Twelve Secret Vaults (Part 2)

Lin Huang casually tossed Second Senior Brother to the ground, then stood with his hands behind his back, surveying the Twelve Secret Vaults before him.

Zhongnan Dojo's Twelve Secret Vaults were renowned throughout the Human Realm, said to contain rare treasures from the Myriad Worlds. Though that was inevitably something of an exaggeration, they were indeed treasure vaults enough to make even Saints turn green with envy.

In the Twelfth Secret Vault alone, Lin Huang saw all manner of divine artifacts—sabers, spears, swords, halberds—each blazing with divine radiance and shimmering in a riot of colors. They floated in the air, breathing in and out divine light, displaying astonishing power.

Lin Huang nodded inwardly. Seeing the leopard through a tube, he could tell from this alone that Zhongnan Dojo's Twelve Secret Vaults truly lived up to their reputation.

"This should be the legendary Nine Tribulations Divine Whip, lost long ago. I never thought it would be hidden in Zhongnan Dojo's secret vaults." Lin Huang's gaze was sharp as torches, and he quickly recognized several famed divine artifacts that had supposedly vanished long ago. Yet there were even more divine artifacts that he could not identify.

After considering it, Lin Huang woke Second Senior Brother. With a flick of his finger, he placed one hundred and twenty restrictions on him in a single breath, only then nodding in satisfaction.

Second Senior Brother was dumbfounded, his scalp prickling as he glared furiously at Lin Huang. "You're completely insane! Who puts down so many restrictions at once?!"

"Sorry. My learning is shallow, and I was afraid too few wouldn't hold you. Come, come, come. Tell me, what is that divine artifact called?" Having fallen into a pit once, Lin Huang had learned to be wiser afterward. He knew the methods he had mastered would likely be showing off an axe before a master when used on a disciple of a great sect like Second Senior Brother. To be safe, he had used every restriction technique he knew on Second Senior Brother at once, ensuring nothing could go wrong.

Second Senior Brother's chest tightened, and he nearly spat blood from rage. He shot Lin Huang a sidelong look and said nothing.

Lin Huang did not get angry. He merely glanced at Second Senior Brother. "So you don't know either. Sigh, what use is there in keeping you?"

As he spoke, he flipped his palm and formed a Vajra Seal, bringing it down toward Second Senior Brother's head.

Second Senior Brother's heart tightened. Though he knew Lin Huang was certainly threatening him, when the scent of death flooded his heart, fear still seized him. He hurriedly spoke. "That is the Demon Subduing Seal, a divine artifact refined by the Seventh Generation Patriarch. It embodies the intent of subduing demons in the Dachan World."

Lin Huang nodded and gave Second Senior Brother an approving look. He reached out, and the aura of a Saint erupted in full. The Demon Subduing Seal, which had been swallowing and exhaling divine light, gave a mournful hum and fell into Lin Huang's hand. Its divine radiance withdrew, revealing it to be a square seal engraved with a statue of a deity with three heads and six arms.

Lin Huang clicked his tongue twice. Under Second Senior Brother's furious gaze, he stored the Demon Subduing Seal in his Qiankun Bag. Then his movements paused, and his gaze shifted to Second Senior Brother. "Do you have a Sumeru Ring? Don't lie to me. How could a disciple from a great sect like you possibly not have a Sumeru Ring?"

After a round of earnest and heartfelt conversation, Second Senior Brother watched with a livid face as Lin Huang put on his Sumeru Ring and stored the Demon Subduing Seal inside.

Damn it. Where did this bastard come from? How could someone be so vicious and depraved?

"What's this?"

Now that he had a Sumeru Ring, Lin Huang casually threw away the Qiankun Bag he had long wanted to replace. He enthusiastically dragged Second Senior Brother around, asking about the divine artifacts one by one.

"Seven-Section Bodhi Staff. It was spoils from the Third Generation Patriarch's killing of a Great Saint from the Bodhi World..."

"Three Yin Demon-Slaughtering Blade. This is a divine artifact forged by the Sixth Generation Patriarch using a Blood Dragon from the Demon World..."

"That is the Blazing Fire Divine Sword. The Fifth Generation Patriarch's personal sword, and the most suitable divine artifact for cultivating the Blazing Fire Sword Art. Hey, you've already taken so many. Can you spare this one? I only need one thousand more contribution points before I can exchange for it..."

