The story of the black silk female knight

Chapter 102 Bloodline and Lifespan

"This is... a shadow-manipulation technique?"

The layman sees only glamour, the expert sees only the details.

While Valensa admired Frigia's figure beneath her semi-transparent black veil, Tia stared wide-eyed at Frigia's spellcasting process.

Tia understood, which is why she was even more surprised:

"This is a secret technique passed down from the fifth seat of our Sage Council... She and my teacher had a very close personal relationship, so I have seen this technique many times with my own eyes, and I would never mistake it!"

"Oh? You mean my little shadow manipulation trick?"

Frieda first winked at Valensa, then picked up a pomegranate with crab roe, sat down next to Tia, and casually took a bite:

"You seem surprised that I can use this spell? But what's so surprising about that... I was once a false goddess who was also falsely omniscient and falsely omnipotent."

"But this is a secret technique passed down through generations! It's a secret technique passed down through bloodlines!"

Tia had the same expression as an Earthling seeing the Three Laws of Motion being overturned:

“My teacher’s card tricks are not bloodline-inherited tricks, so they can be taught to others through teaching and learning. Besides me, my teacher also has many students.”

But the Fifth Sage's Shadow Cloak technique is passed down through bloodlines! Even if someone without her bloodline obtains the complete spellcasting skills, they still can't use this technique… Could it be that you, Sister Friggia, had descendants left behind?”

"How could that be? You can't just say things like that, little Tia!"

Friggia quickly denied it, then puffed out her chest as if in pride:

"Hmph, don't let my age of over six thousand fool you, I still retain the attribute of chastity! Isn't that amazing?"

"..."

"..."

"Uh... what's with those expressions?"

Instead of the praise she expected, Friggia saw Valensa and Tia looking at her with pity.

Poor Friggia, she's over six thousand years old and has never been in a relationship.

"you……!"

Friggia was furious, having discerned the two women's intentions.

She even waved her hand, seemingly wanting to use some kind of magic to teach the two annoying little sisters a lesson, but after making the move, she remembered that she didn't have enough energy and could only use a life-related magic like "transformation into clothing".

Okay~~

Seeing this, Valensa quickly peeled a banana herself and handed it to Frieda:

"Good sister, calm down... You're so beautiful, have such a great figure, and are full of wisdom. All sorts of intelligent beings will surely fall at your feet."

"Humph, that's good if you know."

Friggia took the banana, put it in her mouth, and licked it a few times with her tongue:

"Back when my relationship with your Church of the Sun was still quite good, one of your saintesses would often send me flowers and desserts!"

"Oh? Even the Saintess was captivated by Sister Friggia? Sister is amazing~~"

Valensa smiled and complimented her, then asked with a hint of curiosity:

"Did that saintess participate in the battle that sealed away Sister Friggia?"

"..."

Friggia's smug expression turned sour again, and she touched her waist.

"She joined the war... and she was the one leading the team. She was the one who attacked the hardest... while crying out, 'Miss Frieda, you have disappointed me so much,' she stabbed me hard in the waist with your goddess's toy sword... Her toy sword was more powerful than the one you use. My waist still hurts when I think about it now."

"This is probably what it means to hate someone deeply because you love them so much."

Valensa laughed:

"The saintess who led the team to participate in the battle to seal you must be very powerful. Perhaps she is still alive and can meet you again, Sister Friggia."

"That should be impossible."

With a flick of her finger, Friggia brushed off a pomegranate seed that had fallen onto her collarbone.

"According to the rules set by your goddess, high-ranking clergy can only serve on the same planet for a maximum of a thousand years, after which they will be transferred to serve in the Sun Church or the Kingdom of God on other planets."

During the time when my relationship with your church was quite good, three of your church's saintesses were dark beings from other planets... well, the very beautiful kind.

"Uh, does our church have this rule?"

Valensa was somewhat surprised.

"Yes...and sooner or later you will be transferred away from your current planet according to this rule."

