Chapter 142 - 113: Pack It All Up, Take It Away, Take It Away
Chapter 142: Chapter 113: Pack It All Up, Take It Away, Take It Away
’The Evergreen Heart Method.’
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Pill Formulas, Mental Methods, Sword Techniques, fragments of Ancient Texts, the Pill Sect’s development logs... Everything was packed up. Take it away, take it away, take it all away!
BAM!
Lame Monkey kicked down a wooden shelf that had been picked clean, then rushed to another collapsed shelf nearby. Like a bandit, he shoved all the Bamboo Scrolls scattered on the ground into a chest.
"Hm?"
He suddenly realized something. He crouched down and felt the material of the shelf. ’This feels like good stuff,’ he thought. ’Later, I’ll have the hired hands pack it all up. Who knows, maybe there’s something valuable hidden inside.’
"Found it!"
Just then—
Nearby, the equally busy Patriarch Wang lifted a painting hanging on the wall. He looked at a token-shaped indentation in the wall behind it, a glint of light flashing in his murky eyes. "Brother Lame Monkey, there’s a secret room here! I knew the Library Pavilion had to have a secret room. That’s where the real treasures are."
...
Lame Monkey gave the old fellow a strange look. ’To put it bluntly, this guy is old enough to be my grandfather. How does "Brother Lame Monkey" roll off his tongue so easily?’
But he didn’t say anything.
He took out the Pill Sect Leader’s Order from his pocket and pressed it into the indentation.
The wall in front of him quickly opened.
A stone staircase leading down into a passageway was revealed. It wasn’t very long. He walked in front, with Patriarch Wang behind him. At the end of the passageway was a basement filled with chests.
At a glance, there were more than a dozen heavy chests.
Lame Monkey pried open the lock on one of the chests. The moment he opened it, the light from countless Ghost Stones instantly illuminated the entire basement.
"Hooo..."
Seeing this, Lame Monkey took a deep breath before turning and shouting up the passageway, "Men, we’ve hit the mother lode!"
He had to admit.
’When it comes to finding secret rooms, Patriarch Wang is the real expert. After all, the guy was once a Patriarch; he must have built a secret room himself.’
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Zhou Mo, holding his Big Saber, strode toward the ruins of a building. A shattered wooden plaque nearby indicated that this building was the "Treasure Pavilion." The collapse here was quite severe, and all the Exotic Treasures were buried under the rubble.
They needed to be dug out of the ruins.
But thankfully, he was now a Level 3 Cultivator, and his physical fitness was much better than before. He rolled up his sleeves and started digging through the rubble.
He began putting the Exotic Treasures into a chest beside him, one by one.
It was exhausting work.
But he didn’t feel tired.
"One Exotic Treasure, two Exotic Treasures... Whoa, a whole chest of Exotic Treasures..."
"Fuck, the Pill Sect was so damn rich!"
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Not long after, dozens of carriages pulled by Skeleton Horses galloped in from the distant plains, quickly stopping at the breach in the Pill Sect’s city walls. An old man in a white robe with an Alchemy Furnace embroidered on his chest led several hundred disciples. He strode up to the Nine-Five Dragon Carriage, looked at Chen Fan sitting atop it, and spoke with a serious expression as he clasped his fist.
"I am the Valley Master of Medicine King Valley, Qi Yishi."
"Greetings, Mortal Realm Lord."
Before he came, he had already heard that the carriage Chen Fan drove was extraordinary. However, the Memory Stone hadn’t reached him yet. When he saw the carriage with his own eyes, he still couldn’t hide the shock in his heart.
It was more than just a class above the carriages behind him.
They weren’t even in the same league.
It looked like a procession from a Holy Land; its presence was far more imposing than his own.
"Valley Master Qi."
Chen Fan jumped down from the Dragon Carriage, looked at the old man before him, clasped his fist, and smiled. "I have long heard that Medicine King Valley is the Pill Cultivation Holy Land of Jiangnan. Seeing you today, and the magnificent bearing of your disciples, I know that your great reputation is well-deserved."
"Domain Lord Chen, you flatter me."
The smile on Valley Master Qi’s face deepened. Of course, he wouldn’t take such pleasantries too seriously, but he had heard from his son that Chen Fan had executed the Young Master of the Pill Sect in front of everyone yesterday and had invaded the Pill Sect itself today.
He had thought Chen Fan would be an extremely tyrannical and difficult person to get along with.
Seeing him today, however... ’He seems quite amiable, not at all like someone who would fly into a rage at a moment’s notice. It looks like the Young Master of the Pill Sect must have really gone too far back then. As long as he isn’t the type to provoke everyone he meets or be wildly unpredictable, he shouldn’t be too hard to deal with.’
