Chapter 1424: Gold Maker Sect
“Haha... don’t worry, scion Jin.”
The sight of the composed Jin Wanliang looking like the world had crumbled around him caused Feng Qingyou to let out a chuckle of amusement. She finally stopped keeping him in suspense and explained, “It’s a simple story. Once upon a time, we had a sect called the Gold Maker Sect. The Gold Maker Sect possessed a secret art and a Strange Artifact that can transform stones into gold; objects into valuables. Thanks to this ability to transform the worthless into valuables; the fake into real, they were able to become one of the biggest sects in just the span of a few years. For a time, their renown was unrivaled.”
“However, everything has two sides to it. Although this ability allowed the Gold Maker Sect to accumulate an obscene amount of wealth, renown, and status in just a short time, it also incited much greed from others. Later, a thief nicknamed ‘Thief of Nine Firmaments’ somehow stole the secret art and the Strange Artifact and vanished permanently.”
Feng Qingyou hadn’t finished her story yet, but Jin Wanliang could already guess what happened next. After the Thief of Nine Firmaments stole the secret art and the Strange Artifact, he escaped overseas, changed his name, and founded a clan. That was the origin of the Jin Clan and Gold Island.
Feng Qingyou continued, “Thief of Nine Firmaments is just the thief’s moniker. I heard that his real name is Jin Yiding (Gold Ingot). It was well known that the secret art he stole is called Gold Maker, and the Strange Artifact is the Gold Making Spring.”
“Besides that, it was rumored that the mountain where the Gold Maker Sect was located was completely golden. The mountain, the objects, the flora and fauna were all golden yellow like gold. That was why the mountain was also known as Gold Mountain for a time.”
Yep, that’s definitely our ancestor alright, Jin Wanliang ranted mentally. It was because the true name inscribed on the ancestral tablet and worshiped in the ancestral shrine was none other than Jin Yiding.
Yes, their ancestor’s name was that blatant.
It could also be because of their ancestor’s influence that everyone who came after him had very down-to-earth names as well. For example, he was called Jin Wanliang (Ten Thousand Gold), and his father was called Jin Manshan (Mountain of Gold). Oh yeah.
But of course, this wasn’t the main point. The main point was that their ancestor was definitely the Thief of Nine Firmaments, and both the Gold Making Spring and Gold Maker were his loot.