I led everyone onward into the third level. The atmosphere here seemed far more dangerous. The treasures no longer appeared in the sky when they manifested, but instead stood in the pitch-black space, while the quality of the treasures around us had risen by more than just one grade. Quite a few excellent ones were even brazenly displayed right before our eyes.
Once I had familiarized myself with the place, I stopped surveying it. The treasures here were decent for ordinary immortals, and even for some Pure Dao Realm immortals, they were weapon-level existences. But to me, they were no different from toys. So I casually picked a lamp and injected my energy into its meridians, intending to make it mine.
The next moment, the lamp erupted with dazzling light. Just as everyone cried out, "Careful!" the radiance seemed to condense into a mass. Before it even had the chance to flash away, it was lifted as though it had become solid, and the guardian spirit within never even appeared. I casually tucked the lamp into my sleeve pouch.
"Uncle, this... this thing doesn't have a guardian spirit?" Bei Hu'ao asked hurriedly.
I shook my head. "It does have a guardian spirit, but I directly made them vanish completely within the treasure. After all, even if they remained, they could never recover. An existence without intelligence that can only act on instinct—how is that any different from a puppet? Sending them on their way is also the last bit of dignity I can give them."
"Erased... erased?" Shengtu Yu exclaimed.
"Heh, of course they were erased. Do you even know who came to break through this treasure? Shengtu Huang probably never saw your uncle sweep across the world alone with a single sword back then, did he?" Gu Longjun put