Chapter 979: Chapter 607: Treasure Vault, Seduction

After leaving the small courtyard, Lu Lin didn’t rest but went directly to the Sect Leader Palace located at the mountaintop.

This place is both where the Demon Slaying Sect conducts meetings on regular days and where Li Xuanjin handles daily work. Ever since Li Xuanjin couldn’t advance to the Star Emperor Realm for a long time, his personality has changed dramatically. He used to care about nothing, but now he fusses over every matter, worrying about everything.

Compared to other sect leaders, Li Xuanjin can be considered the king of burnout in the sect leader community.

Due to his inability to progress to the Star Emperor Realm through cultivation, in the years that followed, Li Xuanjin would occasionally cultivate to maintain his current level, but he wouldn’t often go into seclusion. Therefore, the Sect Leader’s Hall is the place where he spends the most time.

Lu Lin, holding the Soul Lamp Stone in his hand, carefully searched around the hall.

Although Sect Leader Li’s personality changed significantly, some of his preferences didn’t change.

He used to care about nothing, valuing neither fine wine, beautiful women, nor luxury houses, and this is reflected in his palace.

The entire palace is, in fact, the most luxurious place here. Its decorations and arrangements are only above average, looking like a military camp somewhere on General Mountain.

Besides the arrangements displayed in front of Lu Lin in the hall, there is also a tunnel.

This place is guarded.

Cao Hui was stationed outside. Seeing Lu Lin who spent quite some time searching and finally coming here, she smiled, "Little Friend Lu Lin, it’s so late yet you come searching. You’ve had a long journey with Elder Cheng Yu, you should really take some rest."

Just looking at her appearance, no one could believe that Cao Hui is Li Xuanjin’s mother.

"It’s nothing, Madam Cao. With Sect Leader Li still missing, there is great pressure from the Holy Land. As his disciple, it’s natural for me to share my master’s worries."

"A truly good young man indeed, are you planning to enter the treasure vault?"

Seeing Lu Lin nod, Cao Hui said with a smile, "Entering the treasure vault is naturally not a problem, but I need to accompany Little Friend Lu Lin, hope you don’t mind."

"Certainly, Madam Cao, please open the entrance to the passageway."

"Alright."

Cao Hui agreed with a sound, summoned Star Power to form a seal, which grew with the wind and soon covered the entire palace.

"Little Friend Lu Lin need not be surprised, the treasure vault and the hall are essentially one, just with a special method to open."

"Besides, only Li Xuanjin and I can open this treasure vault."

"Do you think Li Xuanjin anticipated his situation today, which is why he gave me such authority?"

Cao Hui asked with anticipation.

She noticed that Elder Cheng Yu valued Lu Lin quite highly, and if she could gain Lu Lin’s promise, perhaps Elder Cheng Yu might favor her a bit.

But Lu Lin didn’t respond, which made her enthusiasm turn to Flowing Water.

The treasure vault door opened, and Lu Lin proceeded first, with Cao Hui quickly following behind.

It was a long corridor, with black bricks on both sides, covered with moss. Every few steps there was a dim light, which upon closer inspection by Lu Lin was actually a glowing crystal stone providing the light.

At the end of the passageway was a door forged from unknown metal. Cao Hui stood before the door and said cautiously to Lu Lin, "Little Friend Lu Lin, opening this treasure vault requires my Essence Blood each time. Therefore, we can only enter once a month. If you have any unclear areas, you’ll need to wait another month."

Lu Lin and Elder Cheng Yu naturally couldn’t wait here for a month; his visit was simply to perform a routine inspection.

One month’s time was enough for Lu Lin to find Sect Leader Li.

Seeing Lu Lin nod, Cao Hui used her fingernail to cut a slit on her hand, forcing out some pale-golden blood.

This is not ordinary blood, but Essence Blood containing the cultivator’s full vitality and spirit. If exhausted excessively, it can’t be quickly replenished and must rely on time to slowly recover.

The pale-golden blood flew in the air, automatically moving into the lock’s keyhole on the metal door. A mechanical sound of turning gears rang out, which stopped after a while, and then the treasure vault door opened slowly, revealing a corner of ice within.

"Hiss——"

Even through the crack of the door, Lu Lin couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

He saw the Star Stones, endless Star Stones, piled up like a mountain, scattered like dirt and stones on the ground, with many scattered around as if they were unwanted trash.

But this was not the most shocking part; behind the mountain of Star Stones was another mountain entirely composed of Red Star Stones, this was the truly surprising place for Lu Lin.

Now he was no longer the Xiao Bai who first entered Longyuan World. If he wasn’t mistaken, those red Star Stones were Crimson Star Stones, which had a higher level and purer Star Power.

A single Crimson Star Stone possesses more Star Power reserves than a hundred ordinary Star Stones; it’s an essential item for martial artists’ cultivation breakthroughs, and ordinary cultivators have never seen one, let alone used it.

With so many Star Stones and Crimson Star Stones piled together, how could Lu Lin not be amazed?

Standing beside him, Cao Hui was also somewhat excited. Even though she had seen it many times, every time she was shocked anew.

If only these Star Stones could belong to her, how wonderful that would be.