Supplementary Tale: The Goddess of the Luo River (Part 2)

"What... those are Luoshen Flowers? What's going on? How could Luoshen Flowers be blooming?"

When the many Luoshen Clan experts saw the blood-red flowers burning with flames, their expressions changed dramatically. Countless Luoshen Clan descendants cried out in alarm, and many turned their eyes toward the Emperor Luo and the old clan chief, Luo Tianshen. The situation was truly strange.

The Luoshen Clan had many kinds of ceremonial rites, including quite a few related to the Luo River. Among them, the most revered ceremony was the Luoshen Sacrifice held whenever a new Emperor Luo ascended the throne.

During the Luoshen Sacrifice, when the new Emperor Luo scattered their blood essence into the Luo River, various phenomena would appear within the river according to the purity of their bloodline. According to legend, the purest phenomenon of all was the Luoshen Flower.

In Luoshen Clan legend, these Luoshen Flowers were formed from the blood of their ancestor, the Luoshen. They lay hidden deep within the Luo River, and only the purest Luoshen bloodline could awaken them.

From ancient times until the present, throughout the Luoshen Clan's long history, Luoshen Flowers had appeared only a handful of times. Yet no one had expected to witness such a sight today, during such an ordinary sacrificial ceremony.

Was the appearance of Luoshen Flowers a good thing for the Luoshen Clan? Of course it was. It meant that the person offering blood possessed an exceptionally pure bloodline. If they could preside over the ceremony and gain the recognition of the Luoshen Clan's inheritance, the clan might produce an unprecedented powerhouse.

The benefits were obvious, so why did the many Luoshen Clan experts now look as though they were badly constipated? Naturally, it was because the Luoshen Clan already had an emperor. The current emperor was still