At the entrance of the Imperial Mausoleum Adventure Town, a group of Two-Phase Realm cultivators' Dharma Aspects are continuously returning.

They are lining up one by one, undergoing inspection.

"Raise your arms."

"Hmm, lift your leg, let me scan it with the Eye of Identification."

"What? You brought this Storage Ring with you from the start? Funny, don't you know that entering the mausoleum doesn't allow any weapons, Storage Magical Treasures must enter, only a lone Dharma Aspect can go in? Take the ring off, it's confiscated directly!"

...

A few iron workers take turns inspecting, very carefully, already showing the demeanor of sect disciples.

It must be said.

The current iron workers are indeed useful.

Madly switching roles, running from set to set, one person doing a dozen jobs.

From Ximen city, Bone Demon Royal City, Ancient Tomb, to occasionally posing at the No-Life Sect...

Ning Zheng thought many times, if it were normal local disciples, this group of honest cultivators would have been bewildered, long since exposed!

It's still the iron workers she recruited!

Each one is incredibly fierce, leaving Ning Zheng astonished.

Of course, ordinary sect forces don't act as flamboyantly as they do, crazily changing identities without tiring.

Ning Zheng himself has to accompany them in rushing around the sets.

It's just a group of lunatics.

Dressed flashy, playing extravagantly.

After the Imperial Mausoleum Adventure Town opened, daily revenue has been very high, the minimum being over 20 million, at peak times a billion in resources.

The iron workers inspect very carefully,

seizing 70% of their loot, enough to incite these cultivators to risk everything.

Even in recent days, because they took too much, some cultivators secretly cursed them as "charlatans"!

But now.

Apparently, the Eye of Identification can't detect stealing anymore.

Because a certain Central Plains Emperor, who helped develop the Eye of Identification, personally came here, disgracefully stealing items and wanting to evade taxes.

At this moment.

"Lord of the Manor, we must teach them a harsh lesson!"

Jiucai Rong shouted aloud, addressing the bronze statue draped in Chronicles of Time:

"We must let them know that in one's life, there are three inescapable things: death, taxes, and Xi Rong!"

In the eyes of the iron workers, they are already destined tycoons.

New Magic Coins, Magical Artifact assembly line factory, forces of the Human Race, Sea Race, Ember forces...

They are the Three Stars of the otherworld, connected to Xi Rong in every industry of the entire world.

"I understand this matter."

Ning Zheng pressed his temples.

Even though he already knew about it, he still expressed surprise, praising the iron workers:

"Well done, without your discovery of the Xin Dynasty Emperor, who secretly attacked the tomb owner, we would have suffered great losses."

"The Eye of Identification at the entrance can't stop him from hiding things, if he takes away the ancestral Great Emperor of Longevity and their Royal Family treasures from the tomb, it would be a disaster."

Jiucai Rong nodded heavily:

"That Sixth Xin, at a glance, is a sly person, penny-pinching, a shady protagonist, lacking any emperor's demeanor, simply: Xin Xichen playing as a crematorium worker—sophisticates love to set fires!"

Ning Zheng listened in astonishment.

Jiucai Rong continued to shout: "Then what do we do? Our current technology is probably not enough to catch this rogue emperor thief!"

"We can't even detect if they secretly stash things in their bodies."

"I have a solution for this." Ning Zheng said earnestly.

"Then please, Lord of the Manor, take action," Jiucai Rong said, "to stop their acts of tax dodging and evasion."

Ning Zheng sent Jiucai Rong away, indicating the matter was simple, then letting Jiucai Rong leave confidently.

"This Jiucai Rong, probably still has too little work, having streetlights help him with chores, being idle leads to trouble, got to think of ways to make him work overtime."

But how could Ning Zheng possibly catch Xin Xichen's theft skills?

This is overestimating Ning Zheng.

As the Nine-State's top all-round scholar, if Xin Xichen plays mischievous, the entire Nine-State couldn't catch him stealing.

But Ning Zheng couldn't watch him rob things with his eyes wide open.

Can only level up.

Phew!

Ning Zheng took a deep breath, fortunately now approaching 300 million in Qi Fortune Value.

[Yin Yang Eye of Truth: Can detect Heavenly and Earthly Treasures with significant energy, 10 million Qi Fortune Value.]

This thing has always been necessary.

Doing business openly, in the future it's estimated not just Xin Xichen coming over to steal things, other Great Sect Leaders, Holy Land Sect Leaders, would probably also sneak in shamelessly to hide their identities and steal things.

"As long as it's useful."

Ning Zheng did not hesitate to -10 million to activate this Divine Technique, the brain instantly entered the realm of enlightenment, sensing the change of this Divine Technique.

