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Chapter 85:
As the cave trembled, a hidden chamber slowly opened before Xu Ze and Qu Qinghan.
Qu Qinghan glanced at Xu Ze in surprise, "A hidden chamber? Holy Son, how did you know there was a hidden chamber here?"
Xu Ze calmly interrupted Qu Qinghan's question.
"Secret realm caves usually have hidden chambers. Isn't that a common thing?"
Was that really common?
Qu Qinghan was a bit confused but didn't know how to argue.
"Let's go." Xu Ze said as he stepped into the hidden chamber.
Qu Qinghan immediately followed him.
Once the duo entered, the outer door of the chamber gradually closed, leaving no trace from the outside.
They walked along a dark corridor, Xu Ze holding a holy flame to light the way.
Qu Qinghan followed closely behind, carefully observing the secret realm.
"The spiritual Qi here is so abundant. Could it be a place with spiritual veins?" Qu Qinghan said, reaching out her hand to touch the dragon and phoenix-like patterns on the wall.
Xu Ze quickly grabbed her hand, "What are you doing!"
Feeling Xu Ze's warm hand, Qu Qinghan blushed and felt a rush of heat.
Xu Ze gave Qu Qinghan a sidelong glance and said, "Be careful of triggering traps here. This cave was built a long time ago, and it has many traps."
"If you accidentally trigger a trap, we might never see the sunlight again."
"Mmm..." Qu Qinghan whimpered as Xu Ze scolded her, retracting her hand reluctantly.
Although she had memories of nine lifetimes, she had spent most of those lifetimes in the Holy Land, so she was unfamiliar with many things in the lower realms.
When it came to dealing with people and exploring secret realms, she wasn't as experienced as other heroines. Her usual cold demeanor was just a way to protect her innocent nature.
Xu Ze held Qu Qinghan's hand tightly and said helplessly, "Hold my hand to avoid accidentally triggering anything."
How could Xu Ze not know what kind of person Qu Qinghan was?
After nine lifetimes together, she was the coldest and most naive among the ten heroines.
She was like a celestial goddess, unaware of the dangers of the mortal world, with only a cold and pure heart.
But what use was that?
Such a girl, due to her cold exterior, wouldn't easily be taken advantage of. But if she were, it would be heartbreaking.
Yes, Xu Ze was referring to himself, a big scoun*drel.
Xu Ze remembered the traps from his memory and led Qu Qinghan past them.
Soon, they arrived at a heavy door with a decayed copper lock that was immovable. It seemed no one had explored this place before.
Using his true essence, Xu Ze shattered the decayed copper lock with a single palm strike, fulfilling its ancient duty.
As the door opened, a dazzling light shone from within.
"This, this is..." Qu Qinghan was stunned by what she saw.
Inside the door were rows of bookshelves filled with ancient books. Each book was a heavenly-grade profound skill or technique from the Zhengshe period.
On the other side were numerous boxes of spiritual stones, occupying most of the chamber like a mountain range.
In the center of the room was a jade bed emitting dense spiritual Qi.
It seemed this was a place left by an ancient Daoist master for cultivation.
Qu Qinghan was dumbfounded.
Even as a Holy Maiden of the Holy Land, she had never seen such a scene.
"Holy Son, this is..."
Xu Ze casually picked up a book and flipped through a few pages before saying, "It looks like these books are ancient profound skills and techniques, possibly left by a master who cultivated here."
"That master likely abandoned this place after achieving great success and went on to live a carefree life."
Xu Ze was very familiar with this place.
In his first lifetime, he had cultivated here for ten years, mastering hundreds of ancient profound skills.
After memorizing all the books, he no longer used this place in his subsequent lifetimes.
In this lifetime, bringing Qu Qinghan here was partly due to his own motives.
"So many treasures, why don't we take them back to the Holy Land?" Qu Qinghan's eyes sparkled, thinking of quickly bringing everything back to benefit the Holy Land.
'You want to bring this opportunity back to the Holy Land?'
Thinking this, Xu Ze twitched his mouth, almost wanting to punch this naive girl.
Xu Ze walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said calmly, "The Holy Land's collection of books is vast, and these ancient techniques would be just a drop in the ocean."
"Why not seize this opportunity to cultivate here, using the abundant spiritual Qi to enhance your own skills?"
Qu Qinghan suddenly realized that Xu Ze was right.
She took out a book of profound skills and began reading, nodding slightly. "Indeed, it's better to be a bit selfish while traversing the profound world..."
As Qu Qinghan silently studied the profound skills, Xu Ze smiled helplessly.
He knew it was difficult for someone like her, with an outwardly cold but inwardly warm nature, to act selfishly.
He gently patted Qu Qinghan's shoulder and reassured her, "Don't worry too much. There are at least a billion spiritual stones here. We can use some and take the rest back to the Holy Land to benefit it."
Qu Qinghan brushed off Xu Ze's hand and focused on the profound skills. "Don't disturb my cultivation. Go over there."
Xu Ze: "..."
Alright, he had overestimated her purity.
After nine lifetimes, even the purest child would become wise.
Seeing Qu Qinghan begin to memorize the profound skills, Xu Ze didn't disturb her further. He took a few spiritual stones and started cultivating on the jade bed.
...
Three days later.
In Wanjin Province.
In a study room, Nalan Qing raised an eyebrow as she read a secret report.
"Someone entered the secret realm without paying? Why report such a thing? Just kill them as a warning." She casually tossed the report aside, snorted coldly, and buried herself in the account books of the Nalan Commerce Association.
Seeing the vast wealth in the account books, Nalan Qing's eyes sparkled like gold coins, and her mouth widened into a grin.
"Hohoho~ There are so many orders for the Shenlong Cannons. Thirty from the Changsheng Sect, twenty-five from the Sword Immortal Palace, and several orders from city lords. We're going to make a fortune~"
"Once we sell this batch of Shenlong Cannons, I'll promote the Mie Tian Fire Guns."
"Right, we can't ignore the money from mortals either. We can make spirit stone lamps from inferior spirit stones and farming tools from dismantled magical artifacts. Mortals won't know the difference, so we can charge market prices plus ten percent."
"Speaking of which, the Nalan Commerce Association should have a distinct logo. From now on, all our products will have the Nalan Commerce Association's mark to combat counterfeits!"
"Money, money, money~ Soon, all the money in the Qiankun Continent will be mine! Then, even the Holy Land people will have to treat me with respect, hahaha."
Watching her sister jumping around the room with the account book, Nalan Yun picked up the secret letter from the floor without any expression.
After reading it, a bright light flashed in Nalan Yun's eyes.
"Holy flame?"
She silently burned the letter in the candle flame and then lowered her head to continue reading her book.
-To be continued!
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