"What kind of thing is the Ten Soul Bead?" Chu Feng asked.
"You don't even know about the Ten Soul Bead?" Chu Lingxi was visibly shocked.
"If you don't mind, tell me about it," Chu Feng said with a smile. From the look of surprise on Chu Lingxi's face, she clearly knew quite a lot about the Ten Soul Bead.
"Sigh." Upon hearing Chu Feng's question, Chu Lingxi let out a helpless sigh, then asked, "Does your father never tell you anything? How do you not know about any of this?"
"I've only ever met my father once in my entire life. For certain reasons, he wasn't the one who raised me," Chu Feng said.
Hearing this, Chu Lingxi's beautiful eyes flickered slightly — as though something had clicked for her.
So she dropped the matter, ceased teasing Chu Feng, and went straight into explaining what the so-called Ten Soul Bead was all about.
Speaking of the Ten Soul Bead, one actually had to start with the venue of this God Domain Selection.
This place had originally been called the Land of Life and Death. It had been personally forged by the founding ancestor of the Chu Heavenly Clan, Chu Yuetianhong, together with several powerful Spirit World Masters.
Chu Yuetianhong had hidden a number of treasures within it, and among them, the most precious was the Ten Soul Bead.
The Ten Soul Bead held tremendous benefit for those who possessed the Heavenly Lightning Bloodline — particularly for those who cultivated the Heavenly Punishment Mystic Art. With it, one could push that power to its absolute limit.
Yet so many years had passed, and so many juniors had entered this place. Quite a few had discovered treasures inside, but not a single one had ever laid eyes on the Ten Soul Bead.
Gradually, the treasures within grew fewer and fewer. People came to believe that all the treasures the founding ancestor had left behind had been taken, and so this place was no longer a destination that juniors yearned to visit.
However, due to its unique structure, it could serve as a special selection grounds — which was why it had eventually been designated as the venue for the juniors' God Domain Selection.
"No, wait — there was one person who did find the Ten Soul Bead," Chu Lingxi suddenly said.
"If someone found it, then why is it still here?" Chu Feng was genuinely baffled.
"Because that person said the Ten Soul Bead was of no use to him, so he put it back."
"That's exactly why, back then and even now, many people think he was just bragging," Chu Lingxi said.
"Something like that would indeed be taken as bragging," Chu Feng agreed with a chuckle.
"But I heard that person… was apparently your grandfather," Chu Lingxi said.
"…"
Hearing this, a web of black lines instantly spread across Chu Feng's mind. He thought to himself that his grandfather must have been quite the unconventional character back in the day.
Still, once he learned it was his grandfather, Chu Feng quickly added, "Then it definitely wasn't a brag."
"You have quite the confidence in your grandfather," Chu Lingxi remarked.
"That kind of confidence comes from the bloodline," Chu Feng said.
"Honestly, I really didn't believe it before. But now I do," Chu Lingxi said.