Desperate to Live, Desperate to Die
Halfway through feeling around, He Ping sensed someone secretly slipping into the interior of Hundred Treasures Lotus Pavilion's seven-story pagoda.
The pagoda concealed a world within itself, and the space inside was remarkably vast—an expansion of virtual data capacity. Through this mode, an independent space could be formed within a building, with every floor far larger than one might imagine.
Within this seven-story pagoda lay numerous halls and chambers. Every level contained chambers of varying sizes, plazas, and intricate corridors winding between them. From top to bottom, each floor was practically a world of its own.
Anyone unfamiliar with the interior would likely get lost in the blink of an eye upon arriving here. For that very reason, ordinary people had no idea where Hundred Treasures Lotus Pavilion's storehouses and warehouses were located.
Especially the storehouses, which were vital restricted areas known only to insiders. This showed that the person who had sneaked in ought to be someone from Hundred Treasures Lotus Pavilion.
This person appeared to be a young girl, clearly a human cultivator. She wore a crimson dress and looked no more than fifteen or sixteen.
At this moment, she had infiltrated a secret chamber in the storehouse. Like a rat that had stumbled into a granary, she was secretly pilfering all manner of "rare treasures" from the stockpile. Though the girl moved with extreme caution and did not loot indiscriminately, she had selected several fine items.
"I've struck it rich! I'm rich this time! This should be Moon Spirit Essence. A single bottle of this is worth a hundred thousand merit points."
After taking those items, she continued searching.
"...The Chief Steward and the others really hid away quite a lot of good stuff! Some of it doesn't even seem to