399: Chapter 197 God’s Blood is a Metaphor 399: Chapter 197 God’s Blood is a Metaphor God’s Blood… the name does sound incredibly cool, but Li Mumu had seen this stuff before.
It was before she was captured and detained, she had seen it in the hands of a stranger accompanying Qiao Hongyi.
There was no need to even remove the stopper, just a glance and it already seemed nutritious.
If it could be condensed into blood tofu and sliced into ‘maoxuewang’, Li Mumu certainly wouldn’t mind trying it.
“Who would dare drink this fresh stuff?
Aren’t you afraid of any E.
coli or parasites?”
So, she directly raised her hand to summon the Red String, hanging Max up, “Speak!
Who gave you this?”
“Please show me a little respect… Okay, okay, it was a former business associate, It’s not like it’s a secret worth hiding.
Even if you hadn’t asked, I would have told you.”
Max said embarrassingly as he adjusted his tie and spoke earnestly, “Joel Royce, he’s an intermediary well-known for making connections.
He’s quite famous in the Seaside District, even knows some high-ranking government officials.”
“Just today, earlier today, he came to me, had an urgent job.
Whether it could be completed or not, just making a trip there would yield a reward— this.
I thought you guys might need it, so I agreed on your behalf first.
And yet, you treat me like this, my good intentions taken for granted…”
“Cut the crap.”
Xia Yubing took the test tube containing God’s Blood, pulled out the cork, and the rich bloody scent instantly evaporated into the air.
It was good stuff!
Sealed as it had been before, Li Mumu hadn’t had a particularly profound impression, but now, smelling this scent, her body instinctively felt a surge of hunger.
It was like a person who had been starving in the wilderness for a week suddenly seeing steaming white rice and braised pork in front of them.
For a moment, she wanted to snatch the test tube and drink it all in one go.
“What exactly is this ‘God’s Blood’?”
Xia Yubing held the test tube under her nose, took a deep breath, and after a long while, regained her composure, looking seriously at Max, “Don’t fool me with those mystical terms; what is its essence really?”
“It’s an achievement researched by the Holy Grail Church.
According to their own description, it is extracted from the bloodline of God’s descendants—this explanation indeed is deceptive; it’s actually the maternal origin blood essence.
Uh… I don’t know how much you understand modern medicine and human physiology…”
“Continue speaking, if I don’t understand something, I’ll ask.”
“Okay, it means that according to the experimental data provided by the Holy Grail Church, a human baby in the womb is formed by a fertilized egg cell that continuously divides, gradually growing limbs, brain, torso, and various organs.
In other words, this is the origin of human birth, which we call the blood essence or hematopoietic stem cells.”
Maxi spread his hands and explained, “The Holy Grail Church has adopted the ancient Blood Clan’s blood brewing technique, combined with religious sacrificial rituals and modern medical methods, and has successfully extracted the so-called ‘God’s Blood’ from the womb of a pregnant mother.
However, due to stringent conditions, they have not been able to increase the production.”
“Extracting God’s Blood requires extremely high standards for the pregnant mother, specifically those who have started developing but have not yet matured, that is, between the ages of twelve to eighteen.
A healthy body and well-maintained reproductive organs are fundamental prerequisites.
On this basis, the better the quality of the mother, the better the quality of the God’s Blood extracted.”
“In the past, when they were preaching in Fusang, they received the support of the Shogunate General and the Emperor of Heaven Cabinet successively.
They recruited a large number of underage mothers throughout Fusang, then invited those dignitaries to impregnate them…
You understand what I mean?
After conception, God’s Blood could be extracted, but generally only once, after which the mother was discarded, hence the production could not be increased.”
“Later, when Fusang became a colony after the occupation, the Holy Grail Church faced brutal suppression, and almost all of their experimental data were lost, until recently when it was rediscovered.
In order to repair these incomplete experimental notes, they had no choice but to collaborate with other organizations, including sharing research findings, involving the former Longevity Sect…”
“Fusang’s assimilation, that’s all affairs from many years ago.
Now, suddenly remnants of the Holy Grail Church have surfaced.
Aren’t any of you skeptical about this?”
Xia Yubing frowned and said, “And just because they say it’s true, do you believe it is true?
Are the leaders of the Baroque Alchemy Society so naive and childish?”
“I wouldn’t know about that, I’m just a Cardinal responsible for clerical work.
Anyway, no one else seems to see any problem, and compared to the incomplete experiment notes, their research approach is more valuable to us.
So, after obtaining the notes, we did not attempt to produce God’s Blood, but instead, we decided to produce an Immortal Pill based on our past research achievements.”
“But speaking of this now, it doesn’t hold any significance.
Our Elixir and experimental data have probably already been destroyed by the Special Service Bureau.
I don’t understand the technology, that’s why I’m still alive, earning a meager living to support my family.”
Max shrugged and said, “So, do you want to agree or not?
They say fortune favors the bold… but if you don’t want to take the risk, we could simply earn some honest Incense Offerings money.
I am only here to offer advice, the final direction is still for you two to decide.”
Xia Yubing hesitated for a moment, then turned and exchanged a glance with Li Mumu.
Should we do it or not?
I don’t really care!
Li Mumu, who had just won the revival match, was already grateful for being able to breathe; she temporarily harbored no desires for progress.
But Xia Yubing took this matter very seriously.
“Exactly what is the job, and what is the reward after its completion?
Explain it in detail.”
“I’m not very clear myself, but that guy mentioned it’s about retrieving a lost experimental product of the Holy Grail Church.”
Max took out a map, drawing a circle around a ferry terminal at the center of Tianmen City, and marked it with an X.
“Right now, the Special Service Bureau in Tianmen City is temporarily unavailable, as you probably know.
The scene involves police, the Church, and regular military intervention.
If the experimental product is successfully retrieved, a complete ‘Holy Embryo’ will be given as a reward.
If retrieval proves difficult, even bringing back a partial blood sample would entitle you to an equivalent amount of God’s Blood as compensation.”
At this, Max thought for a moment and added, “That ‘Holy Embryo’, according to our term, would be called ‘Ginseng Fruit’.”