285: Chapter 285 The God of Wealth Visits the Treasure Vault: Shang Qingdai's Legs Went Weak from Fright

The clamor in the main square was like a boiling spiritual sea, as the fanatical cheers of the Xu Family disciples pierced the clouds.

The divine source mountain, built from half the foundation of the Myriad Treasures Tower's Tianyin Branch, emitted a dazzling and mesmerizing halo.

The dense storm of Spiritual Qi even condensed into colorful auspicious snow in mid-air, fluttering down upon the ninety-nine floating divine mountains.

The Grand Elder took a deep breath, forcibly pulling his gaze back from the pile of eye-blinding extinct immortal medicines, suppressing the infinite admiration and heartache he felt for the Young Lord's "solitary bloody battle in the ancient battlefield."

As the nominal chief steward of the Xu Family, the Grand Elder had an extremely sharp eye for people.

He had long seen that the black-skirted woman wearing Gold-Rimmed Colored Glass Spectacles, with her shrewd and capable temperament, was by no means an ordinary confidante meant for warming the bed, but a top-tier internal assistant who had long held a high position and possessed a keen nose for commerce and resources.

"Madam Shang."

The Grand Elder took a step forward and cupped his hands slightly, his tone carrying a perfect amount of politeness and respect.

Hearing the title "Madam Shang" made Shang Qingdai's heart stir slightly. She knew this was the high-level members of the Ancient Imperial Clan extending an olive branch to her, and also acknowledging her status as Xu Chen's woman.

"The Grand Elder is too polite; you may simply call me Qingdai," Shang Qingdai curtsied in return, poised and generous, fully displaying the calm demeanor of a business empress.

The Grand Elder stroked his long beard and pointed at the mountain-like resources on the square, saying, "The resources the Young Lord brought back this time are truly too vast. It's inevitable that the clan's deacons might overlook something during the inventory. I see that Madam has a steady temperament and must have much experience in managing industries. I wonder if Madam would be willing to accompany me to the Family's core treasury to handle the handover and verification?"

The Grand Elder was testing her, but also giving Shang Qingdai an opportunity to establish authority and integrate into the Family's core circle.

In Shang Qingdai's beautiful eyes, hidden behind the lenses, a flash of excitement instantly flickered.

Managing resources? Taking inventory of a treasury? This hit the most sensitive nerve of her Heaven-Reaching God of Wealth Physique. As an inspector for the Myriad Treasures Tower, her greatest hobby in life was watching staggering amounts of wealth flow through her fingertips.

"Since the Grand Elder has spoken, Qingdai will naturally do her best. It's just that as a newcomer to the Xu Family's core treasury, I fear going there so abruptly might cause gossip..." Shang Qingdai feigned hesitation, showing the caution expected of a matriarch of a great Family.

"No matter! Since you are someone brought back by the Young Lord, you are one of our Xu Family! If anyone dares to gossip, I'll be the first to skin them alive!" The Grand Elder waved his hand grandly, appearing extremely heroic.

Xu Chen stood to the side, watching the Grand Elder proactively hand a corner of the Family's financial power to Shang Qingdai, his lips curling into a satisfied arc. He patted Shang Qingdai's slender waist and said softly, "Go ahead, help me see just how thick our Family's foundation is. I still have some matters to handle; I'll find you later."

Shang Qingdai nodded obediently. In the Myriad Treasures Tower, she was the high-and-mighty empress, but before Xu Chen, she had long since become a thoroughly tamed canary.

Thus, led by the Grand Elder, Shang Qingdai took the slightly nervous blind girl Gong Yu and headed toward the depths of the Xu Family together.

They passed through layers of cloud seas and Formation mists.

The Grand Elder led the two women to a magnificent tower floating high in the Nine Heavens, forged entirely from Dark Gold Astral Iron.

Around the tower, the phantoms of nine ten-thousand-zhang-long Luck Golden Dragons faintly coiled, emitting a suffocating and terrifying pressure. Even if a Saint King attempted to force their way in, they would be crushed to powder by these Luck Golden Dragons in an instant.

"This is the core treasury of my Xu Family, divided into nine floors."

The Grand Elder took out a Purple-Gold Jade Plaque carved with the Xu Family totem and embedded it into the groove of the tower's hundred-zhang-high gate.

Rumble...

Accompanied by a heavy, thunderous mechanical sound, the thick astral iron gate slowly opened.

