The hidden dangers in Shi Lin's body, or it can no longer be said to be hidden dangers, are actually very serious, but no one has told him yet. The root causes of these problems are all in the original dragon technique, but the damage has been done. Just stopping the practice of the technique will not make the body get better again.
However, regarding the problem of Stone Forest, Ye Zan already had an idea in his mind. It was nothing more than a two-pronged approach by focusing on both internal and external issues.
The so-called "external", to put it bluntly, means looking for supplements from the outside. If Shi Lin's body is weak now, he can just use whatever supplements he needs.
In this world, there are many magical elixirs that can make up for a cultivator's losses in all aspects. It can be said that as long as you can get enough elixirs, even a pig can become a peerless monster. For example, regarding the longevity issue in Stone Forest, there are many elixirs available to increase longevity. If you encounter any rare elixir, extending your life span by a thousand years will not be a problem.
Of course, the more miraculous the elixir is, the rarer it is, and many of them cannot be bought even if you have money. Ye Zan has some elixirs on his side, and at the same time, relying on the ability to charge up the energy to create top-quality spiritual stones, he is definitely not short of money. However, when it comes to treasures that can increase one's lifespan by a thousand years, Ye Zan really can't come up with it with his current abilities.
Fortunately, Ye Zan has no plans to directly add years of life span to Shi Lin. It's not that he is reluctant to part with it, but that doesn't really solve the problem. To be honest, for a cultivator, especially one who has reached the level of Yuanshen, even a thousand years of life is not that long.
You should know that many tonic elixirs often have a limit on the number of times they can be taken, that is, the first time they are taken is the best, and subsequent uses will either have no effect or the effects will fade. Regarding this kind of restriction, the common saying among monks is that it comes from the balance of heaven. Otherwise, if you have endless elixirs, wouldn't you be able to live as long as heaven and earth without practicing!
In fact, of course it can be understood this way, but fundamentally it still lies in the person himself.
Research on human lifespan in the scientific and technological world believes that human lifespan depends on the number of cell divisions, and normal cells cannot divide indefinitely, so human lifespan is basically about 150 years old. To extend human lifespan, one is to slow down the rate of cell division, and the other is to increase the upper limit of cell division.
In this world, the lifespan of mortals is also limited by the number of cell divisions, and the longer lifespan of ascetics is actually achieved from these two aspects. Although the ascetics may not have studied cell division in depth, what they have done has indeed achieved such an effect.
How to prolong life, there are two ways mentioned above, and ascetics seek immortality, in fact, they must meet the requirements of these two aspects unconsciously before they can achieve the so-called immortality.
Let’s talk about slowing down the speed of cell division first. Ascetics nourish the body with spiritual energy, which actually extends the life of cells. When the life of cells is extended, they naturally don’t need to divide so fast. And understanding the avenue of heaven and earth, tempering oneself with the avenue of heaven and earth, breaking the shackles of the physical body, also invisibly increases the upper limit of cell division.
In other words, in an ideal state, as long as a cultivator keeps practicing and can break through one realm after another, his lifespan will continue to increase accordingly.
In the final analysis, those elixirs that increase longevity also work on cells. They may work in both aspects, or they may only enhance one aspect. However, when using elixir, the cells lose the adaptation process and the step-by-step enhancement during the cultivation process. Therefore, after reaching a certain level, they are directly stereotyped. When you take the same elixir again and use the same medicinal power to catalyze cells, the cells will no longer respond to this medicinal power.
In the parlance of the technological world, this is probably called “drug resistance”.
Shi Lin's problem, especially the loss of his lifespan, is that in the process of cultivation, his own cells renew so fast that they are about to reach the upper limit of division. If Ye Zan now finds the elixir to increase life span for a thousand years, although it will extend Shi Lin's life span for nearly a thousand years, it will also deprive him of the space to grow.
In response to this problem, Ye Zan's chosen method was to use those medicinal materials that were not too precious to nourish the cells of Shilin. Therefore, it is not about directly increasing the lifespan, but trying to restore Shi Lin's cells to normal as much as possible, and then gradually tempering the cells with medicinal power, and gradually returning to the path that a monk should take.
