Chapter 738 I Didn't Say They Couldn't Take It
Seeing this scene, even Bernard was utterly shocked. He knew that the Zinake Kingdom had a massive treasure vault, famed throughout the entire Tangwu Mountain Universe Realm, but he never expected that the vault was actually hidden beneath a burial ground.
In this underground space, there were two enormous iron doors over a hundred meters high, crisscrossed with a dense network of security lines. Anyone who touched them was likely to face dire consequences, even if they were a Transcender.
"Beep, identity verification passed!"
It seemed there was an identity verification device installed somewhere in this area. With a rather humanized voice, one by one, the invisible laser beams slowly disappeared into the air.
"Creak—" With a slight grinding noise, the massive door in front of them slowly opened to both sides, releasing a rush of age-old ambiance. It seemed that this vault hadn't been opened for quite some time.
"Tsk tsk tsk, host, there are a lot of good things here," Xiao Yi roughly scanned the surroundings and found quite a few treasures, "It's truly a civilization that has existed for millions of years, incredibly impressive."
Prince quietly sneaked a glance at Fang Jueyu, only to find Fang Jueyu's eyes incredibly clear, devoid of any greed, as if the vault in front of him was just a pile of dirt.
"I guess I overthought," Prince reconsidered. Given that even the gatekeepers of this divine rich civilization had complete Divine Weapons, it was clear they were far wealthier, so it made sense that Fang Jueyu had no reaction.
But what he didn't know was that Fang Jueyu wasn't unaffected; he was just too stunned to react.
Indeed, he had Wanshen Manor with him. Relying on it, he possessed items that everyone in this material universe dreamed of. He even searched the relics of the Root Universe for numerous valuable treasures.
However, most of Fang Jueyu's wealth was intangible. This vault was filled with tangible treasures, and such a strong visual impact was difficult for anyone to withstand.
High-grade Energy Crystals, top-tier Cosmic Crystals, and top-tier Magic Ores were almost piled up like mountains in this vault.
Although Fang Jueyu had acquired quite a few such resources from the Molar Civilization, would anyone carry the entire accumulation of a civilization spanning millions of years? What they carried was just the portion deemed relatively important to them.
Besides, for a wealthy person, they would never think they had too much money, and for Fang Jueyu, it was the same. Things like property deeds and Crystal Stones were always welcome.
"Come on, everyone, come in and see," Fang Jueyu invited, as if this vault was his own home.
Prince gave an embarrassed smile. He mused, wasn't this damn place the treasury of the Zinake Kingdom? How come in Fang Jueyu's mouth, it seemed like his home, as if he had no reservations, feeling wronged but dared not say much?
This vault was as splendid as the Zinake Kingdom's palace, with inner walls cast from some kind of precious rare metal, studded with a large number of gemstones, and featuring extremely luxurious decorations that clearly took a lot of effort to create.
The vault was divided into various sections, including Crystal Stone Store, Precious Metal Store, Martial Arts Library, and Weapon Store, among others, and almost nothing placed here was worthless.
"Tsk tsk tsk, this is what you call the standard configuration for rich people," Fang Jueyu exclaimed, "I'll have to find a chance to build one myself someday!"
Prince's mouth twitched. Constructing this vault and filling it consumed much of Zinake Civilization's heritage over unknown years. Even for a divine rich civilization, it wouldn't take just a few days to create such a massive vault, would it?
"All right, see if there's anything you like, take it," Fang Jueyu said, "Especially you, Bernard, after all the grievances you've suffered here, you need some compensation, don't you?"
"Mr. Badao, this... this isn't what we agreed!" Prince suddenly panicked. If anything were missing from this vault, it would be a huge loss to the Zinake Civilization. This was no joke.
"I only promised not to take anything myself; I never said they couldn't take anything!" Fang Jueyu shamelessly argued, "Besides, I charged you 5 billion Source Coins as compensation. If you take nothing, just letting us visit the vault, wouldn't that be too easy?"
"But..."
"Tell you what, I'm not unreasonable. Besides me, everyone else can only take up to three items. How's that?"
Prince wanted to protest further, but at that moment, he saw Fang Jueyu's fierce gaze, seemingly saying that if he dared to refuse or shake his head, he would immediately release those two Demigods.
"Alas!" Prince sighed deeply, "All right, but each of them can only take up to three items!"
Although it was still a heavy loss, it was better than having the entire vault emptied. What more could he wish for?
"Exactly, apologies should come with sincerity. We're not asking for your life, just let us pick some scrap metal, look how anxious you are," Fang Jueyu said with disdain.
"Scrap metal?" Prince raged internally, "If these are considered scrap metal, how can other civilizations survive?"
After receiving the nod, Bernard and the others immediately roamed the vault. Since they could only take three items, they had to choose the ones with the highest value.
Unfortunately, the three of them had limited insight and couldn't distinguish which items were valuable and which were not.
"I think that glass ball looks good," Fang Jueyu suddenly spoke.
"Glass ball?" The three of them followed Fang Jueyu's gaze and finally rested their eyes on a sphere emitting a green glow.
"Oh my God! How did he notice that?" Prince was struck as if by lightning.
This wasn't a glass ball; it was a treasure made from a Controller Level Cosmic Crystal's Demigod Crystal. These crystals, below grade six, though rich in energy, would eventually deplete.
But this Demigod Crystal was almost like an energy converter. It could automatically absorb the Cosmic Source Power floating in space, albeit slowly, but at least matching consumption speed.
Having a Demigod Crystal was effectively like having an endless energy source. Such a treasure was one of the most valuable things in the entire material universe, and even in this vault.
"Fine, listen to you!" Bernard knew from Prince's expression that this was definitely a treasure, and seeing them in pain was one of the things he enjoyed the most.
"Xiao Yi, is there anything else interesting?"
"Look at the corner, that piece of talisman paper, that's also a good item."
"Lancelot, take that doodle," Fang Jueyu instructed, pointing to the talisman paper.
"This! This is a Soul Contract Rune!" Prince was practically heartbroken, almost shedding tears.
Apart from some secret techniques, humans and fierce beasts could only form contracts through taming, but this Soul Contract Rune could achieve the same effect and was binding!
If Lancelot could subdue a Controller Level fierce beast, this rune could help him tame it!
The entire Zinake Kingdom only had this one!
"Devil! He's simply a devil!"