262: Blood Star

Thinking of this, the little boy happily replied, "This is jewelry, used as an ornament!"

Chen De chuckled and shook his head, "No!"

"Then, is it a special ore that can be used for refining artifacts?" Hearing that he guessed wrong, the little boy continued to probe.

Chen De still smiled and shook his head, "No!"

"Then, it's a special item condensed by a powerful cultivator.

It's like the Starstone of our Xiao Clan; I have one at home." Seeing that he hadn't guessed it, the little boy speculated about another item.

Starstones, on the Firmament Continent, are special objects that only Xiao Clan members can condense.

In essence, they are the product of the Xiao Clan's Seven Stars cultivation reaching a certain level and solidifying.

They contain a certain amount of Seven Stars energy and are very useful for Xiao Clan members.

They can be used for cultivation, breaking through realms, refining artifacts, and pills, including helping those whose bloodline level has been reached to light up stars, etc…

However, such an item requires at least cultivation to the Zhou Tian Realm to be able to solidify the Seven Stars.

Even after death, they will not dissipate but will be preserved.

Faced with this answer, Chen De still smiled and uttered those two words, "No!"

"Ah!"

Hearing this answer, the little boy's small face immediately fell.

He still asked somewhat unwillingly, "Uncle, what is this then?"

Chen De smiled, "It's food!"

"Food?"

"How is that possible?"

The little boy's face was full of disbelief; this bead was actually meant to be eaten.

Chen De gently pinched a piece off, put it in his mouth, chewed twice, and swallowed it.

Seeing Chen De's actions, the little boy looked at the bead with a bit of heartache.

Such a beautiful bead, just broken like that?

But the next second, he saw it.

The part of the bead that Chen De had broken off, the missing piece, had already disappeared.

The entire bead was still as round, smooth, and complete as before.

It just, it just looked a tiny bit smaller.

The little boy rubbed his eyes hard, unable to believe what he saw.

However, although he was surprised, it wasn't to a particularly strange degree.

After all, in such a world, all sorts of bizarre things exist.

It wasn't impossible for something like the bead in Chen De's hand to appear.

Moreover, after seeing Chen De eat that small piece of the bead with relish.

The little boy was also a bit curious and wanted to taste what it was like.

Chen De seemed to have read his mind and looked at him with a smile, "Want to try?"

Upon hearing this, the little boy nodded vigorously, full of anticipation.

Chen De pursed his lips, "Alright, then I'll let you try it, but I'll warn you first, the taste isn't very good.

And, after eating it, you'll be very, very pained. Are you afraid?"

The little boy shook his head, "I'm not afraid!"

Chen De hesitated repeatedly, "This thing, it's not that uncle doesn't want to give it to you, it's just, it's just…

It's just that you'll definitely regret eating it. You have to promise me you won't regret it after eating it."

Seeing Chen De's serious demeanor, the little boy was a bit skeptical.

After all, he had just seen Chen De eat a piece with relish.

How could it be painful? Painfully bad tasting?

It must be Uncle Xiao Yun deliberately trying to scare him, playing a trick on him.

The little boy waved his small hand, "Don't worry, Uncle Xiao Yun, my mother said I'm a man.

A man must keep his word, I won't regret it."

Chen De sighed softly, "Alas, alright, since you're so insistent, I won't try to dissuade you anymore. Here!"

As he spoke, a hint of an inexplicable emotion seemed to appear in Chen De's eyes.

Then he pinched off a particle from the source bead, less than one percent the size of a grain of sand.

After dilution and magnification, it became the size of a normal small marble.

This was one-third of the maximum dose the little boy could currently withstand at his stage.

The little boy saw this miraculous scene, that he could pinch off a marble-sized piece from a bead the size of three marbles.

And the original volume didn't change at all; it was truly magical.

Chen De handed the diluted and magnified bead to the little boy, promising,

"If you can eat this, then the one in my hand is yours.

