My Master Knows It All-Chapter 1385 - 332 - _2

So, he found a concealed spot to hide himself, suppressing his aura as well. However, he didn’t encounter the peculiar bird but instead ended up seeing Bi Yue.

The location of the Treasure Chamber was not a place ordinary disciples could access. By logic, even Bi Yue shouldn’t have the credentials to climb that mountain. Yet, Bi Yue had always been pampered in the Dragon Chant Sect, and no one bothered to question her.

But then, what followed completely shocked him. His niece directly unlocked one of the Treasure Chambers.

That was a Treasure Chamber that even he, alongside the Dragon Chant Sect’s elders, didn’t have the privilege to open. Why could Bi Yue open it? Did Bi Yue secretly steal the key to the Treasure Chamber?

That was unlikely, as the key to the Treasure Chamber had always been in the possession of the Sect Hierarch.

Bi Yue definitely didn’t have the capability to steal from the Sect Hierarch.

Moreover, what astonished him further was that after rushing into the Treasure Chamber, Bi Yue soon emerged, only to open another Treasure Chamber.

And then, Bi Yue left the second Treasure Chamber and entered a third one.

The impression he got was that Bi Yue was searching for some particular item in the Treasure Chambers. It seemed she didn’t know exactly which Treasure Chamber contained it, so she was entering them one by one to search.

That night, he witnessed Bi Yue opening four Treasure Chambers!

Those were the Dragon Chant Sect’s secret Treasure Chambers, meant to be opened only by the Sect Hierarch before the Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth. Why could Bi Yue open them?

Was it because the Sect Hierarch favored Bi Yue so greatly that he gave her the keys?

That possibility struck him as extremely unlikely.

After considering the matter for a long time, he came up with two possible explanations.

The first was that the Sect Hierarch trusted Bi Yue more than he trusted him. Perhaps the Sect Hierarch granted Bi Yue authorization to use the Treasure Chamber’s resources under certain circumstances.

Based on Bi Yue’s unfamiliarity with the Treasure Chambers, her actions strongly suggested it was her first time accessing them. However, he had no clue what Bi Yue was searching for, and during that time, no major events were happening in the Dragon Chant Sect.

The second possibility was that the Sect Hierarch had already started grooming Bi Yue as the next Sect Hierarch of the Dragon Chant Sect. Yet, for some unknown reason, he hadn’t made Bi Yue the interim Sect Hierarch.

Perhaps Bi Yue enjoyed venturing out and exploring. If she were made the interim Sect Hierarch, she wouldn’t have the freedom to roam freely. Thus, the Sect Hierarch chose him as the interim leader instead.

Regardless of the reason, one thing had become clear to him: although he was currently the interim Sect Hierarch, Bi Yue’s authority within the Dragon Chant Sect was unquestionably higher than his.

Any place he could go, Bi Yue could access as well.

Places he couldn’t enter—like the Dragon Pool at the Holy Mountain or the Sect Hierarch’s Treasure Chamber—Bi Yue could still enter.

However, this was a matter he chose not to make public. Moreover, Bi Yue was his niece, a member of their family. If Bi Yue ascended as Sect Hierarch in the future, it would benefit their family and the entire Great Teaching.

The group landed in front of the treasury. Shortly after, Luo Zhen returned, carrying three Treasures.

Among the three Treasures was a long halberd, a copper mirror, and a whip. All three Treasures were of Mortal Rank, classified as Common Low Grade Treasures.

Cao Zhen wasn’t surprised. The opposing party had only promised to bring out three Treasures without specifying their grade or quality. Even knowing they would win, they opted for the lowest-grade Treasures.

Cao Zhen also brought out three Treasures—items he had previously retrieved from the burial grounds of dormant Earth Immortals during his time at the Heaven Prayers Sect.

Both sides handed over their respective Treasures to Zhang Zirong for safekeeping.

Subsequently, Zhang Zirong and two other elders opened the treasury and stepped inside. Cao Zhen and Luo Zhen, under the supervision of the crowd, began collecting the herbs they required.

While gathering herbs, Cao Zhen glanced at Luo Zhen, who was beside him, and asked, "Wait, why are you even collecting herbs? We only agreed to see if I could refine pills; nobody said anything about you making pills."

Luo Zhen was momentarily stunned. Cao Zhen was right—why was he collecting herbs to refine pills?

Cao Zhen might be planning to forcefully refine three types of pills into one useless pill, with no medicinal effects. If that were the case, Cao Zhen would likely succeed in refining those three pills. Even if he failed afterward, he could still manage to refine the shorter-pill types.

Then what exactly was the point of him refining these pills too?

"I just want to refine some pills. What’s it to you?" Luo Zhen shot a glance at Cao Zhen, his expression oddly prideful despite his rugged, bald-headed appearance. It was almost comically contradictory, though he wasn’t about to admit that he’d forgotten he didn’t need to refine pills.

That said, he didn’t need to gather too many herbs—just the materials for the Void Spirit Replenishment Pill. It was a relatively popular concoction that would sell well once refined.

Soon, both Cao Zhen and Luo Zhen left the treasury with the herbs they had collected.

Of course, they couldn’t refine pills there in the treasury; they headed instead to the Fire Dragon Pill Land.

Cao Zhen realized something by then—many of the places in the Dragon Chant Sect seemed to have ties to dragons. The Fire Dragon Pill Land bore a resemblance to the Hundred Peaks Sect’s Five-Element Pill Ground, except this place was far larger in scale.