As for what medicine to use, Ye Zan, as a master of alchemy, quickly formulated a specific implementation plan by combining the pharmacology of the technological world with the alchemy of this world. After accelerating the Jade Ball space, there was no need for any high-efficiency assembly lines. Pills that met Shi Lin's needs were quickly produced using only laboratory equipment.
According to Ye Zan's treatment plan, Shi Lin will need to take long-term medication for the time being, and he must not take any elixirs that increase longevity. Therefore, while handing over the first batch of medicines produced to Shi Lin, Ye Zan also said seriously: "You must keep these medicines. It is best to take them on time every day. During the period of taking the medicine, do not take anything that is used to increase your lifespan." Yuan’s elixir.”
After hearing Ye Zan's instructions, even though he had not heard any specific information before, Shi Lin still guessed that most of his problems were related to Shouyuan. However, since Ye Zan didn't say anything, he didn't ask further. He just took the medicine from Ye Zan obediently, nodded without any doubt and said, "Yes, Master."
In fact, Shi Lin can feel some of his own problems. However, he has only been on this road for a short time, so he inevitably still has the mentality of a mortal and thinks that a hundred years of life is normal. Others practice Taoism for the purpose of seeking immortality, but it can be said that it was purely a coincidence that he embarked on this path of Taoism.
If Shi Lin had not accidentally obtained a gaming helmet and had not entered the Virtual God Realm and met Little Loli and Ye Zan. He lives alone in that primeval forest, busy with three meals every day, and he probably would never think of such a thing as practicing Taoism. If a person's life is destined to be the same, then there is really not much difference between living for decades and living for hundreds of years.
What's more, at Shi Lin's current age, he may not have much concept of life and death. Even with the life span of a mortal, death seems to be far away. Since he doesn't even have the concept of "seeking immortality", Shi Lin naturally won't pay special attention to how long he can live in this little life.
In any case, after Ye Zan prepared the medicine and handed it to Shi Lin, the Shou Yuan problem was basically solved. Although the medicines he made cannot directly give Shi Lin many years of life, as long as he insists on taking the medicines as required, he will eventually return to normal.
Next, there is the problem of overdrafting Shilin's potential.
In fact, this overdraft of longevity is also an aspect of overdraft of potential. In addition, there is also an overdraft of qualifications. Originally, through Shi Lin's gradual cultivation, his future achievements might not be worse than those of Jiao Sage, but now reaching the Great Demon King is already the limit. This is the so-called potential being overdrawn.
As for the issue of overstretched potential, Ye Zan focused on Shi Lin's own special bloodline inheritance.
This is very simple to say, just like what he did for the four great demon kings, Ye Zan's plan is to use the same method to help Shi Lin purify and purify the special blood in his body. When he checked Shi Lin's bloodline, he already had a certain understanding of that kind of bloodline. Although it was not the bloodline of a true dragon as commonly called, it was a bloodline inheritance that was not much inferior to the bloodline of a true dragon.
In Ye Zan's guess, the bloodline Shi Lin possessed was probably the same as Cheng Pan before, coming from an existence similar to the Western dragon.
Ye Zan could not judge how strong the Western dragon was by relying only on literary and artistic works from the technological world. After all, in some works, the Western dragon is really just a big lizard, always used by human warriors as a stepping stone to fame. In other works, the Western dragon will become the controller of the laws of heaven and earth, and even exist above the gods, controlling earth, fire, water, wind, time and space, etc.
Therefore, the reason why Ye Zan made this judgment that the blood inheritance in Shi Lin was not inferior to the blood of the true dragon was also based on facts. Speaking of which, the method of judgment was not complicated. He compared the bloodline extracted from Shilin's body with the bloodline of Yaizhen in his hand, and also had a "duel" between the two. Although in the final result, Yaizhen's bloodline was superior, Shilin's bloodline also proved quite powerful, and the "duel" between the two was at a stalemate.
