felt very familiar when he heard the three words "Xiayi Clan". In his opinion, perhaps this race was also closely related to him. As for what it was, he didn't know yet. But now was not the time to dwell on these things, because just as Long Xiangtian was thinking, the smell in the air became stronger, and Long Xiangtian even vaguely heard a wheezing sound coming from the depths of the cave.
"There's more?" Long Xiangtian thought there was only one, but when he heard the strange sound, combined with the smell in the air, he suddenly felt that he had thought too simply.
"Be careful, there's another one coming." Chen Lufu also noticed something strange, and stood up, raised his flashlight and shone it deep into the cave. The cave here was not big, only about two meters high, and only wide enough to accommodate six or seven dragons moving side by side, so the light from the military flashlight easily illuminated most of the darkness in front of them.
Faintly, Long Xiangtian seemed to see a red figure flashing out from the light. Long Xiangtian pointed ahead and said, "Master, there is another fork in the road."
Chen Lufu nodded, put on his backpack, and slowly walked forward while signaling Yunniang and Long Xiangtian to follow him closely. Chen Lufu walked lightly, as if he was on guard against something, so that Long Xiangtian did not dare to breathe loudly and could only follow quietly behind him. He believed that he had just seen that strange figure, and it was impossible that the master did not see it.
Just as the three were about to reach the fork in the road, Chen Lufu suddenly stopped, signaled to Long Xiangtian to ambush against the wall, and signaled to Yunniang to turn on the lights, and he walked again towards the place where the shadow had appeared.
Chen Lufu moved forward step by step. When he approached the fork in the road, he exchanged glances with Long Xiangtian. Then Chen Lufu quickly shone the flashlight towards the turn. However, to Chen Lufu's surprise, the shadow did not appear in front of him. The fork in the road was empty and there was not a single shadow.
Chen Lufu frowned and signaled Long Xiangtian and Yunniang not to panic. When Long Xiangtian and Yunniang arrived at the fork in the road and took a look, they were both a little surprised.
"I clearly saw a shadow flash by just now." Long Xiangtian asked curiously.
Chen Lufu nodded: "I saw it too, it looks like it has gone inside."
Long Xiangtian said: "So should we keep going or turn now?"
This question really stumped Chen Lufu. Chen Lufu took out a night vision goggles and observed in front of the two cave entrances. After confirming that there was nothing useful to find, he walked back.
"Let's go straight first. I'm afraid that Blood Spirit Ten will lure us over." Chen Lufu made up his mind.
Long Xiangtian nodded, then took out an erasable spray paint from his backpack and left a mark on the spot.
Chen Lufu didn't say anything else. He grabbed his backpack and walked forward with Long Xiangtian Yunniang.
As they started along the way, the smell of blood began to fade, but it became a little damp. On the way, Chen Lufu told Long Xiangtian that there might be an underground water source ahead, and when he said this, Chen Lufu's eyes brightened significantly. After a quick inquiry, Long Xiangtian found out that it was a very good omen to have underground water flowing through the tomb. Ancient books even said that such water flows were called water dragon veins. A large tomb could be built on such veins, and the blessings would benefit future generations after the burial. As long as the water flow did not dry up, its effect would continue to exist.
In order to ensure that the water dragon veins would not dry up all year round, some emperors would even create a circulation system to ensure the endless supply of water. If Chen Lufu could see the groundwater later, he would probably be able to determine the location of the main tomb chamber based on this.
With a clear goal, Chen Lufu's steps suddenly became brisk, and the short-term pressure brought by the blood spirit disappeared without a trace. But the good times didn't last long. As the three of them went deeper, a strange smell filled the entire space again. Long Xiangtian raised his nose and sniffed. It seemed to be a rotten smell, but it was different from the usual rotten smell. It was faintly mixed with the smell of some Chinese medicinal materials.
Chen Lufu suddenly stopped, walked to the wall on one side, picked up a handful of gravel, and sniffed it with his nose.
Seeing that Chen Lufu's wrinkles were getting tighter and tighter, Long Xiangtian couldn't help but ask, "Master, is there anything wrong with this wall?"
Chen Lufu shook his head. "It's not the wall's problem. I just think there's something wrong deep in this cave."
"Is there something like a blood spirit again?"
"That's not the case. The smell is very much like that of a dried corpse, but the Chinese medicine flavor in it is the smell of wolfberry."