Chapter 1143: Chapter 761: Lifeblood of the Human Race
Xiang Beifei glanced at Shou Qiaoba and Mo Qiuze, waved his hand, and directly threw them into the corner, blocking their perception, not letting them participate in the conversation. He needed to ask Ge Hengzi about some matters regarding the Dao Palace.
"Last time in Jingxi City, such a thing happened. Dao Palace doesn’t seem to blame you?" Xiang Beifei asked.
The Jingxi City incident caused Dao Palace to not only lose personnel, but they were also humiliated. Normally, they wouldn’t let it go easily.
Ge Hengzi replied respectfully, "No, Wu Kexi holds the largest responsibility. Our job was just to run errands, surviving is a miracle."
Dao Palace hasn’t completely investigated the matter yet, mainly because two domain-level elders in the Inquiring Dao stage died, and they were critically injured and killed by Divine Soil Merciful Hand, so the blame from above naturally fell on the third Inquiring Dao stage elder, Wu Kexi.
However, Ge Hengzi and the other two elders in charge of Inquiring Dao were not blamed, they were just questioned extensively, and once nothing was found, they were let go.
In the eyes of Dao Palace, if two out of the three leaders in the Inquiring Dao stage died, the opponent must be very powerful, certainly an expert in the Inquiring Dao stage. Thus, even if Ge Hengzi and those in the Inquiring Dao stage showed abnormalities, they wouldn’t be blamed, and Wu Kexi, being the top boss, was the one to be held accountable.
Therefore, Ge Hengzi is still a Dao Envoy, continuing to investigate the origins of the Broken Dao Race.
Ge Hengzi is a highly capable person. Initially, when the Broken Dao Race first emerged, he was responsible for investigating them. With his keen intuition, he identified the connection between the Dao Stone and the Broken Dao Race and traced it to the Crane Dao Race.
Lately, as the Dao Stone suddenly appeared in the City of No Pretense, he also went outside the City of No Pretense, comprehending five Dao Stones.
By relying on the Dao Stone’s realm, he successfully advanced from the early stage of Inquiring Dao to the mid-stage!
Within Dao Palace, the competition is extremely intense, as many experts are gathered here. Each realm advancement greatly increases one’s status internally, expanding their authority.
Thus, after experiencing the Jingxi City incident, Ge Hengzi, instead of being implicated, saw his strength skyrocket with Xiang Beifei’s help, received a promotion within Dao Palace, and was exposed to more matters.
"I have a few things to ask you, tell me thoroughly," Xiang Beifei stated.
"Young master, ask freely," Ge Hengzi responded immediately.
"What’s the matter with the blood soil in Sheyin City?" Xiang Beifei asked.
Ge Hengzi immediately replied, "Blood soil is a method Dao Palace specifically uses to target the Human Race. They use the blood bones and divine souls of the Human Race as mediums to detect the breath of the Human Race. Once a Human Race approaches, the blood soil will be triggered."
"But I haven’t detected the existence of this formation," Xiang Beifei said.
"That’s because of the ancestral implement Heavenly Spear, the blood soil formation is connected to the ancestral implement," Ge Hengzi replied.
So that’s how it is.
Xiang Beifei’s previous assumptions were correct.
No wonder he couldn’t perceive the blood soil formation’s existence. The ancestral implement is indeed powerful, it can suppress his perception too.
"How much do you know about the Heavenly Spear?"
"It has consumed many other ancestral implements, extremely powerful. I once heard Dao Palace elders mention that currently, this ancestral implement Heavenly Spear should rank twelfth!" Ge Hengzi said.
"There’s a ranking for ancestral implements?" Xiang Beifei asked in surprise.
"Yes, each ancestral implement is derived from the differentiation of Dao implements, with three thousand great daos differentiating into three thousand ancestral implements. However, ancestral implements engulfing each other result in differences in the origin power they absorb, meaning their strengths vary," Ge Hengzi explained.
"How are ancestral implements classified? How is the number of remaining ancestral implements determined?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"Ancestral implements have mutual sensing because they originate from the same source, so they are aware of each other’s remaining origin power from the Dao implements. Currently, only thirteen ancestral implements remain in this world. According to the feedback from the Heavenly Spear, its origin power ranks only twelfth."
Twelfth place, which is considerably powerful, making it impossible for Xiang Beifei to approach.
"What about the other ancestral implements? Where are they located?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"I only know that Sheyin City and Sheyang City each have an ancestral implement guarding them, and several elders in the Ancestral Dao Realm likely wield ancestral implements too. As for the rest, I don’t know, because my position in Dao Palace isn’t high, and I don’t qualify to inquire much," Ge Hengzi said.
Though Ge Hengzi is a Dao Envoy, when it comes to ancestral implements, which only masters in the Ancestral Dao Realm can wield, he isn’t qualified to know much.
"Next time, go and find out clearly about the ancestral implements," Xiang Beifei commanded.
"Yes," Ge Hengzi nodded.
"To maintain the blood soil formation, does it really require killing a human every month?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"Yes," Ge Hengzi answered.
Xiang Beifei squinted his eyes, and in a deep voice asked, "How many humans has Dao Palace currently captured?"
"Since this is not under my charge, I’m not sure, please forgive me, sir," Ge Hengzi bowed his head.
"Who is the person in charge?"
"Zhang Yuexing, a domain-level elder specifically responsible for matters related to the blood soil," Ge Hengzi said.
A domain-level elder, their cultivation must be at the Inquiring Dao stage!
"I’ve heard that blood soil is not only used for detecting humans, but also has other purposes; what are they?" Xiang Beifei asked.
Ge Hengzi shook his head, "I don’t know, but I have heard that blood soil is meant to nurture the Heavenly Spear, Five-stringed Qin, and Huo Qi Mirror, three ancestral implements. These three ancestral implements are used to suppress the Human Race’s rise."
"Suppress the Human Race’s rise? How is that understood?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"It is said that the Human Race was originally an extremely powerful and terrifying race, inherently evil, unreasonable, without any empathy. They cultivated the Heavenly Dao by wantonly slaughtering innocent races to become stronger, so Dao Palace had to intervene with the three ancestral implements to suppress them.