The old man continued speaking before Jiang Mang could voice his shock of having his bloodline discovered:
" You don't have to be scared. I just wanted to check out the new person who would reside in my territory. I am the sect protector, but you can call me grandpa Fang. I am surprised by your bloodline, which will make you a demi-human when it's fully awakened. You need to keep it a secret but should also learn how to properly use it.
As a meeting gift, I shall grant you a better bloodline concealment technique and a jade slip explaining the intricacies of utilizing a pureblooded bloodline for humans as your situation is different from normal bloodline possessors. I will also take that Bi Fang child with me to properly train him. You don't have to worry about him as he will be in good care, while your secret is safe with me, and you can also tell your bloodline secret to those two brats, who are your masters."
That old man then disappeared together with Xiao Lu while leaving two jade slips. Jiang Mang and Xiao Liu were both stupefied for a couple of seconds before processing everything that happened. They eventually calmed down, Jiang Mang and Xiao Liu deduced that nothing bad happened, and they absorbed the knowledge contained in the two jade slips.
Jiang Mang was thankful for the bloodline concealment technique as now both beasts and humans wouldn't be able to detect his bloodline without activating it. He was also intrigued by the explanation about beast bloodlines, demi-humans, and humans with a pureblooded bloodline.
He learned that humans with a beast bloodline could only crudely utilize their bloodline by activating it to utilize bloodline skills and using it passively to strengthen their bodies. Demi-humans on the other hand, who were direct descendants of a beast could use their bloodline to inherit their bloodline heritage and transform their body partially or fully into their beast form.
They were also capable of either cultivating a beast core or their dantian, depending on their form at birth.
Ninety percent cultivated like humans but used their bloodline to condense a profound spirit, while ten percent cultivated like beasts a beast core.
Humans who inherited a pureblooded bloodline were unique and could also be considered demi-humans. They were also capable of inheriting the bloodline heritage when they reached the King realm, while they had the option to start cultivating a beast core alongside their profound spirits when their bloodline fully awakened.
To do this, they would, however, discard their human identity for a demi-human one. If a human with a fully awakened pureblooded bloodline chose this option, they would become many times stronger than a normal human or beast at the same cultivation realm.
Some unique demi-humans were capable also capable of dual cultivating, but this required them to possess a peak tier bloodline, and beast who have these bloodlines normally don't procreate with humans due to feeling superior. They were also afraid of diluting their noble bloodline.
After reading the explanation, he was shocked by this discovery. Because he would have two choices when he reached the king realm. One would be to become the strongest type of demi-human, who were often enslaved by both humans and beasts. The second was to retain his human identity and become the strongest type of bloodline cultivator.
During primordial times, there were many demi-humans and humans with pureblooded bloodlines who dual cultivated, but they had become extinct since the primordial war, and only a couple of humans and beasts knew that dual cultivation was possible. Grandpa Fang was one of these individuals and happened to have the method of how to dual cultivate in his possession and shared a copy with Jiang Mang. Jiang Mang could be the only human on the continents capable of dual cultivating as both beast and human.
He left the choice with Jiang Mang as forsaking his human identity for a demi-human one would bring many complications.
Jiang Mang had experienced many things this day, from joining the Zither palace to accepting two masters, and finally meeting grandpa Fang, who informed him about a possible choice he could make when he reached the king realm. He was at a loss for the moment as he was still a sixteen-year-old boy, who suddenly became pressured by a mountain. Gu Hei, who had been quiet the entire day finally showed herself. She had been closely connected to this boy for four months and had accepted her situation completely. She had even become attached to him, due to his strong heart and friendly demeanor towards his friends and companions. She had also witnessed his dark sides due to her being fused with his soul. She could be said to be the person closest connected to him since the moment they fused.
She cleared up his doubts, by helping him understand that he shouldn't bother thinking about these future problems as he already had all the necessities to keep his secrets and he should just focus on cultivating and training under his masters. She also persuaded him to follow grandpa Fang's advice and tell his questions and problems to his new masters as they seemed trustworthy and could probably help him.
Jiang Mang was thankful for having her by his side, and decide to follow her advise. He also realized that his journey had reached a new part. He was now an inner disciple of the Zither palace, and he would try to leave his mark here. He would cultivate under his masters and show his talent and try to become a core disciple, before trying to become a holy child. He would then have an exalted status and then able to ask Feng Xue to marry him under the eyes of the heavens and earth. This was his current goal, as he didn't want to disappoint the girl he loved with his whole heart. His friends were also starting their new lives as disciples and would try to become the strongest of their powers for their own reasons and dreams.