Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 506: Ominous Child

Chapter 506: Chapter 506: Ominous Child

The Ma Family, the most dominant force in Morning Star City, without a doubt.

In fact, the Ma Family also belonged to the Heavenly Path Association, yet their status was significantly higher than that of the Wen Family, which was why Wen Xiuxiu didn’t know anyone from the Ma Family, or else she could have introduced Shi Hao.

After arriving in Morning Star City, Shi Hao began to wonder where to start.

Wen Xiuxiu had only found out that the Ma Family had lost a baby twenty years ago, but who had actually lost it remained a mystery; how was he supposed to get started?

Hmm, the hard way.

Shi Hao quickly made up his mind. He ambushed at the Ma Family’s gates, and whenever he saw an elderly person come out, he would knock them unconscious and take them into the Immortal Abode.

At first, this didn’t attract the attention of the Ma Family, because people were just going out on their chores, and after all, they were from the Ma Family—who would expect anything amiss?

It wasn’t until many people went out and never came back that it finally caught the Ma Family’s attention.

—After all, some people were just out for a walk; how could they not be seen for half a day?

The Ma Family finally sent people to investigate, but the forces deployed weren’t strong enough, and Shi Hao quickly overwhelmed them.

After several more groups of people disappeared, the Ma Family finally realized something was amiss and sent out warriors from the Founding King Court.

Shi Hao didn’t engage in further combat and left directly.

Arriving in a dense forest outside the city, Shi Hao began his interrogation.

He brought out a man from the Immortal Abode, jolted him awake, and snap, immediately broke the man’s right arm.

"Ah!" The man screamed, then looked at Shi Hao with a mixture of pity, confusion, and anger.

I don’t know you at all, why would you break my arm?

Shi Hao smiled and said, "To prevent you from talking nonsense, such as claiming who you are, I’ll demonstrate the wrong answer first to avoid irritating me. Remember, I know you’re from the Ma Family, so no more threats like that."

With those words, the man even stopped screaming.

You’ve said it all, what else can I say?

"Do you understand?" Shi Hao smiled.

The man couldn’t help but nod, clearly frightened by Shi Hao’s thunderous approach.

"That’s better." Shi Hao smiled, then asked, "Twenty years ago, did your Ma Family happen to lose a baby?"

"What baby?" The man asked instinctively, but then he recalled Shi Hao’s earlier words and suddenly turned pale with fear. He hastily added, "No, no, no, I’ve never heard of such a thing."

"Alright, I’ll believe you for now." Shi Hao smiled, casually knocked the man unconscious, and tossed him aside.

He brought out another person from the Immortal Abode and started in the same manner, asking the same question.

The second person, having seen a fellow clan member lying at the side, twitched at the corner of his mouth and quickly said, "I don’t know anything about a lost baby."

You don’t know this either?

Snap, Shi Hao knocked the man unconscious and tossed him aside, then brought out the third person.

"I don’t know."

Snap!

The fourth person.

"I don’t know—"

Snap, next one.

"What ba—"

Snap!

...

After interrogating eleven people, none had any clue about the baby loss incident.

Hey, could this be some major scandal, that so many people are unaware of the baby loss?

Shi Hao thought to himself as he pulled out the twelfth person and began the usual process; he was getting more proficient at it.

When that person heard the question, his face immediately changed, but he quickly composed himself and shook his head, "I know nothing about a missing baby."

Shi Hao sighed, "Have you forgotten what I just told you? Be honest, it’s the most basic quality of being a human."

After saying that, he pointed a finger at the man.

Seven Orifices Locking Heart Finger, specialized for interrogations.

"Ah!" The man immediately screamed, his face violently twitching.

Surprisingly to Shi Hao, the man did not give in but continued to grit his teeth and endure.

Interesting.

Shi Hao realized that the missing baby from the Ma Family seemed to be out of the ordinary.

What exactly is going on here?

He watched the man, wanting to see how long he could hold out.

The man indeed had some backbone, but the Seven Orifices Locking Heart Finger was not something an ordinary person could withstand. Soon after, the man was sweating profusely, looking as though he had been fished out of water.

"I’ll talk! I’ll talk!" He finally couldn’t bear it any longer.

Shi Hao smiled, pressed his hand down to let the man catch his breath.

"Go ahead, I’m listening."

The man stared at Shi Hao, "Could it be, you’re that little beast?"

Alas!

Shi Hao pointed again, and the man immediately began to scream again, "Can’t you speak like a human?"

After letting the man scream for a while, Shi Hao finally stopped.

The man gasped heavily, sweat seeping out like a spring; he stared at Shi Hao with a bitter gaze, "It’s all because of you that the old ancestor’s Great Sacrificial Heaven failed to harness the Power of Heaven and Earth."

Huh?

Shi Hao knew that like the Supplementing Divine Temple, the Great Sacrificial Heaven also consisted of two phases.

Take the Supplementing Divine Temple, for instance, one first establishes the temple on Soul Island, and then lights the Incense Flame. Whether or not the Incense Flame is ignited greatly impacts the strength—one temple with the Incense Flame can equal ten without.

So it is with the Great Sacrificial Heaven.

The first step is to establish a sacrificial altar in the Divine Temple to connect with the heavens; the second step is to sacrifice to the vast sky, drawing down the Power of Heaven and Earth, cleansing the whole body, and causing a qualitative shift in one’s life.

The Power of Heaven and Earth is the key to the Great Sacrificial Heaven. Failing to draw it into one’s body means one can only be called a pseudo-sacrifice or a juncture sacrifice; neither does one gain a significant increase in lifespan nor the ability to fly.

Therefore, the Ma Family’s ancestor’s failure in the Great Sacrificial Heaven, his inability to receive the infusion of the Power of Heaven and Earth, was a massive blow to the prestige of their Seven-Star power.

"Oh?" Shi Hao was greatly interested, "How could a mere baby ruin the sacrifice?"

The man breathed heavily several times, "Because you are an omen, abhorred by the heavens. The ancestor was very fond of you, but because he was tainted with too much of your presence, he was despised by the heavens and ultimately failed to trigger the Power of Heaven and Earth!"

Shi Hao stroked his chin; if that were truly the case, then it was no wonder the Ma Family harbored secrets about the past because once this matter was exposed, the fact that the Ma Family ancestor was merely a pseudo-sacrificer would be known to the world.

No wonder even the Ma Family members scarcely knew of this, as it not only stemmed from the need for secrecy but also because they needed the ancestor to be seen as part of the Great Sacrificial Heaven to boost morale.

"Who was the baby born to?" Shi Hao inquired.

The man again displayed a hesitant expression and stopped short of speaking.

"Ah!" Shi Hao pointed a finger to help him make up his mind.

"It was borne by the old ancestor and a maid!" the man answered.

Tch, no wonder the Ma Family ancestor was exceedingly affectionate towards it; it was his own flesh and blood, and presumably a child of his old age, which naturally made him all the more doting.

"Where is that maid now?" Shi Hao asked, knowing that obtaining the blood of the Ma Family’s ancestor would be as difficult as ascending to heaven, but if he could get the blood of that maid, the effect would be the same.

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