Chapter 24

In the heart of the Yin Clan city-state, the Heaven and Earth Tower, with its dark color, stood majestically, enveloped by the blood mist barrier that covered the entire Yin Clan city-state, which only rolled around the middle of the tower. The Heaven and Earth Tower was the only building in the entire Yin Clan city-state that was exposed outside the blood mist barrier, for it was simply too tall!

Named 'Heaven and Earth,' just from this name, one could understand the burning ambitions of the elders of the Yin Clan.

The Heaven and Earth Tower was a giant tower with a base side length of nearly a hundred meters and a height of almost a thousand meters. It looked like a stretched-out stepped pyramid, its entire body pitch black, resembling a massive pillar standing on the ground. This tower was the symbol of the Yin Clan and the living quarters of the clan’s elders.

At this moment, Yin Xuege was standing upright on the highest level of the Heaven and Earth Tower. The walls were open, and in the bright sunlight, the view extended for hundreds of miles to the distant mountains. Sunlight shone in from all directions, and the highest level of the Heaven and Earth Tower was not a place ordinary Yin Clan members could step into.

Even the brothers Yin Jihuang and Yin Jiwu could not come here during the day. One, their status was not high enough; as the fourth-generation descendants of the Yin Clan, they had no right to come here without being summoned. Two, their strength was not enough; with their power, if they came here during the day and were exposed to the sun, they would immediately turn into wisps of smoke.

In front of thousands of clan members, Yin Xuege boldly revealed his daylight walker constitution and was immediately brought here by the family elders who had heard the news. Yin Xuege felt the resentful and uneasy gazes of Yin Xuejiao and Yin Jiwu, but he only sneered inwardly!

As long as the elders of the clan still had a bit of brain in their aging heads, they would never allow anyone in the clan to do anything to Yin Xuege! A daylight walker was a legend among the blood demons, and Yin Xuege represented the incredibly bright future of the Yin Clan!

Sunlight shone on Yin Xuege, and he crossed his hands, naturally resting them on his abdomen. He stood there upright, with no trace of unease or panic in his eyes. He even looked around with interest at the nine large coffins made of golden-threaded nanmu, each over ten meters long and extremely heavy.

These nine large coffins, with their distinct Eastern characteristics, had no carved patterns or decorations, but the natural patterns of the golden-threaded nanmu formed a grand scene of rolling clouds and surging waves. The nine coffins lay there quietly, as if they could rise into the air at any moment, exuding a sense of dignity and solemnity, yet also a mysterious and unpredictable dynamism.

Yin Xuege stared straight at the nine coffins.

The pure-blooded blood demons in the West, their elders, such as the old counts, or the veteran marquises and dukes, all liked to forge themselves beautiful, heavily enchanted coffins with strong defensive capabilities using precious materials. They would hide these coffins in their most secret lairs, and when they could no longer bear the loneliness and boredom of their long lives, they would sleep in the coffins to rest and rejuvenate their spirits.

These coffins were also fortresses for powerful blood demons to heal from severe injuries, especially in ancient times, when a magnificent and powerful coffin had extraordinary significance for a powerful blood demon.

Without a doubt, the elders of the Yin Clan had also adopted the habits of the pure-blooded blood demons of the West, forging these nine coffins for themselves to sleep in. However, their predecessors were originally Eastern cultivators, so the coffins had a distinctly Eastern design and were forged according to the specifications of ancient Eastern imperial coffins.

"No pure-blooded blood demon would place their sleeping coffin a thousand meters above the ground and let it be exposed to the sun!" Yin Xuege shrugged and muttered softly, "If they did, they would not only gain no benefits, but the power of the sun would continuously weaken their strength and bring them great pain!"

With a loud 'bang,' the three-foot-thick lid of the central coffin was punched into the air.

A faint scent of dragon saliva incense wafted out from the open coffin, accompanied by the crisp sounds of countless pearls and jade colliding. A handsome young man in a purple-golden dragon robe slowly stretched and stood up from the coffin.

This giant coffin was filled with countless night pearls and top-quality jade. As the young man stood up, large pearls and chunks of jade slid off his body, each one shimmering with a lustrous light, each a priceless treasure.

Yin Xuege bowed slightly to the young man and then looked at him fearlessly, examining him from head to toe.

A faint layer of blood mist rose from the young man's body, and the sunlight reflecting off the blood mist created a faint rainbow. The young man squinted his eyes, yawned, and then began to mutter and calculate with his fingers.