You've already failed once, so don't waste this opportunity!

Go for it!"

"Okay!" the little boy replied happily.

Then, he swallowed the diluted bead Chen De gave him in one gulp.

Originally, the little boy thought it would take some effort.

He didn't expect it to melt in his mouth; it had almost completely dissolved by the time it reached his throat.

So, the little boy swallowed it very smoothly.

It wasn't difficult to eat, nor was it uncomfortable. Could it be that Uncle Xiao Yun deliberately found an excuse to test his courage, to see if he was scared by his words?

If not, would he give him the bead?

Then, the little boy happily held out his palm to Chen De, "Uncle Xiao Yun, I've done it!"

Chen De, however, chuckled and shook his head, "Wait a little longer!"

Wait a little longer…

Ah!

Suddenly, a heart-wrenching sensation assaulted him from all over his body.

"Uncle, I hurt…"

Wave after wave, and each wave was more painful than the last.

Almost instantly, the little boy's will collapsed.

The energy within, Chen De had indeed set it to a level the little boy could fully withstand.

But what was inside was not just energy; there were also countless resentments, killing intent, and other negative emotions.

These things were simply not something a four-year-old child could endure.

With a twisted face, the little boy's eyes instantly turned blood-red, filled with endless killing intent.

His complexion began to turn ferocious, began to turn mad…

The little boy wanted to attack Chen De, but Chen De had previously worried that he might run around and scream due to the intense pain during absorption.

So, he had restrained him beforehand.

Now, the little boy's aura was still continuously rising.

In the blink of an eye, he surpassed the Opening Meridian Realm and reached the Qi Sea Realm.

He didn't stay in the Qi Sea Realm for long before directly rushing towards the Yuandan Realm.

At the same time, blood mist erupted from various parts of the little boy's body.

Chen De knew this was because the absorbed power was too strong, and he hadn't actively guided or absorbed it.

The immense power surged freely throughout his body, naturally causing wanton destruction.

However, as Chen De's test subject, the little boy still needed his help.

So Chen De pointed his finger at the little boy's glabella and operated according to the power circulation method of this world.

The method Chen De helped him cultivate was precisely the Xiao Clan's bloodline inheritance technique, the Purple Firmament Seven Stars Mixed Method!

Generally, Xiao Clan children need to awaken their bloodline at the age of six.

Only then can they cultivate the inheritance technique.

Otherwise, without the foundation for cultivating this method, they wouldn't even be able to get started.

However, this point did not stump Chen De.

Chen De could help him awaken his bloodline without going through the bloodline awakening ceremony.

Bloodline awakening at six years old is because before six, the bloodline is still developing and forming.

If awakened prematurely, it is very likely to damage the bloodline's development and affect the final quality of the bloodline.

However, with Chen De, this concern was obviously absent.

Chen De directly helped the little boy successfully awaken his bloodline on the spot, which was no trouble at all.

It was also in an instant, resolved while helping the little boy circulate the cultivation method.

Unfortunately, the final bloodline was merely a three-star bloodline.

But from some signs after awakening, it should be more than three stars.

After all, he developed two years less than others, so some defects are normal.

With Chen De's help, the little boy smoothly lit up three stars, reaching the limit of his bloodline.

However, after reaching this level, Chen De felt there was still some room.

He then integrated a much larger source bead than before into the little boy's body.

This caused the little boy's aura to surge again, finally reaching the Di Gang Realm level.

So, Chen De unhesitatingly helped him charge towards the fourth star.

Although the little boy had now reached the limit of his bloodline.

He had not fully developed, which resulted in a three-star bloodline.

This meant that there were still some remnants in his body used for bloodline development.

At this moment, Chen De manipulated these bloodline remnants, as well as the power of the source bead and that surge of resentment and killing intent.

The three condensed into a single force, launching an assault towards the fourth star.

After three full attempts, finally, the fourth star lit up.

It was a blood-red star!