Above the Seven Towers

Chapter 70: Theory of blood

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Morey pointed at Feng Yao and the other man and said, "Mr. Chang, strength is strength. A strong enough strength can make the spirit only despair. Look, is there any meaning in any game between them and you?"

"I regret now that I didn't drink that half bottle of medicine and flying dragon blood for Dr. Feng." Chang Lin said with a smile.

"This is both a reinforcement and a curse. Maybe you will regret it even more if you drink it." Morey said, tossing the stopwatch in his hand.

"Curse? What about them?"

"The blood of the wyvern can change a person's appearance and abilities. Take a closer look."

Chang Lin looked at Enrique carefully and found that there were two protrusions on his forehead, surrounded by some fine scales, and the pupils of his eyes had become long and thin, similar to reptiles. He looked at Feng Yao again and found that her outfit today was strange. She had a silk scarf tied in the collar of her sportswear, and some fine scales were exposed above the scarf. She also had gloves on her hands, so she must have changed.

He looked at Feng Yao in surprise and asked, "Doctor Feng, did you know this would happen?"

Feng Yao sighed and turned away without answering. She turned and walked towards the river, staring at the water in a trance. Ji Yijun wanted to follow her, but he couldn't take a step.

"She knows. In fact, I suggested that she only take the 'blood-harmonizing potion', which would not cause any changes in her bloodline, but she insisted on being consistent with Enrique and rushed to drink the blood of the wyvern." Morey looked at Feng Yao with an indescribable emotion in his eyes, "This bloodline may even be passed down and affect her children."

"This potion has such strong side effects, why do the nobles still use it?" Liu Qianfei was originally looking at the two with envy, but when he heard this, only sympathy remained on his face.

"Because of power, if they don't have fighting spirit and magic talent, and have no other means to gain power, then becoming a blood warrior or blood sorcerer is their best choice. But on the other hand, having impurities in the blood of magical beasts and divine beasts will make it more difficult for them to learn fighting spirit and magic. So some nobles will use potions only after leaving enough offspring for the purity of their blood. Of course, there are also some people who think it is an honor to have a powerful blood of a divine beast. They would be happy to see their descendants inherit such blood, and even hope that the 'beast sign' is as obvious as possible. For example, the Arus family in Monkayo has unicorn blood. The longer the horn on their heads, the stronger the inherited blood. The silver horn on the forehead of the current unicorn Duke Bolton Arus is the longest in the family."

"I saw that some villagers in Floro also have beast signs. Are their ancestors also bloodline warriors?" Chang Lin asked.

Morey said, "Many years ago, the Black Dragon Empire that ruled this place transformed the blood of civilian warriors in order to create warriors with the power of magic beasts. They were reluctant to use expensive blood-mixing potions, but instead used an evil method to mix the blood of low-level magic beasts into the human body. Although these people's strength increased a little, their lifespans were greatly shortened, and they had no potential for improvement. What you see are the descendants of these warriors. Their blood is not strong, but they have cut off the path of practicing fighting spirit and magic. They are actually very pitiful."

"Doctor Feng doesn't need those powers. It's actually very pitiful that she has become like that," said Wu Jingrong.

"It's not pitiful, it's respectable." Morey corrected seriously, "Although I don't quite understand her thoughts, I can feel her determination."

"Such a sacrifice is really too great." Chang Lin walked to the riverside, stood beside Feng Yao and said, "Doctor Feng, don't worry, everyone knows the cause and effect of this incident. I believe no one will have any thoughts about you because of your changed appearance. In addition, thanks to your proper handling of this matter, it did not develop into a conflict. If you have any requests for the school, you can tell me. I think we can even publicize your deeds of saving this local child."

"No." Feng Yao stared at the river and said, "This has nothing to do with the school. I have my own bottom line. There are some things I have to do even if I regret it."

"I promised Dr. Feng that I would prepare subsequent medicines for her to dispel the visible part of her blood." Morey interrupted, "That's why I asked her to do various tests. Please ask the school to provide me with the necessary medicines as much as possible."

Chang Lin agreed, and comforted Feng Yao and Enrique. When he left, he found Ji Yijun looking anxious and guilty, so he asked, "Xiao Ji, it seems that you have been worried about Dr. Feng?"

"Ah? Oh, I, I am a little worried." Ji Yijun said, scratching his head.

"Teacher Chang, don't underestimate him because he looks careless. He is actually quite compassionate." Ye Zi came to his rescue.

"Well, this is a good thing." Chang Lin patted Ji Yijun on the shoulder, exchanged a few words with everyone, and left with Liu Qianfei.

