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Chapter 212 [The Lark's Deal] (6000 words)

Chapter 206 [The Lark's Deal] (6000 words)

Is Lu Sisi an ordinary mortal?
Are ordinary mortals born with a top-tier, perfectly "perfect" hexagonal destiny like hers?

Maybe... but that's an extremely small probability.

So, would an ordinary person... kneel down and kowtow to the memorial tablet, causing the tablet to crack open?!
and also……

The long-standing mystery surrounding Lu Sisi's identity remained in Chen Yan's mind...

the most important is!

The bizarre encounter of Lu Sisi's mother, Lu Xiuting!
The being suppressed within that ancient tomb!

That talking jade that once helped Lu Xiuting defy fate!
and so……

Is Lu Sisi just an ordinary mortal?!
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Thinking of this, Chen Yan simply changed his question and asked, "So what do you think is going on with her?"

“Since it can’t be innate, then it must be man-made.” The little girl blinked. “I feel that, according to what you said, her affinity for the energy of heaven and earth seems to be… locked.”

Locked?

Chen Yan paused for a moment, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the word "locked up" was very fitting for Lu Sisi.

"You might as well be more specific," Chen Yan continued to ask.

"I can't be specific." The little girl rolled her eyes and spread her hands. "Have you forgotten? I have amnesia! My memories are fragmented. You should be grateful that I can remember these things. I don't know anything more specific—or rather, I don't remember."

"..."

Chen Yan stared at the little girl for a while, then shook his head: "Okay."

He then asked a second question, which was about Baymax.

"A celestial beast with a spiritual connection? A bloodline of an ancestral demon?"

Upon hearing these two words, the little girl frowned and pondered them earnestly.

After a long while, he raised his head and said, "I am quite familiar with the term 'spirit beast.' I must have heard this term before, but I have forgotten where I heard it."

"For example... the Domain Realm?" Chen Yan asked tentatively. "Perhaps, in the Domain Realm, the Spirit Beast is a name given to a certain powerful demonic beast?"

"...Maybe," the little girl said calmly, "but I really don't remember."

Seeing Chen Yan's somewhat helpless expression, the little girl finally said something: "However, I do remember something about the Ancestral Demon Bloodline."

After a moment, Chen Yan listened to the little girl's story and pondered something carefully.

According to the little girl, the so-called ancestral demon bloodline is actually a powerful bloodline—the so-called demon race, which is different from the human race. The human race is a single race, and this race consists of only one species: humans.

The so-called demon race is actually a general term.

In layman's terms, all cultivators who resemble animals are collectively referred to as the demon race.

After all, there are many different races among the demon race, including felines, canines, reptiles, mammals...

Tell me, can a fox spirit and a rabbit spirit be from the same clan?
Therefore, the so-called "demon race" is actually a term coined by humans.

This term means that humans collectively refer to all non-human animal cultivators other than themselves as the demon race.

The term "ancestral demon" should be...

Yes, the little girl's exact words were "it should be", because she indicated that she didn't really remember, she was just recounting some fragments of memory from her mind.

The so-called ancestral demons should be those powerful demons in ancient times who broke through to the Saint rank and became Venerables, or even higher, such as Earth Venerables or Heaven Venerables—anyway, the little girl doesn't remember.

The first demon cultivator to reach the Saint rank would be regarded as the Ancestral Demon by all demons. This so-called progenitor, also known as the Demon Venerable, would merge his destiny and fate with the Heavenly Dao once his cultivation reached the Saint rank.

And this process will produce a magical effect.

Because the ancestral demon's own destiny and fate naturally carry the attributes of its own race, when the Heavenly Dao accepts this ancestral demon, the ancestral demon resides in the Heavenly Dao, and at the same time, the Heavenly Dao will also provide feedback to the ancestral demon and its own race.

When the Ancestral Demon merges with the Heavenly Dao, it is equivalent to merging its own racial attributes as well!
Here lies a very subtle but crucial point.

