Chapter 122 - Pseudo Bloodlines (2/2)

Once seated, Hei, therefore, asked Ho Yeon-Hong how things had gone with his sister, ”So, is everything settled between you and your sister?”

”Yes, we cleared that up. She forbade me to do such an action in the future. But she allowed me to join her crew officially. She said I could even fight in the decisive battle against Hong Shin. However, I have to find a reliable ship on which I can board. That's why I was wondering if- ”

”If you could join us for the battle?” Lian finished the sentence for her.

Ho Yeon-Hong quickly glanced at Lian, a little annoyed that Lian had anticipated her, but continued, ”Yes. My big sister will never let me join ships with a sixth stage spirit apprentice or lower as captain. It must be at least a seventh stage. Since yours is also an artifact ship, in case of danger, we have more chances to escape. What do you think about it? Can you accommodate my request?” Ho Yeon-Hong asked hopefully as her big eyes looked at Hei's.

Hei met her gaze and thought it over carefully, ”Okay. However, I won't do it for free. You should know it.”

Hei's answer wasn't what Hon Yeon-Hong had expected, but he had accepted anyway. Lian looked doubtfully at Hei as if she wanted to ask him the reason for this.

'It's not just for receiving a reward. If necessary, we can use Ho Yeon-Hong if things go wrong.' Hei sent a spirit message to answer Lian's doubt.

It was correct. He hadn't accepted just for the reward. If he intended to fight for the fragments of the treasure map, he was sure he would have to cross arms against the General Pirates. At the time, Hei and Lian weren't the opponents of the four Pirate Generals. However, Ho Ri-Na had a weakness - she was a generous person and loved her sister very much. Although it was an abominable action to kidnap one person for blackmailing another, for the survival of his family, Hei would do such heinous acts.

”Ho Yeon-Hong, apart from Sok Yeong-Gi, what other spirit soldiers are in your sister's crew?” Hei asked a question that interested him very much.

”Why? Are you curious? I guess so. After all, it is one of the questions that is often asked by those who join us officially. In addition to Yeong-nim, there are Won‌ ‌Byung-Chul‌-nim ‌e Ryuk‌ ‌Gyeong-Su‌-nim.”

”And compared to Sok Yeong-Gi, how are they?”

”In terms of strength, do you say? I shouldn't tell you openly, but in the end, they aren't such secret things. Gyeong-nim is a second stage spirit soldier, while Byung-nim is a fourth stage spirit soldier. They both also have a pseudo bloodline, so they are stronger than normal spirit soldiers with an equal stage.” Ho Yeon-Hong explained proudly. She seemed happy to brag about her sister's crew.

”Pseudo bloodline?” Hei asked, perplexed. He was amazed at the cultivation stage reached by the other two spirit soldiers, especially Won Byung-Chul. However, it was the 'pseudo-bloodline' words that caught his attention.

”Don't you know it? yet you and Lian also have a bloodline… wait. Don't tell me you have a pure bloodline?” Ho Yeon-Hong exclaimed in amazement. She had seen Hei and Lian activate their bloodline during the fight against the whale, but she didn't believe it was a pure bloodline.

”Calm down and explain what you mean.” Hei tried to get the meaning of those terms explained.

”Basically, with the disappearance of the divine beasts, it has become impossible to acquire new bloodlines. You must know that when the owner of a bloodline has a child, the child doesn't necessarily end up owning that bloodline. There is a probability of success that depends on several factors. However, the more you go on with the generations, the more the bloodline becomes less present in the body until it disappears. There may be exceptions in which after generations without owners of bloodlines, there is someone who awakens a bloodline, but they are rare occasions.

Those who are called owners of a Pseudo Bloodline are martial artists who have a bloodline with only the active effect. Therefore they don't have the passive effect of assisting them in understanding Elemental Laws. Pure Bloodlines are those that have both passive and active effects. I also heard there is another definition called Royal Bloodline, but it is something that concerns the Continent. I don't know precisely how they differ from Pure Bloodlines.” Ho Yeon-Hong finished her explanation as she looked in amazement at Hei and Lian.

'Owners of pure bloodlines! It's something you don't hear about who knows how long here in the Forgotten Ocean.' Ho Yeon-Hong thought to herself.

'Shit, I inadvertently ended up revealing something I shouldn't have.' Hei regretted it.

It wasn't strange that Hei didn't know this. The information he had was mostly derived from his mother, Bao Bei. Bao Bei had lived in the period when the divine beasts were still alive, and therefore the phenomenon of pseudo bloodlines wasn't present. It wasn't so strange, therefore, that she knew nothing about it and hadn't warned Hei about the pseudo and pure bloodlines.

Unfortunately, the damage had already been done, so he couldn't go back. Asking Ho Yeon-Hong not to report her sister would have been very suspicious. After all, if they were really owners of a pure bloodline, they would have been seen with even more value than now. He could only rejoice that he had discovered it now and that there wouldn't be too severe as a consequence.

”Ah, for information as we are revealing our secrets. What stage of cultivation has your sister Ho Ri-Na reached?” Hei asked the question that interested him most of all.