Kang Metal Marquis's Residence.
Delicacies filled the tables, and enchanting music drifted through the air. The entire residence had been mobilized.
Today was the day Kang Metal Marquis hosted a banquet for the other twenty-seven marquises.
The extravagance would have made anyone see him in a new light.
Yet the other marquises were puzzled by his sudden invitation.
"Kang Metal Marquis, has something wonderful happened? Why else would you gather us all here out of the blue?"
One of the marquises posed the question.
Kang Metal Marquis smiled. "I invited you here because there is, of course, wonderful news."
"Some time ago, I happened upon a ruin."
"It contains all kinds of Natural Treasures."
"As the saying goes, joy shared is joy doubled. That's why I invited you all to explore it with me."
No one present looked particularly pleased.
They might all belong to the same alliance, but each knew perfectly well what the others were like.
If he had found something good, why hadn't he kept it for himself? For him to offer to share it now, there had to be a catch.
At that, one marquis said, "Kang Metal Marquis, it's just a ruin. Did you really need to call us all here?"
"For such a small matter, you could have sent someone to notify us."
"Exactly. Why make such a production over one ruin?"
The other marquises chimed in.
Kang Metal Marquis smiled faintly. "If it were an ordinary ruin, I certainly wouldn't have summoned you all."
"But this one is unlike most ruins in the Cultivation World."
"It isn't a battlefield or a ruined abode left by some great expert. It appears to be a complete treasury left behind by one."
At that, everyone's eyes lit up.
A battlefield or an abandoned abode might not