Stealing Treasure with Accumulated Virtue

This was a rare sight indeed!

To avoid returning empty-handed as a thief, Sun Lingtong had pored over countless books, secretly mastered the Black Market, and learned through contact and practice. His horizons were broad; even Yin Realm World materials were mostly familiar to him.

Yet all the treasure materials here lay within his blind spot. He knew absolutely nothing about them.

Zeng Jide saw Sun Lingtong's confusion and longing. With his hands behind his back, he strolled leisurely to the shelves. "This treasury can be called the very essence of River of Forgetfulness Immortal City."

"The Wangchuan River is the most famous great river in the Yin Realm World. When souls fall into the river, they gradually shed their memories and feelings. Once those memories and feelings are discarded, the souls seem to cast off a heavy burden, becoming lighter and lighter, until they are light enough to float to the river's surface and finally reach the shore."

"And the souls that reach the shore remember nothing. Like newborn infants, they are muddled and ignorant, curious about everything."

"That is why some also call the Wangchuan River the River of Sin Washing or the River of New Life."

After explaining, Zeng Jide brought the topic back. "These treasure materials all originate from the Wangchuan River. They are local specialties of this place, and are almost never seen elsewhere."

"So it is only natural that you do not recognize them."

"For example, this is called Sorrowful Silk Entwined Heart Lotus Root."

Sun Lingtong looked over and saw a pile of lotus root segments, each about half a foot long. They were gray and withered all over, as though dead. Countless translucent gray-white threads wound around the lotus roots.

Looking closer, he discovered that the threads were wriggling on their own