The Purple Jade Hall is a small hall with an area of about a hundred square meters. It is generally used as a gathering place for family members.
In the hall, against the wall opposite the door, there is a fireplace made of purple stones. Because the temperature is not too cold now, there is no firewood burning in the fireplace.
In the room, the walls and floor are also paved with purple stone, and are also carved with many exquisite patterns. This is why this hall is called the Purple Jade Hall.
Opposite the Purple Jade Hall, there is a Jinbi Hall, which is much larger than the Purple Jade Hall. It is the hall that Viscount Fergus usually uses to receive visitors.
In the center of the purple jade hall, there is a long purple wood ring-shaped table. Surrounding the long table, there are several armchairs with armrests. At this time, most of these armchairs are already occupied by people.
Viscount Fergus, Bernal, Ellis, Caroline, and Sarah.
"Father."
Gray walked over and addressed Viscount Fergus, who was wearing brown home clothes, in a somewhat stiff manner.
He was quite resistant to calling a stranger his father, but he had to bow his head under the roof, unless he wanted to break away from the Fergus family, and obviously he couldn't do that now.
"Well, here you go, sit down!"
Viscount Fergus nodded and motioned for Gray to find a seat and sit down.
Gray looked at the empty seat and immediately saw a girl with long black hair and blue eyes. She breathed a sigh of relief and looked at him with joy in her eyes. It was this body that had the same father and mother. sister Sarah.
Obviously she was not very used to such an atmosphere, so after seeing Gray's arrival, it was like meeting the backbone.
Gray walked over, touched her head, told her not to be nervous, and sat next to her.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Viscount Fergus scanned everyone's faces and spoke.
"I just came back yesterday, and I didn't have time to ask you about your cultivation. Bernal, have you not fallen behind in your cultivation during this period?"
You in this sentence refer to the Gray people except Sarah. Sarah is still a few months away from 14 years old, and the best age for practicing blood magic is 15 years old, so she is not yet Implant blood vessels to practice blood techniques.
"Father, we didn't relax during the time you were away, and we completed our daily practice on time."
Bernal replied.
"That's good."
Viscount Fergus nodded, paused slightly, looked at Ellis and asked.
"Is there any progress in your practice? Ellis, the third time you practice the blood method, how many minutes can you hold on to the first posture?"
In this world, the units used for timekeeping are still minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years. The length is slightly different from Gray's previous life, but the difference is not big.
"three minutes."
Ellis shrank his head and spoke in a low voice.
"Gotta try harder."
Viscount Fergus frowned slightly, with a trace of disappointment in his eyes and a slightly dissatisfied voice.
Ellis became a low-level blood warrior in January this year, and it has been almost half a year now. The progress is only the third time of practicing the blood method. He can only hold the first position for three minutes, which makes him very disappointed.
Then he looked at Bernal again and asked.
"Bernar, what about you?"
"I have been able to complete the first posture of the fourth Blood Technique training."
Bernal replied respectfully.
In the practice of blood magic, if you can practice it twice in a row, you will be a low-level blood warrior. If you can practice it three times in a row, you will be a mid-level blood warrior. After that, high-level blood warriors and fierce blood warriors can complete it continuously. The number of times of practice will increase sequentially.
This is the experience that people in this continent have summed up during their cultivation to judge their current cultivation progress. Of course, different people's blood methods are different from this standard, but most people's blood methods are like this .
"not bad."
Viscount Fergus nodded. Bernal was in his early 22s, and his cultivation progress was almost the same as when he was young.
If nothing else goes wrong, Bernal should reach the level of a fierce-blooded warrior around the age of thirty-five. There is no problem in inheriting the family business, but it is estimated that it will be difficult to go further.
Then he asked about Caroline's cultivation progress and gave a vague evaluation of "okay". Obviously, he didn't attach great importance to the cultivation progress of Caroline, who was going to marry outside in the future.
Finally he looked at Gray and asked.
"Gray, how is your current practice progress?"
"The first training posture of the third blood method training can last for almost six minutes."
Gray said without hiding anything.
With his current strength, there is no need to hide it. Speaking out will gain the attention of Viscount Fergus and add some chips to himself. After all, there is a black hand behind the scenes who wants to kill him. He needs Fergus. Viscount Si's attention and protection.
"Can you hold on for six minutes? Okay, great!"
After hearing Gray's answer, Viscount Fergus finally broke out into a smile. He patted the armrest and his face was filled with smiles.
