Soon, they got close to the fifth elder's manor entrance. Long Huang made his way directly to
the main hall of the manor. Upon arriving, he noticed two people sitting across from each other
at the center of the hall.
One was a scholarly-looking middle-aged man with a short, neat mustache and goatee. Who
seemed to be in his mid-thirties, dressed in a white robe, as he sat in the head seat.
Next to him was an extraordinarily beautiful woman with eyes similar to Huang Min's. This was the fifth elder, Huang Peng, and his wife, Su Yan, who appeared to be made for each other.
As Long Huang walked into the hall, he stopped and bowed towards the couple, asking.
"Fifth elder, you were looking for me?"
Huang Peng furrowed his sword-like brows. "Kid, why are you practicing so late at night?"
"Didn't I speak to you about it!"
"I..I.I.I "
"Don't frighten the child, dear." Su Yan interjected with a loving smile,
"Don't mind him, he's just concerned about your health."
"And as for the reason you were called was for what's coming up soon."
"Oh, what's coming up?"
"Huang, in a few days, you will be 14 years old, right?"
"Yes, madam Su."
"We are planning to bring you over to the Martial Hall for the bloodline awakening ceremony on
your birthday."
"Bloodline awakening, it's already happening." Long Huang thought his mind had gone blank for a moment.
The strong ruled this world, and the weak suffered, where factions, sects, and families were the
top brass, and weak folks had no option but to follow in their shadows.
In this world, almost every human awakens their bloodline at 14, and some a bit earlier, and
even in some rare cases, a special body constitution. The talent and grade of these bloodlines
are closely related to a human warrior's strength and cultivation achievements.
The higher one's bloodline level was, the higher the talent they had to absorb the world's spiritual
energy, and the grade of the bloodline also gave the individual additional strength.
These bloodlines also granted unique abilities, but most of these abilities weren't apparent until
the Qi Converging Realm. And gained physical form at the Profound Xiantian Energy Realm. Nevertheless, there were also people born without bloodlines and those who had quasibloodlines, rendering them almost unable to train past the Body Tempering Realm.
In the Ancient Divine World, they labeled these people as waste!
"Bloodline awakening already, huh?"
He muttered as a light flashed across Long Huang's eyes, for he, too, wanted to know if he
possessed any bloodline in his body, and if he did, what grade and bloodline would it be?
These were questions he always had at the back of his mind since finding out about bloodlines
and cultivation.
"Yes, so stay here until then, okay?" said Su Yan with a gentle smile.
"Okay, mot.. madam Su Yan"
"Come, you must be hungry after all that training, Huang."
"I want something to eat too," shouted Huang Min.
"When do you ever not want something to eat?"
Long Huang said with a mischievous smile before following behind Su Yan.
"Hmph, lucky my parents are here,"
"Sure," said Long Huang while rolling his eyes.
"Why! You little..."
Seeing this scene, Huang Peng couldn't help but smile while shaking his head.
"Kids,"
Thus, Long Huang stayed at the manor for a few days, as it would allow him to arrive at the
Martial Hall of the sect is early for the ceremony.
On the morning of the ceremony, they arrived at the outer area of the sacred hall a bit before
sunrise, but they found it already packed with people waiting with their children to awaken their
bloodlines.
"Damn, and I thought we were early," said Long Huang.
"Ugh, why are we so early?" said Huang Min.
Long Huang then mumbled under his breath while rolling his eyes.
"Lazy ass."
"Huh, what did you say?"
"Speak up!"
Said Huang Min while bringing her ear closer to Long Huang.
"You heard me," said Long Huang with a smug look.
"Kids, that's enough."
"That's not the behavior of the Azure Lotus Sect!" Huang Peng said in a stern voice with a fierce gaze. As the duo calmed down, they all stood there waiting patiently for the crowd to dwindle.
Other than members of the sect who were present, there were also citizens of the city who
attended the ceremony either to support their child or to represent their family.
Today, even the Sect Lord Chi Qide exited his closed-door retreat earlier than planned.
Usually, the Sect Lord would not make an appearance during the bloodlines awakening
ceremony; however, this year was special because of Chi Wei, his son.
Chi Qide smiled, then nodded his head at Huang Peng's group before turning to face the rest of
the Sect's people. But his eyes flashed a hint of something that was being suppressed.
