Power and Luck

In the castle study.

Ove gently waved his staff, and the phantom human figure in the air transformed into a staff. "This is what my Bloodline looks like within my soul space."

Lin Ke studied the purple staff for a while. Its shape seemed much like the one in Ove's hand.

"After Enlightenment, you will be able to enter your soul space. Once inside, you can see what your Bloodline looks like. It might be a staff, a broom, or even a castle... none of that matters much, though. It is only an outward form..."

In short, Enlightenment involved an [Enlightenment Teacher] gently opening the door to someone's soul space, then letting that person select a Bloodline within it.

Their soul space contained an endless wealth of information passed down from their ancestors through their Bloodlines.

When they entered their soul space, it might feel like entering a vast starry sky, where they could "see" those Bloodlines.

"Most importantly, you must rely on your intuition to choose a Bloodline... actually, most people don't have to choose, because they can barely sense anything within their soul space. All they see is a sky full of stars. A Bloodline will naturally find you and settle in your soul space."

"Of course, people who can actively choose a Bloodline are often one in ten thousand."

When discussing his area of expertise, Ove was noticeably more confident and far less socially anxious.

Simply put, they would open their soul space, choose a Bloodline-or be chosen by one-and then that Bloodline would take up residence there.

So this was how Enlightenment awakened a Bloodline.

"Teacher Ove, when can we begin?" Lin Ke asked, already impatient to experience this magical power.

"Whenever you like, child."

Ove still wore the same smile, which felt like a false face to Lin Ke. "However, you may also invite Lady Antova and Lady Furon to observe and witness the occasion."

"Of course, only those two... um, having too many people watching would be bad."

The first wife was Antova Brando, while Lin Ke's mother was named Fulong Hesley.

"No need. Let's keep it to us... oh, Teacher, how do we tell whether our Bloodlines are good?" Lin Ke asked curiously.

"That would be best..." Ove nodded slightly. "As for evaluating Bloodlines... simply put, the grades are: low, average..."

As soon as Lin Ke heard that, he understood. It was a little like the upper-, middle-, and lower-grade spiritual roots in cultivation worlds, with different rates of absorbing spiritual energy.

Presumably, there were low, average, and high grades, perhaps with something like supreme grade above them.

But then Ove continued, "...average, passable, not bad, pretty good, rather interesting, very good, excellent, outstanding, Exceptional Potential, pinnacle,

"and the highest is Andrew Level. That name commemorates the great pioneer."

What the fuck...

Lin Ke was dumbstruck. There was so much to criticize that he didn't know where to begin.

These... aren't these all just casual expressions...?

Shouldn't this sort of thing be quantified?

There were so many grades crammed in there. He had thought there would only be three-high, average, and low-with supreme and special grades thrown in at most.

Wait.

The system seemed to have described Nix as an "Exceptional Potential follower" before...

Exceptional Potential?

Holy shit, that high?

Seriously...?

As for the highest, Andrew Level, Andrew had founded and advanced the Professional system. Even his leg had become part of a common saying.

He was the equivalent of Confucius, Laozi, or Plato from Lin Ke's previous life-or, to Nathang, someone even more impressive.

Naming a grade after him was perfectly normal.

"Heh, according to your father, the Azan Family's Bloodlines have always been above passable. It is an outstanding Bloodline lineage." Ove smiled teasingly.

Lin Ke felt that this time, when Ove mentioned Garros, his smile was genuine.

"Teacher, can we keep our Bloodlines hidden? I don't want too many people knowing their grades." After some thought, Lin Ke asked another question.

If possible, it would be best to avoid exposing Nix's Exceptional Potential Bloodline.

Ove was visibly taken aback by Lin Ke's words.

He had dealt with many nobles. Most wished the entire world could watch their descendants undergo Enlightenment, since a good lineage all but guaranteed decent talent.

The more people who watched, the more fame they might gain. At the very least, they could announce to the world that their noble family had a worthy successor.

It was like the heirs of great financial dynasties in his previous life: the more capable, the better, and preferably everyone should know it. That made taking over easier.

Of course, that assumed they truly had a worthy successor. There were plenty of noble descendants with low-grade Bloodlines, so nobles generally tested them privately beforehand, then tested them again in public.

"No need. We can just tell them the results afterward." Lin Ke shook his head and looked earnestly at Ove. "Please, Teacher."

Ove said nothing more and agreed at once. "All right, let's begin. Close your eyes and get comfortable. I'll enter slowly."

Uh, if you weren't socially anxious, I'd think this ride definitely wasn't suitable for kids... Lin Ke immediately sat cross-legged, and the two behind him plopped down as well.

Ove approached cautiously, one step at a time. "Close your eyes!"

Lin Ke really wanted to see how Ove approached them, but he closed his eyes anyway.

It wouldn't do to upset someone with social anxiety.

Once they had closed their eyes, Ove seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, freed from their watching gazes.

The elderly man, with his white hair and beard and sage-like bearing, stopped in place. His feet seemed rooted to the floor as he leaned forward, then extended his staff toward them.

His wrinkled face flushed slightly, as though he hardly dared breathe.

The staff lightly touched Lin Ke's head, then Nix's and John's.

Then the old man darted back to his seat, gripping the chair and panting heavily.

After catching his breath for a while, he closed his eyes. A strand of mental power reached toward the marks he had just left on their heads.

Bzzz...

Lin Ke felt a cool touch between his eyebrows, then instantly lost all awareness of the outside world.

His consciousness arrived in a place of boundless darkness, surrounded by flickering points of light in every color.

"Is this the soul space?"

Lin Ke could "see" star-like points of light above, below, and on every side.

As soon as Lin Ke's consciousness appeared, those lights surged toward him like a landslide.

No, not a landslide. It was more like hundreds of millions of meteors spotting a planet they could land on.

They screamed, roared, and jostled, each trying to be the first to fling itself onto Lin Ke and plunge hard into his body.

"Holy shit! Is this going to hurt?!"

Just as Lin Ke's scalp began to prickle, some unknown presence seemed to awaken in the depths of that boundless darkness.

Whoosh...

Suddenly, six enormous points of light appeared, like suns, as though some unknown, terrifying presence were breathing.

A few seconds after appearing, the six lights contracted and pulsed like hearts, as though roaring.

With the appearance of these six lights, all the smaller ones froze.

The moment these ancient, enormous, sun-like lights appeared, they forcefully and brutally drove away every other light. Then they drifted leisurely over to Lin Ke, bobbing around him.

Six enormous points of light-no...

Six stars!

Does this... mean they're waiting for me to choose?

Apparently, he was one of those rare people who could actively choose a Bloodline?

Lin Ke paused. He could sense that these ancient Bloodlines were better than the others.

Anyone who wasn't blind could see that.

"So I... choose?"

He looked toward the leftmost light, and information naturally surfaced in his mind, much as a scholar of Chinese would instantly recall a character's history and origins upon seeing it.

"Power."

Did this light represent... the Power Bloodline?

Power?

Lin Ke pondered. Was this one of the powerful Bloodlines his ancestors had left behind?

Hmm...

In a fantasy world, possessing power was almost the same as possessing everything.

Of course, almost the same was not exactly the same.

Besides, perhaps power only meant physical strength?

"Let's look at the others..." Lin Ke was in no hurry to decide.

If he was going to choose, he would naturally choose the best.

Next, he looked at the following one.

"Luck."

Luck... well, damn.

Translated into plain webnovel terms, did this Bloodline mean... a child of the world? The protagonist?

Luck?

Should I take it...?

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