The Master of Beasts-Chapter 681 - 197: The Treasury

Old Zuo said speechlessly, "Little guy? He's now the City Lord of Star Moon City, and my sect's friends have said his cultivation is at the Three Flowers Heavenly Immortal level, much stronger than the two of us old fellows!"

"What should we do? Go up and help?"

Old Zuo felt speechless and said, "Help? Are you crazy? No one has come through this Transmission Array for ages, who knows what's happening at the sect? Besides, all my friends who went out through that passage never came back, something's definitely wrong!"

"Then what about us?"

"Of course, we find somewhere to hide!"

"Hide? Is there anywhere safe now?"

"Of course it's....."

Just as Old Zuo was about to answer, he suddenly realized this wasn't Old You's voice. Stiffly turning his head, he saw a youthful face smiling broadly at him.

"Chen... Chen Jiuge? How did you get in here!" Old Zuo was a bit confused.

Although the big transmission array has been quiet for a while, there are still plenty of guards. Even if he's a Three Flowers Heavenly Immortal, there shouldn't be no movement at all when coming in directly, right!

"You mean those guards?"

Chen Jiuge lightly snapped his fingers, two Shadow Demons emerged from behind the two, and black hands gently stroked their necks.

"Is everything fine now?"

"Everything's... fine now!" Old Zuo said, looking ashen.

This is too exaggerated; it hasn't been that long, and the little guy who used to be squashed with a slap can now easily decide life and death for the two of us!

"So where's the safe place you mentioned earlier?" Chen Jiuge continued to ask.

"Sigh, it's the treasure vault!"

"The treasure vault of the City of Exploration and the sect's treasure vault are actually connected. Although something seems wrong lately, its defenses are still strong enough to repel attacks from Golden Immortals!"

"To think there was such a hidden detail, interesting, take me to see!" Chen Jiuge said, curious and suspicious.

As for why the treasure vault's defenses have weakened recently, it's understandable. It should be that actions from the Reincarnation Sacred Land against the Five Elements Sect have begun, though the speed is somewhat beyond Chen Jiuge's expectations, it's simply too fast!

However much of a True Realm major sect the Five Elements Sect is, it can't be completely defenseless even against the strongest sacred lands, right!

But what does it have to do with me? The Golden Desert can only be exited now, not entered, and all those Golden Immortals are gone, so I have nothing to worry about. Just go for it!

...... 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

The low doorframe barely surpassed Chen Jiuge's head, and the pillars on both sides were slightly yellowed.

"Crack"

Old Zuo, looking at the handle broken off in his hand, awkwardly glanced at Chen Jiuge, saying, "It must've been too long since anyone's been here, it's somewhat eroded!"

Chen Jiuge was speechless; this is a treasure vault of a city, connected to the sect's vault, and its main door could erode!

"Squeak"

The dilapidated door was kicked open angrily by Old Zuo, revealing a pitch-black passageway.

"You first! You last!"

Chen Jiuge pointed at the two with a frown, this passageway seemed easy to trap someone, better be careful.

Old Zuo and Old You showed no sign of resistance; their cultivation was inferior to Chen Jiuge's, so such a small request couldn't be refused.

Stepping into the passageway, Chen Jiuge quietly released his two highest cultivated Shadow Demons, secretly letting them infiltrate the shadows of the two; as soon as they had any bad intentions, the Shadow Demons in their shadows would surely teach them a lesson.

"Clack, clack, clack"

The light footfalls echoed continuously through the passageway; after walking for an unbeknownst time, Chen Jiuge suddenly felt a light ahead.

Blue Spiritual Fish swam through the black darkness, their finely layered scales occasionally reflecting starlight, radiating silver rays that caused some to squint.

"This?" Chen Jiuge looked incredulously at the two; it's just a City of Exploration, how could there be such a level of treasure vault!

All these Spiritual Fish were transformed by the spiritual energy from treasures, and any treasure that could create spiritual fish at least reaches Heavenly Immortal level, possibly even elite among Heavenly Immortals!

Why were there so many here just for a City of Exploration's treasures?

Old Zuo said defiantly, "Don't you think the Golden Desert only has some cultivation resources?"

"What do you mean?" Chen Jiuge asked confused, wasn't it so?

