Chapter 807: Dual Bloodlines

Yun Qing curled up in the corner of the room, her fingertips clutching the jade pendant against her chest. The pendant was icy, yet it burned her heart.

— Yun Hua was merely the adoptive father who raised you...

— Your biological mother was already killed by him...

Yan Buji's voice echoed in her mind, like a dull knife slowly gouging her memories. She strained to recall her father Yun Hua's face, but those warm images began to blur, replaced by a strange crimson courtyard, a baby's wail, and that sinister man handing a swaddling cloth to Yun Hua...

— No... — she clenched her teeth, her nails digging deep into her palm.

She didn't believe it.

But the bloodline resonance couldn't deceive anyone—she and Yan Buji were indeed father and daughter.

— Why... — she whispered hoarsely.

— Junior sister! — Xuan Lingzi stepped in from the doorway, his expression solemn, — Someone is chasing us!

Yun Qing snapped her head up, blood vessels webbing her eyes: — Who?

— People from the Grand Commerce Association, and... — Xuan Lingzi paused, — Scouts of the Holy Heart Alliance.

Yun Qing closed her eyes, suppressing the surging emotions. She stood, gathering spiritual energy in her palm, and pressed the jade pendant back into her collar: — Go.

The two had just burst out of the city when a sound of the sky being split rang from the horizon—three figures rode in on swords, the leader unmistakably the Grand Commerce Association Law Enforcement Elder, Zhao Wuya!

— Yun Qing! — Zhao Wuya bellowed, — Come back with me to the Grand Commerce Association; Senior Tian Ji Zi is waiting for you!

Yun Qing's steps faltered, a hint of hesitation flashing in her eyes.

Tian Ji Zi... her master.

But who can she trust now?

"Wait!" Xuan Lingzi stepped forward, frowning at Zhao Wuya: "Elder Zhao, the master has ordered that it's not easy to let the junior sister return now; doesn't Elder Zhao know that?"

Zhao Wuya narrowed his eyes: "I'm also acting on orders; what you told Senior Tian Ji Zi is irrelevant."

"What?!" Xuan Lingzi's face darkened, instantly recalling something.

How could one say that his master is a devotee of the Grand Commerce Association, and Zhao Wuya dare such an attitude?

There's no other explanation: the master might be in trouble!

— Junior sister, don't trust them! — Xuan Lingzi whispered, — The master said there's a traitor inside the Grand Commerce Association!

Zhao Wuya seemed to notice her hesitation, his tone softening: — Yun Qing, your father Yun Hua's death has hidden circumstances; Senior Tian Ji Zi has already uncovered clues...

— Shut up! — Yun Qing barked suddenly, a flash of blood light in her eyes, — Hearing my father's name from your mouth is truly disgusting!

Zhao Wuya's face darkened: — Stubborn and dull! — He gestured, — Capture!

Two Law Enforcement Hall disciples lunged at once; Yun Qing didn't retreat but advanced, a surge of emerald light erupting from her palm—

— Azure Luan Technique·Sever the Void! —

A greenish blade flash swept out, the two disciples wheezed and were flung backward. Zhao Wuya snorted, a golden chain shot from his sleeve, coiling around Yun Qing like a venomous snake!

Xuan Lingzi hurled three copper coins, which exploded in the air, forming a golden shield that blocked the chain: — Junior sister, run!

Yun Qing gritted her teeth and turned, but just a few yards away the ground suddenly split—

— Boom! —

A crimson giant hand burst from the earth, clawing at her fiercely!

— Holy Heart Alliance Blood Demon Hand?! — Xuan Lingzi gasped.

Yun Qing hurriedly dodged, yet the aftershock knocked her back, spitting blood. She barely steadied herself, looked up, and saw a man in black robes rising slowly from the ground, his eyes beneath the mask cold and merciless.

— Yun Qing, the Holy Lord commands, capture alive.

With the Grand Commerce Association ahead and the Holy Heart Alliance behind, Yun Qing had nowhere to retreat.

She clenched the jade pendant, feeling the restless Primordial Seed within her, and suddenly smiled.

— You all want to catch me... — she whispered softly, — But none of you ever cared—who am I, after all?!

Before the words finished, she crushed the jade pendant with a sudden snap!

— Crack—

At the moment the pendant shattered, a vast force erupted, and the world fell silent. Yun Qing's long hair moved without wind, and an ancient azure pattern appeared on her forehead.

Her left eye remained clear as before, while her right eye had turned completely crimson.

— Luan Bird Bloodline... — Zhao Wuya's pupils contracted sharply, — No, that's not right! There's also...

— Blood Yin Demon Qi?! — the man in black robes shouted in shock.

How could these two bloodlines, which should never coexist, appear in one person?

Yun Qing slowly raised her hand, and at her fingertips formed a half‑green, half‑red light sword. She looked at Zhao Wuya, then at the man in black, her voice icy to the bone:

— I won't be caught by you!

Zhao Wuya's expression wavered, then he gritted his teeth and gestured: — Attack! Just leave some breath!

The man in black sneered: — Pretending to be divine! — He lunged, the Blood Demon Hand turning into a sky‑covering giant palm that slammed down!

Yun Qing neither dodged nor avoided; the light sword brushed lightly—

— Hiss! —

The Blood Palm split in two, the man in black shrieked and fell back, his entire arm snapping clean at the shoulder.

— This can't be! — he stared at Yun Qing in terror, — You're clearly just...

Yun Qing ignored him; Xuan Lingzi seized the chance, his entire body surging with Daoist energy, and, gritting his teeth, used Instant Movement Technique to whisk Yun Qing away into the deep forest!

When the man in black finally reacted, he found his arm intact as before!

"Damn, it's Illusion Art!"

Yet the man in black's eyes flashed with fear; how could a mere Golden Core pinnacle affect someone at the Refining Void stage like himself?

Impossible… and yet not impossible.

"If she simultaneously activated those two mutually repelling bloodlines and also received the amplification of the Primordial Seed…" the man in black squinted, glancing at Zhao Wuya nearby.

Both sides did not fight, but instead each left to continue searching for Yun Qing's whereabouts.

After fleeing to a distant place.

"Junior Sister......" Xuan Lingzi wanted to speak but hesitated, looking at Yun Qing, not knowing what to say.

Yun Qing stopped, looked up at the overcast sky: "Senior Brother, you say......"

"Whether a person should ultimately trust bloodline or memory?"

Xuan Lingzi remained silent for a long time, then softly said: "Perhaps...... you should trust your own heart."

Yun Qing lowered his head, watching the blood gradually fade from his palm, his eyes growing more bewildered.

Distant thunder rumbled, a storm approaching.

"Senior Brother, do you know where Yan Buji is?" Yun Qing, who had been stunned for a long time, suddenly asked.

"This...... since he is a member of the Great Sinful Sect, finding his whereabouts isn't difficult. But I don't advise you to do so," Xuan Lingzi said, frowning, having thought of many things in an instant.

Just as the news of Yun Qing killing his father's enemy spread, this matter is clearly aimed at Yun Qing.

Their purpose is also quite simple: if they can't capture her, they will surely lie in ambush beside Yan Buji, waiting for Yun Qing to walk into the trap.

Therefore, Xuan Lingzi does not want Yun Qing to go look for Yan Buji now; no matter what, this is not the time for revenge.

Yun Qing fell silent, the road ahead still bewildering.