Friggia laughed:

"Don't forget that you have half the blood of an evil god... Even if you don't do any cultivation at all, your lifespan will be much longer than that of other intelligent beings. A thousand years is just the beginning for you."

"……life."

Tia repeated the word softly, biting her lip, her expression somewhat complicated.

Although humans can significantly increase their lifespan upon reaching the Radiant Rank, with Star Radiant beings living to 300 years old and Lunar Radiant beings living even longer, they are still far inferior to beings like Evil Gods, whose lives may not even be considered adulthood at a thousand years old.

Valensa keenly sensed Tia's change in mood, quickly put down the fruit she was holding, and took Tia's small hand in her palm:

"Don't worry, Tia, I'm not going to work on an alien planet! In a few decades, I'll pass on the duties of the Inner Templar Knight to our children, then I'll retire and spend my days taking you around to have fun!"

"You're going to die! You shameless bastard!"

Tia's face immediately flushed red and puffed up:

"He hasn't even officially taken office yet, and he's already thinking about living a carefree life after retirement... Humph!"

Although there was still a hint of sadness in her crimson eyes, Tia's smile returned.

Valensa didn't miss the hint of sadness that flashed in Tia's eyes, and wanted to say a few more words to comfort her, but Tia didn't give her the chance.

Before Valensa could utter a sweet word, Tia looked at Friggia and complained with a smile:

"It's all Valensa's fault for being such an idiot, she kept rambling on and on... Sister Friedia, you still haven't told me why you can use the Shadow Armor Technique."

"...Oh, you mean this?"

Friggia gave Tia a meaningful look before casually replying:

"Think about it... In your understanding, this secret technique is a inherited secret technique, which requires the bloodline of the creator to practice... But what about the creator himself? How did he invent this secret technique? The spellcasters of your Sage's Tower are not sorcerers, so it's not like they awakened a spell-like ability from their bloodline, is it?"

"Hmm, Sister Freya, you mean..."

Tia, after all, held the title of the capital's number one genius girl, and immediately understood:

"So-called bloodline inheritance secrets, can actually be practiced without bloodlines? Just like other spells that have been summarized?"

"Yes."

Friggia smiled and nodded:

"The secret arts of your Sage lineage do not require any bloodline at all. They are all crystallizations of wisdom extracted from knowledge and experience, and can all be mastered through cultivation!"

All bloodline restrictions are merely a form of biological encryption added by the creators of these secret techniques to protect their own interests.

Chapter 103 is all about ingredients.

The original witch of the universe, while leisurely eating fruit and basking in the moonlight, taught Valensa and Tia a new lesson.

The secret techniques of bloodline inheritance.

According to Friggia, arcane arts are essentially no different from ordinary spells, except that they are special spells created and improved by powerful spellcasters, and their power and effects are stronger than ordinary spells.

When the creators of the arcane arts advance further (reaching the Lunar Radiance level), they can even inscribe the core of the arcane arts into their own genes, evolving the corresponding organs within their bodies to cast the arcane arts.

These physical changes can be passed down to future generations through bloodline inheritance. The descendants can then cultivate according to the methods left by the creator of the secret technique to obtain the complete inherited secret technique.

Even if outsiders obtain the secret method of cultivation, they will almost certainly not succeed in cultivating it because they lack the important organs for casting spells in their bodies. They may even suffer from qi deviation and kill themselves.

Similarly, having a spellcasting organ inherited through bloodline but lacking a method of cultivation is also insufficient.

However, if a spellcaster is talented enough, even without the bloodline-inherited spellcasting organs, they can deduce the complete principle of the arcane spell from its effects, and master it by modeling the spell in their own way, just like the original creator of the arcane spell.

"Don't be proud of yourself just because you possess two secret techniques, young lady."

Finally, Friggia smiled and looked at Tia, extending her slender, white fingers to gently trace a line below her neck, then licked them at the corner of her mouth.

