Qin Xin's understanding made the Second Elder feel somewhat moved.
He decided to speak the truth:
"Yes, this blood pool has actually been around for a long time."
"In the earliest years, it was used to store the blood of spiritual beasts, refined through the Panlong stele to provide a continuous supply of the purest spiritual energy for the gifted."
"But later, the spiritual energy became increasingly thin, and the elders worried about the blood pool running dry tried everything they could think of to maintain it, all to no avail."
"Eventually, one day, the Seventh Elder discovered by accident that injecting the blood of gifted individuals into the blood pool could increase the power of the existing blood geometrically."
"Thus, we reached a difficult agreement. Every year, one of the elders would send their trusted subordinates to find gifted individuals with strong spiritual power but unscrupulous intentions, execute them, and then throw them into the blood pool."
