Since Long Feng and Ao Bing, both pure-blooded clansmen, had failed to gain the Ancestor Dragon Stone Statue's recognition—especially Long Feng, who had already fulfilled the potential of a Celestial Being yet still received no special favor—
then purely in terms of potential, to gain the statue's recognition, awaken the mysterious power within it, and receive its gift, one had to possess at least the aptitude of Gods and Devils to have even the faintest hope.
Meng Zhao considered it, then asked,
"Then, how did those who received gifts from the Ancestor Dragon Stone Statue fare in the future? Did they all reach truly extraordinary heights?"
Hearing this, Long Feng and Ao Bing exchanged a glance. Both looked somewhat embarrassed, and their expressions were none too pleasant.
Meng Zhao raised his brows.
"What? Is there some unspeakable secret behind this?"
For a moment, Meng Zhao even suspected that the Ancestor Dragon Stone Statue concealed some enormous pitfall. Could receiving its gift mean falling into some scheme? Surely not!
"It is not exactly unspeakable. As far as I know, among my Dragon Clan, people who receive gifts from the Ancestor Dragon Stone Statue appear every generation, or every few generations. Yet their ends are often miserable. Very few even reach the Great Grandmaster realm before suddenly meeting with disaster."
Meng Zhao was stunned. There really was a huge pitfall? Could it be that the Ancestor Dragon Stone Statue contained some mysterious power of curses, causing all who accepted its gifts to suffer misfortune?
Yet that did not quite make sense either. If that were truly the case, the Ancestor Dragon Stone Statue would not merely be no good—it would be a thing of great evil. The Dragon Clan could never regard it as a sacred artifact of inheritance, nor would Long