Lin Wu knew for sure that he had properly checked the statue before. The bloodline crystal was red and even Jiao Fan along with old man Tiandi should have been able to see it if it were there in the beak.

The stone feather was much harder to sense since it looked similar to the entire statue's texture. Even if it was there, the four men would not have necessarily sensed it.Plus,s with their spirit sense temporarily crippled, it was even more impossible.

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The Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle on the other hand, was happy upon finding this bloodline crystal. And not only that, this bloodline crystal was far bigger than the others she had consumed until now.

She looked at the bloodline crystal that was almost the size of a fist, with shimmering eyes. Jiao Fan and Old Man Tiandi, who had heard it were on the other hand confused.

"A bloodline crystal… A BLOODLINE CRYSTAL!" Old Man Tiandi exclaimed once words sank in.

"Of course! The treasure that was being hidden here must be that bloodline Crystal!" Jiao Fan also said.

Both the men knew about bloodline crystals very well and had seen their fair share of them till now. Except, the ones that they had seen till now could probably not be compared to the one that was here in this temple.

From the level of formation arrays and complexity, they were sure that it must belong to a beast that was extremely powerful. The strongest bloodline crystals that Jiao Fan and Old Man Tiandi had seen were those of the Dao Shell realm beasts.

They were extremely difficult to refine and even harder to buy. No alchemist would even sell them for spirit stones and if one wanted to get it, they would either need to trade it for something the alchemist wanted or they needed to belong to a power that had an alchemist like that working for them.

While beast bloodlines that were assimilated by cultivators were quite well known, they weren't really as often seen as one would think. Many cultivators avoided assimilating the bloodline of a weaker beast as that could potentially mess up their own cultivation talent.

Most of them who had weaker bloodlines were those cultivators who had no chance at progressing in their cultivation after a certain point. Thus, to increase their personal strength despite that, they would assimilate the bloodlines of beasts that were available to them.

Then came the question of compatibility. Even if a cultivator was able to find and kill a strong beast, they wouldn't necessarily be able to refine and assimilate it into their body unless it was compatible with their body.

And even if all those conditions were met, there was still a good chance of failing at it. Thus, many people ended up needing multiple bloodline crystals to successfully complete the assimilation of the beast bloodline.

There was an exception to this, of course.

Certain strong bloodlines had a hundred percent success rate of assimilation as long as it was compatible with that person. The best example of this was the three great guardian clans of the world; the Gui, the Hu and the Long clan.

They were considered to have the strongest bloodline in this world and each was strong on its own terms. The Gui clan was said to be the strongest in terms of defense, the Hu clan was said to be the fastest and finally, the Long clan was said to have the highest spirit Qi capacity.

But getting anything close to those three bloodlines was next to impossible. Even the Thousand Beasts's sect, which was the second strongest sect in the Long continent, was said to be inferior in terms of bloodline.

Their strongest bloodline was still a few notches below that of the three great guardian clans.

As these thoughts went by in Jiao Fan's mind, he wondered what kind of a bloodline was it that was contained within that bloodline crystal. But in the next moment, his gaze went to the statue of the vermilion bird at the end.

"No way… could it be really the beast in that statue?" Jiao Fan wondered, his voice spreading in the hall.

Lin Wu and old Man Tiandi both heard his voice. While Lin Wu was indifferent to it, Old Man Tiandi recalled the hellish experience that they had gone through earlier. They had seen how the hundreds of statues had made up a formation array and produced deathly flames.

'If the beast is the same as that of the statue, then is it related to fire too?' Old Man Tiandi wondered.

But while the two men were thinking this, the Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle had thrown the bloodline crystal into the air.

"The bloodline crystal!" Old Man Tiandi And Jiao Fan said in shock as they saw the beast throwing it.

They were worried that the bloodline crystal that was incomparably valuable would be damaged or worse, destroyed. To them, the beasts like Lin Wu and the eagle beast probably did not need that bloodline. The two of them would not be able to use it anyway… or so they thought.

But then their eyes went wide as they saw the next scene.

The Silver Beak Sky Soar Eagle opened her beak wide and let the Bloodline crystal fall into her mouth. She immediately swallowed it down with an audible gulp and showed a rather pleased expression.

"T-the… the eagle beast ate it? THE BEAST ATE THE BLOODLINE CRYSTAL!" Old Man Tiandi yelled in shock before hurriedly shutting his mouth with his hand. He realized where he was and what the current situation was.

"The beast will not be able to handle another beast's bloodline. It will die now…" Jiao Fan muttered to himself.

"Hah!" Lin Wu couldn't help but chuckle upon hearing the man's words.

Jiao Fan looked at Lin Wu with an incredulous expression and wondered why Lin Wu reacted like that.

"Not even close… Look." Lin Wu said simply, dousing the man's hidden desire.