664: May all your wishes come true

After the scalper incident,

no one dared to cause trouble anymore.

No one even glanced at the Royal family's paradise anymore.

They didn't dare to think about it, absolutely not.

They couldn't win at all.

Going up would only lead to elimination.

Didn't they see the Royal personnel not even sparing a glance, continuing forward?

It was better to just follow the Royal personnel into the city.

Soon after,

Shen Bei blended into the city with the large group.

The Old Capital's city was incredibly vast, with eight horizontal and six vertical main streets, branching out into thousands of smaller streets and alleys. One could imagine that in its prime, its permanent population likely exceeded several million. Furthermore, basic facilities like drainage and greenery were exceptionally complete. The main streets even had 'walkways' paved with bluestone on both sides for commoners to use. It was, in essence, a large city without neon lights.

Inside the city, there was a deathly silence, as if everything had stopped in time.

The Royal personnel continued to walk forward, to an unknown destination.

However, the group of Outlanders didn't follow. They scattered, going in and out of various houses, hoping to find treasures.

Shen Bei also left the main group alone.

He began searching for the Suspended Lantern Sect's main base within the city.

The Suspended Lantern Sect was originally the first Sect during the Old Capital era. According to Professor Gu Xinrou, it was even the national religion.

Previously, the Apocalypse Sect had no say in anything.

Therefore, the Suspended Lantern Sect held a very high status during the Old Capital era.

Undoubtedly, that would be the easiest to find.

The more magnificent the building, the more it was Shen Bei's target.

After only about half an hour,

Shen Bei climbed to a high point and quickly discovered several unusually grand buildings in the city.

He searched them one by one.

And Shen Bei truly found the old site of the Suspended Lantern Sect.

It was built on the highest low mountain within the city. The pavilions weren't grand or magnificent, nor were they opulent, but they had vermilion gates and green tiles extending northward, with carved beams and painted rafters, exuding a majestic and ancient charm. Climbing the steps, one found stone carvings inlaid with swords, depicting scenes of green grass and fishing families, misty peaks of wild geese, and clear skies after snow, all reminiscent of the Eight Scenes of Hengyang. Further ahead were two stone lions guarding the mountain gate, surrounded by dense flowers and weeds, with towering ancient trees behind them, their leaves lush and branches verdant. To the left was an old ginkgo tree, and to the right was another old ginkgo tree.

After entering,

Shen Bei almost searched through all the houses of the Suspended Lantern Sect people.

He didn't find any records, not even a single page of a book.

It was as clean as if a dog had licked it.

Finally, Shen Bei arrived at a certain pavilion on this floor. His gaze swept around, but everywhere there were only identical stone walls and stone floors, making it difficult to distinguish anything different.

However, the inscription on the plaque clearly stated that this was the treasury.

After some searching,

he discovered an inconspicuous switch on the wall.

He pressed it.

A passage appeared before Shen Bei.

There were oil lamps on both sides of the passage.

Shen Bei walked to an oil lamp, tentatively lit it, and it actually ignited.

Moreover, the flame spread rapidly like a fuse, lighting up all the other oil lamps.

This made Shen Bei wonder, thinking that after so many years, these oil lamps could still be lit. It seemed this lamp oil was no ordinary substance.

"This must be Spirit Oil, right?"

Shen Bei looked at the purple gold wick and mumbled.

On the way to Burial Sea Secret Lord, he heard Scar talk about this. At that time, someone wanted to take a boat and even tried to use this as payment for the fare.

But Shen Bei didn't agree.

Now that he saw it, this thing was quite practical.

Even batteries couldn't last this long and still be usable.

Shen Bei also saw a very large oil trough under the oil lamp, filled to the brim with lamp oil. Moreover, this was only a part of what he saw. This oil trough extended along the passage into the depths, its length unknown.

"Quite rich."

Shen Bei commented.

He walked along this passage for a long time before he finally saw a glimmer of hope.

He saw a secret room.

Shen Bei couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and he quickened his steps into the secret room.

However, as he walked in and his gaze swept over the shelves filled to the brim, he froze in place.

He never expected it to be this kind of thing.

On the stone shelves, row after row, all were filled with gold and silver. Under the lamplight, the shimmering silver and sparkling gold hurt his eyes.

The sight of so much gold and silver stunned Shen Bei!

The Suspended Lantern Sect was a national religion, shouldn't its treasury contain Spirit Crystals, rare items, Medicinal Pills... these cultivation treasures?

What was the meaning of leaving behind countless gold and silver? What does a Sect need so much gold and silver for? Are you kidding me?

Gold and silver are treasures for ordinary people, but for cultivators, these things don't hold much appeal.

Moreover, in the current Dungeon, this stuff is no longer currency; it's useless!

Directly opposite the stone shelves, he saw a couplet.

"There will always be a time of decline, gold and silver endure for generations!"

Looking at this sentence, Liu Chen was momentarily lost in thought. He couldn't help but think of his parents' generation; if they had some money and wanted to buy something, they would always choose gold first, saying it was the safest. They believed that if something happened to the family in the future or if their descendants fell into poverty, they could immediately exchange it for money or food, and this could be passed down to ensure the family's safety.

This sentence echoed the thoughts of his parents' generation. The meaning of this sentence was: if the Suspended Lantern Sect were to decline in the future, and perhaps no one could even practice Qi Refining anymore, this gold and silver could still be passed down to support them.

This kind of foresight for future generations cannot be said to be wrong; they had their wisdom!

But... for the vast treasury of the Suspended Lantern Sect to only contain this one type of item is simply too much.

You should at least put some other things in there; you are a cultivation Sect after all!

Liu Chen was on the verge of tears!

The ancestors of the Suspended Lantern Sect were indeed preparing for a rainy day, but... they prepared to a deranged extent, leaving only this one type of item. Isn't this an affirmation that the Suspended Lantern Sect was destined to decline?

They were truly ruthless, even cursing their own home.

Shen Bei was speechless for a moment, thinking, if there were even a little Spirit Crystal, it could be used in the Great Wilderness. What good was this broken silver?

Just then,

a white crystal suddenly fell from the Void Realm. This white crystal landed right at Shen Bei's feet.

This piqued Shen Bei's curiosity, and he looked over.

The crystal was not large, smaller than a fingernail, just a tiny bit. But when Shen Bei saw it, his eyes widened.

He excitedly reached for the crystal: "Spirit Crystal!"

There really are good things?

Shen Bei felt a little excited. He knew it, a Suspended Lantern Sect treasury only storing gold and silver, wasn't that cursing future disciples to only be ordinary people? There must be other treasures in here.

Shen Bei happily tossed it into his Storage Ring.

No one would complain about having too much of this. In the Great Wilderness, it was universal currency, even though he had already earned quite a bit from the voyage.

However, when he parted ways with Scar and the others, Shen Bei also distributed a portion.

Consider it building good karma for the future.

However, Shen Bei immediately thought of a question: "No, wait! Where did that Spirit Crystal just fall from?"

Shen Bei looked up at the ceiling, but couldn't see anything unusual.

"It just fell from above, give me another one."

Plop...

Another Spirit Crystal fell at Shen Bei's feet.

Shen Bei's eyes went wide.

"A wish-granting treasury?"

Shen Bei gasped.

Holy cow!

Unprecedented, unheard of!