“Wow, this must be the legendary saying, like father, like son, right?”
“Brother Chu Feng, you’re so amazing, you can even compare to Senior Chu Xuanyuan,” Long Ning said, looking at Chu Feng with admiration.
“What do you mean compare? Senior Chu Xuanyuan may be impressive, but my brother Chu Feng isn’t lacking either. I think my brother Chu Feng has already surpassed Senior Chu Xuanyuan. This isn’t just like father, like son, this is the student surpassing the master,” Kong Tianhui said.
Looking at the joking crowd around him, Chu Feng was all smiles.
He liked this atmosphere, especially since these people, who had previously been hostile towards him, were now so close.
Chu Feng understood that this drastic change wasn’t just because he had defeated the younger generation of Zhutian Starfield and Nangong Yifan.
The main reason was that they were all from the Ancestral Martial Starfield.
People are like that, they have a sense of belonging.
Clansmen may fight internally, and even close brothers may quarrel, but in the end, they remain close. When faced with external threats, they unite against the outsider.
The Ancestral Martial Starfield was the same. Despite the various forces entrenched in this vast starfield, constantly scheming against each other, even engaging in life-and-death battles, there was still a sense of belonging, that they were all martial cultivators of the Ancestral Martial Starfield.
Normally, they didn’t feel this identity. When in the Ancestral Martial Starfield, they only thought of their own factions, never considering their connection to other forces in the starfield.
But when the people of the Ancestral Martial Starfield faced oppression from other starfields, they would realise their identity, recognising that everyone in the Ancestral Martial Starfield was one, and often at such times, many would set aside grudges and unite against the external threat.
Of course, not everyone was like this.
But those present were, after all, the younger generation, young and relatively pure.
Their hearts were filled with passion and loyalty, not cunning calculations or weighing pros and cons.
So, this was why the current scene was possible.
At least, at this moment, these people seemed like family.
As per tradition, after the younger generation’s sparring, Divine Weapon Villa would warmly host these youngsters.
Although this time’s sparring left the Zhutian Starfield’s younger generation quite frustrated, in truth, in previous sparring sessions, the Ancestral Martial Starfield’s younger generation had also been frustrated.
Because of this, even though they had no interest in the upcoming banquet and didn’t even want to attend, they all showed up for the sake of appearances, including Nangong Yifan, and naturally, Yin Zhuanghong as well.
At the banquet, aside from Lord Shoujian, it was still all younger generation members. Usually, Kong Ci and Long Ning sat on either side of Lord Shoujian.
But today, the arrangement changed. Chu Feng sat beside Lord Shoujian, and this, naturally, wasn’t Chu Feng’s initiative but Lord Shoujian’s request.
“Lord Shoujian never drinks in previous years, but this year he’s had so much. It seems he’s genuinely happy today.”
“Forget Lord Shoujian being happy, I’m thrilled too. Seeing how smug the Zhutian Starfield’s younger generation was at past banquets, and now seeing them unable to even stomach all this delicious food, I can’t tell you how satisfying that is.”
“They’ve suppressed us for so many years, and we’ve finally vented our frustration.”
“But honestly, Lord Shoujian seems to particularly like Chu Feng.”
“Yeah, that’s true, I noticed it too.”
“It makes sense, though. Chu Feng is so outstanding, don’t all seniors like exceptional juniors?”
At this moment, the younger generation also noticed the change in Lord Shoujian.
Lord Shoujian, who usually never touched alcohol, had taken the initiative to drink today. Not only was his face flushed, but even his neck was red, he had drunk quite a bit and was truly overjoyed.
From the start of the banquet, he had been grinning from ear to ear, his mouth barely closing.
Most importantly, he had been chatting with Chu Feng almost the entire time, so his happiness was naturally because of Chu Feng.
“Young friend Chu Feng, do you recognise this item?”
Lord Shoujian took something out from his Cosmos Sack and handed it to Chu Feng.
It was an object resembling a scroll, but it appeared to be made of steel, entirely silver and sealed. Though it looked like a scroll, it wasn’t quite one, as it couldn’t be opened.
However, from the complex talismanic seals on it, Chu Feng knew this item was anything but ordinary.
“This junior has limited knowledge and doesn’t recognise it. Please, senior, enlighten me,” Chu Feng said.
“You don’t recognise it? This is something of your father’s,” Lord Shoujian said.
“My father’s item?”
Upon learning that this object was related to his father, Chu Feng’s gaze changed dramatically, and his previously calm heart suddenly became unsettled.
Not only him, but almost all the younger generation of the Ancestral Martial Starfield turned their eyes to the item in Lord Shoujian’s hand.
“Senior, is this really my father’s item?” Chu Feng asked.
“Yes, back when your father came to my Divine Weapon Villa, it coincided with the opening of the Divine Weapon Tomb. He went in, and unexpectedly, he took the best weapon from the Divine Weapon Tomb.”
“At that time, your father had no connection with my Divine Weapon Villa, so he felt it was inappropriate and left this item behind, gifting it to me.”
“Speaking of which, this item was something your father brought back from the Demon Prison Valley in the Yuchang Upper Realm,” Lord Shoujian said.
“The Yuchang Upper Realm, Demon Prison Valley?”
Hearing those words, the younger generation’s eyes lit up even more.
As everyone knew, the Ancestral Martial Starfield currently had three legendary relics.
They were:
The Nine Dragons Saint Cloak in the Ice Peak of the Nine Dragons Upper Realm.
The Netherworld War Chariot in the Sealed Grotto of the Fengping Upper Realm.
The God of War Spear in the Mirror Sea of the Gumo Upper Realm.
But in fact, in the past, the Ancestral Martial Starfield had five legendary relics.
However, the treasures from the other two relics had been taken, and the ones who accomplished this were Chu Feng’s relatives.
Namely, Chu Feng’s grandfather, Chu Hanxian, and his father, Chu Xuanyuan.
It’s worth mentioning that the Demon Prison Valley in the Yuchang Upper Realm was one of those legendary relics.
So, although this item looked unremarkable, since it was something Chu Xuanyuan brought out from a legendary relic, it was definitely no ordinary treasure.
Out of curiosity, Kong Tianhui, Kong Ci, and others even left their seats to come closer to Lord Shoujian and Chu Feng, carefully examining the treasure.
But no matter how they looked, they couldn’t figure out what it was.
“Lord Shoujian, what exactly is this?” Kong Ci asked out of curiosity.
But to everyone’s surprise, Lord Shoujian shook his head with a smile:
“I don’t know either.”
