Then, Leon and Miao Yi also came over and saw with their own eyes Ye Qingzhou placing the giant Shennong Cauldron into the gourd he carried with him, causing their eyeballs to almost pop out.
"Damn, a pocket universe?"
"Storage treasure?"
The two looked at the gilded jade gourd in Ye Qingzhou’s hand, envying to the point of drooling.
Especially Leon, such a treasure is something even the Jiujiang Lei Clan, a martial arts family, doesn’t have!
"Master Ye, isn’t your gourd just for holding wine?"
"No, didn’t I tell you that it’s a storage treasure?"
"No!"
At this moment, not only Leon but even the other teammates were shocked that Ye Qingzhou actually had a storage treasure.
Xu Yuebing immediately reminded Ye Qingzhou: "You have to be careful, storage treasures are rare, even martial arts grandmasters can’t help but have thoughts about them. If others find out, they might go to great lengths to seize it."
Although Dongji Kingdom’s social order is quite stable, at least even master-level martial artists have to keep a low profile and obediently abide by the law on the surface, not daring to act too rashly.
However, wealth moves hearts, especially for grandmaster-level martial artists above the master level.
At such a level, the law’s constraint is actually very small.
It’s like the law is supposed to be equal for everyone, but the wealthy are always more equal, not to mention martial artists who hold significant power.
Many matters, as long as they don’t weigh them on the scale, might not even weigh four liang for grandmaster-level martial artists.
The authorities might know about it, but unless it causes major trouble, they usually choose to turn a blind eye instead of handling it seriously.
After putting away the Shennong Cauldron, Ye Qingzhou looked around the valley that had exhausted its earth’s energy and lost all spiritual charm, feeling a bit regretful.
’It seems that the Celestial Human Casting Technique consumes a lot, rendering this Heaven and Earth Furnace useless; I need to find a new place for arrangement to forge the next divine weapon.’
Ye Qingzhou currently holds four swords: Dragon Abyss, Celestial Punishment, and Flame Emperor Sword are all at the divine weapon level, while only the Flying Frost Sword acquired from Xu Yuebing is quite ordinary; as a Dao-bearing artifact, it’s quite lacking.
"So captivated, what are you thinking?"
Xu Yuebing surveyed Ye Qingzhou with suspicion and directly guessed his thoughts: "You wouldn’t be thinking of packing up this entire valley, would you?"
Ye Qingzhou sighed: "I indeed planned to, but unfortunately, this place is now useless."
Xu Yuebing said irritably: "You guys, might as well rename yourself to Heaven High Three Feet? While others are digging treasures, you want to dig up the entire treasure land, huh?"
A few days passed, and the contestants on missions gradually returned to camp.
Currently, there are only three teams left within the Yanling Grotto Heaven, namely the Linjiang Team, the Silver City Team, and the Star City Team, reduced to only two members.
It’s worth mentioning that Brother Long and Liu Dingjian truly found a mineral vein and even mined twelve pieces of Golden Flame Stone.
Golden Flame Stone is an upper-grade treasure level crafting material, with a transparent appearance and containing flame-shaped golden light, usable in crafting weapons or armor.
Unwillingly, Brother Long handed over six pieces of Golden Flame Stone to Ye Qingzhou: "As agreed, you get half."
Thinking about the risks and hard work that he and Liu Dingjian put into obtaining these Golden Flame Stones, his heart aches.
A group of powerful fire-attributed exotic beasts, Huo Dou, guarded the periphery of the Golden Flame Stone’s mineral vein.
Huo Dou, completely black and resembling dog-like creatures, feed on fire and often bring along disasters and misfortune; they are extremely powerful exotic beasts.
If not for Brother Long’s excellent body technique that lured away the Huo Dou guarding the mineral vein, allowing Liu Dingjian to quietly sneak in for collection, their abilities would have barely served as a meal for the Huo Dou.
"Is this Golden Flame Stone?"
Ye Qingzhou recognized this crafting material, given that the Celestial Casting Scripture had an introduction.
Just planning to forge a piece of armor, Ye Qingzhou’s gaze focused on the remaining six Gold Flame Stones in Brother Long’s hand: "Why don’t you just let me have them all?"
Brother Long immediately panicked upon hearing this.
"Ye Qingzhou, don’t go too far!"
"Ahem, don’t misunderstand, I’m not trying to rob; I just want to conduct a fair trade with you."
Brother Long wouldn’t believe it; Ye Qingzhou had just ’taken’ six Gold Flame Stones from him and now wants to take the remaining six, which is utterly shameless!
Therefore, he urgently clutched the bag containing the six Gold Flame Stones tightly, his gaze filled with caution and distrust toward Ye Qingzhou.
"Brother Long, keeping people distant from you is really breaking my heart."
Ye Qingzhou had a face full of sorrow, pounding his chest: "Do I seem like the kind of person who would steal a little kid’s candy in your eyes?"
"You are."
Brother Long nodded seriously.
"..."
Ye Qingzhou raised his fist as big as a pot: "Brother Long, if you continue this way, I’ll go berserk."
Although Ye Qingzhou theoretically couldn’t attack people while at the camp, the momentum and pressure emanating from him still made Brother Long panic: "Ye Qingzhou, don’t act crazy!"
"Let’s discuss it, okay? I’ll buy the Gold Flame Stones you have. You name the price."
This time, Ye Qingzhou genuinely didn’t plan on robbing; after all, he wasn’t a devil, he had already extorted once, one has to have a sense of ethics while being a thief.