Chapter 1172: Chapter 1172: Golden Immortal Treasury
Shi Hao and Shen Yuexin couldn’t enter, because they had only unlocked the formation of one building, and many others still needed their attention.
To be precise, it was mainly Shi Hao who was busy, while Shen Yuexin could only assist.
She was willingly serving such a master, as she could benefit greatly from it.
Shi Hao spent only half a day to unravel all the formations here.
Initially, the Purple Gold Rat intervened, which shouldn’t have taken so long, but upon reaching the later formations, Shi Hao wanted to test if he could solve them independently, so he didn’t ask the Purple Gold Rat for guidance.
He used the Primordial Scripture, looking at the issues from the perspective of the world’s essence.
Although this is a Mortal Level Primordial Scripture, since most things in the Immortal Realm are at this level, analyzing the subtle changes in a Mortal Level environment can provide very useful references.
Shi Hao also gained profound array knowledge from the Purple Gold Rat, so despite stumbling along, he still unraveled the formations.
This time it wasn’t smooth, but Shen Yuexin wasn’t surprised.
After breaking so many formations, wouldn’t Shi Hao be exhausted?
Her abilities weren’t enough to help Shi Hao think through the problems, so she just stood by his side, waiting for him to sweat from concentrating too hard, then wiped it away with a scented handkerchief.
Shi Hao glanced over and couldn’t help but grimace silently.
Even though he’s an old man now, his charm was still astonishing.
Tsk, he’s not here to chase girls, so please don’t fall for me.
Soon, all the formations were broken.
Shi Hao and Shen Yuexin had the time to enter the building and start searching.
According to their agreement, the Array Master Guild held thirty percent of the profit rights, naturally giving them the right to appraise the goods here, lest the Liu Family swallow it all privately.
Shi Hao searched carefully, looking for any hidden treasure among the obvious jewels.
This is a Treasure Repository, and it’s unknown which faction it belonged to many years ago, but possibly that faction was wiped out suddenly, and all who knew about this Treasure Repository perished, so it remained preserved.
There were many Immortal Elixirs here, but firstly, their quality wasn’t high, and secondly, well over time, most of them had lost their potency and weren’t worth much.
There were also some Immortal Laws, Shi Hao just flipped through them, taking the essence for reference.
The most valuable here was indeed the several Immortal Artifacts found, among which one was even of Golden Level!
This set the Liu Family ablaze.
They acquired Golden Level Immortal Laws and Golden Immortal Artifacts, and given enough time, the Liu Family could become a Golden Immortal level force.
In the Immortal Realm, a difference of one level means worlds apart.
And precisely because of that, the Liu Family’s ancestor glanced at Shi Hao and Shen Yuexin with a brief thought of silencing them.
Golden Level treasures, once leaked, might attract forces of Golden Immortal level.
However, considering the Array Master Guild knew Shi Hao and Shen Yuexin’s whereabouts, if they both “disappeared,” comparing the two pieces of information would lead anyone to guess that the Liu Family must have had a huge discovery leading to their potential silencing.
That would also bring big trouble to the Liu Family.
Therefore, having Shi Hao and Shen Yuexin keep their mouths closed themselves is the best approach.
“You both saw the astonishing value of this treasure.” The Liu Family’s ancestor said, “So I ask both of you to keep this secret, otherwise, with more forces knowing, we must pay a portion of the harvest.”
Shen Yuexin nodded; she obviously understood this reasoning.
Shi Hao then looked at the Liu Family ancestor and smiled: “I wonder how Brother Liu plans to distribute these Immortal Artifacts?”
“Naturally, they’re all for my Liu Family.” Before the Liu Family’s ancestor spoke, a middle-aged man jumped out anxiously, “You’re all Formation Masters, the Immortal Artifacts are useless to you. Rest assured, the Liu Family won’t mistreat you, we’ll compensate you plenty with Immortal Stones.”
The Liu Family’s ancestor didn’t rebuke his interruption, as this was what he intended, just inconvenient for him to say outright.
Shi Hao smiled and said, “Oh, I wonder what value these Immortal Artifacts carry?”
“A hundred thousand Immortal Stones.” That middle-aged man immediately said.
This was an ugly display.
A hundred thousand Immortal Stones couldn’t even buy a single Silver Spirit Immortal Artifact, let alone the fact there were five Silver Spirit Immortal Artifacts here, and one Golden Immortal Artifact.
Shi Hao gestured to the middle-aged man: “Step aside for a talk.”
The middle-aged man was unclear, but there was no way he’d be afraid of a Formation Master, so he walked to Shi Hao’s side arrogantly and said, “What do you want to say?”
Now that all the restrictions were open, help from the Array Master Guild wasn’t needed anymore, so there was no need to be cautious.
However, such villainy had to be done by him; the Liu Family’s ancestor couldn’t let his image collapse.
Slap!
Shi Hao’s slap struck, then saw the middle-aged man flipping continuously in the air, blood and broken teeth flying together, before hitting the ground heavily with a thud, rolling precisely to the feet of the Liu Family’s ancestor.
This, a blatant provocation.
The Liu Family’s ancestor raised his eyebrows; to strike right in front of him was as good as slapping his face.
“Master Shi, what is the meaning of this?” he asked in a low voice.
“Do you take me for a fool?” Shi Hao said indifferently, “How about this: I give you all a hundred thousand Immortal Stones, and you give me all these Immortal Artifacts, how about that? By agreement, you take seventy percent; I’ve given you ten thousand directly, quite generous right?”
The Liu Family’s ancestor’s face darkened, wanting to rage but forced to hold back, smiling: “Huan Sheng was just joking, no need to take it seriously. Shortly, we’ll have someone assess how much the discoveries here are worth on the market.”
Shi Hao wanted to speak further, but Shen Yuexin tugged his sleeve, signaling him not to overly anger the Liu Family’s ancestor, otherwise, they might really kill and silence them.
The value of the treasure here was so high, enough to make the Liu Family’s ancestor think about eliminating them and bringing the entire family into hiding.
Shi Hao then smiled and said, “Brother Liu, I’m a bit tired, so I’ll go rest first.”
“Master, please go ahead.” The Liu Family’s ancestor said politely.
Watching Shi Hao and Shen Yuexin leave, the Liu Family’s ancestor fell into hesitation.
Should he silence them?
Seeing the Liu Family’s ancestor’s indecision, an elder quietly left.
Since the ancestor wavered, he would take action.
His name was Liu Xinhuan, the Liu Family’s second-in-command, a two-star Silver Spirit Immortal.
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Shi Hao and Shen Yuexin exited the cave, walking back.
“We can’t take the main road.” Shen Yuexin said, “The value of this treasure exceeds expectations; the Liu Family might silence us to keep it confidential and monopolize the harvest.”
Shi Hao smiled brightly: “No, we should take the main road. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be troublesome if they couldn’t find us?”