Ning Fa looked at the scroll with surprise.
He already had a guess about this abnormality.
"Could Xiao Yu possess a special spiritual beast bloodline? And it seems the bloodline concentration isn't low, actually manifesting a spiritual beast phantom! It's just not strong enough yet, only able to manifest a partial phantom."
"And the key is, this heaven-defying scroll can also trace its origin completely!?"
Ning Fa knew a little about cultivators possessing spiritual beast bloodlines.
Because the Heavenly Mechanism Scroll introduced it.
Because high-level spiritual beasts could transform into human form and reproduce with humans, giving birth to offspring.
These descendants might possess spiritual beast bloodlines.
Or perhaps human cultivators obtained the blood essence of some high-level spiritual beasts and refined it into their bodies through special secret methods.
This way, there was also a chance for their descendants to awaken spiritual beast bloodlines.
Generally speaking, cultivators with spiritual beast bloodlines had excellent aptitude, were exceptionally talented, and were considered a special spiritual body.
They might even awaken some innate divine abilities possessed by spiritual beasts.
And their aptitude depended on how concentrated the inherited spiritual beast bloodline was, and the grade of the original spiritual beast.
Because spiritual beasts also had grade divisions.
Generally, from low to high, they were divided into Mortal Demon, Earth Demon, Heavenly Demon, Saint Demon, True Demon, and Progenitor.
The strength of spiritual beasts almost entirely came from their bloodline; their potential depended on their bloodline.
For example, to become a Shapeshifting Spiritual Beast, one needed at least the bloodline of a Heavenly Demon to have the potential to reach it.
And judging by Xiao Yu's appearance, she seemed to possess a spiritual beast bloodline.
Her bloodline concentration also appeared to be not low, otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to manifest the spiritual beast phantom.
Even from the terrifying aura emanating from the complete spiritual beast pattern on the scroll, the beast that looked like a rat was likely of a very high grade.
Ning Fa looked at the scroll, his eyes flashing.
This tracing was extraordinary and would consume a lot of the scroll's energy.
This scroll had five mysterious patterns.
These patterns seemed to represent the energy possessed by the scroll.
Initially, three mysterious patterns were lit, while the other two were gray and unusable.
After the scroll completely traced Ning Fa's Great Five Elements Thunder Body, it directly consumed the energy of two mysterious patterns.
Only one mysterious pattern remained.
This caused Ning Fa to only be able to trace partial information when tracing some high-level spiritual items.
Later, after the scroll traced the Moon God Art, the scroll underwent a change.
A silver moon pattern appeared in the upper right corner, which could absorb moonlight at night to slowly replenish its energy.
After such a long time, the second pattern had already replenished some energy.
Ning Fa learned from his spiritual connection with the scroll that if he confirmed the tracing, all this energy would likely be consumed.
Ning Fa did not hesitate and directly chose to trace.
Immediately, the spiritual beast pattern on the scroll lit up brightly, floated out, and then transformed into a mass of white light that entered Xiao Yu's body.
At the same time, the second mysterious pattern once again turned completely gray.
After the white light entered, Xiao Yu's body trembled violently, and her small face was filled with pain.
The spiritual beast phantom reappeared, but this time it was in its complete form, exuding an astonishing pressure.
It let out a long roar towards the sky, then transformed into a mass of yellow light that enveloped Xiao Yu.
Ning Fa was not too worried; if the scroll could trace his Five Elements Thunder Body, why couldn't it trace Xiao Yu's spiritual beast bloodline?
However, before he figured things out, it was not advisable for others to know about this.
Ning Fa went out and instructed Ning Zifeng before returning to his room to wait.
He had some doubts in his heart about where Xiao Yu's spiritual beast bloodline came from.
The Ning Family did not have any spiritual beast bloodlines passed down, so it must have been inherited from Xiao Yu's mother.
However, as far as Ning Fa knew, both of Xiao Yu's parents were ordinary mortals.
They got married in Tianshui Market, and when Xiao Yu was seven or eight years old, they both died in an accident.
