"It's the Ancestral Dragon Secret Technique."
"Everyone, activate your bloodline cultivation technique immediately!"
When the dragon whiskers appeared, the Totem Dragon Clan's patriarch immediately shouted the command, and sat down cross-legged to circulate her technique.
Seeing this, everyone endured the pain and immediately sat cross-legged, each beginning to circulate their own technique.
After they activated their techniques, a layer of golden qi appeared on their bodies.
The golden qi did not resist the dragon whiskers. Instead, it merged with them.
Under these circumstances, the pained expressions on everyone's faces did ease somewhat.
However, the dragon whiskers were still binding everyone, and they were utterly unable to break free.
At the same time, Chu Feng felt the binding force around him growing stronger and stronger.
The formation he had set up beforehand was struggling to hold.
"This isn't good."
Sensing the dire situation, Chu Feng also sat cross-legged and poured his full power into the formation, trying to resist for as long as possible.
...
At the same time, in a special palace outside the Totem Dragon Clan's forbidden grounds, nine elders had gathered.
They were all former top powerhouses of the Totem Dragon Clan who had, for various reasons, defected from the clan.
They had been brought together by Dragon Scale and joined her in carrying out this rebellion, making them contributors to the coup.
At the same time, they were Dragon Scale's trusted confidants.
And just moments ago, they had received a message sent by Dragon Scale.
"Elder Tenghui, what should we do?"
All of them looked toward an elder present named Long Tenghui.
This man was the strongest among them, and had previously been one of the Totem Dragon Clan's Nine Dragon Banner Warriors.
"What else can we do? Naturally, we follow Lord Dragon Scale's instructions," Long Tenghui said.
"What?"
Upon hearing this, the remaining eight elders all showed expressions of fear.
"That is the Totem Dragon Clan's patriarch—and Long Xu is with her."
One of them voiced their concern directly.
"What are you afraid of? Their combat strength has already been bound," Long Tenghui said.
"Lord Tenghui, but she is still the patriarch after all. Even if her strength is bound, can we really handle her? We don't know what methods she might have."
"What is Lord Dragon Scale doing? Why doesn't she take action herself?"
Even though they knew that the Totem Dragon Clan's patriarch, along with Long Xu and the others, had their combat strength bound, they were still afraid.
Because the patriarch's status as a supreme powerhouse had long been deeply branded into their very souls.
Just thinking about it filled them with fear.
"Perhaps this is Lord Dragon Scale's test of us—a test of our loyalty."
"Gentlemen, do not forget that we are all people who were cast aside by the Totem Dragon Clan."
"It was Lord Dragon Scale who gave us the chance to return to the Totem Dragon Clan, who gave us the positions we hold today."
"Every one of us standing here—hasn't each been persecuted by the Totem Dragon Clan?"
"But... we are still members of the Totem Dragon Clan. It is only natural for Lord Dragon Scale to have reservations."
"But this opportunity is the best chance for us to prove ourselves. If we can complete this, then from now on... we will be Lord Dragon Scale's trusted confidants."
"Perhaps the new Nine Dragon Banner Warriors of the Totem Dragon Clan will be us."
The moment Long Tenghui said this, a different kind of light surged in the eyes of the others.
The Nine Dragon Banner Warriors—that had once been their dream.
"Come, follow me. We move out immediately."
After saying this, Long Tenghui set off at once.
The other eight elders also followed suit.
But no one noticed that one of the elders, before departing, left something behind.
After everyone had departed, the object transformed into a streak of light and rapidly flew off into the distance.
...
Meanwhile, the Smelling Heaven Daoist, who had been cultivating, suddenly opened his eyes.
He first sniffed a few times, softly.
Then his sniffing grew more and more intense.
Next, his eyes became bright.
He abruptly stood up, formed a hand seal, and his nose twitched rapidly.
After completing this action, his face showed wild joy.
He then suddenly slapped the Beast Shadow Elder hard on the shoulder.
The Beast Shadow Elder had been meditating with his eyes closed when he was struck without warning, and he was instantly furious.
"Smelling Heaven, are you courting death?"
But before he could act, a single sentence from the Smelling Heaven Daoist immediately extinguished all his anger.
"Chu Feng has come out. Come with me quickly."
As he spoke, the Smelling Heaven Daoist had already taken to the air.
Seeing this, the Beast Shadow Spirit World Master immediately followed.
...
As time passed, the situation of the Totem Dragon Clan members had greatly improved.