Starting My Cultivation With Time Management-Chapter 930 - 70 The Crux of Bloodline Conflict

Chapter 930 -70 The Crux of Bloodline Conflict

“Your Highness’s bloodline issues are indeed quite tricky.”

After a thorough examination, the elder Jiaolong named “Long Yuan” stroked his beard and explained with a thoughtful shake of his head:

“The crux of the issue likely originates from her maternal grandmother.”

“Oh?” Long Long asked curiously, “How so?”

Long Yuan then explained:

“Your Highness’s three bloodlines—human, dragon, fox—were inherited from her mother and have somehow intertwined. The human and fox bloodlines came from her mother and are linked together, resisting the devouring force of the Dragon Clan’s bloodline. This delicate balance has created the current stalemate among the three bloodlines. If not for the seal of the Heaven-Mending Stone fragment, her body would have long become a battlefield of incessant conflict.”

“But this is actually a paradox. Theoretically, her mother’s human and fox bloodlines shouldn’t coexist. The Celestial Fox Bloodline should have devoured the human bloodline.”

“Exactly,” Long Long said. “So, why did her mother possess two bloodlines?”

“I suspect it has something to do with her maternal grandmother,” Long Yuan replied. “Her maternal grandmother disguised herself as a human and infiltrated the Mortal Realm to steal the Tai Yin Suming Sword for the Demon Race. However, instead of bringing back the sword, she returned pregnant.”

“The child in her womb was your mother. From what we know now, someone must have tampered with this child before birth, suppressing the Celestial Fox Bloodline’s ability to devour the human bloodline. Otherwise, based on the bloodline’s fusion rate, there wouldn’t have been any trace of the human bloodline left after your mother was born.”

“Then why did Yin Xiaojing go to such lengths to ensure her daughter’s human and fox bloodlines coexisted?” Long Long pondered deeply.

“I don’t know,” Long Yuan responded. “Since the human bloodline doesn’t naturally grant any Divine Skills, possessing it is more of a drawback than a benefit. To my mind, this doesn’t seem to have been done for her good. In fact, it feels more like a curse… So perhaps it wasn’t her maternal grandmother who did it. Maybe it was the Sun Sword Master, who, after discovering his wife’s true identity, turned against her and acted out of vengeance!”

Nonsense, Long Long thought to himself. The Sun Sword Master deeply loved the Tai Yin Sword Master. For her, he even defected from the Sword Sect and was abandoned by all the Human Race cultivators in the world. How could he have harmed the unborn child of his beloved wife?

But if not the Sun Sword Master, who else could have uncovered Yin Xiaojing’s identity ahead of time and possessed both the opportunity and ability to curse her?

After all, after Yin Xiaojing’s identity was exposed, she fled with Ouyang Zhao all the way to the Boundary Gate of the Heaven’s Ravine. During this time, she had no interaction with any hostile cultivators… Even if she did, the Sun Sword Master would have killed them on sight.

Hmm?

“Suming,” Long Long said slowly, “you…”

“I don’t know!” Suming Sword immediately replied, “Asking me is useless. Back then, I was thrown into the Sword Pool by her for refusing to cooperate with the Demon Race Sword Masters before her departure.”

“Speaking of which,” Long Long paused, “to refine the Tai Yin Suming Sword into a Life-bound Sword Artifact, the Tai Yin Sword Master had to nurture the sword within her body, right? You stayed within Yin Xiaojing’s body for so long. Are you saying you never realized she was part of the Celestial Fox Clan?”

“I really didn’t!” Suming Sword replied. “The Celestial Fox Clan’s secret techniques are incredibly mysterious. I always thought she was human…”

“So you actually knew she was a Celestial Fox all along, didn’t you?” Long Long suddenly questioned sternly.

“I definitely didn’t know from the beginning!” Suming Sword argued. “If I’d known, how could I have acknowledged her as my master? She’s a demon, for heaven’s sake!”

“Then you must have found out later,” Long Long speculated. “In other words, at some point, you realized your esteemed Sword Master was actually a Celestial Fox.”

“Feeling doubt about your own judgment, you likely experienced disbelief, betrayal-induced anger, and terror over the grave mistakes you might have committed. Ultimately, you decided to vent your hatred on the unborn child in the Tai Yin Sword Master’s womb… Wow, Suming! Your face sure is thick! Unable to fight the Sword Master herself, you took it out on an unborn child, right?”

“That’s not true! I didn’t! Stop making things up!” Suming Sword exclaimed helplessly. “Think about it. Even if I had a secret technique to suppress bloodlines, I wouldn’t stoop so low as to target a child. I am the Fuxi Divine Sword, after all!”

“So it was you after all,” Long Long said as understanding dawned. “But it wasn’t your intention—you were forced, weren’t you? It was Yin Xiaojing who made you do it!”

“Sword Master, please stop wild guessing,” Suming Sword said, seemingly enlightened as well.

After that, no matter how much Long Long questioned, the sword refused to say another word.

“In any case,” Long Yuan concluded, “fusing three conflicting bloodlines will be quite challenging using the bloodline manipulation spells we currently have.”

“But the way the human and Celestial Fox bloodlines are fused within her body is worth studying. If we can make a breakthrough in this area, resolving the conflict with the Dragon Clan bloodline should be relatively straightforward.”

“I see,” Long Long said and urged Suming Sword, “Quickly, hand over the secret technique!”

“I truly don’t know what Sword Master is talking about…” Suming Sword replied cautiously.

“I didn’t say you did it. I’m just asking you to share any bloodline fusion techniques you know,” Long Long clarified.

After a moment of hesitation, Suming Sword answered:

“Since Sword Master insists, I do know of similar secret techniques, but I honestly have no further information about what happened, so please stop asking.”

“Fine, fine,” Long Long said impatiently. “Just hand over the bloodline fusion secret technique already!”

Suming Sword recited a secret technique, which Long Long relayed to Elder Long Yuan, who was left visibly stunned.

“How did you learn this…? Could it have been passed down by Her Highness’s mother? No, that doesn’t make sense. At that time, she shouldn’t have—”

“Don’t overthink it!” Long Long cut him off brusquely. “Just hurry up and figure out a way to treat Her Highness!”

After shooing Elder Long Yuan off to work, Long Long finally left the inner hall.

Outside, he saw Long Hu seated in the main hall’s central seat, reviewing various records about Beiming Fanyang.

She didn’t have much experience in governance, but Beiming Fanyang had been leaderless for a long time. Now, with the Emperor Ying Long’s biological daughter in charge, the legitimacy of her rule was undisputed. Her personal abilities, ironically, became a secondary concern.

“Long Long!” Seeing him return, Long Hu immediately leaped from her seat and clung to him, whining tearfully, “I can’t do it! I just can’t! All of this—it’s beyond me!”

The nearby members of the Jiaolong Clan wisely pretended not to hear, turning and leaving the scene.

“Don’t worry, I’ll teach you.”

Long Long carried Long Hu back to the central seat and began teaching her how to conduct population censuses, manage bookkeeping, draft laws, assign tasks, and so on.

After all, once they obtained the Heaven-Mending Stone fragment, he would be leaving the Eastern Emperor Realm.

Before that happened, he wanted to make sure he imparted the final lesson to the little fox, ensuring that even in his absence, she could rule Beiming Fanyang efficiently and effectively.