225: Grandmaster, the gift you sent is amazing!

"Impossible!"

"Husband, I am perfectly clear-headed. Just now, a powerful force was suppressing me!"

As a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, how could she have a nightmare? Zi Lan was certain she couldn't have been dreaming; she hadn't even fallen into a deep sleep.

Furthermore, although she couldn't move, she could hear just like Liu Xuan could. True Person Xiao...

Wait! Zi Lan's expression changed wildly. Her body recoiled, and her gaze toward Liu Xuan became suspicious and fearful.

"Are you... are you Liu Xuan, or... Xiao Changfeng?"

She remembered. The meaning of what Xiao Changfeng had said earlier was very clear: he intended to carry out Possession on Liu Xuan.

Looking at the current situation, it was highly likely he had succeeded; after all, no matter how strong Liu Xuan was, he couldn't possibly contend with a Golden Core True Person.

Liu Xuan froze for a moment, then guessed Zi Lan's thoughts and shook his head helplessly.

Zi Lan was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, and since True Person Xiao had deliberately not blocked the sound earlier, it wouldn't be easy to fool her.

After thinking carefully for a while, Liu Xuan realized it really wasn't easy to explain to her.

Someone who has undergone Possession can fuse with a portion of the victim's memories. Even if he revealed some private matters between the two of them, it wouldn't prove he was Liu Xuan and not Xiao Changfeng after the Possession.

"Laner, this matter is quite complicated. I cannot explain it to you clearly for the time being!"

"Xiao Changfeng did indeed come here earlier. What you felt and heard was all true!"

"However!"

Liu Xuan paused, looked sincerely into her eyes, and said, "The matter is over. Just treat it as a little joke that Grandmaster and I played, how about that?"

The terrified look in Zi Lan's eyes softened. Although there was still wariness, she relaxed significantly.

If Xiao Changfeng had truly succeeded in the Possession, there would be no need to explain to her or lie to her.

He could either kill her directly or make her submit in his capacity as a Golden Core True Person; why waste time?

However, this matter was filled with strangeness everywhere. Who knew what other schemes he might have? She remained suspicious.

Seeing that her mental state was not quite right, Liu Xuan did not stimulate her further and instructed her gently:

"Treat today's events as if they never happened. You must never mention it to anyone else!"

"Get some good rest and calm down!"

"Do not leave the island and run around during this recent period."

After saying this, Liu Xuan rose and left.

After he left, Zi Lan got up and put on her clothes. Her thoughts were in turmoil, but after hesitating for a moment, she decided to obediently listen to Liu Xuan.

'My husband's identity is mysterious; perhaps he really did resolve Xiao Changfeng!'

Even if Liu Xuan had truly been subjected to Possession by Xiao Changfeng, she could not act rashly now.

...

On the other side.

Although Liu Xuan had left, he manipulated the Star Array to lock onto Zi Lan's aura. If she had any intention of leaving, he would know immediately.

Although he knew that there was a high probability that Zi Lan would not leave, and even less likely to spread the news, he added another layer of insurance just in case.

After circling the island and confirming that everything was as usual, Liu Xuan returned to the underground Star Space.

Xiao Changfeng sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, his hands placed on his knees, eyes tightly shut, looking as if he were Cultivating.

In reality, this was just his Physical Body. Liu Xuan had simply posed him this way. The Golden Core containing his Divine Soul was still within Liu Xuan's Sea of Consciousness.

'Let me first see what good things Grandmaster has sent me this time!'

His Divine Sense swept over Xiao Changfeng; the blood-patterned treasure robe he was wearing alone was not simple.

The blood-colored patterns flowed, and looking at them for too long would breed irritation and murderous intent.

With a gentle tug, the treasure robe fell into Liu Xuan's hands. He stroked it lightly with his fingers; the texture was somewhat slick.

He attempted to refine it directly, but a repulsive force came from within the treasure robe. It took a massive amount of mana to shake it even a little bit.

