Great Families generally didn't keep their stockpiles in Void Rings. It was too inconvenient. Opening a Void Ring required the blood of a specific person, so if the family ran into an emergency while that person was away, they'd be in trouble. But storing that person's blood in the vault could cause other problems.
There were countless unusual battle skills, cultivation methods, and innate gifts in the universe. Who could guarantee that no one would be able to use blood to influence the person it came from?
So no family kept its stockpile in a Void Ring. They would rather set aside space for it and hire experts to protect it.
Purple Mountain King's Mansion was enormous, but only three people lived there: Lu Yin, Zhaoran, and Ke Yi, who guarded the gate. Gwen and the others had suggested many times that he hire more guards and maids for the mansion, but Lu Yin always refused. He had too many secrets that couldn't be discovered, and more people would only cause trouble. Besides, Zhaoran was enough, even if she wasn't very reliable.
The mansion's storeroom was in the northeast corner. It covered a sizeable area and had no guards, nor did it need any. It was just like the Imperial Palace, with the Imperial Court Thirteenth Team patrolling the perimeter. If anyone could steal from Purple Mountain King's Mansion, Lu Yin would accept it.
When Lu Yin saw the inventory Zhaoran had compiled, his eyes lit up. It was full of valuable things: antiques, paintings and calligraphy, manuscripts from past generations, exquisite utensils, carvings, and more. There were Star Energy Crystals and Star Energy Marrow too, but not much. Few people gave those as gifts. What delighted Lu Yin most was a star chart from Endless Shipping. It mapped out