Treasures? How Could a Peerless Prodigy Not Count as a Treasure?

Under the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat's lead, one treasure cache after another was stripped clean.

Vast quantities of heavenly treasures and earthly materials, along with all manner of strange artifacts, were collected.

Rather than being stored in the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat's Cave Heaven, they were placed inside a storage ring of immense capacity on Lu Qingyun's finger.

It had been found in one of the treasure caches, casually discarded in a corner by the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat.

After all, in the Great Wilderness, once one reached the Cave Heaven Secret Treasury realm, one could use their Cave Heaven for storage.

Thus, storage rings were generally meant for mortals or Blood Moving cultivators.

Their value was usually not high. The Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat had only kept this storage ring because its space was unusually vast and somewhat special.

By coincidence, it suited Lu Qingyun perfectly.

The final treasure cache was an icy pool. Along the way, the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat had acted all mysterious, never revealing what lay within this last cache.

Only when Lu Qingyun stepped inside himself did he see the scene within.

The next moment, he turned around and looked at the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat in astonishment. "You little bastard, you're into this human-and-beast stuff too?!"

Lu Qingyun truly had not expected that the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat's most secretive treasure stash contained no treasures at all.

There were only two jade-like bodies slumbering within the ice!

One had willow-leaf brows and long, distinct lashes. A faint blush spread across her exquisitely beautiful, fair face, lending her an unparalleled charm.

Though the other's eyes were tightly shut, the slight furrow between her brows still revealed a heroic air. Her looks might not have matched the former's, but if their figures were to decide the victor, she would win without question!

Moreover, Lu Qingyun felt that her brows looked somewhat familiar, as though he had seen her somewhere before.

Through the clear ice, Lu Qingyun could see the two naked jade-like bodies, their twin peaks rising and falling faintly with each breath.

Clearly, both of them were alive.

"I'm innocent! Wronged beyond measure!"

"I'm a female rat. Where would I get all those crooked thoughts?"

The Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat cried out in grievance.

Then, its face lit up with excitement as it introduced its two peerless treasures to Lu Qingyun!

"Master, these two women are genuine treasures! Rarer and more precious than any heavenly treasure or earthly material!"

"I, the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat, have sought countless treasures in my life. The only two times I ever hit the jackpot were with these two!"

"Because both possess top-tier constitutions. They are Peerless Prodigies among you humans!"

"This older woman with the slightly worse figure was one I encountered a hundred years ago, when I was still a Mountain Sea Beast King. I saw it with my own eyes: with sword in hand, she used her Blood Moving body to slaughter five Mountain Sea Beast Kings! Fortunately, I was among those left, and with my... clever wit and a little scheme, I sealed the heavily injured her and used this cold pool to suppress her, turning her into my finest collectible!"

"Later, I specifically investigated and discovered that this woman possesses a top-tier constitution—the Green Lotus Sword Body!"

"As for this younger one with the enormous grain sacks, I captured her just a few days ago. For her sake, I wiped out three Mountain Sea Beast Kings before successfully taking her and adding her to my collection room. Her constitution is even rarer and stronger—the legendary Supreme Hegemon Body!!!"

Supreme Hegemon Body!?

Upon hearing of this constitution, Lu Qingyun's gaze instinctively shifted upward.

After scrutinizing her carefully for a while, he realized that she really was an acquaintance.

Ling Mu, the Ling Family prodigy who had once challenged him, only to be slapped into the ground by him!

Who would have thought that after only a few years apart, she had fallen to such a state?

"Captured a few days ago? That makes sense. After entering the Lu Family, she would also have needed to cross the Great Wilderness. But since she was not a direct descendant of the Lu Family, she naturally could not enter the Ancestral Land and be arranged alongside the Ancestor. Still... she's the possessor of a top-tier constitution. How had she become a collectible so quickly..."

Lu Qingyun found it rather amusing.

And after seeing another possessor of a top-tier constitution beside Ling Mu... it became even more amusing!

Rare possessors of top-tier constitutions... peerless treasures...

Well, how could they not count as treasures?

"Wake them up."

Lu Qingyun spoke.

He had no hobby of treating people as collectibles.

Besides, no matter what, Ling Mu could be considered part of the Lu Family.

Saving her was only a casual matter.

At his words, the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat swiftly took out several azure spirit flowers.

With one slap, it shattered the layer of ice formed by the cold pool, letting the two women fall down.

