141: Chapter 141 The Chicken is Lost Again

Shen Qingyuan just stepped into the Shen Mansion gate when he ran into Shen Quan.

The kid's face was flushed, his eyes sparkling, and his mouth was stretched almost to his ears.

Shen Qingyuan couldn't help but be curious, "Little Quan, what are you so happy about?"

"Ninth Uncle! Ninth Uncle!" Shen Quan rushed to Shen Qingyuan in two or three steps, grabbed his arm, his voice trembling, "Big news! Huge news!"

Shen Qingyuan kept his hands in his sleeves and glanced at him: "What news? Out with it!"

"The Li Family has moved away!" Shen Quan took a deep breath, enunciating clearly, his eyes filled with wild joy, "The whole clan has migrated! Early this morning, hundreds of people from the Li Family, along with their servants and guards, all moved away! They abandoned their territory, shops, Spiritual Veins, and mines in Guangnan City! They don't want any of it!"

Shen Qingyuan raised an eyebrow.

He wasn't surprised by this.

The five great families of Guangnan City: Shen, Wang, Li, Zhao, and Chen.

The Wang Family was wiped out, and the Zhao and Chen Families were thrown into the Xuantian Secret Realm by his third uncle and the others.

Now only the Shen Family and the Li Family remained.

Even if the Li Family didn't know about the Shen Family's behind-the-scenes actions, they must have been terrified.

Rather than having a sharp sword hanging over their heads, waiting for great terror to descend, it was better to move away early and be at ease.

"Of the five great families, only our Shen Family is left now!" Shen Quan was so excited he was dancing around, "Ninth Uncle, from now on, our Shen Family will be the ones calling the shots in Guangnan City! The Zhao Family, Chen Family, Li Family, Wang Family—they're all gone! All the resources in Guangnan City, the Spiritual Veins, shops, mines, herb gardens—they all belong to our Shen Family!"

Shen Qingyuan listened, his expression remaining indifferent, "Alright, stop jumping around."

He glanced at Shen Quan's overly excited appearance, "Guangnan City is just a small place in the Southern Region. In the grand scheme of the Five Regions, it's not worth mentioning. Our Shen Family doesn't just want to be the overlord of Guangnan City. You kid, you need to Cultivate more."

Shen Quan scratched his head and chuckled: "Ninth Uncle is right! Our Shen Family is going to become a Holy Land!"

Shen Qingyuan didn't respond.

A Holy Land?

That goal was too small!

Returning to Wutong Garden, Shen Qingyuan glanced at the Old Turtle in the spirit pond, then looked at the Phoenix on the branch, and suddenly smacked his lips.

He was feeling a bit hungry.

The last time he ate a Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken was half a month ago.

That golden roasted chicken, with its crispy skin and tender meat—one bite, and the juices exploded in his mouth, mixed with the sweet fragrance of honey...

Thinking of that taste still made his mouth water.

"It's been a long time since I've had it."

Shen Qingyuan murmured to himself, a hint of temptation flashing in his eyes.

Compared to the Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken, shouldn't the Phoenix be even more delicious?

He turned his head and glanced at the reddish-gold light cocoon hanging on a branch of the wutong treasure tree.

The Phoenix was still in Nirvana, and it was still a long way from recovering.

Eating Phoenix meat was something he didn't know when he'd be able to do.

However...

The Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken wasn't bad either.

Although it wasn't a pure-blooded Phoenix, it at least contained a thin trace of phoenix blood, and the meat was delicious, full of Spiritual Qi, and the taste was unparalleled.

"Over in Yinxian Village, they should have fattened up again, right?"

The corners of Shen Qingyuan's mouth curled up slightly, and he sat up.

He raised his right hand, and his slender fingers lightly probed into the Void Realm.

The movement was casual and understated.

His five fingers sank into the void, as if searching for something.

A moment later—

"Cluck, cluck, cluck—!!!"

A shrill chicken cry came from the void, shaking the entire Wutong Garden.

The cry was filled with terror and confusion.

Shen Qingyuan withdrew his hand from the void, and there was already a chicken in his grasp.

No, not an ordinary chicken!

This chicken's feathers were golden-red, shimmering with iridescent light in the sun. Its tail feathers were long, with faint flame patterns flowing through them.

It was half a person tall, its claws looked like they were cast from refined iron, its beak was sharp, and a pair of eyes revealed human-like terror and confusion.

Even more shocking—the aura it emitted was clearly at the Peak of the Void Piercing Realm!

It was stronger than the ones he had caught before!

The Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken was very confused right now.

It had just been napping comfortably in the coop deep in the Forbidden Ground of Yinxian Village, having a beautiful dream...

And the moment it opened its eyes, the scene had completely changed!

Where was this?

It widened its chicken eyes and vigilantly scanned its surroundings.

A golden wutong treasure tree, the Spiritual Qi was terrifyingly dense, countless times stronger than the place it had been staying.

There was also an aura of a Phoenix on the tree!

Could this be the ancestral land of the Phoenix?!

Immediately after, it realized that a lazy young man was holding it, looking at it with a half-smile.

That look...

No!

The Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken's feathers exploded, and it struggled desperately!

"Cluck, cluck, cluck!!!"

However, the hand holding it, while looking casual, felt like a great mountain pressing down on its body. No matter how it struggled, it didn't budge.

The Old Turtle was squatting in the corner of the courtyard, basking in the sun listlessly.

Hearing the commotion, he raised his head, his cloudy old eyes falling on the desperately struggling Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken.

The next moment—

He froze completely.

His eyes widened like copper bells, and the expression on his face was incredibly dramatic.

Isn't this the Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken from Yinxian Village?

In the entire Southern Region, only Yinxian Village had Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chickens!

A variant containing a trace of thin phoenix blood, capable of entering the Void Piercing Realm upon adulthood, it was the true treasure of Yinxian Village!

When he was young and traveling the Southern Region, he had seen a Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken from Yinxian Village from afar—that was at a Dao-discussing conference held by Yinxian Village, where they had specifically brought it out for display.

The person in charge of guarding it back then was the Grand Elder of Yinxian Village, Great Elder Yun Zhongzi, a powerhouse at the Peak of the Asking Dao Realm.

That old thing had guarded the chicken coop without leaving, afraid that someone would steal the chicken.

But now—

The Venerable One had just grabbed one from Yinxian Village with a casual swipe?

And this chicken's aura was even stronger than the ones he had seen back then!

As expected of the Venerable One!

With the Venerable One's methods, taking items from across space without anyone knowing.

Even if the people of Yinxian Village turned the entire Southern Region upside down, they wouldn't know who did it, right?

"Qingyue."

Shen Qingyuan turned his head to look towards the kitchen.

Luo Qingyue was standing at the kitchen entrance, her white clothes like snow, cold and ethereal.

She looked at the desperately struggling Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken in Shen Qingyuan's hand, and a flash of understanding passed through her cold eyes.

The Young Master was hungry again.

Luo Qingyue took the Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken and nodded: "Don't worry, Young Master."

She carried the chicken and turned to enter the kitchen, her movements fluid and natural, as if she wasn't holding a great demon at the Peak of the Void Piercing Realm, but an ordinary piece of poultry.

The Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken struggled desperately in her hands, clucking loudly.

But Luo Qingyue's hand was extremely steady; no matter how it struggled, it did not move an inch.

The Old Turtle watched this scene, his mouth twitching several times.

That was a Peak Void Piercing Realm Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken!

Outside, it would be enough to make countless Cultivators tremble with fear!

But here in Wutong Garden, it was just a dish.

Sure enough, the maid by the Venerable One's side was also not simple!

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