Thoughts Had Gone Awry!

"Qilin Steps?"

Within the incomplete bloodline memories of the True Blood of a Pure-Blooded Ferocious Beast were scenes of the Flame Kirin performing Qilin Steps.

The Flame Kirin's true body stood over a hundred meters tall, its might shaking the heavens. With a casual step, the void seemed to bear an unbearable weight, and all living beings could not help but bend their knees.

Some humans and creatures weaker than the Flame Kirin knelt on the spot, while the severely wounded died instantly, making the Flame Kirin appear incomparably majestic.

But humans, most of the time, simply had no Martial Virtue. Before long, a group of Shi Clan Old Ancestors supported by Martial King Manor surrounded the Flame Kirin with a large crowd.

What followed was a merciless siege.

Even though the Flame Kirin was a Pure-Blooded Lifeform, a Pure-Blooded Ferocious Beast possessing the powerful Qilin Treasure Technique and unmatched combat strength, no human or Ancient Descendant on the Battlefield of Hundred Clans could defeat it in a one-on-one fight.

But faced with a siege, with such shameless group attacks, even the Flame Kirin gradually found itself unable to hold on. At last, ten days later, it died of exhaustion, its bones and flesh becoming the spoils of the Shi Clan Old Ancestors and the others.

Seeing this,

the Double Pupils in Shi Yi's eyes flickered faintly.

Soon, the memory scene began to expand without limit. Shi Yi's spiritual consciousness could easily enter the scene and spy on the other party's bloodline inheritance.

This was one of the abilities possessed by a Double Pupil User. He could see many things that others could not, and to him, this world was almost transparent.

For example, the bloodline memories lingering within the True Blood of a Pure-Blooded Ferocious Beast, or the resplendent Supreme Bone within Shi Hao's body—none of it could escape his Double Pupils.

As long as he wished it, and was strong enough,

there would be no secrets in this world.

"Could I actually steal the Treasure Techniques of Pure-Blooded Ferocious Beasts this way? What a pity the Qilin wasn't killed by me. The True Blood is incomplete, and so are the inheritance memories within its bloodline. I can only obtain an incomplete Qilin Treasure Technique. Qilin Fist, Qilin Foot, and Qilin Markings were not passed down." Shi Yi felt somewhat regretful.

But he also knew that this ability of his was already incredibly heaven-defying. Not only could he spy on another's memories through their blood, he could even steal their Treasure Techniques.

However, this Shi Yi was not the original Shi Yi. He was someone content with what he had. Incomplete was fine—was incompleteness not a kind of beauty as well?

Most importantly, if it had truly been a complete Qilin Treasure Technique, great experts from the Upper Realm would have long since descended to seize it.

The Qilin was one of the Ten Ferocious of ancient times. Its Treasure Technique was far from ordinary and possessed the power to shake heaven and earth.

But if it was merely an incomplete Qilin Treasure Technique, the great experts of the Upper Realm would have to consider the cost of descending to the lower realm. It was not as though they could descend whenever they pleased.

Just as Shi Yi was secretly learning the Qilin Steps of the Qilin Treasure Technique, Shi Hao, who had completed his medicinal bath, jumped out of the small bronze cauldron. After the Maids helped him dress, he skipped all the way over to Shi Yi's mother.

"Aunt, just now it got dark, and so, so many terrifying huge eyes appeared in the sky." Shi Hao's little face was full of shock as his tiny hands exaggeratedly gestured at those unimaginably enormous eyes.

"Those were Yi'er's Double Pupils. My son Shi Yi has the bearing of a saint," Shi Yi's mother said proudly.

She came from the Rain Clan. She was not a prodigy, nor had she achieved anything remarkable. Her strength was merely average, but she had one source of pride—someone she wished she could give every good thing in the world to.

That person was clearly Shi Yi.

"Yi Gege's Double Pupils are amazing. I felt like he saw right through everything about me." Shi Hao scratched his head. There was envy in his eyes, but not a trace of jealousy.

At this moment,

Shi Yi's mother seemed to think of something. She crouched down and said seriously to Shi Hao, "Hao'er, in the future, you must listen to Yi'er. Then your Yi Gege will protect you."