In other words, whose "ancestral demon" is this ancestral demon?

To put it simply and bluntly, for example, a golden-haired demon cultivator who becomes a Venerable One has his destiny and fate integrated into the Heavenly Dao.

it is good!
To the Heavenly Dao, it's like saying: Good! You, Zhang San, the big golden-haired man, have become a Venerable One, integrated into me, and your information has been entered into my Heavenly Dao. I also remember you, so from now on, you, Zhang San, the big golden-haired man, will also receive the protection and blessing of my Heavenly Dao.

At the same time! Pay attention, the crucial step is coming.

at the same time!

Because you, Zhang San, are a golden retriever, and you're a dog!

Therefore, when the system records your information, Zhang San, it is actually equivalent to recording the information of a "canine".

Well, if a Venerable Saint-level being named Zhang San from the canine family is in harmony with the Heavenly Dao and its destiny, then the Heavenly Dao will implicitly assume that canines are all quite good, and that this race has genes that conform to the Heavenly Dao, so they should be given preferential treatment!

Therefore, in the eyes of Heaven, canines, because they once had a golden retriever named Zhang San, are considered by Heaven to have higher spiritual energy than ordinary species and will receive a greater share of Heaven's fortune.

This shift in fortune will make all canine demons more aligned with the Dao of Heaven on their path of cultivation, making it easier for them to embark on the path of cultivation.

But pay attention!
Because Zhang San, this big golden retriever, is a canine, the preferential treatment bestowed upon him by Heaven is limited to "canines".

For example, if there's a husky, an Alaskan Malamute, a German Shepherd, or a gray wolf, which are all canines, the Heavenly Dao will loosen its grip on you when you're absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

If you were a big, fat orange cat, Heaven wouldn't even give you a second glance—because you're a feline.

The halo that the canine ancestor demon earned through hard work doesn't shine on you!
"I only remember that even among the demon race, not all types of demons have an ancestral demon."

Because the number of holy positions is limited, not all animal species have produced a Venerable One.

Only those who have produced a Venerable One are qualified to receive the favor of the Heavenly Dao. Among all the demon races, it seems that only a few races have produced a Venerable One. Not all demon races can receive such benefits.

Any race that has produced a Venerable One is considered an 'upper race' among the demon races, while the others are called lower races.

Those from the upper classes have an easier time cultivating than other ordinary demons. They have a slight advantage in absorbing luck, vital energy, and breaking through to higher realms.

This is the meaning of 'ancestral demon'.

"What are the slight advantages you mentioned?" Chen Yan asked.

The little girl's expression tightened, and she said in a deep voice, "The number of holy positions is limited! You know that, right?"

Chen Yan nodded.

Are there a total of forty-two Saintly Positions in the Realm?

If one of the Venerables above dies, no matter how many half-step Venerables like the little girl who are at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm, they will not be able to rise to the top. It's not that they lack ability or talent, but that the positions are full.

"However, once a vacancy arises in the Saintly position, demon cultivators with the bloodline of the Ancestral Demon will be given priority to advance and be accepted by the Heavenly Dao as new Saintly Venerables."

In other words, when a holy position appears.

There happened to be two Nascent Soul Realm Great Perfection Half-Step Venerables who broke through to the Venerable Realm together.

One of them is a mantis shrimp, and the other is a canine—the canine family has produced a venerable figure like Zhang San, the Golden Retriever, right?

Therefore, that guy, the mantis shrimp, will definitely fail to break through! Because, all things being equal, Heaven will prioritize the superior race!

This benefit is not insignificant!

After all, the emergence of a Venerable One can benefit the entire race.

After listening, Chen Yan asked, "You've explained what the Ancestral Demon is. Now, what does the Ancestral Demon bloodline mean...?"

"It's a descendant of that Golden-haired Venerable Zhang San." The little girl pouted and said, "If you encounter a demon with the bloodline of an ancestral demon, it means that among its ancestors, there was a Venerable or a higher-ranking figure."

