Towards Eternity
Ch 665's. Informational
What is the source of the power of one's bloodline?
The answer is blood. But where does blood get that power?
The answer is the heart! The source of strength of one's bloodline lies in its heart!
When one first awakened the power of his bloodline, it meant that the power in his heart had been raised. The source of that power will continue to be passed down generation after generation. As long as each generation of bloodline power is always raised, then the source of that power will remain, even after thousands of years.
But what if in a certain generation, the source of that power was not raised until he died? Then the next descendant would have a smaller percentage to awaken the power of his bloodline.
If more than ten generations of hereditary bloodline sources were not raised, then the power of the bloodline lineage would become so thin that it would not touch the amount of ten percent. After the next hundred generations, the source of that power would become extremely thin, even nearly disappearing completely.
When it was like this, it would be impossible for the bloodline power to rise on one's body. Even if it could be resurrected, its power would not be too great. Perhaps the maximum would only be able to reach one hundredth of the power of the first owner of the bloodline power.
The only way to increase the bloodline strength even further was to find the remains of the previous owner of the bloodline that the lineage possessed, and the owner of the bloodline must be stronger than the bloodline strength of the offspring.
This was what happened to Lin Mei as well. Although the source of her strength had already been greatly weakened due to an event in the past before she reincarnated, she had managed to obtain the Phoenix feather that was left over in her previous life. The result was that his strength rose further.
Arguably, almost no one in the realm of ordinary Soul Emperors could defeat him as long as that person had the bloodline of a Phoenix. They will bow to him.
However if that person was half a step towards the Deva realm, or maybe even really was in the Deva realm, then the strength of the Phoenix bloodline belonging to Lin Mei was precisely the one to be suppressed.
"In this way, you will no longer be able to use the power of the Phoenix bloodline. There is no need to fear, as long as you are being kind and say who told you to kill me, I will probably reopen the seal," Lin Mei said with a mocking smile.
Lin Ao Man was bowed to the ground. There was nothing more he could do. Currently the source of strength of his Phoenix bloodline had been sealed by Lin Mei. The worst was that even though the strength of her Phoenix bloodline was already sealed, Lin Mei could still control it.
This was because his blood and flesh had the strength of a Phoenix bloodline. Although the main source of power of the Phoenix bloodline was the heart, yet one's body still carried the same traces of strength.
After understanding more of his strength, Lin Mei was finally able to make Lin Ao Man unable to release his Qi and Soul Power. Being in the worst situation like this, even Lin Ao Man could not escape despite having a Sky Weapon to escape.
Now, he had to think about how for him to be free and avoid death.
"Princess Mei..please forgive me. It's not in my mind to kill you! Please believe me!" Lin Ao Man pleaded like someone who was being held by a group of criminals.
In reality, Lin Ao Man's situation was indeed like being a prisoner. Around him were nine Soul Emperors with varying strengths. There was Lin Mei who was able to make him unable to do anything, and there was also Weng Ying Luan whose Soul Power equaled hers.
He really had no chance to escape.
"Just calm down, I don't care about your nonsense words. Just tell me, who gave you the order to kill me," Lin Mei said indifferently.
Wings widened. The feathers of the Phoenix Flame appeared one by one and faced Lin Ao Man, ready to be fired at him. The will of annihilation could be felt from those feathers which made Lin Ao Man swallow his own saliva.
"Will I say! Please forgive my life!" Lin Ao Man said in a panic.
Even so the feathers remain and do not decrease in the slightest. Lin Ao Man understood, Lin Mei just wanted to hear his answer. The bullshit he said wouldn't move him in the least. Soon, he told the person who told him to.
"That....First Elder told me to! Please forgive me! I can't refuse his orders! He's in very strong control within our family, if I refuse him he'll kill me himself with his hands!"
Lin Ao Man looked pale as he mentioned 'First Elder' to Lin Mei. The strength of the First Elder of the Lin Family was terrifying, even Lin Mei's father was no match for her. Arguably compared to the Head of the Lin Family, the First Elder held much higher power as the other Elders listened to his orders more than the Head of the Lin Family.
His strength was the same as that of Weng Lao De, that of a late peak Soul Emperor who would soon rise to become a God in the Deva realm.
Fortunately the First Elder did not give him some sort of seal that would kill him if he were to tell the truth. The First Elder must have thought that Lin Ao Man couldn't possibly dismantle his identity out of fear for his strength.
Basically, Lin Ao Man was indeed afraid of his strength, but at this moment Lin Mei gave a much more terrifying fear than the First Elder to him.
"First Chairman? Why would he want to kill me? I've never dealt with him before." Lin Mei did not understand.
As he remembered, he had never even come face to face with the First Elder, or even offended him, why would he want himself dead?
"Ehem.it has to do with your father and mother, Princess Mei. You may think your father is the strongest in the Lin Family, but in fact your mother is the strongest. Even the First Elder was nothing compared to him. He was afraid that you would become as strong as your mother or even surpass her in the future, so he planned to kill you since you were a child," explained Lin Ao Man.
Lin Mei's forehead shriveled. Now it all makes sense. It was only fitting that the people who had been mocking and humiliating him within the Lin Family Residence never get punished even though his father was the Family Head. First Elder must have intervened in this matter.
