Zhou Mei's blood red mark made Chen Mo think of a bloodline curse.
Chen Mo had only heard of this kind of bloodline curse from the Transmission Jade Talisman. Master Ye Shang had not said much about it, merely mentioning it in passing, so Chen Mo only knew its name and roughly what it was.
A bloodline curse could be considered one of the more sinister curses. Once someone was afflicted by it, their blood relatives would also be cursed as long as they were within range.
Of course, a bloodline curse could not be cast so easily. It required the afflicted person's blood to come into contact with the curse's backlash before the curse could take effect.
In other words, if Zhou Mei had been afflicted with a bloodline curse, then her father must have come into contact with the curse runes through his blood.
Chen Mo recalled what Duomaiti had said. When the three of them had fled Xiye Ancient City and reached a place not far from the town, they had been attacked by desert Earth Wolves. Zhou Mei's father had nearly died from an Earth Wolf bite.
At the time, that fellow had been carrying the Jade Pendant. The Earth Wolf had torn his clothes apart, found the pendant, and carried it away in its mouth.
From this, it was clear that Zhou Mei's father's blood must have stained the Jade Pendant, fulfilling the conditions for the blood-relative curse.
Therefore, it was inevitable that Zhou Mei would be afflicted by the blood-relative curse.
Moreover, the blood-relative curse would continue to affect her unless it was broken.
Zhou Mei's strength and talent were both exceptional, yet she could not advance into the Xiantian Realm. Chen Mo naturally understood that this was the consequence of the blood-relative curse