Then, a cluster of flame swallowed the azure spirit flowers, and two wisps of pale blue smoke entered the women's noses separately, waking them.

After a while, perhaps because she had not been trapped for long, Ling Mu was the first to awaken.

When she saw the shifty-eyed Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat and an unfamiliar young man standing before her, she immediately became alert, sprang to her feet, and assumed a fighting stance.

But the moment she spread her legs and the cold air from the pool blew across her...

Why did it feel... so chilly?

Realizing something belatedly, Ling Mu's body stiffened as she silently lowered her head.

She could not see her own toes, but she saw two other pointed tips.

In an instant, Ling Mu's body and cheeks turned pink, and wisps of white steam rose from the top of her head.

This was... the sign of surging blood and qi!

"Die!!"

The Supreme Hegemon Body activated, and millions upon millions of Blood Moving Secret Treasuries erupted in an instant!

At that moment, only one voice remained in Ling Mu's mind: silence them!!

As long as she killed this man and this rat, no one would know.

At this point, she had completely forgotten how she had been suppressed in the first place.

Forget that unfamiliar youth—even that damned Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat alone was not something she could defeat!

Unfortunately, having just awakened from a long slumber and being overwhelmed by extreme shame and fury, she could no longer think of so much. Everything was driven by instinct!

Facing Ling Mu's full-force eruption, the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat sneered disdainfully.

No matter how weak its combat power was, it was still a Dharma Form Great Demon. There was a difference in realms, all right!

It stepped forward, raising a hand to suppress this woman who did not know her place—

A foot swept lightly through the air, kicking it aside.

"Ow!"

The Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat yelped and sprawled on the ground, looking at Lu Qingyun with a face full of resentment.

Lu Qingyun ignored it. Looking at the charging Ling Mu, he flexed his hand.

Then, he grabbed her head and slammed it down!

The ground burst apart, and shattered stones flew everywhere!

"This familiar feeling..."

The same move to subdue her, the same posture...

A flash of insight crossed Ling Mu's mind. Combining it with the hurried glance she had taken earlier, she seemed to recognize the youth before her...

With her head suffering a heavy blow, Ling Mu was exceptionally clear-headed.

She also realized that she seemed to have been... impulsive just now.

In her memories, she had been suppressed and sealed by that seemingly harmless but actually utterly devious Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat.

From what had just happened, that Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat seemed to have acknowledged Lu Qingyun as its master.

In other words... Lu Qingyun had saved her?

After sorting everything out, Ling Mu suddenly felt too ashamed to face anyone. She silently gathered the surrounding stones with both hands, shielding her head that was still buried in the pit.

Yet outside, her plump butt was raised high, so white it practically glowed.

This posture... did not seem particularly elegant.

Ling Mu knew exactly what state she was in, but that was precisely why she chose to cover her face.

If I can't see them, they can't see me...

What a good opportunity!

Lu Qingyun walked around behind Ling Mu.

He rubbed his hands nervously.

Smack! Smack! Smack!

"That felt good."

Lu Qingyun truly could not hold himself back and vented fiercely a few times.

"Get up."

Ling Mu stood up awkwardly, looking somewhat dusty and disheveled.

"Hiss—"

She sucked in a breath of cold air and silently rubbed her butt, where several palm prints had been left.

An exquisite gauze dress was tossed over, wrapped in a trace of deathly aura.

Who knew which tomb the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat had dug it out of.

"Thank you."

Ling Mu's little face remained flushed as she thanked him softly.

At that moment, a cool voice sounded.

"Could you also give me an article of clothing?"

At some point, the stunning woman who had slept for over a century had also awakened.

Unlike Ling Mu, she was not agitated in the slightest. She even stood there openly and naturally, as though the exposed body did not belong to her.

Though... there was indeed not much to look at.

Lu Qingyun casually glanced at her, then waved his hand and had the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat toss over a garment.

Seeing this, Lin Qingxue's expression stiffened. She lowered her head to look at her toes and silently put on the gauze dress.

"Lin Qingxue of the Lin Family thanks you, sir, for saving my life!"

After dressing herself properly, Lin Qingxue solemnly bowed to Lu Qingyun.

If not for Lu Qingyun, she might have remained in this sunless cold pool until her lifespan ran dry!

This bow was only right and proper!

"It's nothing, just a small effort. But for saving your life, shouldn't you... show some appreciation?"

Lu Qingyun rubbed his index finger and thumb together as he asked.