Chapter 639: Chapter 360: Conscience and Bottom Line (2-in-1)
"My story?" Yinluo’er shook his head with a smile upon hearing Rogel’s inquiry: "Just a humble little figure with a touch of good fortune..."
Although Yinluo’er didn’t seem very keen to talk about his past, he began to recount his experiences to Rogel.
After all, now his life was in Rogel’s hands.
The human in front of him seemed calm and composed, but if he suddenly changed his mind, Yinluo’er could only die with regret.
So, since Rogel wanted to know, Yinluo’er started to tell.
...
In a world without Extraordinary Power, the upper class would still manipulate the lower classes through various means, creating all sorts of disasters to achieve their goals.
Then, in a world where individuals can possess earth-shaking power, what kind of scene would it be?
The answer is, gods who wield supreme power take all living creatures as their playthings, marionettes...
The origin of the Blood Race ancestors is such an existence.
Because of self-preservation from calamities, they created the Blood Race.
And because the race they created didn’t listen, they planted various curses to force this race into submission.
The Blood Race among the Six Great Clans could temporarily evade these curses through the Scarlet Sacrament.
Furthermore, they themselves wield the powerful force to dominate the Low Tier Blood Race, thereby establishing strict rules and laws.
So, in the process, who suffers the most?
It is the Low Tier Blood Race like Yinluo’er.
Indeed, Yinluo’er wasn’t initially the Blood Race grand duke he is today, nor was he part of the Longus Clan, but a thoroughly Low Tier Blood Race.
His past lifestyle was far more miserable than the Blood Race Rogel saw in the small villages living on cow and sheep blood.
After all, those Blood Race lives were at least stable; when hungry, they could still drink sheep blood.
But for Yinluo’er back then, even leeches whose instinct was Blood Sucking meeting him would be uncertain who would suck whose blood.
Apart from this miserable life of not having enough to eat, Yinluo’er also suffered from the curses embedded in the Blood Race bloodline.
Blood thirst, sunlight Burning, aging far surpassing the High Tier Blood Race’s speed, blood epidemic spreading only among Blood Races...
Yinluo’er experienced them all.
At the time, Yinluo’er didn’t know these curses originated from the bloodline; he didn’t know it was the sins of the Six Great Clans.
Some Low Tier Blood Race believed their current miserable life stems from sins committed in past lives, thinking they were atoning and once the atonement was complete, they could have a better future in the next life.
Though Yinluo’er didn’t buy this narrative, he didn’t know the truth either, only planning to muddle through life until it ended.
His reaching this point was purely due to an accident...
It all started from a "state within a state" in the Blood Empire.
Inside the Blood Empire, there is a small nation that keeps humans and other intelligent races, existing only to provide tasty blood for the High Tier Blood Race.
For in the Blood Race’s eyes, aside from the factor of power, the higher the intelligence of a creature, the tastier the blood it provides.
Therefore, they built such a "state within a state," calling it "Red Wine Glass."
It was due to this that Yinluo’er’s destiny changed.
Back then, while wandering in the Blood Empire, he encountered a scholar who escaped from the Red Wine Glass.
Initially, the scholar merely wanted to use Yinluo’er’s Blood Race identity to escape this Hell, even willing to have Yinluo’er suck his blood for this.
Never having tasted such delicious blood before, Yinluo’er agreed to the scholar’s terms, hence forming an unbreakable bond.
During their subsequent interactions, Yinluo’er gradually learned about the peculiar place called Red Wine Glass from the scholar...
At the time, Yinluo’er felt it was unfair.
Why could the High Tier Blood Race enjoy such delicious blood, while Low Tier Blood Race like himself had to endure curses, and even drinking the foul sheep blood wasn’t certain?
Before leaving, the scholar told Yinluo’er that the world beyond the mist holds endless possibilities.
This left Yinluo’er hesitant for a long time.
Eventually, he made up his mind to seek his future beyond the mist.
Fortunately, he succeeded.
In the perilous boundary mist, he gained power sufficient to change his fate and successfully returned to the Blood Sea.
Thereby, he infiltrated the declining Longus Clan, eventually replacing the new grand duke heir, becoming the Yinluo’er he is today.
For this, he decisively abandoned his former self.
Yinluo’er may be vulgar, but also realistic.
He became one of those benefiting from the inequity he once despised and had no plans to change the status quo.
He clearly understood what he despised back then was merely his lowly self.
Now he is a High Tier Blood Race; naturally, he should enjoy life!
Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned.
Before long, he discovered the truth of the Blood Sea and the origins of the bloodline curse from the Longus Clan’s history.
Simultaneously, he sensed the path constructed by the Scarlet Sacrament for that existence... was soon to be formed.
By then, its revival would require the family head bloodline of the Six Great Clans as a sacrifice.
The one who seized the Longus Clan was quite likely to be one of the sacrifices!
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