Chapter 94

Chapter 94 Ancient Breeding Concepts

McCarthy said, “Even if you could extract the ancient bloodline from the catwomen, it would have mutated too much. Unless you can find ancient fossils like me, extract the pheromones carried by negative energy particles from the fossils, and then use this information to further transform the purified ancient bloodline…”

McCarthy boasted, “But the bloodlines of ancient creatures are indeed powerful. They possess many powers that modern magical creatures cannot possess. Some of these powers are even so bizarre that wizards have never seen them before.”

“For example, the Archaeopteryx bloodline in me has endowed me with powerful Archaeopteryx bone claws, which have the ability to break spells.”

“Based on my current limited understanding, this world experienced a major biological extinction in the past. The so-called modern magical creatures that emerged after that extinction lack certain special ancient biological bloodline factors compared to ancient magical creatures. These special ancient biological bloodline factors are what make those ancient creatures so incredibly powerful.”

McCarthy speculated, “Of course, this is just my personal guess. I’m not a potion master, so I don’t really understand this area, and I don’t know much about those special factors.”

“In short, I believe that ancient magical creatures, and even ancient magical plants and animals, suddenly became extinct at some point, and their surviving descendants have experienced more than one episode of collective deterioration. Therefore, I believe that ancient magical creatures were likely the result of external interference at some point, and a special bloodline factor appeared in the natural environment, causing them to be collectively enhanced…”

“Then the environment changed, and that species’ special factors suddenly disappeared…” McCarthy smiled and said, “But for those of us who haven’t even lived to be 200 years old, it’s a bit presumptuous to talk about things that happened millions of years ago, or even longer. I’m just discussing this with you.”

Locke nodded in understanding. He had not expected that the ancient bloodline he had created through synthesis was so rare.

If you want to make use of ancient bloodlines, you probably need a lot of interdisciplinary studies to do it. Therefore, there have always been very few wizards who can make use of ancient bloodlines.

Moreover, the fusion of ancient blood in old man McCarthy was surprisingly very rough, leaving many physical deformities, but he himself was not aware of it.

I think it’s because he has no knowledge of potions, only knowledge of archaeology. So although he can obtain relatively original and authentic ancient biological bloodlines, due to his lack of knowledge in the field of potions, the transformation is very unsatisfactory.

“What would happen if I could obtain the authentic bloodline of an ancient creature and then synthesize it?” Locke pondered, “Could I obtain a more powerful bloodline?”

“There’s also the so-called mass extinction event mentioned by old man McCarthy, and the special ancient bloodline factors. What are those? Through synthesis, can the concentration of these so-called special bloodline factors be increased to a level that even ordinary ancient magical creatures cannot achieve?”

Locke came to his senses and realized that he had only come out to buy the magic metal that was causing danger to everyone. However, this time he had an unexpected gain. He met old man McCarthy and learned about archaeology.

He himself also has an affinity for negative energy particles and knows necromancy. In fact, he can also study archaeology. He has experience in ancient bloodline research and has a synthetic magic cube to help him upgrade further.

Locke thought thoughtfully that when he became more financially well-off in the future, perhaps he would be able to conduct in-depth research on this so-called ancient biological bloodline.

After all, archaeology is indeed attractive to me now, and I have enjoyed the benefits brought by the bloodline of ancient creatures.

Moreover, what old man McCarthy said about the ancient plants that have become extinct in ancient times is also very interesting. Continuing to study this path may help him revive the ancient magic plants.

It seems that no one has done research in this area yet.

That requires archaeology and breeding, an interdisciplinary subject with achievements in both fields, to research.

But these are not necessary at the moment. Locke’s first goal now is to become a formal wizard.

Locke said, “It was a pleasure chatting with you today, but I have to go complete my school mission and head to the giant botanical garden at Lilith’s cabin. We’ll talk next time, Manager McCarthy.”

McCarthy smiled and said, “We can communicate more. I rarely meet wizards who study the bloodlines of ancient creatures.”

“Welcome to visit us next time.”

He glanced at Locke’s signature on the confidentiality agreement. “Dear Locke, from now on, when you ask me questions, the magic stone fee for routine questions will be halved. If you have questions about the bloodline of ancient creatures, they will be free.”

Locke thanked him, “Thank you, Manager McCarthy.”

“I won’t be polite.”

Locke left the shop and at the same time understood why fewer people studied ancient magical plants than the bloodlines of ancient creatures.

Firstly, breeders rarely think about such unconventional things, and basically don’t think about ancient magical plants.

Generally speaking, the level of magic plants is constantly improving. Who would come up with a guess and think that there was once an ancient magic plant in a historical fragment that had a special bloodline factor, so it was particularly powerful.

Secondly, plant essence is probably more difficult to preserve than the blood essence of living things, so there is naturally much less material available for research.

But Locke, who had come into contact with the blood of ancient creatures, was shocked into thinking that what McCarthy observed through archaeology might not be the truth, but it was indeed a possibility.

If this is the case, then because I have been exposed to archaeology and breeding at the same time, I may discover a field that the wizards in the southeast corner have never studied before – ancient magical plant science!

It was a disruptive discipline.

Locke suppressed the excitement in his heart and returned his attention to reality. He decided to solve the current problem of lack of money first, and then solve the problem of slow mana growth before thinking about other things.

Other things are just icing on the cake; only becoming a formal wizard is the real foundation.

“Perhaps it would be a good idea to get involved in archaeology later.” Locke entered the Lijin Secret Language and, with the help of the Platinum Star, rented a radiation cauldron for 500 magic stones a month. He spent another 800 magic stones to buy 160 palm fire lotuses, and another 300 magic stones to buy nutrient soil, nutrient solution, and fast-growing gel.

As a result, Locke only had 1,500 magic stones left in his savings.

Then, he placed all the items including the radiation cauldron into the Star Ring and went to the school’s public super-giant botanical garden to complete his school’s compulsory tasks this year.

Anyway, the process of advanced meditation has not been completed recently, and my meditation efficiency is very low. It is better to use this garbage time to complete the academy tasks.

(End of this chapter)