The protagonist stared at the blood-crying True Dragon on the back of his hand, momentarily stunned.

He had never seen this thing before and had no idea what the dragon symbolized.

But for some reason,

his heart suddenly felt empty, as if something important had drifted away from him.

"That's the bloodline curse of the Zhao family."

Chi Lian glanced at the True Dragon on the protagonist's arm, her expression shifting slightly.

She asked coldly, "Are you from the Zhao family?"

The protagonist did not reply.

He looked at the True Dragon on the back of his hand, his face darkened: "Is this the bloodline curse of the Zhao family?"

Chi Lian frowned: "You're from the Zhao family, yet you don't know about the bloodline curse?"

The protagonist naturally knew about the bloodline curse.

The Zhao family's bloodline curse, along with madness and the Divine Technique, were known as "the three great curses."

The difference is that madness and the Divine Technique curse themselves, while the bloodline curse targets the Zhao family's enemies.

The appearance of the bloodline curse signifies that someone from the Zhao family has been harmed.

"Who was harmed?"

The protagonist attempted to touch the True Dragon, suddenly sensing something, and then he quickly looked towards the center of the island.

"The person harmed is on the island, could it be..."

The protagonist's face dramatically changed, his knees weakened, and he stumbled a bit.

"Quick, quickly check the island!"

Ignoring any potential danger, the protagonist, with a pale face, ran towards the sensed location.

Chi Lian watched the protagonist's back with a cold gaze, hesitated briefly, but eventually pursued him with a stoic expression.

Since the Zhao family took control of the Cultivation Realm, they have killed countless beasts.

The ancestor of Chi Lian's clan was captured by the Zhao family,

and to this day, their fate remains unknown.

The Zhao family is virtually the arch-enemy of all beast clans.

If not for the protagonist having saved her before, Chi Lian would have swallowed him whole.

"I'm going to see the Zhao family's misfortune, not to protect him."

Chi Lian told herself, maintaining a cold demeanor.

The protagonist was unaware of Chi Lian's inner struggle behind him as he forged ahead, feeling increasingly strange.

No one!

On the vast island, not a person was present.

Nor were there any signs of battle.

All life on the island appeared to have vanished into thin air.

"How is this possible?"

The protagonist continued walking toward the center, the astonishment on his face growing.

The island was large, like a town, its various arrangements well-organized.

As the protagonist passed a tea stall, there was still tea in the bowls on the table.

He picked up the teapot; the tea had cooled, having sat there for some time.

Chi Lian walked up from behind.

Seeing the protagonist checking the teapot, she said coldly: "The guards on the watchtower have been dead for at least an hour."

An hour?

The protagonist nodded.

Entering summer now, the weather was gradually warming.

The tea at the stall had cooled completely, clearly indicating a significant lapse of time.

The protagonist put down the teapot and continued to walk forward.

The eerie silence on the island was unsettling.

Not only was there no human sound, but also no bird calls, insect chirps, chicken clucking or dog barking.

Seeing the protagonist's puzzled expression, Chi Lian said coldly: "I haven't detected any living creature's scent, not even a single living chicken."

As a serpent-like beast, Chi Lian's eyesight was inferior to other beasts, but her sense of smell was several times keener.

Chi Lian was an eighth-level Ascension Realm beast; even creatures buried underground could not escape her olfactory senses.

The protagonist was suddenly startled: "Are they all dead?"

Chi Lian shook her head: "They've all disappeared."

Disappeared?

The protagonist looked back at the tea stall he had passed before.

There was still tea in the bowl at the stall, the teapot neatly placed, indicating that people didn't leave in a rush.

The protagonist was puzzled: "An island this large, with so many people, how could they suddenly disappear? Even if they were to evacuate suddenly, it's impossible to have everyone leave within an hour!"

Chi Lian did not answer.

Clearly, she too couldn't comprehend what had transpired here.

"Let's go, let's check up ahead first."

As they ventured deeper, the protagonist was gradually able to sense the precise location of the harmed Zhao family member.

"Is this the bloodline curse of the Zhao family?"

Walking along, the protagonist inadvertently stroked the blood-crying True Dragon on his hand.

The bloodline curse of the Zhao family is renowned in the Cultivation Realm; many have heard of it, but few, besides Zhao family members, have actually seen it.

Because those who have seen it are dead.

The protagonist didn't expect the Zhao family to have such a legacy; befitting a family ruling Great Xia for a millennium, their foundation is beyond ordinary imagination.

As they approached closer, the protagonist suddenly felt the True Dragon on his hand begin to heat up.

Simultaneously, a nameless murderous intent rose in the protagonist's heart,

The closer he got to the target location, the hotter the True Dragon grew; the protagonist's killing intent grew increasingly intense.

The protagonist was startled by this sudden surge of murderous intent.

He abruptly halted, looking uncertainly at the target location not far away.

"What's wrong?"

Chi Lian watched the protagonist indifferently, unsure why he had suddenly stopped.

The protagonist said nothing, instead gazing solemnly at a two-story bamboo building not far away.

As he sensed the killing intent emitted by the True Dragon, he suddenly realized.

The blood-crying True Dragon on the back of his hand was not guiding him to the location of the harmed Zhao family member.

But to the location of the perpetrator.

Previously, the protagonist was contemplating how humane the Zhao family's bloodline curse was, even pointing to the location of the harmed member's death, hardly resembling a curse at all.

If the bloodline curse is guiding to the perpetrator's location,

then it all makes sense.

The bloodline curse of the Zhao family rightfully deserves to be one of the "three great curses."

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