Great Harvest!

At the cliff's edge.

Lin Ze closed his eyes slightly and took semi-control of the Death Soldier who had already gone ahead to scout below the cliff.

After confirming there was no danger, he tugged on the rope beside him and called out to Xiao Yi Xian.

"Let's go. We'll head down and see what good stuff is there."

Lin Ze wrapped the rope around his arm several times, then slowly lowered himself.

The two reached the cave on the cliff without incident.

The trees here had already been cleared away by the Death Soldiers, leaving a path wide enough for people to pass through.

They hadn't cleared everything, though, so the remaining trees still provided some cover.

A Death Soldier was waiting at the cave entrance. When he saw Lin Ze and Xiao Yi Xian come down, he bowed in greeting.

"Young Master, there's another Mechanism Door inside. We haven't opened it yet."

"No problem. Let's go take a look together."

Lin Ze waved a hand, and Xiao Yi Xian volunteered, "A Mechanism Door? I happen to have read books about the Mechanism Art. Maybe I can help."

Xiao Yi Xian spoke eagerly.

If the two of them explored the ruins and she couldn't help at all, she wouldn't feel right accepting a share of the spoils.

"Sure."

Lin Ze could see what Xiao Yi Xian was thinking. He smiled but didn't refuse.

Xiao Yi Xian had been the one to crack the Mechanism Door in the original story, so Lin Ze didn't need to go to any extra trouble.

"Young Master, it's dark and deep inside the cave. Please take this."

The Death Soldier handed over a Night Pearl and added, "There are no forks in the cave. Just keep going straight."

Lin Ze gave a slight nod, took the Night Pearl, and headed into the cave.

Not only had he learned what to expect from the original story, but the Death Soldiers' exploration had also already given him a full picture of the cave.

He knew the place inside and out.

Xiao Yi Xian hurried after Lin Ze, then gave the Death Soldier on guard an awkward nod.

In her eyes, the Death Soldiers had already cleared away every obstacle, while she had simply shown up to collect the spoils.

So she couldn't accept Lin Ze's subordinates' efforts as casually as he did.

The cave was quite silent. The only sound was the faint rustling of their footsteps along the path.

Xiao Yi Xian couldn't quite stand the silence. She quickened her pace and moved a little closer to Lin Ze.

They walked for almost ten minutes before Lin Ze stopped.

Xiao Yi Xian leaned around him and saw a stone door glowing with a faint yellow light.

A Death Soldier stood beside it.

He, too, was holding a Night Pearl.

But the Night Pearl in his hand was no match for Lin Ze's in either size or brightness.

"Xiao Yi Xian, you're up."

Lin Ze stepped aside, and Xiao Yi Xian nodded solemnly.

As Xiao Yi Xian felt around the stone door, the Night Pearl's light revealed her graceful figure.

Her slender waist, especially, was captivating.

Before long, Xiao Yi Xian found the key to the Mechanism Door.

She reached out with her delicate hand and pressed lightly on a small indentation in the stone door. It creaked in response.

The stone door slowly opened, and the Death Soldier stepped inside with his Night Pearl, quite willingly.

Xiao Yi Xian was about to follow, but Lin Ze reached out and caught her by the wrist.

"Wait a moment. Ruins don't just hold opportunities and benefits. There can be dangers, too."

There hadn't been any danger in the ruins originally, but who knew whether opening them at the wrong time might cause something unexpected to happen?

Hearing Lin Ze's words, Xiao Yi Xian held back her excitement.

A while later, the Death Soldier came out from behind the stone door and nodded to Lin Ze.

Only then did Lin Ze lead Xiao Yi Xian inside.

Once they passed through the stone door, the light grew brighter.

Moonlight Stones were embedded in the surrounding walls for illumination, lighting up the enormous stone chamber.

At the center of the chamber stood a chair, with a long-dried skeleton sitting upon it.

In front of the chair was a Bluestone Platform, on which sat three locked stone boxes.

Three corners of the chamber were piled high with glittering gold coins. In the last corner was a small herb garden, planted with all sorts of medicinal herbs.

Xiao Yi Xian couldn't help drawing a sharp breath at the sight. Her mouth fell slightly open.

"So this is what ruins are like?"

"No wonder there are always stories about people discovering the ruins of their predecessors and soaring to success overnight."

"There must be hundreds of thousands of gold coins here alone, not to mention all those precious medicinal materials. Their value might exceed that of all the coins combined!"

Xiao Yi Xian couldn't stop exclaiming in wonder. She turned to Lin Ze and said sincerely, "Lin Ze, congratulations. This time, you've really struck it rich!"

Lin Ze nodded with a smile.

He already knew what to expect from these ruins.

But seeing the heaps of glittering gold coins with his own eyes still stirred his excitement.

"All right, time to collect everything."

Lin Ze took off his Storage Ring and handed it to Xiao Yi Xian.

"There are tools inside for storing precious medicinal materials. I'll leave it to you to gather them."

Xiao Yi Xian nodded quickly.

For someone who loved medicine as much as she did, collecting these rare medicinal materials herself was more satisfying than suddenly coming into a fortune in gold.

Watching Xiao Yi Xian head off in high spirits, Lin Ze shook his head.

The most valuable things in these ruins weren't the treasures sitting out in the open.

The most valuable was certainly the Fragmented Map depicting the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.

But Lin Ze wasn't sure whether he'd need to collect the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame in the future, and for now, he had no use for it.

So it could be considered a useless treasure.

Next came the Flight Dou Technique, Purple Cloud Wings, and the Seven Colored Poison Scripture.

As for the Xuan Tier High Grade Dou Skill, Mad Lion Chant, it could sit at the same table as the gold coins and medicinal materials.

Purple Cloud Wings was valuable because it was a Flight Dou Technique, making it rare and unique.

The Seven Colored Poison Scripture, on the other hand, varied in value from person to person. In the hands of an ordinary person, it wouldn't be worth much—not nearly as much as the piles of gold and medicinal materials.

But in Xiao Yi Xian's hands, it was priceless.

The Woeful Poison Body recorded in the Seven Colored Poison Scripture was what had allowed Xiao Yi Xian to recognize her own constitution and begin to uncover its potential.

Judging by Xiao Yi Xian's future accomplishments, the Seven Colored Poison Scripture was worth less only than the Fragmented Map of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.

The Fragmented Map and the Seven Colored Poison Scripture were in a league of their own, far more valuable than everything else in the ruins combined.

Once Xiao Yi Xian had finished gathering the medicinal materials, Lin Ze gave the Storage Ring to a Death Soldier and had him collect the gold coins.

The Storage Ring he'd gotten from Huo Lie wasn't small. It held about five cubic meters and would fetch at least a hundred thousand gold coins on the regular market.

Lin Ze didn't know whether Huo Lie had bought it or found it while exploring.

But that didn't matter. It had ended up in Lin Ze's hands, and the ring had more than enough room for all the gold coins in the cave.

"Now it's time to open the treasure chests."

Many thanks to the esteemed reader Man Shen for the reward!