This blood-coloured whisk was far from ordinary, the Blood Mist Heavenly Venerable’s spiritist techniques were powerful indeed.
Yet his ability to seize the initiative amid various formations relied on this blood-coloured whisk.
Holding the whisk in his hand, Chu Feng could sense its formidable nature.
The whisk possessed spirituality, yet it could not be communicated with.
The power it contained was not only immense but also somewhat mysterious, leaving Chu Feng somewhat at a loss.
What could be confirmed was that, though the whisk was powerful, it could not yet be used by Chu Feng.
To wield this whisk, it would require the whisk to acknowledge him as master.
Conventional methods of acknowledgement, however, proved ineffective on this whisk.
Thus, Chu Feng sought to study it.
“Heavenly Master Whisk?”
Soon, Chu Feng noticed that the whisk actually had a name.
The name was exceedingly subtle, undetectable without close scrutiny.
The characters brimmed with power and elegance, even concealing hidden profundities.
After careful observation, Chu Feng discovered that the four characters Heavenly Master Whisk were indeed extraordinary.
Certain secrets of the Heavenly Master Whisk lay hidden within these four characters.
“I understand.”
Suddenly, Chu Feng’s face lit up with joy, he now knew how to master this Heavenly Master Whisk.
It would require some sacrifice, however.
This sacrifice, Chu Feng believed, was one he could bear.
Chu Feng opened the spiritist gate, drawing the Heavenly Master Whisk into his spiritist space.
Upon entering the spiritist space, the Heavenly Master Whisk stirred up a tremendous disturbance.
The object churned the winds and clouds, the Heavenly Master Whisk acting like a black hole, ceaselessly absorbing Chu Feng’s mental power.
Chu Feng’s mental power was soon exhausted by the Heavenly Master Whisk.
Fortunately, mental power, like physical stamina, could recover.
The recovered mental power, however, was immediately absorbed by the Heavenly Master Whisk.
Though the Heavenly Master Whisk, within the spiritist space, did not affect the queen or the others, it frenziedly devoured Chu Feng’s mental power.
It absorbed it utterly clean, leaving not a scrap of mental power for Chu Feng.
Chu Feng, however, harboured no great worry over this.
He had anticipated this occurrence beforehand.
According to legend, fine weapons required their master’s blood as offering to unleash their power.
That was called blood滴 acknowledgement.
This Heavenly Master Whisk, though, was not a martial artist’s weapon but a spiritist’s treasure.
Thus, it required Chu Feng’s mental power as offering for him to gain its power.
“Buzz——”
Suddenly, the surrounding space writhed violently.
The vibrations grew stronger, heaven and earth seeming to collapse, as if everything around was about to shatter and crumble.
Chu Feng and Long Daozhi, however, felt no fear at this sight, Long Daozhi even rising excitedly to his feet.
They both knew this signalled the onset of the teleportation power.
They were about to leave the Endless Abyss.
Sure enough, as everything around blurred.
Chu Feng and Long Daozhi soon departed the Endless Abyss.
When the two returned to the surface, however, they found their location somewhat peculiar.
This was not the entrance to the Endless Abyss.
They were within a barrier formation.
They had been sealed inside this barrier formation.
The barrier formation’s sealing effect was exceedingly potent, Chu Feng and Long Daozhi unable to see the outside situation.
Within this barrier formation, however, stood a person, as if awaiting Chu Feng and Long Daozhi.
It was an elder with a long beard, though both his hair and beard were yellow.
He appeared ethereal and immortal-like, as if a celestial being.
His countenance was exceedingly amiable.
Upon seeing Long Daozhi and Chu Feng, however, a flicker of surprise passed through his eyes.
“Your subordinate Long Daozhi pays respects to Lord Tonghe.”
Long Daozhi hastily knelt to the ground.
He performed a grand salute, which Chu Feng could comprehend.
For this ethereal elder wore a special long robe.
A token of the Long clan hung at his waist.
