"Dad, what do you mean by that? The Blood Tiger Totem wants me to come back?"
"Yes, the Blood Tiger said that among all the bloodlines of the He family, you are the most suitable for the Blood Tiger's inheritance. Therefore, the Blood Tiger wants to pass it on to you, so that our He family can have another seed of a quasi-king."
Before the invasion of the Ten Thousand Races, the He family's Blood Tiger was a celestial being who had cultivated successfully outside the pass. Later, it failed its tribulation, its physical body was destroyed, and only its soul drifted between heaven and earth.
It happened to be encountered by an ancestor of the He family, who then used the He family's bloodline as a foundation to reshape its spiritual body and evolve it into a totem deity.
Affected by the invasion of the Ten Thousand Races, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth revived. The Blood Tiger also took this opportunity to continue its cultivation, finally reaching the quasi-king realm in recent years. Of course, this was only known to a few high-level members of the He family.
The Blood Tiger's inheritance was the Blood Tiger using its totem power to improve the physical fitness and innate talent of the He family's descendants based on their shared bloodline. Normally, the Blood Tiger would only use its totem power to slowly improve some of the He family members' talents.
But this time, the Blood Tiger's inheritance was a significant undertaking. It intended to thoroughly enhance He Dazhuang's talent and potential, directly cultivating him into a martial artist capable of advancing to the quasi-king realm. Of course, doing so would also cause the Blood Tiger itself to temporarily fall back to the lord level.
He Dazhuang understood the cause and effect. "Then, Dad, since the Blood Tiger is so powerful, why did our He family suffer such heavy losses in that battle?"
"At that time, it wasn't just that one spatial rift that erupted. The largest spatial rift, guarded by the five celestial families beneath the Changbai Mountains, also broke open. At that time, your Grandpa Fu and his two sons carried the totem's本体 (original body) to suppress it."
"It was just that the battle was even more intense. Two lords from the five celestial families also died. At that time, twelve lords from the Ten Thousand Races broke through, and the five celestial families only had nine lords. Including the Blood Tiger and one of the Ten Great Lords, Lord Bingfeng Zhang Qiming, there were only eleven lords.
At that time, the spatial rift continued to widen, and there were kings from the Ten Thousand Races intervening. At that time, our human race's two Human King ancestors were tied down by four kings from the Ten Thousand Races in the starry battlefield and could not provide reinforcements. The situation was very dire.
In the end, the ancestor from the Qingqiu Fox Clan stepped in and, across the spatial rift, injured that king of the Ten Thousand Races and sealed the spatial rift."
"The ancestor from Qingqiu? Does our human race have other kings?" He Dazhuang heard these secrets for the first time.
"The human race is certainly not as simple as it appears on the surface. But, son, you must remember that you are safest when others know you have trump cards but don't know how many trump cards you have. After all, no one wants to be the first bird to be eliminated by your trump card.
As for the ancestor from Qingqiu, she is not a king of the human race, but she has a deep connection with the human race. In the past, people called her Empress Daji."
"Holy cow, isn't that a fox spirit? Isn't that a villainous character? Wasn't she killed during the Investiture of the Gods?" He Dazhuang blurted out, feeling like he couldn't speak properly. This was too shocking.
"Investiture of the Gods, who was invested? In the era of King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty, apart from those who voluntarily became burial sacrifices, very few people, even slaves, were buried alive.
And in the Zhou Dynasty, they extensively used living people as burial sacrifices and offerings. Countless humans died each year for this. Who were they sacrificed to?
And you say a fox spirit seduced King Zhou? The Qingqiu Fox Clan originated from the time when heaven and earth were first divided and all spirits were born. Among them, there were two beings with fox forms and nine tails: the yang one was the Emperor, and the yin one was the Empress.
The Emperor and Empress were both kind-hearted and intelligent. They studied the Great Dao under the Father God.
Later, the Emperor and Empress formed a lifelong bond, established the Kingdom of Qingqiu, and built the Fox Cave on Spirit Mountain in the Eastern Wilderness. They taught the residents of Qingqiu the natural way of cultivation, emphasizing the original heart, despising external things, and acting according to one's desires without transgressing boundaries.
From this, one can see the high moral character of the Qingqiu Fox Clan. And the women of Qingqiu are even more devoted. Even if they are not understood by the secular world, they are willing to wait through reincarnation, guarding their beloved for their entire lives.
Even the wife of Emperor Yu, a sage king of the human race in ancient times, was from the Tu Shan clan of the Qingqiu Fox Clan."
"All foxes in the world come from Qingqiu. Even today, the Fox Clan is one of the staunchest allies of the human race. And the ancestor from Qingqiu has always been by the side of Ancestor Di Xin, helping the Human King ancestors protect the human race."
"Oh my god, this is so touching. It's easy to find priceless treasures, but hard to find true lovers. This ancestor from Qingqiu is truly a devoted lover! If I hadn't fallen for Anya, I would have definitely found a woman from Qingqiu to be my wife," He Dazhuang said, his eyes red and rambling.
He Wuye and He Baye exchanged glances: "I didn't realize it, this little brat is actually sentimental.
Wait, something doesn't seem right. Who is Anya? This little brat is in a relationship early."
"Forget it, Fifth Brother. Are any of this brat's classmates from ordinary families? Let Dazhuang decide for himself. After all, our He family has suffered too many losses. If these brats don't hurry up, when will our He family flourish?" He Baye advised his brother.
There was no incident overnight. The next morning, He Dazhuang was woken up by his father early.
He arrived at the original body of the Blood Tiger Totem. Before him stood a stone carving of a tiger, two meters tall. Its entire body was covered in blood. He Dazhuang knew that it was the totem spiritual body that the ancestor had shaped for the Blood Tiger using the bloodline of their clan members in the past.
A blood-colored light tiger walked out of the stone: "Little brat, you came back and didn't even pay respects to your ancestor. And you expect your ancestor to dote on you and think of you with all the good things."
"Dazhuang, go sit in front of the altar," He Kuang said to his son.
He Dazhuang sat cross-legged in front of the altar and began to cultivate by circulating the He family's techniques.
Slightly red threads began to connect the Blood Tiger and He Dazhuang.
Until He Dazhuang's entire body was filled with red light. He Dazhuang felt as if he had entered a blood-colored space, feeling warm all over. Energy flowed into him wave after wave. Slowly, He Dazhuang entered a state of hibernation.
He Wuye looked at the Blood Tiger's expression and knew that his son was already receiving the inheritance.
"Don't worry, Fifth Brother. Dazhuang is healthy and talented, and his bloodline is the closest to the blood used when shaping my spiritual body among your He family. This inheritance will not encounter any accidents," the Blood Tiger Totem said to He Wuye. It had merged with the He family, sharing their fate. Only when the He family produced more advanced martial artists could it receive a stronger bloodline feedback. And it had chosen He Dazhuang.
The red light on He Dazhuang's body grew stronger, and his body began to tremble along with the increasing red light.
When the red light suddenly disappeared, He Dazhuang slowly opened his eyes and looked at the Blood Tiger: "Oh my god, ancestor, what is this thing? This is too much suffering!"
He Kuang...
Blood Tiger...: Old Fifth, this little brat needs to be taught a lesson.