Faced with Su Xin's question, Judge Cui gave a bitter laugh, helplessness showing in his eyes.
"But the problem is, some things can't be solved by brute force."
Su Xin nodded. Judge Cui had once told him that everyone in the Underworld had a sorrow in their heart, and that every person who joined the Underworld carried some burden or other. It seemed Judge Cui was no different.
But Su Xin didn't press him further. This was, after all, Judge Cui's private business. If he wanted to talk about it, he would. If he didn't, no one could force him.
Now that Su Xin had let the matter drop, Judge Cui sighed and said, "You've been to the Su Family, and you dealt them a heavy blow at Wutong Mountain. So you should know how much a lineage that relies entirely on bloodline inheritance, like the Su Family, values its bloodline."
Su Xin raised an eyebrow. "Are you a collateral descendant of the Cui Family?"
"I'm of the direct line," Judge Cui said. "The Cui Family determines whether someone belongs to the main line or a collateral line based on the strength of their bloodline. Even someone from a collateral line can be considered a direct descendant, as long as their Cui Clan bloodline is strong enough."
Su Xin nodded. That was indeed far more lenient than the Su Family's standards. To the Su Family, direct descendants had to marry only other direct descendants, generation after generation. The slightest admixture of another bloodline made someone a collateral descendant.
In fact, many collateral descendants of the Su Family had cultivated their bloodline power to great strength through the Bloodline Array. Some were even no weaker than the direct descendants, yet they still couldn't be counted among their ranks.
What Su Xin