Chapter 111

During the time Chutang was asleep.

Houston heard that his younger brother had brought back a human; he was quite interested, and since he also had matters to discuss, he simply summoned him to the palace.

The palace of the Blood Clan King was the most prosperous building in the entire Blood Clan.

After thousands of years, even a random ornament was valuable; the overall style leaned toward ancient European, still dominated by dark tones, and the exterior of the palace was overgrown with thorny roses.

Jin Chen entered the main hall and sat down on a soft chair inlaid with rubies, his long robe trailing on the floor, legs crossed, half-leaning back in a languid posture, fully displaying his nobility.

Suddenly, he seemed to smell something strange and covered his nose.

"Houston! It stinks!"

Houston, who had just finished his meal, wearily walked into the main hall and sat on the throne.

He was very tall; although he lacked the imposing aura of Lanselot, his demeanor was in no way inferior, his appearance was rather cold, his bone structure extremely pronounced, and his light-green pupils were mysterious and aloof.

"Who let you come so early? I just finished dinner."

Jin Chen glanced at this cheap older brother of the original host and said, "You think I'm like you; I have someone waiting for me in the castle now."

Aldridge, widowed for several hundred years, Houston: ……

He twitched the corner of his mouth, "How come you've been owing so much lately?"

"So, you really hid a human boy in the castle?"

Jin Chen did not refute.

Houston seemed to have just realized his own brother.

"Don't you think humans all smell bad?"

"He doesn't smell."

Jin Chen answered solemnly.

Nonsense! How could his wife smell bad!

"Fine, fine, fine, your side is rather deserted, more people would be good." Houston then asked, "When did you first embrace?"

Houston did not know Chutang's blood hunter identity, had not even seen him, and merely thought he was an ordinary human boy.

"There will be a chance later."

Jin Chen avoided the topic, fearing that this brother-in-law would find out too early that his wife was a blood hunter and angrily drive him out of the blood clan.

"You came to see me today just for this?"

"No, it's about the Rose Banquet."

When speaking of serious matters, Houston's expression turned stern and grim.

"It's been 300 years since the last Rose Banquet; this time, besides selecting humans, the demon faction might also enter the Isle of Slaying to cause trouble."

The Rose Banquet is a traditional gathering of the blood clan that has continued to this day.

Human families wishing to ally with the blood clan send their children to the Isle of Slaying to participate in the selection ceremony; after half a month, those humans who survive and meet the requirements are granted an honorary title by the blood clan king.

This title proves that the family has the blood clan royalty as a backing, allowing them to act almost without restraint in the human world; however, it also signifies that the family has completely severed ties with blood hunters and must regularly provide human blood servants to the royalty.

Many humans rely on this honor to pass down their family line for a long time, after all the selection occurs only once every three hundred years, and many great families flock to it.

Jin Chen: "The secret faction and the demon faction have been peaceful for several hundred years each; why are they suddenly intervening in our affairs now?"

【How come this part isn't in the original plot?】

【Some hosts, but only a few words were mentioned, Wolk colluded with the demon faction, and when the war between the two factions broke out, he played both sides, preserving his secret faction identity while also getting along well with the demon faction; however, the main focus of the original plot still revolves around his various grudges and entanglements with Chuyin.】

Wolk is still a traitor.

【Send this plot segment to me.】

【Okay!】

Houston was also troubled.

The conflict between the secret faction and the demon faction has persisted since the founding of the thirteen clans in the three eras, continuing to the present.

The former blood clan king, their father, died in the last war between the two factions; only now have they enjoyed peace for a few hundred years, but the demon faction wants to make a comeback.

Truly a cancer upon the entire blood clan.

"What do you think?"

Jin Chen: "Demons come to slay demons, gods come to slay gods."

His voice turned cold, with a faint surge of violent emotion.

"The current demon faction lord, Asiburn, lord of the Night Clan, has only recently taken power; he is likely eager to prove his ability."

Houston nodded thoughtfully, a flicker of inexplicable emotion crossing his face.

"I understand, you may go back."

Jin Chen thought for a moment, then rose.

"Reserve a human slot for me at the Rose Banquet."

Houston exclaimed in surprise, "The boy you're raising?"

Jin Chen gave no clear answer and left straight away.

"This kid..."

Houston glanced out the window and suddenly froze.

"Damn, tonight is probably going to be a full moon night!"

Although shrouded by clouds and mist, the magnetic field of a full moon night differs, and the blood clan moving about at night can most directly sense it,

"Kid, contact Weston, have him pick up Lancelot in the forest, ASAP."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

——

Jin Chen flew through the forest, accompanied by moonlight, appearing exceedingly mysterious and uncanny.

But the more he flew, the more his emotions felt off.

Perched on a tree branch, Jin Chen raised his head to look at the extraordinarily large and bright silver moon.

【Host, you might still be affected by this body; better to exchange for an antidote potion—it only costs 100 points and is also useful for the blood clan.】

Hearing 0731's sales‑like tone, Jin Chen chuckled.

Originally he could suppress it himself, but he decided against it—keeping the system hungry all day isn't good either.

【Let's exchange it.】

【Ding! Host exchanged for an antidote pill—points -100, remaining 2300.】

Jin Chen swallowed the pill.

He waited a moment.

【……You said it could be used by the blood clan? What's the effect?】

Jin Chen felt his emotions growing increasingly turbulent inside him, gritted his teeth, and a murderous hue surfaced in his eyes.

He wished he could go kill a few people right now.

【I don't know either!! That's how it was described!!】

0731 panicked a bit, 【Host! Hurry back to the castle!】

Jin Chen clenched his fists, joints cracking, and suddenly heard the sound of a beast from the forest's edge.

He tilted his head, his stern face taut, black mist swirling around him, and a crescent‑moon blade suddenly appeared in his palm—its edge icy, flashing with the same chill as Jin Chen at this moment.

Jin Chen leapt into the air, heading toward where the beast's sound came from.

0731:!!!

Good grief! Host can't control himself!!

Where is Little Pitiful One!!

0731 kept shouting in Jin Chen's mind.

Jin Chen's head was about to explode from its noise.

Thus his violent urges grew ever stronger.

The crescent‑moon blade swept—sensing danger, the wolf that tried to run was instantly split in half, blood spraying.

His nostrils flared as Jin Chen sniffed the scent, then he frowned in disgust.

Smelly.

0731: ……

【If it's not smelly, you can't drink blood anyway—chewing it would give you a mouthful of fur!】

【Shut up.】

Jin Chen slew several beasts in succession before barely suppressing his violent urges; the blade in his hand still dripped blood, his dark green pupils flashing gold—like a handsome hellish demon.

Xisen found Jin Chen just then.

Behind him followed Chutang, who had already awakened and was being earnestly requested by Xisen to wake Lanselot Your Highness.