Chapter 6059: Long Linâs Sincerity
âItâs a pleasure to meet you, elder.â
Despite his grudge against Long Lin, Chu Feng still chose to bow to Long Xue.
âPlease spare with the ceremony, young friend Chu Feng. Itâs thanks to you that Iâm able to move around now.â Long Xue supported Chu Feng upright before looking into the house with grudging eyes. âWhy are you eating ahead of us? I cooked that for young friend Chu Feng!â
It turned out that Long Lin had entered the hut, sat down, and began eating while Long Xue was talking to Chu Feng.
âYoung friend Chu Feng wonât mind. He isnât an outsider. Am I right, young friend Chu Feng? Stop standing there in a daze. Come in and try your Elder Long Xueâs cooking!â
âElder, you first,â Chu Feng said.
âIâm a vegetarian. You two talk.â
Long Xue smiled before heading out into the courtyard. She was giving Chu Feng and Long Lin some room to talk.
Chu Feng entered the hut, sat down, grabbed a duck leg, and stuffed it into his mouth. The way he ate looked as if he had been starved for days. Even Long Lin was taken aback.
âArenât you scared of getting poisoned?â
âYou donât have to deal with me in such an indirect manner.â
Long Lin pulled out a vat of wine under the table. âInterested in a drink?â
âSure.â
Chu Feng grabbed a wine bowl from the table and passed it over. Long Lin poured him some wine, and he gulped it down.
âYou lured me here for Elder Long Xueâs illness.â
âThatâs right.â
âWhy did you lure the Totem Dragon Clan here too?â
âI sought Taishi Xingzhongâs help for Long Xueâs illness, but he betrayed me. He told the Heavenly Dome Immortal Sect about the ancestral dragonâs remains. You also know that it was with the Heavenly Dome Immortal Sectâs help that I usurped power from the previous clan chief. I... am their puppet, and now, they want the ancestral dragonâs remains.
âLater, the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion approached me and asked me to join them. I accepted the offer, but in exchange, I asked for their protection. I was hoping that the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion would intimidate the Heavenly Dome Immortal Sectâs sectmaster, so that he dared not covet the ancestral dragonâs remains.
âYou were at Godâs Era too. You should have heard that the Heavenly Dome Immortal Sectâs sectmaster has given up on the opportunity to venture deeper into Godâs Era,â Long Lin said.
âHeâs after the ancestral dragonâs remains?â Chu Feng asked.
âYes, but thatâs not all. Heâs a highly ambitious person. The Seven Realms Sacred Mansion and the other powers are now busy with Godâs Era, and he has advanced to Heavenly God thanks to the Seven Realms Sacred Mansionâs help. Unless the Ancient Eraâs cultivators intervene, no one can stop him from doing whatever he wants.
âHe will use this opportunity to take the ancestral dragonâs remains. I, Long Lin, am unscrupulous, but I am still a Totem Dragon Clansman. I wonât let the ancestral dragonâs remnants fall into the hands of an outsider,
âI came up with a way to curb the Heavenly Dome Immortal Sectâs sectmaster before seeking help from the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion, but it wonât be easy to pull it off now that he has advanced to Heavenly God. Iâll need more helping hands,â Long Lin said.
âWhat means do you have to deal with a Heavenly God?â Chu Feng asked.
Long Lin placed the special token made out of dragon scales on the table.
âItâs the ancestral dragonâs remains. I told you before that the ancestral dragonâs remains are protected by a bloodline formation that permits only Totem Dragon Clansmen to approach. The formation is intended to fend against outsiders, but our clansmen can channel it and wield it as a powerful slaughter formation.
âItâs just that I, alone, am unable to channel the formation, and there arenât many people I can trust in the Totem Dragon Clan. Thus, I need their help. I have thought things through. Iâll first quell the Heavenly Dome Immortal Sectâs sectmaster before returning the position of the clan chief to them.
âLong Xue has you as her savior anyway,â Long Lin said as he passed a wine bowl to Chu Feng.
Chu Feng took the wine bowl and gulped down the wine. âHow can I trust you?â
âIf Iâm not mistaken, the Totem Dragon Clanâs Clan Chief has sent the bulk of his people to attack the headquarters and the other branches, right?â Long Lin asked.
Chu Feng didnât reply, for Long Lin was right.
âI have been messing around to provoke the clansmen. Itâs not just to push them to the old clan chief but to also sieve out those who are loyal to the Totem Dragon Clan. This war is a chance for them to prove their loyalty. Those with care about the clan will turn against me, whereas the selfish ones will reveal their true faces.
âChu Feng, you are a smart person. You should know why I am doing this,â Long Lin said.
Chu Feng maintained his silence.
If Long Linâs words were true, he was indeed helping the Totem Dragon Clanâs Clan Chief. Getting rid of the poisonous tumors would aid the Totem Dragon Clanâs future development.
âI am not lying, and I donât need to lie either. I am not an ambitious person. All I desire is Long Xueâs safety. Chu Feng, I know they trust you. Help me convince them tomorrow,â Long Lin said.
âWhy tomorrow and not now?â Chu Feng asked.
âThat wonât do. I have promised Xueâer that, no matter what happens, Iâll return before sunset to accompany her and only leave at daybreak. Iâll entrust this matter into your hands. You can bring them here to kill me if you are truly unable to believe me. Iâll be heading off to accompany Xueâer now,â Long Lin said before rising to his feet and walking toward Long Xue.
He left the token made out of dragon scale on the table. He was giving it to Chu Feng.
Chu Feng took the token and headed back to where the Totem Dragon Clanâs Clan Chief and the others were. With the token, he dispelled the restraints and suppression imposed on them. Then, he handed the token to the Totem Dragon Clanâs Clan Chief.
âTo think that Long Lin has constructed a token to suppress our clansmenâs bloodline. He must have done something to Lord Ancestral Dragon!â
Looking at the token, the Totem Dragon Clanâs elders clenched their jaws.
This token was an extremely dangerous item to their Totem Dragon Clan that could potentially lead to their extinction.
The Totem Dragon Clanâs Clan Chief turned to Chu Feng and calmly said, âYoung friend Chu Feng, what is Long Linâs intention?â
Chu Feng relayed Long Linâs intention to the Totem Dragon Clanâs Clan Chief and the others.
The crowd fell silent. They had to grudgingly admit that Long Linâs words were credible.
âYoung friend Chu Feng, do you think that Long Lin is trustworthy?â the Totem Dragon Clanâs Clan Chief asked.
âIâd think so. He has no reason to do this otherwise. He could have killed us, but instead, he handed the bloodline suppression token, his greatest leverage over us, to me,â Chu Feng said.
Long Lin and Long Xue were Totem Dragon Clansmen as well, which means that the bloodline suppression token worked on them too. He was entrusting not just his life but Long Xueâs too to them.
That was great sincerity on his part.