6: Chapter 6 My Chicken!

Chapter 6: My Chicken!

"The Young Master's courtyard, it's actually..."

Luo Qingyue turned to look at Shen Qingyuan, only to find him walking inside nonchalantly, as if this cultivation Holy Land that could drive the Cultivators of the Southern Region mad was no different from an ordinary courtyard in his eyes.

Fine.

Luo Qingyue withdrew her gaze and silently followed him.

She was already used to it.

In the three years she had spent by the Young Master's side, she had seen too many things that defied common sense.

The Nine-Turn Golden Cores that could drive even Saints mad, the Young Master ate them like jellybeans;

Great Emperor Cultivation Techniques that could shake the entire Cangxuan Great World, the Young Master tossed them to her casually;

Saint Weapons that countless Cultivators would fight to the death for, the Young Master used them as ornaments...

A mere cultivation Holy Land truly wasn't much.

However—

When she followed Shen Qingyuan through the front yard to the center of the courtyard, her footsteps faltered once again.

In the center of the yard stood a Wutong tree.

The Wutong tree wasn't tall, about thirty feet high, with lush foliage and leaves of a faint gold that shimmered with a gentle luster under the moonlight.

Around the Wutong tree, the Spiritual Qi was so dense it had almost solidified, with a faint mist lingering about.

Luo Qingyue looked at this Wutong tree, her pupils suddenly constricting.

"This is..."

She stepped forward quickly to examine it closely.

Faint golden patterns flowed across the trunk of the Wutong tree like natural runes.

Every leaf seemed to be condensed from the purest Spiritual Qi, and as they swayed gently, a faint spiritual light scattered down.

What was even more startling was—

Standing under this tree, she could faintly feel the spiritual power within her body circulating on its own, twice as fast as usual!

"A Treasure Tree!"

Luo Qingyue blurted out.

It truly was a Treasure Tree!

And a high-grade Treasure Tree at that!

She had once seen a record in an ancient book—

There was a type of miraculous tree in the world, born from the source of a Spiritual Vein, absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and gathering the essence of the sun and moon; it became timber in a thousand years and a treasure in ten thousand.

This kind of tree was called the "wutong treasure tree."

The wutong treasure tree itself wouldn't fight, but it had a Heaven-Defying effect—

Spirit Gathering!

A mature wutong treasure tree could gather all the Spiritual Qi within a hundred-mile radius, forming a natural cultivation Holy Land beneath it!

More importantly, the wutong treasure tree would feed back Spiritual Qi!

It would continuously release the essence of heaven and earth it absorbed, nourishing everything around it!

It was said that the reason the Burning Flame Ancient Land could become one of the Three Great Holy Lands of the Southern Region was because of a ten-thousand-year-old wutong treasure tree deep within the ancient land!

And that wutong treasure tree was revered as the Sect-protecting treasure of the Burning Flame Ancient Land; ordinary Disciples didn't even have the right to approach it!

But now—

A wutong treasure tree, with a quality not at all inferior to the one in the Burning Flame Ancient Land, was standing quietly in Shen Qingyuan's courtyard!

Luo Qingyue took a deep breath and turned to look at Shen Qingyuan.

Shen Qingyuan had already walked under the Wutong tree and lay down on a soft couch, his hands behind his head, looking indolent.

"Qingyue, I haven't tasted your cooking in a long time."

Luo Qingyue smiled slightly, a rare softness in her eyes. "What does the Young Master want to eat?"

Lying on the soft couch under the Wutong tree, Shen Qingyuan rested his head on his hands and looked at the golden Wutong leaves above him, pondering for a moment.

What to eat?

Over the years, he had traveled all over the Cangxuan Great World, tasting every delicacy, including dragon livers and Phoenix marrow. To be honest, there was really nothing that could catch his eye.

However...

Shen Qingyuan suddenly remembered something, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

He raised his hand and reached into the Void Realm at random.

His slender fingers disappeared into space as if reaching into an invisible pocket, and he gave a light tug—

"Cluck, cluck, cluck—!!!"

A shrill chicken squawk suddenly rang out!

Shen Qingyuan withdrew his hand from the Void Realm, and in his grip was... a chicken?

No, it wasn't an ordinary chicken!

Luo Qingyue looked closely, her pupils constricting slightly.

This chicken's feathers were golden-red, shimmering with iridescent light. Its tail feathers were long, and faint flame patterns flowed across them.

Most startling was its size—it was half as tall as a person. Its claws were like cast iron, its beak sharp, and its eyes were filled with a very human-like terror and confusion.

More importantly—

The aura emanating from it was clearly at the Void Piercing Realm!

"A Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken?!"

Luo Qingyue lost her composure for once.

How could she not recognize this legendary Yao Beast?

The Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken contained a trace of Phoenix Bloodline and was an extremely rare species in the world.

It could enter the Void Piercing Realm upon reaching adulthood. If its Bloodline could return to its ancestors, it might even have a chance to reach the Hunyuan or Dao Seeking Realms!

