31 – Bloodline Secret

Seeing Li Huai appear, Wang Ping narrowed his eyes.

At the beginning of this simulation, his idea was to visit the Li family to investigate the situation. He wanted to understand why the Li family could easily locate the people of Chi Village and why they didn’t kill children.

【 You are very angry and try to meet Li Huai. However, you did not act rashly, nor do you plan to see the people of the Chi family, because that would definitely expose you and be extremely dangerous.】

【 You suppress the anger in your heart, continuing to cultivate and study alchemy. You believe that as long as you improve your strength and investigate further, one day the truth will come to light.】

【 In the blink of an eye, three years have passed. During these three years, you have been diligently cultivating, your cultivation level advancing to the third level of the Innate Realm. Your alchemy skills have also greatly improved, allowing you to refine second-grade pills. At the same time, your swordsmanship has advanced significantly.】

【 Your talent makes the Li family value you even more. The head of the Li family betroths his granddaughter, Li Yan, to you, wanting to bind you firmly to the Li family’s chariot. To investigate the truth, you choose to marry Li Yan.】

【 After marrying Li Yan, you gain even more favor from the head of the Li family. He finally gives you a treasured third-grade pill formula for you to study. Additionally, you are allowed to practice the Li family’s top-tier profound martial arts: the Spirit Refining Sword Manual.】

【 On the surface, you appear kind and grateful, smiling warmly, but inside you sneer coldly. You swear that once your strength is sufficient, you will use the Li family’s martial arts to kill everyone in the Li family.】

【 On May 1st, 490th Year of the Great Xia Calendar, with ample spirit stones and pills, you successfully advance to the sixth level of the Innate Realm. At the same time, under the influence of the Green Talent: Sword Dao Genius, your years of practice lead you to perfect the Spirit Refining Sword Manual, allowing you to comprehend the rudimentary form of Sword Intent. Though far from true Sword Intent, you now have a clear direction, surpassing countless swordsmen.】

【 Meanwhile, your alchemy level has also made astonishing progress, easily allowing you to refine third-grade pills.】

【 You have never revealed your true strength. However, relying on your alchemy skills, you significantly boost the overall strength of the Li family, leading to the expansion of their apothecaries and rapid growth in power.】

【 Because of your presence, the head of the Li family is now more secure in his position and respected by all. He often boasts about finding a great grandson-in-law, making the elders of the Li family envious beyond measure. Your status in the Li family is at its peak, and even Li Huai treats you with respect.】

【 In the 495th Year of the Great Xia Calendar, Great Xia begins to experience chaos and uprisings emerge. In these five years, your cultivation has further improved, reaching the seventh level of the Innate Realm. In Sword Dao cultivation, your rudimentary Sword Intent has become more refined, just a step away from true Sword Intent. However, your greatest progress is in alchemy, advancing to the level of a fourth-grade alchemist, able to refine fourth-grade pills.】

【 A fourth-grade alchemist holds a status above that of ordinary Spirit Origin Realm experts. In the entire Great Xia, such a status is highly esteemed, with even hegemonic sects like the Sword Spirit Sect and the Great Xia royal family treating you with utmost respect.】

【 Your presence continues to boost the Li family’s power, making other prominent forces envious. The Li family head often boasts ‘My grandson-in-law has the potential to become a Pill King,’ causing both exasperation and envy.】

【 On August 1st, 495th Year of the Great Xia Calendar, feeling that the time is ripe, and that you are now an indispensable part of the Li family, the Li family head and the grand elders bring you to the family’s underground chamber…】
【 Then, you saw a scene that made you furious. Those children from back then had all grown up, their memories erased by the Li family using medicinal pills, and they were being raised like livestock for breeding purposes.】

“Li family!” Wang Ping saw the simulated content, clenched his fists, and was extremely angry…

Several seconds later, Wang Ping took a deep breath, calmed his anger, and continued to watch.

He knew that the moment to unravel the mystery had come.

As Wang Ping continued to watch, the content on the screen continued to emerge.

【 Next, with the explanation from the head of the Li family, you finally understood the truth. It turned out that after the Li family exterminated the Chi family, they accidentally discovered a hidden secret of the Chi family. That was… the bloodline.】

【 The Chi family members were of the Spirit Clan, a hidden clan. Their bloodline could be used to refine medicine; as long as enough of the Chi family bloodline was collected and a Fourth Rank Alchemist was found, Blood Spirit Pills could be refined. The Blood Spirit Pills had the potential to grant the person who consumed them the special physique of the Spirit Clan. Additionally, it had an astonishing effect in helping to break through to the Great Transcendence.】

【 Back then, after the Li family learned this secret, they deeply regretted exterminating the Chi family. If they had raised the Chi family members, they would have hoped to obtain a large amount of Blood Spirit Pills.】

【 However, based on a population survey, the Li family later found out that the Chi family had not been completely exterminated; a small number of people had escaped. This made them incredibly delighted, and they have been secretly searching for the whereabouts of the Chi family members all these years. However, eighty years have passed, and there was still no news at all.】

【 Finally, the Li family even contacted the Sword Spirit Sect, hoping to use their power to find the Chi family members. Because the current Sect Master’s wife is a member of the Li family, she is the daughter of the Supreme Elder, and the sister of the Li family head.】

【 In the end, even the Sword Spirit Sect couldn’t find any traces of the Chi family, which made them very frustrated.】

【 Listening to the Li family’s explanation, your heart was cold with anger, but you controlled your emotions and pretended to be curious about how the Li family found out.】

【 Li Huai answered your question. They accidentally obtained a secret technique called Blood Demon Tracking Art. As long as they had someone’s blood, they could track their location. However, this secret technique could only be used to track Spirit Clan members and had significant limitations. It could only trace places where a large number of similar bloodlines gathered and could not track individuals. They discovered Chi Village using the bloodline of deceased members of the Chi family and the Blood Demon Tracking Art.】

【 After hearing their explanation and their words about how ‘the people of Chi Village were indeed cunning, hiding deep within Black Wind Forest,’ you were both angry and frightened. You finally understood why Li Huai could always find the Chi family members and only kill the adults while leaving the children.】

【 Because children could be raised, and adopting them was a suitable excuse to deceive other forces. If they brought back too many adults, it would definitely be noticed. The Li family likely wanted to monopolize the bloodline and didn’t want the Sword Spirit Sect to know this secret!】