CHAPTER 96: CHAPTER 96: TREASURE VAULT, INVENTORY OF GAINS

Opened it and took a look.

Yet the text written on the ancient book, he could not understand a single character. It was evidently ancient script, and at the end of the book, there was a map.

The mountain with the red marker on the west side of the ground looked exactly like the Niushou Mountain under his feet.

What mysteries does this map hold?!

The people of the Zhang Family presumably haven’t solved the mystery either, but they occupied Niushou Mountain first anyway.

Even Fu Changsheng couldn’t understand these ancient writings.

He immediately and cautiously sealed the ancient book back in its box, planning to look for books teaching ancient script whenever he had a chance to visit a bigger place in the future.

To prevent any oversight.

Fu Changsheng used his Divine Sense to inspect the entire Scripture Pavilion once more. Finding nothing, he walked towards the Zhang Family’s Storage Room where Molan and Fourth Sister Changli had been waiting for a long time.

"Patriarch, here is the Storage Room key.

Also, I just checked their Spirit Field.

The Zhang Family planted seventy acres of Red Marrow Rice, ten acres of Tier One Middle-Grade Seven-Star Grass, ten acres of Tier One Middle-Grade Snow Cloud Grass, and ten acres of Tier One Low-Grade Cloud Flower. The Red Marrow Rice can be harvested in three months, the Seven-Star Grass and Snow Cloud Grass will take over six months, and the Cloud Flower has just sprouted."

Ninety acres of Spirit Field.

Nearly twice that of their Fu Family.

This, alone, vastly increased the Fu Family’s foundation.

Additionally.

There was also a Tier One High-Grade Spirit Vein at Niushou Mountain, and the Zhang Family had also opened three Spiritual Spring Wells:

Paused for a moment.

Fu Changli looked excitedly at the seven- to eight-zhang high stone gate:

"I wonder how many treasures are in the Zhang Family’s Storage Room?"

Fu Changli’s face turned red with excitement.

Fu Changsheng also had some anticipation.

However, thinking of Zhang Huanzhi’s continuous bounty on assassins, coupled with the successive repairs to the Mountain Protection Array and the preparations for Ten Thousand Ghosts Abyss, it was likely that their family funds had been depleted:

"Molan, Fourth Sister, both of you step back a bit and be on guard!"

As the family’s Storage Room embodies the clan’s foundation.

Even with a key.

Fu Changsheng was still worried about unforeseen issues.

With a flick of his forefinger, the key transformed into a rapid streak of Spirit Light that entered the stone gate, accompanied by the sound of inner locks rotating.

Rumblings.

The two stone gates opened outward.

A Storage Room of over an acre appeared before them.

Inside, on the north side, many burlap sacks were piled high. A sweep with Divine Sense revealed they were Red Marrow Rice, with an approximate quantity of nearly a hundred thousand pounds. This was the family’s emergency reserve grain. Just this Red Marrow Rice alone could be brewed into several thousand pounds of Recovery Spirit Wine, which could be a considerable income for the clan. Fu Changsheng felt quite satisfied.

Fu Changli’s eyes gleamed with a smile:

"I’ve heard that the Zhang Family treats their tenant farmers more stingily than wealthy landlords, and now it seems they’ve managed to save such a large stockpile of reserve grain, which is indeed true."

The Zhang Family toiled for this, but it ended up benefiting the Fu Family.

Fu Changli’s gaze fell on the stone walls on the east and west sides, showing immense astonishment.

The two stone walls, from bottom to top, had been uniformly inlaid with a jade-faceted Colorful Sun Stone wall, with uniformly carved grooves numbering in the tens of thousands.

However, at present, only a few boxes were sparsely placed in the grooves.

Fu Changli shook his head repeatedly:

"These Colorful Sun Stone are Tier One High-Grade Fire Attribute Spiritual Materials, and to forge two such large stone walls would require tens of thousands of Colorful Sun Stones. The Zhang Family is really extravagant."

