Bei Yue Continent, Chu Kingdom. In the middle of a colossal magic array, two young women lay.
"Father, let me go!" Xue Yao's limbs were tightly bound by chains, nailed securely to the left side of the magic array. Her body was covered in constricting marks, causing immense pain.
"Who is your father?" It's just a little blood drawn from you to cure your older sister. I've raised you for so many years, and you won't even do this small thing? How dare you still call me father!" Xue Feng stood indifferently before the array.
Xue Yao looked at the cold, unfamiliar father before her. Ever since her mother died and her stepmother brought her older sister to the Xue family, she had been bullied, never having enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, treated worse than a servant. Now, she even had to have her blood drained to make medicine for her stepmother's daughter, Xue Ying. After this blood-devouring array, she would die.
She didn't understand why her father treated her this way, and tears streamed down her face. "If Mother were here, she would never let you do this."
Hearing this, Xue Feng's eyes filled with scorn. "You know that whore died long ago. Now, I am the master of the Xue family."
"My mother is not a whore!" Xue Yao cried out in fury. In her memory, her mother was gentle and noble, better than anyone she had ever met.
Xue Feng slapped Xue Yao across the face, his expression like one looking at a dog. "That whore was pregnant before marriage. If I hadn't married her, she would never have been able to marry anyone. And you are that whore's bastard child. Not only was she a whore, but so are you!"
"That's not true. That's not true." Xue Yao remembered her mother as very strong; the Xue family's ability to establish itself in the Chu Kingdom was largely due to her mother's efforts. It was just that later, for some unknown reason, she fell gravely ill and died.
Thinking of this, Xue Yao's pupils suddenly dilated. She remembered that immediately after her mother fell gravely ill, Xue Feng married Liu shi and brought her older sister into the family. "You, you killed Mother?"
"Yes, I killed her. What of it?" Xue Feng laughed aloud as he mentioned this. Back then, he had merely used Xue Yao's mother to help him climb the social ladder. Once his goal was achieved, she naturally became useless. He watched Xue Yao's painful struggles with a cruel, beastly gaze, no longer bothering to pretend. "If you weren't born with the Divine Blood Physique, this old man wouldn't have raised you for so many years. I would have sent you to meet your damned ghost mother long ago. Now, you should also be put to full use. Although the Divine Blood Physique cannot cultivate, it can cleanse the divine bones for my Ying'er."
Saying this, his eyes filled with anticipation as he ordered the shaman-doctor beside him, "Begin."
Xue Ying, dressed in flowing pink robes, lay quietly to the right of the magic array. She had known all this long ago; only the dog-stupid Xue Yao remained ignorant. But that didn't matter. Soon she would obtain Xue Yao's blood! Her divine bone would also evolve! Just thinking about it made her happy, and the corners of her mouth curled up involuntarily.
"Xue Feng, let me go! Let me go!" Xue Yao struggled, the chains rattling, their sound echoing through the valley. The shaman doctor ignored her struggles, cutting Xue Yao's wrist. A wave of pain washed over her as Xue Yao's blood began to flow along the magic array. Soon, it formed a runic pattern. Xue Ying excitedly stretched out her hand, and Xue Yao's blood flowed through the magic array into her palm. She felt a wave of dry heat in her abdomen; her divine bone in her qi sea, nourished by the blood, was transforming. Seeing this, Xue Feng was overcome with excitement. "This is wonderful, truly wonderful!"
After two hours, Xue Ying stood up, a smile on her face. "Father, I have succeeded." At this moment, five-colored auspicious clouds appeared in the sky, dragons and phoenixes danced, and beams of light shone down into the valley. The sky seemed to tear open, spilling forth golden light. The entire Chu Kingdom was shaken!
"That is an auspicious omen! This is wonderful, Ying'er! Your divine bone can now trigger such a phenomenon. Let Father take a look!" Xue Feng excitedly reached out to examine Xue Ying's condition. The more he examined, the happier he became. "It's the Extreme Gold Divine Bone, of course." Before being cleansed by the blood, Xue Ying's divine bone was nothing but a trash bone with a high impurity content. He never imagined it could transform into a top-tier Extreme Gold Divine Bone. In the entire Chu Kingdom—no, in the entire continent—such a divine bone was exceedingly rare. From then on, their Xue family would surely become a first-class family in the Chu Kingdom!
Xue Feng seemed to see the hope of his family, his excited hands trembled slightly. "That little bitch's Divine Blood Physique truly lives up to its reputation. Although she can't cultivate, being able to serve as a tonic for my Ying'er means she hasn't been raised for nothing all these years."
Xue Ying smiled, glancing at Xue Yao, the Divine Blood Physique, beside her. Xue Yao's face was now pale, devoid of any vitality. "Father, is she dead?"
Xue Feng didn't even spare Xue Yao a glance. With a look of disgust, he ordered the shaman doctor, "Throw her far away. Don't let anyone find out." Xue Feng happily took Xue Ying and left. The father and daughter, looking pleased with themselves, didn't spare a glance for Xue Yao behind them.
The shaman doctor checked Xue Yao's body. Her entire body was ice-cold; she was dead. He casually tossed Xue Yao into the adjacent valley.