"A third-grade Magic Treasure; as expected, it is not something I can easily refine right now!"

Magic Treasures are exclusive to Golden Core True Persons; Foundation Establishment Cultivators simply cannot master them. Even if they exhausted all their efforts to master one, they could not unleash its original power.

The reason Liu Xuan could use the fourth-grade illusory god treasure robe was mainly because the System had gifted it to him. If it were any other fourth-grade Spirit Treasure, he wouldn't be able to refine it at all.

Since he couldn't refine it, he put it away first. Liu Xuan's Divine Sense noticed the wooden hairpin on his head.

It was also a Magic Treasure. He didn't know its specific function for the time being, so he would keep it to study slowly later.

Besides these two Magic Treasures, that was it? What about the Storage Pouch?

Liu Xuan searched carefully and finally discovered a transparent ring on his left index finger.

This thing was not only invisible to the naked eye but also invisible to Divine Sense. If Liu Xuan hadn't checked carefully, he wouldn't have discovered it.

A third-grade Magic Treasure-level Storage Ring. As his Divine Sense probed inside, a huge space appeared within Liu Xuan's Divine Sense perception.

The storage space was spherical, with a diameter of tens of meters—enough to fit a soccer field!

The Storage Ring was a third-grade Magic Treasure with simple functions. Although it consumed quite a bit of Divine Soul power and mana to use, at least it was barely usable.

The vast storage space was divided into different areas, big and small, with each area containing different types of items.

The first thing that caught Liu Xuan's eyes was the Spirit Stones. Spirit Stones of various grades were stacked into standard cubes. Spiritual Qi was thick and misty, creating a great visual impact.

"Calculated, that's a total of... over 3.5 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones?!?"

Liu Xuan was already quite wealthy himself; the System had rewarded him with nearly a million Spirit Stones in total, yet that wasn't even one-third of Xiao Changfeng's. Were Golden Core True Persons this rich?

"That shouldn't be right!"

Previously, when buying Core Formation materials for Wang Qiao, a million Spirit Stones caused such a huge commotion, and he was even reluctant to pay 100,000 Spirit Stones for Senior Sister Xiao Ran's medical expenses.

According to Liu Xuan's estimation, Xiao Changfeng shouldn't have had this many Spirit Stones.

"Could it be that he extorted it by raising taxes all these years?"

"Regardless of how he got it, it's all mine now!"

Liu Xuan continued to check the other items.

Books, spirit materials, Medicinal Pills, Talismans, demon cores... there were countless items of all kinds. Liu Xuan had never seen many of them and didn't know what their specific uses were.

True Person Xiao's accumulation over hundreds of years included a wide variety of miscellaneous items. Liu Xuan had only finished checking one-third after counting for an hour.

Some items were no longer useful at the level of a Golden Core True Person, yet they were still carefully preserved. He didn't know if they had some special significance or if he had simply forgotten about them.

The value of these items, when calculated, was no less than the Spirit Stones; it was estimated to be at least 3 million.

"Hmm?"

"There's more?"

His Divine Sense probed into Xiao Changfeng's body. At the Dantian position, a blood-red light shone, and a blood-red Flying Sword was floating quietly.

Red Pine Sword! Xiao Changfeng's natal flying sword, the strongest Flying Sword Magic Treasure in his Possession.

The blood light emitted by the Red Pine Sword automatically circulated within his Meridians, maintaining the vitality of his Physical Body.

"This is good stuff! When the time comes, I can give it to the heavenly origin sword to slowly devour; it will definitely greatly improve the quality of the heavenly origin sword."

"No rush! Let it nourish Xiao Changfeng's Physical Body first. We'll wait until the Puppet Gu has initially controlled Xiao Changfeng."

After thoroughly searching Xiao Changfeng's entire body again and confirming there were no omissions, Liu Xuan stopped.

"Four Magic Treasures, plus everything in the Storage Ring, the total value is ten million. Grandmaster, the gift you sent is quite substantial!"