Appraisal, Secret Treasure: Cursed Blood Homology

"Professor, is there any point in doing that?"

Elizabeth appeared within a Private Space that resembled a manor. No, it should have been called a Team Space.

She wore a purple evening gown, paired with curly green hair, and carried herself with considerable elegance. Meanwhile, the professor still wore his black-rimmed glasses, sitting beside the fountain at the center of the space and drinking tea.

Liu Qi removed his conical hat, revealing a square-faced visage.

The three of them had persisted until the thirty-day limit in the Demon Slayer World, pushing their Main Mission completion to S-. Such gains were something neither Liu Qi nor Elizabeth had ever obtained before.

The three of them acknowledged each other’s abilities and temperaments, so they simply reformed their team.

At that moment, Elizabeth asked the professor. She guessed that her former teammate, Vincent, might already have been killed by that beast called Mercenary Tao.

Though there had been no enmity between them, Elizabeth could still recall the oppressive feeling she had experienced every moment while traveling alongside Mercenary Tao. She did not want to have much contact with someone like that.

The professor shook his head. He knew very well that his Special Trial was extremely difficult. If not for an exceptional existence like Mercenary Tao, merely completing it with difficulty would have been no easy feat. It could never have gone as smoothly as it had now.

He owed Mercenary Tao a favor.

Besides.

"I’m not trying to recruit him. It’s just that, the further one goes in this space, the more monsters one encounters. It’s always better to establish a good relationship with one of them early on than to face one more predator in the future."

Liu Qi said nothing, merely wiping down his blade. He had always been confident in his combat strength, but seeing someone like Mercenary Tao this time had still given him a sense of urgency.

Elizabeth sat down. She was extremely tall, and the professor guessed that Elizabeth might have been a petite woman in reality, which was why she had deliberately made her Avatar look this way.

Avatars and codenames were both things that could reveal a Reincarnator’s personality and motives. The professor increasingly felt this way. Take Liu Qi, for example. Such a simple codename, with a somewhat antiquated flavor, made the professor guess that he was not young in reality and might belong to some family that had inherited ancient martial arts techniques.

As for Mercenary Tao… the professor shook his head. An oddity like that had probably chosen his codename only because he had obtained Mercenary Tao’s Pink Robe. The thoughts of such oddities were the hardest to grasp.

"So you mean that even if Mercenary Tao has caught the attention of that Moon Demon, he still won’t die?"

Moon Demon was a fairly renowned High-tier Reincarnator in the East District. His combat power was widely believed to be at the upper end of the strong rank, and he used a swordsmanship style with immense destructive power, making his killing ability in actual combat astonishing.

Together with Flame Demon, Great Demon, and the most mysterious Heart Demon, he was given the title of the Four Demons. They were publicly recognized as the elite Reincarnators closest to Title-level in the East District.

Moon Demon had risen with astonishing speed. Many Information Brokers and team strategists believed that he must possess some special intelligence channel, allowing him to hunt other Reincarnators extensively in reality and rise rapidly.

Some also believed that Moon Demon was one of the rumored Great Sin System Reincarnators.

But none of those claims had been verified.

The professor had Azure Sky’s intelligence sources, and he himself was a Reincarnator of The High Priestess’s special sequence. Her ability to acquire intelligence was top-tier, and she knew many secret matters.

"Rumor has it that a Supreme Expert intended to bring the Four Demons under his command and have them form a new team. But the arrogant Great Demon and the mysterious Heart Demon refused the invitation and were hunted by the Supreme Expert."

"Moon Demon and Flame Demon’s newly established team also disbanded after one mission world. In that mission world, Flame Demon’s partner, Demon Mountain, died. After that, Moon Demon left the team and began being hunted by Flame Demon and the Supreme Expert."

The professor calmly recounted this secret intelligence. Elizabeth frowned, only then coming to her senses.

"You mean the disbandment of that new team had something to do with Mercenary Tao?"

There was no reason for a High-tier Reincarnator like Moon Demon to become entangled with low-level Reincarnators like them. The only explanation was that Mercenary Tao had indeed offended him at some point.

The professor said nothing more. He had spent a gemstone of nearly perfect quality to obtain a revelation for Mercenary Tao. He had already done everything he could; there was no reason to do more for him.

In the end, the professor did not think someone like Mercenary Tao could join his team. Even if he did, the professor did not believe he could control such a Fierce Beast.

Bai Cangshu did not alter his plans because of the professor’s warning. He looked over the other offers. Most were Dimensional Points or consumable items, with little value. There were also many "newbies" asking what such a head could be used for, making a trade completely impossible.

He left the stall directly and headed to the Appraisal Office.

Compared to the other institutions, the Appraisal Office had a much smaller storefront. Its eaves were low, and Reincarnators could not even enter, only having their items appraised through the windows.

However, the Appraisal Office had four windows. Bai Cangshu stepped forward and saw that the appraiser at his window was not human, but a "fairy" no more than thirty centimeters tall.

"Little fellow, take out your item. I hope it isn’t some terribly inferior prop. I’ve already looked at far too much junk today…"

Bai Cangshu felt nothing over the NPC’s words. He took out the prescription radiating purple brilliance and handed it to the fairy.

