Wait a minute, where is my master?

The cave leading to the cursed land was quite dry.

The little Taoist continued on his way, his expression growing increasingly bizarre.

After advancing about ten zhang, he found that the natural end of the cave had been reached, with two door-shaped light membranes appearing before him, and beyond these Light Gates was a pitch-black unknown space.

Of course, the unknown was for others.

Having observed in advance with his Spiritual Sense, Jin Xu was naturally aware of some peculiarities within the dark space, and had a rough idea of what consequences he might face should he recklessly enter.

However, the little Taoist still preferred to trust what he could see with his own eyes, or perhaps he wanted to see if the process in this "cursed land" was really as he had observed and surmised.

So Jin Xu hesitated for a moment in front of the Light Gate, then reached into his storage treasure and pinched out a High Grade Spirit Stone, flicking it in with a snap of his fingers.

Under his Spiritual Sense's observation, the moment that High Grade Spirit Stone entered the space through the Light Gate, a surge of Spiritual Power from a Formation spread out.

Three pale yellow Spiritual Power ropes appeared out of thin air; they climbed gently and quickly onto the High Grade Spirit Stone like the tentacles of an octopus from deep sea, binding it tightly in place.

After a single breath's time.

The High Grade Spirit Stone, bound by the Spiritual Power ropes, was flung onto a Mystic Ice Platform emanating a faint chill.

In the blink of an eye, an invisible blade descended.

The High Grade Spirit Stone was smoothly cleaved into two halves, after which the Spiritual Power ropes dragged them into a pool of water emitting steaming heat for soaking.

Having observed this entire sequence with his Spiritual Sense, Jin Xu was now fairly certain about the true nature of Little Hong's so-called cursed land.

It was actually an automated chicken slaughterhouse, Cultivation World edition.

"It seems that the Age Chicken race was indeed raised here by someone, on purpose. But from Little Hong's words, they seem unaware that their ancestral land is in fact a breeding facility of the Cultivation World.

"Moreover, so many years have passed since the one who went to such lengths to build this place and raise the Age Chicken race initially appeared, it seems that something must have gone awry for them."

The little Taoist muttered to himself in a soft voice, pinching the space between his eyebrows.

At this moment, his Spiritual Sense observed that the three Spiritual Power ropes had begun to automatically de-feather the halved High Grade Spirit Stone.

"...This automated slaughterhouse is quite humanized, knowing to cut first then scald for de-feathering. But... that's a Spirit Stone!

"What are you trying to pluck there!"

Jin Xu silently critiqued internally. He felt a bit of irony as he noted that although the device was highly automated, it seemed as dim-witted as artificial stupidity.

It couldn't even discern whether what entered was an Age Chicken or possessed any sign of life due to possible disrepair over the years.

Mentally sneering, he flashed through the Light Gate in front of him.

As expected, the moment he entered, the three Spiritual Power ropes emerged and tried to bind him as well. However, the ropes couldn't catch up with the little Taoist's speed.

Jin Xu gently tapped the ground with the tip of his foot, activating an Escape Technique.

In an instant, he bypassed the Spiritual Power ropes, Mystic Ice Platform, and the still-being-plucked High Grade Spirit Stone... among other things.

Then he arrived at a small hall outfitted with various kitchen equipment.

As Jin Xu entered this place, the relatively slower-moving three Spiritual Power ropes suddenly stopped, as if they had lost their target.

A moment later.

They erratically roamed around inside the "cursed land" for a few laps, then...

He chose to join his "colleagues" and together they started to remove the fuzz from the High Grade Spirit Stone that had been sliced in half.

The young Taoist didn't care that the Spiritual Power rope had stopped chasing him, he turned his head to survey the various kitchen utensils around him, finding them all as pristine as if just out of the box, seemingly also blessed by the cursed land's Formation powers.

In the southeast corner of this small hall, there was a perfectly square platform with sixteen neatly arranged White Jade Plates sitting atop it. In each plate, there was a mass of decayed matter that had once been something unidentifiable.

Jin Xu's eyes blinked, as the effect of Perceive Truth within his Spiritual Eyes activated.

The young Taoist then let out a long sigh.

Just as he had expected, the contents of these sixteen White Jade Plates were originally warriors from Little Hong's clan who entered this place seeking answers.

"Alas~~~"

Jin Xu pondered for a moment and flicked a wisp of flame toward the sixteen plates, drifting gently over them.

Then, he emptied sixteen jade vials that held Bone Marrow Cleansing Spirit Liquid from his storage magical treasure, and carefully filled them with the ashes of the sixteen brave Age Chicken warriors, which had turned to dust in an instant.

Since he had encountered them, the young Taoist did not intend to ignore them, as bringing out the remains of Little Hong's clanspeople was something he could do incidentally.

However, he could not very well carry out sixteen plates when the time came.

Though it was somewhat unseemly to carry them in jade vials, the situation was urgent.

Jin Xu had no better containers at hand.

After all, being carried out in vials was better than being served like a dish.

Having done all this, he carefully stored the sixteen jade vials back into his storage magical treasure.

He continued towards the deepest part of the small hall.

Jin Xu had used an Escape Technique to arrive at this place for two reasons, one was because his Spiritual Sense saw the remains of the Little Hong clanspeople.

The other was because after scanning the entire cursed land with his Spiritual Sense, he found a hidden cavity in an ordinary wall only in the most interior part of the small hall.

Inside the cavity, there were no Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures or precious items, just a plain piece of ink jade with a jade slip resting on it.

The item so treasured by the owner of this place to be carefully stored away could contain some inside information capable of unraveling the secrets of this Cultivation World's version of a fully automated slaughter and breeding facility.

By now, the young Taoist had come to stand in front of the seemingly ordinary stone wall. He reached out and poked it, and his five fingers sunk into the wall as easily as if it were tofu.

Midway through this, the "cursed land's" multitude of Formations fluttered for a moment, as though they wanted to gather all their power to stop Jin Xu's rude intrusion.

But the "cursed land's" Formation evidently failed; it couldn't withstand the young Taoist's five fingers.

Instead, it caused the six Spiritual Power ropes that diligently and earnestly "plucked" the High Grade Spirit Stone's fuzz to dissipate completely!

Of course, Jin Xu didn't care about any of this.

Having casually broken through the wall, he already had the ink jade jade slip in his hand.

"Let's see what's here..."

As he spoke, Jin Xu's consciousness sank into the jade slip in his hand.

Moments later, an incredulous look flashed in his eyes.

Then, with slightly trembling lips, he read aloud the content on the jade slip.

"How to make the most delicious coconut chicken??!"