High Martial: I Can Copy All Root Bones!

"What happened?" Lu Changfeng asked, frowning.

Teng Xiaofan pointed to Sikong Jue on his back. "Master Lu, we should figure out how to save Sikong Jue first."

"Use the back door. Go to the pharmacy across the street." Lu Changfeng recognized Sikong Jue’s near-death state, nodded, and said in a grave voice.

The two of them left through the back door, took a roundabout path, and soon arrived at the Yicao Hall Pharmacy, which was just about to close for the night.

"Hm? Master Lu, why have you returned? Could there be a problem with the medicinal herbs?" Wei Chun asked doubtfully.

Lu Changfeng shook his head and pointed to Teng Xiaofan’s back. "It’s not for me. It’s for my friend here. Also, Doctor Wei, no matter the outcome of the treatment, please don’t leak what happens today."

Although he didn’t know the specifics, Lu Changfeng could guess that Sikong Jue’s current state had a lot to do with the Sikong Family.

It would be best if word of this didn’t get out.

"I understand."

Wei Chun took a few steps forward and checked Sikong Jue’s aura. After examining him, his expression became exceptionally grim.

Having run a medical hall on Five Horses Street, Wei Chun had treated many Martial Artists before. He could naturally tell that Sikong Jue was on the brink of death.

"Quick, put him over here." Wei Chun instructed Teng Xiaofan to place Sikong Jue on the bed.

He first used acupuncture, inserting needles into several of Sikong Jue’s vital acupoints to ensure his last breath wouldn’t dissipate.

Only then did he begin to treat the wounds while simultaneously examining the full extent of the injuries.

Seeing this, Lu Changfeng pulled Teng Xiaofan aside to ask what had happened.

Teng Xiaofan sighed.

He began, "I am the Thief Saint. I don’t steal material things; I steal the secrets of the mortal world."

Lu Changfeng slapped Teng Xiaofan on the back of the head. "Stop messing around. Tell me what happened. Will the Sikong Family come looking for us?"

Teng Xiaofan clutched his head, aggrieved. "I’m not messing around! I’m telling the truth. Ahem."

Seeing the unfriendly look in Lu Changfeng’s eyes, Teng Xiaofan quickly explained, "Today at the Taizhen Martial Arts Hall, I felt something was off with that kid Sikong Jue. So I stuck around to see what would happen."

"I used Transformation multiple times and, just as I thought, found out that Sikong Jue was going to the Sikong Family today."

"So, I followed him all the way..."

Teng Xiaofan’s methods were indeed highly skilled; he managed to follow Sikong Jue all the way into the Sikong Family’s residence.

Ultimately, by using Transformation, he even disguised himself as a member of the Sikong Family and witnessed firsthand what happened to Sikong Jue.

At that time, all the high-ranking elders of the Sikong Family had gathered.

Several at the Fourth and Fifth Layers of the Bone Refining Realm were present.

Sikong Jue had taken poison, trying to force Sikong Tuxiong to promise he would renounce his position as Patriarch.

Sikong Tuxiong pretended to agree to abdicate. Just as the Sikong Family elders thought Sikong Tuxiong was truly going to step down, he launched a sudden attack on Sikong Jue.

Sikong Tuxiong is a master at the Bone Refining Fourth Layer, and his strength is extraordinary.

Furthermore, it was a shameless sneak attack, so Sikong Jue certainly had no time to resist.

After his successful attack, Sikong Tuxiong quickly sealed Sikong Jue’s meridians and restrained his limbs.

He was afraid that Sikong Jue would die from the poison in his body, causing the Demon Fiend Bloodline to be lost.

So, on the spot, he summoned his son, Sikong Jie, and following a Secret Technique recorded in the clan’s texts, performed a bloodline plunder on Sikong Jue.

He successfully transferred Sikong Jue’s Demon Fiend Bloodline to Sikong Jie.

After having his bloodline stripped away, Sikong Jue was left on the verge of death, yet he was still subjected to beatings and insults from Sikong Jie and the others.

Teng Xiaofan used Transformation multiple times, seamlessly switching roles. He waited until they were tired of beating and cursing, and when no one was around at night, he secretly carried the dying Sikong Jue out of the Sikong Family’s estate.

"So that’s what happened. The Sikong Family basically has no idea that I’m the one who saved Sikong Jue."

"There were a lot of people beating and cursing Sikong Jue. They’ll probably just assume some junior family member secretly killed him and dumped the body."

As the Thief Saint, Teng Xiaofan was extremely good at covering his tracks.

He didn’t leave behind any suspicious clues.

Lu Changfeng frowned slightly and walked over to Sikong Jue on the sickbed.

Under Wei Chun’s treatment, Sikong Jue’s life was saved for the moment, but he was still extremely weak and had already fallen unconscious.

Lu Changfeng opened his system interface, wanting to see what had changed about Sikong Jue now that his bloodline had been extracted.

The interface opened, and Sikong Jue’s information appeared before Lu Changfeng’s eyes.

Name: Sikong Jue

Root Bone: Upper A

Talent: High-Grade Talent [Sword Eye]

Bloodline Talent: Ancient Demon Fiend Bloodline [Ancient Sword Bone Dragon] 0.0% (Sealed). The target’s talent has been plundered; the Bloodline Talent is sealed.

Just as he thought, the interface also showed that Sikong Jue’s talent was sealed.

’Sealed... does that mean there’s a way to unseal it?’

’If I unseal it, will Sikong Jue’s bloodline be restored?’ Lu Changfeng wondered.

Unexpectedly, the interface actually responded.

"Source bloodline of the same origin detected. The host can infuse their own Bloodline Energy to remove the target’s seal."

Upon hearing this, Lu Changfeng silently circulated the energy within his body.

The Demon Fiend Bloodline activated. Lu Changfeng controlled this Bloodline Power, guiding it to his hand and concentrating it at his fingertip before suddenly striking it into Sikong Jue’s body.

The data on Sikong Jue’s interface began to jump.

0.02%, 0.03%... 0.1%!

Lu Changfeng felt a wave of weakness wash over him and immediately stopped transferring the bloodline.

Meanwhile, a healthy, rosy color visibly returned to Sikong Jue’s face.

The greatest injury he had suffered this time was the internal damage caused by the forced removal of his bloodline.

Now that the bloodline was being reinfused and reactivated, the damage to Sikong Jue’s body began to recover rapidly.

Bloodline Talent: Ancient Demon Fiend Bloodline [Ancient Sword Bone Dragon] 0.1%/0.5%. The target’s talent has been reactivated.

On the interface, the sealed status on Sikong Jue was also removed.