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Chapter 49: 19. Say Goodbye to the Past
I don't know how long it had passed.
The wondrous power, warm as if nurtured in a mother's womb, finally depleted, and Lin Yue felt a blessing touch his soul. A message emerged in his heart, and then he reopened his eyes.
The world in front of him was no different from the past.
But he knew that his destiny was now utterly different from before.
From being a nobody, he had leaped to become the most noble among the princes of the Divine Emperor—the most exaggerated class leap imaginable.
In the history of Earth's various dynasties, whether nobility or Imperial Family, they were ultimately nothing more than ordinary mortals.
A common man's anger could be deadly; within ten steps, everyone is an enemy of the state.
But in this world of immortality and martial arts, the Xia Family, under Xiahong, was the most potent force, and the God Emperor was undeniably the strongest.
However...
Lin Yue suddenly remembered the secret of the Eighth Ring Level, and couldn't help taking a deep breath, feeling somewhat heavy.
This princehood might not be so easy to assume.
He could even foresee the chaotic situations that might arise in the future, and he had no clue what the future of the Xia Family would be.
"Anyway, I better practice cultivation for self-protection as soon as possible."
Lin Yue took a deep breath and began to quietly sense his newfound differences.
At this moment, he had already refined the Prince Bloodline within Xiahong Lie's body.
It seemed even Xiahong Lie's soul had been refined by the All-Spirit Blood Jade, perhaps only through this method could he truly perfectly acquire the other's Bloodline Divine Power and Innate Divine Skills.
However, he didn't feel anything special.
"Let's try."
Lin Yue picked up a dagger and sliced a wound in his palm, and blood immediately welled out.
In just a few breaths, the wound healed at a visibly rapid pace.
"As expected," Lin Yue's mouth curved into a slight smile.
He had seen the scene of Xiahong Lie's wounds healing, and naturally understood there was no difference now.
This was Xiahong Lie's Innate Divine Power.
A recovery speed a thousand times faster than ordinary people.
After Xiahong Lie's bloodline had been completely refined, Lin Yue received an extraordinary message from the deepest part of the bloodline, containing information about this Innate Divine Power.
This Innate Divine Power originated from the source of the Xia Family's bloodline, which is to say the God Emperor.
Technique has form, Divine Skills have none.
Divine Skills, a transcendental power even a mortal can wield.
The Innate Divine Skill that Xiahong Lie had awakened was one of those refined by the God Emperor, named 'Nine Deaths Not Me'.
It can be understood as—
Even if one suffers a calamity of life and death, oneself is not among those nine deaths but can still find that thread of life.
Therefore, it has an incredibly astonishing recovery power.
Unless it's a fatal wound, such as the head being destroyed or the neck severed, even if the heart is pierced, it can quickly regenerate.
Even severed limbs can regrow.
However, according to that message from the bloodline, 'Nine Deaths Not Me' seems to have another interpretation which pertains to the truly powerful aspect of this Divine Skill, but it did not spell it out, only hinting that the cost might be substantial and it's best not to invoke it even once.
"Strange, is this message in the bloodline left by the God Emperor?"
Lin Yue was somewhat at a loss for words, "Since there are messages left in the bloodline, why not make them clear? Is the God Emperor a riddler?"
The thing he hated most in life was when someone held important secrets back deliberately, yet acted with a 'you shouldn't know yet' riddler attitude, which was just irritating to watch.
—Of course, the other thing was not letting him be the riddler.
"No wonder Xia Lie said he wasn't afraid of me after awakening the bloodline's Divine Skills."
Lin Yue breathed a sigh of relief, "Luckily the All-Spirit Blood Jade doesn't kill him but extracts and refines his bloodline and soul, otherwise, it would have been tough."
Aside from the Innate Divine Skills, he just felt a bit healthier, and nothing else.
However, the Xia Family's bloodline was not just that.
According to the secret of the Second Ring Level he had gotten previously, there are only seven paths in the world that could break through all Heavenly Barriers, and the one with the most potential can only be cultivated after awakening the Xia Family's bloodline.
Only a very few among the Xia Family could awaken their Innate Divine Skills along with their bloodline, essentially, it is inevitable for princes.
The truly special thing was probably the unique cultivation path of the Xia Family's bloodline.
"Find a chance to ask Baili Fengzhi."
Lin Yue gathered his thoughts and turned to look at Xiahong Lie's corpse on the bed, preparing to carry it out.
At that glance, he suddenly paused.
On the bed, the body of Xiahong Lie still maintained his figure, his mortal appearance had not left him—this he discovered earlier, even in death, as long as the head is intact, within a certain period, the mortal appearance can still maintain the body's transformation.
What really surprised Lin Yue was the state of Xiahong Lie now.
All wrinkled, shriveled, sallow, as if drained of all flesh and covered only with a wrinkled skin sack on the outside of the skeleton, just a thin surface skin left, barely recognizable as Lin Yue's appearance.
Most importantly, Lin Yue had seen this state before.
Right at the entrance of that cave mansion!
The corpse of the male, the owner of the mansion, was almost identical in appearance to what he saw now, only it seemed more decayed after decades.
According to the sealed letter inside the mansion, that man called himself 'Wu Dao.'
"What's going on?"
Lin Yue was full of doubt, "Could it be that the owner of the mansion was also drained by the All-Spirit Blood Jade? Who did it? Could it be the woman who nailed him to death with a sword?"
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