Chapter 523 - 522: Moving Straight Into the Qin Mansion Treasury and Not Leaving
「Inside the Qin Manor」
Qin Wudao lay weakly on his bed, his eyes empty. After he was brought back, the Qin Family had used their best treatments on him, feeding him all sorts of top-tier Elixirs...
His body had recovered somewhat, but his Cultivation... was completely gone.
The once-celebrated prodigy of the Capital City had now become a cripple.
Suddenly, a faint sound echoed in the room:
"BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ..."
Qin Wudao jolted at the sound, frantically scanning the room, but he couldn’t find any trace of a mosquito.
Then, he saw the pen on his desk... begin to move on its own.
"Kid, you haven’t forgotten your deal with Lord Mosquito, have you?"
Staring at the crooked words on his desk, Qin Wudao gritted his teeth and nodded.
"I... of course, I remember."
"But... I can’t give you all the treasures from the Qin Family treasury right now..."
To save his own life, Qin Wudao had instinctively played his biggest bargaining chip, but now...
Before he could finish, the pen on the desk started moving again.
"Enough nonsense. You just need to get me to the treasury and run interference for me."
"Otherwise..."
The word was barely finished when Qin Wudao felt a searing pain erupt from within, as if he were being burned alive. He collapsed to the floor in agony... It was Chu Sheng, who had just slightly activated the Divine Dao True Flame!
"AHHH!"
Qin Wudao screamed in pain, crying out, "I’ll do it! Stop, please stop!"
The pain stopped, and Qin Wudao gasped for air, panting heavily.
He still couldn’t figure out where Chu Sheng was.
And on the desk, a few more words appeared:
"Let’s go. Now!"
Qin Wudao caught his breath, gritted his teeth, and walked out of the room, heading for the Qin Family treasury.
In the hair on the back of his head, a black mosquito was perfectly hidden.
...
Qin Wudao dragged his weak, unsteady body into the main luxury villa of the manor. The five-story villa, perched on the mountaintop, was lavishly decorated inside.
Qin Wudao stepped into the villa’s elevator. He didn’t press the button for any of the five floors, but instead pressed and held the lowest button on the panel.
The button had a fingerprint scanner, and it only lit up after recognizing Qin Wudao’s Bloodline. Then, the entire elevator began to plummet downward at high speed!
It fell for a full thousand meters!
This Qin Family treasury wasn’t built inside the mountain, but deep, deep underground!
After several long minutes, the elevator finally slowed to a stop. Qin Wudao stepped out, and Chu Sheng, still hidden, peeked out with one eye to observe their surroundings.
It was a space that resembled an underground palace.
The dome soared dozens of meters high, inlaid with a dense array of luminous pearls that seemed to be arranged in some kind of profound pattern.
The floor appeared to be carved from a single, enormous slab of Obsidian, faintly etched with layers of complex patterns!
These patterns intertwined into a web that covered the floor and walls of the entire underground palace, with a faint Spiritual Light flowing within them.
’Such extravagance! The Top Three Families really live up to their name. This treasury is even more outrageous than the Provincial Government’s vault on Hong Kong Island!’
Chu Sheng clicked his tongue in silent amazement, growing even more excited.
’The bigger and more luxurious the treasury, the more goodies there are inside!’
’But what surprised Chu Sheng the most was that this underground treasury was completely unguarded. Was it because no one could get in besides the direct Qin Family bloodline?’
’No, that’s not right!’
’There’s someone here!’
All of Chu Sheng’s compound eyes focused, locking onto a figure at the entrance of the underground palace.
It was an old man who seemed to have merged with the surroundings! Chu Sheng’s gaze had swept past him just a moment ago without even noticing him!
The old man’s eyes were closed, and he seemed to have stopped breathing altogether, appearing utterly unfathomable.
Qin Wudao dragged his weak body forward until he stood before the old man, bowing respectfully.
"Clan Elder... I wish to enter the underground palace to see if there is any Spirit Medicine that might help my condition."
Only after Qin Wudao had remained bowed for a full ten seconds did the elder open his eyes. His murky gaze swept over Qin Wudao from head to toe before he gave a slight nod.
After bowing again, Qin Wudao walked to the great doors of the underground palace and placed his hand upon them.
RUMBLE... The doors to the underground treasury finally opened. After he stepped inside, the doors slowly closed behind him automatically.
Only then did Chu Sheng dare to fly out from Qin Wudao’s hair and gaze into the treasury’s interior!
Big!
Huge!
Chu Sheng felt as if he had entered a complex of underground palaces. His vision was filled with one splendid hall after another, each one overflowing with dense Spiritual Qi.
Qin Wudao coughed a few times and spoke in a low voice:
"To the left is the Hall of Spiritual Artifacts, to the right is the Hall of Spiritual Plants, and ahead is the Hall of Elixirs... Which one do you want to go to?"
Chu Sheng looked left and right, then buzzed:
"BUZZ BUZZ!" ’Of course I want them all! I’m going to all of them!’
After buzzing, he realized Qin Wudao couldn’t understand him. So, he pulled a tablet out of his Lifebound Space... It was the same one he had swiped from the Military Department base.
He grabbed the tablet and used his Mental Power to write on it:
"I want to go to all of them!"
Qin Wudao was taken aback, his tone becoming urgent.
"No!"
"Even I can’t stay in the underground palace for too long, or the Clan Elder will get suspicious!"
"At most, I can only buy you one hour!"
Of course, Qin Wudao didn’t want Chu Sheng to empty out the Qin Family treasury. He wasn’t stupid. If the treasury was emptied, what would become of him?
Besides, in his heart, he believed the Qin Family treasury was so vast it would be impossible to empty it completely. ’This mosquito can only take a few things at most,’ he reasoned.
He could accept that level of loss.
On the other side, however, Chu Sheng laughed inwardly when he heard Qin Wudao’s words.
’One hour?’
’What a joke!’
’I’m planning on living here for the next month!’
He stopped buzzing and continued to write on the tablet:
"Heh."
"You can just go. In fact, you can leave right now. I’ll stay here by myself."
"If you dare go out and rat me out to your family, your only fate will be..."
"Death."
The single word, written in huge, red letters, filled the entire tablet screen: Death.
"And I always keep my word!"
Qin Wudao’s expression changed, but he nodded. He was completely powerless to resist Chu Sheng right now; he had no choice but to agree.
He fell silent for a moment and was about to leave.
But Chu Sheng suddenly flew onto him again and took a deep drink of his blood.
Chu Sheng didn’t digest this mouthful of blood. Instead, he saved it... just in case he ran into any areas ahead that required the Qin Family Bloodline to open.
Soon, Qin Wudao, with his unsteady gait, walked back out of the great doors of the underground palace.
As he passed the old Clan Elder, he hesitated for a moment but ultimately said nothing and walked on.
’I can’t risk it!’ he thought. ’That mosquito is too bizarre! It’s already done so many impossible things.’
His instincts screamed at him that the mosquito would absolutely make good on its threat. If he snitched, he would die!
For now, all he could do was pray that the treasury’s losses wouldn’t be too great over the next month. ’After all,’ he thought, ’how many Heavenly and Earthly Treasures can one little mosquito really consume?’
...
「Inside the underground palace」
As Qin Wudao left, the doors to the palace rumbled shut once more.
Chu Sheng slowly turned to face the rows of treasure-filled halls.
’For the next month, the all-you-can-eat buffet is officially open.’
