Chapter 396 – The Only High-Rank Spirit Bearer

“Dual Professional Family…?”

Su Ming stared blankly at Qin Qing, wondering if he had misheard.

“What?” Qin Qing naturally understood Su Ming’s thoughts and said, “Do you think the Qin Family is being delusional?”

This was more than just delusional!

Frankly, Su Ming had never imagined that something like a “Dual Professional Family” could exist in this world.

Not to mention dual professional families—he hadn’t even heard of Sorcerer families.

This world only had Hunter Families, as only Hunters with Phantom Demon Bloodline could pass down supernatural powers, allowing descendants to inherit their bloodline and gradually form families.

Therefore, in this world, regardless of which Base City, Hunter Families inevitably existed.

Because only their power could be inherited, while Sorcerer was a profession that couldn’t be passed down, naturally unable to match Hunters’ influence on human society.

If not for the fact that Sorcerers’ Spirit Arts specifically countered Phantom Demons and could inflict massive damage on them, giving Sorcerers a special status in this world, humanity might have wholeheartedly developed the Hunter profession and phased out Sorcerers.

With small numbers and inability to inherit, such a Sorcerer profession would inevitably face elimination if it didn’t possess exceptional qualities.

But now, Qin Qing was telling him that the Qin Family not only wanted to continue the Hunter lineage but also the Sorcerer lineage, even combining both to form a dual professional family?

Not even daydreams would go this far!

Old Ling had desperately sought a Dual Professional as his successor, nearly giving up after failing to find one, yet the Qin Family actually aimed to train all their descendants into Dual Professionals? Anyone hearing this would find it absurd.

However…

“Theoretically speaking, this is achievable.”

Qin Qing told Su Ming this.

“You have Tong Xinyao in your team, so you should understand what kind of existence a Spirit Bearer is, right?”

Hearing this, Su Ming nodded.

Spirit Bearers—natural-born Sorcerers who could inherit special spirituality from their parents, possessing extraordinary potential.

When in a family, one parent was a Sorcerer with Spirit Constitution, and if a descendant happened to awaken Spirit Constitution and become a Sorcerer, that descendant’s Spirit Constitution might carry some parental spirituality, giving their own spirituality special hereditary properties.

Under the influence of these hereditary properties, this Sorcerer who inherited parental spirituality would have a certain probability of passing this special spirituality to their own descendants, who could then awaken Spirit Constitution and become natural-born Sorcerers.

People regarded these natural-born Sorcerers as the chosen ones of the Sorcerer world, even favorites of the world, believing every one of them could grow into Upper-Rank Professionals with 100% certainty.

Moreover, Spirit Bearers’ descendants would have a high probability of again inheriting their elders’ special spirituality, continuing to awaken Spirit Constitution, becoming natural-born Sorcerers, thus making Sorcerer inheritance possible with even better Aptitude and potential.

Chi Qian had told Su Ming that if a Spirit Bearer lineage continued for over ten generations, subsequent descendants might naturally awaken Vision Marks from birth.

That would be the so-called High-Rank Spirit Bearer—natural-born Upper-Rank Sorcerers.Unfortunately, such beings exist only in legends.

Let alone high-level Spirit Bearers, even ordinary Spirit Bearers—among the millions of Professionals in the entire Tianfeng City—only Tong Xinyao alone qualifies.

When Qin Qing brought up the matter of Spirit Bearers, could it be because the Qin Family’s plan is related to this?

A special spiritual nature that can be inherited, Sorcerers born with the ability to awaken a Spirit Constitution…

“Could it be…?”

Su Ming thought of an incredibly astonishing possibility, causing him to stare at Qin Qing in utter astonishment.

“It seems you’ve more or less guessed it,” Qin Qing said, looking at Su Ming. “That’s right. The Qin Family’s plan to become a Dual Professional Family must begin with becoming Spirit Bearers.”

As she spoke, Qin Qing carefully considered her words before continuing.

“Just imagine, if a Spirit Bearer were to consume the Phantom Demon Potion and successfully adapt, becoming a Dual Professional, wouldn’t they be able to pass down their Dual Professional Physique to their offspring?”

“By nature, Spirit Bearers possess inheritable qualities, and Hunters with Phantom Demon Bloodline are no different.”

“If a Spirit Bearer becomes a Dual Professional, their spiritual nature can be inherited, and their bloodline can be passed down as well. If the next generation inherits both constitutions, wouldn’t that make them natural-born Dual Professionals?”

This extremely bold hypothesis and statement left even Su Ming momentarily speechless.

