"Phew..."
Looking at Xiao Xuan's aged appearance, Xiao Yu took a deep breath.
She knew that Xiao Xuan had turned himself into this neither-human-nor-ghost state while waiting for a descendant of the Xiao Clan, all so he could leave the Xiao Clan's final bloodline to her.
What she needed now was not to refuse, but to accept it and truly give it her all. After all, she was the only hope of this fallen clan.
"Yu'er, go. Don't waste Senior Xiao Xuan's good intentions!"
Hearing Lu Chuan's soft words beside her, Xiao Yu nodded slightly.
Then, without any further hesitation, she stepped into the blood pool and slowly walked toward its center.
The instant Xiao Yu entered the blood pool, it began to churn violently.
Threads of blood-colored energy, as fine as gossamer, shot toward Xiao Yu's body like darting needles.
"Hiss!"
The searing pain made Xiao Yu's pretty face change slightly before it swiftly turned pale.
"It will hurt a little at the beginning. The bloodline power must first wash away the ordinary blood in your body before blood carrying bloodline power can be infused into you. This is the first step of the inheritance: Blood Replacement!"
Seeing Xiao Yu's face rapidly pale, Xiao Xuan spoke from the side.
"Mm!"
Xiao Yu nodded, gritting her teeth tightly as she forcibly endured the tearing pain.
Moreover, beneath that agony, she could feel the blood in her body rapidly disappearing. An extreme sense of weakness swiftly spread through her body, making her eyelids droop involuntarily.
"You cannot fall asleep! Otherwise, the old blood will not be cleansed completely, and the bloodline power will not be able to reach its utmost potential. The bloodline power within the current Xiao Clan members has completely vanished, so it cannot be awakened through gentle means