Inheritance Space

"Frost Fist and Gale Legs require at least the Blood Soul power of Spirit Martial Tier Six to use, yet I can already unleash them! Though I can only reach the minor mastery stage, it is enough to double my combat strength!"

If anyone learned what Li Ye was thinking about this, it would surely stir up a huge uproar!

When cultivating Combat Techniques, getting started was easy, but reaching minor mastery required a certain amount of diligent practice. For someone like him, who had stolen the technique merely by watching others perform it and swiftly reached the minor mastery stage, he was simply a monster.

"Unfortunately, unless I can step into Spirit Martial Tier Six, there is no way I can cultivate them to major mastery."

Shaking his head inwardly, Li Ye then turned his attention to the only Movement Technique among the three Combat Techniques he had stolen earlier.

"Phantom Step is even harder to cultivate than ordinary high-grade Yellow Rank battle techniques."

This was evident from Li Wei. At the peak of the seventh level of the Spirit Martial Realm and nearly twenty years old, he had clearly cultivated for quite some time, yet he had only reached minor mastery. He could split into three afterimages and could barely produce a fourth.

Within the Li Family, even if Li Wei was not considered an absolute genius, he was at least among the first tier. If even someone with his talent and comprehension was like this, what hope did others have? Even Li Xuan had only chosen Wind-following Step, a middle-grade Yellow Rank movement technique. This showed just how difficult the high-grade Yellow Rank Phantom Step was to learn.

When he defeated Li Xuan earlier, Li Ye had relied precisely on Gale Legs' deceptive moves. In an instant, he created an afterimage to draw Li Xuan's attention, while he himself flashed behind him. Coordinating with Blood Eyes to unleash an illusion that struck at his opponent's mind, he achieved the effect of a surprise attack.

"That battle just now was a dangerous victory."

Excessive arrogance would make one proud. Li Ye understood that well.

In a true comparison of strength, Li Xuan was absolutely stronger than him!

Of course, now that Li Ye had broken through to Spirit Martial Tier Five, the gap between them had become almost negligible.

As he imagined it in his mind, Li Ye suddenly discovered that he seemed to have sunk into a strange space. Looking around, he found himself inside an Ancient Castle filled with an ancient aura. Outside lay an endless wilderness, while the entire sky was dark and oppressive.

"Where is this?"

After the initial panic, Li Ye instead calmed down. Looking outside, he saw that the vast wilderness was blood-red from end to end, as though it had been soaked in countless gallons of blood.

Pushing open the castle gates and walking inside, he was immediately met by a thick, pungent smell of blood.

Rather than repulsing him, the scent gave Li Ye a stimulating sense of enjoyment, making his entire body shudder.

"Young Blood Clan member, enter the Ancient Castle according to the rank of your bloodline."

Suddenly, an aged and archaic voice echoed within his mind.

"Who is it?!"

He vigilantly looked around, but found no one. Instead, he saw a human statue standing there, with wings like those of a bat spread behind its back.

"A Vampire statue?"

The statue before him depicted an incomparably handsome man. The pair of wings behind him were not the black bat wings of the Vampires in movies, but golden.

"Enter the room you are capable of entering, and accept the Blood Clan's inheritance."

The aged voice sounded again. This time, Li Ye realized that it acted directly upon his mind rather than entering through his ears.

"Let's see what's going on first!"

Having arrived here for no apparent reason, Li Ye instead relaxed. Since this Ancient Castle contained a statue of a Vampire-like man, and he himself was a Vampire, he should not be in too much danger.

And the Blood Clan mentioned by that voice was precisely what the Vampire called itself.

With one glance, he discovered that the Ancient Castle was enormous. There were seven gates in total, and above those seven gates was another sealed golden gate.

Walking before the seven doors, he began from the left. The first was the smallest, no larger than an ordinary door. The seven doors then grew increasingly larger, and the auras leaking from them became increasingly terrifying.

"The Door of the Baron?" Strange words were carved upon the first door, yet he understood them at a glance.

He then looked at the second door. There was likewise a line of words carved upon it, and the instant he saw them, they translated themselves in his mind: "The Door of the Viscount."

"Could it be?" Li Ye's heart stirred as he immediately looked at the rest.

Sure enough, the third door bore the words Door of the Count, while the fourth was the Door of the Marquis. The fifth was marked Door of the Duke. Finally, the most luxurious seventh door bore golden words: Door of the Prince.

"The ranks of the Vampire?"

As someone who had watched quite a few Vampire movies and read Vampire novels, Li Ye had long memorized the Vampire—or rather, Blood Clan—hierarchy. Looking at it now, it truly seemed to make some sense.

"Then what rank of Blood Clan am I?"

Since that aged voice had told him to enter the appropriate door, it meant that he had to choose one suitable for himself. Yet this troubled him. Becoming a Blood Clan member had been entirely accidental, and no one had ever told him the details.

Left with no choice, he began directly with the lowest, the Door of the Baron.

He reached out and pushed. It did not move.