In her view,

Shi Hao was certainly no match for her son Shi Yi. But her son Shi Yi would need trustworthy followers and subordinates in the future, and this cousin Shi Hao was the best little follower her son could have.

To be honest,

Shi Hao did not dislike Shi Yi's mother's words. It was only natural for an older brother to protect his little brother. But when he thought of the usually lazy Shi Yi, he could only pull a bitter face.

"Aunt, Hao'er wants Yi Gege to protect me too, but Yi Gege often tells me that when Hao'er grows up, Hao'er should protect him!" Shi Hao sighed with a long face.

"Yi'er really said that?"

Shi Yi's mother looked utterly incredulous. Though she had always felt that her son was not particularly good at enduring hardship, she had never expected his skin to be so thick.

He could actually say something like making his little brother protect his older brother?

If she had not known that Shi Hao would not lie,

she would never have believed such a thing.

"Yi Gege... seems to have said that."

Shi Hao hesitated, unable to say more. He could only keep his little face scrunched up miserably. He wanted to be protected too, but some people could not endure even the slightest hardship and had thrown away that burden of thought in advance.

It was also at this moment,

in the deepest part of Martial King Manor,

"Yi'er's thinking has gone wrong!"

"Yes, there is absolutely a serious problem. Yi'er has always struggled to endure hardship and cries out in pain during medicinal baths every day. If we do not correct his way of thinking in time, Yi'er may find it difficult to become a prodigy of his generation."

"We must arrange a trial for Yi'er. How can a Shi Clan child have such a weak personality, such a lack of ambition? What older brother would voluntarily ask his little brother to protect him?"

"But Yi'er is still young. We cannot let him take risks."

"It is our fault. After discovering that Yi'er possessed Double Pupils, we kept him in the palm of our hands. These past years, as a descendant of Martial King Manor, Yi'er has also lived extravagantly. Send him to the ancestral land to live a hard life for a while."

"It so happens that he has already completed the True Blood Baptism of a Pure-Blooded Ferocious Beast. His foundation has been thoroughly solidified, and ordinary medicinal baths are no longer effective. Martial King Manor has no more True Blood of Pure-Blooded Ferocious Beasts—all of it was given to Yi'er alone."

"Even if Old Fifteenth truly returns from the Battlefield of Hundred Clans, he may not be able to obtain True Blood of a Pure-Blooded Ferocious Beast. And even if he does, with that foul temper of his, he will certainly use it on his own grandson Shi Hao."

"If we send him to the ancestral land, it cannot be the Second Ancestral Land. It must be the First Ancestral Land deep within the Great Wilderness."

"Yi'er is a Double Pupil User, an Innate Saint, and the future of Martial King Manor. What about his safety?"

"Old Ninth, Old Thirteenth, you two will have to work harder these coming years. Guard outside the First Ancestral Land."

In just a few words, several Shi Clan Old Ancestors of Martial King Manor decided Shi Yi's fate, temporarily stripping him of his status as Royalty Descendant of Martial King Manor.

With Shi Yi's talent, he would certainly surpass them in the future, becoming a god and an ancestor. But for now, they were Human Supremes, qualified and capable of deciding Shi Yi's future.

No one else could be blamed for this. Shi Yi could only blame his own loose tongue and his fondness for talking big to three-year-old Shi Hao. Now everyone understood that there was something wrong with his way of thinking.

In the blink of an eye,

several hours passed.

Shi Hao lay atop the Great Bronze Cauldron where Shi Yi was, his little feet swinging back and forth. The medicinal liquid and the True Blood of the Pure-Blooded Ferocious Beast inside the cauldron had long been completely absorbed by Shi Yi's body.

Shi Yi was currently secretly learning the Qilin Treasure Technique within the Qilin bloodline inheritance of the Pure-Blooded Ferocious Beast. Though it was only an incomplete Qilin Treasure Technique, it was not something he could master in a short while.

"Yi Gege said more than just that. He said his abilities were limited. He did not have the ability to protect the whole world, nor the ability to save countless Common People. At most, he could protect his own family."

"He said... he said that if one day he felt tired, he might as well stop and rest first. The world could not rely on one person. If he kept going like that until the end, he would most likely be all alone."