At the sight of Hun Changqing's slightly crestfallen expression as he found himself unable to argue back, and the way his body suddenly froze, a faint smile appeared on Xingxiu's otherwise cold, expressionless face.
Arriving before the stone disc, Xingxiu studied its utterly ordinary appearance. A deep, almost imperceptible gleam surfaced in her eyes, and with every step she took toward it, the excitement in her heart grew.
She could feel a powerful call emanating from the stone disc, as though it were urgently urging her to draw closer. Only Xingxiu could sense this summons. Clearly, what lay within this stone disc was the inheritance left behind by her Dou Di ancestor!
Her eyes burning, Xingxiu drew a deep breath and calmed her excitement. Her expression returned to its former coldness as she recalled the method for opening her ancestor's inheritance that had been contained within the Earthen Jar.
Then Xingxiu slowly raised her slender arms. Brilliant starlight surged over them, and her pale, delicate fingers formed several hand seals before the stone disc.
As the seals appeared one after another, an intense radiance of starlight burst from Xingxiu's body. Yet despite its brilliance, it exerted no oppressive pressure. Within that starlight was only the essence of Xingxiu's bloodline.
With the seals complete, Xingxiu abruptly flicked her finger toward the stone disc, pointing at a particular spot. The brilliant starlight surrounding her body then rushed madly into that spot like a wild beast unleashed from its cage.
Once all the starlight carrying the aura of her bloodline had poured into the disc, the imposing aura around Xingxiu dissipated. She drew her starlight Dou Qi back into her body as well. The disc appeared unchanged, and the entire plaza once again sank into the same deathly silence as before.
But when