"Bai Yunqing, if it weren't for your injuries, I'd want to see the sights at the peak of the Nine Heavens too."
"But given the way things are now, I won't be your dead weight," Bai Yunqing said.
He meant every word. He truly wanted to go, but he truly didn't want to hold Chu Feng back.
"Focus on recovering. Once your cultivation is restored, we'll carve our path through this vast cultivation world together," Chu Feng said.
"I will. I'll train as hard as I can."
"The next time you go back to the Seven Realms Sacred Palace, take me with you. You and I—we'll face those self-righteous fools together," Bai Yunqing said.
Though his own master had betrayed him, he hadn't been imprisoned, so he had heard about Chu Feng's exploits.
But Long Chengyu and Long Muxi knew nothing of it.
The two siblings asked almost in unison, "The Seven Realms Sacred Palace? What happened?"
They could hear something was off. Something must have gone down between Chu Feng and the Seven Realms Sacred Palace.
"Let's get moving first. I'll tell you the full story on the way," Chu Feng said.
"Young friend Chu Feng, this is the location of our Totem Dragon Clan's sacred ground. When you have time, you must come find us. Our clan must properly thank you."
The Totem Dragon Clan Chief handed Chu Feng a special token. As he did, he began forming a series of hand seals.
The token required a bond with its owner, but the bonding process could only be initiated by the Clan Chief's own power, which was why he was performing the seals.
Seeing this, Chu Feng didn't hesitate—it was a gesture of trust from the Clan Chief himself.
Besides, Chu Feng had lost the protective formation his father had left behind, the Divine Deer hadn't recovered, and he had already shown his hand against the Seven Realms Sacred Palace.
Perhaps one day, when he needed a place to take shelter, this would be exactly that place.
So Chu Feng grasped the other end of the token and projected his aura into it, completing the bonding.
Once bonded, the token transformed into a streak of light that shot straight into Chu Feng's palm, condensing into a marking etched onto his skin.
The token served not only as an entry key but also conveyed the precise location of the sacred ground to Chu Feng.
Yet it was precisely upon learning the location that Chu Feng felt a jolt of surprise.
The Totem Star River. The True Dragon Star Domain. The Spirit Beast Upper Realm.
The Totem Star River was vast, but Chu Feng had been to the Spirit Beast Upper Realm before.
The last time he went was to hunt down the junior members of the Situ Spirit Gate.
There had been another reason as well.
Back then, when Chu Feng had been targeting the Situ Spirit Gate, Senior Song Yuwei had feared becoming a burden to him and had planned to bring Yue Ling along with the monk Yi Ku, fleeing to the Spirit Beast Upper Realm's Golden Dragon Mountain Range to take shelter in an ancient secret ground.
And that ancient secret ground was no ordinary place. Chu Feng had stumbled upon the fact that a mysterious woman was living in seclusion there.
That woman was not only unfathomably powerful in her own right but also possessed multiple formidable treasures.
Furthermore, she had said that her master knew Qin Jiu.
That could only mean her master was likely an ancient existence—how else could they know Qin Jiu?
And as it happened, the sacred ground where the Totem Dragon Clan was now taking shelter lay right near that ancient secret ground.
Could it be a coincidence?
Most likely not.
But Chu Feng kept this to himself. He didn't want the Totem Dragon Clan learning anything about that mysterious woman.
And so, Chu Feng's group split into two.
Bai Yunqing followed the Totem Dragon Clan Chief and the others to the clan's sacred ground in the Spirit Beast Upper Realm.
Chu Feng, meanwhile, re-entered the teleportation array with Long Chengyu and Long Muxi.
During the teleportation, Chu Feng told Long Chengyu and Long Muxi about his history with the Seven Realms Sacred Palace.
"Damn, so you're Senior Jie Ranqing's son? No wonder."
"So that phenomenon was caused by you? My brother Chu Feng is seriously incredible?"