sbdcsierra Chapter 590: Only a patch of white was visible.
Chapter 590: Only a patch of white was visible.
No small tribe can grow stronger by relying solely on intermarriage within the tribe.
No matter how much Yuechuan Kingdom's Gu techniques rely on bloodline inheritance, if the entire Yuechuan Kingdom relies solely on this so-called bloodline, it will inevitably perish within a hundred years.
Therefore, the fact that Yuechuan Kingdom has been able to survive to this day is not because, as legend has it, everyone knows Gu magic.
Yin Yueling became even more curious: "Then where did the most talented holy maidens who were sent to Yuechuan Kingdom for marriage every three years from Miao territory go?"
The Miao holy maiden has always been the most talented woman in Miao territory.
In order to compete for this position, they are extremely strict with themselves from a young age, and they have to go through countless rounds of competition before they can sit in the position of saintess.
Becoming a Holy Maiden allows one to learn even more powerful Gu techniques in the Moon River Kingdom, a wish shared by every Miao woman who aspires to become a Holy Maiden.
The Silver Moon Silk was no exception.
She came to Yuechuan Kingdom because she wanted to know what truly powerful Gu techniques were like.
"I heard the High Priest mention this when I was chatting with him on the way. Later, I asked around and found out that it's not just the holy maiden of Miao Jiang. In the entire Yuechuan Kingdom, any woman from a tribe that practices Gu magic with the best talent is sent to the Holy Capital to marry a nobleman of Yuechuan Kingdom. This way, they have a chance to give birth to someone with a closer bloodline." Sheng Yunjiao looked at the young Yin Yueling with some reluctance: "If you came here for this, you should give it up. I heard that after those women are sent to the Holy Capital, they enter the royal city and never come out again for the rest of their lives."
Yin Yueling's eyes widened: "What did you say?"
Sheng Yunjiao took out a handkerchief from her bosom, on which the entire Holy Capital was depicted in embroidery.
“I’m bored in my spare time, and I don’t dare to write anything, but I’m not very good at needlework, so I just did a little embroidery. Even if I lose it, most people wouldn’t be able to tell what it is.” She was a little embarrassed as she pointed to the rough and irregular lines on the fabric. “The Holy Capital is very large, accommodating almost half of the people of Yuechuan Kingdom. People from Yuechuan Kingdom or other places can come to the Holy Capital for pilgrimage. Every year in March and April, when everything comes back to life, it is their pilgrimage season.”
“So apart from the ethnic characteristics, the Holy Capital doesn’t look much different from the capital of Da Zhao. The real difference is in the Royal City.” Sheng Yunjiao pointed to a place a little north of the circle, where there was a large area that she had covered up with other colors: “It is said that the Royal City was not originally the Royal City, but just a place where nobles lived near the Royal Palace. Later, in order to protect the bloodline of the Yuechuan Kingdom’s nobles, they built city walls here and enclosed the Royal City.”
“Those talented women enter the royal city to be chosen by the nobles. The elders of the royal city test their talents and then assign them future husbands based on those talents. From then on, their task is to bear children to continue the bloodline of the Yuechuan royal family. Whether they have studied deeper Gu techniques, nobody knows. The royal city is already very mysterious. Apart from adult men, it is rare to see anyone leave the royal city. In all the time I've been here, I've only seen the royal nobles travel once. They were all carried in white sedan chairs or carriages, completely covered up, so you couldn't see anything. And when they appeared, all the people had to kneel down to greet them. If they didn't kneel, it was considered disrespectful to the Gu God. I knelt in the crowd for a whole day, my knees ached, and I didn't even see what they looked like. All I saw was a sea of white, like a funeral procession…”
Sheng Yunjiao's voice softened as she touched her nose. She had come partly out of curiosity, wanting to join in the fun and partly out of curiosity about what the Crown Prince and the others were looking for—the Longevity Gu. She had knelt for half a day in vain, without even seeing a single hair.
After hearing her words, the others fell silent.
Yin Yueling's face fell instantly, her expression becoming extremely serious.
Li Shisan, however, muttered somewhat dejectedly, "Is this the Gu God we worship?"
Lu Yangyang and Wen Qingqing exchanged a glance, their expressions both quite strange.
Wen Qingqing blurted out, "What if they can't give birth to a child with good talent? As far as I know, even if both parents are talented, they might still end up with a blockhead. What kind of abstract idea are they playing? It's a bit like the Western vampires my mother told me about!"
Sheng Yunjiao's gossip radar went off instantly, her eyes practically gleaming as she stared intently at Wen Qingqing, practically begging to tell her the whole story.
Lu Yangyang didn't even need to look to know what Sheng Yunjiao was thinking, and directly asked for her, "What do you mean?"
Wen Qingqing thought for a moment, "Hmm... it's a Western storybook my mother brought back for me before. It mentioned something about vampire kings and such, so I asked my mother what it meant, and she told me a story about vampires. It's been so long that I can't remember it all, but I vaguely remember that vampires are monsters that feed on fresh blood, possess great power, and can live forever, maintaining their youthful appearance. However, this power mainly depends on the purity of their bloodline. For example, a purebred vampire can turn an ordinary person into a vampire by biting them, but this transformed vampire, because it has human blood mixed in, can only be the lowest-ranking vampire."
"The highest-ranking vampires are the first generation of vampires, also known as vampire kings, and the most powerful ones are called princes. In order to maintain the purity of their bloodline, the royal family does not intermarry with outsiders and only reproduces within their own family. Anyway, they can have many servants if they want, so they are not lacking in power and followers. Under such circumstances, let alone cousins, even siblings, aunts and nephews can intermarry, just to give birth to an absolutely pure bloodline."
"But my mother told me that this was just something those people made up based on the bad habits of some of their races, and there are no vampires at all. Inbreeding will only result in children with problems."
Fearing they might actually believe it, Wen Qingqing quickly added a sentence after she finished speaking.
Lu Yangyang pinched her chin, stared at Wen Qingqing for a moment, and then turned her gaze to Li Shisan.
Li Shisan quickly said, "No, no, although we Miao people rarely intermarry with other ethnic groups, there are thirteen villages in our Miao region. There would never be such a thing."
Lu Yangyang pondered for a moment: "It's not impossible. Even large families have branches. Their royal family and nobles don't have enough people, so they start looking for outsiders. Who would King Yuechuan look for?"
Sheng Yunjiao hurriedly said, "I heard that the current Queen of Yuechuan was a woman who never had any children."