"Seventh brother, don't blame Third Brother, all of this is Father's decision."
Wang Ruokun glanced at Wang Ruoxie, speaking indifferently.
"Is that so? Why didn't he come in person then?"
Wang Ruoxie heard this and chuckled indifferently, then replied.
"Father governs a county, with countless matters to handle daily. Why should he attend to such trivial matters personally?"
Wang Ruokun looked coldly at Wang Ruoxie and spoke again.
"Heh."
Wang Ruoxie couldn't help but laugh, his laughter cold; so much for countless daily matters.
"Seventh brother, don't mind it, even though you have a Sea of Qi, you cannot awaken the family's Bloodline Power, making it impossible to become a true powerhouse. You are no different from a cripple."
Wang Ruokun's words made Lady Chi's eyes tremble, then she looked at Wang Ruoxie with a loving gaze.
The Wang Family could dominate a county due to strong Bloodline Power passed down through the generations. It's said that the ancestors of the Wang Family produced unparalleled powerhouses, who condensed Qi and Blood into Bloodline Power, passing on immense strength to the descendants.
"If I'm a cripple, then what are you?"
Wang Ruoxie mocked him with a laugh and replied.
"Ridiculous, you're a cripple who can't awaken the Bloodline Power. What qualifications do you have to compare with me? I, Wang Ruokun, awakened my Bloodline Power at ten, reached the Third Layer of the Body Tempering Realm at thirteen, and now at seventeen, I've reached the Seventh Layer. I am the Wang Family's foremost genius."
Upon hearing Wang Ruoxie's words, Wang Ruokun's eyes showed disdain and mocked: "And you? You're already sixteen yet still unable to awaken the Bloodline Power, even unable to break through the First Layer of the Body Tempering Realm. With this, how can you compare with me?"
"So, is this your reason for wanting to destroy my Sea of Qi?"
Wang Ruoxie wasn't swayed by Wang Ruokun's mocking words and replied calmly.
"You are mistaken. To me, destroying your Sea of Qi is meaningless because you can never threaten me."
Wang Ruokun shook his head and said indifferently, "However, you are the reincarnation of an Evil Demon. Father is merciful, unwilling to take your life, yet can't allow you to harm others and tarnish the Wang Family's reputation, so your Sea of Qi must be destroyed."
"Enough, if you don't want to suffer, let me destroy your Sea of Qi willingly. I need to return and report to Mother."
Wang Ruokun seemed unwilling to speak further to Wang Ruoxie and said impatiently.
"In that case, do it."
Wang Ruoxie's eyes flashed coldly, then he spoke calmly.
"Ruoxie..."
Lady Chi wanted to intervene but was interrupted by Wang Ruoxie's words: "Mother, don't worry, I'll be fine."
"Alas, perhaps losing the Sea of Qi is not a bad thing for you."
Lady Chi sighed; without awakening Bloodline Power and failing to advance in the Martial Art Realm, what good is possessing a Sea of Qi? It may only invite trouble.
Moreover, without the Sea of Qi, the qualification to inherit the Marquis title is lost, holding no threat to others. Though life would become mundane, living is more important than anything else.
As a mother, she doesn't need her child to achieve great success, she only hopes he can live safely.
"Seventh brother, Third Brother will act."
Wang Ruokun's eyes flashed a cold smile, then he stepped ahead, raised his palm, and struck Wang Ruoxie's Dantian firmly.
A surge of violent force penetrated Wang Ruoxie's body to destroy the Sea of Qi within his Dantian.
With a muffled groan, blood trickled from the corner of Wang Ruoxie's mouth.
"Seventh brother, take care and heal well."
After dropping these words, Wang Ruokun left directly with several Tiger Ferocity Soldiers.
"Ruoxie, are you alright?"
Lady Chi hurriedly stepped forward to support Wang Ruoxie, her face full of worry.
"Mother, I'm alright."
Wang Ruoxie smiled and shook his head.
He wasn't comforting his mother; though it appeared that Wang Ruokun had destroyed his Sea of Qi with one strike, leaving him wounded, he knew well his Sea of Qi remained intact.
Earlier, it might have been true he could have been left a true cripple without his Sea of Qi.
Yet now, having awakened the memories of his previous life and being refined by the drop of Blood God Essence Blood, how could his Sea of Qi be so easily destroyed?
"Madam, young master, Master Zhao refuses to come and asks Madam to repay the owed silver soon."
At this moment, Fu'Er entered from outside, expressing her indignation: "That Master Zhao is too much."
"What should we do? Should I go and petition the Marquis?"
Lady Chi turned pale upon hearing this; she indeed had no silver left.
"Mother, Fu'Er, you go and rest first. I will be fine."
Wang Ruoxie naturally wouldn't want his mother to plead with that person, then said: "Believe me, I'll truly be alright."
"Mm, I believe you. Take care and rest well. I'll visit you tomorrow."
Lady Chi did not insist, although she was still worried about Wang Ruoxie, but as a mother, she had to believe in her child.
After Lady Chi took Fu'Er away, Wang Ruoxie sat on the bed, his eyes flashing with cold gleams.
He naturally knew that over the years, his mother had given all her savings to this so-called Master Zhao for his sake.
However, he was very clear about what kind of person Master Zhao was, at best he was just an ordinary physician, and couldn't possibly cure his body.