A Yao Beast of this level already possessed intelligence and formidable strength. Ordinary Cultivators would avoid it if they could, let alone catch it...

Luo Qingyue looked at the Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken struggling desperately in Shen Qingyuan's hand, unable to break free, and fell into deep thought.

Was the Young Master going to... eat it?

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

It had just been dozing in its comfortable little nest, dreaming a sweet dream of its Bloodline returning to its ancestors and transforming into a Nine Heavens Phoenix, soaring above the Nine Heavens...

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

Where was this?

It stared with its chicken eyes, warily scanning its surroundings.

A golden Wutong tree, Spiritual Qi so dense it was terrifying—it was countless times better than the place it had been.

A lazy young man lay under the tree, looking at it with a half-smile.

That look—something was wrong!

The Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken's feathers puffed out, and it began to struggle desperately!

"Cluck, cluck, cluck!!!"

Let me go! Do you know who I am?!

I am the guardian divine chicken of Yinxian Village! The Holy Land Yinxian Village! The Yinxian Village where a Saint resides!

Do you have the gall to touch me?!

However, the hand holding it seemed casual, yet it felt like a great mountain pressing down on it. No matter how it struggled, the hand remained motionless.

...

At the same time.

Southern Region, Yinxian Village.

One of the Three Great Holy Lands of the Southern Region, with a Legacy spanning thirty thousand years and unfathomable foundations.

There were no more than a hundred people in the village, but many powerful experts were hidden within.

Every generation had a few juniors with startling natural talent, not at all inferior to the Saints of the other two Great Holy Lands.

Any one of them could sweep through their peers.

The key to Yinxian Village's current status was the presence of several Saints.

Many years ago, a junior from Yinxian Village went out to travel and got into a conflict with a Disciple from a top-tier Sect.

That Disciple asked a Sect elder to intervene and suppress the junior, which enraged the Saint of Yinxian Village.

The Saint crossed ten thousand miles and descended upon that Sect.

That Sect's Old Ancestor, a grand Ninth Realm Dao Seeking expert, was directly slain with a single blade strike.

A top-tier Sect declined from then on.

After this, the various powers of the Southern Region didn't dare to look down on Yinxian Village again.

And the reason Yinxian Village had juniors with startling talent in every generation was precisely because of the Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chickens.

To be precise, a whole brood of Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chickens.

Ten thousand years ago, a Saint of Yinxian Village happened to save a dying Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken in a Secret Realm.

To repay the kindness, the Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken brought its entire family to live in Yinxian Village.

Ten thousand years passed, and the original Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken had passed away, but its descendants became the treasures of Yinxian Village.

These Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chickens had nothing to do all day but eat, drink, sleep, and lay eggs.

The eggs they laid contained a trace of Phoenix Essence Qi, which was a supreme material for refining precious pills.

The fact that Yinxian Village could Cultivate generation after generation of Genius Disciples was largely thanks to these chicken eggs.

More importantly, these Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chickens were combatants themselves.

With their Void Piercing Realm strength combined with a trace of Phoenix Bloodline, ordinary Primal Chaos Realm Cultivators would have to avoid their sharp edge in a real fight.

Therefore, Yinxian Village treasured these Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chickens immensely.

They specifically designated a forbidden area, set up layers of Formations, and sent Disciples to take turns guarding them, fearing even the slightest accident.

However, at this moment—

Deep within the forbidden area, in front of an exquisite chicken coop, a white-haired old man was staring with wide eyes at the empty coop, his whole body trembling.

"Who stole my chicken again!!!"

The old man's shrill voice echoed over Yinxian Village.

He was Great Elder Yun Zhongzi, the Grand Elder of Yinxian Village, an old monster who had lived for two thousand years. His cultivation had already reached the Peak of the Dao Seeking Realm, only a step away from the legendary Saint Realm.

Logically, at his age and Realm, he should have long been as calm as still water, unperturbed by either favor or humiliation.

But at this moment, his composure broke.

Because the chicken that originally lived in this coop was his favorite Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chicken!

He had hand-fed that chicken; it had been clever since it was a chick and had good talent, reaching the Void Piercing Realm in just three hundred years! It was the one he was most optimistic about, the one most likely to have its Bloodline return to its ancestors!

But just now, when he was happily carrying a bowl of special Spiritual Grain to feed the chicken—

The chicken was gone!

The Restrictions on the chicken coop were intact, the surrounding Formations hadn't been triggered, and the guarding Disciples said they hadn't seen anything unusual. The chicken had simply vanished into thin air!

"Who! Who did this!"

Great Elder Yun Zhongzi's hair and beard bristled, his eyes were bloodshot, and his voice trembled.

Three years! He had lost a chicken three years ago.

He didn't expect that the chicken thief would appear again today!

Great Elder Yun Zhongzi gritted his teeth and said word for word, "Little thief, I will stay right here and watch. I want to see exactly who you are!"

He gathered all the remaining Heaven-Swallowing Brocade-Plumed Chickens together and stood guard right outside the chicken coop.

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