A storm of Spiritual Qi, so dense it almost turned into a physical liquid, mixed with the exotic fragrances of various divine medicines and immortal metals, rushed toward them.

Shang Qingdai subconsciously pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, took a deep breath, and stepped inside.

As an inspector for the Myriad Treasures Tower, Shang Qingdai believed she had seen countless grand scenes in her life. Even the treasuries of those top-tier Holy Lands in the Central Province were nothing more than unpresentable local landlords in her eyes.

However, when she truly stepped into the first floor of the Xu Family's core treasury,

this business empress, who was always known for her composure and calm, froze on the spot, her very breath stagnating.

The space on the first floor was so vast that its boundaries could not be seen at a glance.

There were no stacks of boxes filled with Top-Grade Spirit Stones, nor any so-called Saint-grade Magic Treasures.

Because in the Xu Family's core treasury, things like Top-Grade Spirit Stones were only fit to be used as floor tiles!

Shang Qingdai looked down and saw that she was actually stepping on a "Top-Grade Divine Source Jade Floor Tile" condensed from hundreds of millions of jin of Top-Grade Spirit Liquid over tens of millions of years.

And in the center of that vast, boundless hall,

stalks of Undying Immortal Medicines—the kind that could trigger a bloody Sect war in the outside world just for a single leaf—were casually planted in flower beds paved with Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, like common cabbages.

Some of those immortal medicines transformed into small golden dragons scurrying about the flower beds, while others turned into flaming Phoenixes circling in the air, emitting a terrifying vitality sufficient to extend a Saint's life by ten thousand years.

"Is... is this the Nine-Revolution Soul-Returning Grass? And that... the legendary Qilin Undying Medicine that was supposed to be extinct?!"

Shang Qingdai's voice was trembling, her originally cold and mature voice becoming somewhat shrill.

The Origin of the Heaven-Reaching God of Wealth Physique within her body was currently shivering violently. This was due to the wealth and Luck around her being too immense, causing her constitution to experience a dizzying sensation similar to "oxygen toxicity."

"Do not be alarmed, Madam. What is stored on this first floor are merely some Spirit Medicines used by the clan elders for daily tea and health. The true foundation is further up."

The Grand Elder, seeing Shang Qingdai's shocked expression, felt a secret thrill. He wanted to properly display the prestige of the Ancient Xu Family before these new young madams.

Shang Qingdai swallowed hard, forced herself to stay upright, and continued following the Grand Elder upward.

The second floor. Mountains of ancient divine materials. Any single piece taken outside would be enough to drive those reclusive Great Grandmaster artifact refiners mad.

The third floor. Densely packed ancient Cultivation Technique Jade Slips, floating in mid-air like stars. The worst among them were Saint King-level Legacies.

When Shang Qingdai followed the Grand Elder and laboriously climbed to the seventh floor of the treasury,

her legs had already begun to go weak uncontrollably.

The seventh floor.

In that void, twelve weapons floated quietly.

Sabers, spears, swords, halberds, bells, towers, cauldrons...

On every weapon, a supreme Dao charm unique to a Great Emperor circulated. That ultimate emperor pressure, which seemed capable of crushing eternity and suppressing the heavens, made Shang Qingdai's Soul tremble.

Twelve! A full twelve extreme dao imperial weapons!

Shang Qingdai's brain went "buzz" and completely short-circuited.

One must know that in the outside world, even those Ancient Families or top-tier Holy Lands with hundred-thousand-year heritages could walk tall in the Central Province just by possessing a single extreme dao imperial weapon to anchor their foundation.

Yet the Xu Family had hung a full twelve in their treasury like a collection of antiques! And this didn't even count the emperor artifacts currently being used by the Xu Family's Old Ancestors and the Family Head!

"This... is this the foundation of an Ancient Imperial Clan..."

Shang Qingdai murmured to herself, her face turning somewhat pale from the extreme shock.

She finally understood why Xu Chen dared to use such an arrogant and domineering posture at the Myriad Treasures Tower auction, directly pulling out three Top-Grade Dragon Veins to smash down the entire Tianyin Branch.

Because before the Xu Family's ocean of wealth, the so-called "financial power" the Myriad Treasures Tower took pride in was simply like a drop of water facing a vast sea—utterly ridiculous.

The intense visual impact, along with the resonance produced by the Heaven-Reaching God of Wealth Physique under the stimulation of extreme Luck, made Shang Qingdai's legs—which were already somewhat sore from the previous night's "morning exercise"—unable to support her body's weight any longer.

