Inside the Totem Heavenly River, within the Ancestral Dragon Forbidden Land…
The aged Dragon Scale had risen into the air.
Moments ago, the formation that Chu Feng had left behind had been stabilized, so there was no need for him to continue feeding it with bloodline power.
Thus, he too was using his own methods to observe the Ancestral Martial Heavenly River.
Compared to everyone else, that voice he had heard just now filled him with an especially deep sense of dread.
"Dragon Scale…"
But suddenly, a feeble voice rose from below, making his body shudder violently.
His eyes widened, his expression froze, and he stood rooted to the spot as though turned to stone.
Because that voice was so familiar yet so distant—he wasn't sure whether he had imagined it.
"Dragon Scale, is that you?"
Only when the voice came again did Dragon Scale abruptly lower his head and peer downward.
There—Long Xue had truly awakened.
"Xue'er!!!"
Seeing this, Dragon Scale immediately flew down. In the blink of an eye, the rims of his aged eyes had turned red.
After all this time, Long Xue had finally woken up.
"You… why… why have you aged so much?"
"Have I been asleep for a very long time?" Seeing Dragon Scale's current appearance, Long Xue felt both aching sympathy and bewilderment.
"Xue'er, I wasn't young to begin with. Isn't this just fine?"
Dragon Scale smiled as he clasped Long Xue's hand. Even amidst his wild joy, his first instinct was to begin examining her condition.
He found that although her illness had not been cured, her state had improved several times over compared to before.
Long Xue's awakening was no coincidence.
It was precisely because her condition had been greatly relieved that she had regained consciousness.
But soon, Dragon Scale's expression stiffened.
He discovered that the reason Long Xue's condition had been relieved was that an object within her body had been suppressing her illness.
It was a formation—hidden inside Long Xue's body. The formation that Chu Feng had left behind.
In that instant, it seemed as though everything became clear to Dragon Scale.
So Chu Feng had not deceived him. That formation truly could treat Long Xue's illness.
"Young friend Chu Feng…"
Dragon Scale's expression remained stiff, but in his eyes burned a sense of profound shame.
…
At that moment, Chu Feng was already inside a teleportation tunnel.
He was riding aboard a warship capable of increasing speed within the teleportation tunnel.
All the members of the Totem Dragon Clan were aboard this warship as well, covered by a healing formation.
Chu Feng was heading to find Bai Yunqing.
After what had happened before, this world was destined to be without peace.
He had to find Bai Yunqing as quickly as possible and bring her away from this world.
"Young friend Chu Feng…"
Hearing this voice, Chu Feng immediately turned and helped the Totem Dragon Clan Chief to his feet.
"Senior, you're awake. How do you feel?"
"Young friend Chu Feng, I'm fine. It's truly thanks to you this time."
"If not for you… my Totem Dragon Clan would likely have been finished." The Totem Dragon Clan Chief glanced around at their surroundings.
Though they were inside the teleportation tunnel, all of their clansmen were enclosed within a healing formation.
But Chu Feng's help to them went far beyond even that.
If not for Chu Feng, they would all be dead.
"Senior, I only did what needed to be done."
"I believe that if something had happened to me, Senior Brother Chengyu would have done the same," Chu Feng said.
The Totem Dragon Clan Chief smiled. He understood his own son well enough. Long Chengyu might not be as modest as Chu Feng, but he was certainly someone who valued righteousness above all else.
It was just that there were far too few people whom Long Chengyu would acknowledge as such.
He then said, "Young friend Chu Feng, there is one thing I am truly curious about. Please don't take offense."
"Please, Senior, ask anything you wish," Chu Feng said.
"Just what is your background?" asked the Totem Dragon Clan Chief.