"I'll take it. In just a few dozen minutes, I've already gotten two treasures. But Senior said I can only take four."
Ye Lin stood where he was, his eyes flickering as he pondered. Then he shook his head and continued forward.
"I am the Sect Master of Nameless Mountain. By all rights, all of Nameless Mountain falls under my jurisdiction. How much I take is not for some gatekeeping senior to lecture me about."
A calm voice spread throughout the entire treasure vault.
Outside, the old man guarding the gate heard Ye Lin's words as well. His expression darkened and brightened in turns. After all these years, this was the first time someone had so challenged Ye Lin's authority.
If anyone else had said such a thing, he would have thrown them out long ago.
But...
"I'd advise you not to act rashly. So what if my disciple takes a few things from you? My disciple is the Sect Master of Nameless Mountain. Taking a few of your things shouldn't count as breaking the rules, should it?"
Taichu leaned against the stone wall behind the old man, holding a Spirit Fruit in his hand and taking lazy bites from it.
"Taichu, the things in the Nameless Mountain Treasure Vault were painstakingly accumulated by generations of predecessors. They are the foundation of the entire human race. Even if he is the Sect Master, he cannot act like this."
"And you're threatening me. Hmph, do you take me for a fool? Tai Du is blocking the entrance to the Ancestral Land, while you came to pressure me. What, do you master and disciple, along with your elder brother, intend for the three of you to monopolize all of Nameless Mountain?"
The old man was furious, pointing a finger at Taichu as