Chapter 42

The Saint that was outside the room, sensed the Princess' soul energy and nodded.

"That Forging Master has fallen into the Princess' trap," thought the Saint. He didn't notice that once the Princess released her soul energy, a very small strand of soul entered her body. It released at the same moment the Princess released her soul energy which masked it perfectly.

In the room, Li Yuan was smiling brightly while the princess showed a forced smile. Li Yuan' slave mark has been completely invaded her soul and she can't disobey him all.

For the slave mark that the Princess put on his soul, he prepared by severing the part of his soul that was invaded by the slave mark. It will damage his soul but with the undying soul technique, he will swiftly recover from it.

"Use your status to allow me to enter the Royal Library. If your performance was to my liking, I might think of removing the slave mark." Said Li Yuan.

The Princess smiled bitterly and saw that Li Yuan stretched his hand toward her which caused her face to become pale. Her body quivered and bit on her lips. Then, her eyes widened as she saw Li Yuan has retracted his hand after taking her wine jar.

"This is quite a good jar. I will take it as compensation." Said Li Yuan. He made the Princess ask him a few questions and he answered lazily in order to make their conversation believable.

After that, he left the room with the Princess. He walked behind her and his eyes showed a somewhat vacant gaze which caused the Saint to nod.

"I have put a slave mark on him and he has already become a slave for the clan." Said the Princess. She looked gestured for Li Yuan to leave as he was already under his control. Li Yuan bowed and left the restaurant.

"What about his assistant?" Asked the Saint.

"She is his slave which makes her my slave now." Said the Princess which caused the Saint to nod.

"I will go and meet Royal Father to report to him the results." Said the Princess as she left.

Quickly, she reached her Royal Father room and enter it. The middle-aged man looked at her and said: " What did you find?"

"I found two important things about him. First, he is not a normal Tier 5 Forging Master. He is actually at the limits of Tier 5 and just a small step away from achieving Tier 6!" Said the Princess.

"This is a pleasant surprise as the clan will have another Tier 6 Forging Master." Said the middle-aged man.

"The second thing is that he came to the city in order to get to to know his weird bloodline." Said the Princess.

"His bloodline strengthened his body but on the other hand, it made his soul extremely weak! So weak that it left me surprised! Even though his soul level is 45th level, it is weaker by at least 10 times than normal soul cultivators at the same level. When I asked him about it, he told me that he didn't know why such a thing happened."

The middle-aged man was listing to the Princess with interest.

"He told me that his mother was a two-tailed fox while his father was a Qi Sea cultivator at who is a Tier 3 Forging Master." Said the Princess.

Disdain appeared on the middle-aged man's face when he heard this because hid bloodline was the purest bloodline in the Fox race, he disdained the those who have a bloodline trained with other races bloodlines. Especially, humans.

"So he wants to enter the Royal Library in order to advance to the Tier 6 and investigate more about his bloodline." Said The Princess.

The middle-aged man waved his hand and said "do what you think is right. I don't want to dwell in the matter of a fox with such impure bloodline." He didn't notice the well-hidden slave mark in the Princess' soul.

The princess nodded and left the room.

Li Yuan who was sitting on his bed in the inn, opened his eyes and a smile appeared on his face.

"Now, the first step has been completed."

Qin Yin lied on her bed leisurely and looked at him.

"After you finished from the Royal Library, what do you plan to do with the princess?" Asked Qin Yin.

"Well, that depends on how well things go. If no problem occurs, I will leave and let her continue her life as normal. If something happens, I will use her life as a bargaining chip for us." Said Li Yuan as he lied on his bed.

"Isn't she is quite beautiful to let go of like this?" Asked Qin Yin which caused Li Yuan to look at her with interest.

"I think you should just kidnap her! She will be a great assistant for you in the future!" Said Qin Yin with a smile

"Nah, my assistant now is way better than her." Said Li Yuan as he closed his eyes and started cultivating. A smile appeared on Qin Yin's face after hearing his words. Suddenly, a small fox stepped on her head before jumping to Li Yuan' side.

Little White looked at Qin Yin with a smug look before snuggling into Li Yuan's robes.

Qin Yin became annoyed by Little White but calmed down quickly as the fox is still too young. She closed her eyes and started cultivating.

The two cultivated for one day until Li Yuan opened his eyes. He stood up and walked to the door.

Qin Yin opened her eyes and said: "Be careful!". Li Yuan nodded and left the room only to see the Saint who accompanied the Princess waiting for him.

"Follow me to meet the Princess." Said the Saint. Li Yuan nodded and followed him.

The 7 Tailed Royal Clan was the strongest Fox clan in this territory and they built a palace at the centre of the city. The palace could be seen from outside the city from how majestic it was.

The Saint guided Li Yuan to the Royal Library which they met the Princess there. She looked at him and said " Slave Yuan, you should be grateful for your master! I have talked with Royal Father to allow you to enter the library."

Li Yuan bowed to the Princess and said: " This slave is grateful for his master!". The Princess nodded and said, "Enter the Library and do what you want."

Li Yuan bowed again and entered the library leaving behind the Saint and the Princess.

