Chapter 834: Chapter 507: Nurturing Offspring Mother Tree (Part 2)
Ye Zhen watched in awe, only then did she insert the vine needle into the vein.
A few seconds later.
A thick liquid like mercury was drawn out, its color shining silver mixed with dark red and gold, its density surpassing metal. If not seen with one’s own eyes, it would be hard to believe this is human blood.
Ye Zhen couldn’t help but shake her head, "I am now half-human, half-plant, and you aren’t even human anymore, just wearing a human skin."
"That’s evolution for you." Ji Xinghuo shrugged his shoulders.
The more times you evolve, the stronger you become, and the essence of life gets further and further away from that of humans. This is something he understood long ago and has already accepted.
"Hmm..."
Ye Zhen suddenly groaned.
Ji Xinghuo’s blood had already been injected into her body, the immense energy contained within almost made her lose her focus, so she quickly concentrated, transferring the blood to her womb area, carefully channeling it through the umbilical cord to her first child.
She was extremely cautious, controlling the blood input, just a tiny bit, less than one-tenth of a drop.
Beside her, Ji Xinghuo didn’t dare to breathe heavily, his face tense.
Although he knew that Ye Zhen wouldn’t do this if she wasn’t confident, wouldn’t mess with her own child, he was still on edge, afraid that something might go wrong.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly.
The child absorbed the new nutrients smoothly, the father’s genes perfectly integrated, without any rejection.
Ji Xinghuo could see through Ye Zhen’s belly, directly seeing the fetus, and his electromagnetic induction clearly explored it. After his blood was transformed into nutrients and injected, the child had a wondrous reaction as if evolving.
The electromagnetic field became noticeably stronger, and continued to strengthen.
This is a good sign!
Ye Zhen’s face remained calm, she smiled at Ji Xinghuo, "Don’t be so tense, I care more about the child than you do. Even if there was a 1% chance of failure, I wouldn’t take the risk."
"You should have said so earlier." Ji Xinghuo mumbled.
Ye Zhen continued to input new nutrients into the second child, quickly completing all three.
She removed the vine needle.
"Didn’t you say you need to extract life energy too?" Ji Xinghuo was very confused, after all, he only extracted less than 20 milliliters of blood.
"Not so fast." Ye Zhen explained, "We have to wait for the children to adapt to the new nutrients first, to initially absorb your genes, and after the strengthening can handle your life energy infusion. This will take a few days, step by step."
Ji Xinghuo nodded to show he understood.
He continuously observed Ye Zhen’s belly, always paying attention to the children’s condition, their vitality significantly more vibrant than before.
"Will they receive all my genes?" Ji Xinghuo asked curiously.
"Not necessarily."
Ye Zhen stood up and stretched, walked out of the wooden house with her big belly and strolled in the garden, Ji Xinghuo following beside her, listening to her say, "The mother tree that raises children can only ensure that our offspring will definitely receive genetic inheritance, but what talents the children awaken all depend on luck, I can’t decide that either."
"Isn’t that a waste of effort?" Ji Xinghuo frowned slightly.
"How could it be?"
Ye Zhen laughed lightly, "At least our children will inevitably become mutants, they won’t need training, and can achieve their first evolution before the age of three, awakening their own talents."
Ji Xinghuo was extremely expectant upon hearing this.
Evolving into a primary-level mutant before the age of three and being able to awaken a talent ability already surpasses the vast majority of Earth’s people, looking across the entire Star Realm Galaxy, there are few races that can compare.
The earlier they become mutants, the greater their potential.
True Dragon people screen for Dragon Lords by this standard.
"No matter if the children’s talents come from me or from you, they won’t be ordinary abilities." Ye Zhen was very confident.
Ji Xinghuo smiled, "Then let’s hope they inherit my genes as much as possible."
The Divine Dragon Species of three lines plus the Electromagnetic Element Ability, none of which is inferior to Sister Ren’s plant and optical abilities, maybe even stronger.
"I think so too."
Ye Zhen nodded lightly, not only did she not intend to compete with Ji Xinghuo, but she even hoped that the children would inherit Ji Xinghuo’s genetic lineage.