"Oh?"

The fairy’s nose twitched as it circled the ancient prescription several times.

"I smell something ancient and mysterious. Hmm… it carries the aura of those demon and ghost things."

"To appraise this, you need to pay one E-rank Anomaly Point and 4,500 Dimensional Points."

Appraisal Master Lucia V requests one E-rank Anomaly Point and 4,500 Dimensional Points from you. Pay?

"Pay."

The fairy stretched out a hand, and specks of starlight began to fall. Then, the power buried behind this indecipherable prescription finally began to reveal itself.

Dazzling purple radiance suddenly erupted. Bai Cangshu reached out and caught it.

You have obtained the item Secret Treasure: Cursed Blood Homology (Purple · Ultimate)

Secret Treasure: Cursed Blood Homology

Quality: Extremely Rare (Ultimate)

Description: An ancient secret treasure passed down somewhere during the Heian Period, when Jujutsu Kaisen was at its peak. It contains the power to allow humans to surpass cursed objects and become Ultimate Lifeforms.

Effect 1: After obtaining all materials, pay 2 B-rank Anomaly Points and 12,000 Dimensional Points to purify your bloodline and obtain the Human Race · Perfect Purification bloodline, gaining traits such as High-Speed Regeneration, advanced strength, and moderate immortality.

Effect 2: After obtaining some of the materials, pay 1 B-rank Anomaly Point and 6,000 Dimensional Points to alter your bloodline into that of a demon (Dark Species, Native Species), gaining traits such as High-Speed Regeneration, advanced strength, moderate immortality, and weak light sensitivity.

Effect 3: Without any materials, pay 2 C-rank Anomaly Points and 3,000 Dimensional Points to fuse this prescription into yourself, randomly gaining a certain trait.

"Lucky brat. Even I have only seen this thing a handful of times."

The tiny fairy sat cross-legged in midair, speaking in an old-fashioned tone. Still, it was clear that what Bai Cangshu had obtained was indeed a rare treasure.

Bai Cangshu examined the Secret Treasure and could see a list of required materials: Three Immortals Grass, Feather-leaf Demon Lantern, Tomorrow Leaf…

Among the long list of materials, Bai Cangshu currently only had the Blue Spider Lily in his Backpack, the flower Kibutsuji Muzan had failed to find even after exhausting a thousand years.

He put away the prescription and hurried into the Cultivation Institute without stopping.

The Cultivation Institute’s NPC was a bald, muscular man who looked extremely philosophical. His bronze skin gleamed, and his muscles bulged in thick blocks.

After entering the Cultivation Institute, time in the public area will no longer be consumed. However, every minute spent inside the Cultivation Institute will consume a base fee of 50 Dimensional Points. Activating special facilities will incur additional charges. Enter?

The Cultivation Institute looked extremely cyberpunk from the outside, filled with neon lights. But inside, it was an enormous gymnasium, with mirrors lining the walls and floor tiles like white jade beneath his feet, warm and smooth to the touch.

The moment Bai Cangshu stepped into the space, he immediately felt his body grow heavier. Even his heart had to work harder to beat.

Gravity Adjustment: 1.5x (can be manually adjusted up to 3x)

Oxygen Density: 0.75x (can be adjusted between 0.5x and 3x)

Extreme Environment Setting: None (can choose environments such as waterfalls, lake centers, seabeds, volcanoes, and more)

Bai Cangshu looked at the series of prompts on the panel and began to understand what kind of place this Cultivation Institute truly was.

It could fully customize every factor, including gravity, oxygen levels, and even extreme environments. All sorts of ordinary equipment could also be summoned with a thought.

This was the most basic Cultivation Institute setup, one that allowed Reincarnators to train their base attributes.

As for various specializations, Reincarnators could purchase relevant facilities according to their needs. They could even invite NPC sparring partners.

On his first use, Bai Cangshu directly manifested a great deal of equipment and began pushing himself to the limit. He deliberately took off Mercenary Tao’s Pink Robe.

At that moment, Bai Cangshu’s four basic attributes were: Strength 13, Agility 15, Constitution 13, Spirit 13.

"Thanks" to the space’s two allocations, Bai Cangshu’s attributes were quite balanced. Even without equipment, he was nearly three times stronger than an ordinary person in every respect.

But the body was inherently interconnected. Strength, agility, and constitution influenced one another. The faster one moved, the greater the force one could unleash. Conversely, the stronger one was, the faster one’s punches could be. A human with all attributes tripled like Bai Cangshu’s possessed actual combat power countless times greater than that of an ordinary person.

At the very least, he could jump down from the seventh floor without a scratch. At full speed, without using any abilities, he could run one hundred meters in under seven seconds. He already possessed completely superhuman attributes.

"Still not enough…"

Ever since Bai Cangshu had learned from the professor about so-called attribute limits and Supreme Experts of single attributes, he had been wondering what would happen if all four of his attributes reached their limits.

If all four of my attributes could rival the strongest, then what… would I be?