Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

The young man had no idea how to react. At first, he stupidly thought that Ryu was asking a legitimate question and he almost screamed out that it was obvious his senior sister wasn't crippled. But he managed to catch himself all for his anger to nearly explode through the roof.

His palm struck out in a rage, causing Ryu's gaze to turn frosty. However, before he could do anything, the energy that should have hit his back dissipated into thin air and became nothing more than a gentle breeze.

"Think is Radiant Star Sect territory. Please be mindful."

A gentle voice came from Ryu's side and a woman the young man had ignored entirely spoke words that if said by another would have made the young man fly into another rage, and yet when he heard them, he suddenly felt like all the anger in his body was washed away.

The young man frowned, his head turning to meet eyes almost hidden behind a veiled face. He was so lost for a moment, unable to extricate himself from those deep blue eyes. However, by the time he snapped out of it, he realized that she wasn't even looking at him anymore. In fact, she had already disappeared into the distance with Ryu.

He couldn't understand what was happening. Where had the strength from his blow gone? And what was that just now? A Soul Technique? It couldn't be that he was that infatuated by a face he couldn't even see, right?

The young man furiously shook his head. Some of his friends had said things like the temperament of a woman was far and beyond the most important thing, but he always found it to be nonsense. With his status, if her beauty couldn't catch his attention and stand out in a crowd, he didn't even want her. How the hell would he show off if not? If she wasn't worth showing off, then how would he feel a sense of satisfaction in conquering her?

However, for some reason, those eyes, even though it had maybe only been a few minutes, he couldn't get them out of his head.

'I have to go to senior sister to ask her if there's a marker on my soul. This sounds dangerous.'

The young man left in a hurry, his thoughts unknown to those who were still watching. But at that moment, the legend of Selheira only seemed to become deeper and more entrenched. There were multiple World Sea Realm experts here and many of them didn't dare to take that strike head on, yet it didn't even cause a crack in the ground.

They looked toward one another and chose to remain silent. Even the representatives of the Hidden Blade Sect and Iunae Clan who had had every intention of kicking up a fuss using their Two Star status suddenly realized that there were more hidden secrets remaining in this "dying" Sect than they were willing to admit.

…

"Koris, you've returned?"

A light voice sounded out, but it seemed to carry a hint of confusion. It could tell that the young man had returned alone, it couldn't be that he had forgotten the task she had given him, right?

It was only after hearing this voice, Koris seemed to snap out of his stupor and it finally hit him what had happened. One part of his mind had been occupied with what might be wrong with him and the other part was filled with a sudden infatuation, so he had even forgotten something so crucial.

Despite hearing the voice, Koris still knocked on the doors politely and only entered after hearing affirmation.

"Senior sister Jeneless…"

Jeneless sat in the middle of the highest class training room the First Heaven had to offer, her training robes sticking to her somewhat as she sweat profusely, but she didn't seem to care because the fear she had instilled in her junior brothers was so much so that they didn't even dare to look even if she had been stripped naked before them.

She didn't say a word even after Koris finished the story of what happened. It wasn't until several minutes later that she poked a finger and a ray of light entered Koris' forehead.

"… Your Spiritual Waves are a bit odd, but not exaggerated enough to indicate the use of a Soul Technique. You also said she dissipated your attack and you have no idea how?..."

Jeneless rose up. "You can leave now. I will go personally in a day or two."

"But senior sister, this isn't worth your effort. This brat is too arrogant, he hasn't even stepped into the Path Extinction Realm, I could have grinded him into meat paste with my pinky toe if—!"

"Well, his worth isn't in his combat prowess, now is it?" She replied lightly.

"Yes, but they're still just Common and Black Grade pills. He's in the Immortal Ring Realm, by now, he could be able to concoct Heaven Grade pills but he doesn't even attempt to concoct even Earth Grade pills!"

Of course, this wasn't true. Ryu had said that he would exchange his Earth Grade concoctions as well. It was just that Koris didn't have the full story because he couldn't be bothered to sit around and wait like everyone else and went off to play instead. But he couldn't let his senior sister know that.

"It's likely that he's just too weak to bring out the full power of that trump card of his."

"Hm?" Koris' brows shot up. "Senior sister, you think…?"

"What else could the answer be? You tell me, how many alchemy masters have succeeded in forming a complete Runed pill in the Second Heaven regardless of the pill grade?"

Koris froze. "… None."

"And of those who've succeeded in forming an incomplete Runed pill, they've only succeeded once at most by stroke of luck and those alchemy masters are even alive any longer. This is how rare it is for such a thing to happen throughout history…"