Volume 1: Heavenly Machine Pavilion Turbulence Chapter 8: Awakening of Bloodline (Part 1)

  Time flies quickly, and before they know it, the Sheng people living at the foot of Chushan Mountain welcome their annual grand gathering!

  In the early morning, on a flat ground near the center of the camp, in front of a simple stone temple, all members of the tribe, regardless of age or sex, gathered together, each face radiating an extremely excited smile.

  Among them, Ling Tu and his wife stood in front of the crowd, their eyes filled with hope looking at the tightly closed stone temple gate, their faces unknowingly revealing extremely tense expressions.

  "Brother has been in there for so long, why hasn't he come out yet?" Ling Yun, who was being held in Bai Xiu's arms, looked at her father with big, round eyes and asked innocently.

  "It's almost time, your brother will be out soon..." Ling Tu's tense expression relaxed after hearing this, and he looked at his daughter with a loving gaze, saying softly.

  Inside the stone hall.

  Thirty-seven children stood in a row, boys and girls together. There were twenty-four boys, the rest were all girls. The boys wore only shorts on their bodies, while the little girls added a leather vest. They looked tense and excited, their eyes fixed on the stone temple above, motionless.

  Above the front of the stone hall, a stone statue with a beast face and human body is worshipped. This stone statue is the god spirit that the twelve tribes of Nanhuang jointly worship. According to legend, the twelve tribes of Nanhuang all belong to the ancient witch tribe, and the witch god is their ancestor who they pay homage to.

  Ling Feng and Chu Hei, the two brothers, also stood among the children. Today was a grand day for them, as they were about to receive the Bloodline Baptism within this stone temple.

  The small face of the black-robed man was filled with excitement, while Ling Feng beside him couldn't see anything special about his expression, only using a curious gaze to size up the people standing on the platform.

  The hosts of this Blood Baptism ceremony, apart from the three envoys of Hei Shi Cheng Wu Dian, were Bai Shan Hai, the leader of the Chu Shan tribe, and Chu Hei's parents, Chu Yun Xiang and Bai Ping. As for the other members of the tribe, they all waited outside the temple.

  Long before, Lingfeng already knew that the sacred blood baptism ceremony of the Shengman tribe could only be watched by those who had reached the level of a dual-soul warrior. In the entire Chushan tribe, only the leader Baishanhai and his wife Chuyunxiang were qualified to watch, as they were the only three dual-soul warriors in the entire tribe.

  At this moment, the only three double-soul warriors of the Chu Shan tribe had respectful expressions on their faces and stood behind a burly man with a curly beard. On either side of the burly man stood a middle-aged person wearing a white sacrificial robe; they were obviously the envoys sent by the Black Stone City Witch Temple to preside over the Bloodline Cleansing Ritual for the children.

  The entire southern wilderness is divided into twelve regional blocks, each with a city pool established, which is controlled by the Alliance of Different Races. The witch temple built in the city is the residence of the core personnel of the Alliance of Different Races.

  The Chu Shan tribe is under the jurisdiction of Heishi City, so every year's Bloodline Cleansing Ceremony is presided over by people sent from the Heishi City Witch Temple.

  At this moment, the leader of the Chushan tribe, Baishan Hai, was whispering something to the burly bearded man.

  "...Our Chushan tribe is sparse and weak, and this year's annual tribute to the clan may not be enough. Lord Meng, you must sympathize with our difficulties..." Bai Shanhai sounded very helpless.

  "I also know it's not easy for you!" The burly man with a curly beard let out a heavy sigh, his tone equally helpless: "It's not just your Chu Shan tribe, our various barbarian tribes, and even other tribes are having a hard time. Those ruthless cultivators are insatiably greedy, every year they demand a large amount of goods and resources from our Alien Alliance. If we don't meet their demands, war breaks out again. With the current strength of our Southern Wilderness Alien Alliance, we can't contend with those cultivators. When that happens, the people of each tribe will inevitably suffer disaster!"

