"Who's there?"
Upon hearing the sudden voice, Chu Feng quickly turned around to look.
But he found no one behind him.
Seeing this, Chu Feng hurriedly activated the token that controlled the great formation here, canceling the interior sealing formation. He wanted to flee this place as quickly as possible.
His first thought was that whoever had spoken was also one of Yue Lian's subordinates.
"Don't be afraid. I don't know them."
But just then, the voice sounded again.
More importantly, the moment the voice rang out, Chu Feng found himself completely immobilized — a force had locked him in place.
"Senior, who are you?" Chu Feng asked.
"There are outsiders here. It's not convenient for me to reveal myself."
"Wait a moment," the woman's voice said again.
Hummm—
In the next instant, a formation rose from the earth, completely covering the formations already present.
It wasn't just a sealing formation — it was also a concealing one.
The original formations here were already powerful enough, but when the new formation surged up from the ground and blanketed the void, Chu Feng could clearly feel that it was several times more powerful than the ones that had been there before.
"Noticed me, have you?"
High above the sky, a woman stood suspended in the void.
She was the mysterious woman Chu Feng had encountered in the valley.
These past days, she had been following him.
The earlier sealing formation hadn't been able to stop her, but this new one not only prevented her from breaking in — she couldn't even see what was happening inside.
"Who is it?"
The mysterious woman's brow furrowed slightly.
She sensed that someone present was above her in power.
Meanwhile, Chu Feng still stood within the formation. The force that had been binding him had already dissipated.
And before him had appeared a woman.
She wore a purple dress and carried an air of supreme arrogance about her. Those eyes of hers, in particular, seemed as though nothing in the world was worthy of their gaze.
Yet when she looked at Chu Feng, her expression was one of pleasant surprise. She even wore a smile — and a radiant one at that.
"Not bad, are you? The Bloodline of a King?"
the purple-dressed woman asked.
"Yes."
Chu Feng nodded. Facing such a powerful expert, there was no need to hide anything. If she wanted him dead, it would be effortless.
She was far too strong. The purple-dressed woman hadn't released a shred of oppressive aura, yet she gave Chu Feng an utterly terrifying feeling.
Her strength was fathomless.
"Not only the Bloodline of a King, but you've also learned the bare surface of Lord Qin Jiu's arts," the purple-dressed woman said.
"You know Lord Qin Jiu?" Chu Feng's gaze shifted slightly.
"Oh? You know of Lord Qin Jiu too?" the woman asked.
"I have heard of Lord Qin Jiu's name," Chu Feng said.
"Then it must have been the one who taught you those surface techniques who told you," the purple-dressed woman said.
"You can tell that my formation techniques bear Lord Qin Jiu's influence?" Chu Feng asked.
"Of course," the purple-dressed woman nodded.
Hearing this, Chu Feng was delighted. He and Egg had guessed correctly.
Ancestor Yue Ling's inheritance had indeed been derived from Lord Qin Jiu.
And this woman before him possessed unfathomable power and knew of Lord Qin Jiu — she might well know something.
Chu Feng was about to speak, but the woman spoke first.
"Would you like to obtain Lord Qin Jiu's true inheritance?" the purple-dressed woman asked.
"Senior, what do you mean?" Chu Feng thought of something, yet found it hard to believe.
Could such a thing truly exist in this world?
"What I mean is, Lord Qin Jiu's true inheritance is right here." As she spoke, the woman pointed at her own chest.
"Lord Qin Jiu's inheritance is inside your heart, Senior?"
Chu Feng asked.
"Nonsense. What I mean is — I am Lord Qin Jiu's inheritance," the woman said.
"You are the inheritance? That's impossible."
"Senior, you really know how to joke," Chu Feng said with a laugh.
Seeing Chu Feng say this, the purple-dressed woman smiled meaningfully.
Hummm—
In the next instant, her form actually transformed into purple flames, which grew more and more massive until, in the blink of an eye, they coalesced into an enormous palace.
The palace was entirely purple, radiating a majestic presence. Its wall patterns were identical to those on the purple-dressed woman's gown, and the palace gates had already swung open.
"Come right in."
The palace spoke with the purple-dressed woman's voice.
"Is this really the inheritance?"
Though Chu Feng found it incredible, he quickly stepped inside.
Upon entering the palace, he found the walls covered in inscribed rune patterns. Chu Feng knew that the inheritance lay within them.
All he had to do was comprehend them, and he would obtain it.
"Senior, this… is Lord Qin Jiu's inheritance?"
Chu Feng asked.
"What else would it be?"
The purple-dressed woman's voice rang out again, and at the same time, her figure reappeared — standing right beside Chu Feng.