Chapter 723
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Chapter 723: The Truth of the Royal Blood
As the ethereal cross vanished, gruesome bloodstains appeared on the snow woman’s body. She took a weak step forward, the vitality in her eyes fading at a visible pace.
Thud!
Her body fell heavily to the ground.
The raging blizzard began to dissipate, and Lin Qiye slowly sheathed both of his Huo Jin knives, letting out a long breath.
Buds of flowers bloomed on the snow woman’s body, nearly completely engulfing her. As the enchanting flowers opened, the snow woman’s corpse rapidly withered away.
A pure and potent force surged through the Forbidden Ruins and flowed into Lin Qiye’s body.
He could clearly feel that under the infusion of this power, his realm began to rise again, soaring to the peak of the “Sea” realm, already touching the bottleneck of entering “Wuliang.”
If it weren’t for the Eternal Secret Garden absorbing the vast majority of the power, Lin Qiye even felt he could step into the “Wuliang” realm right now, after all, he had just killed a mysterious being of the “Klein” realm and dozens of weaker demons.
Lin Qiye assessed his own realm status and was about to turn around when a soft figure rushed up from behind and hugged him tightly.
Lin Qiye was taken aback.
“Jialan?” He turned to see Jialan clinging to him from behind and asked in confusion, “What’s wrong?”
“Don’t speak.”
Jialan rested her head against Lin Qiye’s back, tightening her embrace. She closed her eyes, as if savoring something, and softly said, “Let me hold you a little longer…”
Lin Qiye felt a bit at a loss but did not push Jialan away. Instead, he stood quietly in place, a gentle expression appearing in his eyes beneath the mask.
Wu Xiangnan and the knight, who had mostly dealt with the other demons, approached. Upon seeing this scene, their expressions turned strange.
“What’s… going on?” Wu Xiangnan glanced at Jialan, who was tightly holding onto Lin Qiye, unable to help but ask.
Jialan still did not let go.
Lin Qiye awkwardly scratched his head, took off the Sun Wukong mask, and smiled, “Deputy Captain, long time no see.”
“Lin Qiye?!”
Wu Xiangnan was first taken aback upon seeing the familiar face, then exclaimed in surprise, “So it’s you… Oh no, I shouldn’t call you Lin Qiye anymore; I should call you Captain Lin.”
Lin Qiye was no longer the rookie of Team 136 from Cangnan City. He was now the captain of the fifth special team of the Daxia Night Watchers, a new generation leader carrying an important mission.
Lin Qiye smiled helplessly, “Deputy Captain, please just call me Lin Qiye. How could I dare to call myself captain in front of you…”
In Lin Qiye’s heart, the only person worthy of Wu Xiangnan calling him “Captain” was the former captain of Team 136, Chen Muye.
Without Chen Muye, there would be no Lin Qiye today.
Wu Xiangnan scrutinized Lin Qiye for a long time, a look of approval appearing on his face. He patted Lin Qiye on the shoulder and said, “You did well, you didn’t disgrace Team 136. If Hong Ying, Qi Mo, and the others saw your achievements now, they would surely be very pleased.”
The knight sheathed his Western sword and walked up to the two, asking in confusion:
“Who is this?”
“This is Lin Qiye, captain of the Daxia Night Watchers’ fifth special team, the [Nightfall] team.” Lin Qiye shook hands with the knight and said, “You are the ‘Sentinel’ of the Shangye Society?”
Upon hearing the latter part, the knight keenly sensed something, “You know my identity? Have you met the ‘Paratrooper’?”
Lin Qiye nodded, “He’s over by the entrance.”
Lin Qiye briefly recounted the events, deliberately obscuring the details of his meeting with the “Paratrooper.” After all, if this knight knew he had sent someone to beat up Wei Dong, it would be somewhat awkward…
Only after hearing Lin Qiye’s description did the knight understand why Wei Dong hadn’t been waiting for them directly at the “gap.” He nodded, “Alright, let’s go meet him and exchange some information.”
Jialan, the knight, and others held information from outside the “Human Circle,” while Lin Qiye and Wei Dong had information from within. As long as both sides communicated, they could immediately make a preliminary assessment of the “Human Circle” destruction plan.
Lin Qiye responded with an “mm,” took two steps forward, and his gaze was drawn to the black temple standing atop the ruins.
During the battle earlier, he hadn’t paid attention, but now he noticed the silver sphere held in the statue’s hand, suddenly feeling an inexplicable familiarity…
“That is…” Lin Qiye frowned slightly.
Wu Xiangnan followed his gaze and, realizing something, explained, “That is the statue of Amaterasu from Japanese mythology.”
In fact, Lin Qiye wasn’t asking about the statue itself but about the silver light sphere in its hand. He frowned and stared at the sphere for a long time, finally recalling where he had felt this familiar aura before.
That was the “Origin”!
Before Nikes left, she had left Lin Qiye with the Origin of Night, and it was precisely this Origin of Night that gave Lin Qiye the possibility to cultivate his own laws. It was the most precious gift Nikes had given him.
The silver light sphere before him also emitted the aura of “Origin,” but it was somewhat different from Lin Qiye’s Origin of Night.
Was this another kind of “Origin” of a different law?
At that moment, a flash of inspiration struck Lin Qiye’s mind, and many of the questions that had troubled him suddenly became clear upon seeing this silver sphere.
He recalled the words of Amemiya Haruhi, “Royal blood is an extremely rare constitution… It unconsciously exudes an imperial aura with every gesture… Exceptionally handsome, with a very high IQ, able to use the power of Huo Jin knives without their recognition… Royal blood can be acquired later… Yuzuriha Kurozhe went to a ruin once, and after coming out, he possessed royal blood…”
Could it be that the so-called royal blood refers to the “Origin”?
Yuzuriha Kurozhe inadvertently touched this “Origin” when entering the ruins, and his constitution was highly compatible with this “Origin,” so he did not suffer from the “Origin” eroding him to death. Instead, a trace of “Origin” power was hidden in his bloodline…
As for why it was only a trace, Lin Qiye had an idea. Yuzuriha Kurozhe was not Lin Qiye; he did not have Nikes to help him absorb the “Origin.” Before that, he had not obtained a divine ruin that matched the “Origin” through the Divine Mental Hospital, so he could not fully absorb the entire “Origin.”
But even just this trace of “Origin” power was enough to change his physique, thus possessing the so-called “royal blood.”
And this was also the beginning of all subsequent stories.
