Secrets Beneath the Peach Blossoms

Chapter 74 – The Secret of the Spirit Clan Bloodline

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"Sister, I think there's something wrong with this guy's head and eyes. Can you handle it for me without leaving any traces?"

In an instant.

Your head is smashed with a single palm strike.

Disintegrated.

An eyeball flies out.

Your vision suddenly expands, and in a fleeting glance, you see a handsome, chiseled face.

Not the portrait of King Qin you remember.

Pop.

Your eyeball bursts in mid-air.

The Restless Spirit is forcibly terminated.

Simulation ends.

Staring at the simulation text, Chen Shi frowned in deep thought.

The Spirit Clan bloodline is something even Lin Manqing doesn't know about; she only knows it's called a special bloodline. Even he himself would be utterly unfamiliar with this term if he hadn't visited the Spirit Clan Paradise. The young voice that could casually mention it must undoubtedly be the Mastermind with intelligence-related golden fingers.

However, he wants to kill me and also Jiang Xun... Could Jiang Xun be the royal transmigrator?

Did they run into each other?

If that's the case.

Then the Mastermind probably failed to kill him and might have even backfired.

After all, sixty years later, Jiang Xun is still being pushed to the forefront as a pawn, captured by the four major sects, and living well.

He must have truly been captured; those old monsters from the four major sects, who have lived for hundreds of years, wouldn't be so clueless as to not recognize the real person.

However, this piece of information isn't very useful.

Because in this simulation, the Mastermind didn't orchestrate a demon uprising, and history developed completely differently.

But in the last simulation, three years after leaving the Cursed Land, he was indeed killed by a certain "Your Highness."

If Jiang Xun is the royal transmigrator.

And was killed.

That obviously doesn't make sense.

So, the Mastermind is very likely to have truly backfired.

However, the sister mentioned by the Mastermind, who can silently deal with three Heaven-Human beings, is definitely an invincible existence, possibly even stronger than the current King Qin.

Could such a strong person, with a calculated plan, really fail to kill a junior?

Could Jiang Xun's golden finger be so heaven-defying?

Did he escape?

Or did he really die and isn't the royal transmigrator?

Is King Qin the one?

"Sigh, the information is still too little."

"Jiang Xun's identity as a royal transmigrator remains to be verified. In the next simulation, I might try to preemptively kill Jiang Xun. If he is indeed the royal transmigrator, as long as he dies, the deadlock three years later can be easily resolved, and I can continue to hide in the Song family and Spirit Sword Sect."

"Even if I fail, it's not a loss. At least I can confirm his identity, and maybe even discover the other party's golden finger."

"At the same time, I must ensure Big Sister isn't killed."

Chen Shi thought to himself.

Lin Qiushui's rapid cultivation must be due to her Spirit Clan bloodline. In this simulation, the death of the old maid and Lin Qiushui should also be caused by the Mastermind, or rather, the sister he mentioned.

All for the so-called Spirit Clan bloodline.

Through this point.

One thing can be confirmed.

Two years from now, the Mastermind will apprentice under a big shot, greatly enhancing his strength.

Most likely a figure at the ancestor level of the Five Great Sects.

First, eliminate the Spirit Sword Sect.

Spirit Clan bloodline, a figure at the ancestor level of the Spirit Sword Sect, couldn't be unaware, and there's no need to send a disciple to unnecessarily seek out the Spirit Clan bloodline.

As for why they seek the Spirit Clan bloodline...

Chen Shi had a vague answer in his heart.

[Ding!]

[Generating simulation rewards, the host can choose one.]

[①, Green Talent · Restless Spirit.]

[②, Slight Bone Enhancement.]

Seeing option ②.

Chen Shi confirmed his suspicion.

He had always been puzzled.

Why the simulator occasionally offered this slight bone enhancement reward.

Now he understood.

The Spirit Clan bloodline is far more than just about having children. Its greater function is to enhance a person's bone aptitude...

To date.

Nine simulations have been conducted.

Looking back now, in every simulation, as long as there was interaction with Lin Qiushui, this option would be triggered.

Especially in the simulation of participating in the Alpha Battalion Tournament.

He clearly remembered that after being stabbed to death by a sword in the Spirit Sword Sect, a white talent for bone enhancement inexplicably appeared in the simulation reward panel.

Previously, he thought it was the Spirit Pool improving his aptitude.

Now it seems he was mistaken.

It's entirely the merit of the Spirit Clan bloodline.

And it was precisely that time when Lin Qiushui refined her Jade Bones, sensed by the Heavenly Tome of the Spirit Sect, leading to his death.

From this, it can be inferred that the higher the cultivation of the Spirit Clan bloodline, the more it can maximize a person's bone aptitude.

To be honest, if it weren't for the simulator, Chen Shi would never have imagined that the Spirit Clan bloodline had this effect.

Because when Lin Qiushui was in the lower five realms, the enhancement was only slight, and even as a beneficiary, it was hard to detect such a subtle anomaly.

However, now knowing the answer.

Upon careful reflection.

Indeed, some clues can be seen.

For example, in the simulation where he was imprisoned in the Inner Court, stuck at the Mid Bone Refining Stage, unable to break through, then gave up doing nothing, and after being intimate with Lin Qiushui, inexplicably broke through in just over ten days...

So...

Why does the Spirit Sword Sect instead prohibit these women from cultivating?

Even going so far as to execute them if they break through to the upper four realms?

Just a Jade Bone can trigger a white talent.

If they break through the Spirit River, or even reach Heaven-Human, wouldn't it trigger a blue or even purple talent?

No matter how excellent the offspring are.

Could they be more tempting than enhancing one's own bone aptitude?

Chen Shi found this extremely abnormal.

The high council of the Spirit Sword Sect couldn't possibly be unaware of this, yet they still do so, probably because this is the Spirit Sword Sect's biggest secret, and this secret is of such a high level that even someone like Lin Manqing, who came from the Spirit Sect, only knows the tip of the iceberg.

Simply believing.

That special bloodline is just about having children.

This further explains why, after Lin Qiushui refined her Jade Bones, he was killed, because the white bone talent's enhancement was very noticeable, and given some time, he would surely detect the anomaly and realize his aptitude had suddenly improved.

In the long run, it would be easy to associate it with Lin Qiushui and uncover the secret of the Spirit Clan bloodline.

So the Spirit Sect must kill him.

Perhaps this is the real reason the Spirit Sword Sect prohibits Spirit Clan bloodline women from breaking through to the upper four realms.

To guard this secret.

Sixty years later, the downfall of the Spirit Sword Sect is likely due to the Spirit Clan bloodline. The Mastermind and his sister are the best examples; knowing about the Spirit Clan bloodline, they immediately set their sights on Lin Qiushui.

Even three years later, the royal transmigrator might also be using this secret to pressure the Spirit Sword Sect, taking his life. And for the royal transmigrator to know this secret, perhaps the Mastermind's assassination of Jiang Xun truly backfired, failing to steal the chicken and losing the rice, instead giving Jiang Xun a windfall.

"System, I choose ①."

[Ding!]

[Reward selection successful.]

[You have permanently inherited Green Talent · Restless Spirit.]

"This time, participate in the Alpha Battalion Tournament, trigger the heavenly Spirit Pool, then have Big Sister draw Jiang Xun's portrait, and stay in the Song family, go nowhere, to see if the royal transmigrator is Jiang Yan or Jiang Xun. If possible, it would be best to find a way to preemptively assassinate Jiang Xun..."

Chen Shi silently repeated for ten minutes.

Giving himself a strong psychological suggestion.

Then.

He opened the simulator again.

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