515: Chapter 515 Wind and Fire

Starlight power gathered in Liu Xuan's hand, partially undoing the Bloodline Seal Peach Blossom had placed on Tong Xiao.

"Remember, you are now a fifth-grade Low Grade Roc Bloodline. Go see Li Xihe later; she won't hurt you."

"Li Xihe?" Tong Xiao thought for a moment. "Do I have to be her contracted beast?"

Tong Xiao had seen Li Xihe once from afar; she looked a bit fierce and had brought a fire bird to fight Aunt Peach Blossom.

"No!" Liu Xuan slowly shook his head. "She isn't worthy of a contract with you; she's merely doing errands for her Revered Master, Daoist Lord Lihuo."

"Daoist Lord Lihuo?" Tong Xiao showed a look of shock.

"That's right!" Liu Xuan comforted him with a smile. "Don't worry, it's not a bad thing."

"Daoist Lord Lihuo has only been a Dao Lord for a few years. His natal spirit beast, Demon Lord Chixia, has slim chances of a Breakthrough, so your value to him is immense."

"However, a Cultivator can only have one natal spirit beast. If he wants to contract you, he must first break the contract with Demon Lord Chixia."

Liu Xuan sat opposite Tong Xiao, picked a spirit fruit he liked from the table, and spoke while eating.

"The Beast Taming Sect's natal contract cannot be easily broken. Even for Daoist Lord Lihuo, breaking the natal contract comes with a price, reducing his strength for a period of time."

"Now is the critical period of the Southern Border war. Even a slight reduction in strength is fatal. Unless the war ends, he won't change his natal spirit beast."

"Besides, Cultivators contract natal spirit beasts to leverage the rapid early-stage Realm progression of Yao Beasts to increase their own Cultivate speed. You just reached Golden Core. Daoist Lord Lihuo would gain no benefit from contracting you now; instead, his cultivation progress would be dragged down. Even if he values your Bloodline Aptitude, he'll wait until at least after your Nascent Soul Formation before signing a contract with you."

Tong Xiao said happily, "So Father means I don't have to be someone's contracted beast for now?"

Tong Xiao always believed he wasn't some Yao Beast, but a person like his father; being someone's contracted beast always felt wrong to him.

"Not just for now!" Liu Xuan's tone was flat, yet it contained a hint of domineering power. "In my Liu Clan, it is always others who serve as contracted beasts for us; there is no reason for us to work for others."

"Stay with Li Xihe for a while. If Daoist Lord Lihuo comes, you needn't be afraid. Do whatever he tells you to do. If you are bullied, your father will avenge you in the future."

Liu Xuan's Divine Sense looked toward the gate of the Liu Manor's inner courtyard, giving one last instruction: "Your mother's side is about to start fighting. Go! Do as I said."

He took out a transmission token containing a sliver of Essence Blood and placed it in front of his son. "This is a transmission token. Tell your father if you encounter anything you can't handle."

"Understood!"

Tong Xiao put away the token and packed the remaining food on the table into his spatial ring.

"Wait!" Liu Xuan stopped Tong Xiao, who was about to fly out of the Secret Realm barrier. "My current body is an Incarnation, and it is inconvenient to be exposed. Don't tell others you saw me today; just say the transmission token gave you instructions."

"Understood!" Tong Xiao gave Liu Xuan a reassuring look. "I get it, this is Dad's 'hidden means'."

...

Liu Manor outer courtyard.

Li Xihe was so angry her head felt like it would explode. She had said everything she could, but Yun Yao just wouldn't listen.

She's a Nascent Soul Demon Lord after all, how could she be so stupid? She even wondered if Yun Yao was playing dumb, or perhaps even she coveted her own son's Bloodline!

Before the Great Dao of cultivation, family ties are sometimes pathetically fragile; killing one's son or father for resources, or even practicing Demonic Techniques to improve the Aptitude of an entire clan through one person, occurs from time to time.

