Looks like I was being overly suspicious. Looking back, the corridor was still broad and empty. Seeing no one following him, Huo Wuyong gave a self-mocking smile, turned around, and continued toward the basement.
At the basement entrance, he unlocked the door with a key. He did not enter immediately, but waited silently for a moment before stepping inside.
In the darkness, a shadow quietly followed him in.
The basement consisted of an outer and inner room. There was no wall or door between them, but the difference was obvious. When Huo Wuyong entered from outside, his walking posture looked ordinary, yet he was clearly stepping on specific spots. Su Ziji committed them to memory and followed along the same path.
Sure enough, the place where the Medicine Treasury is hidden isn't so easy to enter. If someone else had come today, they would likely have met with disaster if they barged in rashly.
As he entered the basement, he found it was a full hundred square meters in size, packed with rows upon rows of wooden shelves. Even in the darkness, Su Ziji needed no light as he followed along. The outermost rows held ordinary medicines, which he ignored.
Further inside, the remaining shelves held jars that glinted with silver light.
These are silver jars, and the medicine inside has even been sealed with wax.
Each shelf held only one or two secret-made silver medicine jars. Su Ziji did not open them. Once he sensed their aura and identified them as part of the Medicine Treasury he needed to destroy, he held his hand over the silver jar and gave a push. The jar went "puff."
This was Hidden Force. The sound was extremely faint, and even in the silent basement, it drew no attention. Huo Wuyong, who had