Suo Ningbing then smiled and said, "It won't be long before big sister can't teach you anymore. In fact, there are many things now that big sister can't teach you."
"Not at all." Lanling smiled embarrassedly.
This wasn't because he was particularly talented, but because of the previous traveler, the Dragon Emperor, who founded a system of civilization knowledge three thousand years ago, much of which Lanling had studied and even excelled in.
During this time, he truly felt as if he were in heaven. This familiar yet unfamiliar big sister, Suo Ningbing, was with him constantly, and apart from Lanling's rapid progress in his studies.
Suo Ningbing not only taught him related theoretical knowledge but also taught him to paint and play the piano.
As they spent time close together, their relationship became increasingly intimate.
At least, Ye Jingyu joked more than once that Lanling was more like Suo Ningbing's own brother than Suo Lun was.
Originally, Suo Ningbing had planned to have Lanling in seclusion for two months, but because of Lanling's outstanding and impressive learning progress, the seclusion ended in just one month. By then, Lanling could already enter the Royal City Academy without being exposed for lack of knowledge.
In the time to come, Lanling was to start his martial enlightenment with Ye Jingyu.
At this moment, his only thought was to fervently study martial arts and strive to pass the graduation exam of the Royal City Academy in the shortest time possible, successfully inheriting the title of Earl Tian Shui and the position of City Lord of Tianshui City, to avoid any unnecessary complications.
...
"Starting today, I will teach you martial enlightenment." In the empty inner courtyard, Ye Jingyu was still dressed in her black tight leather outfit.
By now, Lanling knew that Ye Jingyu had at least ten sets of identical tight leather outfits, the only difference being the silver thread decorations at the chest.
Ye Jingyu said, "Before we begin martial enlightenment, we must first test your bloodline to see whether you have sufficient Dragon Bloodline Talent."
The people of this world are called descendants of dragons, and they all have Dragon Bloodline to some extent, harboring powerful strength known as dragon force within.
The essence of martial arts is to stimulate the dragon force within one's bloodline, transforming it into one's own martial strength.
Since each person's Dragon Bloodline Talent is different, the colors manifested by their bloodline also vary.
As it stands, there are six main colors of Dragon Bloodline in this world: gray, white, black, blue, red, and purple.
These six colors become rarer and nobler further down the line.
Note that rarities are noble, but these six colors are not progressively more powerful. For instance, the purple Dragon Bloodline is basically only found in the world's top royal families. However, many members of the royalty are not very powerful in martial arts.
There is also a bloodline color even rarer than purple, which is colorless and transparent, nearly one in a million. However, this rarity does not signify nobility but disaster. For those with colorless and transparent Dragon Bloodline signify no dragon force, labeled as cursed by the heavens. Such people are either exiled to the Barbaric Wilderness or executed.
In this world, the majority, over eighty percent, have the gray bloodline, possessing very weak bloodline strength and no necessity to learn martial arts.
The remaining colors, white, black, blue, red, and purple, are all suitable for martial training, provided the bloodline grade is high enough.
Where is the bloodline grade seen? Color. The deeper the color, the higher the grade, and the greater the bloodline's power.
As long as the grade is high enough, any one of these five-colored bloodlines can become a powerful martial artist.
For example, those with a white Dragon Bloodline are suitable to be swordsmen, as their strength and agility talents are relatively high, and the remaining talents in spirit, bones, and stamina are also acceptable.
And those with a black Dragon Bloodline, in particular, have especially high spirit and agility talents but weaker in the remaining three, making them suitable to be assassins, lethal in a single strike, not suited for prolonged combat.
As for those with blue Dragon Bloodline, their mental talent is very high and their strength talent is decent, but the remaining three talents are merely passable, so they are suited to be archers.
Red Dragon Bloodline carriers possess powerful strength and bone talents, and their endurance talent is also commendable, but their mental and agility talents are quite low, making these people suitable to become greatsword fighters. Once donning thick armor and wielding a greatsword, they're like human tanks on the battlefield.
Regarding those with purple Dragon Bloodline, they have good mental, agility, and strength talents, with decent bone and endurance as well. With all five talents relatively balanced, they are the best fit for knights, natural-born leaders. They can swing swords on horseback as well as draw bows in anger.
It is for this reason that the carriers of the purple Dragon Bloodline gradually rose to become one of the world's most elite families.
The previous Suo Lun had a red Bloodline, but it was of a very low grade. Plus, he couldn't endure hardship, so his martial prowess was nearly negligible. He could barely win a fight against any of his numerous lovers.
...
"Drink this bottle of Flint Liquid," Ye Jingyu handed over a porcelain bottle and said.
Only after the Flint Liquid merged with the fresh blood, then dripped into Dragon Spring Water, would a reaction occur that displayed the color of the bloodline.
Lanling drank the Flint Liquid, and after a moment, felt his body growing hotter and hotter.
Ye Jingyu glanced at him and said, "Extend your index finger."
Lanling extended his index finger and Ye Jingyu lightly sliced it, causing the blood to drop into a jade bowl on the table.
This crystal-clear jade bowl containing Dragon Spring Water was specifically for testing the Dragon Bloodline and was completely transparent and colorless, indistinguishable from ordinary water.
After the blood dripped into the Dragon Spring Water, a red color instantly spread, becoming lighter and lighter.
"Hopefully, it's not a gray bloodline, or martial arts would be completely out of the question," Ye Jingyu said.
Lanling saw the color in the jade bowl had become almost transparent, the redness of the blood nearly completely gone.
The color on Ye Jingyu's face changed dramatically as she said, "It can't be colorless, can it?"
Those with a colorless Dragon Bloodline were cursed by the heavens, rumored to bring disaster to their family and to those around them. Therefore, once a colorless Dragon Bloodline carrier was found, they would definitely be banished. And if discovered by the Dragon God Temple, they would certainly be executed.
Lanling's heart skipped a beat,hoping it wasn't colorless. If that were the case, his stay in the Suo Family would be awkward and he might even bring disaster to his sister and family.
However, he still felt confident, believing his Dragon Bloodline Talent to be far from low, as he had a "Yao Xing" within him, a profoundly powerful and mysterious "Yao Xing."
As the water in the jade bowl became utterly transparent, Ye Jingyu's face had turned deathly pale.
But just then, the Dragon Spring Water in the bowl stirred slightly, and a color appeared.
Immediately, Ye Jingyu let out a long sigh of relief—anything but colorless was good. If it had been colorless, she truly didn't know what to do.
But then she trembled, her face undergoing a drastic change.
Because the color that appeared in the Dragon Spring Water was one she had never seen before.
So far, there were only seven known colors of Dragon Bloodline in the world: gray, white, black, blue, red, purple, and colorless.
But now, the color inside the jade bowl turned out to be... yellow!
Throughout history, there had never been a sighting or mention of a yellow Dragon Bloodline!