No one knows better than her how terrifying Ji Xinghuo’s talent is. From an ordinary person to Legendary first rank in three years, and in another two years rising to Heavenly King, in just over five years he grew to a level she found terrifying, invincible below the seventh rank!
She gazed at Ji Xinghuo’s face, then looked at Qing Hong and Doomsday playing in the garden, softly saying, "This will depend on the children’s fate."
In the following days, Ji Xinghuo stayed with Ye Zhen.
He learned to care for a pregnant woman, greatly improved his cooking skills, even picked up some gardening knowledge. In this small secret realm, without cultivating or exercising, being with the one you love, reading books, cooking, chatting in the garden daily, immersed in a warm and happy atmosphere, feeling joyful and fulfilled.
"You can now transfer life energy to the children." Sitting on the garden swing, Ye Zhen softly said.
"Alright."
Ji Xinghuo cut his arm, letting her vine needle insert into the flesh, but this time it wasn’t to draw blood, but to extract his life energy.
Instantly, he felt a siphoning force.
His life energy was depleting.
"How do you feel?" Ye Zhen asked with concern as she extracted life energy, "If you feel uncomfortable, be sure to tell me in time."
Ji Xinghuo smiled easily.
"I already said, draw as much as you want. Your extraction speed is just like scratching an itch, the loss is not even as fast as I can recover."
The Xukun Dragon Body can directly absorb vacuum energy and convert it into life energy. At Level Five, it becomes "Xukun Giant Abyss," the absorption rate of vacuum energy skyrockets. If possessing a massive body, life energy would be as vast as the sea, extracting as much as you want won’t matter.
Seeing that he truly seemed to feel nothing, Ye Zhen then said, "I’ll increase the extraction strength then."
"Hurry up." Ji Xinghuo laughed.
Although he said this, Ye Zhen still cautiously increased the extraction efficiency bit by bit, first entering her own body, being converted into pure energy by the mother tree that raises children, then transporting it to the three children in her belly.
Ji Xinghuo watched the three fetuses, after receiving his life energy infusion, once again growing robustly.
The rate at which they absorbed genes accelerated, entering the deep layers of their bloodline.
Ye Zhen carefully extracted for half an hour, yet Ji Xinghuo remained lively, his face rosy, showing no change at all.
If it had been anyone else, even at the peak of the Heavenly King, they would have already been depleted of vitality and blood.
"Is the Xukun Dragon Body really that powerful?" She found it hard to believe.
"Of course it is!"
Ji Xinghuo’s face was filled with pride.
"Your life energy far exceeds what the children need, they can’t absorb such a massive amount of energy." Ye Zhen shook her head, "Most of the energy is stored in my body. For the following months, I’ll transport some to them every day, maintaining a constant supply."
In fact, Ji Xinghuo had long noticed this.
If Ye Zhen were a bit selfish and absorbed the energy within her body herself, her strength would certainly see a great increase, speeding up her evolution like a rocket.
Of course, she would never do this.
Ji Xinghuo had a thought, his eyes seemingly able to see through Ye Zhen’s body, and he asked, "Can your body still hold it all?"
Ye Zhen nodded.
"Since you can rely on the plant original body to absorb my life energy to increase your strength, then don’t be shy." Ji Xinghuo told her, "Extract a lot, best if you can reach Heavenly King in one step."
Reincarnation allowed Ye Zhen to re-evolve.
Having had the experience, combined with obtaining the Solar Eclipse Ability plant original body, despite being pregnant with three children, her strength still progressed by leaps and bounds. Within these two years, she advanced to Legendary, now Legendary Second Dan.
Ye Zhen instinctively refused, "This is too harmful, plus life energy conversion to my Star Power has very low efficiency."
"Even if it’s low, it doesn’t matter, it’s much faster than cultivating on your own!"
"The stronger your strength, the better."
"If the children encounter danger, in case I’m not around, you can protect them better."
Ji Xinghuo insisted repeatedly.
Even if the conversion rate is less than one percent, under the continuous infusion of his life energy, it can save her many years of cultivation.
Touched, Ye Zhen continued to extract life energy.
Ji Xinghuo still felt nothing, even thinking her extraction speed was too slow, dragging on, so he said, "Use more force."