Jiao Xiu looked at you, two blazing flames seeming to burn in his eyes. Only after a moment did his gaze gradually return to normal.
"I am your grandfather. Your mother was my daughter, a direct descendant of Blazing Sun Mountain."
"You were originally the chosen heir to inherit the sect's fire virtue."
"By bloodline and lineage, you are the rightful heir of Blazing Sun Mountain."
Jiao Qi was startled when he heard this. He had not expected the patriarch to acknowledge Gu Xing's identity so completely upon their first meeting.
Liu Sui, standing nearby, rejoiced inwardly. In her view, this act by Blazing Sun Mountain's lord had settled Gu Xing's orthodox status.
Jiao Xiu spoke again. "But you carry the bloodlines of two races. You cannot inherit Blazing Sun Mountain's fire virtue while also wielding Azure Sea Lake's water virtue."
The mountain lord sat fishing without moving in the slightest. "Today, choose one lineage."
"If you join Blazing Sun Mountain, I will take you back to the mountain to acknowledge your ancestry and completely remove the water-virtue bloodline from your body. Blazing Sun Mountain possesses a method to burn away water, one that can thoroughly resolve the hidden danger of your dual-lineage body."
"With your talent, and with my full efforts to nurture you, your future path of cultivation will surely lead straight to the heavens."
"I can also grant you the Fruit-Seeking Dao that currently holds Fruit Status."
Jiao Qi's expression changed. One had to know that the method of seeking fruit and attaining status was the supreme secret of major powers throughout Southern Shu, the Northern Realm, the Demon Sect, and beyond—the highest foundation that all under heaven coveted.
Even within Blazing Sun Mountain, only the direct-line crown heir destined to inherit the mountain lord's great position