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"Do you have any other questions you'd like to ask?"
"You jest, sir. We shouldn't know too much about the Shui Clan's affairs. I can't afford that price," Xu Mo remained sensible.
The Xuanming Sect was just a subsidiary sect of the Shui Clan. Inquiring too deeply wouldn't be appropriate.
As Shui Wuya, representing the emerging Shui Clan, had only interacted with them at the Xuanming Sect, he didn't need to ask too much. Whatever he needed to know, Shui Wuya would naturally disclose.
"If sir has finished eating, shall we depart now?"
"Alright, let's go see," Shui Wuya was genuinely curious about the inventory in the Xuanming Sect's treasury.
"Master?" Han Feng inquired, "It's getting late. Shouldn't we..."
Upon hearing Han Feng's inquiry, the elder immediately understood what Han Feng wanted to say. "We have prepared accommodations for Master and you."
"Within the sect, you can rest assured of Master's safety. I can show you to your room now." The elder smiled.
"No need, I'll stay with Master," Shui Wuya said nothing, knowing that Han Feng wouldn't leave his side.
"Let's go then. We'll visit the treasury as you mentioned," Shui Wuya rose, and Xu Mo promptly led the way.
The Xuanming Sect's treasury was built underground, with its entrance located at the deepest point, heavily guarded.
Upon arriving, Shui Wuya saw a five-story wooden building towering before him.
The eaves outlined the appearance of a Xuanwu, and the door was intricately carved. There were no guards visible on the road, but a faint glimmer shimmered on the walls in the distance.
"Sir, within our Xuanming Sect's treasury lie treasures collected over many years, as well as rewards from the Shui Clan. Despite this building's height, the actual treasury is beneath it," Xu Mo explained, opening the wooden door.
The elder stood tactfully at the doorway, not entering.
Shui Wuya followed Xu Mo inside, with Han Feng trailing behind.
The elder did not intervene, nor did he dare to. Even if Shui Wuya was just a servant, he still hailed from the Shui Clan and was stronger than him.
"Master... What if he really wants everything? Are we really going to give it all?" The elder watched as Shui Wuya descended into the underground, feeling anxious.
Although every emergence of the Shui Clan had been grand, who could guarantee that this time would maintain the former glory?
The Xuanming Sect had received the Shui Clan's favor many times in history, but compared to the other two families, their contact with the Shui Clan was relatively sparse.
Information about the Shui Clan within the Xuanming Sect was also scarce.
The first floor of the wooden building.
The atmosphere here wasn't damp and cold, indicating the sect's meticulous protection of this place.
The lighting on both sides was also modern, using the most advanced soul-guided lighting devices. Every step they took, the corridor ahead would light up.
About fifty meters ahead, Xu Mo opened a door and illuminated the area.
What appeared before Shui Wuya was a spiral staircase leading further down.
"Sir, the corridor we just walked through is fifty-seven meters long, with five doors on each side, containing various herbs, pills, ordinary weapons, and antiques," Xu Mo explained as he walked into the room, bypassing the staircase and heading towards the back wall.
Shui Wuya heard the sound of mechanisms moving.
There were more protective mechanisms on the lower floor.
However, upon entering this room, he sensed an extreme coldness.
"Han Feng, do you feel anything?" Shui Wuya turned to ask Han Feng behind him.
"Master, I feel an extreme coldness in this room."
"It's the aura of the Ice God," the voices of Ice Emperor and Octagon simultaneously appeared in Shui Wuya's mind.
Appearing simultaneously was also the confused voice of the Dream Ice Silkworm, "What aura of the Ice God?"
Water Wuya and the two spirits in his mind ignored the Dream Ice Silkworm.
The Ice God... It seemed that there was something related to Shui Bing'er in this room.
Shui Wuya's gaze searched the room.
The room wasn't large, and everything inside was basically visible. Aside from the staircase leading downward, there was nothing else.
But with so many people feeling the same aura, there couldn't be any mistake.
"Sir, shall we go down?" Xu Mo, seeing Water Wuya standing still, was puzzled.
"Wait a moment, Master Xu. Did you put anything in this room, like mechanisms...?" Water Wuya asked Xu Mo directly when he couldn't find anything in the room.
As the head of the Xuanming Sect, Xu Mo would surely know about this.
"The things here?" Xu Mo was taken aback. He hadn't placed anything in this room.
"Oh, I remember now. Because it's underground, the head of the Shui Clan gave us an ice sphere back then, which could continuously output energy to maintain illumination," Xu Mo said.
"After we changed the lighting method, this ice sphere was considered useless and was placed in the mechanism." Xu Mo walked to the mechanism he operated and opened a small square hole, taking out a small, chilly bead from inside.
"Is this what Master means?" Xu Mo walked to Shui Wuya with the bead in hand. "Because this bead has been emitting a faint coldness outward, we use it as a hidden weapon. If an outsider comes here, we can freeze the enemy with this ice bead."
Water Wuya reached out for the bead, hearing the affirmative voices of Ice Emperor and Octagon simultaneously, he nodded.
"I won't look at the lower treasury for now. This ice bead is quite interesting; I'll study it."
Xu Mo was stunned. This ice bead wasn't valuable at all. The only special thing about it was that it came from the Shui Clan. Why was Water Wuya so interested in this bead?
Could it be that this ice bead had some other use they didn't know about? But if it was really precious, why would the Shui Clan casually hand it over as a lighting object?
Unable to understand, unable to understand.
Xu Mo felt a little overwhelmed. Well, the thoughts of important figures were not something he could fathom. Maybe Shui Wuya was just interested because he saw that this thing came from the Shui Clan?
Xu Mo resealed the passage leading downwards and returned to the surface with Shui Wuya and Han Feng.
"Master, have you finished choosing?" The elder asked quietly as he saw the three of them come out, leaning close to Xu Mo's ear.
Xu Mo shook his head, making the elder's expression grim.
(End of the chapter)