  He said that, and Baishan Hai shook his head, no longer speaking, with a face full of despair and bitterness.

  "The chief doesn't have to worry too much, according to the clan's rules, as long as a twin-soul warrior is born among the children participating in the Bloodline Baptism this time, our tribe's annual supply will be reduced accordingly. This year, there are thirty-seven children from our Chushan tribe who are receiving the Bloodline Baptism, I believe that at least one or two twin-soul warriors will be born!" Chu Yunxiao comforted Bai Shanhai, who was hanging his head in despair, with kind words.

  Meng Hui turned his head and looked at Chu Yun Xiang, nodding: "Brother Yun Xiang is right, this time the Bloodline Baptism Ceremony, as long as one of these children gives birth to a dual-soul warrior, your annual tribute will be reduced by half. If one triple-soul warrior emerges, the annual tribute will be reduced by 30%. And if, by chance, a quadruple-soul warrior emerges, haha, then the Chu Mountain Tribe will have its day!"

  In the Shengman tribe, the birth rate of dual-soul warriors is extremely low, and it's often difficult to find one or two among thousands. After the awakening of bloodline, dual-soul warriors will possess formidable power in a short period under the cultivation of their clan, making them also the most powerful group in the Shengman tribe!

  The dual-soul warriors from various tribes of the Shengman clan, after awakening to their bloodline, will enter the Witch's Temple for focused cultivation by the clan. During this period, they must serve as temple guards for twenty years before being allowed to return to their respective tribes.

  Many years ago, Chuyun Xiang and his wife were still children when they awakened to their bloodline and became dual-soul warriors. They were fortunate enough to enter the Witch's Temple and receive special training from the clan's elder. After living in Blackstone City for twenty years, they returned to the Chushan tribe at the invitation of the tribal leader, Baisan Haili!

  When they returned, Ling Feng was just a few months old, and Chu Hei was only one year older.

  In fact, the couple lived a very good life in Blackstone City, and the treatment of the Wu Dian warriors was extremely high. However, fallen leaves return to their roots, they were born in Chushan, and had a very deep affection for the tribe, so they gave up the superior life in Blackstone City and returned to Chushan tribe to settle down!

  Chu Yunxiang dared to speak out to comfort Bai Shanhai, and he also had a few points of confidence in his heart. The bloodline of the savage people is very peculiar. If both parents are powerful beast soul warriors, their offspring will have a 70-80% chance of inheriting their parents' strong bloodline. Chu Yunxiang and his wife were both dual-soul warriors, so after their son Chu Hei's bloodline awakened, the probability of him becoming a dual-soul warrior was extremely high, and it was even possible that he would be stronger!

  Of course, this is not absolute, some of the previous generations did not have a powerful beast soul warrior, but their later generations had a miracle, with a much stronger beast soul bloodline than their predecessors.

  But this probability is extremely small, almost negligible.

  "If three or four twin-soul warriors can be born among these children, I, Bai Shanhai, will be satisfied. As for triple-soul and quadruple-soul warriors, only the royal bloodline of the Doumen clan has the possibility of giving birth to them. Our Chushan clan dare not have such extravagant hopes!"

  "Haha, that's not certain either, but the birth rate of high-ranking beast soul warriors in our Tushan tribe is indeed higher than other tribes!"

  The Tu Shan tribe is the birthplace of the Sheng Man Zu Wang, with a thick bloodline. Almost 80% of the high-ranking beast soul warriors come from the Tu Shan tribe. The current chief of the Sheng Man Zu, the strongest four-soul warrior, Zong Lei, also comes from the Tu Shan tribe. Zong Meng is also from this tribe and is actually Zong Lei's cousin!

  The population of Tu Shan tribe is tens of thousands, while the Chu Shan tribe has only a few thousand people. The two are not comparable in strength, and it's like comparing heaven and earth!

