Child of Destiny

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Right after Shiella exited the tent, she was immediately greeted by Anna, her personal assistant and bodyguard in the real world.

“I am sorry, young miss. I failed to do my duty due to my negligence,” said Anna as she bowed.

Shiella shook her head and spoke. “That is not your fault, Auntie. I’ve sent you earlier away to investigate that important matter after all.”

She then paused and asked. “So, how is it?”

Anna followed closely behind Shiella as they walked toward the parked luxurious car waiting for them in the distance. She lowered her head while walking before starting her report. “Based on the clues that are left behind, we find out that there is an ancient stele that contains the knowledge of the ancient practice of cleansing the impurities within the body.”

She paused for a moment, then looked at Shiella, and continued. “It may be a little different from what we expected, but this may be the answer that we have been looking for, young miss. It will be a great help for you and your current problem.”

“Do you have any idea how long are we going to find the location of that stele?” asked Shiella after pausing for a moment.

She was one of the rarest talents that the Springfield and Levana families had seen in their entire history. She had both awakened the bloodlines of each side of her family and turned them into a mutated bloodline.

The Springfield Family was famous for their draconic bloodline, which also possessed the power to wield the Eternal Flame. It was an Internal Qi within a form of a special flame that only the bloodline possessor of their family could wield.

On the other hand, the Levana Family was known for their energy control. Their internal training and special practices targeted total control over the energy circulating inside the body. Because of this, their ancestors chose to become proficient in different kinds of breathing techniques.

After training in all kinds of breathing techniques, the members Levana Family picked up a special trait, which became the bloodline powers of their entire clan.

They called this bloodline power ‘Spiritual Energy Connection’. It was the ability to be able to have a deep connection with the world and gain the powers that it had.

The family members that had this kind of power had exemptional control over the energies within their bodies and could even communicate with the elements within their surroundings.

During the bloodline awakening of the Levana Family, they would be able to communicate with the world and strengthen the powers that they already possessed. And for Shiella’s case, she was able to awaken this bloodline powers which gave her extreme control over the ‘Eternal Flame Qi’ of the Springfield Family.

Her bloodline undertook some mutations because of the two awakened bloodlines merging together.

But during the merging process, an accident suddenly occurred.

During the awakening of the bloodline of the Levana Family, a powerful ‘Spiritual Entity’ was suddenly awakened due to the strong connection that Shiella had built with the world. ．

The aura of that Spiritual Entity affected the merging process of Shiella’s bloodline and gave her another type of power, which became a blessing and a curse for her. Most of the members of the Levana Family called it a curse since it was a type of power that harmed the body of its wielder as time went by.

Based on the historical records of the Levana Family, one of their ancestors managed to awaken a powerful bloodline during their bloodline awakening. And this type of power granted them the power to control the frost to an extreme degree.

At that time, it even became the strongest awakened bloodline of the Levana Family as that ancestor was able to surpass all of the talented individuals within the family with that bloodline power alone.

But the family later discovered that the more they wield use that power the more it could harm the body. It might have the power to freeze anything but it also froze the meridians of the latter due to how strong it was.

It was recorded that the first wielder of that bloodline power died before they reached the age of twenty.

It was not the only record that it had. They were also a couple of family members who managed to awaken the same type of bloodline powers. Each of them was extremely powerful but all of them died at a very young age due to the excessive usage of that power.

The Levana Family tried to find a solution to resolve the issue concerning that bloodline power. But even if they managed to prolong the life of the possessor of that dangerous power, those people still died after a certain period of time.

It was the same even if the possessor of that bloodline power did not use it at all. In fact, they would even die sooner due to them having a lack of practice when controlling it. They all died, being frozen by that power.

Starting at that time, the Levana Family called that power – the Curse of the Frost. This power had different forms – it could be from different elemental types such as water, wind, earth, fire, and lighting with coldness special natures.

During her bloodline awakening, Shiella had awakened such a type of power. It was influenced by the Eternal Flame Qi that she inherited from the Springfield Family and the fire affinity that she gained from the bloodline of the Levana Family.

It was a frost in the form of a flame, which the Levana Family called the ‘Chilling Flame’. It was a type of flame that could not burn anything but had the ability to absorb the heat from the surroundings and anything that it touched.

