Double penetration: This Three Kingdoms has dragon energy

Chapter 172 The Fourth Drop of Blood
These seven terrain features together form a complete system of "Heaven and Earth, Five Elements, Yin and Yang". Isolated peaks, canyons, mysterious pools, stone forests, and spiritual forests correspond to the Five Elements, while the Eternal Night Valley and the Burning Heaven Flame Wall symbolize the two poles of Yin and Yang.

Generally speaking, if you're aiming for bloodline and ability, you should choose a bronze altar with the corresponding attributes based on those attributes.

As for offering sacrifices to fox spirits, one should choose a bronze altar that belongs to the water or fire element.

Because the demonic power within a fox demon is primarily of the water and fire attributes.

Firstly, Ji Qiu did not know the location of the other attribute bronze altars.

Secondly, he needs to use the bloodline within the fox demon to harmonize the conflicting genes within the fox-human, and does not need demonic power.

Therefore, it doesn't matter which type of altar you choose, as they can all achieve the same result.

A foul wind swept across the bronze altar, carrying tattered fox tail fur. Hundreds of fox demon corpses were piled up like a small mountain, their pale claws still gripping, and eerie green corpse fluid seeping from their empty eye sockets.

Black blood suddenly seeped from the Taotie pattern on the edge of the altar, winding down the ravines and congealing into twisted runes on the ground.

Ji Qiu walked barefoot across the pile of corpses, and where his black robe swept, crimson veins suddenly appeared under the skin of the corpses.

The ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven could have been delegated to someone else.

However, after careful consideration, Ji Qiu decided to do it herself.

Because mastering the sacrificial ceremony to heaven means mastering the lifeline of the Izumo people.

The Izumo people are his staunch supporters for the future, and he would never entrust the lifeline of the Izumo people to someone else!

Ji Qiu pressed the blood-stained jade pendant into the central depression of the altar. The bronze beast head instantly opened its blood-red eyes, and eight chains burst from the ground, wrapping around the pile of corpses.

As Ji Qiu bit his fingertip and drew talismans in the air, the surface of the fox demon's corpse shimmered with a pearly luster, and its bones emitted a clear, ringing sound like jade chimes striking each other.

"Yin and Yang reversed, all spirits return to nothingness!" Ji Qiu's voice, carrying a talisman, disappeared into the clouds. The sky cracked open like a spider web, and starlight poured down like molten gold, melting the pile of corpses into a scarlet liquid.

Countless glowing gene chains emerged from the liquid, intertwining and tearing at each other like silver snakes.

As the first rays of dawn pierced the clouds, a glass-like crystal core floated in the center of the altar, containing fragments of memories from countless fox demons, as well as a strangely reconstructed genetic map.

Ji Qiu's fingertips trembled slightly, and the glass crystal core transformed into thousands of fireflies, its silvery-blue light enveloping the more than 30,000 fox people on the east side of the altar like silk.

A faint buzzing sound first rang out from the crowd, like thousands of strings vibrating at the same time. The fox people did not let out painful roars, but instead their bodies radiated a warm and gentle light.

The swaying fox tail no longer disintegrated, but slowly dissipated like morning mist. A pearly halo flowed beneath the skin where the fur had fallen away. The blood-red vortex in the vertical pupils and the brown of the human pupils blended like ink into clear water, quietly dyeing into a clear amber luster.

As the last wisp of fox ear disappeared into the hair, the ethereal sound of bells and chimes echoed throughout the world.

The fox-people's clothes fluttered without wind, yet no violent vortex was visible; only tiny particles of light swirled around them, like fragments of the Milky Way falling to earth.

What appeared in the young fox-person's palm was no longer lightning, but a warm ball of light flowing with strange runes.

The lines on the old man's forehead transformed into golden Taoist charm, blending perfectly with his skin.

Their aura was no longer sharp and outward, but rather as deep and harmonious as an abyss. Every breath seemed to stir the flow of spiritual energy between heaven and earth, as if they were born as a perfect combination of human and fox demon spirits.

They've merged, perfectly merged.

The human genes and fox demon genes in these fox-people have been perfectly integrated.

From this day forward, they are no longer lowly fox-people, but human geniuses with mid-level aptitude!
Thirty thousand fox-people knelt down in unison.

The first tears to fall left dark marks on the blue bricks, followed by sobs that surged across the altar like a tide, instantly transforming into earth-shaking cheers.

The young fox-person clutched the hem of his robe, now devoid of its fox tail, and both cried and laughed.

The old man, his wrinkles brimming with tears, trembled as he held up the corner of Ji Qiu's robe and touched his forehead to the ground: "For the Lord's grace of giving us a second chance, we are willing to serve the Lord for all eternity!"

The cheers startled the white doves perched on the ancient cypress trees of the altar, their wings brushing against the newly formed faces of the crowd.

