I Can See Through Everything - Chapter 669

Chapter 669: Top-grade Spiritual Stone, Settle the Grudge

“Master, the vast majority of the treasures in that treasury are mid-grade spirit stones. As for low-grade spirit stones, there aren’t even a single one. It seems the Gongshu family disdained to collect them. But I found this.”

“Yan” presented the treasure box to Lu Qing.

“What’s inside?”

Lu Qing took the box, opened it, and his breath hitched.

He stared at the contents, stunned for a moment before finally exhaling, “It’s actually top-grade spirit stones.”

Indeed, the box contained no other items but a whole box of top-grade spirit stones.

“Yes, Master, there are a thousand top-grade spirit stones in this box.”

One thousand top-grade spirit stones!

Hearing this number, Lu Qing’s heart trembled again.

He was no longer the country boy who had just emerged from his home world. He had gained a deeper understanding of many of the mysteries of cultivation.

He knew that spirit stones, as precious objects, actually held many secrets.

Not only were they excellent resources for cultivators, but high-grade spirit stones seemed to possess special uses for the most powerful.

However, the higher the grade of spirit stones, the more precious they are.

Low- and mid-grade spirit stones are relatively easy to obtain.

But once spirit stones reach the top grade, they are virtually nonexistent.

Whether they are major factions or powerful independent cultivators, they treat them as strategic reserves and are rarely used.

At the Tianshu City auction, the mysterious Yuanshen master, hoping to acquire a large quantity of top-grade spirit stones, had to auction off a top-grade spiritual artifact.

Ultimately, the final price of that artifact, the Immortal Golden Bell, was only 15,000 top-grade spirit stones.

And now, he has obtained 1,000 top-grade spirit stones from the Gongshu family’s treasury!

This amount of spirit stones alone is a colossal fortune.

“As expected of the Thirty-Six Supreme Clans, they have accumulated countless thousands of years of wealth. This profound heritage is truly terrifying,”

Lu Qing couldn’t help but sigh again.

The treasury of just one of the second-brother’s direct descendants provided him with immediate resources for cultivation for a long time to come.

One could hardly imagine the sheer wealth of the entire Gongshu family.

Next, Lu Qing counted the spirit stones in Qiankun’s bag again.

In total, the spirit stones he’d obtained from the Gongshu family’s second branch’s treasury amounted to approximately 500,000 mid-grade spirit stones and 1,000 high-grade spirit stones.

As for the other spiritual herbs, elixirs, magic weapons, and various refining materials, he didn’t pay much attention, simply taking a quick count and setting them aside.

After all, he’d already accumulated a significant amount of these items since the battle at Tianshu Divine Mountain, but for so long, he’d struggled to even use them.

Any additional batches would simply be a waste of resources.

“With such a huge harvest, losing my status as a peripheral member of the Nether Palace isn’t such a shame.”

Although Lu Qing had successfully killed Gongshu Lian and captured Qiao Rong,

he had no intention of heading to the Nether Palace base to submit his mission credentials.

In Zhoutian City, during his final escape, he used a teleportation talisman.

Although he had previously employed only sword techniques and hadn’t exposed his physical strength,

as a Jindan realm cultivator with the ability to teleport, anyone, not too foolish, would inevitably link him to “Chen Qing,” not to mention a formidable force like the Nether Palace, which controlled a vast intelligence network.

It was likely that by now, the Nether Palace had already determined his true identity based on various clues.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, Lu Qing decided not to contact the Nether Palace again for the time being.

While it was a pity that he couldn’t claim the bounty for the assassination of Gongshu Lian and Qiao Rong, he no longer lacked spirit stones, so there was no need to risk those 20,000 or 30,000.

Thinking of Qiao Rong, Lu Qing’s heart stirred again.

With a slight wave of his hand, a spatial cage suddenly appeared, revealing Qiao Rong.

When Qiao Rong saw Lu Qing, a look of fear crossed her face.

Not long ago, Lu Qing had cast an illusion, dragging her into an endless illusory world, where she had involuntarily revealed everything she knew.

Now, in front of this mysterious man, she could practically keep no secrets.

But after the fear faded, Qiao Rong forced herself to calm down. She

forced a smile, “Senior, what exactly do you want in exchange for my release? If you trust me, I can take you out of Zhoutian City.”

“No need. I’ve already left Zhoutian City,” Lu Qing said flatly.

“Out of Zhoutian City? How is that even possible?”

Qiao Rong shuddered, her face filled with disbelief.

Her first reaction was that Lu Qing was lying.

Even before she was captured, she knew the entire Zhoutian constellation had been activated. Logically, Lu Qing shouldn’t have been able to leave.

However, Lu Qing offered no explanation, simply watching her silently.

Feeling Lu Qing’s calmness, Qiao Rong paused.

A sudden surge of fear welled up in her.

She spoke with some difficulty, “So, I’m no longer useful, and you’re going to kill me, right?”

“Yes,” Lu Qing said, nodding calmly.

Hearing this, Qiao Rong’s body trembled, and her face suddenly turned pale.

She knew that if this mysterious man wanted to kill her, she wouldn’t have any chance of survival.

In other words, this time, she was doomed.

However, after the fear, a strong sense of unwillingness rose in her heart.

She stared at Lu Qing intently. “I don’t understand. With your level of cultivation, why would you want to cross a reclusive woman like me? I believe that with my limited abilities, we should never have had any contact. Why do you insist on my death?”

“You’ve already guessed it, haven’t you? I’m a killer from the Nether Palace. Killing doesn’t require a reason.”

“Then I’ll give you ten times the bounty. No, a hundred times! No matter what the Nether Palace offers, I’ll pay a hundred times more for my life!

I oversee the treasury of the second branch of the Gongshu family. There are countless treasures and spirit stones within. I’m willing to give them all to you!”

Qiao Rong shouted frantically.

“Are you talking about these spirit stones?”

Lu Qing released the spatial cage and pointed to a small mountain of spirit stones not far away.

Seeing the mountain of spirit stones, Qiao Rong’s eyes widened.

She recognized them; they were the same ones from her own treasury.

Did this mysterious individual not only successfully escape Zhoutian City but also steal the Second House’s treasure trove?

Just as Qiao Rong was feeling incredulous, Lu Qing’s voice rang out again.

“Also, it’s not like I’ve never met you before. Back when I first arrived in the Tianyuan World, didn’t you already place a bounty on my head in the Nether Palace?”

“I placed a bounty on your head in the Nether Palace?”

Qiao Rong repeated the words dazedly at first. Then, as if remembering something, she stared at Lu Qing intently, as if trying to see through the mask on his face.

“It’s you, the evil demon who killed my Zheng’er?”

“Yes, it was me. I killed Gongshu Zheng.”

Lu Qing removed the mask, revealing the face he had worn in Canglan City in the Lesser Cang Realm.

“It’s you, evil demon! You killed my Zheng’er, and I will avenge him!”

Qiao Rong saw Lu Qing’s face, which matched the information she had gathered from that year. Her eyes immediately lit up with hatred, as if she wanted to devour him alive. She

exuded a resolute aura, ready to charge at him.

However, as soon as she moved, a wisp of sword energy landed on her forehead, piercing through her eyebrow acupoint and her head. (End of this chapter)