"What exactly is this so-called treasure in the secret ground? Tell me about it."
Du Busi raised an interested brow, not particularly surprised.
Many sects possessed exclusive treasures of their own—perhaps pills, battle techniques, or precious artifacts—for example, the Earth Dragon Sect's Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and Ice God's Crystal Cold Spring, the Xuanming Sect's Mysterious Water Pill and Black Tortoise Divine Pill, as well as the Body Sect's own body-tempering secret arts and Unity of Heaven and Man.
Such treasures were often the foundation upon which a sect stood. Compared to a dry sum of fifty million Gold Soul Coins, Du Busi was far more interested in the Earth Dragon Sect's secret ground.
"I don't know exactly what treasures lie within the secret ground. Our Earth Dragon Sect's ancestors said there seemed to be some relatively rare metal ores beneath it, but the depths are simply too cold. Soul Masters without ice attributes can't enter at all, so the Earth Dragon Sect has never been able to confirm what's down there."
Nan Shuishui paused slightly, then offered Du Busi a small bit of flattery. "With Sect Master Du's profound cultivation, I'm sure you'll be able to enter the secret ground and investigate the treasures below."
"Oh?"
Du Busi gave a soft cry of surprise, inwardly finding it rather amusing.
He had never heard of a sect that didn't even know what treasures its own secret ground contained. Yet judging by Nan Shuishui's expression, she didn't seem to be lying.
"Even you, the Earth Dragon Sect's sect master, don't know what kind of treasure lies below. How do you know it's truly worth fifty million Gold Soul Coins?"
Hearing Du Busi's words, Nan Shuishui gave a bitter smile. "After Sect Master Du enters the cold spring and discovers the treasure