Primarily because Qin Qing’s assumption and reasoning weren’t entirely without merit.

She had a point.

Since Spirit Bearers can inherently pass down their special spiritual nature, giving their descendants a high probability of becoming natural-born Sorcerers, if such a Spirit Bearer consumed the Phantom Demon Potion and became a Dual Professional, wouldn’t both aspects of their Dual Professional Physique be inheritable?

If a Spirit Bearer becomes a Dual Professional, the possibility of their offspring becoming natural-born Dual Professionals would no longer be zero, right?

So, Qin Qing was correct—at the very least, it was theoretically feasible.

And since it was theoretically possible, the next step was to verify this theory, or even bring it to fruition.

The Qin Family had decided to pursue this path.

But it was far from simple.

“First, to become a Spirit Bearer, someone must first become a Sorcerer.”

“To achieve this, the Qin Family allowed their already declining bloodline to fade away, shifting their focus to the political arena instead.”

“This approach would not only preserve the Family but also expand the Qin Family’s influence without relying on supernatural powers, preventing the Family from falling into complete decline.”

History had proven that the primary requirement for awakening a Spirit Constitution and becoming a Sorcerer was the absence of Phantom Demon Bloodline.

The opposition between spiritual nature and demonic nature made it impossible for a Spirit Constitution to awaken in Hunters possessing Phantom Demon Bloodline, fundamentally preventing the birth of Dual Professionals.

As a Super Family that once dominated a region, establishing their own territory and ruling as Kings, the Qin Family never met the conditions for their members to awaken a Spirit Constitution from the very beginning.

Therefore, the Qin Family’s bloodline needed to completely deteriorate first, only then could their descendants awaken a Spirit Constitution, become Sorcerers, and take the first step.

“To increase the probability of awakening a Spirit Constitution and accelerate the deterioration of their bloodline, the Qin Family’s first move after entering politics was to encourage their members to recklessly expand their lineage.”

“Only with a large number of clan members and abundant descendants could the probability of producing Sorcerers within the Family be increased.””For this purpose, the Qin Family not only permitted but actively supported polygamy. Any man during that era could marry multiple women, with the family’s sole requirement being to produce as many children as possible.”

Upon hearing this, Su Ming nearly blurted out, “Is your Qin Family still recruiting people?”

Unaware of Su Ming’s unusual reaction, Qin Qing continued her explanation.

“Due to this policy, the Qin Family’s population exploded within an extremely short period, forcing them to dispatch clan members to other Base Cities to settle elsewhere.”

“However, the family maintained contact with all dispatched Qin members, consistently monitoring whether any descendants would Awaken the Spirit Constitution.”

“When the population became sufficiently large and the family Bloodline had completely dissipated, Sorcerers who Awakened the Spirit Constitution naturally began to appear.”

Su Ming could basically guess the subsequent development.

After all, every Hunter Family specialized in maintaining their Bloodline, constantly seeking ways to refine their family’s heritage.

To achieve this, whether through consanguineous marriages or alliances with other Hunter Families, these were their most commonly employed measures.

For Spirit Bearers to be born, at least one parent must be a Sorcerer.

Therefore, to maximize this probability, having family members who had Awakened the Spirit Constitution and become Sorcerers marry each other naturally became a crucial method.

Qin Qing’s subsequent explanation confirmed this.

“Next, the family elders began arranging marriages between clan members who had Awakened the Spirit Constitution to produce offspring.”

“If both parents are Sorcerers, then any child who Awakens the Spirit Constitution and becomes a Sorcerer will inherit spiritual qualities that become hereditary, forming the special spirituality that enables Spirit Bearers to emerge.”

“Although this probability isn’t absolute—even if both parents are Sorcerers and their child Awakens the Spirit Constitution, the child might not inherit the parents’ special, heritable spirituality—with persistence, successful cases would eventually appear.”

Once such successful cases emerged, the probability of their descendants becoming Spirit Bearers would no longer be zero.

Although they might still produce non-Spirit Bearer descendants, as Qin Qing said, persistent efforts would eventually yield successes.

Qin Qing represented one such success in this regard.

“With the birth of Spirit Bearers, the family’s revival plan could officially commence.”

Thereafter, the Qin Family only needed to prepare a Nightmare Species Bloodline for this Spirit Bearer, and their plan to become a Dual Professional Family could truly begin.

Unfortunately…

“The first time, the Qin Family failed because the birth of a Dual Professional was extremely difficult. The probability of a Sorcerer successfully adapting to the Phantom Demon Potion to become a Dual Professional was already pitifully low. Even though the Qin Family paid a heavy price and prepared numerous Extraordinary Items to enhance the adaptation rate, they still couldn’t succeed in one attempt.”

