Lin Mu pressed the jade slip against his forehead, letting the knowledge flood into his mind. The technique was cruel and complex, but its principles were clear. It allowed the "master" to ignite sealed blood essence within his followers, releasing it as a violent surge of power.
That sealed blood essence was not natural.
It was refined.
Lin Mu's brows furrowed as he realized the connection.
The Human Blood Essence crystals he had encountered in the vaults, those horrifying condensations of slaughtered immortals were the foundation. On their own, they could not be directly used other than for the divination that the cult wished to do.
But when refined through the methods of the Rise of the Drowned Crescent, their energy could be infused into cult followers, slumbering within them until it was forcibly ignited.
A terrifying method.
And a wasteful one.
