"Come with me."
After a brief hesitation, Xiao Zhan turned and motioned for Chu Xiao to follow him.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan and Old Yao tactfully remained where they were.
Chu Xiao followed closely behind Xiao Zhan into the secret chamber within the study.
Xiao Zhan walked to one wall of the secret chamber and used a special Dou Technique to strike one of the bricks.
"Boom!"
A doorway opened, revealing another secret chamber within the first.
But that was not the end. The inner chamber contained several Storage Rings, gold coins, jewels, and cultivation technique scrolls, with nothing else in sight.
Xiao Zhan began moving the bookshelves into a specific arrangement. The ground shook, and an entrance appeared that was only wide enough for one person to pass through.
It was a hidden passage leading deeper underground, and the entire tunnel seemed to have been built from some special material.
After walking for roughly a hundred breaths, they arrived at a small chamber inlaid with dozens of luminous pearls.
There were two raised platforms inside the chamber, holding a wooden box and a Storage Ring respectively.
"The Storage Ring contains the spirit tablets of my Xiao Family's ancestors and clan heads throughout the generations."
Xiao Zhan walked to the platform and knelt in salute. After rising, he spoke solemnly, "The one placed at the very top bears the character Xuan."
"If I'm not mistaken, it should be the ancestor Xiao Xuan you mentioned, Xiao'er."
"The wooden box contains the clan leader's inherited treasure jade. It has been passed down through the clan leaders all these years."
"According to what your grandfather said, every clan leader has tried to uncover the jade's secret, but none succeeded."
"We only know that after dripping one's essence blood onto the jade, it will