"Is there anything else?"

Xiao Mu looked at Zhao Yan in confusion.

"These beads are nice, they might have other uses, let's keep them for now."

Zhao Yan said, reaching out to unfasten the black beads from the door.

"..."

Xiao Mu was left speechless after a glance at Wang Tong.

It seemed Wang Tong had thought of something and suddenly defended himself, "I didn't encourage this behavior."

"You guys, come help."

Zhao Yan called out. There were too many black beads on the door, she wouldn't be able to get them all off by herself in such a short time.

Xiao Mu and Wang Tong reluctantly went to help unfasten the black beads.

In no time at all, the trio had removed all of the black beads.

"These black beads, if kept handy, will surely come in useful later."

Zhao Yan spoke as she carefully packed up the black beads, then casually handed them over to Xiao Mu, "Hold on to these for me."

Xiao Mu casually put the black beads into the Earth Seal Space.

"Can we break the door now?"

"We can."

With Zhao Yan's permission, she took the initiative to release two lightning blades which struck the door.

Xiao Mu and Wang Tong joined in.

Some time later...

Boom!

The black door shattered, revealing the treasure vault behind it.

"This is…"

"Haha!"

The items within the treasure vault brought the trio unspeakable joy.

"This is the Energy Fruit, quickly grab it, quickly..."

"What else, the secret manuals, there must be at least a dozen of them? Put them all away."

"One, two..."

Zhao Yan held the Energy Fruit in her hand, still counting.

The Energy Fruits were displayed on a shelf, emitting an enticing aroma.

Upon seeing these Energy Fruits, the trio immediately started salivating.

"Crunch!"

Impatiently, Wang Tong took one and started munching.

"Idiot!"

Exasperated, Zhao Yan slapped Wang Tong, "Is this the time to eat?"

They had to hurry and gather the treasures before Lan returned.

"Hehe!"

Despite being slapped, Wang Tong just chuckled awkwardly. He popped the remaining Energy Fruit into his mouth—a mouthful indeed—and helped gather the fruits while munching, taking them off the shelf.

"There's no time to count."

Xiao Mu accepted the Energy Fruit and quickly placed them into the Earth Seal Space.

There seemed to be a total of about a dozen or so Energy Fruits—time was of the essence, there was indeed no time for counting.

Next were the secret manuals.

They were on another shelf.

"Vajra Invincibility Technique!"

"Thunder Sword Technique!"

"Mu, this is your Taoist 'Taichi Thunder Gang Diagram'. It seems to be some close-quarter combat cultivation technique. Isn't it strange that Taoism also has close-quarter techniques?"

"There's no time to look through them all, pick them all up, pick them all up."

Xiao Mu directed loudly, grabbing the secret manuals and putting them into the Earth Seal Space without even sparing them a glance.

There were quite a few secret manuals, about the same quantity as the Energy Fruits.

"How strange!"

As Wang Tong helped gather the items, he muttered, "It was like this in the corpse general's lair, and it's like this in the curse ghost's lair."

"Why do these powerful creatures like to hoard things instead of using them for themselves?"

"Whether it's the Energy Fruit or the martial arts secret scripts, consuming them should definitely enhance their abilities, right? Why don't they consume them right away? Instead, they store them, giving us the advantage."

Although Xiao Mu didn't know why either, he casually explained, "There must be a reason why they don't consume them. Perhaps, for them, consuming these things won't increase their Realm."

Zhao Yan suddenly added, "Perhaps at their level, cultivation begins to encounter a bottleneck. Before breaking through, continued consumption becomes meaningless."

"These treasures, I believe, could be stored by them possibly with the intention of improving their cultivation after their breakthrough."

"Makes sense!"

Xiao Mu and Wang Tong were shocked and voiced their agreement simultaneously.

"Are these treasure fragments?"

Next, the three of them turned their gaze to the objects laid out on another shelf.

There weren't many items, just three in total. One of them was a small rusted iron piece.

Another was a fragment of cloth, seemingly a relic of some kind of flag.

And then there was a fragment of a gourd.

All three things exuded a faint aura of spirituality. Clearly, these were certain fragments of treasures.

"Take them all."

Xiao Mu picked them up without hesitation, not even taking the time to inspect them, and directly placed them all into the Earth Seal Space.

"This is…"

The shelf had four tiers in total, and the last tier left was at the bottom.

The items placed on this tier were probably not the most important ones.

Zhao Yan wasn't quite sure what it was, so she picked up an object with a puzzled look.

"This is a piece of spiritual metal."

Xiao Mu recognized what it was with one glance, his eyes lighting up. "Take all of them."

"What's the use of spiritual metal?"

Zhao Yan asked in surprise.

"It can be used for crafting all sorts of treasures."

Xiao Mu explained casually.

As he spoke, he picked up the spiritual metal and once again put it into Earth Seal Space.

"That should be everything, right?"

After cleaning up, Xiao Mu and the rest cast a glance around the empty room.

Indeed, they had completely emptied the room.

Even though Lan was a Curse Ghost, it wasn't likely for him to own too many treasures.

Possessing more than a dozen energy fruits, dozens of martial arts secret scripts, three treasure fragments, and a set of spiritual metal was already quite astonishing.

After all, Lan was at most just a Curse Ghost.

"Wait!"

Zhao Yan stared at the shelf that held the treasures. When she used her Detective Eyes, her eyes glowed with such brilliance that an illusion appeared, and the once merely visible shelf started to emit a faint light.

"This shelf is also a treasure. It was probably crafted from special materials to prevent the items placed on it from spoiling."

Xiao Mu walked over to take a closer look.

He, with his Spiritual Eye, quickly discovered the anomaly.

He nodded in agreement, "Indeed, it's quite a treasure. Unfortunately, it's too big to fit into my space. "

Xiao Mu felt regretful.

The shelf indeed was too large. His Earth Seal Space was only one cubic meter, and it couldn't accommodate this shelf.

Moreover, carrying such a large item would make it burdensome and obvious, making it easy for others to catch up.

"Smash it."

As Zhao Yan advised, she casually picked up a stone and threw it fiercely at the shelf.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The shelf was quickly smashed into pieces.

Xiao Mu couldn't bear to watch.

After not seeing her for a few days, his girlfriend had suddenly turned into a bandit and she wasn't even letting a shelf go. Despite it being smashed to pieces, she still wanted to keep it.

When he gets the chance, he is definitely going to have a word with Wang Tong.

"Mu, take this."

Zhao Yan handed the broken pieces of the shelf to Xiao Mu as she spoke.

"Treasure."

Xiao Mu, grinning ruefully, accepted the fragments, "I'm afraid it's not of much use now after you smashed it."

Zhao Yan seemed unfazed and shot Xiao Mu a look, "Even though the shelf is damaged, the material it's made of is still valuable. We can still sell it for a good price."

"Besides, you burn through all the money so quickly. If I don't find a way to earn more, will our home be able to continue running?"

Xiao Mu was left speechless, conceding, "Well, you're right!"

He then asked Wang Tong to join him and Zhao Yan in collecting the remnants of the shelf.

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