The second door also showed no response. This surprised him somewhat. "Neither the Baron nor the Viscount, the two lowest Blood Clan ranks, reacted. Could my rank be very high?"

The higher a Blood Clan member's rank, the greater their status and ability to suppress lower-ranking Blood Clan members, and the greater the changes in every aspect.

"The Door of the Count is also completely unresponsive."

The third door was equally still, making Li Ye even more curious.

Finally, when he reached out to push the fourth door, there was a reaction.

In an instant, Li Ye felt himself enter another strange space. Opening his eyes, he found himself in a room. Before him stood a man in his thirties wearing a tailcoat.

"Do not be nervous. I am the Inheritance Spirit within the Door of the Marquis."

Seeing the vigilance in Li Ye's eyes, the man smiled, revealing his teeth. His bearing was like that of a medieval European noble, flawless in every respect.

"Inheritance Spirit?"

"That is correct. Since you have entered this place, as a member of the Blood Clan, you bear the mission of reviving the Blood Clan. As for me, I am the Inheritance Spirit who will, for a period of time to come, allow you to truly understand how to use your Blood Clan power."

Half-believing and half-doubting, Li Ye surveyed his surroundings. Only after confirming that there was no danger did he relax slightly.

"How do I accept the inheritance?"

It was clear that Li Ye now knew he was a Blood Clan Marquis. Yet what puzzled him was that legends said Vampire Counts possessed immense supernatural abilities. Why, then, did he, a Marquis, seem unable to display much power?

"It is simple. Open your mind, and I will transmit some of the most basic knowledge into your soul."

Li Ye frowned, and another trace of vigilance rose within him.

"Is there another method?"

"Yes. There are nearly all the books concerning the Blood Clan here, but you will have to read them one by one."

The Inheritance Spirit did not mind Li Ye's wariness. He merely smiled and pointed around the room. Only then did Li Ye notice that this was an incomparably vast study, with countless books arranged within it. A single glance could not tell how many there were.

He directly reached out and picked up a book. The writing on it was the same as that on the doors, yet he could understand it at a glance.

"Perhaps this is the Blood Clan's own language?"

But the instant he looked further, a ring of blood-red radiance suddenly burst from his eyes. In the next moment, the contents of the book appeared directly in his mind, as though they had been copied.

"That works too?" Li Ye was overjoyed. This was equivalent to an ability to never forget anything he saw—no, it was even more monstrous than that! With a single glance, everything was truly copied!

At this moment, even the Inheritance Spirit was greatly shocked. He had witnessed the change in Li Ye's eyes, and his expression immediately became strange.

As for Li Ye, he silently absorbed the contents of the book in his hand. Whether by coincidence or not, this book happened to record the origins of this mysterious space.

"Inheritance Space. I never expected it to be the Blood Clan's innate Inheritance Space."

From it, he learned that his consciousness had come here, similar to the soul leaving the body. As for how to leave, it was also very simple. With a single thought, he could depart.

Sure enough, with a slight movement of his mind, his vision went black. When he opened his eyes again, familiar clamor and sounds of fighting came from beside him.

"I'm back." At this moment, he found that he was still sitting where he had been, and not much time had passed outside compared to the time he had spent in the Inheritance Space.

"I spent at least half an hour in the Inheritance Space, yet only one or two breaths passed outside."

The Inner Disciple battles were still continuing, but now it was time for the main event everyone had been waiting for.

One person leaped out and onto the arena. When everyone saw him, they sharply inhaled.

"It's Li Huo! The sixth-ranked Inner Disciple!"

Li Ye also looked over. This man was even more unfathomable than Li Xuan and Li Wei. After all, he was a Martial Dao master who had stepped into the eighth level of the Spirit Martial Realm, a powerful expert capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with some of the family elders.

"Li Huo, whom do you challenge?"

"The number one Inner Disciple, Li Mo!"

Uproar!

At his words, many people clicked their tongues in astonishment!

Li Ye also looked at him in surprise. Among the top six Inner Disciples, Li Mo had held first place steadily year after year. Li Yue had previously ranked fourth, but for some reason, he had not appeared today.

Now that someone was directly challenging Li Mo, the first-ranked disciple, it immediately drew everyone's attention.

It was even possible to see that quite a few family elders who had not appeared before had arrived. After all, this concerned a confrontation involving Li Mo, the family's number one genius.

Li Mo's reputation was thunderous. Compared to Li Ye, he was as different as heaven and earth, two utterly opposite extremes. From birth, he had displayed extraordinary cultivation talent. His path had been smooth sailing all the way, and he had become the family's chief disciple!

"Although Li Huo stepped into the eighth level of the Spirit Martial Realm last year and became a Martial Dao master, the person he is challenging is Li Mo, hailed as the family's number one genius and one of Wuzhou City's Four Great Geniuses! That freak broke through to the seventh level of the Spirit Martial Realm at fifteen and the eighth level at seventeen!"

Countless dazzling halos surrounded Li Mo. Within the family, even some elders treated him with three parts courtesy!