SSS Grade Saint Knight - Chapter 193

Chapter 193: Identity Confirmation! Zhou Heng Was Shocked!

TL: Rui88

After a while, Zhou Yi slowly began to speak:

“You said that the Ice Bloodline came from your Zhou family in Tianlan Province, how are you going to prove it?”

Zhou Xiaobai smiled slightly, “Very simple.”

She extended her right hand.

Then she gently pinched.

Only then did small blue ice crystals, exuding a faint chill, coalesce out of thin air and appear in the palm of her right hand!!

Zhou Xiaobai continued, “I also have the Ice Bloodline, although its concentration is relatively low, but this level can still be done easily.”

“If you still don’t believe me, there are others in our clan with a higher concentration of the Ice Bloodline than mine. I can immediately call him to Qingjing University to prove it to you!”

Seemingly afraid that Zhou Yi would not believe, Zhou Xiaobai immediately added.

Zhou Yi shook his head, “No need.”

Coalescing ice crystals out of thin air could be done by many bloodlines, not just the Ice Bloodline.

However, the faint fluctuation produced when Zhou Xiaobai employed the power of her bloodline earlier made him feel very familiar.

Thus, he ended up believing most of what Zhou Xiaobai said.

Zhou Yi thought, “I hadn’t expected that, during a trip to the Exchange Competition, I could actually find the source of my Ice Bloodline.”

Although he was convinced that what Zhou Xiaobai said was basically true, Zhou Yi did not immediately choose to believe it:

“I couldn’t be certain based solely on your one-sided words. I still needed to contact the elders at home.”

In fact, aside from contacting the elders at home, he also needed to contact Teacher Wang Hui.

After all, this world was too peculiar, and there might be some special method to forge bloodline fluctuations.

Zhou Xiaobai nodded repeatedly, “Of course!”

Like a chick pecking at grains, she nodded.

She also knew that Zhou Yi could not immediately accept this matter.

After leaving her contact information, she quickly left.

With Zhou Yi’s identity confirmed, she needed to hurry back to tell her dad…

“Tianlan Province Zhou Family…”

Jiang Churan, who watched all along, gathered her dark tresses with her right hand and pondered:

“Brother Zhou Yi, I seem to know this family.”

Her Jiang family also existed for hundreds of years, and when she was still in Chuan Province, she heard of this family’s name.

Moreover, this Zhou family seemed to have business dealings with her Jiang family in certain fields.

Jiang Churan continued, “The Zhou family’s sphere of influence was very extensive; they had offices or garrisons in major cities throughout Zhongxia Country.”

“If what Zhou Xiaobai said were true, and you were the extremely rare awakened Ice Bloodline inheritor of the Zhou family, then the Zhou family would definitely attach great importance to you!”

Upon saying that, Jiang Churan’s red lips curled up slightly.

As an illustrious family that stood for centuries, the Zhou family of Tianlan Province amassed countless resources.

According to the Zhou family’s desire for awakened Ice Bloodline inheritors, as long as Zhou Yi returned to the family, a large amount of resources would undoubtedly be invested in him.

Zhou Yi shook his head slightly, “It isn’t that easy to get resources from the Zhou family.”

A company of over a thousand people that was established merely over a decade ago had internal forces that were intricately intertwined, with countless interest groups.

Moreover, a huge family that developed over centuries had an even more complex internal situation.

Although he was also a member of the Zhou family, he was almost no different from outsiders.

Even if he possessed the Ice Bloodline, the Zhou family would surely not easily provide resources.

After all, this would undoubtedly affect the interests of many people…

Zhou Yi stood up and looked at Jiang Churan, “I have to go back first, what about you?”

Jiang Churan quickly stood up as well, “I’ll go with you as well!”

She obediently followed behind Zhou Yi, and left together.

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After returning to the villa, Zhou Yi first dialed Teacher Wang Hui’s phone.

Then he briefly described what had happened.

Wang Hui laughed heartily on the holographic projection, ” Haha, I knew that your Ice Bloodline must have a significant origin!”

He was not at all surprised.

Zhou Yi raised his eyebrows, “So, does that mean everything Zhou Xiaobai said was true?”

Upon hearing Wang Hui’s response.

Wang Hui first expressed approval of Zhou Yi’s actions, then nodded and said:

“You were quite cautious, knowing to ask me first.”

“The situation of the Zhou family was indeed pretty much as she described.”

Whether it was equipment, magical pets, or natural treasures, the Zhou family was involved in all kinds of industries, and throughout Zhongxia Country they were considered a fairly well-developed family.

The fact that the entire family’s Ice Bloodline was cursed was also kept extremely secret.

However, as he was a national congressman, with the backing of the state, he was privy to a great deal of classified intelligence.

Among them, the situation of the Tianlan Zhou family was something he knew about for a long time.

Zhou Yi said, “I understand now. Thank you, Teacher, for clarifying.”

After thanking him, Zhou Yi, who hung up the phone, did not call any other relatives.

On one hand, there was the teacher’s testimony, and coupled with that touch of familiarity from the bloodline that confirmed that he indeed was a member of the Zhou family.

On the other hand, his maternal aunt and uncle, being relatives on his mother’s side, knew very little about this matter.

And the relatives on his father’s side, when his younger sister Zhou Yun was critically ill, did not extend a helping hand during her most difficult times.