"Then, how is the bloodline of the ancestral demon identified?"

"Humans can't see it." The little girl shook her head. "Even ordinary demons, that is, lower-level demons, can't see or sense it."

A demon race with only the bloodline of the superior race, and possessing considerable talent in cultivation, can sense the presence of a demon race member with ancestral demon blood.

"Even if they're not from the same subject, it's still okay?" Chen Yan asked. "For example, can a mantis shrimp demon sense the ancestral demon bloodline in a sheep demon?"

"Yes, as long as there have been Venerable Saints among the mantis shrimps, and the mantis shrimp demon itself has a very good talent for cultivation, it can be sensed."

The little girl looked at Chen Yan with a half-smile, saying, "After all this talk, you've encountered a demon with ancestral demon blood, haven't you?"

"Hmm..." Chen Yan frowned.

"Alright, let's not hold back anymore. I've told you so much useful information, and I've helped you a lot in the past. So, do me a favor."

"what?"

"The demon clan member with the ancestral demon bloodline you found—can you draw some blood for me?"

As she spoke, the little girl waved her hand, and a porcelain bottle appeared in her palm.

The porcelain bottle wasn't being filled; Chen Yan looked at it and estimated that it could be filled with just one syringe.

It's only a few tens of milliliters.

"What do you want the blood of the ancestral demon bloodline for?"

The little girl sighed, "I want to break through."

She whispered, "I am a lark, and... well, let's just call me a bird. But we birds are not a superior race, and we have never produced a Venerable One. So, I can try to find a way to glimpse the fusion destiny of the Heavenly Dao by studying the bloodline of the Ancestral Demon..."

As she spoke, the little girl looked at Chen Yan, her tone and expression becoming serious, and said solemnly, "Chen Yan, this matter is very important to me!"

“…Okay.” Chen Yan nodded slowly in agreement.

Well, drawing a tube of blood from Big White is only a few dozen milliliters, so it shouldn't be a big problem. Back when we were hunting beasts together in Badlands, Big White was injured when a beast's fang pierced its stomach, and it was also bitten during later battles.

At that time, hundreds of milliliters of blood were flowing out.

Now, if I draw a few tens of milliliters, it should agree, right?
No, I'll get it two hundred catties of pig liver to make soup later, to give it a good boost.
"You agreed?" The little girl suddenly jumped down from the flower bed, stared into Chen Yan's eyes, and took a deep breath: "Are you sure you can do it for me?"

Chen Yan said slowly, "I promise you, this matter should be fine."

“Hmm, Chen Yan!” A glint of light flashed in the little girl’s eyes, and she whispered, “I know you have your own secrets too. I won’t pry into your secrets, and I won’t ask where you found the ancestral demon bloodline!”
But if you do this for me, I'll owe you a huge favor!

Hmm... Seven days! I need seven days to prepare a magic array to preserve the bloodline of the ancestral demon!

Seven days later, come to my house with blood on your hands, and I will give you a gift as a reward!

Chen Yan didn't seem to care much about the little girl's "gift" or repayment.

After all, he agreed to the little girl's request simply to repay a favor.

In retrospect, the little girl has already helped me a great deal.

She taught him several spells, including the Golden Light Technique, the Myriad Swords Technique, and the Blazing Fire Curse, which were both offensive and defensive, and had now become Chen Yan's main methods of combat.

The Swiftness Talisman he used earlier was a huge help to him. You could say that he was able to steal the sap from the Divine Tree entirely thanks to the Swiftness Talisman! Otherwise, he would have had very little chance of escaping.

Seeing that Chen Yan agreed, the little girl was in a great mood, and her expression showed a bit of excitement.

She seemed to feel much more grateful to Chen Yan, and after thinking for a while, she said, "What you told me at the beginning about your girlfriend's cultivation talent, that special case of her affinity with the energy of heaven and earth..."

I do have a method that I can use to verify. It might help you pinpoint the problem!

