"There's no way the leader's bloodline is weakening! Someone get the Golden Phoenix Needle!" One of the elders shouted, his voice full of nervous skepticism.
Another person there rushed out of the room the next instant, and he returned a few minutes later with a golden needle in his grasp.
Then, using the Golden Phoenix Needle, often used by phoenixes to check the strength of their bloodline, carefully tested the leader's bloodline through a drop of her blood.
Shortly after testing the leader's bloodline, the Golden Phoenix Needle emitted a faint crimson glow before a number appeared on the top of the needle's handle.
"85.2 percent?! Her bloodline quality has dropped by four whole percent!" the elder holding the needle exclaimed in a voice laced with terror.
"FOUR PERCENT?!"
