Apotheosis

Zen was still waiting in the square.

The Nine Li people didn't leave either, and once word of the broken Blood Stone spread, even more of them had flocked to the square.

The Blood Stone was very important to the Nine Li race. After all, the purity of its people's blood was tested by it. When that was determined, each member would be cultivated according to their blood purity.

The purer their blood was, the more rewards they could receive and the more resources they could access.

"The Blood Stone is broken. How will we hold the blood purity test in the future?"

"Grand Elder will think of something, I'm sure."

"But where is she? Where has she been for so long?"

"Whoosh!"

Two beams of light suddenly burst from the depths of the cave.

Zen turned and saw Adele, followed closely by a middle-aged man.

At first, he thought nothing of him. Taking a closer look, however, Zen recoiled, and his eyes flashed.

The middle-aged man had hidden his cultivation base well, but Zen still sensed a strange aura emanating from him.

'Is this person an exile?' Zen thought to himself.

Almost immediately, Adele pointed at Zen and addressed the man with the peculiar aura. "Father, he is Zen Luo," she said loudly.

The square fell silent again. Even Giacomo couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Adele was the Grand Elder of the Nine Li race, but it was clear that she was not the strongest among its members.

The most powerful masters of the Nine Li race were reclusive, spending most of their time hiding in the bone towers, and the chances of crossing paths with one of them were slim.

No one knew how powerful those masters really were, but their secretive nature gave rise to many tales and legends. The most commonly told story was that one master had slaughtered hundreds of people of the Yellow Emperor race single-handedly.

After all, many people had witnessed that horrible scene and lived to tell the tale.

His eyes firmly fixed on Zen, the middle-aged man walked slowly towards him. After having scrutinized him for a while, he finally spoke. "If I am not wrong, you have already acquired the Truth of Godly Way," he said coldly.

A

r seen her father so excited.

Giacomo and the others were also baffled by his reaction.

After all, the middle-aged man, Adele's father, was a supreme existence in their race. They were lucky to have had the chance to see such a powerful man in their lifetimes.

"What's wrong?" Zen asked with a frown.

"How can you have an imperial-grade bloodline? How could it be possible?"

The middle-aged man couldn't control his excitement any longer. He suddenly shouted, "Bro! Leopold! Guess what I saw! Hahaha! I can't believe I found an imperial-grade bloodline! It's right here! Right in this cage!"

His voice carried, and was heard in a cave far away.

In the depths of that cave lived several exiles who had sealed themselves inside large jades and stayed there all the year round without making a sound.

"What? What is Ramzi talking about? The imperial-grade bloodline? Is it a dream?"

"There is the imperial-grade bloodline in this world? It's impossible."

"Let's go have a look."

"Clank! Clank! Clank!"

The jades broke into pieces.

The masters of the Nine Li race who had just broken their jade cages immediately transformed into beams of light and shot to the square.

In no time, several figures appeared above the square, all of them looking down at Zen with curious expressions.

The oldest among them asked, "Ramzi, are you sure this young man has the imperial-grade bloodline of our race? Or did you make a mistake?"