"Of course, you could even say that her blood is the most perfect sacrifice ever made. But unfortunately, I haven't recovered my strength yet, so I'm afraid it will be very difficult for us to obtain her blood."
Stannis was furious, and couldn't help but think of the flaming sword in Daenerys's hand earlier that day. The fiery aura that stretched for several meters still lingered in his mind. Even when wielding Lightbringer, he couldn't achieve that level of power.
But then, something suddenly occurred to him.
“Mansred. He is the Savage King, and also a king. Will his blood work?”
Melisandre immediately understood.
“Yes, as long as he has ever been king and recognized by a sufficient number of his subjects, then his blood is royal blood. Tonight, they have all gone to Daenerys's banquet. We will make our move in the latter half of the night.”
"Very good, go and prepare."
At this moment, Jon Snow, looking completely bewildered, followed Lu Xuan and Daenerys to the Night's Watch Commander's room.
Both the Stark and Targaryen families possess extraordinary bloodlines. The Starks are primarily spirit walkers, leaning towards wolf spirits, or even green prophets. The Targaryens, needless to say, are dragon spirit walkers. Lu Xuan was very curious about what level Jon Snow, possessing the bloodlines of both families, would reach.
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Chapter 295 Stannis's Gradual Madness (Third Update)
Lu Xuan took out a glass candle, placed it on the table, and then spoke to Jon Snow.
"Try to light it. With your mind."
"??? How is this possible? This is a fake candle."
“No, this is a real candle. Look, don’t believe me?” Lu Xuan said, turning his head to look at the glass candle. The candle was indeed emitting light. And it grew brighter and brighter, quickly illuminating the entire room.
"This..." Jon felt his worldview shattered.
“This is magic. Only a very few people with magical talent can do this. Jon, I know you have already shown the power of the wolf spirit. This is a sign of bloodline awakening. You are capable enough to light this glass candle.”
"I'm not..."
Jon Snow quickly denied it. In Westeros, shapeshifters were considered evil and harbingers of misfortune. It was obvious that this rumor must have originated from the Citadel. Unfortunately, the Stark family was no ordinary family. They wouldn't dare incite the people to kill children displaying shapeshifting abilities. However, outside the North, this was extremely common. For the sake of the real world, the Citadel had long since abandoned all moral principles.
"Don't deny your origins, your blood, your abilities. Jon, it is these unique qualities that make you who you are. To deny them is to deny yourself. I can tell you definitively that those long-standing rumors are malicious traps."
Shapeshifters are never inherently evil. They simply possess a special magical constitution—a magical constitution far more powerful than that of ordinary people, much like His Majesty's dragon spirit constitution. This is your unparalleled talent. Do not resist it. Feel it, release it; you can do it.
Jon nodded, seemingly understanding. Then he stared at the glass candle, imagining how to light it.
...It had no effect.
"No, I can't do it."
“Concentrate, and nothing is impossible. The power is there; find it, and release it.” Lu Xuan spoke these words using special techniques. Jon felt Lu Xuan's words, like some kind of tangible substance, flood his mind, instantly squeezing out all other thoughts. Only the thought of lighting a candle remained in his mind. The next second, the glass candle on the table emitted a faint glow.
"I did it!" Jon shouted excitedly. But then, he was quite discouraged by the faint light.
Why is it so dark?
"Hahaha, don't be so self-conscious, Jon. Do you know how long it took the fastest Valyrian Dragon King to light a glass candle? Three hours. And how long did it take you? Let me calculate... about fifteen minutes!"
At this moment, Lu Xuan turned his gaze to Daenerys, who had remained silent.
"How about it?"
“He does indeed have Targaryen blood. But his beast spirit bloodline abilities are more fully awakened. Moreover, his beast spirit is completely different from my dragon spirit, and even different from those barbarian shapeshifters.”
"As expected. House Stark is favored by the Old Gods. Their Beast Spirit abilities should be closer to those of the Green Prophet, the agent of the Old Gods. This should be a higher level of Beast Spirit ability than that of ordinary Wildling shapeshifters."
Just as the three were discussing Jon Snow's talents, a commotion arose outside. A large number of wildlings roared angrily.
Jon left the contact to himself, while the two went out to investigate. Just then, Ser Barristan arrived to report.
“Mansred was attacked by unknown assailants and was injured. The savages are now searching for the culprit.”
"Mansred?" Lu Xuan frowned. He subconsciously assumed that some angry Night's Watchman had attacked Mansred. After all, the feud between the Night's Watch and the Wildlings was a long story.
"Take me to see it."
Mansred was seriously injured, but fortunately, his life was not in danger. When Lu Xuan saw him, his face was pale, a sign of excessive blood loss. This made Lu Xuan's heart stir slightly, and he vaguely remembered something.
"What happened? Did you see the murderer?"
"I couldn't see clearly, but they were all highly trained. But they didn't seem like crows. They were more elite than the crows."
"I understand. Take good care of your injury. The Queen needs your service."
"I am willing to serve the Dragon Queen."
After leaving Mance's room, Daenerys asked, "Teacher, is something on your mind?"
“Indeed, the wizarding heritage I received records of a blood magic, a magic that uses blood to communicate with beings from other dimensions. And to achieve the best effect of this magic, nothing beats the blood of a king.”
“Mansrayd, the Wildling King. Melisandre, the Red Priestess?” Daenerys reacted quickly.
“It must be her. The priests of the King of Light have a long tradition of blood sacrifice. I’m not surprised at all that she would use this kind of blood magic.”
As the two approached Stannis's tent, they were met with a band of Knights of the Heart. Although these knights knew they might not be able to stop these two superhuman warriors, they still stood firmly guarding the tent.
At this moment, some wildlings heard about Daenerys and Lu Xuan's movements and began to gather here. Within minutes, the hundreds of wildlings who had entered Black Castle had all assembled here. They were all chieftains of various wildling tribes, along with their most valiant warriors. They glared angrily at the Knights of the Flameheart before them, waiting only for Daenerys's command to charge and slaughter these inlanders.