The Treasury, Killing the Traitor
Leaving aside the fact that Fang Qiu has been dead for so long, a considerable amount of time has also passed since the Fire Dragon arrived in the capital.
But their king has yet to appear.
This is not normal, as the capital is the most important place in the Tiger Jiao Kingdom.
How could their king allow outsiders to act so arrogantly and arbitrarily break into the capital?
Even if their king is delayed by other matters, what about the other elders of the kingdom? What about their princes?
None of them showed up; something was very wrong.
Ignoring the reactions of the Demon Race and humans, Li Yunjing gestured for Gu Anchen to lead the way, as he intended to enter the palace directly.
Gu Anchen immediately raised his head and flew towards the palace.
The Fire Dragon shook its head and wagged its tail, shrinking its body as it entered the palace.
Fang Qiu is dead, and the two remaining people who flew out with him are now completely blank-minded and at a loss.
They wanted to stop it, but reason made them refrain.
They had come to believe Li Yunjing's words.
Previously, Tiger Jiao was discussing matters with Fang Qiu, but suddenly, Tiger Jiao was provoked by something and left like a madman.
Shortly after that, Li Yunjing and his group arrived.
Therefore, Tiger Jiao may indeed be dead, and even Tiger Jiao son may be dead.
They believed that Tiger Jiao was acting so mad because his son was in danger.
As soon as the Fire Dragon landed inside the palace, Li Yunjing jumped down.
Looking around, the palace was indeed magnificent and resplendent.
At this moment, many Demon Race and humans around them were all lying on the ground, not daring to look at Li Yunjing, and were extremely terrified.
Li Yunjing didn't intend to do anything to these Demon Race and humans; he would leave it to Gu Anchen to handle.
He and Gu Anchen began to stroll around the palace, one after the other.
After touring around, Li Yunjing had a general understanding of the palace's layout.
There are no longer Demon Race related to the Tiger Jiao in this palace.
Li Yunjing also found the Tiger Jiao's treasure trove.
Now that he's here, he'll definitely want to take a good look around.
Moreover, the supreme treasure of the Heavenly Artifact Pavilion might also be among them.
Li Yunjing and Gu Anchen arrived at the treasure vault together, but Li Yunjing was surprised to find that the vault's protective barrier had been broken.
This indicates that someone broke the seal and entered the treasure vault.
Li Yunjing frowned immediately. Who dared to be so bold?
He released his Divine Sense and probed into the treasure vault.
A young man, who looked to be only twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, was frantically moving treasures from the vault into his storage ring.
Gu Anchen also noticed the man at that moment.
He immediately glared and gritted his teeth.
"It's Si Wu, that traitor!"
Li Yunjing raised an eyebrow, surprised by this person.
Not long ago, Gu Anchen told Li Yunjing that another traitor had appeared in the Heavenly Artifact Pavilion, Si Wu.
This infuriated Gu Anchen. He hadn't expected Si Wu to be so audacious, not only betraying the Heavenly Artifact Pavilion but also daring to act so recklessly in the Tiger Jiao Kingdom.
Li Yunjing smiled and entered the treasure vault first, with Gu Anchen following closely behind.
Si Wu was still focused on moving the treasures and didn't notice the arrival of the two at all.
Until Gu Anchen spoke up, "Si Wu, how dare you!"
At this moment, Si Wu realized someone had entered, and he was so frightened that he froze on the spot, his body stiffening.
He slowly turned around and saw Li Yunjing and Gu Anchen.
Especially when he saw Gu Anchen, Si Wu was both afraid and confused.
"Master... what are you doing here? Could it be that you've also joined the Tiger Jiao Kingdom?"
Si Wu's face was slightly pale as he asked Gu Anchen a question.
Gu Anchen snorted coldly, "I, Gu Anchen, never betray others. Do you think everyone is like you?"
The reason I'm here is naturally because the Tiger Jiao is dead!
Upon hearing this, Si Wu's face turned even paler, completely devoid of color!
