"Where should I even begin? What a headache."
Lin Xiao shook his head.
Even for someone as carefree as him, speaking of the past filled his face with bitterness.
"Have some tea, Grandpa."
Li Tianming brewed the tea and handed it to him.
Lin Xiao took a light sip and said, "Let's start with me. This whole matter actually began with me."
"Why do you say that?" Li Tianming asked.
"Here's the thing. Our Swordgod Lin Lineage is a special clan. Other clans may embrace all rivers and streams, and intermarriage with other races is allowed. But we can't."
"Because of the inheritance of swordhearts and swordbeasts, once we marry outsiders, it becomes difficult to have children. Even if we do, it's hard for the child to inherit a swordheart or swordbeast. That means they can't receive the Swordgod Lin Lineage's core inheritance, and their eventual growth will be limited."
"Therefore, since ancient times, our Lin ancestors have forbidden marriage with outsiders, especially among the core direct line. It's precisely because we have maintained... pure blood that we have remained powerful, making our name known throughout the Infinitum Mundus with the divine might of the Six Swordbeasts."
After saying that, Lin Xiao glanced at Li Tianming and smiled bitterly. "Kid, do you understand where your father's problem lies now?"
"Your marriage to Grandma?" Li Tianming asked.
"That's right! When I was young, I refused to believe in such things. I fell in love with a girl from the Taibei Dongshen Clan—your grandmother—and became estranged from everyone... During those years, I never regretted it. After all, I was young and hot-blooded, and I truly loved her..."
"Of course, I originally wasn't meant to become a vein master. I had an older brother, and his family was supposed to be the future