In Another World, Everyone Want to Kill Me!-Chapter 187: Top Floor Treasures

Yue Mingxuan wriggled free from Xi Yu’s grip. "We’re in Sheng Gate right now. There’s basically no danger, okay?"

Xi Yu gave him a side glance. "Sheng Gate, Si Gate, never know for sure."

Shang Qinghua said, "Better to be cautious."

Three against one, Yue Mingxuan felt a bit defiant. "Then let’s bet. What if there really isn’t any danger?"

Xi Yu thought for a moment. "According to martial code, any valuable item here should be split among the three of us. If there’s danger, your share goes to me. If there’s no danger, my share goes to you. How does that sound?" He then turned to Shang Qinghua. "Do you want to join the bet as well?"

Shang Qinghua shrugged. "I don’t care. I’ll play along with you two."

The value of these things would at most surprise him a little, nothing more.

The three immediately made their bet.

Xi Yu took the lead and went up to the third floor.

The layout of the third floor was identical to the second floor, only with an additional display rack, filled with antiques, calligraphy, and paintings.

Yue Mingxuan shot Xi Yu a triumphant glance as the three continued upward.

The subsequent floors had the same layout as the second floor, only the items displayed were different.

They made it all the way to the top floor without encountering a single mechanism.

The top floor was different from the others. The ceiling was made of glass, allowing the moonlight to pour in.

Yue Mingxuan noticed that the windowsill had been arranged according to the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams, with eight dum-dum guns placed meticulously on it.

Seeing the eight guns, Yue Mingxuan’s heart leapt with joy.

The antiques, calligraphy, paintings, and rare treasures on this floor were nothing compared to the value of these eight firearms.

Shang Qinghua and Xi Yu also saw the eight guns, and in their eyes passed a subtle, hard-to-read gleam.

They still vividly remembered the tremendous power of the earlier hidden weapon.

Whoever obtained these guns would gain an enormous advantage.

Yue Mingxuan circled the top floor, making sure there was no danger, then turned to Xi Yu. "All the items on this floor belong to me now."

Xi Yu looked at Yue Mingxuan’s triumphant expression. Though reluctant, he could do nothing to protest. "Alright, alright, it’s yours. Happy now?"

Seeing Xi Yu not argue further, Yue Mingxuan ran to the window, lifted one of the dum-dum guns from the sill, and felt its heavy weight in his hands.

It gave him a strange sense of security.

He checked the magazine, and as expected, all the bullets had been fired.

A gun without bullets was nothing more than scrap iron.

Yue Mingxuan felt a bit disappointed and set the gun down.

Since they were in the Sheng Gate, there must be a way out.

As for moving treasures, it could be handled later by having Xi Yu help carry things with his concealed jade bracelets.

With this plan in mind, Yue Mingxuan began searching the top floor carefully.

Sure enough, at a stone lion sculpture, he found a raised button.

Pressing it, a hidden passage appeared before the three of them.

Seeing the exit so close, all three of them showed expressions of joy.

At that moment, Shang Qinghua said, "Yue Mingxuan, even if the hidden weapons have all been fired, it’s useless. I’m willing to pay a high price to buy them all."

Yue Mingxuan gave Shang Qinghua a glance.

Anyone who had witnessed the power of the dum-dum guns would be hard to resist being tempted. "I’ll say it first. Without live ammunition, these things are no different from scrap metal."

Shang Qinghua nodded. "I know."

But with so many skilled craftsmen under his command, they could definitely figure out how to use these hidden weapons.

If he got his hands on them, it would be like adding wings to a tiger.

Yue Mingxuan could actually guess part of what Shang Qinghua was thinking. He shook his head and said, "This item holds great significance for me as well; I can’t give it to you."

Only by looking at this object did he feel that he had truly lived in that era, that he wasn’t always just the ridiculed, useless prince everyone claimed him to be.

Hearing Yue Mingxuan say this, Shang Qinghua looked at him with a trace of curiosity.

As Yue Mingxuan had said, these items were no different from scrap iron to him. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Like Shang Qinghua, he had only seen these strange hidden weapons here.

How could they possibly hold any real significance for him?

Yue Mingxuan lifted his head, meeting Shang Qinghua’s suspicious gaze. He sighed, unsure how to explain himself, so he remained silent.

Xi Yu, noticing the tension between the two, didn’t say anything either. He simply followed the passage outward.

After passing through the long corridor, the three of them soon emerged outside the valley.

The sky had just begun to lighten with the first traces of dawn.

They looked at each other, and though no one initiated it, the three of them suddenly laughed.

Yue Mingxuan laughed while glancing at Shang Qinghua.

The feeling of surviving together after a shared ordeal was wonderful.

This counted as their second time facing danger together, wasn’t it?

Every time he had been in peril, Shang Qinghua had appeared.

Even though Yue Mingxuan hadn’t been willing to let go of the dum-dum guns, these items carried immense significance for him, he knew that they must also hold great importance for Shang Qinghua.

Otherwise, with Shang Qinghua’s pride, why would he have spoken up again after losing the bet?

Thinking this, Yue Mingxuan said to Shang Qinghua, "I’ll take this gun for now, it’s useless to you anyway. Once I figure out how the dum-dum bullets work, I’ll give you four of them."

Yue Mingxuan had obtained eight unusable dum-dum guns in total.

This promise amounted to giving away half.

Shang Qinghua’s eyes showed a faint flicker of shock as he asked, "Did you just say ’gun’ and ’bullet’? You recognize this thing?"