With a thunderous boom, the stone wall vanished without a trace, revealing a stone chamber. The chamber was completely bare, containing only two boxes.
Snow Fairy glanced at the two boxes and thought, It seems the Drought Fiend's treasures are stored in these two little boxes. His standards must be quite high—anything less than a top-grade treasure never even caught his eye.
Yan Chihuo stepped forward and opened the two boxes. After taking two looks, Snow Fairy exclaimed, "These are the treasures the Drought Fiend treasured for years?"
"Indeed," Yan Chihuo said.
"This is far too shabby, isn't it? Look, there are only six or seven treasures between these two boxes. This is an ordinary Invisibility Talisman. Judging by its spiritual energy, its power may not even match the invisibility technique cast personally by a Dao Integration Stage cultivator. At most, it would be somewhat useful against Origin Core Stage cultivators or ghosts. This is a long halberd, merely an ordinary spirit treasure, and there's also..."
Snow Fairy stopped there. Yan Chihuo smiled. "Indeed. The Drought Fiend's treasures are rather shabby, but there are reasons for that. First, ghosts and monsters, Drought Fiend included, do not know much about treasures. Second, three years ago, he traded away the overwhelming majority of his treasures for this Ten Thousand Woods Grand Formation."
Snow Fairy paused, then said, "So that's how it is. Though the Ten Thousand Woods Grand Formation is not especially powerful, it can merge as one with its formation master and bestow its mana upon them. That is exceptionally rare as well."
"There are still one or two treasures here, though," Yan Chihuo said. With a grasp through the air, he seized the two Jade Boxes from within the chest.
He opened the two Jade Boxes, removed a pale-yellow Jade