Chapter 245: Blood-washing the Treasury, Shifting the Blame

At this moment, in the Ying Family's ancestral grounds tens of thousands of miles away.

Zhou Chen and Miao Dandan had already quietly infiltrated; under the cover of the Divine Concealment Art, no one could discover their traces.

As for the Ying Family's clan-protecting Formation, it was a Top-Grade Imperial Rank Formation. Although Zhou Chen could handle it with the Array Emperors Heart, he estimated it would take at least three days to break through.

By then, everyone from the Ying Family would likely have finished the ancestral sacrifice and returned to the clan grounds.

So Zhou Chen summoned Xiao Hong, his Mystic Ice Crystal Tiger, to take action, easily breaking through the Formation with its innate ability.

Under Zhou Chen's feeding, the Mystic Ice Crystal Tiger's current strength had barely reached the ninth level of the Saint Realm, making it somewhat unable to keep up with his pace.

Normally, Zhou Chen rarely asked the Mystic Ice Crystal Tiger for help.

But Xiao Hong wasn't to blame; it was only because Zhou Chen's strength improved too quickly. What kind of decent person becomes a Quasi-Emperor at the bone age of twenty-odd years?

"Eh? There really are only this few people on guard? Aren't they afraid of a sneak attack?"

Miao Dandan looked at the empty Ying Family grounds, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"This is the Ice Clan's Ancestral Sacrifice Ceremony; who would dare not go? Moreover, with the deep foundation of the Ice Clan's Ying Family, if circumstances change, those old geezers sleeping within the clan can wake up, which is enough to hold out until the Ying Family returns."

Zhou Chen continued, "As for those Disciples with too low cultivation and insufficient qualifications, they can only stay behind to guard the clan grounds."

His Divine Sense swept through and found only dozens of Half-Emperor and Saint Realm Cultivators patrolling the grounds, without even a single Quasi-Emperor. Thus, Zhou Chen's somewhat anxious heart was put at ease.

"Let's go, the treasury is over there."

Before coming to the Ying Family, he had already scouted the treasury's location through the opportunity panel of the Ying Family's Disciples.

For a grand clan like theirs, the resources distributed to Disciples were massive; almost every Disciple had gone to the treasury to collect treasures.

This was something the one hundred and eight Holy Lands of the Central Continent dared not even think about or hope for.

No matter how powerful a Holy Land was, it couldn't withstand such consumption.

The reason why an Emperor Clan could sustain this was, in the end, because strength spoke.

With the one hundred and eight Holy Lands providing tribute every year, even a pig could take flight.

Zhou Chen activated the Divine Concealment Art, and Miao Dandan also used the Gathering Breath Art that Zhou Chen had passed to her. Their auras vanished completely as they quietly crept toward the treasury.

The Ying Family treasury was located in the deepest part of the Ying Family grounds, an independent building surrounded by layers of Restrictions.

However, compared to the Ying Family's clan-protecting Formation, these arrays were child's play; in Zhou Chen's eyes, these Restrictions were mere decorations. Therefore, Zhou Chen didn't plan on summoning Xiao Hong.

He flipped his hand and took out the Array Emperors Heart obtained during the Central Continent Resource War. In less than half an incense stick's time, he easily broke through the outer Restrictions.

"Master, this Formation-breaking plate of yours is amazing!"

Miao Dandan exclaimed in admiration.

"Hehe, you have a good eye; this is the Array Emperor's Legacy item."

Zhou Chen smiled proudly and continued to focus on breaking the Formation.

A quarter of an hour later, all the Restrictions were broken, and the treasury gates of the Ying Family grounds were easily opened just like that.

It wasn't that the Ying Family was careless; for tens of thousands of years, the Ice Clan had never experienced a treasury theft. Thus, the Guardian Elder who originally guarded the treasury had also gone to attend the Ancestral Sacrifice Ceremony.

"Alright, stay quiet, let's get inside quickly!"

Zhou Chen excitedly pulled Miao Dandan and rushed into the treasury.

"Hiss!"

The moment he stepped into the treasury, what met Zhou Chen's eyes were mountains of countless treasures.

Spirit Stones, Medicinal Pills, Magical Artifacts, Cultivation Techniques, Spirit Medicines, spiritual plants…

A dazzling array of treasures emitted enticing glows.

"Wow, wow, wow!!!"

Miao Dandan was also instantly stunned by the sight before her, involuntarily letting out a scream; she had never seen so many treasures in her life.

"We're rich! We're rich!"

Miao Dandan danced with excitement.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Chen couldn't help but click his tongue.

Perhaps because the Ying Family was overconfident, the items in the treasury only had a simple dust-proof cover array and no other security measures.

It wasn't their fault; in normal times, there would certainly be someone of the Emperor Realm standing guard.

If anyone took something, the array would naturally perform an automatic check and sound an alarm as they were about to leave the treasury's array range.

However, Zhou Chen and the other had no intention of using the main entrance.

It exactly proved the saying: the world is a giant makeshift stage.

Zhou Chen毫不犹豫, directly sweeping all the treasures within sight into his storage ring, while also urging Miao Dandan to collect them together.

Countless Spirit Stones, taken!

Top-Grade Medicinal Pills, taken!

Top-Grade Spiritual Artifacts, taken!

All sorts of Cultivation Techniques, taken!

Talismans and Formations, all taken!

Even the sparkling spirit jade floor tiles on the ground were pried up by Zhou Chen.

"Master, come quickly, something's here!"

Miao Dandan suddenly shouted in surprise.

"What?!"

Zhou Chen immediately went over and found a bone-chilling jade box placed on a high platform deep within the treasury.

Inside the jade box lay a fist-sized ice-blue crystal, emitting waves of terrifying coldness.

If not for the isolation of the protective array, it could probably freeze the entire treasury in an instant.

"It's actually the nether king ice soul!"

Zhou Chen was ecstatic; this was one of the auxiliary treasures he needed to fuse with the heart of the world tree.

It was truly a case of "searching far and wide only to find it easily."

Beside the nether king ice soul were six smaller blue-green crystals, which Zhou Chen recognized at a glance as Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Souls.

Little did he know that Zhou Chen was also lucky. Although the nether king ice soul was very important to him, overall, this type of treasure was quite obscure. The Ying Family's Artifact Refiners felt it was a waste for Artifact Refining, so it had been left behind in a corner of the treasury, ignored.

"Hahaha! Heaven is helping me!"

Zhou Chen couldn't help but laugh towards the sky, putting the nether king ice soul into his system space.

With the nether king ice soul, along with the earth core source crystal and the nine heavens dao lotus, Zhou Chen was one step closer to breaking through to the Emperor Realm!

Next, the two continued to sweep through the treasury until the storage rings were full, then Zhou Chen directly threw everything into the system space.

In just one hour, the accumulation of generations of the Ying Family was gone. The entire treasury had been completely emptied, not even a single hair was left.

However, there were very few treasures above the High Grade Imperial Rank. Zhou Chen guessed that the Ying Family should have a second, most core treasury that ordinary Disciples couldn't access.

But Zhou Chen was satisfied. This many treasures were enough to support the Taichu Holy Land for ten thousand years and were enough to severely damage the Ying Family's foundation.

"Master, should we be leaving now?"

Miao Dandan gently reminded him.

"Wait, there's one last thing."

Zhou Chen activated the Divine Concealment Art, and his figure began to warp, turning into the appearances of over a dozen Jiang Family members he had seen. At the same time, he simulated the Qi of the Flame Clan, repeatedly leaving traces around.

"Master, you are…"

Miao Dandan's eyes widened, looking at Zhou Chen's appearance with great curiosity.