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Chapter 118: Do You Want to Be King?
Chapter 118: Do You Want to Be King?
"But none of that matters anymore."
Luo En patted Andie's shoulder, shifting the topic with feigned nonchalance. "Actually, there's something I've been meaning to ask you."
"What is it?" Andie, though curious about Luo En's bloodline secret, knew better than to press further.
"Tell me, Andie, have you ever considered becoming king?"
Luo En's gaze remained calm, his tone as casual as asking what someone had for breakfast. Yet this seemingly offhand question struck like a boulder shattering a tranquil lake's surface.
Andie froze mid-step, his golden slit-pupils constricting into dangerous threads. Instinctively, he scanned the surroundings, neck tensed, eyes flickering between shadows along the roadside, muscles coiled like springs ready to ambush invisible assassins.
After several seconds, he exhaled sharply, a faint blush of embarrassment creeping through his features. Right—this wasn't the palace. They stood in Black Mist Jungle, a haven for cultivators where no one cared about throne succession in distant kingdoms.
Luo En's eyebrow arched in amusement. So the Thirteenth Prince did harbor ambitions beneath that composed exterior. This was far more intriguing than he'd imagined. If Andie had merely wanted to be a carefree noble, his long-term plans would've crumbled.
"You... why ask that suddenly?" Andie's voice cracked slightly, his Adam's apple bobbing. "Luo En, this isn't a joke."
Luo En shrugged, his gaze unperturbed by the younger man's flustered state. "You haven't answered yet. Do you want to be king?"
They'd unconsciously reached the Workshop's entrance. Pushing inside, they found Ai Lan waiting in the foyer. Her vine-woven "attire" swayed silently as she gestured them toward the parlor.
"Welcome back, Master, Andie sir", she conveyed through her leaf tablet, movements graceful and precise.
"Thank you, Ai Lan", Luo En inclined his head. "Prepare some tea, please."
With practiced elegance, Ai Lan retreated to the tea room. Though her movements had become fluid, occasional tremors in her vines betrayed her botanical nature. Soon, she returned bearing two steaming cups of herbal tea before retreating to bask in the courtyard sunlight.
Despite her increasingly human demeanor, her instinctual craving for sunlight remained immutable.
Andie fidgeted in his seat, fingers drumming the table. He accepted the tea but hesitated to sip, staring into its swirling surface as if deciphering cosmic secrets.
"If you insist on knowing..." He finally met Luo En's gaze, voice trembling slightly. "Before awakening my bloodline, I never dared consider such things. As the thirteenth in line, with dozens of siblings, my father could barely remember my birthday. Dreaming of becoming king? Impossible."
Luo En's silence felt like a piercing spotlight.
"But now..." Andie's expression shifted. Golden eyes blazed like embers catching firewood. "Now that I've become a true Knight, feeling this power... If you ask whether I desire it..." He clenched his fist, flames dancing in his pupils. "Of course I do."
Nodding understandingly, Luo En recognized the universal truth—power inevitably reshapes ambition. Like a certain northern warlord who'd started as a minor official yet eventually united an empire.
"Good! That's the spirit!" Luo En's palm smacked the table, eyes gleaming. "When I ascend to High Apprentice, you'll have mastered your bloodline. Once you've fully awakened your Crimson Blood Wyrm powers, how many rivals could truly threaten you in the royal family?"
His piercing gaze seemed to foresee the coming storm in the palace. Even the formidable Xuanwumen faction wouldn't be untouchable.
Andie nodded slowly, though hesitation lingered. "True. Since my elder brothers inherited the Wyvern bloodline, most siblings only awakened Fire Lizard or lower-tier lineages. But..."
"Not enough support?" Luo En anticipated his concern. "Your foundation in the capital is indeed shallow. But with my influence as a Potions Master, that won't be an issue."
Andie's eyes widened, emotions fluctuating—surprise, doubt, wariness, and flickers of hope. "You're serious? You'd really back me?"
"Absolutely." Luo En's smile held unfathomable depths. "This plan has been carefully calculated."
Two key reasons underpinned his strategy. First, Andie's ascension would shield the Ralph Family during Luo En's inevitable journey toward greater power. Second, the royal family possessed the complete Solar Corona Breathing Technique and secrets of the legendary Sun Crown Knights, not to mention treasures hidden in the royal vaults.
Direct confrontation with Falu Ke Kingdom's forces—dozens of Knights, multiple Apprentices, and two Sun Crown Knights' legacies—was suicidal. Internal court struggles offered the perfect solution.
"But first", Luo En retrieved a silver Blood Extraction Device from his workbench, "I need a sample of your Essence Blood to study Crimson Blood Wyrm traits."
Without hesitation, Andie accepted the device. "That's all? Easy." Rolling up his sleeve, he expertly inserted the needle. Dark crimson blood, laced with golden sparks, flowed into the vial—a liquid inferno.
For awakened Bloodline Knights, this minor loss was trivial. Days would restore what mattered: the knowledge Luo En might finally unlock Chimera's full potential.
Studying the glowing sample, Luo En began experimenting. Chimera bloodline's four consciousness cores—three heads and a tail—could each replicate different bloodline traits. Andie's sample, high-rank, pure, and evolution-capable, made perfect first material.
Attempts at direct replication failed—ordinary blood to his perceptual abilities. Even resonance through Chimera mana yielded nothing. Only when he sliced his finger, letting his blood mingle with the sample, did ancient instincts stir.
A ritual emerged in his mind's eye—an ancestral method for assimilating other bloodlines. Chimera's power wasn't simple imitation, but a sacred synthesis of foreign essence with one's core.
(End of Chapter)
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