"Yes."
A Qing nodded. "Our Sea Princess Clan's treasury holds not only precious treasures, but also materials used to strengthen the foundations of our younger members."
"Apart from you, a true friend of the Sea Princess Clan, no outsider has ever been allowed to come to our clan and freely choose anything."
As A Qing explained, she realized she had already walked ahead of Chen Ping.
Turning her head, she found Chen Ping stroking one of the treasury's enormous pillars, which would take two people to encircle, his gaze somewhat blank.
"Sir, are you all right?"
Xiao Hong spoke timidly, unsure why Chen Ping had suddenly frozen.
At that moment, Chen Ping had unconsciously placed both hands on the treasury pillar, carefully feeling its fish-scale patterns. Every so often, he tapped it a few times and pressed his ear against it, listening to the pillar's dull, almost nonexistent echoes.
"It's about time, Chen Ping. Shall we head back?"
Lan Fozi calculated the time and reminded Chen Ping.
"Ah, ah, all right."
Chen Ping stood dazed for a long while before coming back to his senses and following Lan Fozi toward the entrance, though he kept looking back at that enormous pillar, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"What's wrong? Aren't they just a few big pillars?"
Lan Fozi spoke in puzzlement. Could something like this really leave Chen Ping looking as though he had lost his soul?
At that moment, Lan Fozi had no idea what Chen Ping had just discovered. Not only were the treasury's pillars several times larger than the Inheritance Pillars in Clear Sky Castle, they were also made of deep sea silver!
Yes, deep sea silver-sunken silver from the deep sea!
Deep sea silver, a top-grade rare metal that even a fortune could barely buy in the