Even secular power can make people lose their minds, let alone the path of Immortal Ascension where great power is concentrated in one's person and the level of life is elevated?

"Yun Yao! You were also at the Gentlemans Academy. I advise you not to have unrealistic ideas, or your end will be miserable!"

Yun Yao was stunned!

"What ideas? You're a bully, and I'm not allowed to resist?"

"My Senior Sister Yun Miao has a very good relationship with the Academy's Lady. Don't think you can do whatever you want just because of your Revered Master."

"Mother, stop arguing!"

A golden light flashed, and a handsome youth of about seventeen or eighteen appeared beside Yun Yao.

He wore a dark gold magic robe, and a breeze swirled around him. His face was fifty percent similar to Liu Xuan's, though it showed a bit of youthfulness.

"Son?"

"Didn't I tell you not to come out?"

Yun Yao's face showed anxiety. Tong Xiao was her son, and she knew very well what level her son's Bloodline was.

A sixth-grade Bloodline! Her son was a great figure destined for Immortal Ascension. How could he be hindered by Daoist Lord Lihuo?

Tong Xiao shook the token in his hand toward his mother. "Mother, don't worry. Father has already given instructions; he told me to follow Daoist Lord Lihuo."

Hearing that it was Liu Xuan's instruction, Yun Yao hesitated to speak but truly did not stop him again.

"You are Liu Tongxiao?"

Li Xihe's figure flickered, and she instantly appeared beside him, placing a hand on his shoulder.

A moment later, the Bloodline in Tong Xiao's body was activated, and a golden Roc phantom rose behind him.

"It really is a fifth-grade Low Grade Bloodline!!"

A look of wild joy erupted in Li Xihe's eyes, and she said excitedly, "I'll report to my Revered Master immediately."

She took out a token, used a large amount of mana to drive it, recorded information about Tong Xiao with her Divine Soul, and sent it back as quickly as possible.

This was the highest level of transmission, usually only used when there is a major change on the battlefield and the descent of a Dao Lord's Dharma Idol is required.

"Buzz~"

Flames expanded on the token, and a blurry figure was born from the flames as a terrifying pressure enveloped the surroundings.

"A fifth-grade Bloodline Yao Beast?"

The Divine Sense locked onto Tong Xiao. After a while, he slowly shook his head and sighed, "Pity he only has a Golden Core cultivation; otherwise, he would have been a great help."

Daoist Lord Lihuo was only using a special token to transmit a sliver of Divine Sense and could not see through the Bloodline Seal Peach Blossom Demon Lord had placed on Tong Xiao; he only thought it was a common fifth-grade Low Grade Bloodline.

A fifth-grade Low Grade Bloodline would take at least a thousand years to ascend to Soul Transformation, and it would be difficult to continue ascending after that.

Since Daoist Lord Lihuo did not have a Soul Transformation Spirit Beast, Tong Xiao was a good backup choice, but not enough to make him ecstatic.

A fifth-grade Low Grade Bloodline meant it was almost impossible for Tong Xiao to ascend to the Soul Transformation Middle Stage before he did, so it would not help his cultivation; he would just be one more Soul Transformation level combatant and a loyal subordinate.

However, the value of a Soul Transformation level combatant is still significant enough to warrant a Dao Lord's attention.

"Xihe, you must protect him well. If necessary, notify me to descend in my Dharma Idol."

The voice came from the flames, carrying a strange sense of majesty.

"Your Disciple obeys!"

Li Xihe bowed respectfully.

Daoist Lord Lihuo looked closely at Tong Xiao, the flames flickering slightly. "Born with mastery of the Wind Dao. Good, good!"

"Wind aids fire. Even if it is of no benefit to cultivation, he is also a great help in combat!"

He continued to instruct Li Xihe, "Teach him our sect's Cultivation Technique for me, and see if he has any Fire Dao Aptitude."