Chapter 791: The Secret of the Shengxue Pearl
The Xia Clan has been settled here for tens of thousands of years, and their only unique attribute lies in their bloodline inheritance.
Selecting the Holy Daughter requires a clan woman who can ideally inherit the Divine Bloodline to be chosen as the Holy Daughter. However, the position of clan leader is a singular inheritance. Due to the Xia Clan’s sparse descendants, the clan leader’s choice is essentially predetermined. Especially after the last Divine Level ancestor established such rules, the bloodline of their branch has dwindled further, to the point where they might not produce a child for a century, let alone compete for the clan leader position.
Upon becoming the clan leader, one must undergo the baptism of the Blood Purification Pool, where a special mark is imprinted within their blood.
Thus, there are many things he can do that the clan members cannot.
For instance, opening the Ancient Tomb.
There is only one method to open the Ancient Tomb, which is to drip his blood into the totem.
Xia Ling is very clever and... very scheming.
He almost couldn’t remember under what circumstances he gave her a bottle of blood; it seemed... it was when she was gravely injured. His blood is an excellent Holy Medicine for healing, and he would not give it lightly unless a clan member was seriously injured and needed it. Xia Ling, being the Holy Daughter of the Xia Clan at that time, had all her requests fulfilled by him to the extent possible, and he trusted her immensely. So when she was severely injured, he gave her a bottle of blood without consulting the clan elders, which was his mistake.
But back then, how could he have anticipated the events that followed? How could he have anticipated being entangled with Xia Ling, or that she would leave so resolutely...
Everything had long since surpassed the ending he could have imagined back then.
He liked Xia Ling very much, yet it wasn’t quite the love between a man and a woman; saving her was for the sake of his clan.
He does not regret saving her, even thinking of comforting her by not sending people to bring Su Yu back, believing it would provide her redemption, but unexpectedly, it only led to deeper sin.
And now...
If he has not guessed wrongly, she intends to steal the Shengxue Pearl.
The Shengxue Pearl is a treasured artifact of the Xia Clan, preserved in the Ancient Tomb, rumored to be condensed from the essence and blood of 108 Divine Level ancestors, a sacred relic of the Xia Clan. There is an ancestral commandment that in times of life and death, breaking the Shengxue Pearl can preserve the Xia Clan’s bloodline.
The clan’s legend regarding the Shengxue Pearl is that anyone who approaches it will be reduced to ashes by its Divine Power.
Thus, the Shengxue Pearl is kept in the Ancient Tomb, unguarded.
The legend is indeed true; those who approach the Shengxue Pearl will die because they cannot withstand its Divine Power, but... the clan leader is an exception.
Because the Shengxue Pearl is vital to the Xia Clan’s inheritance, every successive clan leader has the ability to approach it.
Besides, there is another secret about the Shengxue Pearl, unknown to many, which is that it is linked to the survival of the Xia Clan. Breaking the Shengxue Pearl can preserve the Xia Clan’s bloodline, but at the same time, this space they crafted will also shatter. This secret has always been a hidden truth of the Xia Clan, known to very few.
Xia Qingcheng does not know whether Xia Ling is aware of this secret.