"Another eleven years of sleep! What a boring and uninteresting life!" The young man's figure flickered, and he appeared in front of Yin Xuege. With a wave of his arm, before Yin Xuege could see his movement, a thin cut appeared on his face from the young man's sharp nails. A drop of fresh blood flew out, and the young man picked it up with his nails and casually smeared it into his mouth.

"Sweet young blood! Full of yang energy!" The young man widened his eyes in surprise, reached out with both hands, and roughly rubbed Yin Xuege's long hair, messing it up. Suddenly, he grabbed Yin Xuege's ear and shook his head, lifting him up to examine him closely.

"Really a daylight walker constitution! I never thought that my bloodline, Yin Tianjue, would be so outstanding! The daylight walkers that those bats have dreamed of for countless years actually appeared in the offspring of this 'half-breed bastard'! They would be so angry they'd spit blood!"

Gently patting Yin Xuege's face, Yin Tianjue, the founder of the Yin Clan and the supreme elder, chuckled eerily. His eyes darted rapidly, and a sinister light flickered in his crimson pupils.

"If I remember correctly, you are the child of Phoenix Wu, right? That girl was rebellious from a young age. She dared to draw her sword against the clan elders as soon as she broke through to the Baron level, almost castrating her great-uncle. She was a troublesome girl!"

"My mother!" Yin Xuege shook his head forcefully, trying to escape Yin Tianjue's rough handling.

But Yin Tianjue's hands were like glued to Yin Xuege's head, and no matter how he shook his head, his hands continued to mess with his hair.

"Yes, your mother!" Yin Tianjue squinted his eyes, and his smile became particularly sinister and eerie. "Yin Phoenix Wu, the most talented descendant of the Yin Clan since its founding!"

Yin Xuege's mind quickly flashed with the image of Yin Xuejiao's arrogant and ruthless face. He immediately tried to correct Yin Tianjue's mistake: "The fifth-generation direct descendant of the Yin Clan, Yin Xuejiao, broke through to become a Star Warrior at fourteen. They say he is the most outstanding genius of the Yin Clan!"

The long, pale fingers of Yin Tianjue pinched Yin Xuege's left earlobe and played with his ear, sighing deeply. "At fourteen? But your mother, Yin Phoenix Wu, broke through to become a Star Warrior at nine, a Moon Warrior at eleven, and had the strength of a high-level Night Warrior at fourteen. She became a Baron at twenty-three and a Viscount at thirty-five."

Yin Tianjue laughed mockingly and shook his head forcefully.

"Your mother became a Count at the age of fifty, the youngest Count in the recorded history of the Western blood demons! Before your mother, the youngest Count in the blood demon clan was one hundred and seven years old when they broke through. Your mother's talent is simply monstrous!"

Yin Xuege's long, slender eyebrows knitted tightly together. He tried to escape Yin Tianjue's fingers, but after wasting considerable effort to no avail, he could only sigh helplessly and silently. He looked at Yin Tianjue and said coldly, "I have never heard of these things."

"Understandable!" Yin Tianjue laughed mockingly again. "Because your mother is a woman. In the most pure and traditional blood demon families, women can also hold great power and control the future of a family, as long as they have enough strength and means."

"But we, the Yin Clan, come from the East!" Yin Tianjue chuckled eerily. "A married daughter is like water that has been poured out! How could those proud men let a woman's glory overshadow theirs? So, once your mother married, all records of her were erased."

Yin Tianjue flicked Yin Xuege's forehead with his finger and hummed lightly.

"Even the few close blood servants your mother left in the Yin Clan! You haven't seen them since you understood things, right?"

Yin Xuege's body suddenly tensed, the veins under his pale skin bulged, and his body emitted a series of 'cracking' sounds. He looked at Yin Tianjue coldly and said, word by word, "So, you knew everything?"

Yin Tianjue finally released Yin Xuege, shook his hands, and crossed his arms, squinting and smiling down at him. Yin Xuege initially met Yin Tianjue's gaze fearlessly, but gradually, a scorching and violent aura began to emanate from Yin Tianjue's crimson eyes, making Yin Xuege's eyes swell, ache, and eventually tear up uncontrollably, forcing him to turn his head to look at the distant mountains.

"Yes, I know everything!" Yin Tianjue muttered slowly.

"Even though I have been sleeping, nothing in the Yin Clan city-state escapes my notice!"

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