Having problem with my body..?

Days passed after old man Ao's lecture,

Today was the day for the opening of the dragonblood pool. As previously discussed, all the selected disciples including Zhu Shen went towards location of the dragonblood pool.

'What a strong blood energy…'

Zhu Shen thought as he got closer and closer to the dragonblood pool. In fact, the blood energy inside the area was so strong that all the surrounding plants, trees, structures were red. Zhu Shen could feel his blood churning as he stepped inside the barrier.

After crossing the barrier all 10 disciples were shocked to see blood coloured lake in front of them. The water inside the lake was bubbling with red fumes. Everybody felt their blood boiling just by looking at the lake in front of them.

The inner elder responsible for the disciple soon appeared in front of the crowd. He looked at all 10 disciples in front of them one by one.

At that time Zhu Shen sensed killing intent coming from one of the disciples. As he looked over he saw a familiar figure.

'Lin Fan…'

Zhu Shen felt confused as he looked at Lin Fan.

'How is he able to get inside…?... did another disciple give up his spot..?'

Many questions appeared in Zhu Shen's mind but he shook them all away. He knew that the society and sects respected the strong. And with his power, Lin Fan might have caused other disciples to give up.

With a sigh, he ignored the killing intent as he waited for the elder to confirm their identities.

After verifying their identities, the inner elder started introducing the dragonblood pool to the disciples.

"This dragonblood pool is an ancestral heritage of our dragon clan. It will help you upgrade your bloodline by at least 1 grade. But you have to remember opportunities come with risks as well. If you absorb too much blood energy, your body will explode."

The inner elder said seriously. He knew many examples where greedy disciples absorbed too much blood energy getting themselves killed.

"Are their grades to bloodlines..?"

One of the disciples asked the elder in charge. Zhu Shen also listened carefully. He also wanted to know the answer.

"Bloodlines are classified into 5 major ranks, Mortal, Earth, Heaven, Ancient and Ancestral. "

The elder in charge explained. There was also god-tier bloodlines but they were like phoenix feathers and qilin horns extremely rare. He refrained to tell all the disciples because it was unnecessary. Even then pro-disciples of dragon palace did not awaken god-tier bloodlines.

Soon, all the disciples reached an altar in front of the lake. An old man was sitting beside the altar with his eyes closed. The elder in charge came in front of the elder and bowed,

"Uncle-master Sun, I have bought this years batch of disciples."

All the disciples were shocked as they looked at the old man in front of them. They did not realize that the figure in front of them was none other than legendary sect ancestor Sun.

"Disciples pay respect to sect ancestor."

All the disciples bowed in front of ancestor Sun.

Ancestor Sun looked at the disciples in front of him and nodded in satisfaction.

'3 ancient bloodlines and 1 Ancestral bloodline… '

After looking at the disciples, Ancestor Sun became very happy. Gaining 3 ancient bloodlines in 100 years was a huge gain for the dragon palace, not to mention gaining a disciple with an ancestral bloodline.

Ancestor Sun looked at Lin Fan like he was looking at a treasure. But for a short moment, Ancestor Sun's eyes landed on Zhu Shen.

'Am I hallucinating…?'

At first, ancestor Sun thought that he was mistaken, but the more he looked at Zhu Shen the more certain he became. Ancestor Sun's face turned serious as he suddenly disappeared from his original spot and appeared in front of Zhu Shen. He took out a black needle which was covered in runes.

"Drip some blood on this needle…' Ancestor Sun said to Zhu Shen.

Zhu Shen followed Ancestor Sun's instruction as he dripped some blood on the needle. As soon as the blood came in contact with Zhu Shen's blood, a sizzling sound came from the needle as the runes started activating on the needle.

As ancestor Sun looked at the sizzling needle in front of him, his face turned red from happiness. He knew that he had found a treasure.

'God ranked bloodline….!'

Ancestor Sun looked at Zhu Shen like a hungry wolf but he soon noticed Zhu Shen's golden robes.

'Pro-disciple…?'

Happiness in ancestor Sun's eyes faded immediately as an ugly expression appeared on his face.

'Which old bastard made his first move…!'

Although fuming, ancestor Sun kept his calm appearance and asked Zhu Shen,

"Which old bas… ahem, Which old ancestor accepted you as a pro-disciple…?"

Zhu Shen answered respectfully, "I'm a disciple of Ancestor Ao."

'Good good… Ao Longyu didn't even ask me and accepted a disciple with god ranked bloodline…'

Ancestor sun greeted his teeth. He wanted to personally teach Zhu Shen after confirming that he had a god ranked bloodline but sigh…

Ancestor Sun sighed as he backed away from Zhu Shen.

He looked at the disciples in front of him as he explained the workings of the array in front of them.

"This array will teleport you according to your bloodline rank. This is to prevent you from entering the wrong area accidentally and getting yourself killed."

Ancestor Sun activated the alter as he instructed disciples to get in.

Soon, one by one all the disciples got teleported into the dragonblood pool except for one.

As Zhu Shen was going to enter the teleportation portal, Ancestor Sun halted his advancement.

"Wait… you have some problem with your body… you will enter a special area with me."

Ancestor Sun said as he bought Zhu Shen along with him to a special area. The elder in charge of the disciples looked gloatingly at Zhu Shen.

'An ant will always be an ant…'

Unknown to him though, Ancestor Ao bought Zhu Shen to the innermost area of the dragon palace where even he was not allowed to enter.