Xiang Yin and the others had inadvertently come into contact with the core of Mount Miniscule, then drifted into this world. The earliest among them could be traced back to three hundred years ago. Even Wang Taisheng, who was the last to arrive, was from a hundred years ago.
But no matter what race they were originally from, after entering this place, as time passed, their bodies would slowly gain some of the characteristics of the Blood Race, as well as some of their abilities.
But they still maintained the appearance of their original race. This was undoubtedly strange.
Xiang Yin continued to explain, "We speculate that this place has something to do with the Blood Race. Since you're a member of the Blood Race, you should know of the Blood Ancestor."
Lu Ye didn't respond. He simply said, "Continue." But judging from Xiang Yin's words, she obviously thought of him as a true member of the Blood Race.
It wasn't strange for such a misunderstanding to occur. The holy aura he had just activated was too strong, so it was natural for Xiang Yin to come to this conclusion.
"Rumor has it that the Blood Ancestor was the origin of the Blood Race. For some unknown reason, after she died, her body transformed into many realms suitable for the Blood Race to live in. Each of those realms is extremely important to the Blood Race, and you could say that they are the foundation of the Blood Race. We suspect that this place is one of those realms, but no one knows about it. Although we know about it, once we enter, we can't leave. Naturally, we can't spread the news. "
Her speculation was obviously wrong. This wasn't a realm formed by the Blood Ancestor's body. This was the core of Mount Miniscule.
"The environment of this realm greatly affected us, so we slowly gained some of the Blood Race's abilities. To be more precise, we can be considered the first generation of the Blood Race!"
"First generation of the Blood Race?" Lu Ye revealed a puzzled expression.
Xiang Yin laughed bitterly. "The Blood Ancestor gave birth to an entire race with her own strength. Of course, she couldn't have given birth to so many people on her own. The more reliable explanation is that the Blood Ancestor invaded the realms of many different races and used her own methods to corrupt those races, giving them the abilities of the Blood Race. Just like us, the descendants of these creatures are the current Blood Race."
This was the first time Lu Ye had heard of this, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed quite reasonable.
Lu Ye had always thought that the Blood Race was born from the realm created by the Blood Ancestor after his death. If that was the case, then the Blood Race didn't exist during the Blood Ancestor's era.
However, this wasn't actually the case. This was because when the Blood Ancestor had attacked the Fangcun Mountain, there were already many clansmen under his command. Where had these members of the Blood Race come from? Just as Xiang Yin had said, she couldn't have been born by the Blood Ancestor. Then, what she said might be the truth!
The Blood Ancestor had invaded a few realms and used various methods to erode the bloodlines of the living beings in those realms, turning them into existences like Xiang Yin and the others. They were the first-generation Blood Race.
These vampires still maintained the appearance and characteristics of their original race, but they already possessed the abilities of the vampires. The descendants they gave birth to were the current vampires.
If this theory was true, then regardless of whether Xiang Yin and the others maintained their race's characteristics, they could be considered members of the Blood Race at the root of their origins.
As such, it was only natural that they would be suppressed by the holiness.
"Why would they become … first-generation Blood Race members after living here for a long time?" Lu Ye asked.
According to his speculations, the core of the Fangcun Mountain had been stained with the Blood Ancestor's holy blood. This was why the core was resonating with him from afar. When it was pursuing him, it had also emanated a holiness that left even him gasping in amazement.
However, this couldn't explain the changes in Xiang Yin and the others.
Xiang Yin didn't explain this time. Instead, she looked up at the sky and said, "Please wait for a moment, Dao Brother. We'll find out soon."
Lu Ye followed her gaze, only to see that the already hazy sky had become even more oppressive. Within the crimson haze, rolling thunder flashed, rumbling.
It looked like it was going to rain.
Following another thunderclap, a drop of rain fell from the sky.
Lu Ye's eyes locked onto this drop of rain, and his pupils contracted slightly.
The raindrops falling from the sky weren't normal raindrops. Instead, they were suffused with a red substance, just like blood!
Whoosh …
Heavy rain fell without warning, and the entire world was filled with a curtain of red rain. Xiang Yin bathed in the rain and glanced at Lu Ye with a wry smile. "Dao Brother, you should know now why we'll become first-generation Blood Race members after living here for a long time, right?"
Lu Ye did indeed know.
This was because this rain of blood clearly contained some miraculous holiness. It was similar to the holiness of holy blood, but it was very thin. It was as if a drop of the Blood Race's holy blood had been diluted into this boundless rain and poured down upon the entire world.
In fact, Lu Ye had already sensed something when he was observing from the sidelines. When Xiang Yin and the others activated their Blood Sea Technique, they were all suffused with a holy aura.
Of course, this level of holy aura wasn't very strong, which was why they felt completely powerless in the face of Lu Ye's suppression.
Even so, it was still a holy aura, something that all Blood Race members yearned for. This was because only Blood Race members who had refined holy blood would possess holy aura. Moreover, such Blood Race members' comprehension of their race's secret techniques was incomparable to that of ordinary Blood Race members, and they would have a much brighter future.
