335: Chapter 335 A Skilled Household Manager: The Princess Personally Leads the Way in Emptying the National Treasury

The collapse of the Foreign Domain Royal Court continued, but with Xu Chen's deterrence, the remaining foreign soldiers below didn't dare to make a move, forced to watch as the group of Upper Realm natives ran rampant in their homeland.

"Go ahead. Let the Grand Elder assign a thousand Pojun Imperial Guards for you to command."

Xu Chen stood at the bow of the main ship, squeezing Helian Yue's supple waist, his tone carrying a hint of indulgence.

"Thank you, Master!"

Helian Yue's eyes lit up. In this world where the strong prey on the weak, being given the authority to inventory the spoils of war was a sign of immense trust and favor.

Without any hesitation, she took several top-grade storage rings specifically used for carrying large-scale resources from Xu Chen's storage space and slipped them onto her slender fingers.

Then, she turned around to face the thousand Xu Family elites assigned to her by the Grand Elder. The coquettishness on her face vanished instantly, replaced by her usual efficiency and coldness as a commander.

"All of you, follow this Commandery Princess!"

Helian Yue took the lead, turning into a streak of dark red light as she headed straight for the exposed underground passage beneath the throne hall.

The Grand Elder watched the back of this foreign Commandery Princess, who was even more enthusiastic than his own people, and couldn't help but smack his lips.

"Young Lord, is this woman... reliable? That treasury holds a hundred thousand years of the foreign domain's foundation; there might be some secret passages we haven't discovered yet."

The Grand Elder lowered his voice, clearly still harboring some suspicion toward this newly surrendered "guide."

Xu Chen leaned lazily against the railing, his deep eyes flickering with a sharp light that saw through everything.

"She's smarter than you think. Since she's decided to follow me, she won't be so stupid as to embezzle those dead objects."

Sure enough.

Inside the underground treasury, an extremely professional "looting" was currently taking place.

The foreign treasury was divided into an outer treasury and an inner treasury. The outer treasury mainly stored ordinary Spirit Stones and weapons, while the inner treasury hid the truly good stuff.

"Quick! Be faster! Pack up all these Thousand-Year Fire Spirit Jades, don't miss a single piece!"

Helian Yue stood in the center of the outer treasury, hands on her hips, loudly directing the Pojun Imperial Guards who were moving the supplies.

She didn't have the slightest air of a foreign Eldest Commandery Princess now; she looked exactly like a capable housekeeper managing the household.

"Your Highness, should we take these Low Grade Magical Artifacts as well?" a Xu Family soldier asked with some disdain, pointing at the mountain of bone-made weapons in the corner. In the Xu Family, weapons of this grade weren't even wanted by dogs.

"Of course!"

Helian Yue walked over and kicked over the rack holding the weapons.

"Although these bone-made Magical Artifacts are of Low Grade, the Materials are all taken from Vicious Beasts unique to the foreign domain. Taking them back to Master's Artifact Refining workshop to be reforged is also a significant amount of wealth! How can you get by without knowing how to be frugal!"

The soldier was stunned by the lecture and hurried to pack up those bone sticks.

Seeing that the outer treasury was almost emptied, Helian Yue led a few confidants straight to the entrance of the inner treasury.

The door to the inner treasury was made of an extremely hard Star Gold, inscribed with complex self-destruct formation runes.

"Step back."

Helian Yue gave a cold snort and placed her hand on the door.

As the Princess of the Foreign Domain Royal Court, although she didn't know the password to open this door, she understood that old madman's array-setting habits all too well.

An illusory purple rune emerged at her brow. The Origin power of the illusory sea spirit fetus followed her fingers, turning into extremely fine threads that forcibly penetrated the interior of the Star Gold door.

Clack, clack, clack...

A complex sound of mechanical gears turning rang out.

The energy center of the self-destruct formation on the door was skillfully cut off by her, and then the two heavy doors slowly opened to both sides.

An extremely dense medicinal fragrance and Spiritual Qi instantly rushed toward them.

The space of the inner treasury was much smaller than the outer treasury, but the items inside made even the Xu Family elites, who were used to grand sights, gasp.

On rows of crystal shelves sat various rare Spirit Medicines of great age. Among them were many ancient treasures that had long since gone extinct in the Eastern Wasteland.

"Is this... Nine Nether Soul-Returning Grass?!"

A Xu Family Medicine Hall Deacon who was following along looked at the pitch-black Immortal Plant on the shelf that emitted a faint glow, his voice trembling with excitement.

"Making a fuss over nothing."

Helian Yue rolled her eyes at him, walked straight forward, and shoved the entire row of crystal shelves along with the Spirit Medicines into the top-grade storage ring Xu Chen had given her.

She was like a fanatical customer rushing into a supermarket for a shopping spree; wherever she went was like a locust plague, leaving nothing behind.

"Take these Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Core Milk!"

"These are armors made from True Dragon marrow. Although the craftsmanship is a bit crude, the Materials are good. Take them all!"

"And those deep-sea luminous pearls for lighting on the walls, pry them all off for me!"

Under Helian Yue's command, the thousand Xu Family elites turned into a professional demolition team.

They not only emptied the treasures on the shelves, but even the top-grade jade floor tiles and the decorations on the walls were pried clean.

By the time they left the inner treasury, the originally magnificent foreign treasury had become a hollow stone cave that even a mouse would leave in tears.

The Grand Elder waited on the warship for about an hour.

When he saw Helian Yue leading the people out of the underground passage, his old face, full of wrinkles like orange peel, instantly froze.

Those usually majestic Pojun Imperial Guards were now all covered in dust, and some were even clutching several luminous pearls they had just pried off the walls.

And Helian Yue, walking at the front, had her hands covered in storage rings, her face beaming with the joy of a bountiful harvest.

"Master!"

Helian Yue flew back to the deck of the main ship and shoved the stuffed storage rings into Xu Chen's hands like she was presenting treasures.

"The foreign treasury has been completely inventoried. All the Heaven And Earth Treasures, Cultivation Techniques, Secret Manuals, and even those slightly valuable scraps—Yue'er has brought them all back for you!"

Helian Yue looked up, her narrow fox-like eyes filled with a look seeking praise.

Xu Chen's Divine Thought casually swept through one of the storage rings. When he saw the mountain of resources, and that even the jade floor tiles hadn't been spared, he couldn't help but gasp.

He had originally just wanted her to collect the core resources. He hadn't expected this woman to not only be ruthless but also have such exceptional household-management skills.

"You... even scraped off a layer of the ground."

Xu Chen looked at Helian Yue's housekeeper-like appearance and couldn't help but shake his head with a laugh.

He reached out his large hand, naturally putting his arm around Helian Yue's waist and pulling her into his embrace, praising her without hesitation.

"Well done. As expected of the woman This Young Master took a fancy to, you're a natural at managing the household."

Receiving Xu Chen's praise, the smile on Helian Yue's lips grew even wider, and she leaned against him as if she had no bones.

"As long as Master likes it, Yue'er will lead people to raid houses for you every day from now on."

Standing to the side, Nangong Waner and Lin Qingxue watched their intimate interaction as if no one else was there, each with a different state of mind.

Nangong Waner was so angry her teeth itched, feeling that this vixen was too good at currying favor.

While Lin Qingxue lowered her head slightly.

Although she didn't understand these inner-chamber methods of vying for favor, she knew that a Young Master of the Imperial Clan like Xu Chen needed women who could solve problems for him.

If she only knew how to wield a sword, she would eventually be marginalized in this vast harem.

"It seems I also need to learn to do other things." Lin Qingxue's fingers tightened slightly around her broken sword, making a silent resolution in her heart.