It's truly gone, the Elders of the Feng Family wore extremely grim expressions!

The Formation outside hadn't been triggered at all, which meant that the person who had snuck in far surpassed the Feng Family's understanding of formations.

Moreover, Feng Tianyi was quite right in saying that the intruder dared to sneak into the Feng Family ancestral land with ambitions that must be greater than just obtaining the Yin Gathering Technique!

But inside the ancestral land, there were generally only the tombs of the ancestors, equivalent to the Feng Family's mausoleum, so what else was worth infiltrating for?

It appeared that they had already discovered the secret of the Feng Family ancestral land!

The Feng Family Head spoke solemnly, "Everyone, please follow me!"

With that, the Feng Family Head led the crowd toward the deep inner part where the Feng Family altar was.

The Elders were familiar with this place because every year the Family Head would lead them here to worship the ancestors.

But this time, the Feng Family Head walked on top of the altar, up to the tablets of the progenitors, then stretched out his hand and gave a fierce twist.

"Ah!" The Elders were shocked; none had expected the Family Head to perform such a "heinous" act.

However, the next moment left everyone dumbfounded, as with the turning of the tablets, the stone slabs beneath the altar slowly receded, revealing a secret chamber.

"Go in," the Feng Family Head said in a deep voice, then took the lead and descended.

The walls of the secret chamber were inlaid with Luminous Pearls, which made the surroundings very bright.

As he walked, Feng Tianyi couldn't help but marvel; he had never known the Feng Family to be so wealthy. Just a few of these Luminous Pearls, if pried out and sold, would make one rich.

Following the steps of the passage, they reached beneath the altar, where a stone box was enshrined; but the stone box was already open, and its contents had vanished without a trace!

The Feng Family Head's face turned ugly: "I never expected the object our Feng Family had guarded for generations would still be stolen by petty thieves!"

"Family Head, this is..." one of the Elders asked, "What was inside this stone box?"

The Family Head replied, "Originally, there was a remarkable stone bead within the box, filled with an extremely powerful force. The Feng Family has been living in seclusion just to protect this bead, but..."

Feng Tianyi couldn't help but interject, "If the stone bead really contains a strong power, we wouldn't have needed to live in seclusion, right?"

"You don't understand," the Feng Family Head said solemnly, "Although the stone bead holds great power, it also possesses a strong malevolent energy. Anyone controlled by the stone bead would bring great harm to this world!

After our Feng Family ancestors obtained the stone bead, they placed a seal on it and built the altar above to suppress it, to prevent the stone bead from emerging and endangering the mortal world!"

Feng Tianyi listened, a bit dumbfounded, as if he were hearing a myth.

The Feng Family Head looked at Feng Tianyi and said, "I know you all have doubts in your hearts, but the facts are as such. Our Feng Family ancestors, after making predictions, believed this stone bead could very likely be the eye of an evil dragon from the past!"

"The eye of an evil dragon? Are there really dragons in this world?" Feng Tianyi couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment.

"Who can truly be certain about the matters of the Ancient Era!" the Feng Family Head said, "Back then, Great Yu controlled the floods, and an evil dragon wreaked havoc. Countless righteous men rose in resistance, and ultimately a qi cultivator with extremely high cultivation defeated the evil dragon, gouged out one of its eyes, and that eye, is very likely to be that stone bead!"

Feng Tianyi remained silent, unable to voice any doubts regarding the secrets of the Ancient Era.

"Regardless, the stone bead's loss is our Feng family's loss, and we are duty-bound to retrieve it!" the Feng Family Head said solemnly, "The seal of our ancestors is now present on the stone bead. Even if they have obtained the stone bead, they cannot possibly harness its power. Thus, we must find it at all costs!"

...

With the stone bead lost, there was no longer a need for the Feng family to remain in hiding! This was indeed excellent news for Feng Tianyi.

However, he still found it somewhat incomprehensible that the Feng family ancestral land actually concealed a stone bead, which might very well be the eye of the evil dragon from the Ancient Era when Great Yu controlled the floods!

"What's with this world? It's getting harder and harder to see clearly!" Feng Tianyi said with a wry smile and shook his head.

"Tian Yi!" At this moment, the Feng Family Head knocked on Feng Tianyi's bedroom door, then pushed it open and walked in, his face grave, "Tian Yi, the Feng family is about to enter the world once more, and there are things I need to tell you!"

Feng Tianyi scratched his head, "Dad, what's with you? Why the grave look, can't you be less serious?"

"Don't give me that laughter!" the Feng Family Head said sternly, "The words I'm about to tell you are known only to heaven and earth, you and I. Under no circumstance should a third person know!"

Feng Tianyi was dumbfounded; it was the first time his father had spoken to him with such a grave tone.

"The loss of the stone bead is not something any ordinary power could achieve!" the Feng Family Head said in a deep voice, "Therefore, the enemies the Feng family faces this time are beyond our imagination, and it is very possible our thousand-year inheritance could be destroyed in an instant!"

Feng Tianyi was taken aback. He rushed to say, "If the stone bead is lost, then it's lost. We could just stop searching for it. Are we really willing to face the danger of extinction for that stone bead?"

"It's fate, our destiny. Our Feng family simply cannot escape it even if we wish to!" the Feng Family Head stated, "What I have to tell you is, do not come back this time! Not just you, we will send away the younger generation as well."

Feng Tianyi furrowed his brows, "Father, is it really that serious?"

The Feng Family Head sighed and said, "Our ancestors' seal is not easily broken, is it? In fact, they used a blood covenant, using our Feng family's blood, our family's fate, as the price to seal the stone bead. That is to say, to break the seal on the stone bead, one must completely destroy our Feng family. Only by destroying the fate of our family can the seal on the stone bead be broken!"

Feng Tianyi was stunned, murmuring in disbelief, "How can this be…"

The Feng Family Head said gravely, "I do not know how much of the stone bead's secret our enemies are aware of. If they discover its secret, our Feng family will face the most severe catastrophe in history! Therefore, in order to ensure the continuation of our family and to keep the stone bead sealed, we have no choice but to send all of you away!"

Feng Tianyi found it hard to accept. Although he didn't like the Feng family's secluded life, it was still where he grew up, and every corner held memories of his joys and sorrows, his laughter, and his anger!

Seeing Feng Tianyi's sorrow, the Feng Family Head patted his shoulder and said, "Worry not. I'm taking precautions just in case. The stone bead has been stolen for many years, and they haven't come after us, which shows that they don't know its secret. Moreover, our Feng family is not weak. There will always be a way out. Child, you needn't worry!"

Suddenly, Feng Tianyi thought of something and said, "Dad, I've heard that the Tang Family's Heavenly Scroll of Hidden Weapons has also been stolen. Brother Ling suspects that those who stole the Heavenly Scroll and those who sneaked into our ancestral land are the same. In that case, we could ally with the Tang Family!"

Unexpectedly, on hearing this news from Feng Tianyi, the Feng Family Head's frown deepened, "The Tang family's Heavenly Scroll of Hidden Weapons has also been stolen... What exactly does this power intend to do? Do they aim to wipe out the entire Ancient Martial World in one fell swoop?"

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