Let’s Squander A Billion First!

Chapter 996: Chapter 996: Prehistoric Overlord (24)

The old man misunderstood Tu Yan, and now his gaze at Tu Yan was somewhat uncertain.

”Do you want that?”

Chuzheng leaned against Tu Yan’s shoulder, asking him in a voice neither too light nor too heavy.

Tu Yan snapped out of it and glanced at Chuzheng.

The girl leaned against him naturally and casually, her hand passing through his arm, gently holding onto him, inexplicably intimate and ambiguous.

Tu Yan didn’t know what Chuzheng was asking: ”What?”

”The one in his hand.” That Holy Artifact.

It looks really ugly.

It’s made of bone too...

The last time Tu Yan went to the Teng Snake Clan, it was for this Holy Artifact.

He tightened his grip on Chuzheng’s hand: ”I heard the Holy Artifact of the Teng Snake Clan can foretell.”

The Curse of the Teng Snake Clan on him couldn’t be undone, maybe he could find something out from that Holy Artifact.

He just didn’t expect, when he went looking for it, things would turn out that way.

”Then I’ll snatch it for you,” Chuzheng said.

Tu Yan’s heart skipped a beat.

Before he could object, Chuzheng had already let go and walked towards the old man.

”Lend me that for a while.”

The old man was taken aback and pointed to the Holy Artifact in his hand.

Chuzheng nodded.

The old man looked towards Tu Yan, lowering his voice: ”Little one, you’re a Divine Beast, what are you doing with him?”

If I don’t stick with the Good Person Card, should I stick with you?

Chuzheng gave him a cold glance: ”Lend it or not.”

”This is a Holy Artifact!” How could it be lent out casually?

”What else would I borrow it for?” If it wasn’t for the Holy Artifact, who would care about such a broken piece of bone?

”...” That made a lot of sense. ”What if I don’t lend it?”

Chuzheng raised her hand, making a fist, her expression very calm: ”Then I’ll have to take it by force.”

Although Tu Yan was despised by the entire Prehistoric Era, he did indeed misunderstand him before.

As compensation, the old man agreed to let them use it.

”What do you wish to ask?” The old man said: ”Only I can ask, otherwise your fate will be like hers.”

There’s a mysterious power within the Holy Artifact.

The Teng Snake Clan is recognized by the Holy Artifact and will not be harmed.

But outsiders will end up like Yao Rao...

At this thought, a flash of murderous intent gleamed in the old man’s eyes.

In the past, he had heard the elders in the clan say that the Holy Artifact contained a vast power, far beyond them, and must not be used by anyone outside the Teng Snake Clan.

All these years, the Holy Artifact has remained within the Teng Snake Clan.

Even if someone requested its use, they were only intermediaries in the asking.

No one has ever touched the Holy Artifact without permission.

He did not expect the cost to be so high.

Tu Yan wanted to ask about the curse on him.

The old man seemed to know of the curse on him and didn’t ask much.

He sat cross-legged, hands overlapping and facing up, placing the Holy Artifact in his palms.

Chuzheng didn’t know how the old man communicated with the Holy Artifact, but it soon responded.

On the white bone, ink-colored marks gradually appeared.

The, Far, End, of, the, Prehistoric, Era...

Nothing more followed.

The display lasted roughly thirty seconds, then the ink-colored marks gradually disappeared.

Still have to go to the Far End of the Prehistoric Era.

To end where it began.

The King of Desperate Ridge couldn’t figure out what they were talking about and just wanted to quickly send these strange beasts away.

His Desperate Ridge still needed to operate!

”Is this thing trustworthy?” Chuzheng expressed doubt.

Suddenly doubted about his Holy Artifact, the old man was instantly fired up: ”You can doubt me, but you can’t doubt the Holy Artifact!”

Chuzheng: ”...”

I was just saying it casually, no need to get so worked up.