According to Lu Ye's experience, the holy aura that Xiang Yin and the others possessed was almost equivalent to that of a drop of holy blood.
This was a very remarkable thing. There were so many Blood Race members in the cosmos, but the amount of holy blood was limited. It was extremely difficult for ordinary Blood Race members to obtain holy blood.
Now that all four of them possessed holy aura, it was clearly abnormal. Lu Ye was a little puzzled at first, but he didn't think too much about it. Now, he understood.
The reason for all of this was this rain of blood.
This rain of blood had definitely occurred more than once. Xiang Yin and the others could easily refine the extremely weak holy aura while bathing in the rain of blood and improve themselves.
Although this kind of refining efficiency wasn't very high, it was undoubtedly much safer than directly refining a drop of holy blood!
Lu Ye raised his hand to catch the raindrops and found that he didn't even need to refine them himself. The weak holy aura contained in the raindrops flowed into his body like living creatures, strengthening his own holy aura.
Of course, this kind of strengthening was negligible to him, but if this continued for a long time, it would still be a good improvement.
Wang Taisheng's voice sounded at this time, "The rain of blood has enveloped the entire realm, and all the spirit plants and spirit jades born in this realm have been infected. Unless you don't come into contact with the rain of blood or use the spirit plants and spirit jades eradicated in this realm to cultivate, it's only a matter of time before you become like us."
Lu Ye heard this and asked, "Are there people in this realm who are different from you?"
After witnessing the rain of blood with his own eyes, he thought that all the cultivators who had fallen here were like Xiang Yin and the others, but from Wang Taisheng's words, it seemed that this wasn't the case.
Wang Taisheng nodded and said, "There are. Those guys from the Red Talisman Association are different from us. They … are more fortunate!" As he spoke, Wang Taisheng revealed a wry smile.
"Red Talisman Association …" Lu Ye's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. This name sounded like it was intentionally conveying some kind of message!
If he wasn't mistaken, this Red Talisman Association should have been established by Yue Yao, an outsider from the Human Tribe, sent here by the Human Tribe. The reason for this name was undoubtedly to provide some guidance to those who came later. Over the years, even if the Human Tribe didn't send many Yue Yao, there were at least a dozen or so. These pioneers had entered this realm and established this organization. If someone like Lu Ye arrived later and heard about the Red Talisman Association, he would definitely investigate and then join them.
Of course, this was only Lu Ye's speculation. Whether this was true or not had yet to be verified.
"Fortunate?" Lu Ye noticed Wang Taisheng's strange choice of words and looked at him with an inquiring expression.
Wang Taisheng said, "When cultivators like us came from the outside world, if we were found by the Red Talisman Association at the first moment and taken away by them, we would be able to avoid being corroded by the rain of blood and be accepted by them. However, if we were unlucky and were corroded by the rain of blood or contaminated with the divine nature through other means, they would definitely not accept us."
"Does the Red Talisman Association hate people like you?" Lu Ye asked.
"It's not that they hate us. It's just that their resources are limited and they can't support too many people. Moreover, they have always been competing with the Saint Blood Mountain. Even if we sincerely joined them, we wouldn't be of much use."
Lu Ye's eyes flashed. "Tell me about this Saint Blood Mountain."
As a newcomer, he naturally had to gather information. Now, it seemed that his previous speculation was correct. Over the years, many cultivators had accidentally fallen into this realm. However, because this realm was sealed by a layer of barrier, no one who fell into this realm could leave. Naturally, they couldn't send any information to the outside world. As a result, the outside world didn't know that there was a strange realm here.
The Red Talisman Association was most likely established by Yue Yao, who was related to the Human Tribe. Then, what was this Saint Blood Mountain? Why was the Red Talisman Association constantly competing with it?
Xiang Yin's soft voice sounded. "The Saint Blood Mountain is the name of a spiritual mountain. It is also the foundation of one of the two great forces in this realm. If the cultivators of the Red Talisman Association aren't tainted by the Saint Blood Mountain, then anyone who is tainted by the Saint Blood Mountain will have the opportunity to join the Saint Blood Mountain. The Saint Blood Mountain will be happy to accept such cultivators."
Lu Ye immediately understood. Whether or not one was tainted by the Saint Blood Mountain was the biggest criterion for the two great forces to recruit people. However, it didn't seem right to say that the two great forces were at odds with each other because of this reason.
It was most likely that a mountain couldn't accommodate two tigers …
"Are you all from the Saint Blood Mountain?" Lu Ye asked.
Xiang Yin shook her head. "No. If we went to join them, the Saint Blood Mountain would definitely accept us. However, we didn't go over because once we joined the Saint Blood Mountain, we would have to compete with the Red Talisman Association. It's very dangerous."
"However, we won't be able to hold on for much longer." Zhou Ran, who had been silent all this time, suddenly interjected with a bitter expression.
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