“A powerful witch like me has mastered many secret arts… such as the traditional secret arts of your Britannia. After watching you use them twice, I’ve almost mastered them myself.”

"No way!"

Tia puffed up her cheeks angrily and threatened in a cute way:

"This is our family secret technique, it must never be passed on to outsiders! If you dare to steal it, I'll have Valensa nail you up again, hmph!"

"Okay, okay, I won't learn it then~~"

Frieda shrugged, and said in a very Versailles-like manner:

"I didn't intend to learn it by stealing it, but I accidentally saw it twice and almost mastered it... Sigh, being too smart has its problems."

"What about inherited treasures? Are they based on the same principle as inherited secret techniques?"

Valensa gently scratched Tia's chin with one hand, as if petting a cat, while asking curiously.

"Noble Phantasms... I'm not too sure about that, I haven't researched it."

Friggia took another bite of fruit before gently shaking her head.

"Before I was sealed, there were no warrior-type cultivators who used Noble Phantasms. At that time, the strong were almost all spellcasters... The most skilled in close combat were the priests who wielded divine artifacts."

"That's it..."

Valensa was slightly disappointed that she didn't hear about the deeper principles and secrets of the Noble Phantasm.

Unlike Tia, who wanted to protect her family's secret techniques, Valensa's family's inherited treasure was gone, and she hoped that Friggia could unlock the secret of the complete treasure.

The treasures of a Star-level expert can never be controlled by anyone else while their master is alive, and they will lose their power and become ordinary objects after their master dies, making them completely worthless to steal.

While the inherited treasures of Moon-level powerhouses can retain their power after their master's death, inherited treasures are almost always the lifeblood of great nobles. Stealing someone's inherited treasure is tantamount to killing their entire family, and lending someone's inherited treasure is tantamount to lending someone's wife and daughters. This path is also a dead end.

I can only wait until I truly break through to the Star Glory level, sublimate or forge my own Noble Phantasm, and then have Friggia help me research it.

Thinking this, Valensa's heart stirred, and she thought of another question she had long wanted to ask:

"By the way, Sister Friedeja, what materials are needed for that special pheromone solvent that you used to activate the Wild Beast's self-destruct command?"

"That... well, those are some materials that are quite difficult to obtain, at least for the two of you with your current strength."

Friggia recalled briefly:

"I can tell you, but I don't recommend that you collect these materials yourselves. It's best to collect them through purchase or exchange."

"...Did those materials all come from very powerful monsters?"

Valensa frowned and asked.

"Hmm, they're pretty strong for you guys right now... Most of them are Moon-level monsters, and even the Star-level ones are at the peak of Star-level, about the same level as that gorilla beast you fought before."

Friggia chuckled:

"You don't actually think you can defeat a peak Star-level expert just because you killed that giant gorilla beast, do you?"

"No, of course not."

Valensa shook her head, showing great self-awareness:

"That gorilla was initially attacked by me with a nuclear bomb. Even though it gained some breathing room and a boost of super strong willpower, the strength it displayed when fighting me would not exceed 50% of its peak."

A powerful monster of similar strength to that gorilla, in perfect condition and capable of wielding a domain... well, even with my Evil God Mode, my win rate is less than 5%.

"It's good that you realize that... I still have high hopes for you, and I don't want you to become one of those arrogant, complacent paladins in some strange games who just keep getting killed."

Friggia smiled and nodded:

"Listen carefully, the biological materials required to activate the special pheromone solvent within the wild beast's genes are as follows: the tail of the Karen Lake Blue Crab Cat, the shark fin of the Cold Flame Nether Shark, the finest cut of meat from the tenderloin of the Mountain Giant Bull, and the Wine-Scented Fruit that the Dragon-Eating Tree produces less than 20 of every ten years..."

She rattled off the names of nearly twenty different materials in one breath.

Valensa and Tia listened with increasingly strange expressions, and finally looked at each other in bewilderment.