131: Chapter 131 Continued Training! Bloodline Exchange! Another point added!

Golden Flame Castle, the master bedroom on the top floor.

By the floor-to-ceiling window.

Rowan held Elena, who was almost completely exhausted after completing a full cycle of the Scarlet Hymn Breathing Technique.

Her long, pale golden hair was scattered in disarray, with a few strands unconsciously caught between her lips.

Her beautiful eyes were half-closed, her gaze slightly unfocused, and her chest heaved gently.

She looked like someone who had just been pulled ashore after drowning, yet she exuded a strange and alluring charm after experiencing an extreme transformation.

Rowan lowered his eyes, gazing quietly at the nearly unconscious Elena in his arms.

His expression, in the dim light, appeared a mix of light and shadow, complex and hard to discern.

It held both an assessment of the experiment's initial success and a trace of imperceptible gravity.

The process of guiding Elena to attempt the Scarlet Hymn Breathing Technique for the first time had been more difficult and draining than he had anticipated.

The simultaneous operation of the lightning spirit sigil within Elena's body and the vampire Breathing Technique was filled with intense conflict, almost exhausting her spirit and physical strength.

But in the end, she had endured it and successfully guided a trace of scarlet power to merge with her bloodline, completing the first, most basic cycle.

However, the harvest was also immense.

[88 points]!

Another two-point increase!

This proved that his cultivation direction was correct!

But, it was still two points short!

And those two points were crucial.

At this moment, his heart stirred.

The instant Elena's aura stabilized, he clearly felt that the connection between them seemed to have become even tighter.

With a thought, the panel unfolded in his mind.

His gaze swept over it quickly.

When it landed on the extended information below the [Vampire Prince] trait, his gaze froze abruptly.

[Vampire Prince]:

...

Clan Members:

Elena Farrell (Vampire Baron)

Note: For ranked clan members, [Prince Blood Exchange] can be used to accelerate their growth.

Ranked clan members?

Vampire Baron?

Prince Blood Exchange?"

A trace of doubt rose in Rowan's heart.

It seemed these hadn't been on the panel before?

He concentrated his mind and touched his thoughts to that marked line.

In an instant, a clear stream of information flooded into his mind.

[Prince Blood Exchange]

A unique power of a Vampire Prince.

It can exchange the [Prince Source Blood], which contains extraordinary traits, with blood kin who have undergone the [Embrace].

This process consumes part of the Prince's own source power but can effectively improve the descendant's strength and potential, accelerating the blood kin's growth.

...

Exchanging blood?

Accelerating growth?

Rowan felt a slight shock in his heart.

There was actually such a method?

Elena was already at [88 points], just one step away from 90 points.

If [Prince Blood Exchange] was truly effective.

Then... there was a complete opportunity to push her over the 90-point threshold before the two children in her womb were born!

In this way, the moment those two children were born, they would be qualified descendants recognized by the system, able to directly fill the [Descendant Count] milestone!

Thinking of this, Rowan's heart burned with heat.

He gently lifted Elena's sweat-dampened chin, letting her somewhat unfocused gaze refocus on him, then said softly:

"Elena, how do you feel?"

"Can you continue?"

Hearing Rowan's voice, Elena tried hard to blink, her beautiful eyes misty, carrying dependence and a trace of instinctive desire.

She could feel the newborn power within her body slowly nourishing her.

She nodded subconsciously, her voice as thin as a mosquito's hum: "Mm... I can still..."

"Very good." The corners of Rowan's mouth curled into an extremely faint arc, but his eyes became increasingly deep:

"Then, open your body and mind, and accept my... deeper gift."

He hesitated no longer, lowered his head, and his long, slender teeth gently bit into Elena's snow-white, slender neck.

Then he moved his thoughts, and inside the furnace, the core source belonging to the [Vampire Prince] vibrated slightly.

A trace of Prince Source Blood, radiating a dark golden luster, was separated and flowed between his lips and teeth.

Then, he first drained a portion of Elena's blood before feeding that wisp of dark golden Prince Source Blood back.

"Urgh—!"

Elena's body suddenly tensed!

Unlike the violent, conflicting pain when practicing the Breathing Technique before, this time, what surged into her body was a more domineering bloodline power!

Where this domineering power flowed—

Her bones made faint sounds.