This guy kept finding various excuses to swindle almost all the silver from his mother, even making her owe hundreds of taels of silver.
It must be understood that although his mother was the Third Madam of the Marquis's Mansion, perhaps due to him being a "waste", she was not favored, and even constantly bullied by the First Madam and Second Madam, with a monthly silver salary of only ten taels.
Obviously, over the years, the two of them had lived quite a hard life.
"From this day forth, whoever wants to bully my mother and me again, I will make them pay a heavy price, even if it's that person, I won't let them."
With this thought, Wang Ruoxie slowly uttered a determined word.
The silver that the so-called Master Zhao swindled from his mother would be returned multiple times by him.
As for Wang Ruokun, he would make him realize what a true genius is, and he would crush Ruokun's pride underfoot.
After thoroughly organizing all his memories, Wang Ruoxie discovered that, although he was reborn, the heaven and earth had changed drastically.
He clearly remembered that a thousand years ago, he died at Demon Suppression Mountain in the Celestial Realm.
However, the memories of this life told him that the Three Realms existed only in the Ancient Times, at least tens of millions of years ago.
Nowadays, there is no longer a division into heaven, earth, and human realms. The world he now lives in is called Yuanwu Continent.
"What's going on?"
Wang Ruoxie's heart was filled with questions; the thousand years of memories from his previous life had become tens of millions of years in reality; what happened?
He recalled the words spoken by the Profound Lady when he died.
"Ruoxie, don't hate me, all of this... one day you will understand."
Could there really be some hidden secret?
No matter what, he must find a way to thoroughly understand everything, but before that, he must restore his cultivation from the previous life, and even become stronger.
"However, this body's really too weak."
Wang Ruoxie checked his body once more and couldn't help but smiled wryly.
If it weren't for the initial tempering from that drop of Blood God Essence Blood, his body would probably be worse than an ordinary person's.
As for the Bloodline Power, it can be said to be the strongest trump card of martial cultivators.
On Yuanwu Continent, only those who awaken the Bloodline Power can be considered true martial art geniuses. Otherwise, even if they can cultivate martial arts, their future achievements will surely be limited.
And martial cultivators who possess Bloodline Power are known as Bloodline Martial Cultivators.
Most importantly, in the same realm, the strength of Bloodline Martial Cultivators far exceeds that of ordinary martial cultivators, even capable of easily challenging across ranks.
For example, the Wang Family has the legacy of Bloodline Power, and it's the Yellow Tier Fifth Grade Barbarian Tiger Power.
It's said that the Wang Family's ancestor used a special secret technique to refine the Essence Blood of a Demon Pill Realm Barbarian Tiger and integrate it into the bloodline, passing it down to descendants.
However, not all members of the Wang Family can awaken the Yellow Tier Fifth Grade Barbarian Tiger Power; due to different aptitudes, the awakened quality varies.
With average aptitude, they can only awaken Second Grade Barbarian Tiger Power at most, but with excellent aptitude, they can awaken Third or even Fourth Grade Barbarian Tiger Power.
And among those who awaken Fifth Grade Barbarian Tiger Power in the entire Wang Family, only the family Patriarch, Marquis Qingyun Wang Minghan, and the third young master Wang Ruokun have managed.
As for Wang Ruoxie himself, at sixteen years old, he still couldn't awaken the Bloodline Power, not even the First Grade Barbarian Tiger Power.
Furthermore, he is inferior to ordinary martial cultivators, as he could never break through to the Second Layer of the Body Tempering Realm despite his cultivation.
"In front of Blood God Essence Blood, what does Bloodline Power count for."
Wang Ruoxie's mouth revealed a hint of a smile; he understood perfectly why this situation arose.
Due to the Blood God Essence Blood's nature, his body's Qi and blood was continuously being devoured, which led to his physical frailty, even worse than an ordinary person.
While the Body Tempering Realm primarily involves refining the flesh and cultivating Qi and blood.
With Blood God Essence Blood, this constantly devouring Qi and blood "glutton" existing, how could he possibly break through?
Now that he could preliminarily control Blood God Essence Blood, he certainly would not let it devour his Qi and blood anymore; with some methods from his previous life, he could soon let his body fully recover, even become stronger.
Most importantly, Blood God Essence Blood can devour others' Essence Blood and bloodline, transforming them for own use.
In his previous life, due to accidentally ingesting Blood God Essence Blood, he became a Blood Demon Body, continually devouring others' bloodlines and Essence Blood, surpassing even his father, the Celestial Emperor, in power.
"In this life, I'm no longer a Blood Demon Body, hence cannot casually devour others' bloodlines and Essence Blood, or else, it might implicate my mother."
Wang Ruoxie thought in his heart; although not a Saint, neither is he an Evil Demon, naturally he couldn't indiscriminately devour others' bloodlines and Essence Blood.
However, he can certainly be without qualms about Demon Beast Blood.
Due to extreme physical frailty and having just suffered a palm strike from Wang Ruokun, Wang Ruoxie felt a bit tired and lay down directly.
"If indeed tens of millions of years have passed, I wonder if father is still alive."
Wang Ruoxie closed his eyes, father's image as the Celestial Emperor emerging in his mind, carrying a faint longing, gradually drifting into dreamland.