"But no matter what, someone with a high-grade bloodline will find it easier to break through cultivation bottlenecks than most people. It would even be easier for you than for me, because that is the power of an inherited bloodline. From the day you were born, it was already a sign that you're a martial cultivation genius."
"My grandfather even said that for those who possess an inherited bloodline, if the bloodline grade reaches a certain level, it can even be more formidable than a Heaven-bestowed Divine Body, and their future achievements will be limitless."
"Because even a Heaven-bestowed Divine Body, favored by the heavens from a young age, will find it extremely difficult to break through after reaching a certain realm. But for those with a very high bloodline grade, it's relatively much easier." Zi Ling spoke with a solemn expression, carefully explaining the differences between a Heaven-bestowed Divine Body and an inherited bloodline.
"Haha, that's nonsense. An inherited bloodline is something you're born with. But what you have is clearly Divine Thunder that pierced your body and proactively drilled into you. How could that be a natural inherited bloodline?" Just then, Egg suddenly let out a mocking laugh.
"That's right, what Egg said makes perfect sense. Although what Zi Ling described about inherited bloodlines matches my situation completely, there's one point that doesn't fit. Zi Ling also said that an inherited bloodline is something you're born with—that from birth, you're destined to be a genius."
"But I'm not like that. Before I turned ten, I was just an ordinary person. I only gained this ability after the Divine Thunder entered my body." Chu Feng also murmured to himself, somewhat puzzled about what exactly his situation was.
"Chu Feng, can you tell me now—where exactly do you come from? And what grade is the inherited bloodline you possess?"
Suddenly, Zi Ling's clear eyes grew extremely serious. She stared intently at Chu Feng, her gaze filled with a longing, a desperate need to hear his answer.
"I... can I say that even I don't know where I come from? That even I don't know what the special power I wield actually is?" Chu Feng said helplessly.
"Of course you can. I believe you." However, Zi Ling suddenly smiled with relief. She didn't press any further and instead hopped onto a coffin, turning back to say to Chu Feng, "I'll give you all the cultivation resources, but these essences are mine."
"This..." Hearing this, Chu Feng was somewhat at a loss for words, because Egg also needed to improve her strength, and the way Egg improved her strength was by refining essences.
Right now, so many intact expert essences would be an enormous temptation for Egg—something truly rare and hard to come by.
But Zi Ling had already yielded the vast majority of cultivation resources to him. If he also fought her for the essences, Chu Feng would truly feel terrible about it. Yet if he didn't fight for them, he felt he was letting Egg down. For a moment, he was caught in a dilemma.
"I've got it."
Suddenly, an idea came to Chu Feng: he would take only half the cultivation resources, and also claim half the essences—sacrificing his own share to help create benefits for Egg.
"Dummy, what are you thinking? Just give her all those essences. This queen doesn't need that little bit of essence. Right now, the most important thing is to help you raise your cultivation quickly. Don't you want to save Su Rou and Su Mei?" But just as Chu Feng was struggling with the dilemma, Egg's understanding voice suddenly rang out.
"Egg, I..." In that moment, Chu Feng truly couldn't describe what he was feeling. Warmth flooded through his heart, yet he felt even more guilty.
Because he knew that Egg couldn't possibly not want those essences. Yet for his sake, Egg had made a sacrifice—and to keep Chu Feng from feeling guilty, she was pretending to be nonchalant about it.
"Oh, stop being so wishy-washy. Once you get stronger, you can help me find even more essences. Now go on and collect those cultivation resources." Egg's voice was sweet and cheerful. Though she always appeared wild and unrestrained, in truth she was adorable and well-behaved.
"Mm." Chu Feng nodded and didn't stand on ceremony. He took out his Universe Bag and began collecting the cultivation resources on the ground in large quantities. There were far too many here.
Spirit Pearls were the most numerous, but no matter how many Spirit Pearls there were, their usefulness to Chu Feng at this stage was limited, so he only collected all the Yuan Pearls and Mystic Pearls.
"Done?" When Chu Feng stowed the last Mystic Pearl inside his Universe Bag, he noticed Zi Ling sitting atop a gravestone, swinging her snow-white legs as she looked down at him from above.
In that instant, a gleam flashed through Chu Feng's eyes, and a flush of embarrassment crept across his face as he grinned shamelessly: "Pink."
"Pink?" For someone as innocent as Zi Ling, these words of Chu Feng's didn't register at first. But upon seeing that shameless and lecherous grin on his face, realization dawned on her immediately.
She hurriedly clamped her legs together, leaped down from the gravestone, and cursed Chu Feng: "Pervert!"
"I—I didn't see anything!" Caught red-handed, Chu Feng quickly shut his eyes.
"You..." This sent Zi Ling into a fury. She raised her hand to strike but ultimately pulled it back, glaring at him fiercely. "There were twenty-one remnant essences in total, all at the Heaven Martial Realm."
"Because my Spirit World companion urgently needs a breakthrough, I refined eleven of them. The remaining ten, I'll give to your Spirit World companion."
"Zi Ling, you..." Hearing this, Chu Feng was shocked beyond words.
"Enough stammering. Go refine them. I know you also have a Spirit World companion inside you, and she needs essences badly. Otherwise you wouldn't absorb all the essence from everyone you kill." Zi Ling said.
Seeing this, Chu Feng didn't insist any further. Carrying that warmth in his heart, he leaped onto the coffin that Zi Ling had already opened and helped Egg absorb and refine the essences.
"Chu Feng, oh Chu Feng—have to say, this future wife of yours is pretty understanding."
"Not bad, not bad. This queen approves." After refining the essences from the ten remaining remains, Egg's cultivation had already broken through to the seventh level of the Xuan Martial Realm—one level higher than Chu Feng. This made Egg very satisfied.
"Aren't you pretty understanding too, little girl? Why don't you also consider becoming my future wife?" Chu Feng said with a grin.
"You dare! You dare lay your sights on this queen? Watch me castrate you—hmph!" But in return he received only Egg's merciless curse.
"Chu Feng, what do we do now? Do we leave as is, or do something else?" Zi Ling asked.
"Since we've already come here to cause a ruckus, we might as well make it a big one. Tear apart all their ancestors' corpses, then dump every last coffin and gravestone outside." Chu Feng smiled coldly. He meant what he said.
First, he obliterated the remains of all the Fire God Gate's ancestors and meritorious figures, then he threw every coffin and gravestone outside as well.
After finishing all of that, Zi Ling and Chu Feng launched their attacks and bombarded the Fire God Mausoleum into utter ruins, reducing it beyond recognition.