The Peerless Emperor

Yun Yunyan, Lin Qian's own mother, had a profound fondness for various ancient texts, eccentric characters, and stories from the ancient war era.

The Yun family was itself a major clan, naturally possessing numerous ancient texts. Moreover, Lin Qian's maternal grandfather, Yun Fan, had specifically paid attention to such texts during his adventures outside and had brought them back for his daughter.

Hence, Yun Yunyan had read a broad array of ancient texts. Although her words couldn't be taken as an absolute standard, they still elucidated some issues.

After all, Zhang Juncheng was a legendary figure from the Southern Domain who had survived the ancient war era. As a Human Clan member who had experienced it firsthand, his words were certainly conclusive.

The Black Blood Clan, like the Yun family, had appeared out of nowhere.

"Grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, and uncle," Lin Qian inhaled deeply before he spoke to the five people in front of him, "I need a drop of your essence blood, a drop of your ordinary blood, and a strand of your hair."

After hearing Lin Qian's request, the five exchanged glances, unsure of what he suddenly intended to do.

Without questioning Lin Qian's request, they naturally agreed without hesitation and provided what he had asked for.

Using an empty Crystal Bottle, Lin Qian carefully collected their essence blood and ordinary blood, as well as a strand of hair from each, meticulously wrapping them in paper before sending them to the Huaxia Empire.

Next, Lin Qian looked silently towards the distant front.

"Qianer, what are you trying to do?" Yun Yunyan couldn't help but ask due to Lin Qian's peculiar request.

"The current crisis in the Yun family involves a curse infection that transforms creatures into zombies, and it is highly contagious. If left undiscovered, by the time it erupts, the spread of this zombie curse would accelerate rapidly," Lin Qian spoke solemnly, looking at the five people before him. "In fact, isn't this situation very similar to what the Black Blood Clan did during the ancient war?"

"Very similar?" Upon hearing Lin Qian's words, everyone looked at him, stupefied for a while.

"Yes, whether it's cultivating Blood Nourishing Corpses or walking corpses, or the current zombies, all of these encapsulate an intense aura of death. Whether it's the Black Blood Clan risking everything to create Blood Nourishing Corpses and walking corpses, or the current curse infection, it seems like the intent is to continually expand this scope and significantly increase their numbers," Lin Qian said, furrowing his brows. "Clearly, there is somebody behind all this, manipulating everything, but their exact motive remains unknown."

After listening to Lin Qian's analysis, everyone fell silent. However, it was obvious they largely concurred with his statement.

"Your Majesty, the analysis results are out," suddenly, Zhuge Ming's voice emerged in Lin Qian's mind. "Your Majesty, it seems you are not purely from the Human Clan. Your blood contains an unknown race, very rare but extraordinarily pure, and the power it contains is also exceptional."

"This bloodline, unlike any race known to Soul Martial Continent according to my estimates, probably originates from beyond the Outer Void," suggested Zhuge Ming.

Upon hearing Zhuge Ming's words, Lin Qian slowly closed his eyes—he had already suspected this.

The suddenly appeared Black Blood Clan was undoubtedly connected to the manipulating hand behind the scenes. How could the suddenly appeared Yun family be just from the Human Clan?

Perhaps, the Yun family wasn't from the Human Clan at all.

To confirm his suspicions, Lin Qian had requested blood from his parents to allow the Heavenly Art Department and others to study it.

Though the Heavenly Art Department had been studying his body, they did not fully understand what being from the Human Clan entailed. They had always perceived Lin Qian as from the Human Clan.

Lin Qian's grandfather and father were purely from the Human Clan, and with them as a reference, Lin Qian's bloodline was confirmed.

However, his grandmother, mother, and uncle were not purely from another race; rather, their bloodline from that race was predominant, yet it still contained traces of the Human Clan lineage.

According to the research of Zhuge Ming, their exotic bloodline was in a dormant state within them, and the weaker proportion of Human Clan bloodline was currently dominant.

Perhaps this was why the Yun family, like the Human Clan, were capable of wielding Martial Souls.

"Moreover, the power of this bloodline tends toward dragons," Zhuge Ming's voice resounded once more at that moment.

"Dragons?" Lin Qian's eyes expressed his interest upon hearing Zhuge Ming's report. "It seems the real origins of the Yun family are not so simple."

With no need to hide such information having confirmed the results from Zhuge Ming, Lin Qian turned to face his relatives. "The reason I requested your blood earlier is for a special cause, and there's something I need to tell you."

Lin Qian then slowly began to explain the situation in detail.

After hearing his words, their pupils contracted, and their eyes revealed expressions of disbelief, evidently something beyond their expectations.

"I'm not from the Human Clan?" Yun Qingfeng appeared particularly shocked, looking down at his own hands in disbelief.

Hearing his uncle's words, Lin Qian quickly clarified, "No, more accurately, not purely from the Human Clan. It's more apt to call it mixed blood."

"Holding different attitudes toward different races, and harboring discriminatory thoughts, is not a good mindset," Lin Qian commented.

Yun Qingfeng rubbed his forehead, revealing a wry smile. "It's not that I have discriminatory thoughts, but this revelation is just too shocking, way beyond what one could imagine."

Understanding the difficulty in accepting this, Lin Qian showed a curious look in his eyes. "However, I'm really curious about what abilities this bloodline's power actually possesses."

At Lin Qian's remark, a curious glint also burst in Yun Qingfeng's eyes. "Indeed, other races also possess various marvelous Talents. We can already use Martial Souls now; if the hidden bloodline's power can also be utilized, wouldn't we have two kinds of abilities?"

Reminded by his uncle, Lin Qian also came to his senses and asked Zhuge Ming inside the Heavenly Art Department, "How about it, any good suggestions regarding the awakening of this bloodline power?"

"What a strong aura!" Just then, Yun Rong suddenly cried out in surprise.