Chapter 323: Chapter 304 Answer
"Are you planning to take me to the Holy Blood Pool?"
Following behind the woman, Lin Yi couldn’t help but ask.
Hera suddenly turned her head to look at Lin Yi, with a look of surprise, she said:
"You’ve been here before?"
"Uh~"
Lin Yi was taken aback and immediately denied:
"I heard about it, but this is my first time here."
Hera gave Lin Yi a meaningful glance but did not delve into whether what he said was true or not, because as the Holy Blood Pool was the sacred ground of the Succubus Race, Lin Yi was the first outsider to reach here.
If Hera had not sensed Lin Yi’s presence in advance, he would have already been a dead man before he even climbed over the wall.
Hera continued walking towards the Holy Blood Pool, speaking slowly:
"I was planning to find you later, but I didn’t expect you to come knocking on the door yourself."
Lin Yi first gave an awkward smile, but suddenly realized:
"You know me?"
The meaning of her words just now made Lin Yi widen his eyes:
"Are you the clan leader of the Succubus Race?"
In fact, besides Albert, the only other person aware of his task might be the Succubus Race’s Clan Leader who relayed the message through Albert.
But as soon as he spoke, Lin Yi instantly felt something was off!
Wasn’t the Succubus Race’s Clan Leader supposed to be an incredibly ugly old witch?
But the person in front of him didn’t match the word ’ugly’ at all.
However, the other party’s answer once again overturned Lin Yi’s understanding, as Hera directly said:
"That’s right, I am the current Clan Leader of the Succubus Race, my name is Hera."
Lin Yi didn’t expect that she was indeed the rumored incredibly ugly and stingy Clan Leader of the Succubus Race!
Now seeing her in person, Lin Yi felt the contrast was too great.
Could there be a misunderstanding in all of this?
Otherwise, why would there be such a huge discrepancy between the two?
Of course, Lin Yi had no chance now to verify in the past, so he could only temporarily accept the reality in front of him.
Then Lin Yi thought about the circulated rumors outside, and couldn’t help his curiosity and asked:
"Clan Leader Hera, there’s something I want to ask."
But before Lin Yi could ask what it was, the other party had already directly answered:
"It was us."
"Uh~"
Lin Yi was first stunned, then opened his mouth in surprise:
"It really was you?"
"How is that possible, no, why did you do it?"
At first, Lin Yi thought there might be some misunderstanding or some other factors involved.
But he didn’t expect reality to be just as the rumors said.
No wonder no one from the Succubus Race ever came out to deny that they did not do this, it turns out they really did it.
But for Lin Yi’s confusion, Hera did not respond directly, instead, she said:
"You’ll know in a moment."
At that moment, Hera opened her mouth again to ask Lin Yi the question he had asked before:
"You still haven’t answered me. If the one who made the mistake was your only relative, would you choose to protect her or abandon her?"
This time Lin Yi finally caught on, and looked at the woman in front of him in surprise:
"So this matter wasn’t orchestrated by you, but by the person closest to you?"
"Does it matter?"
Without thinking, Lin Yi said:
"Of course it matters!"
Hera, however, shook her head and said:
"It doesn’t matter at all."
Lin Yi was puzzled:
"Why?"
"Because whether it was her or me, the mistake was made by our Succubus Race, the result is the same."
From this point on, Hera no longer spoke.
After a while, Lin Yi couldn’t help but ask:
"So how do you plan to resolve this matter, Clan Leader Hera?"
But at that moment, Hera suddenly stopped:
"We’re here."
"Uh~"
Lin Yi looked up and realized that unknowingly, the two of them had already reached the Holy Blood Pool’s location.
It was deep within Moria Inner City, in the heartland of the Succubus Race.
This place was a forbidden area of the Succubus Race, Lin Yi had only been here once when triggered by a hidden mission of the Succubus Race in his past life.
Now, the forbidden area’s surroundings were filled with heavily armed elite Succubus Race members, both men and women, all of them extraordinarily beautiful.
When Hera arrived, they all bowed to her:
"Clan Leader."
Hera gestured for them to leave:
"You all may withdraw now."
The guards exchanged a look, then gave Lin Yi a puzzled glance before bowing and retreating.
Only then did Hera step inside, with Lin Yi having no choice but to follow her inside.
The so-called forbidden area, centered around the Holy Blood Pool, was adorned with several lifelike statues. Among them, Lin Yi recognized only Sharon Zimmerman and the Golden-Horned Winged Lion Holy Beast beside her.
The others were likely previous Clan Leaders of the Succubus Race (Lin Yi speculated).
In the middle of the statues lay the core of the Succubus Race: the Holy Blood Pool.
The so-called Holy Blood Pool was not as gory as one might imagine. Instead, as Lin Yi approached, it emitted a faint violet glow.
In the center of the Holy Blood Pool grew a four to five-meter tall Holy Blood Tree.
This somewhat resembled the Elf Race’s Holy Tree, except that beneath the Elf Race’s Holy Tree was Holy Water condensed from the essence of heaven and earth, whereas here it was a faintly reddish liquid.
It wasn’t until Lin Yi saw this Holy Blood Tree, which the Succubus Race used to nurture their next generation, that he realized why some amongst them would risk everything to refine the so-called Holy Blood Pill.
Compared to the lush Holy Blood Tree Lin Yi saw before his rebirth, the one in front of him was withering and decrepit.
If this tree could not be restored, it would mean the Succubus Race, just like this Holy Blood Tree, could only head towards extinction.
Faced with such a threat of annihilation, many would probably choose to risk everything to try and refine that Holy Blood Pill.
Suddenly, Lin Yi had a doubt and asked:
"Can refining that Holy Blood Pill truly replace Holy Beast Blood?"
Moreover, what puzzled Lin Yi even more was why, if this method was viable, they waited until the Holy Blood Tree reached this state to act?
Just then, a voice suddenly rang out from behind Lin Yi:
"Of course it can."
Lin Yi turned his head, and was shocked as if he had seen a ghost upon seeing the person:
"Why is it you?"
The newcomer was the blue-dressed woman Lin Yi had met on the airship.
Yet what shocked Lin Yi even more than meeting the blue-dressed woman here was the elderly man beside her, who appeared old and frail:
Erica Gazar Lv65
Guardian of the Succubus Race
For Lin Yi saw, unbelievably, the ’familiar’ material: Ice Crystal, once more on this Guardian.
At this point, it was as if Lin Yi had found reasonable explanations for all questions, instinctively moving to Hera’s side and said:
"I think I may already have an answer to your question."