"I've made my decision."
"Good, wonderful, my dear daughter, you should have decided long ago."
Upon hearing Chu Lingxi's answer, the joy on Gu Mingyuan's face became even more intense. She was practically blooming with delight, and in her extreme excitement, she actually scooped Chu Lingxi up into her arms and spun her around on the spot.
It had to be said that Gu Mingyuan was typically a very composed person — even somewhat cold and detached.
It was easy to imagine just how shocking this enthusiastic reaction of hers was to everyone like Chu Xuan Zhengfa.
"Lingxi, what exactly did you agree to with your mother?"
Chu Xuan Zhengfa asked curiously.
"Mother, put me down."
Chu Lingxi said to Gu Mingyuan.
And Gu Mingyuan actually did as told, setting Chu Lingxi back on her feet.
Immediately afterward, Chu Lingxi walked up to Chu Xuan Zhengfa and actually wore an expression of extreme embarrassment, as though the words were difficult to put into speech.
Thud—
Without warning, Chu Lingxi dropped to her knees and then performed a full kowtow — a grand bow of kneeling prostration — to Chu Xuan Zhengfa and the Clan Chief of the
"Lingxi, what's going on?"
Seeing this, the Chu Heavenly Clan Chief hurried forward to help her back to her feet.
"Clan Chief, I've let down the Chu Heavenly Clan. I don't deserve to be a member of this clan."
After being helped up, Chu Lingxi was actually trembling all over, crying so hard she had become a figure drenched in tears.
"Lingxi, what on earth is wrong with you?"
Looking at Chu Lingxi in this state, Chu Xuan Zhengfa's face was also filled with alarm.
In his haste, Chu Xuan Zhengfa turned his gaze toward Gu Mingyuan, seeking an answer.
But compared to the anxious Chu Xuan Zhengfa, Gu Mingyuan was remarkably calm.
"Lingxi, just tell them the truth. I believe the Clan Chief and the others will be able to understand."
Gu Mingyuan said to Chu Lingxi.
Hearing these words, Chu Lingxi began to wipe away her tears and compose herself.
Then, she recounted the entire matter to Chu Xuan Zhengfa and the Chu Heavenly Clan Chief.
Chu Lingxi possessed the bloodline powers of both the Chu Heavenly Clan and the Wanzhou Ancient Clan.
In order for Chu Lingxi to one day surpass her own achievements, Gu Mingyuan had used a secret technique to seal away the Wanzhou Ancient Clan bloodline power within Chu Lingxi when she was just born.
To call it a seal was perhaps not quite accurate — it was more like a reforging, an elevation, designed to let it ascend to greater heights.
And now, the fact that Chu Lingxi could wield both bloodline powers simultaneously and put them to excellent use was entirely thanks to Gu Mingyuan's efforts from back then.
Currently, the Wanzhou Ancient Clan bloodline power within Chu Lingxi was far stronger than the bloodline power within Gu Mingyuan herself.
However, Chu Lingxi was completely unable to harness this bloodline power properly.
The extent to which she could draw upon its strength was extremely limited.
She even needed to rely on supreme treasures just to raise her cultivation by a single realm.
Given the immense power of the bloodline within her, this was an outright — and extreme — waste.
The reason for this lay in the Heaven-level bloodline.
Because she was trying to wield two bloodline powers simultaneously, and Chu Lingxi had devoted far more of her energy to the Heaven-level bloodline, this had led to a situation where, despite the Wanzhou Ancient Clan bloodline being the more powerful of the two, she was unable to do it justice.
And so Gu Mingyuan had proposed that Chu Lingxi abandon the power of the Heaven-level bloodline.
She wanted Chu Lingxi to suppress the Heaven-level bloodline and devote herself wholeheartedly to cultivating the bloodline power of the Wanzhou Ancient Clan.