The Colorful Sun Stone kept the boxes dry and protected them from weathering and corrosion. The Zhang Family evidently invested heavily in forging this wall for its hoped continued legacy.

But.

Little did they expect that a few years after settling in Niushou Mountain, they would face complete annihilation.

Fu Changsheng and the others successively opened the boxes on the stone wall, with Fu Changli’s exclamations sounding from time to time:

"This is Tier One High-Grade Blood Thistle. It’s something that’s planted in bitter cold regions. How did the Zhang Family acquire it? Also, Mountain Rat Grass and Ghost Mushroom only produce in Yin Qi abundant areas. Tsk tsk, the Zhang Family certainly was a wealthy family before moving to Niushou Mountain. Oh, there’s even a Flame Flower here..."

Fu Changsheng and Fu Molan remained much more composed.

Still, seeing many spiritual flowers and herbs that were usually unavailable glowed their eyes.

After a thorough inspection.

Most of them were Tier One Low- to Middle-Grade Spiritual Materials, with over a dozen Tier One High-Grade ones, and only three Tier One Top-Grade, estimated at about three thousand eight hundred Spirit Stones in total.

It undoubtedly greatly enriched the Fu Family’s Storage Room.

Also considered an enhancement to the family’s foundation.

Fu Changli smacked her tongue, saying:

"Patriarch, it’s no wonder so many people want to take over someone else’s mountain. It’s more profitable than being a Tribulation Cultivator."

But being careless could lead to eternal ruin.

Fu Changli and Fu Molan re-checked everything but found nothing more. Fu Molan frowned, saying:

"Elder Zhang could summon a Tier Two Silver-winged Snow Eagle, so the Zhang Family should have some Tier Two Spiritual Materials."

Elder Zhang surely wouldn’t carry these precious items when entering Ten Thousand Ghosts Abyss, and they didn’t find them in the storage bags on that day either.

Fu Changsheng nodded, saying:

"Let’s search even more carefully."

In the Library Pavilion, a small hidden doorway was discovered.

Fu Changli smiled, saying:

"Let me do it"

As she spoke.

Her right hand formed a technique.

A group of Silver-Spotted Poison Snakes slithered in from outside the Storage Room, hissing as they crawled into every corner of the room; these snakes were experts at burrowing.

For a while, nothing conclusive emerged.

Fu Changsheng waved his sleeve.

He immediately retrieved the storage bags of Zhang Huanzhi and Chen Diling. With a technique, the jingling sounds echoed, with Chen Diling’s storage bag containing the most items, apparently carrying all his wealth.

Mostly Tier One Middle-Grade Spiritual Objects, with three Tier One High-Grade Spiritual Objects, and one Top-Grade Spiritual Object, alongside over a thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Furthermore.

There were also three pill bottles.

One bottle was for healing, another for mana recovery, both containing Tier One High-Grade Spirit Pills. Upon opening the last bottle, a familiar pill fragrance wafted through the air as Fu Changsheng lifted the lid.

Seeing the white-with-red-hue pill inside.

Fu Changsheng’s eyes brightened:

"It’s actually a Tier One Top-Grade Qi Condensing Pill."

This is what Late-Stage Qi Cultivators use for breakthroughs.

With this Spirit Pill.

Fu Changsheng could advance further at the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer, providing him with an additional layer of protection for the upcoming journey to Qingcheng Mountain.

Aside from this Spirit Pill.

The most valuable item on Chen Diling was the Thunderfire Hidden Bamboo Cauldron, a Tier Two Spiritual Artifact that can only be barely activated at Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.

Besides its ability to emit Thunderfire.

It can deploy the Seven Kill Array using thirty-six Dark Patterned Thunder Bamboo within it, possessing formidable power.

Fu Molan and Fu Changli both felt tempted.

However, Fu Changli’s cultivation was low, making it impossible for him to activate the cauldron, while Molan was already at the edge of Seventh Layer Qi Cultivation. With one more step, he’d be at Eighth Layer Qi Cultivation. If he didn’t mind consuming his Essence Blood as Source Power, he could barely use it.