He then smiled and said,
"Welcome, all, to the Azure Lotus Sect awakening ceremony."
"I thank you all for attending."
"And oh, one more thing."
"Don't mind me, I just came to have a look. Treat like air."
"Carry on now"
Chi Qide walked to the front of the main hall, his eyes darting around the crowd in the hall
before finally stopping on an old man in a gray robe standing next to him.
"Ha-ha"
Laughing amiably, Chi Qide said,
"Since everyone is already here, let's begin."
"Yes, Sect leader."
The old man in a gray robe answered respectfully, and then he walked to the center of the hall.
The old man in the gray robe was the sect's Chief Elder Chen Ying; Long Huang heard that
Chen Ying had been a follower of Chi Qide's grandfather for a long time, even before Chi Qide
was born.
Chen Ying stood at the center of the hall, a light glowed in his hands, spreading an
overwhelming pressure across the hall. It was no shock as everyone knew Chen Ying was a
Ninth-stage Qi Condensing realm with a Mid-level Variant grade bloodline.
Long Huang's eyes lit up as he thought to himself.
"So this is the power of a Ninth-stage Qi Condensing realm expert. So strong!"
With Chen Ying's channeling his qi, suddenly, in the center of the hall, a bright light shone,
forming a beam.
"Chi Wei, you first." Chi Qide looked at Chi Wei.
"Yes, father."
Chi Wei answered and stepped forward into the light beam. Before Chi Wei entered the beam
of light, he shot a glance at Long Huang and smirked.
As the beam of light fell on Chi Wei, everyone in the hall focused on Chi Wei, who was now
standing within the beam of light.
"What's his deal?"
Huang Min asked, observing that Chi Wei's gaze was directed at Long Huang.
"Hhmm."
"If I had to guess, jealousy, or it could be something else entirely." Long Huang playfully said, but he honestly couldn't care less about that idiot Chi Wei.
Su Yan then looked at Huang Min with meaning and turned and left. Seeing this, Huang Min
hurriedly spoke;
"Anyway, I have to go. Good luck with your awakening."
Huang Min and Su Yan then left without saying more.
"What are they up to?"
Meanwhile, Chi Qide's face showed a faint trace of tension as he watched his son.
The beam of light wrapped around Chi Wei for a brief moment before a black light took over,
enveloping Chi Wei. Finally, the black shadow of a tiger gradually emerged from behind Chi
Wei.
It was a black tiger with wings. As the shape of the black tiger condensed and became more
corporeal, a ferocious tiger's roar echoed in the main hall. Everyone was stunned.
Chi Qide stared at the faint black shadow behind his son Chi Wei; his eyes shone brightly as he
let out a big laugh, as he was tremendously pleased.
"This... is the low-level Earth grade bloodline, the Winged Black Tiger!" Chi Qide cried out in an
excited voice. As his own bloodline was a high-level Variant grade bloodline.
A Winged Black Tiger bloodline was considered one of the top among the low-level Earth grade.
It was infinitely close to being a mid-level Earth-grade bloodline.
Chi Wei's bloodline turned out to be an Earth-grade bloodline. It was a big shock as no one
expected to see an Earth-grade bloodline.
"It's a goddamn, Earth-grade bloodline!!" someone in the crowd shouted.
Earth-grade bloodline, this was among the top-level bloodlines in the Western Province; heck,
even the whole Eastern Sun Continent, as a matter of fact.
Anyone with an Earth Grade bloodline could gain the status of an official disciple of any toplevel sect in the Eastern Sun Continent and a Core disciple in other sects.
Bloodlines were graded as Ordinary, Variant, Earth, Heaven, and Emperor. They are further
divided into low, mid, and high levels.
Someone with an Earth-grade bloodline was considered talented, and Heaven-grade bloodlines
were geniuses among geniuses.
While someone with Emperor-grade were monsters, and as for the above Emperor-grade, no one has heard of it, but there were some speculations.
Chi Qide looked at the black shadow floating behind his son, his face turned a slight red as he
could barely contain the excitement he had at that moment.
"Hahahaha!"
As he laughed, and it reverberated throughout the martial hall for some time. He honestly never
expected his son to have an Earth-grade bloodline.