"Alright." Tong San could only suppress his curiosity; after all, he would know after dinner, and he did have that much patience.
"Brother, I'm back!"
Qing Shi and Zong Ling rode back on a Frosty Horse foal, leading a group of cavalry, strutting proudly. Yishui City, being the lowest-ranked county in the entire empire, had the Dongbo family of Snow Eagle Manor ranked among the top ten families in the entire Yishui City. Therefore, every time Qing Shi went to Yishui City to play, he did so with great pomp and authority.
Seeing his younger brother happy every day was something Dongbo Xueying was glad to see.
...
After dinner, Qing Shi, who had played all day, was so tired that he quickly went to bed. Dongbo Xueying, Zong Ling, and Tong San all came to the study.
"Why are we in Xueying's study, Tong San? Why do you have such an excited and impatient look? What happened?" Zong Ling was still in the dark.
Dongbo Xueying, however, was smiling and had already started looking for the book he had read before on the bookshelf.
"I'll tell you!"
Tong San took a deep breath, "Xueying roasted the meat of that third-stage magical beast weighing over ten thousand pounds today, and he ate it all by himself!"
Zong Ling's eyes widened.
One person, eating over ten thousand pounds of meat? Is he human? He must be a dragon!
"With his current strength, he could probably defeat both of us with one move," Tong San continued, "The alchemical dummy in the training ground, you can go check it out later. It was shattered into pieces by Xueying's spear in just three strikes, and even Xueying's spear couldn't withstand the force and broke."
"What!" Zong Ling was shocked.
Xueying's spear weighed fifty pounds and was crafted by an alchemy master. Although it was not a ranked weapon, it was more than sufficient for a Heaven Rank Knight. Moreover, the spear was designed to store force, so to break it, how much strength would it take?
"What's going on?" Zong Ling asked.
"I want to know too, but Xueying said he would tell both of us together," Tong San looked at Xueying, and Zong Ling also looked over.
Dongbo Xueying flipped through the books on the shelf and quickly found the one he was looking for. He rapidly turned the pages and found the one he had read before, pointing to a paragraph with his finger and smiling as he handed the book to Zong Ling, "Uncle Zong, Uncle Tong, this is a biography. Read this paragraph carefully, and you'll understand."
"Hmm?" Zong Ling took the book curiously, and Tong San also leaned in to look.
Zong Ling first looked at the cover of the book, which was titled "The Woodcutter Knight."
"It's him, the Woodcutter Knight?" Zong Ling and Tong San were slightly taken aback. Although they didn't read much, they had heard many legends during their adventures, and the story of the Woodcutter Knight was widely known. This Woodcutter Knight was a knight from over five thousand years ago, famous for his immense strength.
He was once a village woodcutter who later embarked on the path of knighthood. At the Title Rank, he had once killed a Transcendent with a single axe blow! At the Transcendent Rank, he was even more invincible!
His title was "Woodcutter," which he chose himself.
He was revered as the "Strongest Transcendent" of his era. His strength was such that no Transcendent could withstand a few of his axe blows! It was that terrifying.
"Read this paragraph first," Dongbo Xueying smiled. In his childhood, he had also admired the Woodcutter Knight for a long time because he was so dominant. He loved chopping wood and treated his enemies like logs, chopping them up, whether they were dragons or demons.
"Right, the Woodcutter Knight awakened the legendary Giant Axe Bloodline at this moment. I need to explain that all humans, including you and me, have countless bloodlines hidden within our bodies."
"The entire empire's plane world was lifeless at its birth, with extremely harsh conditions."
"Gradually, after a long period of time, a group of powerful beings was born, the earliest life forms of the ancient era! Each of them had the terrifying strength to move mountains and fill seas, carrying a mountain and running around, killing a dragon and drinking its blood and eating its flesh... Dragons were weak in front of them, and even the gods outside the plane dared not descend."
"These powerful beings continued to reproduce, giving birth to humans! So every human has the bloodline of these ancient era beings within them."
"Over the long ages, the gods also descended and left descendants among humans."
"Humans continued to reproduce, and if you trace back ten thousand years, you could probably trace any human's lineage to the same source."
"Every human has the bloodline of these ancient beings and the gods, though it is extremely diluted."
"Direct descendants have stronger bloodlines, like the founding emperor of our Longshan Empire, 'Emperor Longshan,' who had a son after becoming a god, the legendary Twelfth Prince, who was born a Transcendent! This was because his father was an extremely powerful god, and the bloodline in his body made him a Transcendent from birth."
"From the ancient era, the primordial era, the ancient era... to now, we are just mortals, and the bloodlines of those powerful beings are extremely diluted."
