NOVPUB"Dao Wufeng... he really is within the Spirit Taoist Sect!"
Despite it being their first meeting, the aura of the man in black enabled the girl in green to confirm that he was indeed Dao Wufeng!
"Who are you?"
Su Changkong looked at the green-clad young girl, his tone revealing little emotion as he asked.
Su Changkong was encountering this girl in green for the first time, yet she knew to seek him out in the Spirit Taoist Sect, prompting vague suspicions within him.
The girl in green hurriedly replied with respect, "Junior Fu Qingsi, I have seen Senior Blade before, and it was Sister XueXiao who asked me to find you."
"Ji XueXiao... Hmm, is there something she needs from me?"
Su Changkong nodded slightly. There were only a handful of people who knew of his presence in the Spirit Taoist Sect. Aside from Qin Miesheng, Ji XueXiao had previously shown him kindness, so he had informed her that if she needed his help or wanted to use the Transforming Dragon Gate, she should come find him near Zhongling Mountain.
Now it seemed Ji XueXiao had run into some trouble and couldn’t come personally, so she had entrusted this young girl named Fu Qingsi to seek him out.
Fu Qingsi, with a hint of urgency, said, "Senior Blade, I beg you to help Sister XueXiao. She’s fallen into grave danger."
"Ji XueXiao encountered danger? Who could threaten her?" Su Changkong wondered in silence.
Ji XueXiao herself was shrouded in mystery, certainly stemming from one of the major clans or sects, and was blessed with significant fortune, having once easily gained a Divine Seed’s allegiance. Her strength was immense, capable of directly confronting Wei Shengxin, and yet here was Fu Qingsi, seeking his help.
"Tell me what’s happening," Su Changkong didn’t immediately respond, preferring first to understand the specifics.
Fu Qingsi dared not conceal anything and said through clenched teeth, "I am from the Fu Family of the Bright Night Kingdom. Our Fu Family ancestors had once produced a Martial Saint, but by our generation, our family has declined. Not long ago, some people came to our Fu Family, offering a method to develop our bloodline potential... but in reality, it was an evil art..."
As she spoke, Fu Qingsi concentrated her thoughts, and from between her brows, a green crystal emerged, issuing a faint bloody hue.
"Is this a Divine Seed... a Blood Divine Seed?"
Upon seeing this, Su Changkong immediately recognized what it was! 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓹𝓾𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
It was similar to a Divine Seed, but the aura was clearly not as powerful as that of a true Divine Seed, conveying a disordered sense, as if it was on the verge of collapse.
Su Changkong had seen this before—it was the Blood Divine Seed!
In the past, Su Changkong had accompanied the commander of the Flame Dragon Guard of the Great Flame Empire to Diluo City, to resolve the pervasive turmoil caused by the local prestigious Luo Family.
During that time, a small accident occurred; Luo Huang, using a blood refining method, had refined all the bloodline strength of his family members, creating a ’Blood Divine Seed.’
This Blood Divine Seed could be considered a weakened version of the Divine Seed, with significant limitations and extreme instability. Other than warriors of the same clan and bloodline, no one else could refine and use the Blood Divine Seed; warriors of different bloodlines attempting to refine it would just cause it to explode, an act tantamount to suicide!
It was also the first time Su Changkong met Ji XueXiao, from whom he learned that only the Ancient Demon Sect possessed the technique to create a Blood Divine Seed.
Although the true nature of the Ancient Demon Sect was unknown, possessing such a method was clearly indicative of ill intent! Ji XueXiao seemed to have a vendetta against the Ancient Demon Sect and had taken the Blood Divine Seed obtained by Su Changkong, wishing to use it as a clue to locate the disciples of the Ancient Demon Sect.
"Recently, Ji XueXiao found the whereabouts of the Ancient Demon Sect and it seems they even clashed."
Su Changkong roughly understood the situation; the strength and foundation of the Ancient Demon Sect were evidently formidable, posing a threat to Ji XueXiao in their confrontation.
Fu Qingsi’s eyes showed anger and sorrow: "Those people gave our Fu Family the method to refine the Blood Divine Seed, but my father, the Family Head of the Fu Family, upon learning that this method required the sacrifice of the whole family’s bloodline at its purest, immediately became angry and sought to expel them.
Our Fu Family is kind, wishing to live peacefully and would never commit such atrocity."
The cost of refining the Blood Divine Seed was tremendous. Even Luo Huang back then had done so out of desperation, with the Luo Family facing inevitable reckoning and no other recourse but to decide to sacrifice the entire family for this purpose.
Compared to the Luo Family, the Fu Family was much weaker, but its members lived harmoniously, without strife or competition, and would never sacrifice the whole clan just to refine a single Blood Divine Seed.
"When my father refused, those people were not willing to give up. They attacked directly, and they were very strong... our Fu Family couldn’t resist, and we were subdued. They then used me as the focal point for the array, and my entire Fu Family as the material to refine this Blood Divine Seed."
Tears streamed from the corners of Fu Qingsi’s eyes, her pretty face filled with sadness and hatred.
Su Changkong fell into a short silence.
Initially, when the Ancient Demon Sect faced the Luo Family, they only provided the method to refine the Blood Divine Seed, not forcing them to do so, probably because the chaos was just beginning and they had other concerns.
But in dealing with the Fu Family, the Ancient Demon Sect used force directly after being refused, forcibly utilizing the entire Fu Family to refine the Blood Divine Seed. Fu Qingsi, being the one with the richest Martial Saint bloodline, was used as the core to refine the Blood Divine Seed, and because the Ancient Demon Sect also needed someone alive, Fu Qingsi was spared.
"Before those people arrived, Sister XueXiao had already visited our Fu Family, inquiring about related information, and she even left an Ice Leaf behind. I crushed it when those people showed up, and ultimately it was Sister XueXiao who rushed over and saved me. She told me that those people were from the Ancient Demon Sect, all very formidable...
She instructed me to flee and hide, and if she didn’t reunite with me, I was to come to the Great Flame Empire, near Zhongling Mountain, to find you..."
