Gathering Treasure Pavilion

The Dust of Replication lasted for six hours, and Luo Jun returned to school in the evening.

Back in his dorm, Luo Jun tidied up briefly and began to organize his thoughts.

If the Eternal Star was on Gong Shiyue when she was arrested, then without a doubt, it is now in the hands of the Yuan Cultivation Society.

But if not, Gong Shiyue fled all the way from the Federation back to Zhendan. Such a long journey, she could have hidden anywhere along the way. How did she end up here?

Wait a minute, Gong Shiyue was arrested at the end of May, but the theft must have happened much earlier, so it should have been at least four months ago.

According to the master, the Federation's exchange group arrived in Ningdong about two months ago, and they've been searching for this Eternal Star ever since. They certainly weren't idle during those two months... but they only arrived at his rented apartment about ten days ago, which means they must have searched everywhere else...

Did Gong Shiyue really leave her things there?

But from the time she broke in through the window to her arrest, only a few minutes had passed. There wasn't time to hide anything in that time, except...

As he spoke, Luo Jun turned his gaze to the doll on the table.

That was the only thing Gong Shiyue left behind.

What does this mean?

Luo Jun frowned, but the name Gathering Treasure Pavilion seemed familiar; he had seen it on the forum before.

Luo Jun's heart started racing!

Did I really get a great bargain?

Although I don't know what this Eternal Star is, it can't be cotton, can it?

Looks like I guessed wrong, it's just an ordinary doll...

Gathering Treasure Pavilion 3106

The year is Gui Si, Jia Shen, Xin Wei, Yi Hai, BingChou.

He picked up the doll, examined it for a while, then tore it open and took out the cotton stuffing inside.

He opened his phone and searched for the keyword "Gathering Treasure Pavilion" on the forum, finally finding the relevant post.

But after searching for a long time, there was nothing but cotton...

Luo Jun was a little dejected and threw the doll into the trash can. But suddenly, his eyes caught something—there seemed to be writing on the inside of the doll's outer skin...

But he scanned it with his spiritual energy, and there was nothing special about it... Wait, the Eternal Star isn't a Noble Phantasm, so his previous scan with spiritual energy had no effect. Could it be...?

He hurriedly picked it up, emptied out all the cotton, and turned it inside out. Finally, he saw two lines of small characters.

The so-called Gathering Treasure Pavilion is also a gang in the [Martial World] world, but like the Famous Sword Hall I've heard of before, this gang is not a traditional sect that recruits disciples and teaches martial arts, but a functional gang. If we were to make an analogy, it would be more accurate to say that it is the largest bank in the [Martial World] world.

Jubao Jubao means to amass wealth from all over the world. This gang not only set up branches in major towns and cities in the Martial World to facilitate people's deposit and withdrawal of money, but also issued loans, accumulating enormous wealth.

Normally, a feudal dynasty would not allow a private gang to amass such wealth. However, this is not a normal world. Because Martial World world, to possess great power, one must rely on a sect with a lineage. As for the army under the imperial court, although it is numerous, it lacks top-notch masters and dares not suppress the many powerful martial arts sects too much.

These martial arts sects, though often embroiled in internal strife, would surprisingly unite once the imperial court took action, issuing a decree to rectify the Martial World, leaving the court with no way to intervene.

Of course, there is an even more important point: the Martial World world also has several old immortals at the Ascension Realm, all of whom are renowned sect Sect Leader and Ancestor.

While those at the Ascension Realm in the Main World are powerful, if they do anything outrageous, they still have to consider the power of airplanes, tanks, aircraft carriers, and nuclear bombs... In this feudal dynasty, with so many living gods emerging, even the emperor, residing in the imperial palace and protected by an army of 100,000, can't sleep soundly at night...

In short, in the Martial World world, the imperial court is relatively weak, which has led to the development of martial arts sects like Gathering Treasure Pavilion, which have even replaced some of the functions of the government and become the most trusted financial institutions for everyone from Martial World practitioners to ordinary people.

I know Gathering Treasure Pavilion is a bank, but what do the numbers after it, and the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches below, mean?

After browsing a few more posts, Luo Jun figured it out.

Besides depositing money, Gathering Treasure Pavilion can also help people pawn and store treasures... Regular branches can only help store small valuables like gold and silver, which can be redeemed with a ticket later. However, if there are rare treasures that are not safe to store at a branch, then you can only go to the Gathering Treasure Pavilion's headquarters.

Here lies the most heavily guarded vault in the entire Martial World world, hailed as the safest place under heaven. Anything you possess can be stored here as long as you can afford the exorbitant storage fee. Rest assured, no one but you can take it away.

The small print inside the doll, followed by the number 3106, indicates the location of the treasure in the vault. The five sets of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches below are the combination to open the safe!

I see!

Luo Jun understood. The reason Gong Shiyue appeared in Ningdong was because she had just returned from the [Martial World] world. She had hidden the mysterious Eternal Star in the vault of the Gathering Treasure Pavilion Headquarters!

Thinking about this, Luo Jun couldn't help but marvel at how amazing this woman was. How could a wanted criminal move freely in and out of the officially managed world? Moreover, she seemed to have anticipated that he would be caught sooner or later, so she hid the items in an absolutely safe place and recorded the password inside the doll she carried with her!

But how could she leave something so important at my house?

Was it intentional or accidental?

Whatever it is, Gong Shiyue is currently in the Yuan Cultivation Society's prison and won't be out anytime soon.

As luck would have it, Ningdong Academy will organize an Otherworld Internship before the end of the year. Because of the previous incident where his student status was removed, Luo Jun has already obtained a guaranteed admission spot, and he will most likely go to the [Martial World] under the school's arrangement.

At that time, all he needs to do is find an opportunity to visit the headquarters of the Gathering Treasure Pavilion, and this thing will be his!

Luo Jun smiled slightly and said, "I will keep this mysterious Eternal Star safe for you!"

Although we don't know exactly what it is, anything that the Hell Creek Family is offering a 20 million Federal Credit bounty for must be a priceless treasure!

Thinking of this, Luo Jun memorized the information, threw the doll's remains on the ground, took out a small staff from the Hundred Treasure Box, and spat out a fireball, which burned it to ashes in a moment.

Looking at the burning doll, Luo Jun frowned slightly.

The information wasn't long, and Gong Shiyue should be able to remember it, so why bother making something like this?

Unless... she can't remember for some reason...

Whether she remembers it or not, the information is already in Luo Jun's hands.

From now on, perform well in the academy, and in two months, go treasure hunting in the Martial World world!

(End of this chapter)