Chapter 4 The Stripped Bloodline
“Simple, just give me some resources.”
With that, her fair, tender hand opened in front of Soul Heaven Emperor, beckoning him. Her innocent expression, coupled with the maiden’s purity, was like the most fatal poison, captivating one’s Soul.
Soul Heaven Emperor chuckled, “Ruo Ruo, this is your first time asking me for Cultivation resources, isn’t it? The old you used to be very resistant to such things.”
“Hehe, Father is really interesting. You’ve probably seen Ruo Ruo fewer times than Soul Tie Zhu, who guards the gate in our Offering Soul Village. How could you understand me?”
Hun Ruo Ruo’s beautiful eyes narrowed into crescents, then she said softly, “Besides, this is a fair exchange. I won’t take your treasures for nothing.”
“Ruo Ruo is referring to the na ring in the small house?”
“Of course, nothing can be hidden from you. But, you can’t peek at what’s inside beforehand, okay?”
Watching the blush on the maiden’s cheeks, a glint flashed in Soul Heaven Emperor’s eyes and then vanished. He nodded lightly.
“Alright.”
Finally receiving permission to go out, even her long-tempered Heart-Nature still felt a slight ripple.
Taking the na ring suspended in the air, Hun Ruo Ruo tossed her long hair behind her, and a pair of wings, as dark as the long night, suddenly unfurled behind the maiden.
The powerful wind pressure made the maiden’s hair and clothes flutter loudly. Black feathers scattered and flew, but when they fell to the ground, they melted like fresh snow, turning into specks of light that merged into the ground.
“Not bad.”
Soul Heaven Emperor admired the beautiful scene before him. His robes and the hair at his temples, however, were strangely unaffected by the strong wind. Everything else moved, but he alone remained still, creating an incredibly strong sense of detachment from the surrounding environment.
He praised, “Ruo Ruo’s Flying Combat Skill, I’m afraid even a Dou Huang Peak cultivator’s speed would be hard to match. With the enhancement of this Dou Technique, the world beyond the Central Plains is indeed yours to roam freely.”
“...Thank you for the praise, Father.” Seeing that the other party actually brought up this Flying Combat Skill on his own, Hun Ruo Ruo found it difficult to maintain her previous charming tone, and a hint of coldness flashed in her eyes.
This Flying Combat Skill was one of the items left behind by the maiden’s mother. It was precisely after that event that Hun Ruo Ruo unhesitatingly abandoned her previous life of luxury and came to live alone in this remote mountain village.
Bringing it up now, she wondered if Soul Heaven Emperor was simply forgetful due to his noble status, or if he had done it on purpose...
“Are you leaving now? Logically, you should still have three days to prepare…” He paused mid-sentence, catching her thoughts from the deepest part of the maiden’s eyes, then changed his words:
“Very well, time is short. I’ve only prepared one Soul Jade Slip, but the Soul Hall token should be enough to ensure your safety.”
As soon as his voice fell, he suddenly shifted his feet, shrinking the ground into inches, and appeared before Hun Ruo Ruo. He gently stroked the maiden’s soft hair with a light motion.
“You?!”
Choked by the sudden action of the other party, Hun Ruo Ruo suppressed the urge to swat his hand away, quietly waiting for Soul Heaven Emperor to retract his hand.
The maiden’s neck trembled slightly, every part of her body revealing her resistance.
Finally, Soul Heaven Emperor hid his hand back in his sleeve and sighed softly, “Go.”
Before his voice had even faded, Hun Ruo Ruo had already transformed into a streak of light in the sky, disappearing without a trace.
After her figure had vanished far away, the black feathers that had been scattered and blown by the strong wind gradually drifted down from the sky. Their speed was indeed fast enough to make any Dou Huang expert gasp in astonishment.
Soul Heaven Emperor stretched out his hand, catching a fallen black feather, then watched the maiden depart, his deep eyes slightly narrowed, making it impossible to fathom his thoughts.
He turned around, choosing not to shrink the ground into inches, but instead walked step by step towards the dilapidated small wooden house.
With a creak, the door of the small wooden house slowly opened. The unlocked door seemed to indicate that the room’s owner had already anticipated his arrival.
Soul Heaven Emperor looked at the small room in front of him, which appeared somewhat dim due to the small window. Despite its dilapidation, it could not conceal its neatness. A small wooden table, a bed, and a futon were basically the most valuable items in the room.