“The second time, the Qin Family failed again.”

“In several subsequent attempts, the Qin Family never succeeded once.”

Qin Qing’s tone gradually grew heavier.

“Thus, after an unknown number of years and the sacrifice of numerous Spirit Bearer clan members whose existence remained unknown to outsiders, the Qin Family finally succeeded once.”However, this successful case did not determine that the Qin Family could become a Dual Professional Family.

Theory remains just theory.

Whether a Spirit Bearer who becomes a Dual Professional can pass down both professions to their descendants, creating innate Dual Professionals, remains an unknown.

Evidently, in this successful case of the Qin Family, the Spirit Bearer who became a Dual Professional ultimately failed to achieve this goal.

“That Spirit Bearer who became a Dual Professional gave birth to eleven children, yet none were Dual Professionals—all inherited only the Phantom Demon Bloodline and became Hunters.”

“Descendants of Spirit Bearers only have a high probability of also being Spirit Bearers, innately capable of becoming Sorcerers, but it is not guaranteed.”

“Moreover, with the Phantom Demon Bloodline and the demonic nature residing within them, the Family discovered that this seems to lower the inheritance probability of the Spirit Bearer’s special spirituality.”

Thus, the plan for a Dual Professional Family once again became an unfounded theory.

Of course, the Qin Family did not give up.

“After analysis, the Family’s higher-ups unanimously agreed that for a Spirit Bearer who becomes a Dual Professional to successfully pass down their special spirituality and create an innate Dual Professional, the Spirit Bearer’s special spirituality must not be too weak.”

“As long as this special spirituality is strong enough, the inheritance probability will increase, and the likelihood of producing innate Dual Professionals will be greater.”

“Therefore, the Family began arranging marriages between Spirit Bearers and Sorcerers within the clan who had Awakened the Spirit Constitution, continuing to produce descendants.”

Descendants of Spirit Bearers inherently have a chance of also being Spirit Bearers.

The Qin Family only needed to arrange marriages for these Spirit Bearers, having them marry descendants within the Family who had become Sorcerers, to ensure the Spirit Bearer Physique continued to be passed down and the special spirituality in the Legacy grew increasingly stronger.

“Ultimately, the Family aimed for the legendary high-level Spirit Bearers.”

“Only high-level Spirit Bearers, who innately Awaken Vision Marks and innately become Upper-Rank Sorcerers, could sustain the inheritance of special spirituality suppressed by the demonic nature of the Phantom Demon Bloodline.”

“In other words, only if a high-level Spirit Bearer becomes a Dual Professional does the plan for a Dual Professional Family have a possibility of success.”

After saying this, Qin Qing let out a deep sigh.

And Su Ming?

He had fallen completely silent.

He could probably guess why An Zijin was a member of the Qin Family and why she had been brought to Tianfeng City by the Qin Family, hidden away for a full month.

“Little Jin’s family is the result of your Qin Family’s branching out, isn’t it?”

Su Ming spoke calmly.

“Yes.”

Qin Qing admitted this.

For the sake of the Dual Professional Family plan, the Qin Family had long encouraged reproduction and multiple marriages, to the extent that they needed to send many clan members to settle in other Base Cities.

Otherwise, over the years, Tianfeng City alone might not have been enough to contain the entire Qin Family.

As a result, descendants of the Qin Family could appear in any of the Major Base Cities outside Tianfeng City.

An Zijin was one of them.

“Although it’s unclear why Zijin’s family changed their surname, she is indeed a member of the Qin Family, carrying the Qin Bloodline,” Qin Qing said. “Her parents are also Qin Family members, and even her ancestors for ten generations were all from the Qin Family.”

Ten generations.

This is a generation with special significance.

If the Spirit Bearer Legacy continues unbroken for ten generations, it can give rise to a high-level Spirit Bearer.Qin Qing’s reason for mentioning this now needed no further explanation.

“The An Family is the only Spirit Bearer lineage that has successfully passed down its Legacy for ten generations through our Qin Family’s efforts all these years.”

Qin Qing finally revealed this truth.

“An Zijin, this mere seventeen-year-old girl, is the only high-level Spirit Bearer in this world, and the first high-level Spirit Bearer in both Qin Family history and human history.”

Therefore, An Zijin was a natural Upper-Rank Sorcerer, a super Genius born with the ability to awaken Vision Marks.

This was precisely why the Qin Family had brought An Zijin back to Tianfeng City.

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