I Can Give Talents-Chapter 466 - Looting Ancient Palace

The next day, Princess Waniwani openly invited the Pink Enchantress Rose to her residence for another private talk.

This unexpected invitation sparked wild speculation among the people in the plaza.

"Could it be that Princess Waniwani has fallen under the Pink Enchantress’s illusion or something? Has she been charmed?"

"Hmph, how could that be? You are slandering the Holy Maiden. She would never do something like that!"

"Cheh, you are just one of the idiots charmed by that seductress."

"How dare you! Take that back!"

"Heh, what? You want to get violent here? Go on, try it."

"Calm down, both of you, calm down. Maybe they just became friends after yesterday’s meeting. Stop thinking too much into it."

Similar conversations echoed throughout the plaza.

Meanwhile, Rose was back with Leyvi, asking for his opinion on the matter.

"Darling, should I go to her place? I want to know what you think," Rose asked, her tone curious.

"Hmm... Why not? Since she has openly invited you, I don’t think she intends to harm you. Not openly at least. She has a good reputation, after all," Leyvi offered his perspective.

"Alright, since you said so, I will go! Bye, Darling!" Rose left quickly, almost hopping out of the room in her eagerness.

Leyvi was left speechless.

I only gave my opinion. It wasn’t an order or anything. Think for yourself, lady.

He was also curious about this second meeting and intended to observe it discreetly.

Princess Waniwani’s residence was well within his spiritual sense range, so he could monitor what was happening directly from the brothel.

A while later, Rose arrived at Princess Waniwani’s residence, with Lily and Liyan closely following.

Along the way, the three great beauties naturally caused a commotion with their presence, especially the famed Pink Enchantress. Whether they admired her ethereal beauty or lusted after her charm, by the time the trio arrived, a large crowd had gathered and followed them.

The three women usually wore their modest disguises when moving around the plaza to avoid exactly this kind of attention. But since the princess had invited them openly, they appeared in their true forms this time.

From the brothel, Leyvi shook his head and commented, "Must be annoying having so many people follow you everywhere you go."

Princess Waniwani’s attendants quickly welcomed them and escorted them inside.

This meeting was not just between the two leaders. It resembled more of a tea party between noble ladies, relaxed and informal.

Leyvi observed them chatting happily for about half an hour before the conversation gradually shifted toward more serious matters.

Something Princess Waniwani said made Rose, Lily, and Liyan pause in visible surprise before they resumed talking.

He could not help but wonder what had been said.

But he did not have to wait until Rose returned to find out. Their subsequent actions slowly began to reveal the reason for their surprise.

Princess Waniwani called out, and a moment later, one of her female subordinates entered the room.

Rose then approached the woman, examining her closely from different angles as if studying her features. After that, she brought out her special makeup kit and began skillfully applying cosmetics to Princess Waniwani’s face, using unique Qi techniques to subtly alter her appearance.

"Huh? Did she ask Rose to come because she needs a disguise?" Leyvi wondered. "No wonder they were surprised. But why does she need to disguise herself? Is there something she has to do in secret?"

His curiosity grew as he watched the scene unfold.

Before long, Princess Waniwani’s face was completely transformed to look exactly like her subordinate.

She then changed her outfit to match the one her subordinate wore. Rose’s skill was as outstanding as ever, making it difficult to tell the two apart at a glance.

Of course, as a gentleman, Leyvi did not take this chance to peek while she changed clothes.

He was already an expert in using his see-through spiritual sense responsibly. Whenever there were things he should not see without permission, his spiritual sense would simply blur those areas, preserving privacy and respect.

Next, it was the subordinate’s turn. Rose altered the woman’s face to resemble Princess Waniwani’s, and she changed into the princess’s royal attire.

It was obvious she would need to act as Princess Waniwani during her mistress’s absence.

After everything was done, Rose, Lily, and Liyan departed from the princess’s residence and returned to the brothel.

Just as before, a large crowd of men followed them along the way. Some of them ended up paying for services at the brothel afterward.

Rose, as usual, immediately went to Leyvi’s room to tell him everything that had happened.

Apparently, due to the princess’s tight control over her commerce plaza, it had not been difficult for her to learn that Rose possessed a skill for creating undetectable disguises. That was why she had summoned her.

Unfortunately, even Rose did not know why Princess Waniwani needed the disguise in the first place.

Leyvi was curious, but he was not going to stalk her to find out what her business was. After all, it had always been his policy to mind his own business unless it involved him or his own.

For now, he would wait and observe the reactions of the other factions to the news that the portals up there were a lie.

Unlike Princess Waniwani, they did not have signal transmitter arrays connecting their territories to the commerce plaza. The news would reach them with some delay. He was not sure how many days it would take.

Depending on how the factions reacted to the news, and depending on the investigation results about the princes and their royal guards, he would leave this place and return to his group to discuss their next steps.

He did not want to stay here for long, especially after learning there was something suspicious in this area that was making people act strangely.

A few hours later, Leyvi quietly slipped out of the brothel through a secret exit.

There was not much to do while waiting for his objectives here, so he decided to climb the colossal tree again to loot the ancient treasures waiting within the palaces.

He left his spirit beast bag, where Lapin resided, with Ava so that Lapin would not be pulled into that troubling dream again.

Leyvi moved discreetly to a secluded area far enough from the commerce plaza. After confirming no one was nearby, he climbed the ancient stairway leading up to the palace levels.

Moving with only a dim light to guide him, Leyvi began exploring his first ancient palace.

As expected, he found many ancient ornaments, relics, and pieces of jewelry made of gold, jade, and various beautiful gemstones.

All of these were practically useless to cultivators in terms of cultivation, but as a man with many wives, such beautiful items would undoubtedly make them happy. So he simply looted everything he found.

The ornaments and relics could be used to decorate their mansion, or perhaps they could open a museum in Bara City for citizens to visit. That would not be a bad idea.

Leyvi acted like a living vacuum, using his invisible hands to grab every interesting item he saw and sending them all into his vast internal storage room.

He kept exploring the palace for several hours before he finally found it.

In the darkness, even without full vision, Leyvi relied on his see-through spiritual sense. It could pass through obstacles and detect subtle changes in the density of the medium it traveled through. Using this ability, he successfully located a hidden vault within the palace, a place that stored the truly valuable items.

The vault was incredibly sturdy. He could not simply force it open without causing a commotion, which might alert people down below.

He needed to solve multiple layers of complex mechanical locks to open it quietly. Thankfully, his see-through spiritual sense made the process far easier. Otherwise, he would have been stuck here for quite some time.

"Hahaha. Finally found treasures that are actually beneficial for cultivators. Look at what they were hiding in here." Leyvi laughed softly to himself.

Inside, he found many spirit stones, elemental spirit stones, elemental essence beads, a few bloodline gems, cultivation manuals, alchemy manuals, and a variety of preserved alchemy products.

To his surprise, the alchemy products here, which should have expired long ago, seemed to be in perfect condition and safe to consume.

"Hmm. Back in Rose’s territory, I found some alchemy products too, but after so much time had passed, they had long expired. It wasn’t safe to consume them anymore. But the ones up here are fine. Could it be because we are essentially inside the colossal tree? Maybe the preservation power here is stronger?" Leyvi speculated.

After looting everything, he exited the vault in a happy mood and planned to move on to the next ancient palace. If his guess was correct, it should have a similar hidden treasure vault.

But as he walked cheerfully toward the stairway, he suddenly noticed a pair of eyes staring at him from the darkness.