70: Chapter 69 Obtaining the Demon Saint's Essence Blood

Great Elder Ling Xiao said he needed to wait for Ling Mie and Ling Yuan to return for a discussion, which was actually a polite way of refusing.

He didn't reject the proposal outright, both to save Face for the Shi Family and to avoid souring the relationship between the two clans.

Shi Hao had lived for a long time and was sharp-minded; he naturally caught the subtext in Great Elder Ling Xiao's words. His expression soured slightly, but he remained unwilling to give up.

The Shi Family and the Ling Clan were roughly equal in strength, and the concentration of their Dou Di Bloodline was also quite similar.

Yet, by some stroke of luck, the Ling Clan had suddenly produced a Genius like Ling Yuan, who possessed a Grade-9 Dou Di Bloodline and extraordinary talent. The Shi Family was truly envious.

Forget a Grade-9 Dou Di Bloodline, even a Grade-8 one hadn't appeared in their Shi Family for a very long time.

Earlier, he had boasted that Shi Yue had the potential to reach the Peak of Grade-7 Bloodline, but that was an exaggeration.

Shi Yue's true level was at most the Middle Stage of Grade-7 Bloodline; even by her Coming-of-Age Ceremony, she might not necessarily Breakthrough to the Peak.

Even so, Shi Yue was already the person with the most concentrated Dou Di Bloodline among the Shi Family's younger generation.

The reason the Shi Family was willing to put Shi Yue forward and proactively propose a marriage alliance with the Ling Clan wasn't simply to strengthen ties between the two clans.

The core objective was to borrow Ling Yuan's Grade-9 Dou Di Bloodline to produce offspring with an even higher Bloodline.

According to the Shi Family's plan, they would take one of the children fathered by Ling Yuan and born to Shi Yue, gambling that the child could Breakthrough to a Grade-8 Dou Di Bloodline.

If they won the bet, the Shi Family would gain a Grade-8 Bloodline Genius, making the deal profitable;

Even if they lost, they could use the connection to maintain their relationship with the Ling Clan, so it wouldn't be a total loss.

But they never expected that the Ling Clan would be completely unwilling to accept this marriage alliance.

Great Elder Ling Xiao had heard rumors about his nephew and the Dragon Emperor of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan.

Compared to the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, the Shi Family was far too weak.

On one side was Shi Yue, who held no real power and had a Bloodline that was at most Grade-7 Middle Stage; on the other was Zi Yan, the Dragon Emperor of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan with Heaven-Defying talent. It didn't take much thought to see which was superior; the choice wasn't difficult at all.

Because of this, even when Shi Hao suggested that Shi Yue could be a Secondary Wife, Great Elder Ling Xiao stuck to the same line.

"I cannot make this decision; we must wait for the Young Clan Leader and the Clan Chief to leave seclusion before a decision can be made."

In the end, having met with such a cold reception despite his enthusiasm, Shi Hao could only leave in a huff.

...

Meanwhile, over at the Nine Serenities Earth-Underworld Python Clan, Ling Yuan didn't have to wait long outside the altar before the yellow spring stone tablet at the center began to glow with a faint golden light.

Immediately afterward, Ling Mie's figure slowly opened its eyes upon the stone tablet.

Ling Mie had speed-run the trial of the Yellow Spring Demon Saint.

Just as Ling Yuan had thought, one could pass at the Late Stage of the Heavenly Realm, and since Ling Mie's Soul was only one step away from the Emperor Realm, securing this Opportunity was naturally well within his grasp.

However, being a filial son, Ling Yuan still stepped forward and asked with concern, "Father, are you alright?"

Ling Mie had a relaxed smile on his Face. "I'm fine. The Yellow Spring Demon Saint was indeed very strong back then, but what remains in the stone tablet now is only a remnant Soul; it can't harm me."

Ling Mie wasn't being humble.

At the Heavenly Realm Perfection, not only was he unharmed by the Huangquan Heavenly Fury, but he had also activated his own Soul skill, the Nether Sound Wave Technique, to directly suppress the Huangquan Heavenly Fury.

To put it bluntly, rather than saying he passed the Yellow Spring Demon Saint's trial, it was more accurate to say he defeated the remnant Soul of the Yellow Spring Demon Saint using his absolute Soul advantage.

