"Not only are they hard to find, but spatial rifts come in benign and malignant varieties. A benign one will take you where you want to go, but if you enter a malignant rift, you'll be utterly annihilated," Lord Lianghua said.
"There is indeed such a saying," Immortal Compass nodded.
"Chu Feng, why must you go to the Eastern Sea Region?" Baili Xuankong asked. Having heard all the dangers associated with the Eastern Sea Region, he was actually trying to persuade Chu Feng that, unless it was absolutely necessary, it wasn't worth the risk.
"I won't hide it from you, seniors. I must go to the Eastern Sea Region. Though I originally came from beyond this world, I grew up there. My family and friends are there — I can't just leave them be," Chu Feng said.
"Sigh, Chu Feng, I don't mean to lecture you, but a man should have ambitions across the four corners of the world. How can you be held back by family?"
"Besides, if your family and friends knew you were risking your life just to go back and see them, I'm sure they wouldn't approve either," Immortal Compass advised.
"What Immortal Compass says makes sense." Baili Xuankong and the others all voiced their agreement. In truth, they had Chu Feng's best interests at heart.
"That's only my first reason. Actually, there's a second," Chu Feng said.
"A second? You have another reason?" Baili Xuankong asked.
"Mm," Chu Feng confirmed.
"What reason could possibly make you willing to take such a risk?" Lord Lianghua asked.
"The ruins of the Azure Emperor, Qing Xuantian," Chu Feng said.
"What?!!!" Upon hearing these words, everyone present was stunned. Those who had been seated all shot to their feet, emotions running wild.
"Chu Feng, what did you just say? You're talking about the ruins of the Azure Emperor, Qing Xuantian?" Nangong Longjian pressed. Every pair of eyes fixed on Chu Feng — they could scarcely believe what they had heard.
After all, Qing Xuantian's reputation was far too great, his name far too legendary, and his ruins had been an enduring mystery throughout the Divine Land of Martial Arts. Countless people had searched for them. Even Nangong Longjian, Lord Lianghua, and Immortal Compass had tried — and none had succeeded.
Yet now, Chu Feng was claiming he knew where Qing Xuantian's ruins were. How could they not be shocked?
"The ruins of the Azure Emperor, Qing Xuantian, are on the Nine Provinces Continent in the Eastern Sea Region. That was his birthplace. In other words, Senior Qing Xuantian and I are from the same hometown," Chu Feng said with a smile.
He felt that, at this point, there was no need to keep secrets from the people present. After all, every one of them was someone he could trust.
"What?!!" After hearing Chu Feng's words, the crowd grew even more astonished. Two peerless geniuses who had each led an entire era — and they were from the same hometown?
The Nine Provinces Continent — what kind of place was that? Could it be that it produced geniuses in abundance?
"Seniors, please observe. This — is the Azure Dragon, the Bai Hu, the Vermilion Bird, and the Xuan Martial."
As Chu Feng spoke, he unleashed all four of his Supreme Martial Skills. This was an unrestrained display, allowing the four Supreme Martial Skills to manifest in their most complete forms.
"These are Qing Xuantian's four guardian beasts. There's no mistaking it — though they've become martial skills, this aura is unmistakable."
"Chu Feng, so you're Qing Xuantian's successor?" Lord Lianghua had lived for over ten thousand years. He had personally witnessed Qing Xuantian with his own eyes, and had seen Qing Xuantian's four guardian beasts as well.
"I'm not Senior Qing Xuantian's successor. I simply came across his four martial skills through a twist of fate," Chu Feng said.
"Qing Xuantian's four guardian beasts have become martial skills... So that means Qing Xuantian truly is dead?" At that moment, everyone present felt an inexplicable wave of sorrow.
Though Qing Xuantian had vanished long ago and everyone believed him to be dead, in truth a sliver of hope had always lingered in their hearts — the fantasy that he was still alive.