"Oh?" Chen Yan also became serious: "You have a way?"

"Well, I might not be able to solve it for you, but I can help you pinpoint the problem. However, I'll need a few days to prepare."

Seven days! Seven days later, you will give me the blood of the ancestral demon, and I will give you what I have prepared.

Having finished saying what needed to be said, the two left the square together and returned to their residential area.

The little girl went back to her own place, while Chen Yan only jumped out of the mirror world after returning home.

For the next seven days, Chen Yan waited patiently.

He realized it had been a long time since he had taught at Yunzong's academy—he couldn't let his allowance run out!

If she doesn't give her husband and Chu Keqing pays her a salary without giving her anything in return, and if the Heavenly Dao judges it as profiting from her cultivation and magical power, she'll be doomed.

He taught at the academy for three consecutive days. Since Lu Sisi had nothing to do, she went along to accompany him to class.

While Chen Yan was lecturing, Lu Sisi sat below the lecture hall, resting her chin on her hands and listening to the lecture with the students.

After two or three times, some people mistakenly thought that Lu Sisi was also a student who came to the academy for further study. In addition, Lu Sisi was young and beautiful, and some students came up to chat with her. After all, those who can come to meditate must have good personal qualities.

However, Chen Yan wouldn't deliberately create any clichéd plot points involving showing off or getting slapped in the face. He would immediately reveal his identity and relationship with Lu Sisi, thus avoiding any melodramatic storylines.

And so, he went to the academy during the day and returned home in the evening.

The two of them seemed to have settled into a peaceful life, like clocking in and out at work.

Chen Yan would occasionally find himself at home with nothing to do, looking at the few creatures in his house besides himself: a person, a cat, and a turtle.

They all seem to be kind-hearted people!
Chen Yan now suspects that there is a 90% chance that Lu Sisi is not an ordinary mortal!
As for the big cat, it goes without saying that it is a spirit beast and has the bloodline of an ancestral demon—meaning that the big cat is a descendant of a certain demon lord.

Even the old tortoise Gui Geng is no ordinary creature; it can sense the bloodline of the ancestral demon, which means it belongs to an upper-class clan!

Hmm... The turtle clan has also produced Venerables!
Moreover, the old tortoise Gui Geng's talent for cultivation should be quite remarkable.

However, the relationship within the family is quite delicate.

The old tortoise avoided Big White, and Big White avoided Lu Sisi.

Lu Sisi wanted to be close to him, and Da Bai also liked to be close to him, but because Da Bai resisted Lu Sisi, he could only jump to a high corner most of the time and look at him with resentful eyes.

This is a big deal!
I used to think of myself as a pure and innocent straight man! Now, I feel like a scumbag emperor watching two concubines vying for my favor.

Gui Geng... well, he's like a chief eunuch.

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On the night of the seventh day, Chen Yan found an opportunity, secretly jumped into the mirror world, and ran to the little girl's house.

He hadn't been to the lark demon's dwelling for quite some time.

As the little girl opened the door and let Chen Yan into the house, Chen Yan suddenly raised an eyebrow.

He had a vague feeling that something unusual was going on in this house.

Ok……

The house looks neat and tidy, but something just doesn't feel right.

After he sat down on the sofa in the living room, he ran his fingers across the cushions before a sudden realization struck him as something was amiss.

"You seem a bit lazy these days. Don't you even clean the house?" Chen Yan gently pinched the dust off his fingers. "You're the one who taught me the Cleaning spell."

The little girl remained calm and said indifferently, "I've been wandering around a lot lately and rarely come back—if we hadn't arranged to meet at home today, you wouldn't have been able to find me here."

Fine.

With the important matter at hand, Chen Yan solemnly took out a porcelain bottle.

Inside was a tube of blood from Big White.

The blood was just drawn today—when drawing blood from Da Bai, Da Bai was very well-behaved, lying obediently beside Chen Yan, letting Chen Yan use a syringe to prick it and draw blood.

