âMy clan has existed since the Ancient Era.â
âWe are called the Demon Vanquishing Clan,â said the old granny.
âDemon Vanquishing Clan?!â
The curiosity in Chu Fengâs eyes grew even more intense.
Merely by hearing the name, he knew that the clan was very remarkable.
Then, after hearing the old grannyâs narrative, Chu Feng learned about the Demon Vanquishing Clanâs origin.
The Demon Vanquishing Clan was a clan from the Ancient Era.
The mysterious technique that the people from the Demon Vanquishing Clan trained in was different from that of other cultivators.
For other cultivators, the purpose of their mysterious techniques was to increase their cultivations.
However, it was different for the Demon Vanquishing Clan. The purpose of the mysterious technique they trained in was to restrain monsters and demons.
Adding on their special bloodline power, it made it so that whilst the Demon Vanquishing Clan might not have the strongest martial cultivators, they were capable of curbing monsters, demons, ferocious beasts, natural oddities and other special beings.
This was especially true in regards to the Demon Vanquishing Talisman passed on by their ancestors.
The Demon Vanquishing Talisman required the Demon Vanquishing Clanâs bloodline power and the Demon Vanquishing Mysterious Technique to use.
In terms of cultivation, the old grannyâs granddaughterâs cultivation was far weaker than hers.
However, through the use of the Demon Vanquishing Talisman, she had been able to save Chu Feng from the Ancient Eraâs Heaven-devouring Beastâs stomach.
From that, one could see how powerful the Demon Vanquishing Talisman was.
After all, Chu Feng had witnessed with his very eyes how terrifying an existence that Ancient Eraâs Heaven-devouring Beast was.
âGranny, are the Ancient Eraâs Heaven-devouring Beasts scourges to people?â asked Chu Feng.
âWe cultivators now rule over all the places in the world.â
âThe Ancient Eraâs Heaven-devouring Beasts are creatures that seek out cultivators with powerful bloodlines to devour. That is their method of training.â
âAs such, they are naturally scourges to people,â said the old granny.
âSince the Ancient Eraâs Heaven-devouring Beasts are that abominable and your Demon Vanquishing Clan possesses the means to curb them, why donât you eliminate them completely?â asked Chu Feng.
âEliminate them completely?â
âOur ancestors had indeed thought about eradicating the Ancient Eraâs Heaven-devouring Beasts.â
âHowever, later on, they thought that even though the Ancient Eraâs Heaven-devouring Beasts devour cultivators to train, arenât we cultivators also beings that refine natural oddies to train?â
âAre we cultivators alive, but those natural oddies with intelligence not?â
âEven if we are to ignore cultivators, what about the ordinary people in the Lower Realms? Arenât the livestock that they eat also lives?â
âEven the flowers and trees, the vegetation, are alive.â
âAs long as we are able to utilize the living beings of this world, we will definitely not hesitate.â
âApart from killing fellow clansmen being a criminal offense, cultivators are able to kill everything before them.â
âIn the end, we only uphold our own interests.â
âIf we are to put ourselves in the shoes of other creatures, arenât we cultivators also terrifying demonic beings?â said the old granny.
âMn... that is reasonable.â Chu Feng nodded in agreement.
