After putting away the three treasures, Liu Changxu left the cave residence at the bottom of the lake. When he returned to the island, he discovered that Third Grandfather Zhang Yinghao and his mother-in-law, Shen, were busy scavenging too!
Unlike Liu Changxu and his family, however, they were dismantling the island's buildings. Much of the wood and stone used in its pavilions and towers consisted of first-tier spirit materials. Though their grade was low and they were not worth many spirit stones, leaving the Liu Household uninterested, things were different for the struggling Zhang Household. Selling these spirit materials once they brought them back would still earn a sizable sum of spirit stones. Zhang Yinghao and Shen were therefore busily enjoying themselves, constantly stuffing the spirit materials they collected into their Storage Bags.
Their Storage Bags had limited capacity, however, and soon filled up. Seeing this, Zhang Wenjun gave them several more empty Storage Bags.
When they saw Liu Changxu return, they worked even faster and soon filled all the Storage Bags they had on hand. Their regret was written all over their faces as they looked at the remaining spirit materials they could not take with them.
Seeing that everyone had finished scouring the island for spirit treasures, Liu Changxu said:
"Third Grandfather, Mother-in-law, Xin'er, let's go!"
"All right!"
Though reluctant to leave, Shen could only agree helplessly.
At Liu Changxu's instruction, Li Zhenxin immediately summoned the Flying Boat. Once everyone had boarded, it rose into the sky and headed toward Jinhu City.
Not long after Liu Changxu and the others left, a silver Flying Boat arrived above the island. Upon seeing the ruined state of the island, however, it circled once in the air, then flew back the way it had come.
Meanwhile, inside a magnificent hall in