"Mine."

"Bastard! Not a single one of these is yours, all right?!"

Second Senior Brother gritted his teeth as he watched the divine artifacts in the Twelfth Secret Vault be subdued one by one by Lin Huang and placed into the Sumeru Ring that had originally belonged to him.

After sweeping the Twelfth Secret Vault clean, Lin Huang contentedly rubbed the Sumeru Ring on his hand and said to Second Senior Brother, "You know, when I saw the introduction to your Twelve Secret Vaults on Celestial Pivot back then, I kept thinking about how great it would feel if I could come rob the place one day. Today, I finally got my wish."

"My thoughts are clear at last."

Second Senior Brother's face turned iron-blue. He clenched his teeth and roared inwardly, Take them, then. Take them all. Let's see how you die!

"Come on, to the next secret vault. This place is full of flashy but useless things. There's nothing I want here." Lin Huang was brimming with satisfaction. With a wave of his hand, he began breaking the Divine Array of the next secret vault.

"You bastard, no one forced you to take them!"

Second Senior Brother could not help growling. Lin Huang paid him no mind and casually added more than ten restrictions to his body.

Second Senior Brother could not hold back a mouthful of blood and spat it out. He had only just managed to break ten of the restrictions on his body when Lin Huang reached out again. Now there were even more restrictions on him.

"This Divine Array is tricky." Lin Huang rubbed his brow. Arrays were not his strong suit, and breaking the Divine Array of the next secret vault would not be easy.

Seeing Lin Huang troubled, Second Senior Brother felt a little better.

"Sigh, it's all your fault. If you were more diligent and flattered your master more often, you wouldn't be so old and still have only the lowest level of authority. Sigh, at your age, you've cultivated yourself straight into a dog's body."

Second Senior Brother finally could not endure it any longer and roared furiously, "Bastard! We're enemies! Enemies, do you understand?! You're the one without the ability, and you're blaming me for having low authority?!"

"Huh? Aren't we partners? Then why did you specifically tell me just now that I had to help you get that Blazing Fire Divine Sword?"

Second Senior Brother fell silent. He had already realized that the other party was deliberately saying infuriating things to distract him, preventing him from calming down and finding a way to alert the others.

When Second Senior Brother stopped responding, Lin Huang lost interest in teasing him as well. Relying on his powerful soul force, he began forcibly breaking the Divine Arrays of the Twelve Secret Vaults.

Eleventh Secret Vault.

High-Grade Crystal Essence Stones and Top-Grade Crystal Essence Stones filled the room in heaps, fully revealing Zhongnan Dojo's ten-thousand-year foundation.

"Mine."

Lin Huang nodded. "Good thing your Sumeru Ring is large enough. This is the highest-grade Sumeru Ring, right? I remember they sold for a fortune in the Dream God Realm. Tsk, tsk. You people are really rich."

Second Senior Brother said nothing, settling his mind and striving to break the restrictions on his body.

Lin Huang reached out, and dozens of restrictions fell upon Second Senior Brother.

Second Senior Brother's heart trembled. He pointed at Lin Huang, too furious to speak.

Tenth Secret Vault.

"Earth Origin Stone."

"Is that Breathing Soil?"

"Earth Dragon Bone."

"Mysterious Yellow Fruit."

"This is..."

Lin Huang's eyes lit up. At last, he had found what he wanted.

"Earth Wind Grass. A specialty of the Wind God Realm."

Second Senior Brother spoke.

"Let's make a deal. You know it—you exploited a loophole today, but you can't take these things away. The power of our Daoist Temple is beyond your imagination. Even if you are a Saint, once you offend our Daoist Temple, you won't be able to take a single step in the entire Human Realm. Let me go, and I'll pretend nothing happened today."

Second Senior Brother had thought it through. With his strength, escaping Lin Huang's grasp was impossible. If he could not crush him with force, then he would crush him with power.

Lin Huang did not even turn around. "Do you think I came here today for a tour?"

Second Senior Brother was left speechless by the retort. Lowering his head in frustration, he could only watch helplessly as Lin Huang passed through like a swarm of locusts, leaving not a blade of grass behind.