Chapter 410 – Qin Yue's Gift

It had to be said that Qin Qing’s words this time truly surprised Su Ming.

Obtain the Green-Blue Potion first, and then have An Zijin become a Dual Professional?

“Can your Qin Family afford to wait that long?”

Su Ming looked at Qin Qing with considerable astonishment.

After all, the Green-Blue Potion was a rare find, something even Su Ming had only managed to acquire after opening packages for a full year. The Qin Family, over the course of a millennium, had never once succeeded in obtaining it, which spoke volumes about the difficulty of acquiring the Green-Blue Potion.

A treasure that appeared only once every few decades or even centuries—it could easily rival rare treasures like Purple Snow Paste and Dragon Demon Saliva, and might even be slightly rarer.

Such a natural treasure, even if it did appear in the world, with the world so vast and humanity so numerous, there was no telling whose hands it would end up in. Even if the Qin Family devoted all their efforts to searching for it, no one knew how long it would take for them to succeed.

To put it bluntly, even if An Zijin were to live out her natural lifespan, the Qin Family might still fail to obtain the Green-Blue Potion.

Under such circumstances, could the Qin Family really restrain themselves and not have An Zijin take the Phantom Demon Potion?

Su Ming found it highly unlikely.

But this was actually because Su Ming had yet to grasp one thing.

“Zijin is an extremely important figure to our Qin Family as well. We don’t want her to die so easily either,” Qin Qing sighed. “The Qin Family has worked hard for so many years and finally managed to produce Zijin, a high-level Spirit Bearer with the potential to succeed in the Dual Professional Family Plan. If she were to casually take the Phantom Demon Potion and die just like that, it would be an enormous blow to our Qin Family.”

That was the crux of the matter.

Over the past millennium, the Qin Family had invested untold efforts to finally bring forth a high-level Spirit Bearer like An Zijin.

Throughout this thousand-year period, the Qin Family, in pursuit of the Dual Professional Family Plan, had expanded its branches far and wide, yet only An Zijin had successfully inherited the spiritual essence of ten generations to become a high-level Spirit Bearer. If An Zijin were to die from taking the Phantom Demon Potion, it would be an unbearable loss for the Qin Family.

Naturally, the Qin Family also hoped that An Zijin would successfully adapt to the Phantom Demon Potion and become a Dual Professional.

Thus, how to increase An Zijin’s chances of success had become a top priority in the Qin Family’s plans.

“The reason Zijin wasn’t brought to Tianfeng City and the Qin Family right after her birth was because the family didn’t want her to take the Phantom Demon Potion while she was still too young and her resilience was too weak,” Qin Qing explained. “This time, if not for Zijin’s own request, the Qin Family wouldn’t have planned to bring her to Tianfeng City either.”

The Qin Family wanted An Zijin to grow a few more years, to become mentally tougher and more resilient, before bringing her back to Tianfeng City.

Otherwise, the immense pain and torment caused by taking the Phantom Demon Potion might be more than An Zijin could endure.

“In the month since Zijin was brought to Tianfeng City, the Qin Family has been locked in fierce debates over whether to have her take the Phantom Demon Potion immediately.”

Qin Qing shared this with Su Ming.

“The conservative faction strongly opposes the idea, believing that Zijin should wait until she’s older or has given birth to descendants before taking the potion.””The radical faction is impatient, believing that the Qin Family has waited for a thousand years and should not continue waiting any longer.”

“Young Master Su’s appearance merely silenced the radical faction’s voices and made the moderate faction’s stance more resolute.”

With the Qin Family’s immense power, it was inevitable that internal opinions would diverge.

Abandoning the dual Professional family plan, giving up An Zijin, and allowing Su Ming to take her away from the Qin Family was absolutely impossible.

However, temporarily setting the matter aside and not immediately having An Zijin participate in the plan or consume the Phantom Demon Potion was still feasible.

Understanding this, Su Ming felt relieved but still had some doubts.

“What if the Qin Family never finds the Green-Blue Potion?”

Su Ming looked directly at Qin Qing, posing this final question.

To this, Qin Qing had already prepared an answer.

“Then we will wait for Zijin’s descendants, their descendants, and even generations beyond,” Qin Qing stated without hesitation. “The inheritance of Spirit Bearers is unstable, but Zijin is a high-rank Spirit Bearer. The probability of her spiritual legacy continuing is very high. In fact, the further it is passed down, the more exceptional the spirituality becomes.”

