Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

1318 Sneer

Ryu sent a calm gaze toward the door. Once again, it was Mae's aunt, but this time she was clearly more aggressive than before.

Although things seemed to have ended in a silent matter, that wasn't true in the slightest. Mae's father hadn't attacked him in the end, but the boiling fury was very much still there. Ryu's words hadn't just insulted their King, he had insulted the totality of the Dream Asura Race.

Becoming the Patriarch of their Race wasn't a simple matter. In fact, it was incredibly difficult. There were no hereditary titles. Although it seemed like there were because Mae's father and uncle both held prominent positions, the reality was that they had fought for them just like everyone else. Although Mae's current standing was that of a princess, if anything ever happened to her father, she would very quickly lose this sort of status.

Insulting their Patriarch was akin to calling the rest of them useless. Kelcyne had heard Ryu's words from outside the door. Ultimately, although they weren't blood related, her respect for Rogryll was exceptionally high. She had already spent a long time swallowing her anger, but Ryu broke it open like a flooding dam once again.

Seeing the sneer on Ryu's face, though, she seemed to realize that he might very well have uttered it on purpose.

"Is this what you do? Can you only talk, sleep and rely on women? Even that elder outside was a woman, wasn't she? Don't you find it to be pathetic?"

Ryu yawned. "Are you finished?"

He was actually feeling a bit tired. These days had passed by quickly to him, but it didn't change how much focus it had taken. In truth, he did want to take a bit of a nap at the moment, but this was surprising to him. Even if he stayed awake for years at a time, at his current cultivation, it would be possible.

Was this the effect of his Dao Heart being shattered? Or was it the result of not being able to absorb qi properly? After all, the reason he could ignore sleep in the first place was because of the effect of qi. Or maybe it was because his Spiritual Sea was damaged, limiting his Focus Qi and making him get tired with far greater ease.

Ryu shook his head and circulated Embryonic Qi. This time, he sent it toward his Spiritual Sea. Now that he thought about it, there was no reason why this qi shouldn't be able to heal the wounds of his soul. Although he couldn't' cultivate his soul to retrieve the Spiritual Qi that he had lost in this time, it would still make his mind stronger for the time being.

He had already had a soul far greater than those of his level already. Thanks to the fact that his body had entered the World Sea Realm standard, his actual soul had long since surpassed that standard. As such, even with his soul weakened, so long as he healed these cracks, he would still be at a World Sea Realm level.

More accurately, despite still being in the Soul Refinement Realm, Ryu's soul still dwarfed those at the Soul Ascension Realm. At the very least, those in the Middle Soul Ascension Realm.

The Embryonic Qi sunk into his Spiritual Sea and quickly healed the cracks. The burden on his mind felt lighter and he was in an even better mood. There was a slight disappointment, though.

When Ryu had had this idea, he had hoped that maybe his Embryonic Qi could replenish his Focus Qi, but it hadn't been able to. It seemed that even Embryonic Qi was incapable of dealing with this unruly mistress. But that only made the strength of the Prayer Mat all the more shocking.

Ryu stood to his feet, stretching his body and ignoring the stunned Kelcyne. He took Mae's hands and made a move to walk out of the door, but his wife's aunt was still standing in the way and he couldn't exactly move a Sky God.

Although Kelcyne was far more potent than him, at least in terms of height, Ryu towered over her by more than a full head. Despite the size of her bust and hips, she was quite a small and petite woman otherwise. Seeing Ryu before her, she felt shrouded for a moment. She almost felt like she was standing before her husband rather than this unruly youth.

"Didn't you come to get us?" Ryu spoke when it seemed that Kelcyne was still in a daze.

"You..." Kelcyne was frustrated. If it wasn't for Mae, she really would have blown this child's head like a watermelon.

In frustration, she huffed and turned.

Ryu and Mae followed. It wasn't long before the sound of war drums entered their ears. It seemed that the estate that Mae called home was quite isolated.

Kelcyne looked back, but she only saw Ryu's lip curled. When she remembered his words about manipulating Rogryll, her anger threatened to flare up again.

Indeed, two days after Ryu had dressed down the entire council of Dream Asuras, they too had felt their rage boiling over.

As Ryu had said, their attempt at negotiation had exposed the fact that they planned to act, this lost them the element of surprise. The only way to make up for this was speed. The Nether Realm would never imagine that just days after sending individuals to negotiate, that the Dream Asuras would come bearing arms.

"Mae, you will be leading a troop of the Soul Fire Faction," Kelcyne finally got to what she had meant to say originally. She realized that she couldn't stall this subject any longer.

Mae's expression changed when she heard this, and then a hint of sadness flashed within her eyes.

Ryu didn't miss this at all. Looking forward toward where Kelcyne was leading them, and the fact that no one else had come to explain anything, it was too easy for Ryu to assemble these matters together.

The sneer on his lips only increased.