Chapter 4104: Dragon Vein Origin Stone

Through Long Daozhi's account, Chu Feng finally came to understand the true circumstances of Long Daozhi and the Ancestral Martial Dragon City.

The Long Clan was, in the present day, a true colossus within the Holy Light Galaxy.

One could say it was a force second only to the Holy Light Galaxy itself.

But the Long Clan was, in truth, an outsider clan.

The Long Clan had arrived in the Holy Light Galaxy roughly a hundred thousand years ago.

However, at that time, the Long Clan had an enormous population. In order to preserve their superior bloodlines and establish a firm foothold within the Holy Light Galaxy, the Long Clan had conducted a sweeping internal purge.

That so-called internal purge was a screening process based on cultivation, strength, and talent.

Those with exceptional talent and powerful cultivation were permitted to remain within the Long Clan, following the clan leader to conquer new territory.

But those whose talent was lacking and whose cultivation was weak would be cast out of the Long Clan, and from that day forward, they were forbidden from calling themselves members of the Long Clan.

Long Daozhi's ancestors were among the many clan members who had been purged back then.

Without the backing of the Long Clan family, Long Daozhi's ancestors had no choice but to rely on their own strength.

It had taken many years, spanning even several generations, and the journey had carried them across numerous regions of the Holy Light Galaxy before they finally put down roots in the Ancestral Martial Star Domain and established what was now the Ancestral Martial Dragon City.

Although the people of the Ancestral Martial Dragon City had been expelled all those years ago—effectively cast out of the family—the blood of the Long Clan still flowed through their veins.

And so, over the many years that followed, the Long Clan and the Ancestral Martial Dragon City had maintained their connection.

Though they had to be self-reliant, they still carried out tasks on behalf of the Long Clan.

And when the Long Clan was pleased, they would bestow certain rewards.

Such as the Long Clan token that Long Daozhi had just produced.

That token was a reward the Long Clan had granted them.

But one had to understand—all members of the Long Clan today, regardless of cultivation level or age, possessed one such token. It was a symbol of identity for every member of the Long Clan.

Yet this token, which every single person within the Long Clan carried as a matter of course, had become a favor, a reward, once it reached the Ancestral Martial Dragon City.

This fact alone spoke volumes.

If, in the very beginning, the Long Clan had cast out its other members out of a cruel but unavoidable necessity for the family's future, then the situation now was far more than that.

After more than a hundred thousand years of change, the current members of the Long Clan felt no familial bond whatsoever toward people like Long Daozhi.

They had long since stopped regarding Long Daozhi and the others as fellow clan members.

They viewed them as nothing more than slaves.

They could be summoned at a whim and dismissed just as easily—mere servants to be ordered about.

Although the present-day members of the Long Clan didn't so much as spare a glance for these scattered kin throughout the Holy Light Galaxy, Long Daozhi and the others all shared a common wish.

It was the wish their ancestors had held before them.

That one day, they would be recognized by the family once more and welcomed back into the Long Clan.

That they could face the world as true members of the Long Clan.

And now, there was finally such an opportunity.

"It's been over a hundred thousand years," Long Daozhi said. "Ever since my ancestors were purged, we've kept in contact with the clan."

"But all those years—no matter how much we did for the clan, they never gave any indication of taking us back."

"But now, at last, there's an opportunity."

"This is the first time in all these years the clan has offered us a chance. It may very well be the last."

"So I absolutely must seize it."

"For my ancestors, for my descendants, and for myself—I must seize this opportunity."

At this point, Long Daozhi grew visibly emotional.

From his eyes, Chu Feng could see a longing that came straight from the depths of his heart.

A longing to be acknowledged by his family. A longing to return home.

It was the same longing as someone who had wandered through hardship for years, yearning to go back.

"Senior, what opportunity has the Long Clan offered?" Chu Feng couldn't help but ask.

He already felt a deep sense of gratitude toward Long Daozhi, regarding him as a benefactor.

After learning what Long Daozhi and his people had been through, his heart was even more moved.

After all, the experience of Long Daozhi's branch bore a striking resemblance to what Chu Feng himself had gone through.

And since Long Daozhi desired so desperately to return to the Long Clan, Chu Feng would naturally do everything in his power to help him.

"The cultivation of our Long Clan also requires heavenly treasures and precious resources."

"Those resources are graded by rank."

"Recently, a type of ore appeared in the Swallowing Heaven Star Domain, known as Dragon Vein Origin Stone."

"This Dragon Vein Origin Stone is among the highest-ranked of the heavenly treasures used in our Long Clan's cultivation."