All he'd seen in the Golden Desert were those things, occasional Immortal Elixirs, Immortal Trees, rare minerals.

Old You interjected, "The Golden Desert, no, all exploration zones, the most important and precious resources are only two types!"

"Heaven and Earth Holy Weapons and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Roots!"

Casually grabbing a Spiritual Fish, lightly squeezing it, it shattered, its scattered fragments slowly piecing together into a Three-pointed Two-edged Spear!

"This is a Heaven and Earth Holy Weapon, named Heavenly Fire Liu Ruo; though its current strength may not match those Dao Artifacts born by Golden Immortals, once it's recognized by the master and warmed with essence blood!"

"Within a hundred years its quality could rival those ordinary Golden Immortals' lifebound Immortal Treasures!"

"This is just an average Holy Weapon in the vault, the strongest ones are even more powerful, and those precious Heaven and Earth Spiritual Roots— they're the fundamental foundation for cultivating strength, these treasures are immeasurable!"

"Since that's the case, why doesn't the sect just take them away? Instead of leaving them here?" Chen Jiuge asked puzzled.

Old Zuo sneered, "Take away? For whom? The sect doesn't have only one Daluo; each Daluo has their own clansmen, their own forces, these things are stored until they reach a certain quantity, then those Supreme Elders distribute them!"

"If the City Lord hadn't left suddenly this time, if not for a special reason allowing us brothers to open the vault, even if you found it, you couldn't open it; at least while not connected to the True Realm, even risking Heavenly Punishment couldn't open it!"

"So that's the way, I seem to have come at a good time!" Chen Jiuge grasped a Spiritual Fish, watching it continuously transform in his hand, finally turning into an Immortal Fruit filled with spiritual power, and couldn't help but smile.

What he was missing most now were enough subordinates; as great as Spiritual Beasts are, they're only used for charging the first wave, not for managing cities, right!

Taking a deep breath, Chen Jiuge's eyes burned hotly, "How to move them?"

"No way!"

"Hmm?" Chen Jiuge's eyes showed impatience, don't tell me you've developed a conscience now!

Old Zuo chuckled bitterly, "It's not 'no way,' but 'can't be moved,' these are treasures reserved by the Supreme Elders; even if they can't get in due to Heavenly Dao, some methods can still send them in."

"If someone without the imprint tries to take the treasures, the vault will explode, the entire Thirteen City will fly into the sky!"

"You can only look, not take!"

"That's not entirely true, taking a small amount is possible, but we need to act," Old Zuo explained.

Looking deeply at the two, Chen Jiuge didn't know if this was self-preservation or truth, but since the depths of the vault really had a strong force, he didn't ask much more.

"Let's go, after we're out, you'll serve as my guards, write down all the treasures from the vault, I'll have you fetch them when the time comes!" Chen Jiuge said lightly.

Old Zuo and Old You exchanged glances, feeling relieved, their lives spared at last.

When the three reappeared, the Thirteen City was already claimed by Kai Ming, and Mo Ming was already setting up the Ten Thousand City Sky Lock Array; surprising Chen Jiuge, not all the city's Heavenly Immortals had died.

Zi Zhengxin raised a face missing one eye, full of blood and dirt, staring hard at Chen Jiuge with his remaining eye, "How dare you betray the sect, do you know the consequences?"

"A member of the Zi family?" Chen Jiuge looked at the apparent sun, moon, and star emblem on the purple robe, showing a hint of surprise.

"Odd, the Zi family sent their members to the City of Exploration?"

The most important resources were monopolized by Daluo; although the Zi family had Daluo, the remaining resources were precious, but the Golden Desert was too remote, affecting cultivation speed slightly, family disciples wouldn't come here.

"Traitor! Those from the lower realm are no good, all traitorous scum!" Zi Zhengxin said coldly.

Chen Jiuge shook his head slightly, placing his hand on Zi Zhengxin's head, saying softly "Turns out you know nothing, seems you've been abandoned!"

"Then farewell!"

"Boom"

Watching the head burst open like a watermelon, Old Zuo and Old You behind, bowed low, shuddered; too brutal, this is the Zi family, this is a Three Flowers Heavenly Immortal!

With Divine Soul extinguished, True Spirit fallen, there's no chance for reincarnation!