>>5533454Then, you have to discard half the mixture, boil it down half again in a silver bowl, reduce it by half again, discarding a quarter, mixing in crushed spirit stones (luckily Monu left some of her smoking mixture, which you separated from the narcotic drugs she mixed it with, so you didn't have to dig into your sects wealth, however slightly), which you had turned into a paste with some of your sect's prized five harmonious elements spring water, then boiling in a gold bowl, before adding to a new glass vial and boiling until it was dry and turned into a powder.
Which you'd wet until it resembled ink, and draw it on a paper talisman, also dusted with spirit stone powder. And, if you did everything correctly, it'd react to the blood ink, and reveal her bloodline or lack of it.
If there was none, the paper would remain unchanged. If there was one, the ink would change color and shift into a shape symbolizing the bloodline present within the blood.
Excitedly, you set down you ink brush and press your hands against your cheeks, squirming in your chair and kicking your legs impatiently as you waited for the talisman to change. Leaning closer, eyes big and wide and sparkling with anticipation, you looked down at the paper and squealed in delight as the rusty ink turned bright green and swirled into the image of a curled and sleeping cat. You were right! She's the start of a bestial bloodline!
Crying out, so overjoyed your cheeks flushed, you hoped up from your chair and grabbed the talisman, grinning ear to ear triumphantly as you held it to your chest and hopped up and down to wind down from the manic glee to a more calm and dignified state of mind. Still smirking and smugly at that, you stowed the talisman away in the hem of your robs and left to fetch Yujijiao and head down into hell to seek out a source of knowledges so she could begin her cultivation, even if it wasn't Qi she'll be cultivating.
Oh, and to drop of your robes so they weren't torn and ruined when you turned back into a Demon cat!. Nearly forgot to do that first!
Where do you look for this forbidden knowledge with Yujijiao first, Huanliuxue?
>Check the bazaar and market place, trading a few souls might be enough to find a manual detailing ghostly cultivation/ evolution>Find that greedy pig Yi zhu and tell him to use his list of contacts, including the current master he is indebted to, to find what you seek>Maybe the old crow crone will now something about it, why not visit there manor and ask?>Find the strongest hungry ghost you dare approach and ask them if they know anything of the matter.>Risk entering the territory of dangerous and powerful Demons and monsters>Somewhere and some other way (Write in) 