You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?-Chapter 258 - 44, Sixth Ring

Imperial Garden, with its artificial hills stretching continuously and its pavilions adorned with carved beams and painted rafters.

Even though the depths of winter had not yet passed, the garden still blossomed in radiant colors, a myriad of flowers competing in beauty, a sight so stunning it was almost surreal, full of splendor and magnificence.

Through the thick fragrance, Lin Yue walked past a lush patch of flowers and soon saw the figure of a young man standing under a cluster of stunning Claytonia.

"Fifth Prince," Lin Yue immediately went over.

The Fifth Prince didn't speak, only closed his eyes and leaned in to lightly sniff the fragrance of the captivating red flowers.

After a while, he turned his head to look at Lin Yue and, shaking his head with a smile, said, "Second Prince really can judge people well. It seems I've lost. Who would have thought that you actually knew about His Majesty's affair?"

"You knew as well, Fifth Prince," Lin Yue said softly.

The Fifth Prince sized up Lin Yue and remarked, "It seems you are more special than I imagined, and your progress in martial arts is so rapid… Could it be that you have already received the memories of Xia Lie's previous life?"

Lin Yue slightly shook his head, then counter-asked, "Isn't it said that only after reaching the Four Symbols Peak and undergoing the transformation of the Divine Soul can one receive Xia Lie's past life memories?"

"Then is it… talent?"

The Fifth Prince appeared slightly surprised, "I hadn't noticed you possessed such martial arts talent."

Lin Yue understood.

Those truly monstrous in martial arts talent, such as Prince An Qing who was considered the most extraordinary martial arts talent of the era, could easily break through the Five Elements Heavenly Barrier to become a Martial Cultivator, even without the Crown Prince's instruction or anyone else's, purely learning on their own.

That was what martial arts talent was.

And throughout his many years since childhood, he had attempted martial combat, but never had any notable performance, indicating his talent was mediocre at best, his insight perhaps the only remarkable trait.

"It's just some fortuitous encounters."

Lin Yue shook his head, "I still don't know who Xia Lie was in his past life. I hope his past life memories can be of help to me."

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The Fifth Prince, however, smiled and said, "Although I'm not sure either, I can affirm that they will certainly be of help to you."

"Why?" Lin Yue asked, puzzled.

The Fifth Prince, with a smile playing on his lips, explained, "I also investigated. Xia Lie was the last prince, who awakened in September two years ago, that is, during the fifteenth year of Qingyuan's reign. Normally, bloodline awakening occurs around the age of 18, so subtracting the three years and six months spent in the womb, he would have been born around the beginning of Qingyuan's reign."

So, the Imperial Family calculates age including the time spent developing in the womb… Lin Yue was startled.

That would mean he was almost twenty years old.

The Fifth Prince narrowed his eyes and continued, "This means he was born just as the Forty-Ninth Year of the Emperor's Inspection was ending. Perhaps His Majesty established the last of the Twenty-four Heavenly at that point, which is why it stopped."

"His mother was pregnant even earlier, about three years before, around the Forty-Seventh Year of the Emperor's Inspection."

The Fifth Prince added, "Interestingly, as far as I know, His Majesty had left Great Yong for Eternal Night around December of the Forty-Sixth Year of the Emperor's Inspection."

Lin Yue was taken aback.

"Does this mean Xia Lie's previous life might not have been from Great Yong, but rather from Eternal Night?" Lin Yue mused.

Regarding this point, he wasn't surprised.

Because Baili Fengzhi had said that after Xia Lie's mother gave birth to him, she left him in the Xia Residence and then departed from Great Yong for Eternal Night, and she wasn't planning to return.

What kind of person would go to Eternal Night and not plan to return?

Thus…

If Xia Lie's past life was indeed from Eternal Night, it aligned logically.

"In Eternal Night, there exists the Human Clan, but they are very few and barely surviving," the Fifth Prince said, "And most of them were once protected by national fortunes, as killing them would damage national fortune, so they were sentenced to exile for serious crimes instead."

He smiled lightly, sizing up Lin Yue and continued, "So, it's most likely the Demon Clan. Perhaps Xia Lie's past self belonged to the Demon Clan?"

Lin Yue fell silent for a moment, then asked, "Would His Majesty allow a member of the Demon Clan to reincarnate as a prince?"

"Perhaps he would allow it, perhaps not," replied the Fifth Prince with a grin. "But among His Majesty's consorts, there indeed once was an Empress from the Demon Clan."

"Which prince?" Lin Yue couldn't help but ask.

The offspring of a human and a demon would be half-human, half-demon.

Baili Fengzhi was an example.

"Ming King," the Fifth Prince smiled, "He, like your guard, once assimilated the complete soul and blood of a Divine Beast, and moreover, a bird-like Divine Beast, just like your guard. Maybe he even likes your guard."

Lin Yue slightly furrowed his brow.

Ming King, also known as the Fifteenth Prince.

"An Empress from the Demon Clan can be a consort, a half-demon can be a prince, so, a Demon Clan member reincarnating as a prince is not so strange."

The Fifth Prince smiled amiably and said, "If Xia Lie is from the Demon Clan, there's an eighty percent chance he knows martial arts, which should help you, and a twenty percent chance that he's extremely proficient at martial arts, then you really hit the jackpot."

"Are members of the Demon Clan sure to understand martial arts?" Lin Yue asked, puzzled.

That was different from what he had imagined.

"It seems you don't really understand the Demon Clan," the Fifth Prince said, shaking his head slightly. "After all, Great Yong prohibits the dissemination of secrets between the Demon and Human Clans. It's normal that you don't know."

He laughed and said, "Let me tell you a fact... the Demon Clan is essentially 'people' with parts of their bodies mutated into mutant beasts. Why do we refer to them as demon people? It's because if they wish, they can perfectly disguise themselves as humans, sometimes even Spirit Venerables can't distinguish them."

Lin Yue was slightly taken aback.

So, the Demon Clan is essentially a sub-human clan?

"Of course, it's not just that their bodies are mutated; their very instincts are also those of mutant beasts."

The Fifth Prince continued, "Even mutant beasts don't necessarily feed on humans, but the Demon Clan greatly desires to consume the life essence of humans for food. It's instinctive, an unavoidable conflict."