"The Flame Dragon Great Sword and I share a deep bond. If you can make it acknowledge you as its master, I hope you will treat it well — after all, it is a living thing." As the elder spoke these words, he stroked the Ancestral Weapon and smiled. "Old friend, the thought of parting with you completely is truly painful. But since I am no longer around, it wouldn't be right to keep you by my side and bury your edge. Go with him — the fact that he has made it here means he is worthy of you."
It was clear that this elder harbored genuinely deep affection for this Ancestral Weapon.
After that, the elder pointed toward the most eye-catching item among the many martial techniques behind him — the Ancestral Forbidden martial technique.
"This Ancestral Forbidden martial technique is the most powerful technique in this place. Its name is Ancestral Forbidden Thundercloud Movement."
"Ancestral Forbidden Thundercloud Movement is the technique I obtained in my lifetime that is the most difficult to cultivate, and also the one with the greatest power."
"When my cultivation was at the Martial Ancestor level, I was unable to unleash even a fraction of this technique's true power. Only after my cultivation stepped into the True Immortal realm could I bring out its true might."
"Ancestral Forbidden Thundercloud Movement — even if I left it to my descendants of the Kong Heavenly Clan, there may well be no one among them capable of cultivating it to completion. But since you have made it here, your talent must be extraordinary. I hope you will not let Ancestral Forbidden Thundercloud Movement go to waste."
After that, the elder proceeded to introduce every treasure in the place, one by one.
But what Chu Feng cared about most was the Path of Martial Cultivation that the elder had left behind. Although… this elder, when alive, must have been a supremely exalted figure within the Hundred-Refined Mortal World.
Nevertheless, he was ultimately a figure who had only operated within the Hundred-Refined Mortal World. The Path of Martial Cultivation he left behind, then, likely would not offer Chu Feng all that much.
Even if Chu Feng attempted to comprehend it, it would likely take a great deal of effort. And so Chu Feng hoped that receiving the elder's guidance might make it easier for him to draw insights from it.
"Everything I have left here was obtained from the ruins of my predecessors. There is only one thing I created by my own hand."
"That is the writing that covers these walls. This is no ordinary writing — I used a special method to engrave my own insights into the Path of Martial Cultivation."
"The Path of Martial Cultivation can only be grasped through intuition, not transmitted through words. That is why passing it on is extraordinarily difficult."
"But since I established this place of inheritance, I had to achieve a true transmission."
"These are the marks I spent one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine years engraving. If you engage your heart in comprehension, I believe they will be of help to you." The elder pointed at the patterns that covered the entire wall.
"One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine years?"
"That means nearly two thousand years?"
At that moment, Chu Feng was deeply shocked. He suddenly felt a deep sense of shame, believing he had wronged the elder before him.
He had assumed earlier that, given the other's limited cultivation, the Path of Martial Cultivation left behind must also be limited. But this — the elder had spent nearly two thousand years crafting this Path of Martial Cultivation. That realization filled Chu Feng with profound respect.
A person's life, no matter how long, is ultimately finite. Even for a True Immortal powerhouse who could easily live past ten thousand years, how many stretches of two thousand years could there truly be in a single lifetime?
This was the fruit of painstaking devotion. Something forged over two thousand years of effort — it was undeniably the elder's life's work.
"Finally, there is one more thing I wish to say." After introducing the last item, the elder suddenly spoke with great solemnity. "If you are a member of my Kong Heavenly Clan, then naturally I hope you will bring glory to our ancestors and lead the Kong Heavenly Clan to new heights."
"But if you are not of my Kong Heavenly Clan and have obtained these things, then most likely my clan has already fallen into decline. If you bear a great enmity against my clan, I implore you to spare them — do not wipe them out entirely. Leave a thread of our bloodline so that our legacy may continue."
"I bow to you in gratitude here." As he finished speaking, the elder actually knelt on the ground and performed a full kowtow to Chu Feng.
"Senior, you must not do this!" Seeing this, even though Chu Feng knew full well the elder was merely a manifestation of the formation, he was still moved. He hurried forward to help the elder up.
But before Chu Feng could even touch the elder, the latter transformed into a wisp of light, drifted into the earth, and vanished.