"I heard long ago from my son that Domain Lord Chen is a one-in-a-million talent. When you slew the Ghost King during the rainy season to ensure Jiangbei’s safety, I was filled with admiration. Finally meeting you today fulfills a long-held wish of mine."
As the saying goes, flattery begets flattery, and mutual praise lifts everyone higher.
Although such pleasantries held little real value, they helped to establish a good atmosphere for their first meeting.
After a few more exchanges of pleasantries, Chen Fan said, "The Pill Sect’s Medicinal Herb Garden is inside. I’ll have to trouble the disciples of Medicine King Valley with it."
"It’s no trouble, no trouble at all."
Valley Master Qi hurriedly waved his hand, signaling the Grand Elder to lead the disciples into the Pill Sect’s ruins to transplant the medicinal herbs. He then stood next to the Nine-Five Dragon Carriage and continued to chat and laugh cheerfully with Chen Fan in front of all the spectating merchant guilds.
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Before long, Lame Monkey and his men were carrying large chests, one after another, to the Nine-Five Dragon Carriage and shoving them inside.
Standing to the side, Valley Master Qi thought with a hint of jealousy, ’The Pill Sect fell too quickly. None of their foundational resources were used, leaving everything for Chen Fan. Normally, when two powers go to war, by the time one is destroyed, its resources are almost completely exhausted. The victor is usually left with very little.’
’Unless... it was like the Pill Sect.’
’They died so quickly that everything was left to the Mortal Realm.’
’But something isn’t right,’ he soon realized. ’This carriage seems to have infinite space. How can it still hold more after so many chests have been loaded inside?’
"Domain Lord Chen, this carriage of yours..."
"Oh, this carriage is called the Nine-Five Dragon Carriage. There’s more to it than meets the eye. The space inside is a bit larger, so it can hold quite a lot."
"I see."
Valley Master Qi averted his envious gaze from the Nine-Five Dragon Carriage. ’It certainly can hold a lot,’ he thought. ’I’d like to have something like that myself.’ "This... Are there any extra ones for sale?"
"There are no more."
Chen Fan shook his head regretfully. "This is the only one. However, after the rainy season in Jiangnan ends, the Mortal Realm will officially open for trade. There will be an auction, and perhaps there will be items of interest to Medicine King Valley. Would you like to come and see?"
"Of course, I’ll be there."
Valley Master Qi said with a serious expression, "Rest assured, Domain Lord Chen, I will definitely be there to support you."
’Of course I have to go.’
’The Pill Sect had so many treasures suitable for Medicine King Valley. I definitely have to buy some of them back.’
The two of them continued to chat cheerfully.
Qi Chong had already found many day laborers from a nearby city. A vast group of nearly a thousand people spread out among the buildings in the Pill Sect’s ruins, such as the disciple dormitories, and began to loot everything in sight.
Anything that was even slightly valuable was taken away.
The Nine-Five Dragon Carriage had enough space. It could hold it all.
"It’s just a shame about this City Wall."
Chen Fan stood beside the Nine-Five Dragon Carriage, looking at the City Wall in front of him with some regret. The Pill Sect’s small city wasn’t built in a Natural Ghost Fire Zone; rather, it was a territory supported by several Ghost Fires. The core Ghost Fire had already been destroyed.
These City Walls were already starting to fill with cracks. Before long, all the buildings in the city created by Architects would completely fail and crumble.
’Crafting this City Wall must have consumed a lot of Ghost Stones.’
’I thought the Pill Sect would have some kind of anti-air defense, but unfortunately, they had none at all. A few High Level Cultivators launched Martial Arts at the Nine-Five Dragon Carriage in the sky, but they couldn’t reach me. As for the turrets, they had even less of a chance. The Ghost Fire only provides a camp height of 50 meters, and turrets can’t hit enemies outside that perimeter. This incident served as a reminder. I have to figure out a way to get some anti-air defenses. Otherwise, if someone tries this against me in the future, I’ll have no way to fight back.’
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The days of looting were always happy and short-lived.
Especially when looting in ruins.
「Soon.」
The entire ruins of the Pill Sect had been practically dug up three feet deep. All the corpses were chopped into eighteen pieces, gathered together, and set ablaze.
"Domain Lord Chen, this is..." Valley Master Qi was slightly stunned as he looked at the scene.
Chen Fan chuckled. "I’m sending them on their way. It would be a little too cruel to let them become food for Ghost Objects at night."
"Domain Lord Chen is truly benevolent."
Valley Master Qi clasped his fist with an admiring expression to show his respect, but the corner of his mouth couldn’t help but twitch. He knew that the Pill Sect could concoct the Fake Death Pill, but given the circumstances... ’Forget the Fake Death Pill,’ he thought. ’Even the Pill Sect’s most famous Life Reviving Pill couldn’t save them now.’