"Greetings, First Elder!"
The Spirit Vein Hall Master and the other Spirit Vein Hall stewards all bowed in salute.
Budu Xuan nodded lightly, then fixed his blazing gaze on the Spirit Vein Stele, his eyes filled with anticipation.
The space within the hall continuously warped as figure after figure emerged. The high-ranking elders of the Budu Ancient Clan had gathered of their own accord.
"First Elder, this... this is..." Qing Xuan's face was filled with shock.
Back when Qing Yanjing's Eight Divine Meridians had appeared, the Spirit Vein Stele had caused nowhere near this much commotion.
"These are the Nine Divine Meridians!" Budu Xuan gave an affirmative answer. "Heaven blesses our clan! Ancestors above, our clan has finally seen hope of reclaiming its former glory!"
"I just wonder which lineage this person belongs to..." Qing Yun muttered softly.
"No matter which lineage he belongs to, he will be the Qilin Child of our clan. He will receive the highest level of cultivation and the most abundant resources!" Budu Xuan declared forcefully.
The spiritual radiance on the stele gradually contracted, then transformed into a streak of light that shot into the distance.
Budu Xuan hurried after it. He could no longer wait to see this newborn who possessed the Nine Divine Meridians.
The other elders followed close behind.
Yet what astonished Budu Xuan was that the light did not fly toward the clan. Instead, it shot out of the Budu Realm, arrived at Budu City, and then flew toward the mountains and forests beyond the city.
Could it be a clansman who had gone out?
With faint doubts in his heart, Budu Xuan arrived above the forest.
The light dispersed after reaching the skies above the forest. It could only point them toward a general area and could not be any