"I'm rich!"
Inside the southern treasury, Zhao Xuan beamed at the sight before him.
The vault was packed to the brim with high-tier spirit herbs, medicines, and life stones.
After admiring it for a moment, he got to work—moving everything, trip after trip, into his relic space.
Back and forth. Back and forth.
It took him thirty to forty trips before he finally emptied the place.
"About the same value as the eastern treasury… roughly 1.3 to 1.4 trillion."
He counted as he worked.
"Which means the western and northern treasuries should have just as much."
"And if I include the life stones from killing the guardians…"
He sucked in a sharp breath.
Because after a quick mental calculation, he realized:
If he cleared the remaining two treasuries and killed their Golden Armor guardians, he would gain resources worth nearly five trillion.
"To refine my skull and advance to Seventh Rank requires about 750 billion."
"If I convert five trillion into life energy… I could rebuild my skull six or seven times!"
"Each rebuild at Sixth Rank gave me +200 constitution."
"Rebuilding at Seventh Rank will definitely give even more!"
His excitement surged again.
After several deep breaths to calm himself, Zhao Xuan exited the treasury space.
Outside, the big golden mouse was lying on its back in the courtyard, clutching the Eighth-rank cactus flower and looking utterly intoxicated.
"Not wasting a single second, huh?"
"Does it really smell that good?"
"If I didn't know better, I'd think you were getting high."
He coughed deliberately.
The moment he did—
The mouse shot upright and quickly tossed the flower back into its spatial crack.
"Let's go. Next location," Zhao Xuan said.
"Ji ji!"
The mouse didn't object.
They left the mansion and headed toward the western district.
This time, they didn't run into any outside ability teams.
Soon, they arrived at the western mansion.
Same routine.
Zhao Xuan entered and fought the Golden Armor Guards inside.
After the battle, when the system notification sounded, his brows furrowed.
"Even less this time… only 1,500 proficiency points."
He sighed.
"Hopefully the Eighth-rank Great Perfection guardian gives me more."
After collecting the spoils, he went deeper.
Soon, he reached the treasury.
Without hesitation, Zhao Xuan charged the guardian.
Seventy to eighty exchanges later, the puppet fell.
This time, the system gave him even less.
800 proficiency points.
He sighed again.
"Looks like there's no way my Azure Dragon Fruit will reach Mastery before I leave Life City…"
Meanwhile, the golden mouse was already opening the hidden entrance.
A minute and a half later, the treasury opened.
Zhao Xuan went inside and repeated the same mechanical hauling process.
After emptying it, they moved straight to the final treasury in the northern district.
Another fierce battle.
Seventy to eighty Golden Armor Guards fell.
Ding! All abilities (except swordsmanship) proficiency +1000!
"Only 1,000 now…"
Still, his expression improved slightly.
"Azure Dragon Fruit won't break through, but Paper Art might. Only 500 left. Hopefully the guardian gives enough."
This time, Zhao Xuan deliberately exited Dragon-Man form.
He fought in half-dragon form (5× boost) combined with the one-second secret technique.
Even with that, the Eighth-rank Great Perfection guardian pushed him hard.
He was suppressed for a while.
But with the vast life energy inside him, Zhao Xuan fought for nearly fifteen minutes before finally defeating it.
The courtyard was left full of massive craters from the battle.
Though the fight consumed a lot of his stored life energy—
The reward was huge.
Ding! After a fierce cross-rank battle, all abilities (except swordsmanship) proficiency +4000!
With that—
Shave, Paper Art, Moonwalk, and Finger Pistol all broke through into the Transcendent tier.
However—
His Azure Dragon Fruit did not break through.
It was short by—
100 points.
Just 100.
Zhao Xuan nearly spat blood.
"I swear…!"
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