Martial Master

"That's good." The beautiful woman looked at Qin Chen with tenderness, as if her entire world contained only her son.

"Chen'er, tell Mother how you ended up in a duel with the son of the Wei family. Was it someone who deliberately set you up..."

Qin Yuechi frowned as she looked at Qin Chen, her face revealing worry.

"No, it was I who wanted to duel with him." Qin Chen lowered his head and replied.

His gaze, however, was very cold.

The truth was that Wei Zhen had insulted him at the academy, calling him a wild seed and his mother a lowly woman. In a fit of anger, he had gone up to duel him.

Now it seemed like this was a conspiracy targeted at him.

Because as soon as Wei Zhen stepped onto the stage, he had made a treacherous move.

If he told his mother the truth, with her personality, she would surely go after the Wei family, but now his mother's situation was also quite difficult.

When Qin Yuechi was young, she was known as the most beautiful woman in the Great Qi Kingdom, the object of admiration for countless princes and nobles. Matchmakers brought gifts, trying to win her hand, and even the current emperor had heard of Qin Yuechi's beauty and expressed his intent to make her a concubine.

But at that time, Qin Yuechi suddenly left home, wandering the world, disappearing from everyone's sight.

Three years later, she returned with the newly born Qin Chen to the Qin family.

This incident shocked the entire royal capital.

Having a child out of wedlock was considered a shameful thing throughout the Tianwu Continent, violating the moral standards of women. In some remote barbaric places, it even warranted a punishment of being submerged in a pig cage.

At the time, the Qin family was so furious they nearly killed Qin Yuechi. It was Ding Wu Wang Qin Batian, Qin Chen's maternal grandfather, who disregarded everyone’s objections and took Qin Yuechi and Qin Chen in for the sake of the Qin family's bloodline.

However, everyone in the Ding Wu Wang Mansion regarded Qin Yuechi and Qin Chen with disdain, considering her a disgrace to the entire Qin family.

Thus, Qin Yuechi's days in the Qin family were very difficult.

Otherwise, Qin Chen would not have been unconscious for three days and nights with no doctors coming to check on him.

"Chen'er, even though you did not awaken your bloodline this time, it's okay. There will be more opportunities in the future. Don't act impulsively and fight with others. Even if you can't become a powerful warrior, it doesn't matter. Mother will always protect you."

Qin Yuechi looked at the weak Qin Chen on the bed, sighed slightly, and felt a pang in her nose.

With Chen'er’s strong-willed nature, if he couldn’t resolve this mental knot, it was likely that problems would arise in the future.

"Didn’t awaken my bloodline?"

Through merging with the memories of this body, Qin Chen quickly understood some situations.

It turned out that the owner of this body had good martial arts talent and had gained admission to the Great Qi Kingdom's top academy, Tianxing Academy, with excellent grades.

However, during several bloodline awakening ceremonies at the academy, he had failed to awaken his bloodline. Just a few days ago, the academy conducted another bloodline awakening, and Qin Chen still did not awaken his bloodline.

In the Tianwu Continent, bloodlines were revered. Without awakening a bloodline, one could not become a true powerhouse.

The previous host of this body had been deeply impacted by this news. He had wanted to become stronger to change his and his mother's situation in the royal mansion, but he never expected that heaven would play such a cruel joke on him.

Under this blow, he had become depressed and listless, unhappy every day.

That was why Qin Yuechi thought that Qin Chen's duel with Wei Zhen was due to his poor mood from not awakening his bloodline.

"Mother, don’t worry. Such a setback won’t break me."

Feeling Qin Yuechi’s concern, Qin Chen’s gaze softened, and he smiled slightly.

He wasn’t comforting Qin Yuechi.

Not awakening his bloodline was nothing to him, a former eighth-level bloodline emperor.