"Then, was he also the one who gave the crystal powder with the will of extermination to my brother when we dueled many years ago?" ask Lin Mei again.
Lin Ao Man was silent. He looked at the two eyes of Lin Mei who were as clear as gems. Desire of annihilation emanated from his two eyes.
With hesitation, Lin Ao Man shook his head.
"The person who gave the crystal powder with the will of extermination to your brother was not obtained from the First Elder, but by someone else."
Lin Mei's forehead shriveled. The feathers of the Phoenix Flame had again sprung up and were directed at Lin Ao Man.
"And who is that guy?"
"I. If I told you, I would definitely die instantly. Even if I tried to tell you, I would die right away before telling you. One is for sure, that person is also from our Lin Family on Black Sand Island, and he holds a much higher power compared to the First Elder."
Such an explanation could not make Lin Mei guess who the person Lin Ao Man was referring to was. If he wanted to find out the identity of that person further, he would have to force Lin Ao Man to be a little more reckless, even if his life was the bet.
"There's no need to do that, Princess Mei. I can already guess who that person is," said Weng Lao De at the place where he was standing at the moment.
Lin Mei turned her head and looked at him. "Can you tell me who that person is, Mr Lao De?"
Weng Lao De took a deep breath. He shook his head.
Lin Mei frowned. He did not understand why Weng Lao De would not tell him. Is it that hard to tell the identity of the person? Or was that person really strong to the point that even a person as strong as Weng Lao De did not dare to say his name carelessly.
Weng Lao De noticed the look on Lin Mei's face. He smiled and said, "You take it easy, Princess Mei. After we get back from here, you can sing that identity to your mother. He must know who that guy is. For now, let's stop all this and focus on the plan we have all prepared to exterminate the Ying Family."
Hearing Weng Lao De's words, Lin Mei could only nod in agreement. He released Lin Ao Man and eliminated the Phoenix Flame on his body. His body quickly became so weak, that Weng Ying Luan was forced to help him to stand properly in his place.
Although the Phoenix power on Lin Mei's body was not activated, the source of the Phoenix bloodline power on Lin Ao Man's heart remained in a sealed condition. That meant, Lin Mei was still in a position of controlling Lin Ao Man, which made her feel a little frustrated.
After all the events on board the wooden ship, Weng Lao De began to explain the plans they had made for months on the wooden boat.
Weng Ying Luan and Lin Mei listened well to the explanation from Weng Lao De. After the plan was notified to them, Weng Ying Luan and Lin Mei provided information regarding their current situation.
Weng Ying Luan told him what she was doing in the northern and southern regions. Lin Mei informed him that she had control over hundreds of thousands of ferocious beasts in various levels of strength.
Also he informed that he had already subdued the Green Serpent Dragon who had strength at the peak of the Soul King and they were planning to conquer the Dark Snake, the other ruler within the Ying Ancestral Forest.
However Weng Lao De immediately shook his head in response to the plans of Weng Ying Luan and Lin Mei. "No we won't disturb the Dark Snake. We're going straight to the Ying Family Residence."
"Hm? Wh why? Wouldn't it be great if it had the strength in the other Soul Mastery realm to participate in this plan?" asked Weng Ying Luan who was a little confused looking at Weng Lao De's attitude.
In his eyes, Weng Lao De was currently like he was avoiding to deal with the Dark Snake.
"We don't have enough power for that. The Dark Snake is beyond our control. His strength may have already reached the Deva realm, so we won't be able to fight him" Weng Lao De said.
"Deva's realm?!?" Weng Ying Luan gaped wide.
It was almost just that he and Lin Mei were dealing with the Dark Snake before the arrival of Weng Lao De and the others. If it was too late just a little, they were afraid that at this time they were already in the territory of the Dark Serpent, DNA bothering him.
However, Weng Ying Luan seemed to have just realized something.
"Wait a minute, Grandpa De. If you don't dare to deal with the Dark Snake that is in the Deva realm, then how can you dare to deal with the Ying Family? Nine-headed White Snake, Ying She had been in the Deva realm and controlled the Ying Family from behind the shadows for thousands of years!"
Blinks. Weng Lao De frowned and looked at Weng Ying Luan earnestly.
"Where did you know he was in the Deva realm?"
Weng Ying Luan quickly told her that she had heard the story of the Green Dragon Snake on the way to the wooden ship. Although he could not clearly hear all of the Green Snake Dragon stories as it focused more on reaching the wooden ship, he was confident that the Green Snake Dragon was telling the truth.
As soon as Weng Lao De heard this, he let out a cold breath. He turned his head towards where the Ying Family Residence should be.
"If what you say is true. Then all the plans we made these few months will be in vain. We will not be able to do anything to the Ying Family with just our current strength. The only way we are now is to return to Black Sand Island and tell all this information to the Family Head Advisor" Weng Lao De said in earnest.
The other Nine Soul Emperors had complex facial expressions. They were sent by their respective leaders on a mission to exterminate the Ying Family. Now, however, they were unlikely to continue with their plans.
A person in the Deva realm was no match for all of them. Even if a hundred people of Soul Emperor level Weng Lao De were gathered to fight against someone in the Deva realm, it was impossible to come out victorious.
There is a reason why they are called Gods!
They are true rulers. As long as a God was in his own domain, it was impossible to defeat him!
Only a fellow God can defeat him!