Ning Fa vaguely guessed that Xiao Yu's mother's origin was likely not ordinary.
Ning Fa waited by Xiao Yu's side for a full three days.
Xiao Yu finally woke up.
"Uncle Fa, why are you here!"
Upon opening her eyes and seeing Ning Fa, she exclaimed with delight.
Ning Fa's eyes flashed as he asked, "How are you feeling now? Anything unusual?"
Xiao Yu tilted her head and felt herself, then said joyfully, "I feel very good now... Ah, no, I feel great!"
At this moment, Xiao Yu's eyes widened, and she exclaimed excitedly, "Ah! I've sensed the opportunity for a breakthrough!"
With that, Xiao Yu immediately sat down cross-legged and began circulating her cultivation technique to train.
Ning Fa's eyes widened.
Was the effect of tracing back her Spiritual Beast Bloodline so immediate?!
Several hours later, Xiao Yu slowly finished her cultivation.
At this moment, her aura had increased by more than half, and she had clearly reached the second level of Qi Condensation.
Xiao Yu jumped and bounced with excitement.
After all, she had been stuck at the first level of Qi Condensation for so long, and she had endured a lot of mockery, which had put a lot of pressure on her.
After her excitement subsided, Xiao Yu said somewhat sheepishly, "Uncle Fa, is it useless that it took me so long to break through to the second level of Qi Condensation?"
Ning Fa secretly thought that Xiao Yu's future cultivation path would likely be very smooth.
He shook his head and chuckled, "How could it be? Didn't your Uncle Fa also cultivate like a crawling turtle back then? But look at me now?"
Xiao Yu's apricot eyes were instantly filled with adoration.
Then, she blinked her beautiful eyes and suddenly said, "Uncle Fa, I want to learn alchemy too, and become a powerful alchemist like you in the future."
After speaking, she looked at Ning Fa with a worried expression.
Ning Fa's eyes flashed.
This was actually a good idea.
Mainly, he was also very curious about what kind of spiritual beast was at the source of the bloodline within Xiao Yu.
The powerful aura of the rat-like spiritual beast he had encountered before had left a deep impression on him.
He felt it was at least an Earth Demon bloodline, and it wasn't impossible for it to even be a Heavenly Demon bloodline.
Generally speaking, spiritual beasts with high bloodline ranks possessed some very powerful innate skills.
Descendants with purer bloodlines had a higher chance of inheriting these talents.
Ning Fa was curious if Xiao Yu would also possess such innate skills.
Having Xiao Yu as his alchemy apprentice would allow him to observe her and conveniently offer assistance if she encountered any problems.
Ning Fa smiled and said, "No problem, then you can be my alchemy apprentice for now. I'll teach you personally."
Xiao Yu was extremely excited. She rushed over and hugged Ning Fa, saying emotionally, "Uncle Fa, you're the best! I will definitely study hard from now on and won't disappoint you!"
Ning Fa smiled and was about to take Xiao Yu away.
In the courtyard, Ning Zifeng hurried forward and said, "Little Fa, you've finally come for a visit. Don't rush off yet. There are many matters in the branch family that I need your opinion on..."
Ning Zifeng's aura was contained, and he appeared much more composed.
He had even advanced to the seventh level of Qi Condensation.
This was thanks to the many precious elixirs Ning Fa had provided him.
Ning Fa interrupted him with a smile, "Brother Feng, I told you, unless it's a major issue, you are now fully in charge of matters within the branch family. Just report to me periodically."
Under Ning Fa's instruction, Ning Zifeng had now become the person in charge of their branch family.
His paternal uncle, on the other hand, was still looking after Ning Fa's shops in the Jinchang Island Market.
After their branch family became a direct lineage, not only did their status and treatment increase significantly, but various matters also poured in.
This left Ning Zifeng overwhelmed and struggling.
However, Ning Fa intended to train him, encouraging him to act boldly, and assuring him that he would back him up.
Hearing Ning Fa say this, Ning Zifeng touched his head and couldn't help but let out a wry smile.