The Saint's eyes narrowed as he sensed that the Princess was weird. He was the one who protected the Princess from the day she was born till now. And he clearly knows how she would act. Even her father, the Emperor doesn't know her as much as he does. He couldn't put his finger on it, but she is definitely acting weird.

"Could it be..." The Saint stared at Li Yuan who was looking through the books with vacant eyes.

"I should monitor the Princess more!" Thought the Saint.

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Li Yuan searched through the books about the Foxes Bloodlines. Every bloodline has been recorded and even the mutated ones were not left. the number of books about foxes bloodlines was quite numerous. He read through the books one after one. He didn't leave a single word unread.

Li Yuan spent two days to read 99% of all the books about bloodlines in the library and he still couldn't find any information about his bloodline.

Suddenly, his eyes fell on a tattered scroll lying behind a group of books. He grabbed and opened it to read it's content.

'The Absolute Bloodline.'

'The perfect bloodline that only those who walk on the thin line between life and death.'

'The perfect bloodline that makes us perfect in all aspects."

Li Yuan's eyes shone as he read the scroll.

Someone who walks on the thin line between life and death. If it wasn't him then who would be? And perfect in all aspects meaning that it strengthens the soul, body and Qi which his bloodline is doing to him now.

He finally found a clue about his Bloodline and he will use it to search more.

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In one of the restaurants of the city, a group of human cultivators were sitting on a table and eating.

"I still don't believe that our master sent us to the Fox territory. Especially, Senior sister! You just came back after a long absence and the first thing our master do is send us in a mission here!" A girl spoke with a dejected face.

"Well, Senior Sister Mi is already at the Peak of Martial King Realm. And no one is better than her to do this mission." Another girl spoke with her eyes staring at the woman sitting in front of her with reverence.

If Li Yuan saw her, he would be surprised as she is the woman with the Extreme Yin Body whom he nearly dual cultivated with her.

The woman's name is Yang Mi.

Yang Mi looked at the group with her and sighed. When she came back to her sect, her master noticed that she would become absent-minded sometimes which puzzled her. So, she sent her in a mission to get the Soul Orb from the 7 Tailed Royal Clan.

She came to the city with her fellow disciples in order to negotiate with the Emperor about the Soul Orb.

"We have wasted enough time." Said Yang Mi with a cold voice. The group sighed as she didn't know how to relax.

"Okay, let us head to the palace." One the girl spoke and they stood up. They left the restaurant to head to the Royal Palace.

Their auras that were suddenly released startled everyone in the city and beams of light came out of the palace as multiple figures appeared above them.

The 7 Tailed Emperor was leading the group and looked at Yang Mi and her group.

"You have the gall to sneak into my city and then show off your auras right in front of my palace." Said the 7 Tailed Emperor.

Yang Mi looked at him with emotionless eyes and said " Greeting, I am Yang Mi, from the Wandering Moon Palace. I came here to meet you on the behalf of my master, the Sect Master to make a trade with the 7 Tailed Emperor."

"We want the Soul Orb and Wandering Moon Palace shall provide you will an item of the same value." Said Yang Mi.

The 7 Tailed Emperor's eyes shone with cold light. He felt Yang Mi's cultivation which stopped him from attacking. How dare a human to ask for the Soul Orb?! It was the treasure of his clan and he was overprotective of it. But, the group were from the Wandering Moon Palace which was a force with many Martial Emperors and the Sect Master is at the Dao Realm. So why they want the soul orb?

"Fear not, the Wandering Moon Palace will not bully you or your clan. Offer a price for the Soul Orb." Said Yang Mi.

"Yang Mi, you are going overboard by your actions!" A saint spoke with a cold voice.

"Don't think that because you are a woman I will not kill..."

"Stop!"

BOOOOOOOM!

The Saint who spoke was struck by a wave of Qi that sent him flying toward the palace from one of the girls beside Yang Mi.

"Who do you think you are to speak with such tone to Senior Sister Mi?!" Spoke the girl with a cold voice.

Yang Mi became speechless from her fellow disciple actions.

The 7 Tailed Emperor's body was trembling from anger. He looked at the group with his eyes shining with murderous intent.

In the Royal Library, Li Yuan who was about to grab a book felt a sense of danger that prompted him to jump back.

BOOOM!

A person crashed into the royal library and slammed into the ground. The place he slammed into was at the last book of the library that Li Yuan was about to read.

Li Yuan stared at the Saint who lied in the centre of a crater at the middle of the Library. The last book was completely destroyed by the impact and nothing remained of it.

"....."

"Who is the fucker that did this?" A roar filled with anger came out of Li Yuan sounded in the entire palace. That book is the last book to be read and could have told him more about his bloodline as its name is the Forefather Bloodline. Yet, someone sent this Saint and made him crash right at it.

How can his luck be this shitty?! Do the heavens want him not to find about his bloodline?

Li Yuan's voice startled everyone in the palace and caused the 7 Tailed Emperor and Yang Mi to look at the person who just cursed.

"Huh?" The 7 tailed Emperor and Yang Mi were stunned when they saw the person who was yelling at them from anger.