It was precisely because of this that Ye Zan saw the potential of Shi Lin's blood inheritance, and was confident of solving Shi Lin's hidden dangers. Shi Lin has overstretched his potential now, but this potential is based on his current level of awakening to his bloodline inheritance. Perhaps this level of awakening is only one percent. Then, when the arousal level is raised to a higher level, such as to 50%, the overdrawn potential will naturally be made up for.
Of course, without Ye Zan's help and Shi Lin's own efforts alone, it would probably be impossible for the bloodline inheritance to be further awakened.
Generally speaking, you can only have so much genetic information in your bloodline, also known as inheritance.
Why are many demon clans restricted by their bloodline and find it difficult to progress after reaching a certain height? It is because this bloodline inheritance cannot be increased out of thin air. Even the Jiao Saint, who was already a supreme-level figure, could not refine his bloodline to the point of transforming into a dragon without relying on the bloodline of a true dragon.
In fact, the so-called bloodline tempering carried out during the demon clan's cultivation process is just to reveal the pure bloodline essence that was originally hidden. For example, if there is originally 10% of the inherited bloodline, but before practicing, only 1% can be revealed, then practicing can temper the remaining 9%. But after tempering to 10%, this has already reached the limit. It is impossible to exceed this limit by just relying on one's own cultivation.
Why is the Dragon Saint of the East China Sea so eager to obtain the true dragon bloodline? Just because he is a dragon himself, the dragon bloodline inherited in his body is not enough to transform him into a true dragon even if it is refined to the limit.
In fact, it can be said that bloodline inheritance is like what the human race calls qualifications for the demon clan. How high a person's qualifications are determines the upper limit of his achievements, but it does not mean that he will definitely reach this upper limit. At the same time, it also means that after reaching this upper limit, it will be difficult to break through on your own strength.
And Ye Zan uses technological means to filter out the blood inheritance part from the blood, promote the continued production of the blood inheritance part in the opponent's body, and then input the filtered out back. Speaking of which, this is like a method of extracting hematopoietic stem cells that has been used in medicine in the technological world. It's just that extracting hematopoietic stem cells seems to be to help others, while extracting blood heritage is to increase the "concentration" of one's own blood heritage.
However, this method takes a lot of time, and the four demon kings haven't finished it yet.
"Shi Lin, you have another problem that will take a lot of time to solve. I wonder what your plans are?" Ye Zan did not immediately perform a "blood transfusion operation" on Shi Lin, but asked after giving the medicine to him. The other party’s own plans.
After all, Shi Lin now has another identity. He is the adopted son of the Dragon Saint of the East China Sea and the "leader" of the demon clan team. Although Ye Zan is certain that Jiao Sheng definitely has no good intentions towards Shi Lin, it still depends on what Shi Lin thinks.
You know, Shi Lin really takes Jiao Sheng as his adoptive father. If Ye Zan comes forward with this speculation now and cannot provide any concrete evidence, I am afraid that Shi Lin may not be able to accept it in his heart.
Fortunately, the current situation in Shilin does not mean that it is urgent to overdraw its potential. Now that Tianyu Daozu's matter has not been resolved, and the shackles of the laws of heaven and earth have not been broken, even if Shi Lin's potential has been restored, it is impossible for his strength to immediately improve.
Sure enough, when Ye Zan said it would take a lot of time, Shi Lin looked a little hesitant and said, "Master, if it takes a lot of time, won't I be able to do things for my adoptive father?"
"Well," Ye Zan nodded, and then asked curiously: "Do you know what your adoptive father wants to do when he sends you to bring people here?"
The reason why Ye Zan asked this was because he could see that Shi Lin probably didn't know yet that in the end of this matter, the demon team would probably become Ye Zan's enemies. In fact, not only the demon clan, but also the other two human teams, and even Li Luan and others on Ye Zan's own side, may become Ye Zan's enemies in the end.
After all, this so-called opportunity is related to the road to immortality. Ye Zan himself was tempted when he first found out about it, let alone other powerful people.