Wait a minute, where is my master?

The aged Age Chicken spoke up to this point, and his face unexpectedly showed a human-like expression of pain. He paused for a moment before continuing to ask Little White to help translate.

"I don't know from which day it started, but people in our clan began to disappear, and they were all around a thousand years old.

"At that time, the higher-ups of our clan thought maybe some clan members couldn't stand the loneliness of the underground palace and sneaked out, or perhaps there was a flaw in the palace's Formation. However, after an investigation, they found that there were no abnormalities in the Formation of the underground palace and no signs that the entrance had been opened."

"So, the senior leadership of our clan began to pay close attention in secret, and even deliberately left some unique marks on those very elderly Age Chickens.

"Eventually... after a while, they discovered that the clan members were being abducted secretly.

"And the abductor was actually a disciple of the Great Master who had saved our clan!"

Little White translated up to here and suddenly stopped, asking curiously,

"Old Clan Leader, I mean no disrespect, but according to what you said, both the underground palace and the Formation were built by that Great Master. Given his high cultivation, his disciples must also be quite powerful.

"How did the ancestors of your Age Chicken clan manage to discover him?"

After hearing this, the aged Age Chicken shook his drooping head and let out a self-deprecating chuckle.

Shiqi's face revealed a look of realization, and then he addressed the incomprehensible Jin Xu and Yu Yaoer, who were just as curious.

"The old Clan Leader said that during that era of our ancestors, although their lineage was on the brink of extinction, they still had some unique methods passed down. Not like now, where the Age Chicken clan, apart from basic Cultivation methods, can't even produce three books of magic.

"Of course, the main point is that the disciple of the Great Master did not make any serious attempt to hide his traces when he committed the crime, and even when he was discovered, he acted entirely unafraid."

Having answered Little White's question, the aged Age Chicken continued his narrative, and Shiqi resumed his role as the translator.

"After discovering who the perpetrator was, our ancestors were both shocked and furious.

"Ultimately, several of the top elders in the clan joined forces, and forced that disciple of the Great Master to the square, under the statue that our clan had built for his master.

"Speaking of which is quite ironic, hehe.

"Even at that point, our ancestors still fantasized that perhaps this person, due to the exotic fragrance, had acted on his own, and that the Great Master himself was unaware.

"It was under that statue that the Cultivator who had abducted our people openly contacted that Great Master.

"After an agonizing wait, that Great Master, who hadn't shown himself for two thousand years, once again set foot in the underground palace.

"Upon his arrival, he first silently assessed the situation before him and then, without a word, walked straight towards his disciple and gave him a heavy slap."

"The slap was heavy and loud, and at the same time, it raised a glimmer of hope in the hearts of our ancestors. However, that hope was shattered by the Great Master himself in the next second."

As Little White translated this, his voice seemed heavy, and the aged Age Chicken appeared as if he had witnessed that scene firsthand, his tiny eyes filled with pain.

"The Great Master scolded his disciple, saying, 'If these Age Chickens knew they were being raised in captivity, it could very well affect the quality of their flesh as they grow!'

"Hehe, ridiculous, really ridiculous. It turns out, the Great Master's admonishment to his disciple was because he feared it would affect the quality of our clan's flesh as we grew!"

Just as Little White translated these words, the aged Age Chicken let out a high-pitched crow, and his feathers instantly stood on end.

After a few moments, he gradually calmed down and apologized to everyone with a chirp.

"Temple Master, he says these memories were implanted into the lineage of the Clan Leaders of the Age Chicken clan by his ancestors, which is why every time he recalls them, it is as if he is at the scene himself, causing some loss of emotional control. Please forgive the laughter."

Upon hearing this, Jin Xu softly said, "It's understandable."

Imagine a benefactor you have recognized for two thousand years suddenly one day, you find out that he saved you simply to eat you, whose emotions would probably be impossible to suppress.

"And then?"

The young Taoist saw that the emotions of the elderly Age Chicken had gradually calmed down, and thus he spoke up and asked.

"Cluck cluck."

"After that... after that, the ancestors of my clan, for the sake of the clan's breeding, willingly entered into a breeding agreement with him.

"He would not drive us out of the underground palace, while our clan needed to regularly provide him with clan members.

"That place with the word 'slaughter' in its name, 'The Land of the Cursed,' was built thereafter.

"Ha, in order not to let the news of breeding spread, to avoid affecting the meat quality, all the clan elders present in the square were killed, except for the Clan Leader.

"Afterward, it was said to have been a sacrifice to repel an invading foreign clan that had breached the Formation.

"In the following years, our clan's magic and cultivation heritage were gradually destroyed. What remains of the Cultivation Method and magic today, all of it is such that after practice, it will not affect meat quality but will instead enhance the taste."

As the elderly Age Chicken spoke, a tear suddenly fell from its small eyes and gently landed on the soft dry grass of the bed.

The young Taoist's brows furrowed upon hearing this, and the two women by his side felt the same.

After a long while.

The elderly Age Chicken suddenly raised its head and crowed with a high-spirited air, pointing its claw at a location on the scroll.

"Cluck cluck!"

"Temple Master, he says that thirty thousand years ago, that Great Master suddenly appeared, dressed in disarray, rushing into this coconut grove.

"Then months passed without a sign of him leaving."

"At that time, the Age Chicken Clan Leader made a decisive decision to declare this coconut grove forbidden territory. He also stayed outside for a full year before reluctantly venturing in.

"As a result... not long after he entered, he found that Great Master seated under a coconut tree not far from the center of the grove, with several Array Plates scattered by his feet, and his hand clutching a purple-golden box."

"The person himself... had no sign of life."

The turn of the story was slightly unexpected for Jin Xu.

He looked at the elderly Age Chicken, thinking no wonder it suddenly had an air of triumph; the one who had been breeding his people, had died so inexplicably.

The young Taoist looked down at the part of the coconut grove the chicken's claw had pointed to, curious, "Elder Clan Leader, is the ancient Secret Treasure you mentioned before this purple-golden box in the hands of that Great Master?"

The elderly Age Chicken nodded emphatically.

The reason he told Jin Xu and the others this story was, first, because these secrets were traditionally only known by the Clan Leader's bloodline, who would slowly awaken to them through cultivation and were not to be revealed to the clan members.

For so many years, he finally had someone to confide in.

The second reason was that he wanted to inform the young Taoist of the item's value, in hopes that the other party would be willing to exchange the Divine Ability for it.

As to whether the young Taoist and the others would be tempted by wealth and treasure, the elderly Age Chicken had made some judgments based on his brief interaction with Little Hong.

Moreover, that purple-golden box was not something just anyone could simply take away.