”The Holy Artifact of the Teng Snake Clan has never made a mistake,” Tu Yan explained to Chuzheng: ”Since it says so, it should not be wrong.” But the Far End of the Prehistoric Era...

The old man, puffing with anger, stood up with the Holy Artifact: ”That was the murderer of my clan, can I take her away?”

He was referring to Yao Rao.

Yao Rao, now covered in blood, had already fainted.

The look in the old man’s eyes falling on her was as sharp as a knife, filled with rage and hatred.

Though the old man was dethroned, many young members of the Teng Snake Clan were unaware.

He had watched those clansmen grow up.

Wiped out in a single night, how could he not feel heartache and hatred?

”Do as you wish.” She couldn’t be dealt with, and holding her wouldn’t do any good.

”That...” The King of Desperate Ridge raised his hand to ask: ”Why did she end up like this? What’s in that bone vial?”

”A secret concoction of the Teng Snake, inhaling it temporarily renders one incapable of movement,” the old man replied: ”It’s effective on Divine Beasts and Fierce Beasts alike.”

Yao Rao took it directly, leading to far more serious consequences than just inhaling.

But she wouldn’t die.

”I heard...” The old man, caressing the Holy Artifact, hesitated: ”Little Phoenix, come over here, I’ll only tell you.”

The old man beckoned to Chuzheng.

Chuzheng didn’t move: ”Don’t call me Little Phoenix.”

Tu Yan’s fingertip twitched slightly, his gaze shifting to Chuzheng, those perpetually gloomy eyes now glinting with a hint of brightness, like sunlight breaking through the clouds.

”...Come here, little one,” the old man corrected himself.

This old man, without getting angry, looked like a kind and harmless elder.

Chuzheng released Tu Yan and walked towards him.

The old man led her a few steps aside, as if fearing Tu Yan would eavesdrop.

”The Far End of the Prehistoric Era isn’t a good place, little one, don’t go there to court death with that thing.”

Divine Beasts should associate with Divine Beasts, what business do they have mingling with Fierce Beasts, especially the notorious enemies of the Prehistoric Era?

Chuzheng: ”Do you know what’s there?”

Old man: ”Isn’t there rumored to be Demonic Beasts?”

Chuzheng: ”You said it yourself, it’s just a rumor.”

The old man was momentarily speechless.

He abruptly changed the topic: ”Do you know where the Teng Snake Clan’s Holy Artifact came from?”

”...” Chuzheng played along respectfully: ”Where?”

”From within that fog,” the old man said: ”Brought back by the forefather of the Teng Snake. The Curse of the Teng Snake was also learned from the Holy Artifact. But...do you know what became of the forefather who brought out the Holy Artifact?”

”Died.”

”...”

Of course, he died!

Do you even need to say that?

It’s already said it was a forefather!

Out of regard for her status as a Divine Beast and the Prehistoric Era’s only Phoenix, the old man held back.

”Not long after bringing the Holy Artifact back, that forefather suddenly went insane...” the old man’s voice deepened: ”Before I could subdue him, that forefather suddenly dropped dead, as if all life had been drained from him.”

”There is something within that fog, but absolutely not a Demonic Beast.”

The mysterious curses of the Teng Snake Clan, the Holy Artifact, and many other powerful entities in the Prehistoric Era all originated from that fog.

At this point, the old man paused, carefully choosing his words, and slowly spoke.

”You’re still young, don’t get involved in these matters; you’ll have a broader world in the future.”

Divine Beasts are not easily born.

Let alone one like her, a solitary Phoenix...

If she diligently cultivates, she will surely secure a place in the Prehistoric Era in the future.

Chuzheng glanced toward Tu Yan, her tone gentle: ”But I want to give him a vast world.”

Old man: ”...”

There’s no good end for Divine Beasts and Fierce Beasts together!!

They can’t even have offspring!

The old man merely felt it was a pity for a rare Phoenix, and kindly offered advice, but since Chuzheng was unwilling to listen, he refrained from saying more, taking Yao Rao away.