"And by learning this Divine Technique, the most crucial batch of treasures from the Longevity Imperial Mausoleum has been intercepted by me, making it profit without loss."

He wants Xin Xichen to return with nothing from his efforts.

As time passed by, Ning Zheng quickly attained enlightenment on this new divine technique and began inspecting the entrances and exits of the Longevity Imperial Mausoleum.

Just as expected.

At this moment, Xin Xichen, being proactive, started preparing to disperse and have his subordinate cultivators take things out bit by bit.

However, he was evidently very cautious, even though he had researched the smuggling technique, he still wanted to disperse and minimize targets rather than take everything at once.

"Routine check!"

A cultivator was stopped.

"Mighty lords, I have merely collected some spiritual medicines that are thousands of years old." The cultivator bowed humbly, offering a handful of spiritual medicines, "Seven-three split, I understand, these are the ones for submission!"

A few ironmongers used the Eye of Identification to check, indeed there was no hidden item, nor were there any concealed spatial accessories.

Just as they were about to allow passage, they saw a flash of golden light in the sky, and a pillar of light shone down, landing on this cultivator.

It seemed as if a certain muscle beneath his skin revealed a layer.

That fresh red tender bicep was pulled out like a sausage, unexpectedly possessing a stored subspace ability.

"What is this?" The faces of several ironmongers turned cold instantly.

"This, this is just..."

The herb-gathering cultivator broke out in a cold sweat.

The blacksmiths chuckled, "According to regulations, secretly carrying and hiding goods, all gains must be surrendered in full, and the Dharma Aspect must be exploded as a warning. Are you aware?"

The cultivator lowered his head, showing a trace of unwillingness.

For ordinary cultivators, after the Dharma Aspect explodes, it takes at least a month to recover under ample supply of medicines.

And in this month, things would be entirely different.

And in the tomb of Longevity Imperial City, there would basically be nothing left for him to explore.

"Since you acknowledge it, surrender then."

With a bang.

A tributor from the Demon Sect in the Small Town instantly took action, exploding the Dharma Aspect.

"Next one."

"You hid under the skin, concealing space through painting?"

"Next one."

"What is this then? Spatial Earth Vein Technique? Forming nodes one after another, jumping through? Quite capable indeed!"

...

Xin Xichen seemed like an encyclopedia, using all sorts of tactics, determined to take the treasures away.

Among them, the royal family's cherished treasures, although he coveted them greatly, being the Emperor of the Central Plains of Nine-State was not without means to collect them.

But the embers of several Great Emperors of Longevity...

These were ancient saints who swept across the world!

These were their hard-earned spoils of war.

How could he bear to part with them?

He exerted every effort, employing various maneuvers, starting to smuggle.

"Caught again."

"My techniques are clearly so..."

Xin Xichen watched from the back, observing as his pieces were caught one by one, completely silent.

He changed his tactics seven or eight times, only to be discovered seven or eight times, unsettling him thoroughly.

Originally, he thought he had been calculated by these ancient demon gods, and now was the moment to turn the tables.

But the result emerged:

One by one they queued up, exposed, got their Dharma Aspects exploded, and had 100% of resources confiscated.

His face got bruised again.

Those resources were top-tier treasures accumulated over millions of years by a dynasty.

Materials that even some top divine beasts or demons in the Self-Transformation Realm could produce.

Originally, following the normal channels could get him 30%, and even because these treasures were so precious, they could achieve first place on the merit list, gaining an extra 10%.

Instead, due to theft, everything was confiscated.

Xin Xichen felt his heart bleeding.

And Ning Zheng seeing Xin Xichen still causing trouble, was annoyed as well.

Add points!

[Destiny Gaze: Can detect Heavenly and Earthly Treasures with large energy, 10 million Qi Fortune Value.]

Another divine technique, delivering a fatal strike directly.

This time the inspection became increasingly thorough, making Xin Xichen test several times, finding no hope, and ultimately giving up.

On a distant hillside, three watched the cultivator team returning to Adventure Town.

"Let's honestly go through regular channels and surrender 70%," Xin Xichen said.

Cursed glanced at him, then sighed, "It's not your fault, your methods were nothing short of impressive, I cannot fathom how they saw through it."

"This ancient black hand... more powerful than the few infant black hands of the Great Emperor of Longevity."

"The older, the more unfathomable?"

Phoenix Yi likewise didn't criticize.

The higher one's realm, the more one knew that those waves from Xin Xichen earlier were absolutely stunning! Such hidden methods existed?

But still got discovered, it seemed smuggling was hopeless, they could only pass through inspection honestly.