The Living Suffered Worse Than the Dead...

Putting away the recipe for the Indestructible Vajra Great Strength Yin-Conquering Pill, Black Sha looked at Night Owl and said, "Well, Brother Night Owl... thank you, but I wanted to ask..."

Before Black Sha could finish speaking, Night Owl interrupted him, "Haha... Black Sha... Of course I know what you want... We've been brothers for so long, how could I not know..."

Black Sha gave Night Owl a relieved look... Night Owl must have been joking with him earlier, and now it was finally time to get down to business.

Night Owl looked at the Black Sha before him. "What you want is probably to let your brother live..."

Black Sha: "????????????"

"It's no use, Black Sha... I'm really no good anymore... I'm completely exhausted!"

As Night Owl was speaking, Black Sha was practically ready to stab Night Owl...

What the hell do you mean I want my brother to live?

What does your life or death have to do with me... Can you tell me right now where the Moon Shadow Cult's remaining resources are?

You can die right after you say that!

Finally, Black Sha couldn't help but speak up, "Brother Night Owl... I'm reluctant to part with you, but now that things have come to this, I must ask, do you know where the remaining resources of the Moon Shadow Cult are?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Night Owl nodded and said, "I know...!"

"I, Night Owl, have followed that old bastard, the leader, for so many years. Although he's wary of me, I'm not someone to be trifled with. Over the years, I've secretly found out the locations of many of the Moon Shadow Cult's remaining treasure vaults. You think that Number One Treasury is where the Moon Shadow Cult's greatest resources lie, right...? Actually, no!"

"The Moon Shadow Cult has five treasure vaults outside, but the resources in Number One Treasury are not actually the most abundant; Number Five Treasury has the most!"

"While the Number One Treasury is gone, there are still four remaining. Brother Black Sha, now that things have come to this, take out a pen and paper and write this down carefully. I will tell you the locations of the remaining four treasure vaults and how to open them, in detail. But after you obtain these resources, you must fulfill your promise to me..."

Black Sha: "Brother Night Owl, rest assured, my word is my Black Sha!"

"Alright... First, there's the second treasure vault. This Second Treasury of the Moon Shadow Cult contains the spirit stones that the Moon Shadow Cult leader, that old bastard, has stored for many years. To open this treasure vault, you need to use the Vajra Finger to inscribe the fourth rune of the Flowing Cloud Runes. Absolutely no mistakes are allowed, otherwise the treasure vault will be destroyed..."

Black Sha took notes with utmost seriousness!

"As for the Third Treasury, it stores various pills of the Moon Shadow Cult. Although the quantity of these pills is not large, their value is extremely high. To open this Third Treasury, you must use a key called the Moon Phase. This key is located in a place called Questioning Heart General Store in Dahui City. When you get there, just tell the owner that you are here to collect a debt, and the owner will tell you that he does not owe any debts. So, where is your debt of gratitude?"

"The boss will say that favors aren't considered debts. If you reply that favors are favors and debts are debts, and that once the favor is repaid, there's no debt, then the boss will take you to get the Moon Phase key! Remember, you absolutely cannot answer with a single wrong word."

Black Sha recorded it with a look of wild joy!

"There's also the Fourth Treasury, filled with all sorts of cultivation Fourth Treasury... Many of these techniques are the Moon Shadow Cult's closely guarded secrets. To open this vault, you must first learn the Sect Leader's Moon Phase Heart Sutra. You don't understand the Moon Phase Heart Sutra, so you can't open this Fourth Treasury no matter what. If you can obtain the Moon Phase Heart Sutra, you can use it to open this Fourth Treasury... Otherwise, never touch the Fourth Treasury, or all the cultivation techniques inside will be destroyed!"

Black Sha: "Brother Night Owl, please rest assured, I understand!"

Night Owl nodded and continued, "Brother Black Sha, this Fifth Treasury contains all the spiritual treasures of the Moon Shadow Cult, and it is actually the most valuable of all the treasure vaults in the Moon Shadow Cult... To open this treasure vault, you must have both the Moon Phase Key and a jade pendant called Water Dragon Scale!"

"This Water Dragon Scale Jade Pendant is buried beneath the dilapidated temple atop South Mountain. Go retrieve it, and with the Moon Phase Key and the Water Dragon Scale, you can open this Fifth Treasury!"

Night Owl told Black Sha everything in one go—what the treasures in the five vaults were and how to open them...

After clearly recording everything Night Owl said, Black Sha was so excited he almost peed himself...

I've struck gold! This time, Black Sha has really struck gold...

However, Black Sha quickly realized something was wrong...

Now we know what's inside these five treasure vaults and how to open them, but where are they located?

"Um... Brother Night Owl... where exactly are these five treasure vaults located?"

Upon hearing Black Sha's words, Night Owl said, "The location of these five treasure vaults is... is... is... cough cough cough..."

As Night Owl spoke, he coughed violently, and blood gushed from Night Owl mouth with each cough!

