"This blood is indeed useful to me. Ji's Royal Family once had an example of Resurgence, during which Her Majesty the Empress aged because of it. She was unwilling to die, so she sought ways to break the curse. Although she never succeeded, it served as a wake-up call, instilling a sense of crisis within Ji's Royal Family. After her death, her descendants succeeded."
"I have almost figured it out. They must have used a kind of parasitic herb. It's quite special, not fed with toxins but with beneficial herbs. Once implanted into a human body, it can lay eggs itself, but no matter how many eggs are laid, only one can survive."