"However, occasionally, someone awakens an ancient bloodline, some with the Giant Axe Bloodline, some with the Divine Archer Bloodline, some with the Running Bloodline... some can teleport, some can control lightning, some can transform into anything, some are nearly immortal..."
"However, according to my statistics, those who awaken ancient bloodlines initially make a stunning impression... but then they fade into obscurity, almost never reaching the Transcendent Rank. The reason I admire the Woodcutter Knight is that he calmly viewed his bloodline and ultimately became the strongest Transcendent of his era!"
"After the Woodcutter Knight awakened the ancient Giant Axe Bloodline, he then met the most important woman in his life. The details of how it happened, I will explain in detail..."
The thick biography only had this one paragraph about the ancient bloodline.
The rest was the legendary life of the Woodcutter Knight.
"Ancient bloodline?" Zong Ling and Tong San looked at Dongbo Xueying.
"Yes, I think I have awakened an ancient bloodline," Dongbo Xueying said.
"What kind of bloodline?" Zong Ling was curious.
"Can you teleport?" Tong San was even more excited, "Can you control lightning? Show us some fire?"
"No."
Dongbo Xueying said helplessly.
There were many types of ancient bloodlines, after all, the earliest ancient beings in the plane world were a group. The one he awakened was relatively ordinary.
"Does the book say that ancient bloodlines have some specialties?" Zong Ling asked.
"Actually, the special abilities are quite demanding to use," Dongbo Xueying said, "My special ability is one—doubling my strength!"
"Doubling?" Zong Ling and Tong San were both excited.
They wanted it too.
Which knight wouldn't want to double their strength? Although it didn't have special abilities like teleportation or transformation, doubling strength was very practical.
"However, once I activate the strength boost, my stamina will also be consumed faster," Dongbo Xueying said, "Normally, I can fight for an hour without tiring, but once I go all out, I'll be exhausted in a short time, so my all-out time is very limited."
"What's your current strength?" Zong Ling was curious.
"During normal combat, I estimate it's around Meteor Knight level," Dongbo Xueying said.
"Then doubling your strength would make you a Silver Moon Knight, right?" Zong Ling and Tong San were very excited.
"It's just the strength that increases; in terms of speed, I'm still a step behind a Silver Moon Knight. And the duration is short," Dongbo Xueying smiled.
"Even so, you are the strongest in Yishui City now," Zong Ling looked forward, "Haha, I knew it. Xueying, you've been so diligent, practicing spear techniques for nearly ten years without generating any aura, which was very abnormal! It's true that when you burst, it's astonishing."
Dongbo Xueying smiled.
Actually, this awakening had his own thoughts.
Every human has ancient bloodlines, and after countless generations, they are all very diluted. Why can some people awaken them?
Dongbo Xueying didn't have many examples to refer to, but from the "Woodcutter Knight," he could see a point. This was a guy who loved chopping wood... always loved chopping wood, and finally awakened the Giant Axe Bloodline! He practiced spear techniques, pushing his arm and finger strength to the limit every day, and had to soak in a medicinal bath to recover.
Perhaps his daily hard work was also a factor in awakening this strength bloodline!
Dongbo Xueying didn't know who the towering, roaring giant he vaguely saw during his awakening was, so he simply called his ancient bloodline the "Strength Bloodline."
"It's just the beginning," Dongbo Xueying said, "Like a normal person's body, it grows stronger under the nourishment of aura. I can feel my body growing stronger under the nourishment of aura."
"Ha ha ha..." Zong Ling and Tong San both laughed.
They were very happy today.
Originally, they all thought that the young child's vow was just a child's desire, and no one present at the time believed that Dongbo Xueying could really save his parents. It was too difficult!
But today, they both saw hope!
"By the way, from today on, I don't need to soak in a medicinal bath anymore," Dongbo Xueying smiled, "My body, though not immortal, has a much stronger recovery ability than a medicinal bath."
As he spoke, Dongbo Xueying picked up a paper-cutting knife from the desk and made a cut on his palm, creating a wound. If he used a medicinal bath, it would heal completely the next day.
But the wound on his palm healed quickly, and in just a breath, it was completely gone.
In fact, the stronger the body, the more astonishing the recovery ability.
Like the organs of a Silver Moon Knight, which transform under the nourishment of aura, their recovery ability is very strong. Title Rank Knights can be washed by the power of heaven and earth, making them nearly immortal, even more exaggerated than Dongbo Xueying. Although it is said that Title Rank Knights can be worn down by mortals, it is only theoretically possible.
After all, the cost is too high.
If a real army is sent, the Title Rank Knight would have long escaped and wouldn't give the opportunity to be surrounded.
"By the way, there's one more important thing. In a couple of days, I plan to go to Yishui City," Dongbo Xueying suddenly said.