Jade Flawless

"What should we do now, Young Master? Should we go back?" Mountain Girl asked.

"How could we? We've finally made it out here. We should at least have something to show for it," Gu Qingshan said.

"What are you hoping to find?" Mountain Girl asked.

Gu Qingshan pointed at the ground beneath them. "This is a treasure trove. I wasted so much time earlier that Xie Guhong has probably already finished picking out his treasures and left. Now it's my turn."

"Treasure? What kind of thing do you want to pick, Young Master?" Mountain Girl asked curiously.

"Hmm... I'm still thinking. We're already on the thirty-third level. From what we've seen on the way up, the higher the level, the fewer the items, but the more valuable they are, so—"

Just then, as if something had occurred to him, Gu Qingshan suddenly raised his voice. "Right, Mountain Girl, you're still in your human form, aren't you?"

"Yes, Young Master. Do you want me to return to my sword spirit form?" Mountain Girl asked, puzzled.

"Absolutely not!" Gu Qingshan quickly stopped her.

"Huh? Why not?" Mountain Girl asked in confusion.

Gu Qingshan said, "There are two of us right now. That means we can pick two treasures before we leave."

He grew a little excited.

--It had been a long time since he'd gotten anything worthwhile.

Even the battle armor he'd worn on the front lines last time had been lent to him by a fire spirit spell cultivator.

--It was the spell cultivator's ancestral armor.

Unfortunately, once the cultivator was without his armor, he had died in battle on the front lines.

After the campaign ended, Gu Qingshan tracked down the fire spirit spell cultivator's family and quietly returned the armor.

He hadn't just returned the armor, either. He'd also