Wait a minute, where is my master?

From the moment the purple-golden Skull prostrated voluntarily, and later took action, to the point where the young Taoist completely subdued it.

All of this is complicated to explain.

In fact, it all happened in a flash of lightning.

Yet within that brief duration, what transpired inside the Golden Spiritual Power Shield left an extremely deep impression— an elderly shadow, on the old Age Chicken!

From seeing the skeletal apparition to being sent inside the Spiritual Power Shield, his brain had been in a semi-hidden state.

When he regained his senses and tried to look outside to check the status,

he suddenly noticed, inexplicably, two auras beside him that made his feathers explode with palpitations.

The elderly Age Chicken stiffly turned his head.

He saw two women who had been following Jin Xu all along, each with two Golden Spiritual Power Shields on their heads.

At this moment, as the shields disappeared, both pairs of eyes filled with restrained yet eager expressions, stood at a position half a meter away from him.

Especially the one who usually did the translating, the saliva dribbling from her mouth wetted the soft soil at her feet.

This expression, this behavior, was exactly like being affected by some strange fragrance.

"Cluck cluck da! (It seems like something is about to happen.)"

The elderly Age Chicken squawked in alarm.

Under the "crisis of life and death," his elderly brain rapidly processed, beginning to ponder a way to break the situation.

However, the woman with short gray hair did not seem to want to give him too much time.

The elderly Age Chicken's mind hadn't even made three turns when he saw her charging straight at him.

At the same time, he heard the young Taoist's exclamation: "Hiss! Little White, what are you doing!"

"It's over... I didn't expect that just as my clan was about to flourish, I wouldn't have the opportunity to see it with my own eyes. This really is 'Like white clothes in the sky, in an instant it changes to a gray dog'!"

The elderly Age Chicken, while internally quoting literature, hopelessly closed his eyes.

However, after waiting a few moments, the anticipated pain did not come; instead, he felt a slight chill around him.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a misty white expanse.

...

Inside the Golden Spiritual Power Shield.

Little White had her paws on a huge hollow ice ball, saliva dripping from her mouth onto the ice, forming little round ice beads.

Although the source of the strange fragrance was sealed, the fragrance in the air did not dissipate immediately and was still continuously stimulating her nerves.

"Huff~ slurp~"

Little Zi slurped her saliva while taking deep breaths to calm her emotions.

At this time, Yu Yaoer was also continuously patting her chest.

Then, two Golden Spiritual Power Shields, just fitting the size of their heads, flew in out of thin air, accurately covering both of their petite heads.

"Slurp~Taoist Master/Young Master."

The two women called out simultaneously to the approaching young Taoist.

Just now, when Jin Xu turned his head, he saw Little White leap towards the elderly Age Chicken and nearly thought the Age Chicken's clan had to change their leader prematurely due to his negligence.

But a tenth of a moment later, he judged from his own Little Zi's state—though her eyes were red and corners of her mouth drooling, as if she was about to devour him alive—that there was neither killing intent nor hostility in her actions.

Most importantly,

the young Taoist had activated the effect of his Spiritual Eyes mid-way to check the fortune of the elderly Age Chicken and saw that there was no "Great Misfortune" above his head.

So, he let go of the worry in his heart.

"Sorry, this purple-gold box is a bit peculiar, it disturbed my mind. I neglected the effects of the strange fragrance on your bodies from the old Clan Leader's body."

Jin Xu approached the two women, raised the box in his hand slightly, and said with a hint of apology.

Meanwhile, he waved his hand and used his Spiritual Power to lift a nearby block of ice, releasing the puzzled Age Chicken, which wondered why the realm of reincarnation was pure white.

"Elder Clan Leader, I apologize for startling you."

Facing the Taoist's apology, the two women casually waved their hands, indicating it was no big deal.

The Elder Age Chicken took a moment to respond, then assured itself of being alive and having another chance to see its clan prosper, pretending to shake its head nonchalantly.

"Cluck-cluck!"

"Temple Master, he says it's nothing to worry about, as he's still alive. Besides, this is a minor event; he has encountered far more thrilling things when he once sneaked out of the clan's territory in his youth."

Hearing this, the Taoist expressed his apologies again and decided, internally, to leave several large jars of Bone Marrow Cleansing Spirit Liquid for the other party when he left.

Meanwhile, he felt inspired, realizing that this Elder Age Chicken, indeed, had a story.

Then... he saw the Elder Clan Leader, who had verbally expressed indifference, discreetly moving away from the two women, showing his true feelings with his actions.

He eventually hid by his own left leg.

The group then exchanged pleasantries for a while, during which Yu Yaoer even thought of offering the Elder Age Chicken some of her cooking to soothe him.

But she was timely stopped by Jin Xu.

The Elder Age Chicken was quite critical of this decision, as the dish smelled delicious and even slightly resembled the unique fragrance of his clan.

Why would the young Taoist prevent him from eating it?

However, Jin Xu was too busy at the moment to explain that he was actually saving him.

After managing this minor disturbance, he looked solemnly at the purple-gold box in his hands, pondered for a long while, and then proceeded with the two women and the chicken to a palm tree where a purple-gold skull hung.

"You... Master... lied to me! It's not... Little Zi..."

The acidic voice of the purple-gold skull became choppy, repetitively echoing the few sentences it had just spoken, clearly not very lucid.

"Young Master, it looks like this thing is having a hard time communicating."

Yu Yaoer analytically remarked upon hearing the murmuring of the other party.

"Hmm, but we still need to try."

Jin Xu nodded in agreement, then tried a few different ways of asking questions, attempting to conduct some basic communication with the purple-gold skull before him.

However, no matter what he said, the skull repeated the same few sentences over and over.

At one point, Jin Xu even wondered if it was a language barrier, deliberately asking the two women to repeat everything that had been said in both the land and aquatic Demon Clan dialects.

But ultimately, there was no progress.

Sigh, as the saying goes: "Communication is the bridge between people, an important means of emotional exchange, and a way to clear misunderstandings and resolve conflicts."

But now, it was clear that the other party had shut down this avenue.

"Elder Clan Leader, in the Age Chicken clan's records, is there any detailed information about the identity of this purple-gold skull?"

The Taoist looked down at the Elder Age Chicken by his leg as he asked.

"Cluck-cluck!"

"Temple Master, he says he will explain it to us inside the cave..."

"Just tell me the result."

"No."

Little White responded crisply.

A slight breath escaped Jin Xu's lips as he heard this answer and held the purple-gold box up in front of him.

"Phew, in that case, now we can only look for answers from this purple-gold box in our hands."

He contemplated for a moment, covered the box with his Golden Spiritual Power, and then extended his index finger to hook under the box's copper ring.

The purple-gold box was deftly opened.

Inside, on the soft fabric, lay a piece of ink jade, irregularly shaped.