Rebirth of a Quasi-Immortal Spirit

In the blink of an eye, three months had passed since Gao Zhun returned to the Gao family. During these three months, the demon beasts in the various trial forests of the Gao family had suffered terribly. It was one thing for the female demon beasts to be nursing, but Gao Zhun and Ah Zhong were both unreliable. They couldn't even tell the sex of many demon beasts. They would grab a male demon beast and desperately try to squeeze out its milk. According to some of the Gao family members who managed the trial forests, many male demon beasts had recently become listless and even contemplated suicide.

When Gao Zhun and Ah Zhong heard others say this, they were just embarrassed and quietly kept the news from Madam Zhu. Anyway, Gao Ling was drinking the demon beast milk very well now and didn't have to worry about not having enough. Wasn't that good enough?

The only slight drawback is that Gao Shi, whom everyone expected to arrive soon, has been absent for three months without any news. Recalling the speculations of the Gao family members, it's likely that the Gao family is still arguing with the Xuanyuan family, who are preventing the Gao family from performing the inheritance pool ritual on Gao Zhun to purify his bloodline. After all, Gao Zhun has awakened the Eye of Truth, and even the Gao family finds it a pity, let alone the Xuanyuan family. Hence, the delay has lasted until the day the Xuanyuan family's prepared envoy arrives. Of course, Gao Zhun is currently unaware of the reasons behind this.

That day, Gao Zhun, as usual, after meditating and absorbing the trace of law power that was easier to perceive in the morning, hurriedly ran to Madam Zhu's room to wait and tease Gao Ling.

It's safe to say that Madam Zhu is the most suitable person to take care of Gao Ling now. Putting aside her experience as a mother, in the Gao family, even a servant is a cultivator who needs to cultivate and comprehend at all times. How could a cultivator devote himself wholeheartedly to the arduous and great task of taking care of a child? Only an ordinary human like Madam Zhu, who has lost her cultivation but still has physical strength, is the best choice to take care of Gao Ling.

However, today there was no chance for Gao Ling to enter Madam Zhu's room. She had only just stepped out of the room to stretch her limbs when her keen senses detected a familiar presence—it was Gao Shi.

Upon recognizing the person, Gao Zhun was overjoyed. Was this a prelude to arranging a master and passing on her bloodline? Thinking of this, she greeted him with a beaming smile. However, Gao Shi grabbed her without saying a word and ran off, not forgetting to explain to Gao Zhun along the way that an envoy from the Xuanyuan family had arrived.

Gao Zhun found it strange. She already knew that the Xuanyuan family's envoy was coming today, but wasn't this a power struggle between the two sides' high-level officials? Even if she was at the center of this power struggle, she wasn't qualified to be brought to the scene, was she?

This is the helplessness of being a member of a large family; they have no say in their own lives. Even the head of the family, under the checks and balances of many elders, how much freedom can he have?

"Dr. Gao, is there anything I should be careful about? Now that you've reminded me, I'll be less likely to make mistakes later." Just before landing, Gao Zhun didn't forget to ask Gao Shi for advice. The envoy from the other party must be a senior in the Integration Stage, and she didn't want to accidentally offend such a person.

Upon hearing this, Gao Shi suddenly realized, "Look at my memory, I forgot to tell you who came. Although the Xuanyuan family may seem domineering on the surface, they are actually very broad-minded. How could they possibly hold a grudge against a junior like you who has just truly embarked on the path of cultivation? Besides, it's none other than your uncle. Oh, and it seems your cousin came along too, saying she wanted to see how you're doing these days."

Uncle? Xuan Yuanmingqing? Gao Zhun's understanding of this man was limited to the few words Mo Nishang mentioned that day. However, the arrival of Xuan Yuanhuanyu made her even happier. She could also ask if her recording stone had worked and whether that bastard Xuan Yuanhao had been brought to justice.

And so, Gao Zhun entered the Gao family's reception hall without any qualms. After bowing to everyone present, she and Xuan Yuan Huanyu were dismissed. In the end, it wasn't really her business.

However, Gao Zhun is not worried. Right now, she is weak and cannot control her own destiny, but that does not mean that she will be weak forever. As long as there is a sliver of a chance, she will not let go of the opportunity to become stronger. When no one can restrain her, then she will be free to leap in the sea and fly in the sky.

While chatting with Xuan Yuan Huan Yu in the side hall, Gao Zhun was somewhat surprised to see Xuan Yuan Huan Yu's profound cultivation and true essence. He asked, "Cousin, what kind of elixir did you take? You don't look like a cultivator who has just advanced to the Nascent Soul stage."

"Of course I'm not an ordinary cultivator who has just advanced to the Nascent Soul stage." Facing Gao Zhun, Xuan Yuan Huan Yu no longer needed to put on that false face. The two clasped hands like sisters, and she chuckled, "Although I awakened the Emperor's True Eye on my own, I hadn't been baptized in the family's bloodline inheritance pool before, so my bloodline is impure, which greatly reduces my strength. Once cultivators like us with bloodline talents are baptized in the inheritance pool and our bloodlines are purified, how can ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators compare to us? This is why the Xuan Yuan family decided to send an envoy to the Gao family to negotiate."

