224 Tainted Blood (1/2)
The roar had not caused as much panic in the city as one might think. The roar had come during the night, so most were asleep.
The beasts had all felt it, and a few humans had been woken up, but it was quickly forgotten by the normal people. Only the Diviners and the beasts knew about it.
Lu Yuping, who had sensed the roar, had been trembling with excitement. He had arrived at the deserted square at the same time as the Diviners, but he had hidden from them and stealthily examined the scene from afar.
While he had seen the corpses on the ground and instantly recognized them as the two remaining Tiger Triplet brothers, he did not stay for long. The Diviners were not a joke. If they noticed him and saw through his disguise, he might not have lived to tell the tale, whether alive or as a free man.
He knew that the Diviners had guessed that there was an elite beast in Cloudsoar City, but he was busy feeling proud of Xue Wei. Knowing that the Sovereign Beast he had found could jump ranks in a fight, his reverence of Xue Wei—and the excitement of what the boy would one day accomplish—grew substantially.
A few days went by. Hei Gou did not leave Xue Wei's side. Uncharacteristically, he remained seated on a chair by the bed with complete focus, watching over him.
Bai Tianyi was not any less worried, but he was aware that the actions of that night had caused the Diviners to show interest in them. He was curious as to whether or not other experts had also noticed that there was an elite beast in Cloudsoar City.
Unfortunately, no matter how much he searched for information, he could find nothing. There was no one who was willing to talk about what had happened that night.
Eventually, Bai Tianyi grit his teeth and returned to their suite, unaware that his investigation had caused the two Diviners to be alert.
A few more days passed by, but Xue Wei showed no sign of waking up. Bai Tianyi and Hei Gou were both worried sick as to why he was unconscious for so long, neither of them leaving his side. Then one day a knocking sound came from the door.
Both frowned and looked at one another. Who could it possibly be? Still, Bai Tianyi stood up and opened the door. The moment he opened it, his eyes widened in shock and his jaw dropped.
”What are you doing here?” he asked in shock and disbelief. Hei Gou could hear that it was someone that Bai Tianyi knew, but when he looked, it was someone he had never seen before.
”I heard that my cute disciple ran into some issues.” The melodious voice from outside came in with a hint of mischief.
Hei Gou looked at the person. It was a tall man who seemed around twenty-five years old. He had long blue hair and blue eyes, and his clothes had embroideries of a snake with four wings - a mingshe.
”Come in, you phony prophet,” Bai Tianyi grumbled and moved aside to let Lan enter the room.
”Who would have thought that you were Wei's teacher,” he muttered to himself. Lan just snickered in response.
”Oh, it seems that his bloodline is what is causing the problems,” he said as soon as he laid eyes on Xue Wei. ”Well, what can you expect, he has tainted blood after all.”
”Tainted blood?” Bai Tianyi had heard what Lan had said, but he did not understand what exactly the prophet meant.
”Anyhow—how did you know that Xue Wei was here and that he was unconscious?” Bai Tianyi shook his head. He knew that Lan was not one who would tell Bai Tianyi about the tainted blood issue, so instead he asked questions that Lan would definitely answer.
”My subordinate told me that she heard a frightening roar that made her blood run cold and every beast submit. Later, they found Wei's enemies dead without intact corpses. It is only obvious that the roar and the murders were linked together.”
”But that roar is an innate ability called the Dragon Roar. It is not something he should have access to already, and thus I was worried about him.”
”You hurried all the way from the center of the continent to Cloudsoar City just because you were worried about him?” Bai Tianyi snorted. ”He must be very valuable.”
”Oh he is,” Lan snickered and nodded his head. ”He is the only one of his kind in the entire world.”
Hearing this, Bai Tianyi's eyes widened. This was not a question about being the only one in the continent, but the entire world. One has to know that there were many continents in this world, so to be alone meant he was very special.
Even if he was a Sovereign Beast, he should not be the only one in the entire world, so what exactly was he? Did it have something to do with what Lan mentioned earlier? The tainted blood?
Bai Tianyi sunk into contemplation, but this was something that Lan had expected. He knew that his words were giving away a lot of clues, but he did not mind. He just wanted Xue Wei to grow stronger and to join his collection.
Lan went next to Xue Wei. Hei Gou observed him with scepticism, but because of the conversation between Bai Tianyi and Lan, he could sense that this man had no malice towards Xue Wei, so he took a step back.