When Tengcun Inoue saw Qingyun, conflicting emotions flickered in his eyes. He dismissed the guards behind him and looked at Qingyun. "Lady Miko wasn't murdered. She died from exhausting her mental power after using a forbidden jutsu!"
"A forbidden jutsu? What forbidden jutsu?"
Qingyun frowned at those words. He had dealt with Chimei himself, and Moryo's Seal was extremely secure. Moreover, he had extracted the previous generations of miko's core mental power from Chimei, greatly strengthening Miroku's mental power. Why would she still die from exhausting it?
"To suppress Chimei and Moryo, the miko of previous generations feared that an accident might end their bloodline. Since only a miko could suppress and seal Chimei and Moryo, they created a Bloodline Inheritance Technique and imprinted it into their bloodline. That way, even if something happened, a miko could take a man's mental power to carry on her bloodline.
"But no one had ever used this secret technique before. No one expected the backlash from the Bloodline Inheritance Technique to be so severe. After Lady Miko used it, her mental power plummeted, and her health deteriorated day by day. After giving birth to Lady Shion, she held on for over three years, but finally couldn't endure any longer. She went to sleep yesterday and never woke up. It wasn't until Lady Shion came to her room this morning that her death was discovered!"
Tengcun Inoue explained the cause of Miroku's death to Qingyun, looking dejected. He had been chosen as Miroku's Personal Guard as a child and had grown up alongside her, inevitably developing feelings for her. Most miko in past generations had married their Personal Guard Commanders and given birth to the next miko. But something had gone wrong in Miroku's generation.
Chimei had suddenly erupted, and Miroku had foreseen in