However, the cat did look up at Chen Yan at that moment.

That look in his eyes, how should I put it, was as if he was saying: You scumbag, how could you do this to me!

At this moment, Chen Yan handed the porcelain bottle to the little girl, whose expression immediately turned serious.

Her eyes flashed, and she solemnly accepted the bottle with both hands. Then, in front of Chen Yan, she slowly clasped her hands together, and the bottle containing the large amount of white blood disappeared into her palms. In its place, a small, tattoo-like pattern appeared on her palms, clearly the outline of a porcelain bottle.

"I use my body as a vessel, and my own demonic power and vital energy to nourish the ancestral demon bloodline, which can be preserved for a long time," the little girl explained casually.

Chen Yan didn't ask any further questions.

Then, the little girl gently waved her hand, pulled something out of thin air, and handed it to Chen Yan: "Here! This is my thank-you gift!"

Chen Yan stared in disbelief at the thing the little girl handed him.

It is a long, brownish-yellow, fuzzy strip.

Inside was a wooden stick, covered with clumps of feathers...

"You... your thank-you gift is a feather duster?"

The little girl immediately glared at Chen Yan: "A feather duster?"

She pointed at the thing in Chen Yan's hand and sneered, "This isn't chicken feathers! It's the feathers that my Skylark Demon has shed over the years as it molts and grows its own feathers!"
These sparrow feathers that fell from my true form naturally carry my innate divine power, and combined with my crafting skills, I've created this magical artifact to give to you!

As she spoke, the little girl snatched the feather duster from Chen Yan's hand and held it in her palm. As she channeled her inner energy into it, the feather duster immediately began to gleam!
Chen Yan's expression couldn't hold back anymore!
What the hell...

The Investiture of the Gods? The Five-Colored Divine Light of Kong Xuan, the Peacock King?

its not right!
The feather duster in the little girl's hand didn't have five colors; it only had three!

Correct! That's right!

Red, yellow, and green! Three colors, just like traffic lights!
"I even went to the trouble of engraving magic array runes into this treasure of mine, which can activate the innate divine power that is inherent in my sparrow feathers!"
If you use my Three-Colored Divine Light, there is nothing below the Celestial Realm that it cannot destroy!

Above the Celestial Realm, as long as the opponent isn't too strong, you can hold your own against them with my sparrow feather duster!

Below the Celestial Realm, is there anything that cannot be swept away?
Does that mean he's invincible below the Celestial Realm?

Chen Yan looked at the little girl with some skepticism: "Is this thing really that powerful? Are there any restrictions on its use?"

The little girl's arrogant expression faded slightly, and she said in a low voice, "Well... it does consume a lot of vital energy."

As he spoke, he looked at Chen Yan and said, "With your current cultivation at the Great Perfection of the Returning Origin Realm, you can use this magic weapon three times before it drains your vital energy."

Okay, I knew it wouldn't be that easy.

However, Chen Yan's mind changed. He could use this invincible magic weapon below the Celestial Realm three times when he was at full strength—that was good enough!
Next time I go to the realm, if I encounter those ferocious beasts whose bodies emit red light, I can make them kneel down in an instant!

Chen Yan thanked the little girl and solemnly put the feather duster into his storage jade pendant.

The little girl hesitated for a moment, then took out something else.

"As I said, I can help you determine the problem regarding your girlfriend."

As she spoke, she placed her palm in front of Chen Yan.

Chen Yan looked over and saw a light down feather in the little girl's palm.

Not feathers, the kind without a stick.

It was just a light, downy feather, with a slightly yellowish-white hue.

The little girl blew on her eyelids and said in a deep voice, "This is a piece of velvet that I plucked from between my eyebrows!"

As a great demon of the skylark, this velvet between my eyebrows is part of my original body, which I was born with. It has many functions, such as enlightening and helping me achieve enlightenment.

Its effects are miraculous, far surpassing any spirit-summoning pills you've used before..."

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(End of this chapter)