Chapter 2670 - 2646: The Mystery of the Bloodline

Chapter 2670: Chapter 2646: The Mystery of the Bloodline

Chapter 2646: Bloodline Mystery

He could tell that this elixir was extremely important to the Ao Xue Hiding Fox Clan. That Ao Lin could mention this already showed immense trust in him. Besides, a cosmic grade elixir posed no significant challenge for him, merely requiring some time.

"Haha, thank you so much!" Upon hearing Lin Feng’s response, Ao Lin immediately laughed cheerfully, then poured Lin Feng a full glass of wine and said, "The alchemy prescriptions are with my ancestors, I’ll go fetch them in a moment."

He truly didn’t expect Lin Feng to agree so readily, and with such confidence. This young man was indeed extraordinary; such a decisive answer showed his unimaginable strength.

"Bang!"

Just then, there was a loud crash, and Tangyuan fell onto the snowy table, sticking out his tongue and shaking his little head, still clinging to the wine jug without letting go.

"Good wine, good wine! Another round!"

Tangyuan struggled to get up, hoisting the wine jug over his head, wobbly yet excited, clearly drunk.

"My goodness, what a tolerance!" Ma Biaohu glanced mockingly at Tangyuan, who was already drunk, this sweet brew likened to sugar water, yet he could still get drunk, a truly poor drinking capacity!

The tables of Purple Thunder Transforming Sky Dragon and Nether Thunder Heaven Devouring Tiger were already filled with wine jugs, though they didn’t drink as much as Tangyuan. Nonetheless, this wine was too delicious, in the lower realm they’d never tasted such fine wine.

Xue’er bounced over to Tangyuan, helping him back into his seat at the table, patting Tangyuan’s little paw, and asked with concern, "Tangyuan, are you alright?"

"Me? I want more!" Tangyuan’s eyes were getting blurry, staring foolishly at Xue’er, waving his small paws in the air as he spoke.

Everyone looked at Tangyuan, this little creature’s antics were truly comical, causing everyone to laugh heartily. They couldn’t have imagined this minor demon could get so drunk.

"What race are you?" Ao Lin looked at Tangyuan, finding this demon beast amusing, and it seemed Tangyuan and Xue’er were on good terms, but he always felt there was something special about Tangyuan’s aura, a sensation he noticed when he first saw Tangyuan.

Tangyuan slumped on the table, touching his head, answered, "This, I don’t know either."

"May I investigate your bloodline?" Ao Lin asked. Initially, he hadn’t noticed, but upon approaching Tangyuan, he distinctly felt the unique demon energy. With his years of experience, he determined this Tangyuan was certainly no ordinary demon beast.

"You! What do you mean?" Tangyuan instantly sobered up at Ao Lin’s words, darting into Lin Feng’s arms, tightly clutching him, warily asking.

Ao Lin, seeing Tangyuan’s reaction, knew Tangyuan had misunderstood, then smiled and explained, "I mean no harm, I’m just curious. I believe your bloodline has an extraordinary origin, likely from a very unique race."

He, who had been in the Southern Region’s sea for many years, had never encountered a demon beast like Tangyuan, and the bloodline it exuded was unlike any other demon beast, a truly special existence...

Lin Feng, contemplating Ao Lin’s words, then asked, "Is there any risk involved?"

In fact, he internally agreed with Ao Lin’s theory, and after having Tangyuan with him for so long, he too was very curious about Tangyuan’s species. He had always been intrigued by Tangyuan’s background and origin. Given such an opportunity, he thought it was worth a try.

Ao Lin waved a hand at Lin Feng, saying, "No risk, I just need a drop of its blood."

Investigating bloodline ancestry was a special secret technique of the Ao Xue Hiding Fox Clan, only the leader of the Ao Xue Hiding Fox could perform it. Through this secret technique, any demon beast’s origin could be traced, which was also the shocking secret of the Ao Xue Hiding Fox Clan.

"Bang!"

Lin Feng gave Tangyuan, in his arms, a hard flick on the forehead, commanding, "Produce a drop of blood!"

Tangyuan looked at Lin Feng with a face full of grievance, reluctantly floated upwards, then forced out a drop of blood. The red blood hovered in mid-air, and this was the moment of fate related to its destiny. At this point, its mind was filled with anxiety. One part of it really wanted to know its own background, while another part feared what might be revealed if Ao Lin discovered its true lineage, especially if it held world-shaking secrets.

It was quite intelligent, aware from a young age that it was different from other demon beasts, yet unable to unveil the secret of its ancestry. For years it had awaited the moment this mystery would be revealed, but now, faced with the truth, it felt an inexplicable fear.

Ao Lin stood up, waved his right hand, and the droplet of blood flew in front of Ao Lin. Ao Lin stared at the droplet of blood as a faint white demon energy erupted from him, steaming in the air like white smoke that instantly enveloped Ao Lin. In that moment, Ao Lin’s eyes emitted two beams of white light, shooting straight at the droplet of blood, but they vanished in an instant.

"Grandfather, what happened?" Xue’er was stunned by what she had just witnessed. Although she knew it was a Secret Technique of the Ao Xue Hiding Fox Clan, she had never seen it before. Actually, she had always wanted to know what kind of Demon Beast Tangyuan really was.

