Chapter 58: I Told You to Take Something from the Outer Vault—Why Did You Rip Off the Inner Vault's Door?!
Under Golden Crocodile Douluo's guidance, Fan Chen arrived at the location of the Spirit Hall's treasure vault.
"I won't help you choose. Go pick something yourself."
Golden Crocodile Douluo knew Fan Chen's abilities very well. When it came to finding treasures, Fan Chen was practically a professional.
"You can only take one item. Don't take more—and you're not allowed to eat anything inside first either."
Golden Crocodile Douluo suddenly remembered something and hurriedly added this warning.
Xiao Bai was a pure foodie. If that little thing started eating inside the vault, that would be a real disaster.
Even though this was only the outer vault, there were still plenty of good things inside—at least for Fan Chen's current stage, that was definitely the case.
"Just one item, right? No other rules?"
The moment Fan Chen asked this, Golden Crocodile Douluo froze, then narrowed his eyes at him.
"You brat—are you plotting something again?"
"No, I'm just asking. I'm afraid I'll find something really good and then you'll all suddenly get stingy."
If Golden Crocodile Douluo believed even a single punctuation mark of Fan Chen's words, he'd be a fool. This little devil was definitely scheming for something else.
He knew his disciple too well—maximizing personal benefits was always Fan Chen's top priority.
"You can take anything from the outer vault. Just pick one and be done with it."
Although Golden Crocodile Douluo sensed something was off, he couldn't guess what Fan Chen was planning.
Thinking it over, the outer vault only contained so much anyway. As long as he only took one item, it shouldn't be a big problem.
There were no guards stationed at the vault—only a single, extremely ancient-looking door standing there.
The door's overall color was dark, engraved with countless runes. However, due to the passage of time, many of them had become blurred and indistinct.
Golden Crocodile Douluo rummaged around and took out a specially made token, then inserted it into a groove on the door.
As the token slid into place, Golden Crocodile Douluo immediately infused it with his soul power.
The soul power flowed through the groove into the door. The once-dim runes gradually lit up, eventually spreading across the entire door.
The runes emitted a faint glow as Golden Crocodile Douluo pushed the door open slowly.
"Alright, go in."
After opening the door, Golden Crocodile Douluo gestured toward the interior, signaling Fan Chen to enter.
Xiao Bai jumped down from Fan Chen's shoulder first, bouncing a few times before darting inside.
"Master, aren't you coming in with me?"
"If you want to risk both of us getting locked inside later, I don't mind going in with you."
The reason the vault door required no guards was simple—none were needed.
Only the Seven Great Worshippers and the Pope possessed the key to open it. No one else could possibly enter.
Moreover, this door could withstand attacks from Title Douluo–level powerhouses. Even if someone stood here and attacked it freely, they wouldn't be able to force it open.
And this place was located deep within Spirit Hall's core area. Being able to reach this spot without being detected was already extremely difficult—trying to forcibly destroy the door would be no different from courting death.
"Hurry up and go in. The door can only stay open for a limited time. If I don't stay here, it'll close again after a while."
Hearing this, Fan Chen glanced at the door a couple of times, then prepared to enter the vault.
However, before he could step inside, Xiao Bai—who had just run in—suddenly ran back out, clutching a round, plump pearl in its arms.
"Brother, look! I found something good!"
Xiao Bai flew excitedly over to Fan Chen and handed him the pearl it was holding.
"So fast?"
Fan Chen's mouth twitched involuntarily. Xiao Bai had only gone in for a moment—Fan Chen himself hadn't even had a chance to take a look yet.
"Hm? What is this thing? Why does it look kind of familiar?"
Golden Crocodile Douluo leaned over to examine the pearl Xiao Bai had brought out, feeling puzzled.
He had some impression of most of the items in the outer vault, but this pearl didn't look like something from there at all.
Fan Chen took the pearl from Xiao Bai and examined it carefully.
The moment it touched his hand, a warm energy spread from his palm throughout his body.
An indescribable sense of comfort washed over him. All the fatigue in his body vanished, his depleted mental energy rapidly recovered, and his eyes became exceptionally clear.
"What a magical item. It has such an effect just from holding it."
"Xiao Bai, where did you dig this out from?"
Fan Chen asked curiously.
Asking Xiao Bai what it was would be pointless—but an item with such effects was definitely no ordinary treasure. Producing effects without even needing soul power activation meant it had to be something specially placed on its own.
"I pried it off the door inside."
"Holy shit!"
The moment Xiao Bai finished speaking, Golden Crocodile Douluo blurted out a curse.
Because he had finally realized what the item in Fan Chen's hand actually was.
"You ripped something off the inner vault's door?!"
That's right—this pearl had been pried off the inner vault's door.
The inner vault was hidden within the outer vault, and this pearl was one of the items embedded in the inner vault's gate.
"The inner vault's door? That's great stuff, then. I'll take this one."
The moment Fan Chen heard Golden Crocodile Douluo say that, he immediately stuffed the pearl into his pocket, afraid Golden Crocodile Douluo might snatch it back.
"That belongs to the inner vault. You're only allowed to take something from the outer vault."
"I didn't enter the inner vault. The inner vault's door is still part of the outer vault—why can't I take it?"
Fan Chen clutched the pearl tightly. Now that it was in his hands, there was no way he was giving it back.
Golden Crocodile Douluo was speechless.
He knew Fan Chen would pull something—but he never imagined he'd target the inner vault's door.
And the craziest part was that he'd actually succeeded.
He clearly remembered that the inner vault's door had special mechanisms. Even he couldn't remove anything from it—so how did Xiao Bai manage to pry it off?
"Let me tell you—hiding it is useless. Things from the inner vault aren't something I get to decide."
That wasn't a joke.
The inner vault was fundamentally different from the outer vault.
It contained true peerless treasures—its wealth was unimaginable. Even as the second-in-command of the Worship Hall, he had no authority to use its contents at will.
"I don't care. You said yourselves I could take any one item from the outer vault. I want this one—nothing else."
Seeing Fan Chen's determination, Golden Crocodile Douluo could only sigh helplessly.
Of course, he could forcibly take it back. Even a hundred Fan Chens wouldn't be able to stop him.
But at his age, snatching something from a child's hands?
He wasn't that shameless.
With no other choice, Golden Crocodile Douluo called Qian Daoliu and the others over.
Since this involved the inner vault, even Qian Xunji was summoned.
After all, as the Pope, this matter couldn't possibly exclude him.
"Good boy. Told you to take something from the outer vault, and you go and dismantle the inner vault's gate. Truly impressive."
Xiong Kuohai burst out laughing when he heard what happened. Fan Chen always managed to pull off things no one expected.
"The inner vault's door is also part of the outer vault. You really dare say that."
Going by Fan Chen's logic, since the inner vault was wrapped inside the outer vault, then everything inside the inner vault also belonged to the outer vault.
If that were the case, why not just take the entire inner vault out as a single 'item'?
"I didn't enter it. And you never said I couldn't pry off the door."
Fan Chen was completely unfazed.
Even if the Heavenly Emperor himself came today, he was standing his ground.
Even if he couldn't keep the pearl in the end, he had to get something in return—otherwise, this would be a huge loss.
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End of Chapter