It has only been three and a half months since Gray became a low-level blood warrior, but he has already been able to hold the first position of the third blood spell training for six minutes.
According to his estimate, according to this training progress, Gray should be able to become a mid-level blood warrior in two years, or even less than two years. This training speed can be said to be extremely fast, far exceeding what he was at the beginning, which is why he is so happy. .
Others in the room also looked at Gray with different expressions.
Lisa was happy from the bottom of her heart. After all, he and Gray were both prosperous and devastated. Moreover, she was also very dependent on Gray as her brother. Naturally, she hoped that Gray would become as powerful as possible.
Caroline was simply surprised by Gray's talent. Gray's achievements had nothing to do with her, but Gray's talent did surprise her.
Bernal was deeply afraid. Gray's talent was too great a threat to his status in the family.
Ellis was jealous with suspicion, not only jealous of Gray's talent, but also suspicious of Gray's false report. After all, according to his previous observations, there was something wrong with Gray's body.
"With Gray's talent in training, it may be possible for him to become a mad blood warrior in the future."
Bernal had already suppressed his jealousy, at least it wasn't visible on his face. He said in a voice filled with envy and happiness for Gray.
"It is indeed possible."
The smile on Viscount Fergus's face lingered for a long time.
The Mad Blood Warrior is a level above the Fierce Blood Warrior. It is also the level he desperately desires to reach. His strength is much stronger than the Fierce Blood Warrior. Under normal circumstances, one Mad Blood Warrior is enough to defeat five Fierce Blood Warriors like him. , it can be said to be terrifyingly strong.
Unfortunately, at his current age, his body has begun to regress from the prime of life to old age. Without special opportunities, he will probably remain a fierce-blooded warrior throughout his life. This is also a regret in his heart.
Now, seeing that Gray indeed had this talent, he was relieved and at the same time, he could not help but confirm his previous idea. Compared with the fierce blood warriors, the advantages of the mad blood warriors were not only reflected in their combat power.
“Keep working hard, don’t slack off, don’t waste your talent.”
After thinking about it, fearing that Gray would become proud, Viscount Fergus added another sentence.
"I will, Father."
Gray responded.
After talking about cultivation, they started chatting. The anecdotes they read or heard in books were all part of their chat. Compared to the beginning, the atmosphere became much more lively.
"Father, I heard that there is a bronze-backed dragon beast in the Marquis of Sidney's family that is as powerful as the Wild Blood Warrior. Is this true?"
Gray couldn't help but take the opportunity to ask out his curiosity.
The Marquis of Sidney family is a legendary family, because this family is different from other families. It did not grow up step by step through Lord, Baron, and Viscount. Instead, it was directly awarded the hereditary title of Marquis in one step. .
This family is also the family that governs the Fergus family. The Fergus family is divided from this family. The wanted order mentioned yesterday was issued by this family.
There are many rumors about the legendary development history of this family. The most talked about rumor is that the first generation of the Sinis family had a bronzeback dragon mount. It was with this horse that it was comparable to the wild blood warrior. The bronze-backed dragon beast became the current Marquis family in one fell swoop.
In the more than 300 years since they became the Marquis family, there has never been a trace of this copper-backed dragon beast in the Marquis of Sidney family, but it is generally believed that this copper-backed dragon beast did not die of old age.
Dragon beasts are blood beasts that have a direct blood relationship with the legendary mythical beast-dragon. Their lifespans are generally extremely long. For example, the bronze-backed dragon beast has a lifespan of a thousand years, which is far beyond the reach of humans.
"This copperback dragon beast does exist."
As a direct nobleman of the Sidney family, Viscount Fergus has obviously dealt with the Sidney family a lot, he said with certainty.
“It really exists!!!”
Caroline lightly covered her red lips, showing a rare surprise on her face.
The reason why Gray asked about the copperback dragon beast was because he had seen books about the Sidney family on the miscellaneous bookshelf in the library, and Caroline had obviously read this book as well.
"I once saw it in the Sidney family. They were covered in brass-colored scales and exuded an extremely terrifying aura..."
Viscount Fergus's eyes showed memories, and it was obvious that the encounter with the bronze-backed dragon beast must have left a very deep impression on him.
Afterwards, some interesting anecdotes were discussed, and as it was approaching noon, a servant came to inform them that lunch was ready.
At this moment, Ellis stood up and spoke to Viscount Fergus.
"Father, I want to fight Gray, please allow me!"
(End of chapter)