"Clan Chief, I will accompany young friend Kong Zheng into the Hundred Refinements Stage. I guarantee he will not do anything that violates the rules of our Hundred Refinements Stage. You can rest assured, Clan Chief." Hu Xuanyi continued to plead on Kong Zheng's behalf.
"Rules are rigid, but people are flexible. Since this matter concerns the safety of a junior of the Kong Heavenly Clan, I will make an exception today and allow young friend Kong Zheng to enter the Hundred Refinements Stage."
"However, whether or not you can obtain the Hundred Refinements Jade Stone will depend entirely on you, young friend Kong Zheng," the Clan Chief of the Huzhen Clan said to Kong Zheng.
"Rest assured, Senior Clan Chief. This junior will absolutely not disappoint you." Upon hearing that the Huzhen Clan Chief had agreed, the confident look on Kong Zheng's face grew even more pronounced.
Following that, Kong Zheng departed under Hu Xuanyi's lead, heading toward the entrance of the Hundred Refinements Stage.
"Clan Chief, why are you so certain that Kong Zheng will be unable to obtain the Hundred Refinements Jade Stone?" After Kong Zheng left, an elder of the Huzhen Clan asked their Clan Chief.
At the same time, the other elders also turned their curious gazes toward him.
The Hundred Refinements Jade Stone was indeed extraordinary. This was something the people of the Huzhen Clan were all curious about.
"The Hundred Refinements Jade Stone has been sitting there for many years now. Whether it's our Huzhen Clan or cultivators from the Lower Realm, countless people have wanted to take that Hundred Refinements Jade Stone. However... has anyone ever succeeded?" the Huzhen Clan Chief replied with a question of his own.
"No one has ever succeeded." The elders all nodded in agreement.
"Those who are curious are mostly juniors, and they share one thing in common — insufficient strength."
"I understand. The Hundred Refinements Jade Stone has already lost its sealing power, but it is still an ancient sealing stone — not an ordinary object."
"Therefore, unless one's cultivation reaches a certain realm, they still cannot casually move it," that elder said.
"That is not the case," the Huzhen Clan Chief shook his head and said. "Forget about you — even I cannot move it."
"Clan Chief, what exactly is going on?" Hearing the Clan Chief say this, all the elders were quite surprised, and their curiosity only grew.
As members of the Huzhen Clan, they were well aware of their Clan Chief's strength.
This Clan Chief who guarded the Hundred Refinements Stage was a True Immortal realm powerhouse.
However, he spent the entire year stationed here and kept an extremely low profile, so no one in the Hundred Refinements Mortal World knew his true cultivation.
But while outsiders might not know how powerful the Clan Chief was, these clan members understood it very well.
Therefore, if even their Clan Chief could not move the Hundred Refinements Jade Stone, that meant it had nothing to do with cultivation level — there was another reason entirely.
"The Hundred Refinements Jade Stone cannot be moved unless one is a member of the Chu Heavenly Clan," the Huzhen Clan Chief said.
"The Chu Heavenly Clan?!" Upon hearing these words, the expressions of everyone present changed. They finally understood the truth of the matter.
"Then it seems that no one really can move that Hundred Refinements Jade Stone." At this point, the elders began to sigh among themselves.
Although the Hundred Refinements Stage had been created by the Chu Heavenly Clan, and there were indeed many Chu Heavenly Clan juniors cultivating within the Hundred Refinements Mortal World, those juniors were all incredibly arrogant. Every single one of them considered the Hundred Refinements Stage nothing more than a place for training trash, so not only would none of them enter it — they couldn't even be bothered to visit.
As for why the Huzhen Clan had been guarding this place generation after generation, it was actually because they had once received a great kindness from a distinguished member of the Chu Heavenly Clan, and so they had taken on this heavy responsibility.
Because of that ancient favor, the people of the Huzhen Clan held special feelings toward the Chu Heavenly Clan. It was just a pity that the Chu Heavenly Clan looked down on them.
They viewed them as lackeys, as servants.
They couldn't even be bothered to meet with them.
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The gates of the Hundred Refinements Stage had opened, and those entering alongside Kong Zheng were not limited to Hu Xuanyi alone.