When this power was awakened, the Levana Family immediately noticed that this flame was constantly devouring the heat of Shiella’s body. It was slowly eating away her heat and steadily freezing her to death.

Fortunately, the thickness and purity of the bloodline that she inherited from the Springfield Family were very strong. It somehow countered the power of the ‘Chilling Flame’, especially because she wielded the inherited ‘Eternal Flame Qi’.

But regardless of it, Shiella was still slowly dying because of the extreme powers that the ‘Curse of the Frost’ had.

Unless she managed to suppress its extreme coldness and control such a power, then she would solely die without being able to do anything.

And to add more to her and her family’s concern, the opposing powers of the ‘Eternal Flame Qi’ and ‘Chilling Flame Qi’ started conflicting with each other the more she trained her martial arts.

This was why the Springfield Family asked a favor from Professor Plum to look after her and teach her how to train the two conflicting Qi within her body.

The first was to strengthen the powers of ‘Eternal Flame Qi’ and make it more powerful so that it could overwhelm the cold that the ‘Curse of the Frost’ had.

On the other hand, it was also for her to control the ‘Chilling Flame Qi’ and prevent it from going out of control which would be a disastrous outcome.

And the third reason was to balance out the powers of the two extreme Qi and maintain it as long as she could, or until they found a way to totally suppress the power of the ‘Curse of the Frost’.

The old monster was only regretful that his ‘Yin-Yang Arts’ was not suitable for her to practice due to the nature of the two powers within her.

Even though the ‘Eternal Flame Qi’ and ‘Chilling Flame Qi’ were somewhat similar to the ‘Yin’ and ‘Yang’ energies, the Martial Art that Professor Plum had created was not perfect yet at that time.

Fortunately, Shiella was extremely talented in martial arts which made it possible for her to reach her current attainment.

Not only did she not let the ‘Curse of the Frost’ hinder her progress in martial art, but she was also able to turn that ‘curse’ into another form of power when she reached the Ethereal Opening Stage and promoted her ‘Internal Qi’ into a ‘Natural Force.’

Her Eternal Flame Qi turned into the signature force of the Springfield Family, the ‘Emperor Yan Force’ most commonly known as ‘Flame Emperor Force’, while the ‘Chilling Flame Qi’ successfully became the ‘Ice Spirit Force’.

She had named it as such because of the knowledge that she received when researching the past experiences of her ancestors who were also wielding such power.

She might have been successful at strengthening that power and maintaining the balance between the two powers that she had, but the threat of the ‘Curse of the Frost’ was still present. And it even became even more powerful due to its new form.

The Springfield and Levana Families were looking for a solution for this matter for a very long time already. Even Professor Plum was engaged in the project just to cure her.

Now Shin was currently practicing a newly developed ‘Yin-Yang Arts’ because of the version of the cultivation practice that Adam had created for training the ‘Demonic Qi’, but it also give Professor Plum more hope in finding the solution to her problem.

Shiella was aware of that manner and very optimistic about it. But she did not put her mind at ease since this only solved one of their main problems.

This was only a cultivation practice that she could use to continue training her martial arts. It still did not solve the fact that the ‘Curse of the Frost’ could harm her body. This was why they were still finding a way to remove that risk when she was developing her ‘Ice Spirit Force’.

This particular style that they were investigating might be the answer that they had been looking for.

“Alright, I leave this matter to you until we find it,” Shiella briefly nodded her head as she entered the luxurious car with Anna following after her.

And when they were inside, she finally asked about another topic that she was currently interested in. “Our military forces are planning to send people to the Sun-Moon Kingdom to discuss the partnership that we have with their government, right?”

Anna was suddenly taken aback by that question, confused why Shiella was interested in that matter. “Yes, young miss. I heard that they are already getting ready to send the delegates for that matter.”

“Tell, Uncle Nathan to also send me there,” said Shiella in a demanding tone before quickly adding. “Also mention that I have a matter to discuss with the Lufus Weapon Arms Group. He will understand my intentions when he heard that.”

Anna immediately realized what her young miss was planning to do when she heard the latter part of the words. At the same time, she was also feeling nervous about what Shiella was planning to do, especially when she sensed the hint of coldness when the Lufus Weapon Arms Group was mentioned.

Regardless, she still nodded her head and answered. “I will pass the message to Sir Nathan.”

Little did she know that this response might cause an extreme disaster for a certain someone.

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