At this moment, Ao Lin’s face turned extremely unsightly, and even carried a hint of fear, as he stood there in a daze...

"What is Tangyuan’s background?" Ma Biaohu, seeing Ao Lin silent, hurriedly stepped forward to ask. He was too curious, but seeing Ao Lin not speaking up, he figured Tangyuan’s origins must be very special.

"What is this little one’s secret?" The Purple Thunder Transforming Sky Dragon and the Nether Thunder Heaven Devouring Tiger also stared intently at the elder, waiting for the answer to be revealed.

Tangyuan was already completely sober, standing aside watching Ao Lin. This result was as he had expected, but he hadn’t anticipated Ao Lin’s expression to turn out like this. What unknown secrets did Tangyuan’s origins hold?

"May the elder speak frankly." Lin Feng approached the elder. He had roughly guessed what the matter was, and then said to the elder, no matter Tangyuan’s origins were, he would always keep Tangyuan by his side.

Ao Lin snapped out of it, looking at everyone’s expressions, seemingly all waiting for his answer. He turned to Lin Feng and said, "I can’t discern Tangyuan’s heritage, but I’m certain of one thing: its bloodline is absolutely extraordinary, likely a descendant of some Divine Beast clan."

The reason his expression turned unsightly was because he felt the pressure emanating from Tangyuan was so intense that even he could sense a strong fear. Moreover, for Demon Beasts, bloodline determines everything. The purer the bloodline, the higher the level it can reach. Just like their Ao Xue Hiding Fox Clan can at most reach the Demon Venerable level, but cannot advance to Demon Emperor. Only those special Divine Beast clans can become Demon Emperors. But Tangyuan is neither of the Dragon Clan nor the Phoenix Clan; he cannot discern which race it truly belongs to.

"Wow, little thing, you have such an amazing background!" Upon hearing Ao Lin’s words, Ma Biaohu immediately patted Tangyuan’s little head, thinking he had been with Tangyuan for so long, and never realized that this seemingly silly Tangyuan could be a Divine Beast.

The Purple Thunder Transforming Sky Dragon and the Nether Thunder Heaven Devouring Tiger also looked at Tangyuan in disbelief. This unremarkable little thing actually has such a mysterious background, truly making them astonished.

"Wow! Tangyuan, you’re actually so powerful!" Xue’er happily circled around Tangyuan upon hearing this.

Lin Feng glanced at Tangyuan, smiled faintly, and jokingly said, "Seems like picking you up back then was a good choice!"

To him, Tangyuan’s background no longer mattered. After all this time together, he developed a deep bond with Tangyuan. As long as Tangyuan was happy, nothing else mattered.

"What do you mean ’a good choice’? I’m such an impressive Divine Beast, and you still dare to despise me?" Tangyuan reacted to Lin Feng’s words with its little paws scratching in frustration, proudly looking around. Although its specific identity was still unknown, this revelation was already very satisfying!

"Boom!"

Lin Feng gave another flick to Tangyuan’s forehead, causing Tangyuan to see stars, helplessly saying, "Currently, you can’t even beat Ma Biaohu, yet you call yourself a Divine Beast!"

Logically, a species like Tangyuan should be very formidable, but he couldn’t figure out whether it was due to Tangyuan’s bloodline being too pure or other reasons that made it so hard for Tangyuan to advance.

"I’m really frustrated too! I want to eat Yuan Stone, I want to eat Yuan Stone!" Speaking of this, Tangyuan angrily shouted, seeing other Demon Beasts advancing, even the later Purple Thunder Transforming Sky Dragon and Nether Thunder Heaven Devouring Tiger had already grown to Demon Venerable level. Yet Tangyuan remained stagnant, and since the last time it ate Yuan Stone, it had been a long while, it definitely needed to eat again!

Upon hearing Tangyuan’s words, Ao Lin was instantly bewildered and asked, "What’s the matter with needing to eat Yuan Stone?"

Lin Feng smiled faintly, awkwardly explaining, "It’s quite special, it elevates faster by eating Yuan Stone; when it doesn’t eat, it elevates very slowly."

Upon hearing this, Ao Lin also laughed, realizing he couldn’t help with this. Yuan Stone held little significance for their Demon Beasts, and it wasn’t circulated in the Southern Region seas, even if he wanted to give some to Lin Feng, it was impossible...

Afterwards, everyone continued chatting while eating, as time unknowingly passed by in a joyful atmosphere...

After the banquet ended, Ao Lin arranged for his subordinates to prepare rooms for everyone to rest, and took Lin Feng alone to meet the ancestor.

After leaving Snow City, they traveled in the opposite direction from where they had come. It was another cave entirely made of ice, but this path delved even deeper underground. The ice cave contained spiraling ice stairs that wound downwards, impossible to see to the bottom. The pair walked along the narrow path deep into the cave.

Lin Feng noticed that the deeper underground they went, the colder it became. The ice walls around them were covered in layers of frost flowers, creating a dreamy atmosphere. After walking for an hour along the ice stairs, they finally reached a vast area.

It seemed like a transition. Just moments ago, they were surrounded by white ice, but as they stepped out of the ice cave, Lin Feng was stunned by the scene before him. It was a normal stone chamber, constructed entirely of massive stones, and the temperature here was noticeably less cold. It was hard to imagine such a place existed deep within the earth.