"Brother Night Owl, don't be in such a hurry, let's calm down and talk about it later..."

But just as Black Sha finished speaking, Night Owl's head lolled to the side and he fell silent!

Black Sha: "Night Owl... don't die..."

Just as Black Sha was about to wet himself in fear, Night Owl let out a breath and calmed down!

Night Owl: "Brother Black Sha... I can't delay any longer. I don't have much time left. I can't waste any more words. I have to tell you the locations of these five treasure vaults as soon as possible. If I don't tell you this time, I might never have the chance again... So I can't delay. I have to use my last breath to tell you the locations of the treasure vaults, otherwise I might really not be able to say it..."

Black Sha: "..."

Black Sha said, "You damn well better say it... You've already written almost ten thousand words... You damn well better tell me the location!"

"Brother Black Sha... Meeting you is the greatest fortune of my life. Now that I'm leaving, I know you can fulfill all my wishes, so I certainly won't let you down. I'm holding on to my last breath to tell you exactly what's in the five treasure vaults, the specific methods to open them, and their locations, so you won't have any regrets! Isn't that more than enough for you? So, Black Sha, don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I won't say a word of nonsense; I'll definitely tell you all the locations. Don't rush..."

Black Sha: "..."

Black Sha thought, "How the hell can I not be anxious?"

"Alright... Brother Black Sha... A dying man's words are often kind. I came here on the orders of that old bastard, the sect leader, to send you on your way after the mission was complete. But no one could have imagined that fate would play such a cruel trick, and in the end, only you, Brother Black Sha, survived... This is destiny... Brother Black Sha, you are a man destined for greatness. You are different from me; I have no chance in this life... But I hope that in the Future you can reach the pinnacle with the treasures of the Moon Shadow Cult. If you become a person of high standing, please tell others that you once had a brother named Night Owl... Okay...?"

Black Sha: "Brother... okay... I'm begging you, please... can you get down to business!"

Night Owl: "Hehe... Brother, I can't take it anymore. The location of these five treasure vaults is... is... is... uh..." Night Owl spoke, large gushes of blood gushed from his mouth!

As the blood gushed out, the Night Owl's head lolled to the side, and it died...

Black Sha: "??????????????????????????????"

Black Sha was now shaking Night Owl's corpse violently!

"Holy crap... Brother Night Owl... Night Owl... you damn snow frog... you just died like that?! Please, can you come back to life... where is the location... where is the location...!"

"Night Owl, live a minute... If you die like this, I'll take your sister-in-law with me, and then stuff Cui Niang, Hong'er, Xiao Ya, Jiejie, Yaoyao, Xiuyu into your father's grave! Then I'll bury your mother with you, leaving you a widow and her children!"

Black Sha frantically shook the Night Owl's corpse... but it was no use; the Night Owl was now completely silent...

The Night Owl's life force had completely dissipated... his life had come to an end...

But at this moment, we don't know if the dead are suffering or not; it's the living who are truly suffering!

Black Sha declared, "This won't do! Let Night Owl live, let me die..."

What the hell did I, Black Sha, do wrong...? Before you, Night Owl, died, you wrote tens of thousands of words about your life; you were practically writing your own epitaph...

You're going to die, so can't you at least tell me something important before you die?

You can just die and be done with it... but what about me, Black Sha?

Oh, the remaining treasure trove of my Moon Shadow Cult...

I'm feeling worse than dead right now...

If I hadn't known about those five treasure vaults, I, Black Sha, wouldn't have been bothered at all. But now you've let me know there are five treasure vaults, you've even let me know what's inside, and you've even learned how to open them... but I still don't know their locations...

If you, Night Owl, had died sooner, wouldn't it have been better if you hadn't said any of that?

Some people only died physically... some died of their souls!

Black Sha says that Night Owl is only physically dead... but Black Sha's soul is dead...

Night Owl, oh Night Owl... I beg you, have some humanity... A dying man's words are often kind...

So, you're trying to drag me Black Sha, down with you on your deathbed...?

Your death is worse than death for me, Black Sha...

Could you please come back to life for a moment? Tell me the location of the treasure vault before you die...?

But now Night Owl was truly dead. No matter how much Black Sha shook him, Night Owl didn't react at all, and his body gradually grew cold.

But no matter how cold the Night Owl's body was at this moment, it was certainly not as cold as Black Sha's heart.

Some people... appear to be alive, but in reality... they've been dead for a while...

Black Sha frantically searched Night Owl's Qiankun Ring, hoping to obtain some useful information.

However, within the Qiankun Ring, they found Cui Niang's hairpin, Hong'er's embroidered shoes, Xiao Ya's jade bracelet, Jiejie's long, black hair, Yaoyao's bib, Xiuyu's panties... but the location of the four treasure vaults was nowhere to be found...

Black Sha: "Ah! Night Owl... you son of a bitch!!%...&%...&*...&*(...&￥%...&%(*&*&*()&**&...&(&*)R$%^$%^%&"