Her flesh and blood became more solid.

Her skin became whiter and more delicate.

Her perception became sharper.

The lightning spirit sigil within her body also seemed to be injected with stronger vitality.

An unprecedented feeling of fullness and power swept through her entire body like a tide!

Meanwhile,

Rowan's face turned slightly pale, visible to the naked eye, for an instant.

He could clearly feel that the proficiency value in his body representing his cultivation of the [Myriad Furnace Breathing Technique] was dropping at an alarming rate!

It was as if some invisible pump was drawing nutrients from his power source, the furnace, and irrigating the seedling in his arms.

He distracted himself to glance at the panel.

[89 points]!

Elena had increased by another point!

Just one last point left!

But when he looked at the Breathing Technique proficiency, his heart jolted violently!

[Myriad Furnace Breathing Technique lv3 (862 / 30000) (Low-tier Great Knight)]

It was missing 1200 points of proficiency!

He had consumed a full 1200 points of proficiency, equivalent to the harvest of smelting a purple trait, just to push Elena's rating to [89 points]!

He felt a sense of instinctive heartache.

If he relied on his furnace's self-cultivation, he would need to cultivate for over a thousand days to earn it back!

This consumption was even greater than he had anticipated!

Yet Elena in his arms, like a long-parched land receiving sweet rain, became radiant!

The previous weakness and fatigue were swept away, her beautiful eyes shone astonishingly, her skin glowed with a pearly, lustrous sheen, her aura was rounded and restrained, and she was clearly more than a step stronger!

She felt the changes in her body with some confusion and surprise, and looked up at Rowan, only to see his slightly pale face.

"Rowan... you, what's wrong with you?"

"You... why are you so good to me..."

A sudden, inexplicable sense of panic and emotion welled up in Elena's heart.

Although she didn't know exactly what had happened, she could feel that the benefits she had received were immense.

And Rowan seemed to have paid a considerable price for it.

Looking at the pure worry in Elena's eyes, Rowan forcibly suppressed the weakness and the heartache of over-investing, squeezed out a smile with a hint of doting, and gently caressed her increasingly smooth cheek:

"It's nothing, just a bit of consumption."

"Seeing you become stronger and able to protect yourself, I am very happy."

"You are my Little Nightingale, if I'm not good to you, who would I be good to?"

"Rowan..." Elena's eyes turned red instantly, and misty water vapor welled up in her beautiful eyes.

She suddenly stretched out her arms, tightly hugging Rowan's neck, buried her face in his shoulder, her voice choked with sobs:

"You are so good to me... so good... I, I am really willing to do anything for you!"

Feeling the trembling of the delicate body in his arms and the unfeigned attachment, a trace of heartache flashed in Rowan's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by determination.

So much investment had already been made, how could he give up halfway?

89 points, just the last step away from 90 points!

In any case, he must push her over!

He glanced at the Breathing Technique proficiency that had dropped to 862 points on the panel, and the 1184 free attribute points.

The free attribute points were originally intended to be kept for emergencies, but at this moment... he couldn't care about that.

"Add points! Add to the Breathing Technique!" Rowan gritted his teeth and added all the free attribute points he had just drained from Aria to it.

[Free Attribute Points - 1000]

[Myriad Furnace Breathing Technique lv3 (1862 / 30000) ()]

[Remaining Free Attribute Points: 184]

After adding the points, he took a deep breath, feeling the sense of weakness alleviate quite a bit.

He cupped Elena's face, looking at her teary-eyed yet radiant appearance, his eyes became deep and fiery, and his voice was full of doting as he said:

"Elena, it's not enough... you deserve even better. Let's... do it again!"

Upon hearing this, Elena was slightly stunned.

Do it again?

She saw that although Rowan's complexion had improved a bit, the unmistakable fatigue and a trace of persistent determination in his eyes moved her immensely.

He was willing to pay more for her?

"Rowan, you... don't force yourself..." She subconsciously wanted to dissuade him.

"Not forcing it." Rowan interrupted her, his fingertips once again caressing her delicate neck, where the tiny wound he had just pierced had already disappeared without a trace under the vampire's powerful restorative ability, leaving only an extremely faint red mark.

"For you, it's worth it. Open your heart, and accept my... gift once again."