"Chu Feng, take this token and make it acknowledge you as its master. Once you step into this array, you will be able to enter directly into the forbidden land secret realm of our Heavenly Chu Clan in the Lower Ancestral Martial Realm."
"Within our Heavenly Chu Clan's forbidden land secret realm, there is no array you can use to find your way back, because that array is hidden."
"However, I will pass on to you a verbal incantation. With it, you can summon the array concealed within the forbidden land and return directly to this place."
The Patriarch of the Heavenly Chu Clan handed a token to Chu Feng.
This token was somewhat unusual. Though it was called a token, it looked more like an oval-shaped jade pendant. The pendant was a pale blue color, so clear and translucent it seemed as though it had been formed from water itself.
Chu Feng followed the Patriarch's instructions and infused his power into it. The so-called token responded immediately, and then it actually melted, transforming into liquid that seeped straight into Chu Feng's palm like water.
After entering his palm, it left no visible mark, yet Chu Feng could feel that the token's power had fused completely with his own.
At that moment, Chu Feng was secretly delighted. From this point onward, he knew that through this teleportation array, he could travel freely between the Upper Great Thousand Realm and the Lower Ancestral Martial Realm.
"Senior, will you be coming with me?" Chu Feng asked the Patriarch.
"The gate to the Upper Realm has been opened, and the clansmen are quite unsettled. From today onward, I cannot leave the Heavenly Chu Clan — not even to enter seclusion. So I will not be accompanying you."
"Besides, you have many friends and family members there. When you meet them, you'll surely want to stay for a few days. If I were to go along, they might feel restrained." The Patriarch said.
Hearing this, Chu Feng smiled, because he had to admit that the Patriarch was absolutely right.
Although Chu Feng knew full well that he was a member of the Heavenly Chu Clan and belonged to the Upper Great Thousand Realm, when it came down to it, the Lower Ancestral Martial Realm was his homeland. The Nine Provinces Continent was his homeland. That place which, when recalled now, seemed no more than a tiny speck — Qingzhou — was his homeland.
Chu Feng held far too deep an attachment to that land. On that land were far too many people he cared about.
The old friends he had missed for so long would finally meet again. Such emotions could never be expressed in mere words.
So this time, Chu Feng genuinely planned to stay a little longer.
"But Chu Feng, even though I understand how you feel, I still hope you will return as soon as possible. Don't linger too long."
"No matter how much attachment you have, the truth is, you no longer belong there."
"In fact, even this Upper Great Thousand Realm cannot hold you. You belong to the vast Martial Cultivation World."
"That endless, mysterious, and unknown expanse of the starry sky — that is your stage."
The Patriarch spoke to Chu Feng in a solemn and heartfelt tone.
"This junior understands your meaning. I will return as quickly as I can," Chu Feng said.
"Good. Go, then. I will wait here for you. When you return, I will have something to discuss with you," the Patriarch said.
Hearing this, Chu Feng's heart stirred. He had a vague feeling that whatever the Patriarch wanted to talk about was no ordinary matter, because he could hear a note of gravity in the Patriarch's voice.
But he did not press further. Instead, he exchanged a few more casual words with the Patriarch.
After the Patriarch taught him the incantation to activate the token in his palm, Chu Feng stepped onto the array. Channeling the token's power, he activated the teleportation array.