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Gao Zhun asked in confusion. She only knew about the Bloodline Inheritance Pool when she was a mere Qi Refining cultivator. She only knew that after entering the inner courtyard, an envoy would lead her there for baptism, but she didn't know why baptism was necessary or why it might stimulate the awakening of bloodline talents. Now, listening to what Xuan Yuan Huan Yu said, she seemed to know a lot about it.

Xuan Yuan Huan Yu had heard a little about Gao Zhun's situation in the Gao family over the past ten years. After Gao Zhi Lin's death, Gao Zhun and her mother were completely marginalized by the Gao family, and no one taught them many common-sense knowledge. Of course, Madam Zhu knew more about these things, but she probably didn't mention them much because she didn't want Gao Zhun to be distracted during her cultivation. Now that Gao Zhun had asked, Xuan Yuan Huan Yu told her what she knew.

"The so-called baptism upon entering the Bloodline Inheritance Pool is to purify the bloodlines of descendants by utilizing the essence of blood left behind by the first patriarch. After all, our bloodlines are more or less mixed. My parents were engaged in endogamy, which is quite rare. But precisely because of this, my bloodline purity was much higher than others from birth. I think this is the main reason why I was able to awaken the Emperor's True Eye on my own. As for you, you are even more so, bearing the bloodlines of the Gao and Xuanyuan families, two great lineages. Perhaps because of your grandmother, there is also the bloodline of the Yun family mixed in. The degree of impurity cannot be changed without the Bloodline Inheritance Pool. However, you have already awakened the Eye of Truth. If you were to enter the Gao family's inheritance pool for bloodline inheritance now, the bloodline of the Xuanyuan family in your body would inevitably be completely removed. At that time, the entire Immortal Spirit Continent would lose a pair of Eyes of Truth. How could the two great families not take this seriously?"

This was the first time Gao Zhun had heard Xuan Yuan Huan Yu's explanation. She should have realized it sooner; aside from Wu Ya Qiu Bai, who possessed both her own suppressed bloodline talent and the priestly power of the Yun family, she had never seen a cultivator with two bloodline talents. After all, Wu Ya Qiu Bai hadn't undergone any blessing from the inheritance pool, which explained her situation. To her, the Wu Ya family's own bloodline talent was suppressed by the laws of the Immortal Spirit Continent; even if it were completely cleansed, it wouldn't make a difference. As for the Yun family, what identity would she use to receive the inheritance? Gao Zhun didn't believe Wu Ya Qiu Bai would abandon the responsibility of reviving her family to take over the Yun family; after all, the Yun family wouldn't miss her, but the Wu Ya family couldn't do without her. As for herself, she had only revealed the Xuan Yuan family's bloodline talent, while her own was still completely untapped!

"So now they're discussing which family's pool I should soak in?" Gao Zhun was depressed. After hearing what Xuan Yuan Huan Yu said, she actually had no idea either. The Eye of Truth-Seeing was indeed powerful, but if the Gao family's bloodline talent could truly awaken, it might not be much worse than the Eye of Truth-Seeing. Although she had a vague feeling that the Eye of Truth-Seeing wouldn't leave easily once it followed her, no one could guarantee the accuracy of her premonition. What if she confidently entered the Gao family's inheritance pool, only to find that the Eye of Truth-Seeing was gone, and she, like most of the Gao family's disciples, didn't awaken the Gao family's bloodline talent? Wouldn't she have suffered a huge loss?!

So, it seems her father did awaken the Yun family's bloodline talent back then, but there's been no news of it all these years. Aside from using his priestly power once in Yongcheng to arrange many things for her in her early years, there's been no sign of him using this talent again. It's likely that he resolutely entered the Gao family's bloodline inheritance pool later, but not only did he fail to awaken the Gao family's bloodline talent, he also lost the Yun family's priestly power, which is why he can't use it again. Otherwise, he should have had some premonition before being poisoned by the Soul-Devouring Incense and been able to avoid it.

Gao Zhun didn't know if Gao Zhilin regretted it back then, but she really didn't want to regret it. However, the fact was that she didn't even have the right to regret it, which was truly pitiful and lamentable.

Putting aside this troublesome matter beyond her control for the time being, Gao Zhun asked about Xuan Yuanhao. Actually, she wanted to gossip more about Xuan Yuanhuanyu and Mo Nishang, but the place she was in was not a good place to ask such questions.

“Xuanyuan Hao…” Speaking of this person, Xuanyuan Huanyu’s brows furrowed, his face filled with disgust and helplessness: “This guy is quite something now. The elders of the Law Enforcement Hall had already made up their minds to punish him. However, after he let several fire-attribute cultivators who were unaware of the truth burn hundreds of millions of people alive, those cultivators naturally triggered the Heavenly Tribulation of Annihilation. And he killed those cultivators before the tribulation, and now he has accumulated great merit. Even I am afraid that I cannot bear the consequences if I kill him.”