Ancient World King and Three Treasure Box

Lin Shen suspected that Tian Xin was just learning on the fly, using the same trick on him that he had just used on Tian Xin.

"Do you think I'll believe that?" Lin Shen took out the Leaf Blade, walked up to Tian Xin, and thrust the blade towards his eyes.

"I have proof... it's in my backpack..." Tian Xin screamed.

Lin Shen's hand couldn't stop, but he managed to shift it slightly. The Leaf Blade didn't stab his eye, but instead pricked the lower eyelid.

He had to admit, the physical strength of the Crystal Gene Level was truly terrifying. Even with Lin Shen stabbing down with the Leaf Blade, it only created a shallow wound, just breaking the skin.

"Sorry, you shouted too slowly. I couldn't quite stop. Be careful next time," Lin Shen said with a smile.

"It's okay, it's okay, you can't blame me," Tian Xin quickly said it was fine.

"I was telling you to be careful, shout faster next time. What are you thinking?" Lin Shen said as he walked behind Tian Xin. He saw that there was indeed a small backpack on his back, woven from metal threads and tied between his two wings.

Lin Shen took the backpack off. He originally wanted to just rip it off with force, but after two tugs, the bag was completely unharmed.

"Heaven Brand backpack, a famous brand, high-grade goods, made of Crystal Silk material, durable. If you like it, friend, I'll give it to you," Tian Xin said flatteringly.

"This was originally mine. Why are you giving me my own things?" Lin Shen glared at him.

"Yes, yes, yes, since the bag is in your hands, it's naturally your item. I was confused and said the wrong thing," Tian Xin said this, but in his heart, he was itching with hatred: Bastard, trash, idiot, don't let me find an opportunity. After I recover, I will definitely steal all your things, not even letting go of your underwear, and I'll steal them ten times.

Lin Shen was too lazy to bother with him. He examined it and found that the bag even had a combination lock.

"Friend, the password is six sixes," Tian Xin was much more sensible. Without waiting for Lin Shen to ask, he gave the password himself.

"Your Celestial race is so advanced and sophisticated, why are you still using this traditional combination lock?" Lin Shen didn't turn the number wheels, but looked at Tian Xin and asked.

"Other things like fingerprint, iris, face unlock, or even DNA locks, are actually not very reliable after defeat. A combination lock can last a little longer," a small devilish flame was flickering wildly in Tian Xin's heart: Open the lock quickly... Open the lock quickly... How could I possibly give you the real password... Once the password is entered incorrectly... I'll let you know how ignorant and stupid you bumpkins are...

"That makes sense." Lin Shen's hand reached for the combination lock, his fingers already on it. Under Tian Xin's eager gaze, he didn't turn the numbers, but turned his head back to Tian Xin and said, "You said your civilization is so advanced, and Celestials are so smart and thoughtful, even thinking about the problem of the bag being stolen after defeat. You must have also designed mechanisms to target enemies trying to open the lock. What if I have a bad memory and remember the password incorrectly? Will there be any danger if I enter the wrong password?"

"This..." Cold sweat broke out on Tian Xin's forehead.

"Right, I have a bad memory. What did you say the password was just now?" Lin Shen asked with a smile.

"Six sixes..." Before Tian Xin could answer, Wei Wufu, who was gulping down Gene Mutation Fluid nearby, wiped his mouth and chimed in.

Tian Xin's face instantly turned black. Lin Shen was clearly giving him a way out, but just as the steps were laid, he hesitated for a moment, and Wei Wufu tore down the steps.

"Can you speak properly? If you can't, why don't you go back to school for a few more years?" At this moment, Tian Xin wished he could go up and slap Wei Wufu a few times.

"No, no, no, he remembered it wrong. The password I told you just now was 994572," Tian Xin said with a forced smile.

Lin Shen had already guessed that the combination lock had an anti-theft design and definitely wouldn't open it himself. If he didn't find a way out now, he would definitely suffer later, and he didn't want to suffer.

"Is that right?" Lin Shen tilted his head and looked at Wei Wufu, asking.

"No... six sixes..." Wei Wufu, at this moment, spoke much more clearly.

"You..." Tian Xin cursed a ten-thousand-word essay in his heart, but on his face, he had to force a smile and say, "Friend, that friend was a bit far away just now, he definitely didn't hear clearly. I said 994572, trust me, it's absolutely correct. Good friends don't lie to good friends."

"Okay, since we're good friends, I'll believe you." Lin Shen said as he extended his finger and turned the number wheels to the numbers 994572.

With a click, the lock opened.

When Tian Xin saw that Lin Shen had actually entered the password he said and opened the lock with his own hands, he felt incredibly regretful and miserable.

"If I had known this, I should have made up another one..." Tian Xin was so regretful his teeth were almost ground to dust.

There was no use regretting it now. He could only watch helplessly as Lin Shen directly dumped out the contents of the bag.

Besides a few pieces of clothing, there was also a metal box the size of a glasses case in the bag, and some other miscellaneous items that looked like everyday necessities.

"Where is the evidence you mentioned?" Lin Shen looked at Tian Xin and asked.

"It's in that box," Tian Xin said helplessly.

Lin Shen picked up the box and looked at it from left to right. Then, surprisingly, without any unnecessary words, he reached out and slowly opened the unlocked box.

