At this moment, Chu Feng's gaze was fixed upon his right hand.
And his right hand was clenched tight, as though something was gripped within it.
Chu Feng's eyes were brimming with anticipation, and he was incredibly tense.
Finally, his palm opened wide.
"It's actually real!!!"
Looking at the center of his palm, Chu Feng's face erupted with wild elation.
The reason he reacted this way was none other than the object in his hand.
Within Chu Feng's palm lay a single item.
It was a bamboo slip.
This bamboo slip radiated an aura of antiquity.
And a slip just like it existed within Chu Feng's Dantian as well.
In fact, before this, Chu Feng had once seen yet another ancient bamboo slip.
That was back in the Hundred Refinements Mortal World.
Golden Crane True Immortal had discovered an ancient bamboo slip and asked Chu Feng to help retrieve it.
But in the end, it was snatched away by a powerful old cat.
That old cat had not only stolen the ancient bamboo slip but also seized one of Chu Feng's world spirits.
Xue Ji — a world spirit sealed within his body alongside the Queen.
However, unlike the Queen, Xue Ji was brimming with viciousness and had always been hostile toward Chu Feng, to the point of once attempting to kill him.
But when Chu Feng saw Xue Ji bound in chains by that old cat, with the cat declaring that he would make her his slave, Chu Feng's heart ached inexplicably.
At first, Chu Feng didn't understand.
He couldn't fathom why he felt that way, given that Xue Ji had always been antagonistic toward him and they shared no bond of affection.
So why did it hurt?
But gradually, Chu Feng came to understand.
Xue Ji had been sealed within his body from the very beginning — it could be said that it was because of Chu Feng that she had come to this world of martial cultivation.
And like the Queen, Xue Ji had been dragged into this world by force at the hands of Chu Feng's mother.
If one were to assign blame, Chu Feng bore fault first, and Xue Ji's hostility could be considered understandable.
And regardless of whether Xue Ji acknowledged Chu Feng or not, he had once been her master.
Even after Xue Ji broke free from the constraints of the world spirit space and became a free being, the bond between her and Chu Feng remained impossible to sever.
That was why, even before Yusha appeared, Chu Feng had already considered rescuing Xue Ji.
If he ever encountered that old cat again, so long as he had the ability, he would spare no effort to save Xue Ji — and he would reclaim that bamboo slip and take back everything that was rightfully his.
The old cat had taken Xue Ji because of her uniqueness.
An ordinary world spirit that broke free from its master in the martial cultivation world would become an evil spirit.
But Xue Ji had not. She had retained her world spirit form, and the old cat had coveted precisely that special quality of hers.
As for why the old cat had stolen the ancient bamboo slip, it was because the slip was of tremendous significance.
According to what Golden Crane True Immortal had said, the ancient bamboo slips were actually called the God-Sealing Bamboo Slips, left behind during ancient times by a pair of brothers.
Those brothers had obtained an extraordinary fortune, mastering a power capable of shaking the very stars.
Throughout the entire vast world of martial cultivation, they were supreme beings of the highest order.
Before their deaths, they inscribed everything they had ever learned onto bamboo slips.
Legend had it that there were a total of three hundred and sixty-seven God-Sealing Bamboo Slips.
Each one contained a formidable amount of power.
Should someone gather all three hundred and sixty-seven slips, they would be able to obtain the inheritance of those two brothers.
Of course, this was merely legend, and its truth was difficult to verify.
After all, who could speak with certainty about matters from the ancient era?
But one thing could be confirmed — the God-Sealing Bamboo Slips truly harbored immense power.
The God-Sealing Bamboo Slip within Chu Feng's Dantian had been obtained in the Land of Martial Holiness, in the Lower Realm of Ancestral Martial.
Yet this single slip had been of tremendous help to him.
Chu Feng's combat prowess was extraordinary, and within the same realm, he had virtually no equal.
This was partly due to his bloodline being stronger than most, but the God-Sealing Bamboo Slip had also contributed significantly.
Ever since obtaining that slip, Chu Feng's battle strength had surged, and his comprehension of martial techniques had reached new heights.
It was no exaggeration to say that the God-Sealing Bamboo Slip had been invaluable to Chu Feng.
But even so, Chu Feng had still not fully mastered it.
Though it resided within his Dantian and had indeed granted him a certain degree of assistance, he still felt that it was a separate entity — much like the nine Thunder Divine Beasts.
They had all provided him with help, yet he was utterly unable to control them.