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Nighttime, moonlight like water.
In the Wuhun branch hall of Eternal Night City, under Hu Liena's lead.
Lin Ye and the members of the Barbaric Bear Soul Hunting Group followed Hu Liena from the main hall of the branch hall all the way to the treasure vault located in its deepest part.
As the place where treasures of the Wuhun branch hall had been stored for many years, this vault was sealed by a thick door and guarded by powerful soul masters.
Even for the hall masters of each generation, to enter the vault, a meeting had to be convened, and approval from more than seventy percent of the senior deacons was required to obtain a permit for entry.
However, Hu Liena, as an envoy from the main hall and the current saintess of the Wuhun Hall, was fulfilling a prior promise to reward the soul hunting group that had assisted in eliminating the evil soul masters.
Under such justifiable circumstances, she easily obtained the approval of almost all high-ranking members of the branch hall and received the permit to enter the vault.
"This is the permit, open the door!"
Standing in front of the vault door, Hu Liena presented the permit. After the guarding soul masters checked and confirmed its authenticity, they immediately took out the key to open the door.
"Rumble!"
Accompanied by a heavy sound, the vault door was opened with a loud noise.
Once the door was open, the illumination soul tools inside the vault automatically lit up.
"Alright, you can go in now. In the vault, you may choose any treasure, but be careful, do not take more than one. On each treasure inside, we Wuhun Hall have placed specific soul power marks. If you take more than allowed, we can easily find out."
Standing at the vault door, Hu Liena turned to Lin Ye and the Barbaric Bear Soul Hunting Group and spoke with a slight tone of warning.
"Rest assured, Envoy Hu Liena. Our Barbaric Bear Soul Hunting Group has always been righteous and upright. Since we said we would only take one treasure, we will definitely only take one. We won't take more!"
In response to Hu Liena's warning, Shi Yue smiled, confidently patting his chest.
"Yes! The boss is right!"
The rest of the Barbaric Bear Soul Hunting Group echoed in agreement.
"I was just reminding you; I meant nothing else."
At the soul hunting group's promise, Hu Liena's charming face showed a faint smile, then said, "Please go in!"
Hearing Hu Liena's words, the Barbaric Bear Soul Hunting Group slowly entered the vault.
...
The vault of the Wuhun branch hall in Eternal Night City was exceptionally spacious.
Upon entering, one's eyes were met with towering shelves displaying various treasures.
Lin Ye quickly scanned the area and saw there were about nine shelves in the vault.
On the side of each shelf, different labels were attached, which read: Books, Medicinal Materials, Soul Master Materials, Special Metals, Soul Tools...
After a brief observation, Lin Ye quickly decided on the treasure he wanted: special metals!
In truth, there were only two types of treasures Lin Ye was interested in: medicinal materials and special metals.
However, with Tangyuan, the treasure-hunting mouse, around, Lin Ye was never short of medicinal materials if he desired them. Thus, he ultimately chose special metals.
After breaking through level twenty, Lin Ye had obtained a new external soul bone symbiotic battle armor. However, the symbiotic battle armor had yet to copy or devour anything.
Lin Ye had already decided that the symbiotic battle armor's copying target would be a bird-type soul beast with extreme speed.
Although he had the Phoenix Dance Six Illusions footwork, during this trip to the Eternal Night Forest, Lin Ye realized that having a pair of wings for flying would still be much more convenient.
As for the symbiotic battle armor's devouring target, Lin Ye wanted the hardest metal.
If the symbiotic battle armor could devour an exceptionally hard metal, under the devouring simulation ability, it would undoubtedly be equivalent to Lin Ye gaining an incomparably solid set of armor.
Lin Ye already possessed the Nine Spirit Immortal Tang Wuhun and the Xuanyuan Sword Wuhun.
The Nine Spirit Immortal Tang Wuhun granted Lin Ye the strongest recovery and support abilities, while the Xuanyuan Sword Wuhun gave him the strongest attack power. In addition, the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique endowed him with the greatest strength. Now, what Lin Ye lacked was a strong defense.
If Lin Ye could also make up for his defense, then he would have virtually no weaknesses!
Walking to the shelf with special metals, Lin Ye saw various metals in different colors: gold, black, red, and even white...
For selecting the special metal, Lin Ye used the simplest method.
He took out a dagger from his jade pendant and applied the same level of force to scratch each piece of metal. Whichever metal had the smallest scratch, or no scratch at all, would be his choice!
After testing the metals on the shelf with the dagger, Lin Ye finally narrowed it down to three pieces of metal. These three metals had the smallest scratches.
The first piece was silver-white, labeled Starfall Iron, presumably obtained from meteors falling from the sky.
The second piece was black, with a metallic luster but a rough, stone-like texture to the touch. Its origin was unmarked and labeled as unknown source. However, Lin Ye noticed that this metal was extremely heavy.
The third piece was crimson, labeled Earth Core Iron Mother, a naturally formed iron essence nurtured in underground iron veins. Due to the pressure of the earth's core, it was exceptionally dense and extremely heavy.
Staring at the three selected metals, Lin Ye fell into deep thought.
Which one should he choose?
In terms of hardness, all three metals were about the same. However, in terms of weight, the Earth Core Iron Mother was the heaviest, followed by the mysterious black iron stone, and the Starfall Iron was the lightest.
Of course, all three metals were far heavier than ordinary metals.
After a difficult decision, Lin Ye finally made his choice: the second piece of metal!
Although the hardness of the three metals was similar, the first and third metals were too different in color from the symbiotic battle armor.
Even though it was possible that after devouring, the simulated appearance would still be black, Lin Ye still felt that black metal was more suitable.
After selecting the metal, Lin Ye picked up the mysterious black iron stone and walked toward the vault's exit.
When Lin Ye exited, Shi Yue and the others were already waiting outside.
"Lin Ye, how about it? What did you choose?"
Seeing Lin Ye come out, He Feng grinned and asked.
"Nothing much, just a piece of metal."
Lin Ye casually waved the black metal stone in his hand.
"What do you need that for? To forge a weapon?"
Seeing the metal stone, He Feng was puzzled.
"I have my uses. What did you all choose?"
Lin Ye smiled faintly and asked.
"Heh, Luo An and I both chose storage soul tools, Xie Lin picked a dagger, Su Ying chose an inner-worn soft armor, and as for the boss, he chose a medicinal herb."
He Feng grinned and answered.
"Alright, since we've all chosen, can we leave now? Let's go have a drink later!"
Shi Yue said cheerfully while looking at Hu Liena.
"You all may leave, but Lin Ye must stay. I have something to discuss with him."
Hearing Shi Yue's words, Hu Liena spoke up.
"Lin Ye needs to stay?"
At Hu Liena's words, everyone's expressions turned strange.
"Heh heh, we understand. Then, Envoy, we'll leave Lin Ye in your care tonight."
Han Feng winked at Lin Ye, grinning mischievously as he dragged Shi Yue away.
"Let's go, boss. Let's not disturb Lin Ye!"
Watching the Barbaric Bear Soul Hunting Group leave, Lin Ye frowned slightly and looked at Hu Liena.
What do you want with me?
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