Within Yuchi Manor, beneath red-painted pointed roofs.
Beside a small courtyard strung all around with black wind chimes.
Wei He's figure flashed, vaulting over several buildings in succession before drifting lightly down onto the courtyard wall.
Standing atop the wall, he dove down. The breeze he stirred immediately set the wind chimes in the courtyard softly knocking together, producing a faint clamor.
"This is where the secret vault is?" Wei He swept his gaze around.
This place seemed to be merely ornamental. In the square courtyard stood a three-story little pagoda.
Its most notable feature was that every eave was hung with a string of wind chimes.
There were porcelain wind chimes, metal wind chimes, steel-carbon wind chimes, and wind chimes made from bone fragments—every variety imaginable.
And all of them were black.
The courtyard was entirely deserted, but the ground was remarkably clean. Someone clearly came to clean it often.
Wei He took out the slip of paper. It clearly stated the secret vault's location and how to open it.
"Interesting. They managed to obtain so much information in such a short time."
But he did not care about any of that. As long as he could obtain the complete Nine Felling of Heavenly Seal true art, nothing else mattered.
Following the directions to the secret vault, Wei He unfolded his movement art and lightly swept into the three-story little pagoda at the center of the courtyard.
In the hall on the pagoda's first floor stood three statues of white-veiled goddesses, each with only one arm.
It was unclear what deity they represented.
On the offering table before them were incense, candles, fruit, and meat. The faint fragrance of thin incense sticks rose continuously, slowly spreading through the hall.
Wei He circled halfway around to the backs of the