110: Treasure Trove Selection

Three days later, Tiannan Dynasty, Imperial City.

Under the personal escort of two Royal Guards, dressed in purple-gold Qilin armor and possessing unfathomable aura, Lin Ye, for the first time, stepped into the Royal Treasury—a place symbolizing the entire Dynasty's highest authority and wealth.

Unlike the ancient, immortal aura of the Qingyun Sect's Scripture Pavilion, this Treasury was filled with endless majesty and… luxury.

On the gigantic bronze door, a hundred zhang high, nine lifelike ancient Dragons were carved, each scale seemingly containing terrifying power capable of suppressing mountains and rivers!

When the two guards jointly activated their tokens and slowly pushed open the bronze door, which weighed tens of thousands of jin, an indescribable surge of Spiritual Qi and treasure light, emanating from countless Heaven And Earth Treasures, gushed out like a broken dam!

Even Lin Ye’s mind, already tempered as firm as rock by his Treasure Body Realm cultivation, couldn't help but stir with a ripple.

"Young Master Lin," the leading guard said, his eyes still holding a hint of royal arrogance, but his tone was filled with undeniable solemnity, "Your Majesty has decreed that you may choose one treasure from within this vault as a reward."

"The time limit is one hour."

"After one hour, whether you have chosen or not, the Treasury doors will… close on time."

"Thank you." Lin Ye nodded calmly, and then, under the gaze of the two guards, he stepped into that mountain of treasures!

What met his eyes was a vast, boundless… world made of light!

To the east were rows of weapon racks crafted from ten-thousand-year-old profound crystals. On them, hundreds of Sharp Weapons, exuding terrifying aura, were displayed in dazzling array!

There was the "Crimson Sky Divine Sword," burning with fierce flames, as if it could cleave the very sky!

There was the "World-Shaking Divine Hammer," as heavy as a mountain, capable of collapsing peaks with a single blow!

There was even a "Dragon Slaying Halberd," three zhang long, forged from unknown beast bones, exuding an endless primeval aura!

Each one was an Earth Rank Magic Treasure capable of making even Dharma Body Realm experts envious!

To the west were rows of Medicinal Pill racks carved from thousand-year-old warm jade. On them, countless Peerless Grade Medicinal Pills, exuding rich medicinal fragrance, were enshrined in top-grade white jade porcelain bottles!

There was the "Dragon-Tiger Golden Core," capable of making a Treasure Body Realm expert's cultivation skyrocket by a significant margin!

There was the "Nine-Revolutions Life-Extending Pill," capable of preserving a trace of Divine Soul from extinction at the brink of death!

There was even a "Dao Comprehension Divine Pill," radiating seven-colored auspicious light, rumored to help people comprehend the Laws of Heaven and Earth and Break through the Dharma Body Realm Bottleneck!

To the north, piled up like small mountains, were Heaven And Earth Treasures emitting various colored lights!

Ten-thousand-year-old "Nine-Leaf Spirit Ganoderma," "Fire Marrow Crystal" grown in the heart of magma, and the legendary "Dragon Blood Divine Gold" formed from Dragon blood after a true Dragon's demise… Any one of these, if it were to circulate, would be enough to cause a bloody storm throughout the entire Tiannan Dynasty!

He walked step by step, slowly passing by those Sharp Weapons that exuded terrifying aura.

He was… searching.

Searching for a… catalyst that could unleash the maximum power of his newly unlocked Cultivation Technique Fusion function!

Time flew by rapidly during Lin Ye's almost "aimless" wandering.

Soon, half an hour had passed.

Just then, inside the Treasury, Lin Ye's footsteps suddenly paused!

Because, just now, a very faint, almost imperceptible… resonance came from deep within his Divine Soul, which had long been integrated with the System!

The feeling was so faint, yet so… familiar!

It was as if a distant relative was sending out a faint… call!

Lin Ye's heart pounded!

Without the slightest hesitation, he followed the guidance of that resonance, slowly turned around, and walked towards the deepest part of the Treasury. Here, piled up were "antiques" excavated from ancient ruins, but due to their immense age, their spiritual essence was lost, and their true purpose could not be identified.

In the eyes of those high-ranking Royal Artifact Refiners, these things were no different from trash.

Lin Ye slowly squatted down, carefully rummaging through the pile of rusty, old artifacts.

His movements were light and slow, as if he were caressing a rare treasure.

Finally, his fingers touched a cold, yet seemingly faintly "beating"… metal object.

He slowly pulled it out from the pile of scrap metal.

It was a palm-sized, dark green… irregular bronze fragment.

The fragment, made of an unknown material, was neither gold nor iron, cold to the touch, and its surface was covered with ancient patterns already corroded and mottled by time, making it look unremarkable.

Most importantly, it did not emit even a trace of… spiritual power fluctuations!

In the eyes of any Cultivator, this was a complete… piece of scrap iron!

However, the moment this "scrap iron" was held in Lin Ye's hand, the System, which had long been dormant in his mind, suddenly trembled!

"Ding!"

"Unknown homologous substance detected… Attempting to connect…"

"Connection failed… Insufficient energy… Incomplete information…"

A series of cold System prompts, yet deeply shocking to Lin Ye, furiously scrolled across his mind!

Homologous substance!!!

Lin Ye's heart pounded violently because of these four words!

He never expected that his Heaven-Defying AFK System would resonate with this seemingly ordinary bronze fragment?!

What exactly was this fragment?!

And what exactly was its relationship with his System?!

He slowly stood up from the ground.

Holding the unremarkable bronze fragment, he walked calmly, step by step, back to the entrance of the Treasury, under the astonished and puzzled gazes of the two guards.

"Young… Young Master Lin…" The leading guard, looking at the "scrap iron" in Lin Ye's hand, twitched his mouth for a long time before speaking with difficulty, his voice filled with disbelief, "You… you… chose this?"

He even couldn't help but remind him: "Young Master, according to His Majesty's decree, you can choose any Earth Rank Magic Treasure…"

"No need." Lin Ye calmly interrupted him. He raised the bronze fragment in his hand, and a "simple and honest" smile appeared on his delicate face, "I just like this one."

"I feel… it has a special connection with me."

A special connection?!

The two guards exchanged glances, speechless.

They simply couldn't understand why Lin Ye would forgo all the Sharp Weapons in the room and instead choose a piece of… scrap metal dug out of some trash heap?!

A waste of natural resources!

It was simply a waste of natural resources!

They no longer wasted any words and slowly… closed the bronze door, which weighed tens of thousands of jin… When Lin Ye's figure reappeared on the bustling streets of the Imperial City, it was already the middle of the night.

He ignored the gazes behind him, filled with disdain and incomprehension.

He just lowered his head, looking at the cold, yet seemingly containing endless secrets, bronze fragment in his palm. His dark eyes shimmered with unprecedented brilliance.

He could clearly feel a faint, mysterious energy, filled with boundless ancient and profound aura, slowly seeping from the fragment into his body, creating subtle… resonances with his System, which had long become one with him!

He knew he had made the right gamble!

The true value of this seemingly unremarkable fragment was tens of thousands of times more precious than the entire Treasury combined!