"Do you know why I spared your life?"
The boy was so frightened that he could not begin to guess what Lu Yi was thinking. He only shook his head blankly.
"Because you're different, and I have my own principles."
Lu Yi did not keep him guessing. "After seeing your past, I decided to keep you under observation instead of summarily executing you as the others wanted."
Earlier, when he had let the nine people leave that underground chamber, Lu Yi had used his Wand to cast Legilimency, laying the Vampire boy's memories bare.
Reading those memories, Lu Yi was astonished to discover that the boy, who looked so "mature," was only fifteen.
His family had once been fairly well-off. His mother, the only family he had, was a Soul Master, and she had overseen the awakening of his Martial Soul when he was six.
But his Martial Soul had not come from his mother. It was an Evil Martial Soul that even he hated.
From then on, he was not allowed to leave the house alone. His mother withdrew from the outside world and guided his cultivation, going out only when they needed food. Each time, she brought back plenty of fresh animal blood.
Later, his mother even took him Soul Hunting by herself.
But his curiosity about the outside world eventually got the better of him, and someone discovered him. Then one day, men claiming to be his uncle and grandfather declared that they would kill him to erase the stain on their family.
His mother fought with all her strength, giving him a chance to escape.
Yet throughout it all, he had remembered her warnings and fought his craving for blood at every waking moment.
In the nine years since his Martial Soul awakened, including the three