As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Mie slowly raised his hand. A golden glow shimmered in his palm, and a globule of golden liquid appeared out of thin air, hovering there and radiating a vast, pure energy.

Even from a distance, Ling Yuan could feel that powerful aura.

"demon saint essence blood!"

Ling Yuan's eyes lit up.

Don't be fooled by the small size of this globule of essence blood; the energy contained within was terrifyingly immense, enough to allow a Dou Zong to charge directly into the Dou Sheng Realm.

"The energy in this demon saint essence blood is too vast. At your current Seven-Star Dou Zong Realm, you simply cannot refine it. Keep this essence blood for now; wait until you reach the Semi-Saint Realm to refine it. At that time, it will make charging into the Dou Sheng Realm twice as effective with half the effort."

With that, Ling Mie flicked his finger, and the golden essence blood in his palm split into two halves. One half slowly drifted toward Ling Yuan and hovered before him.

Ling Yuan's current Realm was too low. If he tried to forcibly refine such pure essence blood, he wouldn't gain any benefits; instead, he would be blown apart by the massive energy.

Ling Yuan was stunned for a moment, clearly not expecting his father to give him so much.

"Father, isn't this too much? If you refined all of the essence blood, you should be able to Breakthrough directly to the Middle Stage of Seven-Star Dou Sheng, right?"

Ling Mie smiled and waved his hand. "I'm getting old, and my talent is limited. Even if I refined all the essence blood, I might not necessarily Breakthrough to the Middle Stage. Good things should be left for you talented youngsters. Furthermore, with this demon saint essence blood, more isn't always better; greed will only lead to diminishing returns."

Since it had come to this, Ling Yuan stopped being polite. He raised his hand to take the half-globule of demon saint essence blood and carefully placed it into his storage space.

The essence blood would indeed allow him to leave his peers far behind in the future, and he actually really wanted it.

Now that the Huangquan Heavenly Fury Soul skill and the demon saint essence blood were both in hand, the father and son's purpose for coming to the Nine Serenities Earth-Underworld Python Clan had been fully achieved.

Ling Yuan called Yao Ming over and instructed him: "Do not breathe a word of today's events to the outside world. Whether it's the fact that my father and I were here or the matter of the yellow spring stone tablet, no one must know."

The Hun Clan was still watching like a tiger eyeing its prey. The Ling Clan needed to hide its brilliance for now and didn't need the Nine Serenities Earth-Underworld Python Clan to publicly declare its allegiance yet.

Not only that, even if Ling Mie broke through to Seven-Star Dou Sheng later, he would still need to hide it for a while.

At least until Zhu Kun was released.

On the way back to the clan, Ling Mie's Face was filled with irrepressible joy.

His son was simply the best gift heaven had ever given the Ling Clan!

Wherever he went, he would run into good things.

"Son, in the future, if you sense anything else, you must not keep it to yourself. We can't let others take the good stuff away."

...

After returning to the clan, Ling Yuan urged his father to keep the secret. Even if he broke through to Seven-Star Dou Sheng, he should hide it for three years first.

Although Ling Mie was puzzled, he agreed.

It was only three years; for a powerhouse of his level, it would pass in the blink of an eye.

Thus, Ling Mie happily went to charge toward the Seven-Star Dou Sheng Realm.

Ling Yuan's mother had also begun switching her cultivation to the Myriad Body Origin-Returning Art a few months ago and had not yet left seclusion.

With everyone in seclusion, Ling Yuan felt that he should also raise his own Realm.

He had stayed in the Spirit Domain for a year and a half. Although his Soul had broken through to the Ling Realm Great Perfection, his Dou Qi Realm hadn't increased at all.

The geniuses of the other Dou Di Clanss were about to catch up to him.

He heard that Gu Qingyang, who was around his age, had already reached the Three-Star Dou Zong Realm.

Ling Yuan was unwilling to be overtaken by such a minor character.

He, Ling Yuan, also had to Cultivate and improve fiercely!

The Shi Family's Coming-of-Age Ceremony?

Not going!

Marriage alliance?

Impossible.

Compared to the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, the Shi Family was nothing!