âThat is the cruelty of this world.â
âWhen we are weak, we can only allow ourselves to be bullied and humiliated by ferocious beasts.â
âLater on, we learned how to cultivate. With that, we became powerful, and became the masters of the vast starry sky.â
âSince ancient times, the world has been one where the weak are prey to the strong. That is the law of nature.â
âThat law is also one that keeps the balance between all living beings.â
âSince weâve become powerful, we possess the qualifications to manage everything.â
âAs such, foreign matters detrimental to us shall be eliminated. Thereâs nothing wrong with that, and we have no need to blame ourselves either.â
âIf we are excessively charitable, not only will it bring about our own end, but it will also cause others to perish.â
âExcessive charity will harm both others and oneself. Following the law of things is the actual truth.â
âBut, our clanâs ancestors said that since the Ancient Eraâs Heaven-devouring Beasts exist, there must be a reason for their existence.â
âAs such, we are not allowed to eradicate them.â
âOf course, while our old ancestors didnât want to eradicate them, it is different for our generation.â
âFor us, even if we wanted to eradicate them, we are unable to do so.â
âOur Demon Vanquishing Clan has already fallen. The disparity between us and the Ancient Eraâs Heaven-devouring Beasts has grown wider and wider.â
âEven though our Demon Vanquishing Talisman is still capable of curbing them, we are unable to eliminate them.â
âAs you can see from our infrastructure, you can imagine how prosperous we were in the past.â
âYet now... only our generation of three remains.â
The old granny had a bitter smile on her face as she said those words.
She seemed to not have any hatred for the Ancient Eraâs Heaven-devouring Beasts, yet, she felt very powerless.
Her powerlessness came from the fact that her clan had fallen.
Chu Feng chatted with the old granny about some more things.
During their conversation Chu Feng tried to inquire about the Ancient Era.
After all, the Demon Vanquishing Clan was a family of survivors from the Ancient Era.
Chu Feng felt that the old granny might have some clues about the Ancient Era.
However, to Chu Fengâs disappointment the old granny didnât know anything about the Ancient Era.
All that she knew were things her forefathers had told her.
In terms of the Ancient Era, it seemed that her knowledge was even less than Chu Fengâs.
At least Chu Feng knew that a calamity had occurred in the Ancient Era, but the old granny didnât know about that at all.
Seeing that he would not be able to gain any information and considering that Long Daozhi would most likely think he was dead, Chu Feng decided that in order to keep Long Daozhi from being worried he should leave.
After expressing his thanks Chu Feng finally asked, âGranny, may I know where the Ancient Eraâs teleportation formation might be?â
âTeleportation formation? We have that.â
âBut young man, where do you want to go?â asked the old granny.
âThis junior is going to the Immortal-bestowment Upper Realm to meet up with my friends,â Chu Feng replied honestly.
âYoung man, do you know why our Demon Vanquishing Clan was able to move about the world unhindered in the past, but ended up staying here with the Ancient Eraâs Heaven-devouring Beasts and becoming their old enemy later on?â asked the old granny.
Chu Feng was actually also very curious about this so he asked, âWhy?â
âThatâs because this Heaven-devouring Realm is already separated from the outside world.â
âNot only are the people outside unable to see us, but we are also unable to go outside.â
âSince youâve entered this place, it means that you can only spend the rest of your life here,â said the old granny.
âWhat? Trapped here?â
âGranny, is there a way to get out?â asked Chu Feng.
âThereâs no way out.â
âAmongst our ancestors there were many Martial Exalted-level experts.â
âThere were also an innumerable number of world spiritists superior to myself.â
âThroughout their entire lives, they searched for a method to leave this place.â
âUnfortunately, they were unable to find it,â said the old granny.
â......â
âHow could that be?â
Chu Feng narrowed his brows after hearing what the old granny had said.
Ignoring the fact that he needed to help Long Daozhi, if he were to get trapped in there, it would mean that he would be cut off from the rest of the world, and would no longer be able to see his close friends from the olden days.
He would also never be able to meet his mother and grandfather.
âNo, I must leave this place.â
Because of that, the first thought that came into Chu Fengâs mind was to leave.
Even if there was no way out, he still had to think of a way out.
Suddenly, Chu Feng thought of a crucial question, âWait, somethingâs strange. Granny, if itâs impossible to leave, then how did that Ancient Eraâs ferocious beast leave?â
It wasnât that he had entered their world on his own. Instead, he had been captured and brought there by the Ancient Eraâs Heaven-devouring Beasts.
As the Ancient Eraâs Heaven-devouring Beasts were creatures of the isolated world, it meant that since it was able to go out, there was a way to leave.