Seeing the shocked look on his granddaughter Dugu Yan's face.
Dugu Bo immediately understood that she seemed to have misunderstood something. He flicked her forehead and said irritably:
"What nonsense are you thinking?"
"Although your grandmother and I were both from the Dugu Clan, our family ties were extremely distant. We practically had no blood relation at all."
"Our Dugu Clan may have few members, but we were once prosperous. We also had none of those strict, outdated rules and did not forbid clan members from marrying outsiders, so there were naturally some branch families as well."
"Your grandfather came from the direct line of the main family, while your grandmother came from a remote branch. If we really traced our blood relation, we would have to go back nearly ten generations."
"So we were not closely related when we married."
Dugu Yan immediately understood. Having misunderstood her grandfather and grandmother, she felt somewhat embarrassed.
Dugu Bo did not blame her.
After explaining, he thought for a moment and then taught her a little more about Spirit Masters:
"Yanyan, you must remember that Spirit Masters must never marry close relatives."
"If close relatives marry, there is a very high chance that their descendants' Martial Souls will undergo reverse mutations. Among Spirit Masters, this is considered a taboo."
"Yet some clans disregard ethics for the sake of preserving their so-called pure bloodlines and take that risk. Every now and then, they produce useless people with reversely mutated Martial Souls."
"For example, that damned Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Yu Tianheng belongs to."
"That is why Grandpa told you to stay farther away from that brat."
"Huh? Something like that actually exists?"
Dugu Yan's eyes widened, shock filling the depths of her gaze once again. She froze completely.
At the same time,