Amon watched the guests milling about nearby and chuckled. "This isn't the place to talk. Let's go inside."
"Oh, okay." Lu Mingfei readily went along with it.
The three entered the hall and found a place to sit. The lavish buffet made Lu Mingfei and Finn's mouths water. They had nearly forgotten the topic of the "divine martial arts manual" and immediately grabbed knives and forks, digging into the translucent white flesh of the Australian lobster lying on ice with its back split open.
But even as they ate, both kept their ears pricked, wanting to hear what secret Amon was about to reveal.
Amon paid no mind to the way they ate like starving ghosts and said softly, "Chu Zihang's eyes are known as the 'Never-Extinguished Golden Eyes'..."
"I know that. They look like he's wearing colored contacts. Pretty nice, actually," Lu Mingfei chimed in.
"Those frightening eyes are not proof of his superior bloodline. They are a sign that his bloodline is dangerous and on the verge of losing control."
"What?" Lu Mingfei was startled. The Lionheart Society president's bloodline was unstable—if that secret got out, it would cause an uproar... After spending so many days at Kassel, even Lu Mingfei had realized just how important bloodline stability was. Only those with stable bloodlines were considered companions. Otherwise, they were potential servants of the Dragon Kind—enemies...
Well, special cases like Senior Brother He, who kept dragons as pets, were extraordinarily rare and couldn't be treated as typical examples.
"Is... is that true? Are you saying Chu Zihang could fall into becoming a Dead Servant at any time?" Lu Mingfei lowered his voice.
"Not quite. He's still far from becoming a Dead Servant..." Amon shook his head and continued, "Chu Zihang used some method to refine his bloodline, increasing