After Yan Jiao released the five Chang Le tribesmen according to their agreement, they thought they would leave immediately. Unexpectedly, Wu He and the rest chose to stay in Yan Jiao's territory. However, they didn't go near Yan Jiao's headquarters. For the time being, they didn't want to go near the place where they were locked up. They stayed at the Flaming River Trading Point and chatted with the Taihe tribesmen. After all, they were all from the other side of the sea.
As for the Chang Le tribesmen, Yan Jiao had been keeping a close eye on them. If they tried to rob them again, they would kill them without mercy.
The Taihe tribesmen went into the forest to choose the location of their tribe and build houses. The Yan Jiao tribesmen also helped, but Shao Xuan didn't have to keep an eye on them. Building houses wasn't difficult for the Yan Jiao tribesmen, and the Yan Jiao tribesmen couldn't help the Taihe tribesmen reclaim the land to plant herbs.
After bringing the Taihe tribesmen back, Shao Xuan went to the underground secret room of the Flaming River Castle.
In the secret room, there was an ice cube that looked like a pterosaur. It was the one Shao Xuan fished up from the sea. Other than that, there were other things. There were two Gomphos the size of rabbits. One had just died, and the other was half rotten.
The strange man that the Hui tribe brought over was placed in a corner of the secret room. Shao Xuan didn't need to study him anymore. After this experiment, he would burn the strange man. After the Hui tribe gave him away, they didn't want him back. Instead of letting him rot here, they might as well burn him. That way, they could prevent any hidden dangers.
If the Hui tribesmen were here right now, they would definitely notice the changes in this strange man. When he was in the Hui tribe, even though this strange man looked like he was dead, he could still feel something special in his body. But now, this strange man was truly 'dead'. All the special aura was gone.
Before Shao Xuan left the tribe to go out to sea, he had just discovered some of the secrets of this strange man. He just didn't have time to prove his conjecture. During the voyage, there were too many restrictions on the ship, so Shao Xuan didn't dare to take any risks. If he wasn't careful, he would drag the whole team down with him. That was why he didn't have to worry about making a hole in the ship until now.
When Shao Xuan was studying the strange man, he discovered that there were secrets hidden in the strange man's bones. For a 'dead' person without any internal organs, it was almost impossible for them to move. However, this strange man could still walk, run, chase and kill people. What drove him to move was the power in their bones.
Bone marrow could produce blood. Even if the bone marrow could no longer produce blood, it could still be turned into bone marrow with the ability to produce blood when needed. After an animal's body died, the bone marrow in its bones still had a certain amount of potential. Shao Xuan called this "activity". As long as the bone marrow was still active, then it could be given power again. Even if the body had lost its original consciousness, it could be said that even if it could move again, it was no longer the same person or beast as before. What drove it to move was the power in its bones. It was like a puppet with no self-consciousness.
Logically speaking, the longer the time of death, the less active the bones would be, and the lower the success rate. That was why if they wanted to successfully create a monster, they had to deal with it as soon as possible.
Of the two Gomphos, the newly dead one had much more active bones than the half-rotten one. As for the half-rotten Gomphos, even if Shao Xuan could make it stand up again, it would only be like a rusty machine. It wouldn't be able to move normally.
These were all Shao Xuan's speculations. They were all based on theory, and he hadn't had time to verify them yet.
Shao Xuan hadn't expected to encounter the frozen ancient creatures during the voyage.
Why did Shao Xuan only choose the pterosaur and not the others? It was because the other frozen ancient creatures had very little activity in their bones. Instead of looking for them, it was better to just randomly pick an animal that had died a long time ago. For example, the half-rotten Gomphos next to him had the same level of activity in their bones.
However, the pterosaur was different. The activity in its bones made Shao Xuan confident that his experiment would succeed. However, when they arrived at the shore and the ice melted, Shao Xuan discovered that there was something strange about the pterosaur's body. That bit of life force increased the activity in its bones.
The reason why this fellow that was suspected to be a pterosaur was different from the other ancient creatures that were sealed in ice was perhaps because it was alive before it was sealed in ice, while the other ancient creatures that were sealed in ice had already been killed before they were frozen.
Shao Xuan didn't test the newly dead Gomphos. He looked at the block of ice on the stone table and brought the torch closer to it. He melted the water off the ice.
As the ice melted, the pterosaur appeared in front of Shao Xuan again.