After the college entrance examination, when these relatives came knocking, he ignored them, and now it was even less possible for him to proactively contact them…

Zhou Yi thought, “In that case, I would indeed become a member of the Tianlan Zhou family.”

“But as for what comes next, it all depended on their attitude…”

To be honest, Zhou Yi really wasn’t particularly interested in the Zhou family.

After all, apart from blood ties and the surname, the two had absolutely nothing in common.

Moreover, he understood the principle that if one wished to wear the crown, one must also bear its weight.

Once he chose to integrate into the Zhou family and accept their resource cultivation, he would certainly have to work for the Zhou family in the future.

For ordinary professionals, joining the Zhou family and obtaining resources was something they would be eager for.

But for Zhou Yi, it held no appeal whatsoever.

After all, he currently studied at the top university, Suhang University, and he also had Teacher Wang Hui, a level 64 third-transfer Discipline Knight, as his mentor.

Every year, he could obtain a large amount of resources from the school, and with the system providing support, he didn’t have to worry at all about enhancing his strength!

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Elsewhere, inside the villa of Hancheng University.

Zhou Xiaobai hurried back to the bedroom.

She then took out her mobile phone and dialed her father Zhou Heng’s number.

As soon as the figure of Zhou Heng, clad in a suit, appeared, Zhou Xiaobai couldn’t wait to say:

“Dad, I just confirmed up close that Zhou Yi possesses the Ice Bloodline! He is one of our Zhou family’s kin!!”

Perhaps because she was in such a hurry all along, her breathing became slightly rapid, and her well-developed bosom rose and fallen accordingly.

Zhou Heng’s eyes brightened, “Oh?”

He quickly said:

“I’ve already looked into it on my end as well. It turns out that in Lijiang City of Suhang Province, where Zhou Yi is located, there indeed exists a branch of our Zhou family.”

“But those were the kin branches that dispersed decades ago, before the Dark Age.”

“I hadn’t expected that in the present day, on this branch, a kin had actually successfully awakened the Ice Bloodline!!”

Generally speaking, the kin branches that left Tianlan Province were composed of those who were incapable of awakening even the slightest bit of bloodline power.

For such kin, dispersing across the nation was the best option.

Within the clan, there was no expectation that an awakened Ice Bloodline inheritor would emerge from among these people.

Unexpectedly, reality often liked to play jokes.

The Zhou kin gathered in Tianlan Province hardly produced any Ice Bloodline bearers, whereas from a remote branch, one emerged.

Zhou Heng asked, “Xiaobai, according to your estimate, how high was Zhou Yi’s bloodline concentration?”

Before Zhou Xiaobai could answer, Zhou Heng went on to say:

“The first time, even from a distance of more than ten meters, you could vaguely sense Zhou Yi’s bloodline power, which indicated that his bloodline concentration was at least above 5 degrees!”

The more potent the Ice Bloodline was in a person, the more it could be sensed by kin.

This was something that the Zhou family long established.

And a bloodline concentration of 5 degrees in the past would only be considered mediocre, not particularly rare.

However, in the present-day cursed Zhou family, it was already an extremely good bloodline concentration!!

Zhou Xiaobai shook her head slightly, then giggled and said:

“Dad, you guessed that wrong~~”

“According to my estimate, Zhou Yi’s bloodline concentration was at least above 10 degrees!”

Zhou Heng exclaimed, “10…above 10 degrees??!!”

His pupils constricted, and a tumult of shock surged in his heart.

What did 10 degrees even mean?

When their Zhou family was not yet cursed, a bloodline concentration of 10 degrees would already be considered that of an exceptionally top-tier genius!

After all, even the legendary patriarch of the Zhou family was said to have an Ice Bloodline concentration of only 18 degrees!!

Now, under the circumstances where the entire Zhou family’s bloodline was cursed.

Achieving a bloodline concentration of 10 degrees was even more unimaginable!!

After the shock, Zhou Heng looked at Zhou Xiaobai with a solemn expression, “A bloodline concentration of 10 degrees? Xiaobai, are you sure?”

The concentration of the Ice Bloodline was of great importance.

He had to be absolutely sure.

Zhou Xiaobai replied, “I’m sure!”(诺赵赵)

A trace of apprehension appeared on her small face as she said:

“When I stood before Zhou Yi, that surging bloodline power made me feel as though I was not facing a human, but a terrifying god…”

Great strength only brought a sense of oppression.

And in facing Zhou Yi, Zhou Xiaobai truly felt an overwhelming crushing of life levels.

Zhou Heng nodded, “As if facing a god, huh…”

“It seemed that Zhou Yi’s bloodline concentration was indeed very high.”

“In that case, I knew what to do.”

Then he said:

“From now on, don’t simply call him Zhou Yi; in terms of generation, he is your cousin.”

“Your cousin, being able to get into Suhang University on his own and become the captain of the Suhang University representative team, was enough to attest to his extraordinary talent. In that, you should learn more from your cousin and get closer to him…”

Zhou Xiaobai quickly gave a perfunctory reply, “Got it~~”

Seeing that her father, Zhou Heng, was about to start nagging again, she then hung up the phone.

Zhou Xiaobai thought, “Zhou Yi, cousin?”

“The captain of the Suhang University representative team, a level 22 Saint Knight; my cousin is really impressive…”

Regarding this suddenly emerging formidable cousin, Zhou Xiaobai didn’t mind at all.

Instead, she was somewhat curious about how her cousin reached this level.