Although there were few things, the atmosphere of life was strong. A light sniff could clearly detect the faint fragrance belonging to Hun Ruo Ruo, a sweetness that was at odds with the maiden’s seductive demeanor, like a drop of water sliding off a petal.
The room was very small, reaching the end in just a few steps.
On the wooden table, crafted from black Soul wood heart, lay a silver-white ring. Soul Heaven Emperor gently picked it up, and a wisp of Soul Power immediately seeped into it.
In just a moment, Soul Heaven Emperor took out an exquisite jade bottle from the na ring. He reached into his embrace, and a star-disc, about the size of a bowl, was placed on the table by him.
“Drip.”
Dark red blood dripped from the jade bottle, and the splashing blood droplets stained the surface of the star-disc with a mottled pattern.
The next moment, brilliant golden patterns suddenly erupted on the star-disc, coiling like tree roots on its surface. When the star-disc was completely lit up, a nine-colored Divine Grade light illuminated the originally dim room as if the Heavenly Gate had opened wide.
Soul Heaven Emperor chuckled, holding the star-disc, and slowly walked out of the wooden house, heading straight to the stone stool outside the house and sitting down.
“Hun Miesheng.”
“Clan Chief.” A ethereal voice, indifferent yet respectful, came, as if from several spaces away.
However, as soon as the voice fell, a bizarre figure completely shrouded in darkness was already kneeling before Soul Heaven Emperor.
The space around the strange man, called Hun Miesheng, appeared extremely chaotic, even showing faint cracks, clearly indicating that he had crossed space into the Soul Realm through some extremely powerful displacement method.
Such a method could only be possessed by a Saint-Grade expert.
After rushing over, Hun Miesheng saw Soul Heaven Emperor sitting leisurely on the stone stool, seemingly having no intention of explaining. He could only carefully sense the surrounding fluctuations.
A moment later, his pupils constricted slightly, and he said, “Clan Chief, you… let Young Miss go?”
“Is there a problem?”
“I dare not speak presumptuously, it’s just the Bloodline Power on Young Miss…” Hun Miesheng hesitated, looking extremely nervous.
Even with his identity as the Soul Hall Master and his powerful strength as a Five-Star Dou Sheng, he dared not speak ill of Hun Ruo Ruo’s Bloodline in front of Soul Heaven Emperor.
Soul Heaven Emperor looked at his obsequious manner and simply stopped concealing the fluctuations of the star-disc in his hand, displaying it before him.
“I originally thought the reason for that girl’s thin Bloodline was that her mother was not of my Soul Clan, but she gave me a surprise.”
“This… this is?!”
“This drop of essence blood was taken seven years ago, which means Ruo Ruo was already a God Grade Bloodline seven years ago. It’s just that that girl used some method to strip it from her body, which made her Bloodline Power appear to be thinning daily.”
Listening to Soul Heaven Emperor’s understated words, even with Hun Miesheng’s Heart-Nature, he couldn’t help but be momentarily lost in thought.
After a long silence, he whispered, “Young Miss… at an age of less than ten years back then, she could be so ruthless. If she is allowed to leave, I’m afraid it will…”
After much thought, Hun Miesheng still did not say “sow the seeds of disaster.”
“I naturally know the resentment in her heart, but…”
Soul Heaven Emperor cast his gaze into the distance, light and shadow flickering in his deep eyes, and said indifferently, “Unless one reaches Nine-Star Dou Sheng, they will ultimately not be placed in my eyes. There’s no need to worry too much.”
“...Yes.”
“Oh, and everyone who has had contact with Ruo Ruo before, send them all into your Soul Hall’s Formation.”
“As you command.”
Hun Miesheng, who already avoided the Clan Chief’s family affairs like the plague, quietly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stood up to take his leave, breaking through the Void Realm and departing.
Casually repairing the Soul Realm Void Realm, which had shattered like glass shards, Soul Heaven Emperor looked at the star-disc in his hand with gentle eyes, revealing a strange smile,
“During these years of secluded Cultivation and healing, I have comprehended countless Cultivation Techniques and Dou Techniques. Yet, it is this daughter, obtained from Dual Cultivation Technique, who has become the greatest help. Interesting.”