The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron
Chapter 1191 - Chapter 1191 Chapter 1190 Variant Demon Beast

Chapter 1191: Chapter 1190: Variant Demon Beast Chapter 1191: Chapter 1190: Variant Demon Beast “Everything is fine with this place, except it’s a bit too noisy,” Fang Lin murmured to himself, having been locked up here for only ten days. Every day, he would hear muffled footsteps from above.

That meant some giant demon beasts were passing by, causing such a commotion due to their enormous size.

“Kid, with your current abilities, it shouldn’t be difficult for you to get out of here,” the Old Dried Corpse spoke up.

Fang Lin smiled faintly, “I could get out if I wanted to, but if I did now, that would be fleeing from a crime.”

“What’s wrong with fleeing from a crime? You’re not happy in the Pill Alliance anyway. You might as well escape, then return when your strength is greater to take revenge on the Pill Alliance,” the Old Dried Corpse suggested.

“Unless it’s absolutely necessary, I’d rather not resort to that,” Fang Lin said, his expression slightly complex.

It wasn’t that Fang Lin coveted the little power he had in the Pill Alliance, nor did he have any special feelings for it. Instead, Fang Lin did not want to see the Poison Pill Master gaining more influence within the Pill Alliance.

If the Pill Alliance really reached the point of no return, Fang Lin wouldn’t feel any reluctance. If it fell, it fell.

Even if the Pill Alliance collapsed, the world’s pill refiners wouldn’t.

“Kid, let me tell you something interesting. The other three cells are not holding humans,” the Old Dried Corpse suddenly said.

Upon hearing this, Fang Lin also became somewhat interested, his gaze turning towards the three prisons enveloped by arrays.

The East Pole Heaven King told Fang Lin that the other three cells also held prisoners, and because they were covered by arrays, people on the outside couldn’t see inside, and those within couldn’t see or hear anything from the outside, completely isolated.

Fang Lin had also tried to spy on who was being held in the three cells, but after attempting to, he found he couldn’t see anything and so he gave up.

But the Old Dried Corpse was different; he had a terrifying level of cultivation incomparable to Fang Lin’s, so the so-called arrays were hardly an obstacle for him, and he could easily see what was inside.

“Not humans? Could it be demon beasts?” Fang Lin asked.

“Hehe, indeed demon beasts, and not ordinary ones at that,” the Old Dried Corpse said, deliberately chuckling twice, but did not specify what was inside the cells.

Fang Lin was steady and simply didn’t ask; it was up to the Old Dried Corpse to tell or not.

The Old Dried Corpse waited for a while, and seeing that Fang Lin didn’t ask at all, couldn’t help but feel a bit bored, but it was even more boring to keep the information to himself.

“Go on, say it. What’s inside those three cells?” Fang Lin suddenly said with a smile, as if he knew the Old Dried Corpse’s thoughts all too well.

Only then did the Old Dried Corpse speak somewhat reluctantly, “The three cells are all imprisoning demon beasts, but they are variants with aberrant bloodlines.”

Upon hearing this, Fang Lin showed a hint of surprise and murmured, “Variant demon beasts? That’s indeed rare.”

Demon beasts value bloodline inheritance. Only those with purer bloodlines possess greater strength.

For example, the demon clan geniuses Fang Lin had faced in Ancient Demon Ridge had pure ancient beast blood in them. Once they activated their ancient beast blood, their strength would greatly increase, which was astonishing.

Ordinary demon beasts, having lost the inheritance of ancient bloodlines, had limited growth and were quite average in strength,

The closer the bloodline is to the Ancient Demons, the stronger the beast. This is an established rule known to all within the Demon Clan.

But there are exceptions, and those are the variants.

Variant Demon Beasts may not have bloodlines close to that of ancient demons, but they possess extremely terrifying strength, no less than those Demon Beasts with ancient lineages, and some extraordinarily formidable Variant Demon Beasts even surpass those with ancient bloodlines.

The so-called variants are those whose bloodlines have mutated, causing the Demon Beasts to fundamentally change.

Variant Demon Beasts have existed since ancient times. Fang Lin, in his past life as a Pill Sovereign, had encountered numerous Variant Demon Beasts. The most formidable among them was a Nine-headed Evil Lion, which was originally an ordinary Demon Beast but underwent a sudden mutation upon reaching adulthood, growing eight additional heads. Each head possessed immense power, and it caused a significant catastrophe at the time.

Fang Lin was familiar with that Nine-headed Evil Lion because it was ultimately slain by his mother, who cut off all nine heads.

However, Fang Lin’s mother had also gone through a fierce battle and sustained heavy injuries before she managed to kill the Nine-headed Evil Lion.

In Fang Lin’s understanding, Variant Demon Beasts were always strong, growing stronger as they matured.

And now, within this Pill Alliance’s prison, there were unexpectedly Variant Demon Beasts being held captive, which was rather unusual.

Moreover, Fang Lin was also imprisoned here. What did that mean? Could it be that they were treating Fang Lin as if he were a Variant Demon Beast?

“The cell opposite you contains a black dog with three eyes, and the one to your left holds a Six-winged Bird with three heads,” the Old Dried Corpse said, informing Fang Lin about the Variant Demon Beasts held in the two cells.

Fang Lin frowned slightly, “What about the other cell?”

The Old Dried Corpse pondered for a moment and with some difficulty said, “There’s another fellow, how to put it–it looks very strange, half human, half tiger.”

Upon hearing this, Fang Lin’s expression changed, and he recalled some very secretive matters from the past.

“Clarify, what is it exactly like?” Fang Lin asked.

“The lower half is human, while the upper half is a White Tiger. Strange, isn’t it? Even if there is a Variant Demon Beast, it shouldn’t be so bizarre. A perfectly good Demon Beast, how could it grow a human body?” the Old Dried Corpse said with great puzzlement.

Upon hearing this, Fang Lin’s expression became even more somber, and one might even say he was angry.

“What’s wrong with you? Why do you seem so angry? Could it be that you know something?” the Old Dried Corpse sensed something amiss with Fang Lin and questioned him.

Fang Lin took a deep breath, “I just find it very strange, that’s all. I’m not clear on why such Variant Demon Beasts would appear.”

Hearing that, the Old Dried Corpse uttered an “oh,” but obviously, he wasn’t so easily convinced. Fang Lin’s expression just now was clearly not that simple.

Fang Lin indeed harbored suspicions. In his former life, there had been some people who used extremely sinister and vicious methods to fuse the bodies of humans with those of Demon Beasts, creating monsters that were neither human nor demon.

This practice was very secretive at first, but it was eventually discovered and faced strong opposition from the Human Clan and the Demon Beast Clan, with all those involved being executed.

This affair also caused the Demon Beast Clan to be highly hostile toward the Human Clan, leading to many conflicts.

Fang Lin had once seen such half-human, half-beast monsters, which were completely a violation of ethical norms.

And now, within this prison, such monsters were being held captive–this definitely could not be a remnant from Fang Lin’s previous era.

There was only one possibility: This vile method had not disappeared but had been obtained by people of the current era, and thus, such monsters were created.