Bloodline Secret

Seeing Li Huai appear, Wang Ping narrowed his eyes.

His goal at the start of this simulation was to investigate the Li Family, to figure out why they could so easily track down the Chi Village people, and why they didn't kill children.

You were furious and found a way to meet Li Huai. However, you didn't act rashly, nor did you try to see the Chi Family. Doing so would expose you and put you in grave danger.

You suppressed your anger and continued cultivating and studying alchemy. You believed that as long as your strength improved and you investigated further, the truth would come to light one day.

Three years passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, you trained relentlessly, advancing to the Innate Realm Third Level. Your alchemy also improved greatly, allowing you to refine Second Grade pills. At the same time, your swordsmanship reached new heights.

Your talent made the Li Family value you even more. The Li Family Head betrothed his granddaughter Li Yan to you, hoping to bind you permanently to the Li Family chariot. To uncover the truth, you chose to marry Li Yan.

After your marriage, the Li Family Head trusted you even further, finally entrusting you with the family's treasured Third Grade pill formula for research. He also permitted you to cultivate the Li Family's Profound Grade Ultimate Martial Art, the Spirit Refining Sword Canon.

On the surface, you appeared kind-looking and grateful, smiling warmly. Inwardly, you sneered, vowing that once your strength was sufficient, you would use the Li Family's own martial art to slaughter every last one of them.

On May 1st, 490 Great Xia Calendar, with the help of ample Spirit Stones and pills, you successfully broke through to the Innate Realm Sixth Level. At the same time, thanks to your Green Talent, Sword Dao Prodigy, and years of cultivation, you mastered the Profound Grade Ultimate Martial Art, Spirit Refining Sword Canon, to perfection, and even comprehended a Sword Intent Embryo. Though a Sword Intent Embryo was still far from true Sword Intent, you now had a clear direction, surpassing countless swordsmen.

Meanwhile, your alchemy skills made astonishing progress, allowing you to easily refine Third Grade pills.

You never revealed your true strength. However, with your alchemy, the Li Family's overall power soared. Their medicine shops expanded, and their influence grew at a staggering rate.

The Li Family Head, thanks to you, became more secure in his position, earning respect from all. He often boasted about finding such an excellent grandson-in-law, making the Li Family elders envious. Your status in the Li Family was at its peak—even Li Huai treated you with courtesy.

By 495 Great Xia Calendar, unrest began to stir in Great Xia, with rebellions emerging. Over the past five years, your cultivation had advanced further, breaking through to the Innate Realm Seventh Level. In swordsmanship, your Sword Intent Embryo had become more refined, just one step away from true Sword Intent. But your greatest progress was in alchemy. You finally reached the level of a Fourth Grade Alchemist, capable of refining Fourth Grade pills.

A Fourth Grade Alchemist stood above ordinary Spirit Origin Realm experts, commanding respect across all of Great Xia. Even a hegemon like the Sword Spirit Sect and the Great Xia Royal Family had to treat you with courtesy, daring not to show any negligence.

Your presence allowed the Li Family's power to continue growing rapidly, earning envy from other major forces. The Li Family Head constantly boasted, "My grandson-in-law has Pill King Potential," leaving others speechless yet envious.

On August 1st, 495 Great Xia Calendar, believing the time was ripe and you had become an indispensable part of the Li Family, the Li Family Head and several Supreme Elders led you to the Li Family's underground chamber.

Then, you saw an infuriating sight. The children from back then had all grown up. The Li Family had erased their memories with pills and kept them penned like livestock for breeding.

"Li Family!" Wang Ping clenched his fists, seething with rage as he read the simulation.

After a few seconds, he took a deep breath, calmed his anger, and continued reading.

He knew the moment of revelation had come.

As Wang Ping focused, the screen continued to display new content.

Then, as the Li Family Head explained, you finally learned the truth. It turned out that after the Li Family wiped out the Chi Family, they accidentally discovered a hidden secret: bloodline.

The Chi Family were the Spirit Clan—a hidden branch. Their blood could be used to refine pills. With enough Chi Family blood and a Fourth Grade Alchemist, one could refine the Blood Spirit Pill. This pill had the potential to grant the user the Spirit Clan's Special Constitution and also played a remarkable role in breaking through to the Transcendent Realm.

Back then, after learning this secret, the Li Family deeply regretted slaughtering the Chi Family. If they had kept them penned and bred, they could have produced a steady supply of Blood Spirit Pills.

However, subsequent population surveys revealed that the Chi Family hadn't been completely exterminated—a small group had escaped. This thrilled the Li Family, who secretly searched for the Chi Family's whereabouts. Yet eighty years passed with no results.

Eventually, the Li Family even contacted the Sword Spirit Sect, hoping to use their power to find the Chi Family. The current Sword Spirit Sect Leader's wife was a Li Family member—the daughter of a Supreme Elder and the Li Family Head's sister.

But even the Sword Spirit Sect couldn't find a trace of the Chi Family, frustrating them greatly.

Listening to the Li Family's explanation, you felt a chill run down your spine and fury in your heart. But you controlled your emotions and feigned curiosity, asking how they finally found them.

Li Huai answered. They had stumbled upon a secret technique called the Blood Demon Tracking Art. With someone's blood, they could track their location. However, this technique could only track the Spirit Clan and had a major limitation: it could only locate areas with a dense concentration of similar bloodlines, not individuals. Using the blood of the dead Chi Family members, they employed the Blood Demon Tracking Art to find Chi Village.

After hearing their explanation, as they muttered about how "cunning" the Chi Village people were for hiding deep in Blackwind Forest, you felt both rage and dread. Finally, you understood why Li Huai could always find the Chi Family and why he only killed adults, leaving children alive.

The children could be penned and raised, and the excuse of adoption could fool the eyes of other factions. Bringing back too many adults would surely raise suspicion. The Li Family likely wanted to monopolize the bloodline secret, keeping it hidden even from the Sword Spirit Sect.