Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 93 Ancient Biological Bloodline Domain

Faced with McCarthy's sudden enthusiasm for archaeology, Locke was rather cautious. He tentatively asked, "Mr. McCarthy, do you also study the bloodlines of ancient creatures?"

McCarthy became enthusiastic, putting down the magnifying glass and handing the ring back to Locke. "It's more than just research; the bloodlines of ancient organisms are a field that every archaeologist dreams of."

"My God, the ancient bloodline in your body is so pure. I wonder what methods you used to obtain it."

McCarthy clicked his tongue, and finally became more talkative. "There is a lot of information hidden in bloodlines, and the bloodlines of ancient creatures hold many secrets of the ancient times. Analyzing the bloodlines of ancient creatures is one of the main fields of our archaeology."

“I also have bloodlines modified from more than one ancient creature,” McCarthy said proudly. “We archaeologists, while exploring the secrets left behind in the past, also use this knowledge to arm ourselves.”

"However, the ancient Orkni giant bear should be completely extinct. Although the current Orkni giant bear is their descendant, it should be completely impossible to extract the bloodline of the ancient Orkni giant bear from its body."

McCarthy began to think.

"The ancient bloodline in my veins comes from the descendants of those with ancient bloodlines that I have researched through history." McCarthy spoke with great enthusiasm to his colleagues, like an expert in collecting ancient artifacts.

“I can use archaeological methods to find ancient fossils under the rock surface, then extract residual information from the fossils to find the corresponding living descendants with high concentrations of bloodline. Many of those people are even mortals.”

“From them, I can obtain the bloodline of these ancient creatures.”

"However, the ancient bloodline obtained in this way may be different, so it is necessary to modify and purify the bloodline little by little based on the pheromones on the fossils, so as to make the bloodline obtained in this way more like the original version of the ancient bloodline."

"There aren't many archaeologists in the White Wizards' Association, but there are many archaeologists on the Black Wizards' side."

McCarthy pointed at the air in mid-air, and a mysterious black magical glow emanated from the tip of his left middle finger.

Locke realized that this was a necromancy spell.

One after another, phantom figures appeared in the shop; these were none other than the guests of the Historian's House over the past month.

Locke even saw some familiar faces in these phantoms, such as Yuri Burns, the shopkeeper of Lijin's Secret Words, and some second-class wizard apprentices he had met a few times before.

Their images lingered here, as if they were asking McCarthy questions just like they had at the beginning, only to be met with indifference from the old man, and their faces displayed a variety of negative expressions such as anger, anxiety, and disdain.

McCarthy said, "Of all magical particles, only negative energy particles possess the most powerful ability to retain information."

“By stimulating these negative energy particles, it is possible to recreate events that have happened in this region in the past.”

"These past events were recorded by negative energy particles, and of course there were many interfering factors."

“That’s why a necromancer suddenly discovered that necromancy isn’t just about manipulating corpses and creating corpse poison; it can also be used as the most powerful archaeologist to explore a period of history that only exists in the past.” McCarthy laughed. “For people like us, this world is different from the world you see.”

“You can only see the present, but we can observe both the past and the present simultaneously in the same place.” McCarthy lifted his wizard's robes to allow Locke to see the flesh beneath. “Look, these are three types of modifications on my body: the ancient creature bloodline of the Archaeopteryx, which is why I have feather patterns on my arms; the ancient creature bloodline of the Bonefish; and this is a modification mark from the bloodline of the Mogus Ancient Giant Lizard…”

"Hahahaha... However, it's still not as pure as the Ancient Giant Bear bloodline of the Orkni in your body. But how exactly did you obtain it? I can buy that information with magic stones."

Locke suddenly realized that one of the main areas of work for archaeologists is to explore the lineage of ancient creatures.

He pondered for a moment, then casually lied, "Let's forget it, since we can't repeat the process. My wizard mentor at Lilith's Hut is a certified wizard-level potion master. She accidentally extracted ancient bloodlines during an unexpected incident."

"But it was just luck."

Upon hearing Locke's words, old man McCarthy immediately understood. "I see."

"It's a pity."

“You’re incredibly lucky, first-class wizard apprentice.”

This kind of thing is indeed possible.

Potions masters often create unusual things out of nowhere, and they may not be able to repeat the original actions.

Anyway, Professor Sophia is a first-ring wizard and there's absolutely no way she could have any interaction with old man McCarthy, so Locke simply used his teacher as a shield.

This trick has never failed.

When old man McCarthy heard that it was the work of a first-ring wizard, he simply assumed that the first-ring potion master was highly skilled and stopped thinking about it further.

Locke asked, "By the way, I have a second question, and it seems I've come to the right person. A year ago, I bought two Cat Queen slaves at the Chimera Market. I want to extract the ancient creature bloodline from them. I wonder if there's any way to do this. I can pay you two hundred magic stones."

McCarthy immediately waved his hand and said, "Never mind, never mind, I won't take your money."

"I don't charge for anything involving the bloodlines of ancient creatures. Consider this an exchange and discussion, after all, I'm just a beginner in the field of ancient creature bloodlines."

“Those Cat Queens, their bloodline is too diluted; it’s not my original target at all,” McCarthy said frankly. “To extract the ancient creature bloodline from them, I estimate it would require a first-level potion master to go to great lengths. And I suspect the purity would be very low, and it might not even be usable.”

"The difficulty in utilizing the bloodlines of ancient creatures has always been a problem for many wizards."

"Instead of that, I'd rather go to the mortal world and find those special mortal families with high purity of ancient biological bloodlines."

"It can be extracted from them without even needing any knowledge of potions. And the purity is very high."

(End of this chapter)