"It appears that they are looking for the entrance to the forbidden area..." Kayla remarked at once upon
noticing the shadows.
"So, should we wait until they have entered? But they might send someone to block the entrance. If
that happens, I'm sure that it will give us a hard time," Rocky said after thinking for a while.
"There's no need for us to wait. I know another way to enter the forbidden area. It can be a bit riskier,
but it is much easier than entering from the entrance, which initially requires us to break the seal. Come
with me." After finishing her words, Kayla gestured to Rocky and the others to follow her.
Without thinking twice, Rocky and his group immediately followed Kayla to the southeast side of the
ruins of the Butterfly Divine Clan. After walking for a while, they arrived at a place where countless
tombs lay on the ground. However, most of these tombs had already been destroyed, making the place
very desolate and eerie.
"Back then, the alliance of the spiritual race clans surrounded the Butterfly Divine Clan, causing the
latter to suffer a crushing defeat. This war led to the deaths of the majority of my clansmen, and only a
few of them escaped," Kayla sighed as she explored the cemetery with her eyes.
"Why would the alliance of the spiritual race clan attack your clan? Perhaps it's not just because your
clan was more powerful than them, right?" Rocky couldn't help but ask out of curiosity. At that moment,
he wanted to learn the real reason why the Butterfly Divine Clan was annihilated.
"You're right about that. One of the reasons for the destruction of my clan was due to its power. At that
time, it was very powerful. In fact, it had many members that far surpassed the other clans', making it a
threat to others. Moreover, the other clans formed an alliance to exterminate my clan primarily because
they were afraid of our leader, Aaron Bai. Sure, he brought prestige and power to the clan. Yet, the
other clans all wanted to stand against him because he had a forbidden item in his hand!" Kayla
expounded.
"What? A forbidden item? What was it?" Rocky asked with an utmost interest.
Soon after, all the women shot Kayla a glance, as they anticipated her answer.
"Unfortunately, I don't know what it is, either. The only thing I know about this history is that more than
five hundred years ago, Aaron had entered an ancient mysterious place with each of the other clans'
leaders. At the end of their travel, they each had taken out a forbidden item from that strange place.
Needless to say, Aaron had taken one too. After acquiring this forbidden item, he used it to strengthen
the Butterfly Divine Clan and make it invincible. Unbeknownst to many, his desire was to unify all the
clans of the spiritual race. On the other hand, the other clans were able to sense Aaron's ambitions,
and therefore, formed an alliance against him. At that time, the alliance summoned all of their strength
and destroyed the clan, killed Aaron, and took away the forbidden item that he had. Technically, the
clansmen of the Butterfly Divine Clan were innocent, and none of them should have been involved in
the war. But because they were Aaron's subordinates, they also had to die," Kayla said furiously.
"Wait. Didn't you mention that the other leaders of the clans also took forbidden items as well when
they entered that mysterious place with Aaron? They each had a forbidden item, but why were they
specifically afraid of what Aaron had?" Shirley asked in confusion.
"I wish I knew. In addition, the details about the forbidden items are also strictly confidential. Not many
clans know about what they truly are, nor what they can do. As a matter of fact, I just knew about all of
this from Cherry..." Kayla shook her head in frustration.
"Then, what is this Cherry's true identity?" Rocky leaned closer to Kayla's ear and asked curiously. To
him, there must be a very important reason why Cherry wanted to take out the spiritual treasure.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have worked so hard to plan every last detail from the beginning and even
made an effort to save him many times. He believed that there must be a driving force for Cherry to do
all those things.
"Cherry is the daughter of the last patriarch of the Butterfly Divine Clan," Kayla answered after
hesitating for a while.
"She is the daughter of the last patriarch? In that case, then the Butterfly Divine Clan wasn't entirely
killed five hundred years ago. If their last patriarch was Aaron, then wouldn't that mean Cherry has
already lived for five hundred years?" Rocky's eyes widened as he realized how old Cherry was.
"No, it doesn't go that way. You see, at that time when the Butterfly Divine Clan was being wiped out,
some of them were able to escape. The fugitives included Aaron's son, who was still underage at that
time. Since he was able to survive, the position of the patriarch continued to pass down. However, two
hundred years ago, Cherry's father, the last leader, was betrayed by the clansmen. Not long after, he
was hunted down by other clans of the spiritual race. In the end, Cherry's parents died in order to
protect her, who was still a newborn at that time. My mother and Cherry's mother are sisters. After her
parents died, my mother was the one who brought her up and raised her. We grew up together, shared
many things, and she is also like a sister to me. She didn't leave until my mother passed away. I didn't
have contacts with her until I found out that you had her spirit in your body when I met you. After
knowing that, I immediately contacted her again, and that's when I knew what she wanted to do..."
Kayla added.
"Really? So, what exactly does she want to do?" At that moment, Rocky's brows were furrowed as he
tried to absorb Cherry's sad and tragic background.
"Of course, Cherry didn't want me to tell you, but it's not really a big deal if you know. It's just that her
father's last wish was that the Butterfly Divine Clan would never perish and remain to exist for all
eternity. That's why she wants to revive the Butterfly Divine Clan. However, it seems like she is far from
accomplishing this death wish, especially with her current strength. Therefore, she wanted to take the
risk to take out the spiritual treasure of the Butterfly Divine Clan and use it to gather the remaining
members of the Butterfly Divine Clan that are currently scattered in the Wild Spirit Land... " Kayla
spilled the beans and told him Cherry's real agenda.
"Revive the Butterfly Divine Clan?" Rocky's eyes narrowed when he heard Cherry's motive.
As they talked, Rocky and the women had passed numerous tombstones when finally, they had arrived
at a broken stone tablet deep in the cemetery.
Kayla waved her hand, and a strong spiritual power moved the stone tablet away. A rumbling sound
was heard, and a deep passage had finally appeared under the stone tablet.
"This is the other passage to the forbidden area, which will lead you directly to its depths. However, I
can only escort you up to this point. What happens next will all depend on you. Take extra precaution.
This is a dangerous place due to several dead souls of the dead members of the Butterfly Divine Clan
that linger in the area. Prevent from being possessed at all costs because it will surely be a disaster. In
addition, many traps lie around the area, so you must be very careful..." Kayla reminded them.
After hearing her words of precaution, Rocky and others exchanged looks. Soon after, Rocky led the
way as he entered the passageway first. Not long after, their shadows receded and vanished.
Seeing that the group had entered the passageway, Kayla could not help but get worried and muttered
to herself, "I hope they come back safely!"
Meanwhile, as soon as the group entered the passageway, the light around them instantly dimmed,
and coldness started to creep their bodies.
The passageway was wide and made up of flat stones. Despite Rocky and the women standing side by
side, there was still some space.
"Watch where you are going!" Rocky warned the women as he looked at the never-ending
passageway. The women nodded immediately after hearing his reminder.
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