However, not all wizards hunt vampires; some form alliances with them to earn more money and profit. The witch the female protagonist encounters is one of them.
At this moment, Dracula discovered that Chu Nian had vanished without a trace. He immediately thought of the demon hunters and anonymously wrote a letter to several high wizards of the Demon Hunter Guild, informing them that a female vampire had escaped from the vampire territory.
The Demon Hunter Guild began patrolling around vampire territories, because even if vampires left their territory, they wouldn't go too far—fearing they might encounter powerful demon hunters and be unable to escape back to vampire lands in time.
After a week of fruitless searching, they expanded their search area.
In fact, Dracula was overthinking things. Chu Nian hadn't left the vampire territory at all. Instead, he went to the vampire source that Dracula frequented, a cave deep in the Alsino Mountains in the heart of the vampire territory.
The original owner was able to resist Dracula's control over her, but she couldn't fight back against Dracula. This shows that the original owner had a very strong willpower. In addition, Chu Nian brought powerful spiritual power, which merged with her. The two powers complemented each other, making her shielding power unprecedentedly strong.
Dracula simply couldn't find her.
Here, vampire bats were everywhere. They probably sensed the vampire aura within Chu Nian and didn't attack her.
The book didn't specify the exact location of the cave in the Alsino Mountains, so Chu Nian had to use her mental powers to search in all directions. By the time she entered the cave, two hours had passed, and it was already dawn.
Vampires cannot be exposed to sunlight. During this time, vampires return to their bedrooms, lie in their coffins, and sleep.
The cave was well-lit, making it convenient for Chu Nian to move around. Vampires have excellent night vision, and Chu Nian noticed many murals on the cave walls, which likely depicted the origins of the vampire race.
The gist is that a person was bitten by a vampire bat, after which his body mutated into a humanoid monster with huge bat wings, but he still retained his human consciousness; later, unable to control the bloodlust caused by the vampire bat's venom, he bit many people, one of whom mutated again...
Basically, bats bit people, turning them into monsters. These monsters then bit many more people, some of whom mutated and became the vampires we know today. The last few murals likely depict the birth of Dracula, the vampire king—the mutated one.
Dracula actually had several princes who were first embraced, but by the time of the original owner, only the two who were killed by Chu Nian remained alive. The current vampires can be said to be Dracula's grandchildren or great-grandchildren.
Chu Nian analyzed that vampires may be human gene mutations caused by bat toxicity, which over several generations formed a very stable way of blood energy transmission: that is, the first embrace from father to son.
It seems that the origin of vampires is due to genetic mutation.
So, the probability of genetic mutation among vampires must be quite high, but it's rare for someone like the original owner to mutate into someone capable of resisting her father's authority. After passing the last mural, Chu Nian discovered another cave entrance. She stepped inside, using her mental power to explore the area ahead and her surroundings.
Passing through the cave entrance into another chamber, there were several tall and stately bookshelves filled with books made of sheepskin. Although the writing was ancient, Chu Nian could recognize the characters thanks to the knowledge Dracula had passed down to the original owner through the Embrace.
Using the special ability of the original owner's brainwaves from the previous world, Chu Nian began scanning these ancient books and quickly finished reading through all the thousands of books here.
It turns out that these books contain methods for summoning the fire of will, but it requires the summoner to possess the ability of fire and to have a strong enough will; neither can be lacking.
Other vampire history books also record the origins of the conflict between the three races of wizards, werewolves, and vampires; some books also describe methods of restraining wizards and werewolves.
This is very strange.
If Dracula is the progenitor of vampires, then these books, even if not written by Dracula himself, must have been written and preserved by someone he commissioned.
However, Dracula comes here to find answers to his questions, which suggests that the authors of these ancient books are definitely not him, but rather figures from a more ancient era who have a better understanding of vampires.
Chu Nian discovered a mechanism button on the cave wall behind an ancient book. The button was concealed by a special energy, not blood energy, but divine energy. Chu Nian discovered it because he himself possessed divine energy.
She gently pressed a button, and the wall suddenly spun around, revealing another huge cavern hidden behind it.
This cave is much larger than the two outer rooms combined. The walls were smashed down to create bookshelves, which were then used to display even more ancient books.
Chu Nian scanned the text with his mental power and was startled: these texts were all formed from thoughts. No matter which race or era a person came from, as long as they could successfully open these books and see the text, they would be directly affected by the text and understand the contents of the books.
The question is, how many people can see the button concealed by divine power and enter here? Of those who enter, how many can open these books? And of those who open the books, how many can actually read the words on them?
Using her mental power, Chu Nian easily connected with the text and quickly scanned it, memorizing it as fast as possible.
These books record the cultivation methods of vampires, wizards, and werewolves. Higher-level books also record methods for combining, integrating, and mutually enhancing the power of the three races.
That's really impressive.
Even though reading speed is fast using mental power and brainwaves, it takes time to truly understand. Chu Nian spent a long time in this pile of books, and only decided to leave when she could no longer find any other cave chambers.
Before leaving, she pondered that although she had read these ancient books, she would inevitably forget them over time. Who knew when she might need vampire knowledge again? So, she simply waved her hand, storing all the books and all her collection into her Soul Ruins.
A month later, she emerged from the cave.
Then they discovered a blood bat the size of a small mountain, wearing a golden crown on its head. Upon seeing her emerge, it crouched down on the ground. Behind it were three smaller bats, and then a whole bunch of even smaller ones…
Chu Nian examined the crown and recalled the blood bat in the mural that bit people and caused them to mutate into bats; it seemed to be the one in front of her.
She discovered that she could communicate with the bat king through her thoughts.
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