107 Ritual (1/2)

Lara could feel that she was making a decision and didn't press her, but instead patiently waited for her.

”I will do it.”, she then finally voiced her decision.

This answer didn't come as much of a surprise as Lara had already expected something like this. Still, there was one question that had to be asked.

”Why would you do this? If you are able to do it, then you have to be at least Earth Rank and then none of the rewards should mean anything to you.”

”Normally yes, but something has happened and I lost my strength. Now to gain it back, accepting this deal is the best thing I can do.”

”If you lost your strength, wouldn't that affect the ritual?”

”No, not at all. The ritual only depends on the Bloodline Power, which hasn't been affected, since it is extremely complicated to do this without killing the target. And because the usage of Bloodline Power requires Qi there is no need either. So although I have lost my Qi and Vital Qi, I still have my Bloodline Power.”, Celine explained.

Lara didn't know anything about Bloodline Power and as such couldn't deduce the truth, but she was inclined to trust the woman. ”You lost your Vital Qi? Is that the reason why you look so old?”, she asked curiously.

”Yes. I'm not sure if you are aware but without sufficient Vital Qi, the body will age at a fast speed. So after my body lost most of its ability to generate Vital Qi I have lived of my reserves and now that they are at their end, I have aged a lot.”

After hearing this explanation Lara could guess one of the reasons, why the other party would make this deal. But to be sure she still asked, ”Then the reason you have offered to do this is that you need Vital Qi?”

”That's one of the reasons. With your husband refilling my Vital Qi I can continue to live and my body will become young once again too, so don't worry. But besides the Vital Qi, I would need five 'Strengthening Pill'.”, Celine clearly stated her reasons for making her offer.

”Alright, The Vital Qi is no problem since exchanging it is necessary to stabilize the Bloodline anyway. As for the pills, if the ritual truly works then there is no problem with giving them to you.”, Lara agreed to the demands.

”Great, then I'll send you the description for the ritual so you can check it. And if you agree after that we will sign the contract alright?”

”Sure.”, Lara readily agreed.

Just after voicing her agreement a System notification popped up.

<< Celine Lefair wants to share the description for the Ritual 'Bloodline Refining Furnace Ritual (Unique)' with you.

Do you accept?

>>

Without having to think about it Lara agreed.

<< Ritual: Bloodline Refining Furnace Ritual (Unique)

Alignment: Evil

Introduction through the creator:

This ritual is the work I am the proudest of as well the most disappointed in. When I started my research on how to strengthen Bloodline Aspects many of my brothers laughed at me, telling me it was impossible. But I persevered and finally found a way to do what others thought impossible.

By researching the most common way of bloodline transfer, which is giving it to one's children I found a way of strengthening existing bloodlines through the use of a female as a furnace.

This is the part I am most proud of.

The part I am most disappointed in is the requirements the ritual has for the female who is to serve as the furnace. Not only does she need to have a high Bloodline Power, but what is the worst is that she has to sacrifice it out of her free will. I have tried everything but there is no way to force someone to do it. Even using some rare treasures as the trade doesn't work. According to my observation, the female has to offer this ritual on herself, while the male can't have any knowledge of it beforehand.

I really hope that sometimes someone will execute this ritual.

Requirements:

(The System has detected two parties willing to do the ritual and as such will indicate which requirements are fulfilled.)

Furnace:

- Female (y)

- High Bloodline Power (y)

- Offered ritual (y)

- Bloodline Heaven Grade or higher (y)

- Mental State 'Clear Mind' or higher (y)