Chapter 397: Your Blood (2/2)
”I can feel the Vermilion Bird blood within your body,” the Emperor said with a smile, not at all insulted over the fact that Xue Wei pretended not to know what he was talking about.
”The blood is much purer than any descendant in our current younger generation,” he continued.
”Do you know about your mother?” he finally asked, and Xue Wei, who was slightly annoyed by being seen through suddenly, lifted his head, his eyes a little lost.
He knew nothing about his mother. He did not even know if the man he considered his father was really his father, or if the man he thought his uncle was really his uncle.
Seeing that he had gotten Xue Wei's attention, the Emperor smiled slightly.
”You look a lot like her,” he said. ”She was a unique beast; we all considered her the Holy Maiden.
”As you know, it is impossible to mix the blood of races now, but once upon a time, it was possible.
”Because of this, once upon a time, the races married amongst the races, the sovereign beasts equally so.
”Due to this, the bloodline of the four beasts has actually diluted slightly, and mixed with one another, though it is hard to see, and after it became impossible for races to produce offsprings, the bloodline grew in density again.
”However, your mother was known as the Holy Maiden because she was special. She had the bloodline of all four sovereign beasts.
”She was the woman that all four sovereign beast clans considered their holy lady, the one who kept us all gathered together.
”But one day, she vanished. We do not know what happened to her, but she disappeared from the face of the earth.
”Looking at you, it seems that she found herself a lover and was not willing to continue living as the sovereign beast holy maiden.
”I do not know what happened to her, but I can imagine that she gave up her lifeforce to feed you and allow you to be born.
”I can sense that you are half human. Hence you can control human techniques and able to cultivate before the age of thirty.”
Xue Wei was in deep thought. Things he had never known before suddenly started falling into place.
The Primordial Beasts on the Chang'an Continent were waiting for him and wanting something from him.
”Your blood is special,” the Emperor continued, ”You might not know, but because of your status as the holy maiden's son, having her blood flowing in your veins, you can mutate other beasts and bring their bloodline to new levels.”
Hearing this made Xue Wei aware that the mutation that Hei Gou had undergone could only be because of his blood. Even another sovereign beast could not cause it to happen.