His amber pupils reflected the sunlight, and his once hairy neck was now smooth as jade. Every gesture he made exuded the air of a human nobleman.

"From this day forward, we may simultaneously cultivate the Dragon Qi Secret Technique and the Fox Clan's Demonic Arts!"

Someone shouted this, and the crowd erupted in cheers once again.

Amidst the rising and falling cries of gratitude to their lord, Ji Qiu stood calmly.

The still-dried fox blood on the altar behind them was quietly turning into stardust, echoing the spiritual energy surrounding the newborn fox people, witnessing the complete rewriting of the fate of a race.

That night, in the main tent of the military camp.

Just as Ji Qiu was preparing to return to the modern world to rest, he suddenly heard a guard's voice outside announcing: "My lord, Ah Xiu requests an audience."

"Ah Xiu? Let her in," Ji Qiu said.

Then the evening breeze lifted the curtains of the tent, and the moonlight suddenly became thick and honey-like.

Ah Xiu walked barefoot across the black carpet, her nine fox tails adorned with luminous pearls sweeping across the gilded candlesticks. The candlelight strangely shifted to one side, making the beauty mark at the corner of her eye appear even more alluring.

When the snow-white wide sleeves fell down, half of her fair wrist was exposed. The bell on her wrist did not ring, but it inexplicably stirred the air in the tent.

The downy hairs on the tips of her ears shimmered with a pearly luster in the candlelight, and each of her fox tails shimmered with a different color.

Frost clung to the silvery tip of its tail, while flames flickered around its crimson body. The very center of its tail feathers even revealed the inverted star trails of the Milky Way.

Those captivating phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and the golden-red lines at the corners of their eyes spread out with their smile, as if they had crushed all the spring colors of the three realms into their gaze.

The fox demon characteristics on the fox people have been eliminated, but this elimination does not mean they have completely disappeared.

Instead, it was hidden.

If the fox spirits wish, they can freely display their fox demon characteristics.

However, all fox people consider this shameful, so no one shows it to outsiders.

But now, Ah Xiu, the fox princess, not only hasn't hidden her fox clan characteristics, but has instead displayed them even more fully.

"Since you retain the characteristics of a fox demon, is it because of these joyful traits?" Ji Qiu asked calmly.

Ah Xiu knelt at Ji Qiu's feet and said softly, "It's not that I like these features, but that Master likes them. If Master likes them, then I like them too."

As a fox princess, Ah Xiu was born to be a plaything for the fox demons.

As a plaything, if it wants to live a better life, it must be able to accurately perceive its owner's preferences and cater to them.

Ah Xiu is exceptionally good at this.

Therefore, from the moment Ji Qiu first met her, she sensed that Ji Qiu had a strong liking for her fox-human appearance.

Therefore, even though she instinctively loathed this image, she still used it to meet Ji Qiu.

"It's so late, what brings you here?" Ji Qiu asked calmly. Ah Xiu replied, "Master has shown me such kindness that it's like giving me a second life, and I've come to express my gratitude."

"Really? So how are you going to thank me?" Ji Qiu asked with a light laugh.

Ah Xiu's long eyelashes trembled like butterfly wings, and her usually clear, glass-like almond eyes were now veiled with a layer of misty moisture.

Her pupils seemed to be soaked in spring water, shimmering with a hazy, dreamlike quality, as if she had crushed countless stars and hidden them in her eyes, yet they would ripple outwards like gentle waves as her gaze shifted.

Her delicate nose twitched slightly, gleaming with a pearly luster, while a blush was quietly spreading from her cheekbones.

Like newly blossoming peach blossoms tinged with rouge by the morning dew, even her earlobes blushed with an alluring pink, and gently warmed with her rapid breathing.

The silver ornaments in her hair swayed in the candlelight, making her glistening lips appear even more luscious. A few stray hairs clung to her sweaty temples, and her usually lively fox ears now lay softly in her hair, exuding a hint of unwitting allure.

She was like a peony soaked in spring rain, swaying gently in the evening breeze, exuding a captivating and enchanting aura.

She snuggled into Ji Qiu's arms, then looked up at him and said, "Ah Xiu has only ever been good at one thing since she was little, so naturally she will use this to repay her master."

For Ah Xiu, it would be utter nonsense to say that she had fallen in love with Ji Qiu in just a few days.

But Ji Qiu had saved her after all and had done her a great favor, so she was genuinely grateful to him.

More importantly, Ah Xiu has a very clear understanding of the current situation of the fox people.

She knew that although the fox-people had broken free from the fox demon's control and harmonized their genes, seemingly having a bright future ahead of them.

But to truly have a future, Ji Qiu's support is indispensable.

Simply put, the fox-people's situation hasn't actually changed; it's just that their master has changed from the fox demon to Ji Qiu.

Ji Qiu, this new master, is thousands of times better than the fox demon.

But if they cannot gain Ji Qiu's trust and support, they will immediately lose everything they have gained.

