CHAPTER 303: CHAPTER 172: ANCIENT BLOODLINE, EVEN MARTIAL ARTS DEPENDS ON YOUR DAD_2

Thinking that she might drift apart from Ye Qingzhou in the future, Xu Yuebing felt quite unwilling. She gritted her teeth and said to Xu Yinquan, "Father, I want to train properly in the coming days."

"This... alright..."

Seeing his daughter so ambitious, Xu Yinquan was happy yet a bit worried: "Don’t push yourself too hard, just do your best. In my eyes, you are already exceptional."

"Compared to Ye Qingzhou?"

"Why do you keep comparing yourself to him? Were it not for his flawless physical examination report, I would even suspect he might have some special ancient bloodline."

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After finishing the call with Xu Yuebing, Ye Qingzhou casually bought two portions of high-end packed meals and returned to Longhua Mountain, the Dragon Vein area.

At this time, Qiu Xiangyuan had already re-established the location of the Dragon’s Nest. Because the Dragon Vein is a flowing "live Qi," the Dragon’s Nest changes periodically, requiring a recalibration of "finding the dragon and determining the nest" with every exploration.

Ye Qingzhou, holding the meals, descended from the sky and landed next to Qiu Xiangyuan: "Dr. Qiu, you must be hungry. Let’s have some food first."

Qiu Xiangyuan glanced at the beautifully packaged lunch box in Ye Qingzhou’s hand and his eyes lit up: "Qiwiju’s Braised Iron Feather Chicken? Ye Qianlong, you are very generous!"

"Haha, even the Emperor wouldn’t let a soldier starve. Since I’m asking for your help, it wouldn’t do to have you work on an empty stomach. Come on, let’s eat first."

This time, Ye Qingzhou was indeed uncharacteristically generous. The Braised Iron Feather Chicken meal in his hand used top-grade adult Iron Feather Chicken, each costing over twenty thousand.

Even the rice came from the Dongting Lake area, specifically Spirit Rice Dragon Tooth Rice, costing thousands per pound. Not only was it delicious, leaving a lingering fragrance in the mouth, but it also nourished the body, offering significant benefits for Martial Artists refining their physique.

Meals made with rare treasures as ingredients are naturally expensive.

Each meal priced at ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight, even Qiu Xiangyuan, on normal days, would hesitate to splurge on such meals.

Ye Qingzhou sat directly on the ground, without any ceremony, and the two of them savored their meals happily, as outsiders watching might think they were mountain workers building a signal tower.

The nearly hundred-thousand-dollar meal indeed tasted extraordinary. The texture of the adult Iron Feather Chicken was evidently superior to the Iron Feather Chicken Ye Qingzhou used to eat at school, and the Primordial Qi it contained was even richer.

After eating, Ye Qingzhou quietly exercised his power and adjusted his breathing to convert all the consumed Primordial Qi into Innate Wood Qi, enhancing his vitality and vigor.

"Ye Qianlong, the location of the Dragon’s Nest has been determined, right here. If you want to harness Dragon Qi, this location is the best."

"Is there any particular reason for this?"

"Naturally, there is."

Qiu Xiangyuan patiently explained, "The energy between heaven and earth is constantly flowing and circulating, like a river, which is why mountains and rivers have Dragon Veins. But the power of heaven and earth is immense. Human bodies, even Martial Arts Masters, can hardly withstand it. Forcibly harnessing it results in death or severe injury. Therefore, in the Martial Arts World, this energy is called Evil Qi because it is harmful to the body."

He then pointed to a small pit three feet in radius and said to Ye Qingzhou, "Only at this Dragon’s Nest Auspicious Position can the Evil Qi be transformed into energy harmless to the human body."

"I see, so it means only Martial Artists who have entered the Grandmaster Realm can attempt to harness the Earth Evil Power? Otherwise, one can only use the Dragon’s Nest Auspicious Position to turn danger into safety."

Ye Qingzhou suddenly understood and finally grasped the difference between a Master and a Grandmaster.

Although Master Level Martial Artists can have their Qi penetrate heaven and earth, it’s still just temporarily channeling the forces of nature onto themselves. Unlike Earth Evil Grandmasters, who can even refine part of heaven and earth’s power into their bodies.

This kind of enhancement is not insignificant, and the difficulty of achieving it is imaginable.

Ye Qingzhou then recalled Niu Taijie’s Tiger Demon Golden Saber. The power of the move was unforgettable, and without doubt, Niu Taijie was a Martial Arts Prodigy who could ignore realm levels and harness the Earth Evil Qi.

"Dr. Qiu, is there no one who could be an exception? For instance, a Martial Artist whose cultivation isn’t even at the Professional Level but has already managed to refine Evil into the body and harness Evil Qi."

"How could that be possible? Unless..."

Subsequently, Qiu Xiangyuan’s expression became serious: "Unless this person was naturally born with an activated ancient bloodline and has obtained a suitable cultivation technique."

"An ancient bloodline?"

The only information Ye Qingzhou had about bloodlines was the bloodline modification experiments, which made him very curious: "Can you tell me more?"

"Ye Qianlong, are you aware of the bloodline modification experiments?"

"Yes."

"During the chaotic events in Dian Country Fog City a hundred and fifty years ago, dozens of individuals in a critical moment awakened special bloodlines within themselves and ultimately became key to repelling the mythical creatures. Afterward, Europe and the Western Pole Kingdom began researching bloodlines, leading to the discovery of ancient bloodlines."

"So, our Dongji Kingdom surely discovered people with ancient bloodlines too, right?"

"Yes, quite a few. In fact, the founders of the earliest Martial Arts Families were mostly awakeners of ancient bloodlines, naturally possessing life potential that ordinary people envy."

Through his conversation with Qiu Xiangyuan, Ye Qingzhou finally learned this secret of the Martial Arts Families, causing him to lament how even martial cultivation depends on one’s pedigree, highlighting just how unfair the world is.