It was still curled up in a ball with its wings wrapped around its body. Its head was also tucked in, so Shao Xuan couldn't see what it looked like.
Shao Xuan gently pulled at the wrapped wings, but it didn't budge. He didn't force it either.
If Shao Xuan wanted to use the activity in its bones to make it stand up again, the first thing he needed to do was to give it power. Power from the fire seed!
The fire seed's power could be fused into the blood of the tribesmen, and it could be passed down from generation to generation. Of course, it could also be stored in the bone marrow. Even if the blood didn't work, the bone marrow could still carry the fire seed's power!
After wiping the water off the stone table, Shao Xuan looked at the unmoving creature. Its life force wasn't stable. It grew stronger and weaker at times, as if it was in a battle. If it won, its life force would grow stronger and stronger. This ancient creature that had been frozen for god knows how many years might come back to life on its own. If they lost, they would completely fall silent, rotting away like the other frozen ancient creatures.
Shao Xuan didn't make a move immediately. He wanted to see what would happen to this ancient creature first.
Its life force alternated between strong and weak. It went from slow to fast, then slowed down again. Bit by bit, it began to weaken.
It had lost.
Maybe it was because it had been frozen for too long that it wasn't strong enough to win this battle of life and death.
When its life force gradually weakened and almost disappeared, Shao Xuan raised his hand. Only when the host didn't resist would the success rate be higher. Now that its life force was almost gone, it naturally couldn't resist. This was why Shao Xuan didn't make a move just now.
Shao Xuan called out the fire seed's power. This was actually very similar to when he engraved Caesar. At that time, he used the totem's power. Although the totem's power also came from the fire seed, it was still different from the fire seed.
Now, Shao Xuan was using the Yanjiao fire seed's power that had fused with his body. However, Shao Xuan didn't completely separate the other power in his body. He allowed it to be used together with the Yanjiao fire seed's power.
Sometimes, the other special power in the body was even more useful than the Yanjiao fire seed. If the Yanjiao fire seed's power couldn't make this experiment work, perhaps adding another power would increase the success rate.
The totem appeared, and flames appeared on Shao Xuan's outstretched hand.
His hand was placed directly above the creature that looked like a pterosaur. The flames slowly spread down until the creature was completely engulfed in flames. It was as if the creature was burning.
The flames passed through the skin, muscles, and seeped into every bone.
The high vitality of the bones allowed them to quickly absorb the power of the flames.
Shao Xuan used his special vision to observe the creature and found that the creature's bones were changing. The original bones seemed to be dyed red. This was due to the infiltration of power.
At first, only the bones with bone marrow were changing, but soon, Shao Xuan found that it wasn't just that.
Like the melting of frozen blood, Shao Xuan felt that the creature's blood was beginning to flow. Shao Xuan saw that some thin red lines were beginning to appear. Those were blood vessels. The red color was the power of the fire seed that had fused with the blood. To a certain extent, this was another way of fusing fire seeds. However, the target was different, and the purpose was different.
Thump thump!
The sound of a heartbeat suddenly sounded.
Hearing this sound, Shao Xuan was stunned.
Logically speaking, this shouldn't have happened. After all, the creature was already dead, just like those monsters. They had lost their hearts and other organs, but they could still stand up. It was obvious that those monsters didn't need a heart.
But now, the heart of the creature under his palm was starting to beat.
Thump thump! Thump thump!
At first, it was very weak, but it gradually became stronger. As more and more thin red lines appeared, especially those gathered around the heart, they were especially active. The heartbeat also became faster. At first, it could only be heard twice, but it was rhythmic like breathing. The life force became stronger, like an eruption that suddenly broke through ice. All of this proved that this creature was waking up!
Shao Xuan didn't stop. It also didn't reject Shao Xuan's method. It didn't reject the power of the fire seed.
Perhaps, it also knew that this was the only way for it to wake up.
Its frozen body began to warm up.
The wings that had been wrapped around it moved slightly, emitting a slight cracking sound.
The exposed hind claws slowly extended outwards.
Shao Xuan found that its hind legs were thicker than those of a bat and looked more powerful.
Ka ka ka!
The wrapped wings loosened again, opening bit by bit to both sides. The head that was curled inside also extended outwards.
Shao Xuan looked at the ancient creature that was unwrapped. Without a doubt, this was a pterosaur.
However, compared to many pterosaurs that Shao Xuan knew, this one was much smaller.
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