In the shop's rear courtyard, Zhao Yongwu placed the wooden box containing the treasure on the table.
Grinning mischievously, Zhao Xiaodong reached out to open the box for a look, only for his second uncle to slap his hand away.
Zhao Yongwu warned, "Careful. The thing inside could buy an entire storefront in Cave Heaven City!"
At those words, Zhao Xiaodong staggered, not daring to entertain another curious thought as he immediately retreated far away.
The Zhao Family had spent over a thousand Spirit Stones just to buy the storefront and courtyard beneath their feet for this mixed-spirit shop.
He wondered to himself, What kind of treasure could possibly sell for so much?
The family head was too big-hearted as well, daring to let Second Uncle collect such a treasure on his behalf. Wasn't he afraid of those lowlife Woodworm Cultivators setting their sights on it?
Zhao Xiaodong did not know Zhao Sheng's intentions.
Zhao Sheng had done this due to a coincidental opportunity. He could have collected it himself rather than asking Zhao Yongwu to do so on his behalf; going personally would have been better.
He had chosen this arrangement purely because things had happened to coincide.
Three days earlier, inspiration had suddenly struck him, and he had figured out a difficult bottleneck in the Layered Talisman Art.
Heaven-sent opportunities were rare, and Zhao Sheng naturally would not let one slip away.
Since he did not know when he would emerge from seclusion and feared missing the time to collect the treasure,
Zhao Sheng had no choice but to entrust the matter to Zhao Yongwu, then devote himself to secluded talisman drawing.
Just as Zhao Yongwu and his nephew were waiting themselves into a state of anxious irritation, Zhao Sheng had also reached a critical moment.
Inside the