Chapter 80: I’m Not That Kind of Disciple (1/2)

Chapter 80: I’m Not That Kind of Disciple

“Horizontal Mountain Zhu Clan?”

Shi Kaihuang’s voice suddenly grew louder and his eyebrows shot into the air, his tone both cautious and serious.

“Does Instructor know about this nobility clan?” Su Chen asked as he sat in the middle of the Origin Talisman Energy Formation, stars covering the sky above him.

Shi Kaihuang gazed up for some time before replying, “You should know that Bloodline Nobility Clans have different ranks, right? The Horizontal Mountain Zhu Clan has the bloodline of a Demonic Emperor.”

“Demonic Emperor Bloodline?” Su Chen was shocked.

The society they lived in had an extremely rigid hierarchy.

In such a society, even Bloodline Nobility Clans were divided into a hierarchy.

What determined a clan’s ranking was the source of their bloodline.

Demonic Beasts were typically split into low, mid, and high tier. Above that was Demon Lords, Demon Kings, and finally Demon Emperors. These divisions were further separated into pure and mixed blood categories.

It was worth paying attention to the fact that, among the Bloodline Nobility Clans, the majority of them had high-tier Demonic Beast bloodlines, not low-tier ones.

This was because they were all ambitious. Under the appropriate circumstances, no one wanted to possess a low-quality bloodline.

Otherwise, why weren’t there any Vicious Beast Bloodlines?

Quite plainly, it was because their tier was too low and no one had any interest in using them.

At this point, neither pureblood nor mixed blood clans really used Vicious Beast Bloodlines, and they were constantly striving for more powerful Demonic Beast Bloodlines as well. Thus, although low- and mid-tier Demonic Beast Bloodlines existed, they were still relatively low in number.

This was why Su Chen had constantly encountered individuals in the exam grounds with high-tier Demonic Beast bloodlines over and over again. Apart from him, that was basically the norm for all Bloodline Nobility Clans.

Generally, mid-to-low Demonic Lord bloodlines are above high-tier Demonic Beast bloodlines.

Above that were Demonic King Bloodlines.

Clans with Demonic King Bloodlines could be considered the nobility of nobility. They commanded immense respect, and their statuses were extraordinary. Up to this point, Su Chen had never encountered a single one before, but it could be imagined that people with such a bloodline were probably at minimum at the same level of strength as Ji Hanyan.

Demonic Monarchs were essentially commanders and overlords of the Beast Race. From ancient times until now, there were a total of 1342 recorded Demonic Monarchs. Their bloodlines had been being extracted ever since the Arcana Kingdom was around, but there were no more than 312 bloodlines that had been extracted.

After the passage of tens of thousands of years, only 108 Demonic Emperor Bloodlines remained. The remainder had perished in one of the countless battles that had taken place since.

The Zhu Clan was one of those clans.

Su Chen didn’t expect to run into a Demonic Emperor Clan before even encountering a Demonic King Clan.

Indeed, reality was not the same as a video game. The enemies wouldn’t come one after another with increasing strength.

“Yes, the Horizontal Mountain Zhu Clan, also known as the Slyheart Zhu Clan because of their Slyheart Demonic Emperor Bloodline. The Slyheart Zhu Clan is a wily demon fox that is especially good at mesmerizing people and toying with their hearts. Their mesmer techniques are especially powerful, and unlike Jin Ling’er’s mesmer techniques, which are extremely picky and can only be used to bully those who are weak, the Slyheart Demon Emperor Bloodline’s mesmer techniques will most likely succeed upon use.”

“They’re that strong? Then aren’t they invincible?”

“There’s no such thing as true invincibility. Although the Slyheart Bloodline’s mesmer techniques are powerful, they have their own limitations. They take a long time to activate, so they aren’t as useful on the rapidly changing battlefield. Mesmer techniques are best utilized in ambushes, so in this aspect their techniques are inferior to that of the Bewitching Butterfly Clan, whose techniques can be used in and out of battle. Secondly, they are also susceptible to cultivation hierarchy. If mesmer techniques are used on someone with a higher cultivation base, it might fail or even backfire. Third, only pureblood females within the clan can activate these techniques, and it is only useful against males. Thus, the individuals with high statuses in this clan should be the females, while the males are their subordinates. The bloodlines are also prioritized for the females. They tried to pull you by claiming that you could marry a woman from their clan…… Should I say that they have no sincerity or that they are too sincere?”

As Shi Kaihuang spoke, he began to laugh.

“The enemies are already at our front door, yet you still have the heart to joke about it, Instructor?” Su Chen asked helplessly.

Shi Kaihuang calmly replied, “Weren’t you prepared for this kind of outcome from the moment you decided to become my disciple?”

“Even though you say that, your calm attitude is still a bit off-putting,” Su Chen muttered. “No wonder you told me to take care of Kaihuang’s Heaven on my own. Now I’m the one in trouble and you have nothing to worry about.”

“You’re displeased with me?” Shi Kaihuang teased him with a laugh.

“How could I.” Su Chen rolled his eyes at him.

They had been teacher and disciple for over three years now, and their relationship was uncommon in that they could speak freely to each other. Of course, Shi Kaihuang was actually worried for Su Chen, but he had already been prepared for this moment ever since he chose this path.