After she looked at the curious happenings between Jian Shen and the little girl, Cui Yan who didn't forget the original reason behind coming here looked around to see if that woman whom Jian Shen thought possessed the Cui Clan's bloodline mark was here.
Once she did that, she immediately spotted Xifeng who herself was looking at Cui Yan due to feeling that she had some sort of a connection to this unfamiliar girl.
"That mark....!"
"Yes! The heavens haven't forgone the Cui Clan!"
Surprising Xifeng who was just about to ask something with her sudden outburst, Cui Yan who was a hundred per cent sure that the golden mark between Xifeng's eyebrows was the Cui Clan's bloodline mark couldn't help it as she began thinking about bringing her clan back to its peak.
Yes. Not save it and stop it from further declining, but raise it back to its previous state or prosperity where no one dated to say its name without fear in their eyes.
With three of them possessing the bloodline mark, even though they couldn't defeat all of their enemies right away, they didn't need to either.
All they needed was to buy themselves as much time as possible and wait for the fourth and if possible fifth one to be born with a bloodline mark.
Once they did so, they'd be able to show off their special technique to the limit and give every single member of their clan a boost of three times!
Yup, the maximum boost in strength capable of being given was just three times.
But was three times an increase in strength something which could be written of as nothing special?
Of course not.
A three times increase in strength wasn't the same as an individual mortal facing against four other mortals who possessed the same strength.
No!
Instead, it meant one mortal facing off against a giant who was three towns bigger than him!
With such an increase in strength, even if those members inside the Cui Clan had declined by a lot and weren't strong as the other strong clans, how hard would it be for them to slowly increase their strength and go back to their previous greatness?
Sure it wouldn't be easy, but as long as the clan wasn't destroyed in a single swoop, their rise would remain imminent!
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Ignoring Cui Yan and Xifeng who went to the side to discuss about something, Jian Shen felt a headache coming up from looking at the girl in his arms.
Looking all pitiful and on the brink of crying after he forcibly stopped her from squeezing his throat, Jian Shen other than the sadness of the girl had to best with the angry and disappointed looks of his women who were looking at him we if he just committed the world's worst crime.
Of course, Jian Shen ignored their looks since they didn't know how painful it was to be hugged by this little harmless-looking girl, but he just couldn't bear to just look as the little girl looked like she really would start crying.
Thus, even though he knew it was going to hurt he loosened his grip on her hands and allowed her to go back to hugging him with the same happy and wide smile she had before due to which Lifen was once again forced to move to the side and sit on his shoulders.
Rubbing her head against Jian Shen's neck with a happy smile, the little girl looked as if she was a little puppy due to the way she was behaving.
"Humph! Despite having expected such a thing to happen, I didn't think I'd meet your daughter so soon husband."
"Even though you didn't ascend too long back, you already have a daughter in here. As expected of someone like you."
"Unbelievable... I always thought that this race's existence was a myth... "
Not bothering with the obvious teasing of the women who were looking at him, Jian Shen focused his thoughts on what Qingyu was saying.
'Do you know her?'
"I don't know the child per se, but I'm sure that I know which race she belongs to."
"The Heaven Devouring Race."
Finishing up for Qingyu, Juewang explained about the so-called Heaven Devouring Race and how they were a special race of humans who grew strong by devouring anything and everything good for them.
Yup. All they needed was to keep on consuming Qi, Intents of Heaven and Earth, Soul Essence, treasures, and so on.
As long as they continued doing so, their strength would keep on growing without any limit or bottleneck.
This was why their race which had always been prejudiced as the most blessed race was quickly sent to the brink of extinction by the other jealous races causing the future generations to think that their rave itself was just a myth.
'That's all nice, but why is she calling me papa?'
This was the one thing which Jian Shen cared about, more than her shocking existence itself he wanted to know how he turned into her father.
"It must be due to your bloodline. Since your Heavenly Dragon Bloodline is one of those few bloodlines which can compare to the bloodline of those from the Heaven Devouring Race, this little girl who most likely never met anyone like you is thinking that you are her father."
"Despite how she looks to your eyes and those of the others, this girl is most likely only a few months old and hasn't even begun devouring to grow strong."