After about three days, bells rang in the fairy palace, and the white apes gestured to me, saying, "Master and second master have returned."

As Yinmu said, when he died, there would soon be major movements in the fairy mountain.

The master had white hair and an extraordinary appearance, while the second master had gray hair and an otherworldly appearance. The third master had black hair and a solemn and holy demeanor.

The three masters sat in the grand hall, with bronze cranes spewing immortal qi in front of the hall, swirling and rising, making people feel reverent and unable to help but kneel down.

Geng Jin, Wu Tu, Yinmu, and a female disciple I had never seen before stood on either side of the grand hall.

That female disciple must be Hai Shui, the person Yinmu mentioned who managed the farmlands at the foot of the mountain.

Geng Jin seemed slightly surprised when he saw me. I gave him a slight smile and discreetly showed him that the medicine package was still with me.

He seemed relieved, furrowed his brow, and looked puzzled.

"The master has calculated through divination that today is an auspicious day. We should open the furnace and refine the elixir. All disciples, listen!"

The third master stood up, waved his dust whisk, and said with authority.

"Yes!" everyone responded.

"Go down the mountain and harvest all the farmlands. Open the furnace and refine the elixir!"

"Yes!"

I was paired with Geng Jin, and Wu Tu was paired with Hai Shui. We hurriedly went to the farmlands at the foot of the mountain.

When we arrived at the foot of the mountain, I realized that the so-called farmlands were little square-shaped villages, resembling ant nests from a distance.

Hai Shui used her space manipulation ability to create over a dozen villages on the island, each with a hidden barrier. They couldn't see each other, but they all led to their respective feeding platforms for the divine turtles at the seaside. It was designed cleverly.

So when I went up the mountain with Geng Jin that day and wanted to take a look back, he stopped me. By then, we had already left the barrier, and if we turned back, we would see the villages reduced to the size of ant nests.

Geng Jin took out a slender-mouthed, big-bellied white porcelain bottle and recited something towards one of the villages. The people and animals in the village screamed and were sucked into the bottle.

"Senior Brother Geng Jin, when everything is taken away, what will we use to feed the guardian divine turtle? Won't the fairy island sink?"

Geng Jin had captured two villages in an instant and filled the bottle. Madness gleamed in his eyes.

"After ascension, who would want this small island? If it sinks, so be it."

After capturing all eight villages under our jurisdiction, we filled four large bottles. Geng Jin was satisfied and took me back while riding on a cloud.

"Senior Brother Geng Jin, why are there so many people on this island? Can the white apes alone reproduce so many?"

I tentatively asked.

"At this point, I might as well tell you. This is all Hai Shui's doing. She is originally a mirage, capable of transforming into a giant goddess-like figure, attracting numerous ships to come on a pilgrimage. Those who weren't devoured by the giant turtle were kept alive to multiply and feed the giant turtle, and also to serve as sacrificial offerings during ascension."

So that's how it was. It seemed that my father and sixth grandfather were deceived into coming here in search of the goddess.

People tend to fall into such miserable situations when driven by lust.

"Junior Brother Si Huo, the powder I gave you, do you have it on you at all times?"

Geng Jin couldn't help but ask me the question that puzzled him.

"With something so important, how could I dare carry it with me all the time? After Senior Brother gave it to me, I locked it in a cabinet and only brought it out today."

Geng Jin seemed quite satisfied with my explanation, looking at me as though he were looking at someone on the verge of death.