He believed this without a doubt.
Si Wu was talking to the Little Tiger Jiao earlier.
However, Little Tiger Jiao suddenly announced that someone had broken into the Tiger Jiao Kingdom and he had to deal with it.
Who knew that not long after, the Little Tiger Jiao's soul jade suddenly shattered.
At that time, Si Wu knew that Little Tiger Jiao was dead.
Si Wu was in a panic at that time and immediately wanted to tell Old Tiger Jiao about it.
But Fang Qiu told him that Old Tiger Jiao had gone out and didn't know when he would return.
At this moment, Si Wu suddenly had wicked thoughts.
He immediately returned to the Little Tiger Jiao 'Little Tiger Jiao dwelling and swept away all the treasures inside, taking them all for himself.
Si Wu originally intended to leave the Tiger Jiao Kingdom to avoid being discovered by the Tiger Jiao.
However, he discovered a treasure in the Little Tiger Jiao's dwelling—a treasure that could unlock the Tiger Jiao Kingdom's treasury.
Si Wu's greed instantly clouded his judgment, and he rushed to the treasure vault, determined to take as many treasures as possible.
Before they could even leave, Li Yunjing and Gu Anchen arrived.
The death of the Little Tiger Jiao must have enraged the Tiger Jiao to no end, and it will definitely be a fight to the death.
Now that the two of them have come here, the Tiger Jiao must be dead.
"Sect Leader, I was wrong, I was wrong!"
At this moment, Si Wu immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Gu Anchen.
He was afraid and thought of begging Gu Anchen for forgiveness.
But Gu Anchen looked disgusted.
"Hmph, if you had remained defiant to the death, I might have held you in higher regard. But to think that you would be so shameless when facing certain death is truly disgusting! How could my Heavenly Artifact Pavilion have ever taken a liking to you in the first place!"
As soon as Gu Anchen finished speaking, he raised his right hand, and a dazzling light flew out.
In an instant, Si Wu's head fell to the ground, and he went to the Yellow Springs.
After killing Si Wu, Gu Anchen took a deep breath.
Since Si Wu had stayed at the Heavenly Artifact Pavilion for so long, Gu Anchen naturally developed feelings for Si Wu.
Now that Si Wu is dead, Gu Anchen inevitably feels a little sad.
Li Yunjing patted Gu Anchen on the shoulder, then went to check the situation inside the treasure vault.
The treasure vault is divided into inner and outer vaults. The treasures in the outer vault are all mediocre, and Li Yunjing doesn't find them appealing.
He told Gu Anchen directly, "This outer treasury is your Heavenly Artifact Pavilion now. Make good use of it."
Upon hearing this, Gu Anchen was overjoyed. "Thank you, Sect Leader."
Li Yunjing told Gu Anchen to stay in the outer vault and organize the treasures there, while he himself went into the inner vault.
The inner treasury also contains many treasures, most of which are of the fourth rank.
However, Li Yunjing was not interested in ordinary fourth-grade treasures; he went straight to the rarest treasures in the inner treasury.
The first thing is a round bead.
The bead is purple overall, with wisps of pink hue flowing inside.
Li Yunjing picked up the bead and examined it carefully in his palm.
Suddenly, the scenery around him changed.
The treasure vault disappeared, replaced by a library.
Four bookshelves appeared around Li Yunjing, each filled with books, ancient scrolls, and Jade Slip.
Li Yunjing then picked up a book, "The Ma Family's Insights into Artifact Refining".
This is a work compiled by a weapon refiner surnamed Ma, who summarized his insights into weapon refining into a book.
Li Yunjing then flipped through a few pages and realized that he had only read a passage without really thinking about it, yet that passage was deeply etched into his mind.
The next moment, the text in his mind seemed to have a translator, explaining its meaning on its own so that Li Yunjing could quickly understand it.
"Could this be the supreme treasure of the Heavenly Artifact Pavilion?" This thought suddenly popped into Li Yunjing's mind.