  "Lord Dong Meng, can we begin?" asked a middle-aged man standing on Dong Meng's right side.

  "Thanks, Master Sapu!" exclaimed Meng Meng with a nod.

  The three people who came to the Chu Shan tribe to preside over the bloodline washing ceremony in front of the Blackstone Castle, looked fierce at first glance, but from his tone, it could be heard that he was very polite to the two middle-aged men wearing white robes beside him.

  The twelve alien tribes of the South Wilderness, the Born Savage Tribe ranked second, and the one that ranked first was another mysterious tribe called the Soul Tribe. The Soul Tribe is most skilled in various mysterious and unpredictable witchcraft techniques. Their cultivation method is completely different from that of the Born Savage Tribe. The beast soul warriors of the Born Savage Tribe have strong physical strength coming from their blood veins, while the Soul Tribe witches focus on cultivating their own souls, able to cultivate soul power, using all sorts of witch instruments to cast powerful spells to attack enemies!

  Among the twelve alien tribes in the south, the strongest one is Saloman, the great priest of the Soul Tribe, besides the tribal chief Feng Lei. It is said that this person's witchcraft has been cultivated to a realm where ghosts and gods are unpredictable, and his reputation and status among the various alien tribes in the south are even higher than those of Feng Lei!

  This is not to say that the strength of the Thunder is weaker than that of Saloman, among the twelve alien tribes in the South Wilderness, the Soul Tribe and the Shengman Tribe have the closest relationship. The main reason is that the witchcraft of the Soul Tribe can perfectly match with the beast soul warriors of the Shengman Tribe. When fighting against enemies, if the beast soul warriors receive the secret support of the Soul Tribe's witches, their strength will increase by threefold!

  There is another point, the beast soul bloodline in the body of a savage must rely on the soul tribe shaman's spell to appear at the age of eight. If there is no soul tribe shaman's support, then the savage will have to wait until adulthood for their bloodline to slowly awaken, thus missing the best time for cultivation!

  So, the Shengman tribe cannot be separated from the Hun tribe, and likewise, the Hun tribe also cannot be separated from the Shengman tribe.

  The Soul Clan's sorcerers are well-versed in various secret arts, but their physical bodies are weak. When fighting against others, once they are approached by their opponents, they have almost no defensive means. On the other hand, the Beast Soul Warriors of the Savage Tribe excel at close-range combat. The two complement each other, and when a warrior from the Soul Clan teams up with a Beast Soul Warrior, they can fight against enemies who are one level stronger than them without falling behind!

  Therefore, since ancient times, the Soul Clan and the Sheng Man Clan have gotten along like water and fire, with a close relationship, and even in many large Soul Clan tribes, there are shadows of Sheng Man Beast Soul Warriors.

  The two soul tribe sorcerers who came to the Chu Shan tribe this time to preside over the Blood Awakening, their cultivation has reached the level of a senior master, almost the same as the double-soul warriors of the Sheng Man tribe!

  The master named Sa Pu heard the words of Dui Lei and stepped forward a few steps, taking out an ancient mirror-like artifact from his bosom. At the same time, his lips moved constantly, and the hall immediately echoed with a long and mysterious incantation.

  As for another soul master of the Soul Clan, he still stood beside Meng Lie, without making any movement.

  As the incantation sounded in Sa Pu's mouth, a faint white light emerged from the ancient mirror artifact. As time passed, the white light grew stronger and more dazzling to the extreme.

  "Go!"

  With a soft whoosh, the ancient mirror in Sa Pu's hand flew up and hovered motionless more than ten feet above the ground, its surface emitting strands of dazzling white light that poured down to form a transparent semicircular canopy.

  "Kids, go one by one from left to right into the light curtain for the blood baptism ritual. Remember, wait until the person in front of you comes out before you enter!"

  Seeing that Sa Pu's secret technique had succeeded, he gazed down at the child with a fierce gaze and said in a low voice.

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