“By then, the likelihood of her descendants successfully inheriting the innate dual Professional trait and establishing a dual Professional family will be even greater than with Zijin herself.”

“This gives the Qin Family a reason to continue waiting.”

The nature of Spirit Bearers is that the more generations the legacy is passed down, the higher the probability of descendants becoming Spirit Bearers, and the stronger their spirituality will be.

For ordinary Spirit Bearers, their descendants might all be ordinary people, not necessarily becoming Spirit Bearers.

Thus, over all these years, only An Zijin’s lineage has successfully passed down the legacy for ten generations, becoming high-rank Spirit Bearers.

At this stage, it is actually unlikely for descendants to fail to inherit An Zijin’s spirituality and become even more exceptional high-rank Spirit Bearers.

Based on this, the Qin Family indeed has value in continuing to wait, without placing all their hopes solely on An Zijin.

Of course, if Su Ming had not “interfered,” some radicals in the Qin Family might have grown too impatient, leading to the adoption of more aggressive and extreme measures.

However, Su Ming’s exposure, along with the revelation of his true strength and potential, forced the Qin Family to consider him as a variable.

This was especially true for Qin Yue.

As the Qin Family’s patriarch who had crossed hands with Su Ming, he had grown wary of the power and potential Su Ming displayed.

Moreover, Su Ming was the next Guardian Deity, the successor favored by Old Ling. In the future, his status and authority in Tianfeng City might not be much weaker than that of the Qin Family.

With all these considerations, the radical faction’s voices were silenced, and the moderate faction’s stance began to dominate and was fully adopted.

“This is the contract prepared by the Qin Family. Young Master Su may review it personally and sign it.”

Qin Qing then produced the contract that had been prepared in advance.

Su Ming could tell at a glance that this was a contract of exceptionally high Rank.

The contract’s Rank was at least fine-grade, if not superior-grade.Su Ming took it and saw the contents written clearly: only after obtaining the Green Potion could the Qin Family proceed with their Dual Professional Family Plan, allowing An Zijin or her descendants to consume the Phantom Demon Potion.

Given the rank of this contract, once its contents took effect, even the Qin Family’s descendants would have to abide by its terms without violation.

Otherwise, the contract’s curse of broken vows would manifest upon the Qin Family, causing them all to die suddenly.

Su Ming had to admit that this time, the Qin Family’s sincerity was substantial.

If that were the case, he had no reason to stop it.

After all, becoming a Dual Professional was a rare and excellent opportunity.

If Little Sister Zijin or her descendants had the chance to become Dual Professionals, such an opportunity should not be missed because of him.

“How about it, Young Master Su?”

Qin Qing, seeing Su Ming’s expression, knew the matter was likely settled.

Besides being the Qin Family’s Young Miss, she was also the Chief Auctioneer of the Wanbao Auction House. Reading people’s expressions and postures was her forte.

This was why Qin Qing’s observational skills were so sharp.

Su Ming closed his eyes in front of Qin Qing, falling into deep thought.

Qin Qing was not in a hurry and waited quietly.

Before long, Su Ming opened his eyes.

“Add one more clause,” Su Ming said calmly. “Your Qin Family must not restrict the freedom of Little Sister Zijin or her family members.”

Hearing this, Qin Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

“Of course,” Qin Qing quickly replied. “Zijin is very important to the Qin Family; we would never restrict her personal freedom.”

Such words were best taken with a grain of salt.

If the Qin Family had not restricted An Zijin’s freedom at all, she would have long been unable to resist coming to find Su Ming.

Now, it was only out of consideration for Su Ming and a desire to avoid conflict that they were making concessions.

Since the matter was already settled, Su Ming did not press further.

“Then let’s sign the contract.”

Su Ming decisively made his decision.

Thus, Su Ming signed his name in the column filled with the names of the Qin Family’s top brass.

The contract took effect immediately, splitting into two copies—one for Su Ming and one for Qin Qing.

Having achieved her goal, Qin Qing relaxed completely, and a stunning smile reappeared on her face.

Then, Qin Qing took out two more items.

They were two books.

Su Ming glanced at them, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

On both books was a name he could not ignore:

————《Soul Lock》.

————《Dawn Star Orbit》.

These were the two incredibly powerful Spirit Arts that Qin Yue had relied on to make his name.

These books were precisely the Spell Formula books for 【Soul Lock】 and 【Dawn Star Orbit】.

“What does this mean?”

Su Ming lifted his gaze to look at Qin Qing.

