In the smoke-hazed room, Feng Ling, Meng Zhao, and Zhao Rulíng sat together.
With an apologetic expression, Feng Ling said to the two,
"Dragon King Meng, Mister Zhao, I invited you here today because I have a favor to ask. I hope you will agree."
Meng Zhao and Zhao Rulíng exchanged a glance. It seemed Feng Ling had not heard their earlier declaration—but had he truly not heard it, or was he merely pretending not to know?
Still, since the man had already put it this way, Meng Zhao and Zhao Rulíng could hardly drag the subject back to that matter. They replied,
"Clan Chief Feng, we are deeply grateful for your clan's sincere hospitality. Whatever it is, please speak freely. The two of us will do our utmost to help."
Feng Ling then recounted the matter of the Divine Connection Post and the Clan War, explaining that he only needed the two of them to use their qi auras to restrain his opponent when he fought the Lan Clan's chief. They would absolutely not need to enter the fray themselves.
With that, Meng Zhao and Zhao Rulíng readily agreed, and Feng Ling seemed greatly satisfied.
With that matter settled, Feng Ling shifted the topic back to the Supreme Scepter and said,
"After the two of you left yesterday, I went to the clan grounds again and searched through the records. I found some accounts concerning the Supreme Scepter, which I will now share with you.
Back then, the one who proposed forging the Supreme Scepter to counter the Human Dao Supreme Divine Artifact was a mighty expert of the Demon Divine Clan. He had once been defeated beneath Emperor Yu's Nine Tripods and regarded it as a deep humiliation. Thus, he wished to gather the strength of the Hundred