"What is this?" Lin Shen asked, looking at the contents of the box with some surprise.

"Haven't you heard the story of the Ancient World King Three Treasure Box?" Tian Xin was slightly startled, but then immediately said, "The Ancient World King, that's the World King I was talking about. He conquered the universe and became a World King in just ten thousand years, establishing his own cosmic dynasty—the Ancient Dynasty. Unfortunately, the Ancient Dynasty only existed for a short twenty-odd years before being replaced by other dynasties."

"A dynasty established in ten thousand years was replaced in just over twenty years?" Lin Shen felt the disparity was too great.

"Who says it wasn't? The Ancient Dynasty was the shortest-lived dynasty in cosmic history, which is truly a pity. However, the story of the Ancient World King and the Three Treasure Box is widely circulated and is still talked about with relish after billions of years." Tian Xin vividly recounted the story of the Three Treasure Keys.

The Ancient World King had almost no defeats in his life. It might sound like a long time to establish a dynasty in ten thousand years, but throughout the history of the entire universe, there were only a few who could start from scratch and establish a dynasty in just ten thousand years.

After the Ancient Dynasty was established, the Ancient World King encountered a strange event.

His closest relatives and friends, everyone he cared about, died unexpectedly one after another.

How powerful and resourceful was the Ancient World King? If someone had used means to deliberately harm the people around him, he had already taken strict precautions. Yet, his most beloved concubine still died right under his nose, and the Ancient World King was completely helpless.

Afterward, his relatives died one after another before his eyes, further proving that it was absolutely not ordinary scheming, but fate, a punishment from Heaven for killing too many living beings when he founded his dynasty, to make him lose all his relatives and friends and grow old alone.

The Ancient World King, who had fought his way across the universe with an invincible stance, used every means possible, yet could only watch helplessly as his brothers, closest friends, wives, concubines, and descendants died one by one due to accidents before his eyes.

Finally, the Ancient World King had to issue a bounty throughout the universe: whoever could solve his predicament would easily obtain power and wealth.

If they wanted power, they could wield power over the sky; if they wanted wealth, they could become the richest person in the universe.

Once the bounty was issued, many people, both capable and fraudulent, went, but still no one could solve his predicament.

It wasn't until only one young prince and two young princesses remained of the Ancient World King's direct bloodline that someone finally came to help the Ancient World King escape his predicament.

That person had the Ancient World King create three treasure boxes, then opened the first box and told the Ancient World King to put what he considered most valuable into the box, repeatedly warning him that it must be the most valuable and precious thing he considered, excluding things related to emotions.

The Ancient World King thought that person wanted his most valuable things as a reward. At that time, the Ancient World King was at his wit's end. What did a little external possession matter? He almost without hesitation put in what he considered the most valuable and precious thing.

That person nodded, then opened the second treasure box and continued to tell the Ancient World King to put in what he now considered the most valuable and precious thing.

The Ancient World King still didn't hesitate and put in what he now cherished most.

That person nodded again, continued to open the third box, and again told the Ancient World King to put in what he now considered the most valuable thing.

This time, the Ancient World King felt a little unhappy in his heart, thinking that person was too greedy and insatiable, asking for it again and again. He had already put in his two most cherished treasures, and yet that person was still not satisfied.

The Ancient World King thought that anyway, that person just wanted valuable things, so he casually picked something very valuable and put it in. Although it wasn't what he cherished most at the moment, its value wasn't too far off.

That person locked all three treasure boxes, then unexpectedly returned the three keys to the Ancient World King, and then said something even more unexpected.

The general meaning of that person's words was that if the three treasures the Ancient World King had just put in were truly the most precious and valuable things he considered at that time, then the Ancient World King's predicament had been solved.

However, if the three treasures put inside were not the three treasures the Ancient World King considered most valuable, for each one that was wrong, one blood relative would die. If two were wrong, two would die. If three were wrong, three would die.

The Ancient World King only had three blood relatives left. If he guessed wrong on all of them, they would all die.

The Ancient World King asked the person, "How do you calculate wrong, and how do you calculate right?"

"For this question, the World King should ask his own heart," the person said before drifting away. He didn't ask for any rewards, nor did he take the three treasure boxes.

As it turned out, the person's words truly came to pass. The little prince died, and the two little princesses survived.

"The reason the Ancient Dynasty was so short-lived has a great deal to do with this matter," Tian Xin sighed. "Later, the Ancient World King's whereabouts after death were unknown. The Ancient Dynasty fragmented because there was no successor, and no one ever saw the Three Treasure Boxes again. However, the Three Treasure Keys were passed down. Legend has it that the Three Treasure Boxes were carried by the Ancient World King, and as long as one can find the Ancient World King's burial place and the Three Treasure Keys, they can obtain the three most precious treasures in the universe."

"You're not trying to tell me that this is one of the keys, are you?" Lin Shen said, looking at the key in the box, a complex look flashing in his eyes.

"That's right, this is one of the Three Treasure Keys," Tian Xin said with certainty.

Lin Shen saw that Tian Xin's expression didn't seem fake, but it was hard to believe that this key was one of the Three Treasure Keys, because this key looked very similar to the golden crystal key he had found on Lao Ye.