Evidently, he was of the Long clan.
That Long Daozhi could name him indicated he knew the elder’s identity.
“This junior pays respects to Lord Tonghe.”
Though Chu Feng knew not the extent of this Lord Tonghe’s prowess.
Seeing Long Daozhi show such reverence, Chu Feng dared not slight him, also offering a salute.
At that moment, a covert voice transmission reached Chu Feng’s ears.
It was Long Daozhi’s voice.
Long Daozhi knew Chu Feng was unfamiliar with this Lord Tonghe.
Perhaps fearing Chu Feng might misspeak.
He thus transmitted covertly, explaining the man’s identity.
This person was an elder of the Long clan.
In dealings with the likes of Long Daozhi, those abandoned ones, this Lord Tonghe was the highest-ranking.
Though Long clan members had not appeared before, the one who spoke aboard the warship earlier was this Lord Tonghe.
If Long Daozhi guessed aright, this Endless Abyss affair was presided over by Lord Tonghe.
Though many from the Long clan had come, Lord Tonghe remained the strongest among them.
“Rise.”
Lord Tonghe waved his hand, then turned his gaze to Long Daozhi.
“If this old man recalls correctly, you are called Long Daozhi, yes.”
Lord Tonghe asked Long Daozhi.
His tone carried some uncertainty.
Though Long Daozhi knew this Lord Tonghe exceedingly well, evidently Lord Tonghe knew little of Long Daozhi.
Otherwise, he would not falter even on Long Daozhi’s name.
“In reply to my lord, this subordinate is indeed called Long Daozhi.”
“From Ancestral Martial Dragon City in the Ancestral Martial Star Domain.”
Long Daozhi said.
“Oh oh.”
“Then, did you obtain the Dragon Vein Origin Stone?”
Lord Tonghe asked.
“We did, my lord, see for yourself.”
Long Daozhi, greatly excited, produced the Dragon Vein Origin Stone as he spoke, handing it to Lord Tonghe.
“It truly is a Dragon Vein Origin Stone.”
Seeing the stone, surprise flickered once more in Lord Tonghe’s eyes.
His surprise likely stemmed from deeming it unlikely that someone like Long Daozhi could obtain the Dragon Vein Origin Stone.
“My lord, this junior has a query, may I ask?”
At this juncture, Chu Feng spoke suddenly.
“Oh, what troubles you? Speak freely.”
Lord Tonghe asked.
“This junior wishes to know, is there only one Dragon Vein Origin Stone?”
Chu Feng asked.
“Of course not, there are four Dragon Vein Origin Stones in total.”
Lord Tonghe said.
“Then, were the other three taken by others?”
Chu Feng asked further.
“To tell the truth, only you obtained a Dragon Vein Origin Stone, the others… found none.”
“Enough.”
“Stay put for a moment.”
“In a bit, there will be a public announcement of Ancestral Martial Dragon City’s return to the Long clan.”
With Lord Tonghe’s words, he vanished from sight.
With his departure, the guardian formation also dissipated.
Chu Feng and Long Daozhi discovered they were actually not far from the Endless Abyss entrance.
At this time, at the Endless Abyss entrance, Chu Feng also spotted some familiar figures.
Such as those from the Ninefold Dragon Gate.
Evidently, not only had Chu Feng and Long Daozhi returned, but others from the Endless Abyss had too.
Most importantly, the guardian formation of the Endless Abyss had vanished.
The Endless Abyss exuded no aura of danger.
Chu Feng reckoned the Endless Abyss was no longer a trove of treasures, reduced to ordinary land.
Though the formation power of the Endless Abyss had dissipated, the Long clan undoubtedly controlled some power here.
Otherwise, they could not know who obtained the Dragon Vein Origin Stone.
Nor could they employ the Endless Abyss’s power to teleport Long Daozhi and Chu Feng, who held the stone, into that earlier formation for a private meeting.
Yet Chu Feng felt the Long clan’s actions somewhat superfluous.
