Outside the treasury, Shen Chaoyue walked out of the palace doors holding the Sumeru Cocoon.
Huang Siqi laughed heartily, casting a smug glance at Nan Mingzi.
Just now, he had listened to Nan Mingzi go on and on, endlessly boasting about Baize. Now, seeing his own personal disciple successfully contract a Spiritual Treasure, he felt immensely gratified, finally getting a chance to hold his head high.
The other elders nearby took the opportunity to praise Shen Chaoyue.
After all, a Spiritual Treasure was something that depended not only on talent but also on fate.
Bai Buzheng smiled and said, “Chaoyue is indeed worthy of being the Sect Master's personal disciple.”
Zhao Huai'an, standing beside him, chimed in, “With such outstanding natural talent and obtaining such a supreme treasure, she truly has the heavens on her side.”
Nan Mingzi nudged Huang Siqi with his elbow and said excitedly, “Did you see that? Did you see that? Your disciple contracted a Spiritual Treasure. The strength of our Heavenly Origin Sect is going to shoot up again.”
Huang Siqi feigned humility and smiled faintly. “It is all because the child worked hard herself. How can she compare to Martial Nephew Lin, who possesses a divine beast?”
Hearing this, Nan Mingzi nodded and sighed with a touch of regret, “What a pity. If only Martial Niece Shen could stay a bit longer, she could have helped Lin Yi and Lin Yue analyze things.”
Just as he finished speaking, a majestic, exceptionally dazzling red light suddenly shot up into the sky from above the treasury.
The eyes of several people widened instantly.
Bai Buzheng's voice even cracked slightly. “O-Old Man Nan, what on earth did your disciple contract?”
Nan Mingzi stared at the soaring red light, his face full of shock and suspicion. “Hard to say. Judging by this momentum, could it be an ancient Spiritual Treasure?”
Zhao Huai'an blurted out, “We actually have an ancient Spiritual Treasure in our treasury?”
Everyone around him turned to look at him in unison. Was that the main point right now?
Ning He cast a side glance at Nan Mingzi. “You truly struck gold by taking in this disciple.”
Xuanweizi nodded and smiled. “Lin Yi was already a rare genius, but who knew his luck would be so profound as well? Nan Mingzi, you must nurture him well.”
Sitting on top of Nan Mingzi's head, Baize tilted its head slightly, secretly puzzled: It is clearly my master who is contracting the treasure, so why is everyone discussing my master's senior brother?
A trace of disappointment first flashed through Huang Siqi's heart, but in the next instant, he was beaming with joy.
They had truly struck gold this time. For the Heavenly Origin Sect to gain such a powerful disciple was simply a blessing for the sect!
Shen Chaoyue stared at the red light, her fingertips unconsciously tightening around the Sumeru Cocoon.
To snatch this Spiritual Treasure, she had not hesitated to cast aside her dignity as a senior sister to fight with a newly joined disciple, utterly throwing away her respectability.
Who would have thought that the Lin siblings would actually find an even superior treasure and successfully contract it?
A wave of embarrassment washed over her heart; she felt like a complete joke.
Suppressing her chaotic thoughts, she barely managed to maintain her composure, bowed slightly to Huang Siqi to take her leave, and turned to depart in a hurry.
Inside the treasury, the red light slowly dissipated.
Su Ye was still covering his eyes tightly, howling, “Junior Sister, where are you?! I think I'm blind!”
“It's over, it's over, I can't see anything!”
Xue Mingzhao was utterly speechless at his ghost-like wailing and reached out to slap his hands away.
Opening his eyes, Su Ye first saw Xue Mingzhao standing before him completely unharmed. Then, his gaze landed on the Heaven-Burning Bead in his junior sister's hand, and he immediately clamored with excitement, “Junior Sister! We really are biological siblings born of different parents! The spiritual tool I contracted is also a bead!”
Xue Mingzhao asked, “What kind of bead is yours?”
Su Ye scratched his head. “I'm not too sure either. The thing was covered with a cloth, and its spiritual glow was insanely fierce. I tried to contract it, and actually succeeded.”
Xue Mingzhao followed up, “Was there an annotation written on the glazed treasure case containing it?”
“Its rank is too high; I couldn't see anything at all,” Su Ye said.
Xue Mingzhao raised an eyebrow. “You couldn't see it?”
“Yeah, you can only see a portion of the annotations for the treasures in the treasury.” Su Ye speculated with a serious face, “Maybe the Heavenly Origin Sect is trying to warn us not to covet treasures we can't handle.”
Xue Mingzhao was puzzled. She could read the annotations of all the treasures, so why couldn't her senior brother see them?
What about Shen Chaoyue? Could she see them?
Seeing that there wasn't much time left, the two prepared to leave.
Suddenly, the Chaos Spiritual Root cried out anxiously, “Don't leave!”
Xue Mingzhao paused in her tracks. “What's wrong?”
“Go to the right!” The Chaos Spiritual Root's voice was filled with excitement.
Xue Mingzhao was surprised. This was the very first time she had seen the Chaos Spiritual Root so worked up.
Without asking any further questions, she walked in the direction it guided her.
Su Ye was completely baffled. Although he didn't understand why his little junior sister wasn't leaving even though she had already contracted a treasure, he still obediently followed close behind her.
After only a few steps, a dusty grey stone caught Xue Mingzhao's eye.
The Chaos Spiritual Root shouted excitedly, “That's it!”
Xue Mingzhao bent down to pick up the stone, turning it over and over to examine it, but she couldn't see anything special about it at all.
The Chaos Spiritual Root was overjoyed. “Xiao Cang was right, items of the same origin have a natural resonance with each other! I can clearly sense that it shares the same origin as me!”
Xue Mingzhao's hand tossing the stone suddenly froze. The Chaos Spiritual Root was born at the dawn of heaven and earth. Anything that could appear in the world alongside it was bound to be an earth-shattering supreme treasure.
She immediately wanted to take the stone with her, but the rule of the treasury suddenly popped into her head—each person could only take one treasure.
She had already contracted the Heaven-Burning Bead. If she took this stone as well, it would be a second item.
Seeing her standing frozen in place, Su Ye couldn't help but ask, “Junior Sister, could this stone actually have some great origin?”
Xue Mingzhao pondered for a moment before speaking, “Senior Brother, this stone... is very pretty. I want to take it with me.
“But the treasury has a rule that each person can only take one treasure. I've already contracted the Heaven-Burning Bead, so this stone...”
There was no need to spell it out. Su Ye immediately understood her meaning, but his face was still filled with doubt. “Can this dusty grey stone even be considered a treasure?
“I saw it lying on the ground and thought it was just some waste material someone tossed aside.”
Xue Mingzhao scanned the surroundings and felt that her senior brother made a lot of sense.
Every other item in the treasury was placed inside a glazed treasure case.
Only this grey stone lay lonely on the ground, not even worthy of a box, looking completely ordinary.
“Maybe it really is just some scrap someone dropped,” Xue Mingzhao muttered under her breath. She directly slipped the stone into her storage bag and then walked out of the treasury together with Su Ye.
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