"Patriarch, if you can transfer me back to Dongshan Prefecture, I can keep a close eye on this Lin kid," Ye Mi Yuan said.

"Alright, uncle will give it a try," Ye Shengyuan was also a decisive person; since Ye Mi Yuan had spoken, what more could be said.

The death of his youngest son was heart-wrenching, and he wanted revenge. Now, the suspicion behind Lin Miao was significant, and if he couldn’t get to the bottom of it, he would never rest in peace.

...

"I want to transfer the children I’ve adopted over to you?" After the passion, Si Miaoxue lay in Lin Miao’s arms and whispered in his ear.

Lin Miao was surprised: "Why do you want to do this? Aren’t they your future team?"

"Mine, but also yours. If these people are exposed, they will definitely join the Moon Worship Sect. By then, it will be hard to say if they are still under my command..."

"Are you in trouble?" Lin Miao wasn’t foolish; he understood quickly that Si Miaoxue was facing issues; otherwise, she wouldn’t proactively suggest handing her people over to him.

"The Moon Palace wants to send people over." Si Miaoxue lazily stretched, saying, "My master and I have been searching for the Saint Heir here for ten years without any results. The Moon Palace can’t wait any longer; they want to use ’Divine Selection’ to find a new Saint Heir and cultivate them into the lord of the Moon Palace."

"This is a secret of your Moon Worship Sect. Aren’t you afraid of being held accountable for telling me this?"

"Mr. Lin, since I belong to you now, my secrets are no longer secrets to you," Si Miaoxue said. "Inside the Moon Worship Sect, there is actually non-stop internal strife. My master Long Po comes from the Sect Leader’s lineage; the Left Envoy of the Moon Palace has always been controlled by the Yue Family. Besides, there’s also the Yin lineage of the Right Envoy, and several families below that wield real power. There aren’t many people in the Sect Leader’s lineage, so the scattered branches within the sect are all supporting him..."

Lin Miao understood; this Moon Worship Sect was like an imperial authority structure, with the Sect Leader as the emperor. Due to a special bloodline, it was hereditary, and unless the bloodline was broken, another inheritance method wouldn’t be initiated. In any case, the most important factor was a special bloodline, which was crucial to the Moon Worship Sect.

Where this uniqueness came from was unclear to Lin Miao; it might be a blood type or perhaps a mutated gene that could be inherited.

It must be extremely rare; otherwise, it wouldn’t be so hard to find.

"My master returned this time to stop this matter, but unfortunately, she got injured, and her strength wasn’t enough. The Moon Palace sent a special envoy to Dongshan, whose purpose is to take over my position," Si Miaoxue said.

"Who is this special envoy?"

"She is Yue Mei’Er, secretly cultivated by the Yue Family to be Consort Yue, prepared for the Saint Heir. If they manage to find the Saint Heir, she will be the woman the Yue Family uses to control the Saint Heir. Initially, I was also a candidate for Consort Yue, but I’m a bit older..."

"Consort Yue, there’s probably more than one, raised from a young age, right?" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"Mr. Lin, can you not be so smart?" Si Miaoxue looked up at Lin Miao’s face, her eyes becoming more entranced; this young man was becoming increasingly unfathomable, making her feel deeply trapped, unable to extricate herself.

"The Consort Yue candidates are all carefully selected; every generation has them, and four are finally chosen. They become the Saint Heir’s consorts. Whoever gives birth to a child with the bloodline becomes the proper consort."

"Gender doesn’t matter?"

"It does, but male offspring are preferred. If a male child with an outstanding woman is born, the chance of inheriting the bloodline is much greater than that of a girl with an outstanding man bearing a holy bloodline."

"Doesn’t your Moon Worship Sect resort to possible endogamy to ensure the birth of a bloodline?" Lin Miao thought of Europe’s royal family, which often married within to keep the bloodline pure, with obvious results.

"Yes, there’s such a record in the sect’s history, but the result was that this lineage was completely severed, so later, they abandoned this practice," Si Miaoxue explained.

This explanation was reasonable because the Moon Worship Sect had broken the holy bloodline’s inheritance before, later continuing it through "Divine Selection," but evidently, it wasn’t the same as it was before.

"If it’s a Saint Heir, you can still find him more women, broadcasting seeds, to produce offspring with the holy bloodline. But if it’s only a Saint Dame, don’t you have to find several male concubines for her?"

"No need. It’s the woman’s job to give birth..."

"But if she never manages to give birth, don’t you swap her out?" Lin Miao asked a tricky question that caught Si Miaoxue off guard.

"Mr. Lin, you’re not part of the Moon Worship Sect; why are you pondering over this?" Si Miaoxue said cutely, recovering her spirits, her small hands beginning to misbehave again.

"I’m just curious." Lin Miao chuckled, "This Yue Mei’Er doesn’t seem to get along with you; it sounds like you dislike her quite a bit?"

"Hmm, although she’s younger, she’s always acted superior, four years older than the Saint Heir, and she’s more talented than me, cultivating the unique ’Embrace Moon’ Heart Method of the Yue lineage. The Yue lineage produces the easiest beauties, especially adept at seducing men..."

Speaking of Yue Mei’Er, Si Miaoxue was filled with hatred.

"You’re six or seven years older than Yue Mei’Er. Ten years ago, she was just a little girl, right? Do you have such a big grudge?" Lin Miao asked curiously.

"She relied on being from the Yue lineage; all benefits went to her. We with other surnames received less resources and treatment, so of course, I disliked her."

"Is this the reason you left the Moon Palace and went with your master to Dongshan City?"

"Partly. Anyway, that place felt too oppressive; I really didn’t want to stay, so I asked my master to take me out. Besides, I was sixteen, needing experience; with that excuse, they couldn’t stop me," Si Miaoxue nodded.

"When is Yue Mei’Er coming to Dongshan?"

"I don’t know. According to the date in master’s letter and estimating her descent from the Moon Palace, at the earliest, it would be around ten days," Si Miaoxue said.

"If she’s really come to seize your power, she definitely won’t follow your calculated time," Lin Miao said, "Do you want me to help you?"

"Mr. Lin, maybe you could defeat her, ruin her body, and give her no chance to unite with the Saint Heir?"

If not familiar with Si Miaoxue’s usual sharp thoughts, always catching people off guard, he would have flipped and given her a hard slap.

"You hate her, want revenge, and now you want to throw me into the mix?" Lin Miao said, "I’ve become your tool for avenging others?"

"Anyway, Mr. Lin, it wouldn’t be a loss for you. Yue Mei’Er has been proud since childhood like a little swan. If she falls into your hands, she’d obediently call me ’sister’ in the future; just imagining it feels wonderful," Si Miaoxue said proudly.

Crazy!

"Don’t go, Mr. Lin! I’m just kidding. If it really doesn’t work, you can make her sign a slave contract..."