Therefore, they must strengthen their connection with Ji Qiu.

What could be more effective at strengthening ties than marriage?
This is the main reason why Ah Xiu came to offer herself to him at this time.

Ji Qiu looked at A Xiu and naturally understood the real reason for her arrival.

From Ji Qiu's perspective, he also needed a way to strengthen ties with the fox-people.

This was both to put her own mind at ease and to put the fox people at ease.

Of course, he didn't entirely trust the power of marriage alliances, after all, there are countless examples throughout history of in-laws turning against each other and scheming against one another.

He actually trusted the dragon race more than the marriage alliance.

However, a dragon can only control one person, but not an entire race.

Ah Xiu was not Liu Bei after all; she did not have the ability to independently establish a power.

She was able to gain the support of the fox people precisely because of Ji Qiu.

Therefore, they had no choice but to settle for marriage alliances.

Fortunately, Ah Xiu is very beautiful, so Ji Qiu does not reject this approach.

So Ji Qiu picked up Ah Xiu and walked towards the bed...

Ten days later, at Shenying Mountain.

The dark green mountains are shrouded in a purple mist that never dissipates. The exposed rock layers have an iron-blue texture, resembling the jagged skeleton of a divine eagle, and reflect a cold metallic luster when lightning strikes.

On the mountainside grows groves of black pine, their needles sharp as eagle claws. When the wind blows, they whistle sharply, as if thousands of eagle beaks are calling out in unison.

The mountaintop is an eagle's nest carved from a single piece of black ice rock, shaped like an inverted giant egg. Hundreds of luminous pearls are inlaid on the nest walls, gleaming with a cold, eerie blue light in the twilight. The icicles hanging from the eaves are several meters long, like the unyielding claws of a divine eagle.

A divine eagle, over a hundred meters long, rests steadily in the center of the Xuanbing Rock Eagle Nest.

Under the dim light of the luminous pearl, its feathers gleamed with a metallic dark purple hue.

Each primary flight feather resembled a spear tempered in cold iron, its edges adorned with tiny ice crystals. With each gentle breath, it pierced the air with a sharp, piercing sound.

Its outstretched wingspan almost completely obscured the sky above the nest, and the dense veins on its wing membranes revealed eerie crimson-gold patterns under the reflection of the magma tunnels, resembling the veins deep within the earth.

The eagle's iron-hook-like claws were deeply embedded in the ice and rock, and the cold mist dripping from the claw tips condensed into frost flowers on the ground.

His golden pupils, as large as millstones, were half-closed, radiating a lazy yet majestic light.

The nictitating membrane beneath the eyelids glides like glass, and when it occasionally glances outside the nest, the clouds and mist within sight are torn apart by that invisible pressure.

This is the Eagle King, a great demon of the Eagle Tribe, one of the three major royal tribes of the Izumo demon clan!
In the demon race's hierarchy, there are two levels: great demons and lesser demons.

At the level of Great Demons, there are three ranks: Demon Saint, Demon God, and Demon King.

The Divine Eagle King is undoubtedly the lowest-ranking king.

Even so, his strength should not be underestimated.

Because each of these great demons possesses immense power.

They usually possess the power to subdue an entire country!

A soft metallic scraping sound came from the entrance of the eagle's nest. An eagle demon with the upper body of an eagle's head and the lower body of a humanoid body approached, its legs covered with fine gold scales.

The feathers on its chest are not made of flesh and blood, but are made of thousands of black iron feathers pieced together. Each feather is engraved with flowing runes and makes a clear and melodious sound like a chime when it flaps its wings.

His arms transformed into bronze eagle claws, with demonic crystals the size of pigeon eggs embedded in his knuckles, and his palms held a bone dish filled with dark red liquid.

The golden demonic eyes on the eagle's head were lowered, and a scroll of animal hide strung together with dragon tendons was held in its beak. When it was ten feet away from the divine eagle, it knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, we have just received a message from the Fox Tribe requesting assistance."

They said the Wolf Clan destroyed Fox Ear City and killed over five hundred fox demons. They couldn't withstand the Wolf Clan's attack and requested our help!

"The Wolf Tribe destroyed Fox Ear City? How could this be? Weren't they saying the Wolf Tribe was consciously controlling the scale of their harassment and only attacking villages? How could they suddenly return to Fox Ear City?"

The eagle's sharp cry fell from the sky, yet it trembled slightly.

The eagle demon said in a deep voice, "I don't know. Perhaps the wolf tribe is no longer satisfied with small-scale raids on villages. They want to obtain more sacrifices, so they destroyed Fox Ear City and sacrificed all the fox demons and fox people in Fox Ear City!"

The current situation on Izumo Island is a three-way standoff.

The Eagle Tribe and the Snake Tribe joined forces to deal with the Wolf Tribe.

On paper, the combined strength of the two divisions surpasses that of the Wolf Division.

(End of this chapter)