Chapter 2483

Shangguan Ting is the current clan head of their Shangguan clan.

The Shangguan clan is also the leading clan of the Shadow clan.

So Shangguan Ting is the clan lord of the entire Shadow clan.

She does indeed have the authority to dispose of the clan's bloodlines.

But the problem is, the clan has already fallen into decline.

The original entire clan group completely fell apart, with heavy casualties.

Now only Shangguan Ting is left.

Her sending the bloodline over means she wants to give all the bloodlines accumulated over generations by the Shadow clan entirely to Zhao Chi.

Zhao Chi instantly felt an immense weight in his hands.

This thing really cannot be accepted.

Zhao Chi is not a stubborn person.

But he also felt that Shangguan Ting was acting on a momentary impulse.

Still, Zhao Chi still had one question.

The Shadow clan's bloodline, accumulated through the ages, should be very powerful.

Why hadn't Shangguan Ting used it?

Zhao Chi had seen Shangguan Ting's soldiers — there were elite bloodline warriors, fierce lion scorpions, and powerful blood-sucking nobles.

They were indeed very formidable.

Their combat power values were also very high.

Absolutely worthy of being the strongest captain in the White Tiger Regiment.

But...

If this was the strength accumulated over generations, it still fell far short, didn't it?

Zhao Chi voiced his question.

Li Ruanyu explained: "Shangguan Ting is only the clan head and clan lord, not the bloodline master and inheritor. Noble bloodlines all have certain restrictions — not just anyone can use them. She hasn't undergone formal investiture, so she can't use it; she can only break it down."

Shangguan Ting said displeasedly: "Li Ruanyu! Our family's matters should be spoken by me! Why do you keep butting in?"

Li Ruanyu said: "Zhao Chi has a question, so I help him answer. What's wrong with me talking to my own man? Of course I can say whatever I want — what's it to you?"

Shangguan Ting said: "What a meddlesome woman... Zhao Chi, Li Ruanyu's situation is the same as mine. Although she is also a noble, she also hasn't undergone investiture, so she can't use her family's bloodline either — she can only break it down."

Li Ruanyu said irritably: "Zhao Chi didn't ask about this, why are you talking about our family's matters? Zhao Chi already knows my situation, I've told him, you don't need to butt in."

"Hmph!" Shangguan Ting snorted heavily.

Zhao Chi roughly understood.

It seems this noble clan bloodline really is a bit different.

It actually has restrictions?

It even requires investiture?

It's like a lock — only the heir acknowledged by their clan can use it; others cannot.

This is actually very safe.

If Zhao Chi could do it, he would also be willing to do so.

Otherwise, the bloodline he had painstakingly improved over time might very well fall into someone else's hands.

For example:

Zhao Chi suddenly suffers an invasion.

It doesn't matter whether it's Taoyuan Town, Penglai Town, Qingsi Village, Zhuoya Village... as long as one territory is occupied by the enemy.

Then.

If the enemy destroys the territory, they all have a chance to obtain the Taoyuan clan's racial bloodline.

If the enemy obtains this bloodline, they can use it themselves.

In the future, Zhao Chi might have to face equally powerful Taoyuan clan women belonging to the enemy.

That would really be infuriating.

And even more humiliating.

Yet Zhao Chi is only himself; a noble clan is the joint effort of several generations.

If someone really plucked the peaches and made a wedding dress for others, that would truly be beyond tears.

So the vast majority of nobles' main bloodlines have this kind of restriction.

Only the heir chosen by their own clan is qualified to use and activate the clan bloodline.

Zhao Chi found it easy to understand.

However, this kind of safety has also become a shackle.

Even if Shangguan Ting and Li Ruanyu are truly descendants of their clans, since neither has undergone the clan's investiture and recognition, even if they have the bloodline in hand, they can't use it.

As a result.

Shangguan Ting cannot unlock the restriction, cannot use this super powerful bloodline, and her hope of revitalizing the clan is slim.

"Then... is there any method that would allow you to receive clan investiture?"

Zhao Chi looked at the two of them.

Shangguan Ting silently shook her head.

Li Ruanyu also had a somewhat forlorn expression.

Zhao Chi looked again at the bloodline in his hand — it was still the three colors of black, gold, and red shifting endlessly.

It looked indeed beyond what ordinary bloodlines could compare to.

If he can't use it, then he can only break it down.

Shangguan Ting gave Zhao Chi this bloodline for him to break down.

But…

A primordial bloodline can yield at most six types of genes; the remaining genes would simply vanish into thin air.

Zhao Chi suddenly felt this was like a cultural relic.

An ancient relic passed down to the present.

Although it would certainly yield decent genes, the prior history of Shangguan Ting's family would be erased from that point on.

A little regrettable.

If Zhao Chi had obtained a family bloodline from some other noble house, there'd be nothing to say—he'd break it down directly.

But breaking down Shangguan Ting's…

He just felt it would be a little too heartless.

Besides, he didn't think Shangguan Ting truly had no thoughts of her own about it.

Shangguan Ting was not a soft woman; she must have once harbored the idea of reviving her family.

But she probably never found a way.

And today she gave this family bloodline to Zhao Chi, asking him to break it down—there was more than a hint of giving up on herself.

Perhaps she wanted to seize this chance to sever the past and say goodbye to what came before.

Zhao Chi held it out to her again.

Shangguan Ting still avoided it:

"Don't worry, Zhao Chi, I'm really not being impulsive. I've really thought it through.

"When I was young, I also thought about reviving the family, and I put in a great deal of effort, but there was nothing I could do—I couldn't even find a path, let alone walk one.

"And the destruction of a family is perfectly normal. Every day families are destroyed and new ones are born. There's nothing to regret.

"Our family has no need to be revived either. It would be better to let you break it down and see if there are any genes that can be used.

"These are all genes my elders carefully selected. Whatever you break down, it will surely be useful to you.

"Take it.

"I'm sincere."

Li Ruanyu stopped trying to persuade her.

He didn't know whether she had stopped refusing, or had also thought of herself.

Zhao Chi looked at the cold, resplendent bloodline in his hand, hesitating instinctively.

So… he's just going to break it down?

He asked: "How many genes does this bloodline have?"