Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 158 The Primitive Feminine Bloodline Clan

Three days went by quickly. For the past three days, Darren assimilated elixirs that would help healhis wounds.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Someone was knocking on the door.

"Come in!"

Darren said. He opened his eyes and saw a girl in gray standing in front of him.

"Darren, Holy Lord Diana asked me to invite you to her palace,” the girl said as she bowed her headas a sign of respect.

"Holy Lord Diana wants to see me? Alright. Would you please lead the way?"

Darren had almost completely recovered from his injuries, and he had wanted to go for a walkanyway, so he stepped out of his room and followed the girl.

As soon as he stepped out, he was, for the first time, able to appreciate just how beautiful the LotusHoly Land was. It was filled with spiritual energy and delicate pavilions and splendid palaces. Theplace was so beautiful that the imperial palace of Doriath paled in comparison.

They walked slowly and after about an hour, they arrived at a place with a unique scenery.

In front of him was a huge, magnificent waterfall. At its foot lay a crystal clear pool with a cyan lotusabout thirty meters in diameter in the middle.

The lotus was so immensely beautiful that Darren could not remove his gaze from it.

"Welcome, Darren!”

Darren was drawn back to his usual self when he heard someone call his name. He turned aroundand saw the Holy Lord Diana in cyan.

"Good day, Holy Lord Diana!" he said as he bowed slightly.

"Don't bother. Take a seat,” Diana said, gesturing at a lotus-shaped platform.

Darren sat down beside her on the platform.

"Holy Lord Diana, what is it that you want me to do?" Darren asked.

"Nothing, really. I just wanted to know if you have already recovered from your injuries,” Dianaanswered with a smile.

Then they began to chat casually. Even though Diana was the Holy Lord, she was not arrogant in theleast, so Darren felt completely at ease while talking to her.

"Oh, I almost forgot! I have something to tell you. It's about you and Belle," Diana suddenly saidafter a few minutes of chatting with Darren.

"I'm listening, Holy Lord.” Darren could not help but feel curious about what Diana was going to say.Diana paused for a while, as if she was thinking of what to say, and then continued, "There is noeasy way to say this but you and Belle are not siblings.”

"Huh?" Darren was totally shocked from what he heard. "What even made Diana think that?’ hethought.

"That's impossible! We grew up together. Plus, even though I was just two years old when Belle wasborn, I still have snippets of memories from when she was born. I can vaguely remember how busyit was in our yard that day.” The information he had just been told was too much for him to process,and he could not replace himself to believe it at all. How could that even be?

Holy Lord Diana shook her head and explained, "Belle has the Primitive Feminine Body. Therefore,she possesses the Primitive Feminine Bloodline. I checked, and saw that your bloodline is the sameas everyone else's. Yours is an ordinary bloodline, so there is no way you and Belle are related byblood. Just like the Ancient Family Bloodline, the Primitive Feminine Bloodline can only beinherited.”

Darren was still overwhelmed and surprised, but what Diana was saying started making more senseto him.

Darren thought for a while but still felt confused. He swore he could remember the exact scenerywhen Belle was born.

“Could it be that Belle is actually a child of my mom, but I am not?’ Darren hypothesized afterthinking about it for a while.

"Darren, I hope what I said won't affect the relationship between you and Belle,” Diana said. Shecould not help but feel a little bit worried at how Darren reacted to what she said.

"Don't worry. It doesn't matter if we are related or not. She will still be my younger sister forever,”Darren answered. He was telling the truth. Even if what the Holy Lord said were true, he still wouldnever abandon Belle.

"Alas! Belle might have inherited the Primitive Feminine Bloodline from the clan of my savior.Unfortunately, the clan has already been exterminated,” Diana said with a sigh.

"Exterminated? Holy Lord, can you tell me more about it?" Darren asked curiously.

"It is a long story, but I would like to tell you about it in detail anyway because if you learn about it,then you might be able to avoid making some mistakes in the future.”

Holy Lord Diana decided to reveal to him what the continent really was.

"Actually, the Eight Holy Lands are not the most powerful in the Lothlann Continent. In terms ofcapabilities, they could only rank third at their best. But for some reason, the Holy Lands have apristine reputation, and no one outside of the continent ever dares to challenge us,”

Diana said, piquing Darren's interest and curiosity even more.

"The Holy Lands only rank third? And they still have a high status?" Darren asked, confused. Hecouldn't make sense of what Diana was saying.

"Yes. Darren, look at this ancient drawing. This is a map of the Lothlann Continent with a roughdistribution of power indicated on it.” An ancient drawing scroll appeared in Diana's hands. Shetossed it forward and a scroll several hundred meters long sprawled out in front of them.

Darren moved closer and looked at the drawing carefully.

The markings on the map were very clear. The continent was divided into four areas according tolocation. Each location had a different color assigned to it.

"Look here, Darren. The green land is the sphere of human activity, while the gray land is called theborder. Beyond the border is what we call the endless sea," Diana explained to Darren as shepointed at different areas of the map.

"The eight Holy Lands are located in the south of the continent. They rule more than a hundredcountries in the south and serve as the guard of the south border. The east of the continent is aland full of hills. On the other hand, the north is a desert and the west is a flame land.

Each of the four areas are controlled by very powerful groups. In the southern land, the mostpowerful groups are the Heavenly Palace Sect and the Chasm Clan. But because they are quite low-profiled, almost nobody has ever seen their disciples.

The Primitive Feminine Bloodline Clan used to be one of the most powerful groups in the southernland as well. However, it was exterminated about eighty years ago.”

Darren asked, "If the Primitive Feminine Bloodline Clan was so powerful, how come it has beenexterminated?"

Diana continued, "My life was once put in danger when I explored the area controlled by themonsters. Back then, an old man saved my life. Apparently, he was a member of the Ji Clan, and thePrimitive Feminine Bloodline Clan.

I have been looking for the old man for many, many years; just so I can repay him for saving my life.But I could not replace even a clue about his whereabouts. Until one day, I overheard that the PrimitiveFeminine Bloodline Clan had been exterminated by accident.

It was the last time I ever heard of the clan. Until one day, Elder Xenia took back a talented girl—Belle. She found that Belle had the Primitive Feminine Bloodline in her. Since I knew that she was adescendant of my savior's clan, I appointed her as the Holy Maiden and ordered Elder Xenia toteach her carefully.

I have no idea how a group as powerful as the Ji Clan could ever be exterminated, but I'm guessingit had something to do with the mysterious power from the north.”

Only then did Darren realize why his younger sister could become a Holy Maiden. 'Ah, so the reasonHoly Lord Diana is so kind to Belle is because she is from the same clan as the old man who savedher life, * Darren thought.

"Darren, I have not told Belle about any of this. In order to prevent her from overthinking, I hopeyou would keep quiet about this as well," Diana said.

"Okay." Darren nodded. He knew it would be for the best if he did not tell Belle about his recentdiscoveries as well.

Now he knew why he could only rank 28450th on the Talent Roll in spite of his talent andcapabilities. Although his strength was still improving now at a rapid rate, he guessed that hisranking would not increase too much in the near future.

“Now I know that there are many powerful groups in the areas beyond the Holy Lands. There mustbe a lot of gifted people out there.

Matthew said that only those whose rank was in the top 100 on the Talent Roll were the onesqualified to go to the Raksa Sea. As of now, there is still a long, long way for me to go before I canreach that level.

If I can't go to the Raksa sea, then I will never be able to replace the primitive stone, and I will never beable to enter the Wonder Realm, ' Darren thought to himself with a heavy sigh.