Her feet stumbled, and her body suddenly pitched forward.

Just as Shang Qingdai thought she was about to make a huge fool of herself on this floor paved with top-grade divine source,

a broad and powerful palm accurately wrapped around her slender, willow-like waist from behind, holding her steadily in his embrace.

"What? My Wealth God Lady, have you seen so little of the world that your legs have gone weak from fear?"

A familiar voice, tinged with a bit of laziness and playfulness, rang in Shang Qingdai's ear.

Shang Qingdai spun her head around so fast her gold-rimmed spectacles almost flew off.

She saw Xu Chen, who had appeared behind her at some unknown time, looking at her with a half-smile.

Feeling the familiar and burning warmth at her waist, Shang Qingdai's wildly racing heart finally settled a bit.

But when she looked again at the surrounding mountains of extreme dao imperial weapons and extinct immortal medicines, the shock in her eyes could not be hidden.

"Big Boss..."

Shang Qingdai subconsciously called out the title Xu Chen had forcibly demanded on the flying boat.

She looked up at Xu Chen's peerlessly handsome face, which radiated absolute confidence. At this moment, in Shang Qingdai's heart, Xu Chen was no longer just a wealthy man who could stun her with money, nor just a hegemon who forcibly possessed her with martial force.

He was a true deity who stood above all Daos, controlling the world's endless wealth and power!

The look in Shang Qingdai's eyes, after passing through shock, horror, and disbelief, finally transformed into pure, extreme, and fanatical worship.

The Heaven-Reaching God of Wealth Physique had an almost pathological instinct for submission toward a superior who could bestow endless Luck and wealth upon her.

"Big Boss..."

Ignoring the presence of the Grand Elder and Gong Yu, Shang Qingdai directly wrapped her arms around Xu Chen's neck, pressing her hot, curvaceous body tightly against his chest.

"I... I really seem to have seen too little of the world..."

Her voice became as sweet and syrupy as pulled silk, carrying a thorough submission, willing to become a canary.

"In the future, I will definitely help the Big Boss manage the accounts in this treasury clearly... even if the Big Boss wants me to bear a hundred children, I am willing..."

Hearing Shang Qingdai's unreservedly bold and provocative words,

the Grand Elder to the side looked at his nose and then his heart, naturally turning around to study the Formation patterns on the wall as if he had heard nothing. The Young Lord was truly the Young Lord; his methods for training women were simply breathtaking.

As for the blind girl Gong Yu holding the zither, although she couldn't see, her bright red earlobes betrayed her inner shyness, and she could only bury her head even lower.

Xu Chen looked at the top-tier beauty in his arms, who had been completely awed by the Family's foundation and had thrown even the last bit of her business empress's dignity to the Nine Heavens.

His lips curled into a wicked arc, and his large hand unceremoniously slapped those perky curves.

"There will be plenty of time to slowly settle the matters of managing accounts and bearing children later."

Just as Xu Chen was about to tease her a bit more,

Boom!

Two violent energy fluctuations directly penetrated the multiple Formations of the core treasury, exploding in the sky above the Xu Family.

Even though she was on the seventh floor of the treasury, Shang Qingdai could clearly feel the entire divine mountain shaking violently.

"What's happening? An enemy attack?!" Shang Qingdai's expression changed, instantly withdrawing her flirtatious manner and regaining her empress-like alertness.

The Grand Elder's face also tightened. He quickly closed his eyes to sense the situation, and then a wild joy, even stronger than when he saw the divine source mountain earlier, erupted on his old face.

"It's not an enemy attack! It's the fluctuations coming from the Imperial Palace's rear courtyard!"

The Grand Elder's voice trembled with excitement: "Family Head! Young Lord! It's those two young madams from the Dan Tower... they've both gone into labor at the same time!"

Hearing these words, the laziness and playfulness in Xu Chen's eyes vanished instantly.

To him, no amount of divine source or foundation was as important as his wives and his soon-to-be-born flesh and blood.

The space Laws around him vibrated violently. Xu Chen didn't even have time to leave a word of explanation.

His figure instantly vanished from the seventh floor of the treasury. When his aura reappeared, he had already crossed multiple palace walls, heading straight for the two delivery rooms in the rear courtyard of the Imperial Palace that were shrouded in phenomena.