Qin Qing smiled slightly and said, “This is a personal gift from our Ancestral Grandfather to you, Young Master Su, as compensation for his previous loss to you, which did not satisfy you.”

In other words, these two Spell Formula books were entrusted by Qin Yue to Qin Qing to give to Su Ming.

Clearly, Qin Yue wanted to ease tensions with Su Ming, even draw closer to him, and mend the rift that had formed between him and the Qin Family.”Although both of these spell formulas are extremely difficult to master, our ancestor believes that with Young Master Su’s talent, learning them is absolutely within your capabilities.”

Qin Qing pushed the two spell books toward Su Ming.

“This can be considered our ancestor’s investment in Young Master Su and a welcoming gift for the next Guardian Deity. Please accept them.”

Qin Qing’s words once again plunged Su Ming into silence.

Undoubtedly, Su Ming was tempted.

These two spell formulas had the qualification to make Su Ming’s heart stir.

To say nothing of others, just the Dawn Star Orbit alone—this was a Spirit Art that could allow a sorcerer to overturn their disadvantages, comparable to a hunter obtaining powerful mutation abilities, enabling the practitioner to be completely reborn.

Its semi-invincible effect and teleportation-like function, either of which was enough to make Su Ming covetous.

Back when he witnessed Qin Yue using this spell formula, Su Ming had even felt envy, to the point of jealousy.

It could be said that as long as one was a sorcerer, there wouldn’t be anyone who didn’t want to learn the Dawn Star Orbit.

If hunters weren’t incapable of learning Spirit Arts, the Dawn Star Orbit would certainly be wildly sought after by hunters too.

As for the supplementary spell formula Soul Lock, having witnessed its power, Su Ming naturally coveted it as well.

This was so far the only Spirit Art Su Ming had encountered that targeted the mind and soul.

Among the Hundred Spirit Arts, aside from one Forbidden Art ranked above sequence ninety, there wasn’t a single Spirit Art that could affect the mind or soul.

A spell formula capable of launching soul attacks—if he could master this, its usefulness wouldn’t be much inferior to learning the Dawn Star Orbit.

It was through this that Qin Yue could solidify his position as the strongest under the Guardian Deity and the world’s second most powerful, demonstrating its formidable power.

Of course, as Qin Qing said, both of these spell formulas were extremely difficult to master.

Naturally, there was no need to mention supplementary spell formulas like Soul Lock—extra Spirit Arts established outside the orthodox spiritual rules, whether in learning difficulty or usage difficulty, were first-rate.

The learning difficulty of Dawn Star Orbit was also notoriously high. Even in places like the Sorcerer Guild, no one had ever been heard to have mastered this spell formula. Conservatively estimated, the number of sorcerers worldwide who had learned this spell formula wouldn’t exceed three, possibly even fewer.

In the past, Su Ming similarly lacked confidence in mastering these two Spirit Arts.

But now…

Having consumed so much Purple Snow Essence, with his Aptitude and Comprehension Ability greatly enhanced, even his life level seemingly elevated by one Rank, Su Ming truly didn’t believe there was any Spirit Art that could stump him or prevent him from learning now.

Thinking this, Su Ming no longer hesitated and directly accepted the two spell books.

“Thank you.”

A simple expression of gratitude, yet it made the smile on Qin Qing’s face brighten several degrees.

The heartfelt smile of Tianfeng City’s number one beauty was naturally breathtakingly beautiful.

If Su Ming hadn’t already grown accustomed to Hai’er’s transcendent beauty, perhaps he would have been unable to avoid staring blankly for a moment.

As it was, he naturally didn’t react that way.

This made Qin Qing look at Su Ming with another strange expression, though unfortunately Su Ming didn’t notice.

Afterward, the two exchanged a few casual words.”Since the task is complete, I won’t disturb you any further.” Qin Qing stood up and said to Su Ming, “Zijin should be coming to see Young Master Su soon.”

Hearing this, Su Ming finally smiled along.

“Then I’ll be looking forward to it.”

After speaking, Su Ming escorted Qin Qing out of the villa.

“You can see me off here.”

Qin Qing declined Su Ming’s further accompaniment at the main entrance.

“Alright.”

Su Ming nodded.

Only then did Qin Qing give Su Ming a deep look, as if trying to memorize his appearance at this very moment, before turning to leave.

Su Ming also watched Qin Qing depart, then holding two spell formula books, he directly returned to his room.

He couldn’t wait to examine these two Spirit Arts.

“I hope these two spell formulas will give me a pleasant surprise.”

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