The old man kept talking on his own, while Yang Qing, Bu Er, and the others merely listened without saying a word.
Eventually, the Hidden Clan's patriarch felt that saying more would serve no purpose. Even if he continued, it would do little good, so he finally stopped.
Still, his gaze drifted toward Yang Qing from time to time, as though he were sizing something up.
Yang Qing had little patience for playing mind games here. He asked directly, "Since we came because of the Immortal Thunder Kingdom's Underground Palace, why have we become involved with your Hidden Clan?"
There had to be some connection between the Hidden Clan and the Immortal Thunder Kingdom.
The old man had not expected Yang Qing to ask so bluntly. He was about to answer when Yang Qing added, "There's no need to go into detail. I'm not in the mood to listen to stories."
The Immortal Thunder Kingdom had vanished even earlier than the Eastern Radiance Ancient Kingdom. If they listened to the Old Clan Chief explain its connection to the Hidden Clan, the secrets behind it would probably stretch as long as a bolt of cloth.
Naturally, Yang Qing had no patience for that.
Besides, they had not come here to pry into the Hidden Clan's secrets.
The Hidden Clan's patriarch clearly understood what Yang Qing meant, however. He said to him, "Our Hidden Clan came into being because of the Immortal Thunder Kingdom. But the kingdom perished, while the Hidden Clan survived."
"Originally, the Hidden Clan shared one trait with the people of the Immortal Thunder Kingdom: extremely long lives. This was a secret our clan never passed on to outsiders. But after the Immortal Thunder Kingdom disappeared, that secret became our greatest source of calamity."
The Old Clan Chief had