Within Machen Town, inside of the Feng Clan manor.

Inside of the clan head’s hall, Feng Yu knelt on the floor while he greeted his Father, Uncle, and Aunt. As the surrounding individuals saw this scene, some of the elders and core members who had interacted more with the ‘previous’ Feng Yu were confused as they pondered to themselves, “It seems his bearing has changed quite a lot, this can be considered a good thing.”

“Yu’er, are you ok? What happened? Why did you take so long to return? And how did you escape from the chaos at Tydol Mountain Range?” As Feng Yunlong asked a series of questions, he looked impatiently towards Feng Yu as he pressed for answers, the concern visible in his eyes.

Hearing his questions, all the family clan members within the room paid close attention as they did not want to miss any of the details.

“Father, even I don’t know what happened as I was knocked unconscious for a period. If it weren’t for the help of a friend, I would have most likely perished within the mountain range. After regaining my consciousness, I took some time to recover before traveling home,” Feng Yu said as he did not want to go into the details of killing the Huan clan’s Young Master. Not to mention the dangers he had experienced while leaving the mountain range.

“Good! Yu’er you must remember to invite this friend of yours next time, as my Feng clan owes him a debt of gratitude,” Feng Yunlong said as he sighed in relief that someone was there to aid Feng Yu in his time of need.

He couldn’t help but complain internally about his lack of vigilance in not sending any guards to protect Feng Yu, due to his preoccupation with the matter of unsealing the clan’s bloodline.

“As you wish father,” Feng Yu said as he nodded towards his father.

“Yu Child, how did your training go? What cultivation level have you achieved now?” Feng Junling asked as he looked towards Feng Yu expectantly. It seems the only thing a martial arts fanatic like him would care about was Feng Yu’s progress in cultivation rather than safety.

Looking towards his older brother for a moment with an uncomfortable expression on his face, Feng Yunlong also followed up with an inquiry of his own, “That’s right! Yu’er, you’ve been out for training for a decent amount of time. How was your progress?”

Hearing his father’s and uncle’s interest move to that of his cultivation and seeing the curious expression on their faces. Feng Yu laughed in his mind as he casually replied, “Replying to father and uncle, my training at the Tydol Mountain Range went smoothly. After tempering myself through various life and death encounters, I have successfully cultivated to the middle-stage of 8 Tier Body Training realm!” Feng Yu said casually.

“Middle-stage of 8 Tier Body Training realm... Middle-stage of 8 Tier Body Training realm!” As Feng Yu finished his statement, the echoes of his words lingered inside of the main hall due to the deafening silence. Not long after, those present processed the information it caused a large commotion amongst the clan officials.

“What! The middle-stage of 8 Tier Body Training realm in only under two months, are you for real?” Elder Duan exclaimed as he looked towards Feng Yu with shock.

“How can this be? Is this the true potential of his top-tier aura pulse? Or is it due to his rich awakened true bloodline?” Elder Chen thought to himself; he started to wrap his beard around his finger, lost in his thoughts.

Both Feng Yunlong and Feng Junling were surprised but did not overreact; they looked at each other for a moment before nodding as if they were exchanging messages.

Feng Xingyu, who was bored with the meeting, soon got excited when she heard about Feng Yu’s cultivation. However, as she was about to talk with him, a hand lightly tapped her on the shoulder. Looking over to her side, she saw Feng Yunlong looking at her with a strange look in his eyes. Quickly, realizing what he meant, she then stopped her movement and watched Feng Junling, who slowly rose from his seat, making his way towards Feng Yu.

Feng Yu seeing his uncle standing before him felt strange, he began to ponder, “I wonder what Uncle Junling is planning to ask.”

As they saw Feng Junling’s actions, all core members and elders soon became silent as if they realized what he was now going to do.

“Yu child, how much do you know about the coming talent selection hosted by the kingdom’s Sky Splitting Sword School?” Feng Junling asked while looking at Feng Yu before him.

“Uncle Junling, I don’t know much, only a few rumors here and there about some strange prophecy,” Feng Yu said, as he recalled the scene at the pub.

“Hmm, it’s to be expected, after all the only persons who truly know the details are those who exist at the top of the pyramid as well as certain capable outside parties,” Feng Junling said, as he smiled while looking at the Feng Clan Elders.

A feeling of smugness rose deep within the Feng Family Clan members’ hearts, but soon, it was ruined as Elder Duan shyly rubbed his nose with his index fingers while replying as if to claim credit, “Haha! My ‘Hawkeyes Squad’ is truly capable, indeed.”

“Che!” While some made noises of discontent, no one voiced out their opinions as they all knew too well the capabilities of the squad.

Seeing this expression, Feng Yu felt like laughing, but soon he cleared his distracting thoughts and asked Feng Junling, “Uncle Junling, then what exactly is this so-called prophecy? Who was it that said it? And why has it caused such a commotion?”

“It’s pretty simple really; it was about three months ago the Bright Flame King hosted a banquet for a mysterious individual who is hailed as a ‘Divine Prophet’ from a distant land. Based on the information we have gathered, we found that the Bright Flame King had wanted to use that opportunity to divine the future of the kingdom. But who would have thought that what the famous Divine Prophet would say would be on such a shocking scale!” Feng Junling said as he looked at Feng Yu.

He then took out a piece of parchment with a few words written on it with exquisite calligraphy techniques and passed it to Feng Yu for inspection. As he saw the paper in front of him, Feng Yu quickly received it and started to recite the words:

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