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A horse team of about a hundred people galloped across the field, the sound of hooves everywhere, and a cloud of sand was stirred up. Most of the horsemen were strong men, wearing leather armor, carrying bows and arrows, and wearing swords on their waists. Although the team was equipped with ordinary equipment, it was obviously well-trained. The formation was not disordered at all during the high-speed running. There were scouts in front, behind, left and right, and the warriors in the middle tightly guarded the center of the horse team, like a gray-brown sharp arrow flying across the road.

In the center of the team were two young people, a man and a woman. The young man was probably in his twenties, with long golden hair, thick eyebrows, big eyes, a short beard, and a slender and strong body, like a young lion. The girl next to him was younger, no more than seventeen or eighteen years old. She also had golden hair tied behind her head. Her eyebrows were somewhat similar to the young man, but much softer. She had a pair of big green eyes, looking around, very lively. Although she was young, she had a very fit body, and her curves contained a kind of shocking explosive power.

The two young men were both wearing black leather armor and grey cloaks. Although the leather armor looked a bit old, it was faintly outlined with complex magic runes, which occasionally shone with a glittering brilliance under the sunlight. The man had two long swords on his back, while the girl had a bow. Both weapons were not ordinary items.

The cavalry turned a mountain pass and saw a stockade not far ahead. The stockade was built on the top of a hill, surrounded by mountains. There was only one way to get up, which was very dangerous. The stockade's walls were made of stone, with watchtowers and corner towers. There were flags fluttering on the walls, and people were bustling around. It was very lively.

The cavalry ran towards the stronghold for a while. The young man in the middle of the team raised his hand, and a guard next to him picked up a small trumpet and blew two short blows. The whole cavalry slowed down immediately, and stopped nearly a mile away from the entrance of the stronghold two breaths later.

"Be on guard, raise my flag." The young man's voice was a little sharp, not very solid, but his order was carried out at the fastest speed. The scouts scattered, and the other soldiers deployed in a defensive formation. His two guards held up a large blue flag with a golden bird flapping its wings to catch food.

When the people in the opposite village saw the flag, they blew the horn. After a while, the gate of the village opened, and dozens of horses rushed out and ran down the mountain.

The girl shielded herself from the sun with her hands and looked at the group of people. She said to the young man beside her, "Brother, it seems that the guy from Cadiz came to greet us personally. I saw his flag. You are quite generous."

"Ola, our presence here is the greatest honor we can give them. In the past... as a horse thief, he could only see me in front of the gallows." The young man said with some disdain.

The girl named Aura laughed. She said in a self-deprecating tone, "I am a female horse thief now. You are Adan, the leader of the bird hunting group. As the leader of the horse thieves, you still look down on other horse thieves. Isn't it a bit unreasonable?"

A Dan looked unhappy, but when he saw his sister's lovely face, his voice softened again: "It's just a stopgap measure. My father hid for his whole life, felt aggrieved for his whole life, and finally died of depression. I don't want to be the second him. We have to make some changes to find opportunities."

Speaking of his father, Ola lowered his head, and after a while he asked, "Is this big fish that Kadiz mentioned really an opportunity?"

"We have to give it a try. Our spies have also obtained some information. That person is a magician who can make the castle travel through space. A powerful magician who has no connection with the Iberian Kingdom or the Purple Eagle Empire is very important to us. Maybe we can unlock the family secrets in this generation."

When Ola heard this, there was a little more color in her eyes, and she couldn't help but turn her head towards the distance where the school was.

Kadis welcomed Adam and his sister with great ceremony, and several bandit leaders who had arrived earlier also left the stronghold with him.

Kadis was not very familiar with the bird hunting bandit group, as their territories were separated by several mountain ranges, but he knew very well that this bandit group, which had not risen for long, was very powerful. It only took them a short time to sweep the northeastern part of Black Mountain and become the largest force in the north, with a tendency to compete with Kadis in the north and south.

Today, when he saw the group of bird-hunting horse thieves on the city wall, he almost thought it was the army of some lord coming to attack him. Those soldiers were too strict and well-trained, and they didn't look like a mob trying to make a living on horseback. The formation and the atmosphere reminded him of his days in the Knights of Count Arias.

Kadis's team stopped less than two hundred steps in front of the bird-hunting horse thieves. The enemy's formation made the horse thieves very uncomfortable, and their self-preservation instinct made them unconsciously distance themselves from the enemy.

Cadiz asked the others to wait there, and he whipped his horse whip and jumped out of the crowd, followed closely by Awan and Orville. From a distance, he saw the young man with a proud face under the flag on the opposite side, and the beautiful girl beside him who was like a scene. These two people gave him an illusion that they did not belong here, and they should be in the hunting grounds of some nobles.

But what does it matter? To deal with a powerful magician, the stronger the cannon fodder, the better. Thinking of this, Kadis saluted and said, "Welcome, Chief Adam of the Bird Hunting Group, dear brother. You have come from afar and must be exhausted. I have prepared fine wine and a feast for you. Join us in the carnival."