Chapter 330: Hidden Spatial Compartment, I’m Rich! (5600)

Cao Xing pushed the door open and walked out.

Right in front of him appeared a female corpse.

Cao Xing was stunned for a moment, "Another female corpse?"

You must know that during the last sacrifice by the Church of Light, almost all living beings in the entire city were sacrificed.

And those whose corpses could be preserved were generally not ordinary entities.

Cao Xing walked over and took a look.

He found that this woman was extremely beautiful.

Her waterfall-like, silky silver long hair was scattered messily on the ground.

Beneath her delicate facial features was a hint of tranquility and peacefulness.

What attracted the most attention were her pointed ears drooping to the ground.

Cao Xing swept his gaze over her.

[Elf Clan: Corpse of Nereida…]

(The corpse of a pure-blooded Elf. Due to certain reasons, she was captured by slave merchants and eventually ended up at the Phantom Dream Tavern through various twists and turns.)

…

"Good heavens, it's actually an Elf corpse!"

Cao Xing was instantly shocked.

No wonder the pricing outside was so expensive. The Phantom Dream Tavern could even capture this kind of creature; it truly had quite the capability.

This time, the system added the two characters 'corpse' in the notes.

This showed that this Elf was truly dead.

Speaking of which, this was the first time Cao Xing had seen a pure-blooded Elf Clan member in this world.

And right off the bat, it was a corpse.

Cao Xing also saw the subsequent system notes.

"Turns out this female Elf was captured by those slave merchants."

"Those idiotic players previously said that in taverns of such large cities, there might be female Elf services. Turns out it was true?"

Cao Xing couldn't help but sigh at the audacity of these slave merchants.

After all, the Elf Clan was a sacred and powerful race.

If not for their low reproductive capacity, the most numerous race in this world wouldn't be the Human Race.

And as a sacred race, they would absolutely not allow their fellow clansmen to fall into such a place and be vented on and toyed with by those guys.

Once discovered, they would hunt down this group of slave merchants to the ends of the earth.

Many chambers of commerce were destroyed because of the Elf Clan's revenge, and those captured slave merchants were subjected to the most brutal executions.

Flaying and pulling out tendons was considered light!

Some even more extreme Elf Clans would even directly massacre cities as a warning to the world.

However, despite this, the value of the Elf Clan was simply too high.

Any pure-blooded Elf was worth at least several million crowns!

At least!

Furthermore, top-notch goods like this had to go through an auction.

Some nobles or rich people often camped out at auctions for years, preparing massive amounts of money, just to buy an Elf.

Therefore, every Elf Clan slave would be sold at an extremely high price.

This was also why those slave merchants were willing to take huge risks to target those Elves.

Catching one meant getting rich instantly!

Even an Elf Clan corpse could be worth quite a bit of money.

Cao Xing certainly wouldn't have such beastly thoughts.

Instead, he placed her corpse in a hidden corner and casually cast a magical seal to prevent her from being desecrated by those cultists.

Just as he was about to leave the room, curiosity drove him to search the room once.

Sure enough, under one of the loose floorboards, Cao Xing discovered a secret compartment.

After opening the secret compartment, he pulled out a small pouch.

Inside were ten to twenty thousand crowns, which seemed to be the female Elf's entire savings.

Besides that, there was also a letter.

[Obtained Letter: Nereida's Letter to Her Sister…]

Cao Xing opened it and took a look, only to find that the language used inside the letter was a peculiar script that he completely couldn't understand.

"This should be Elven writing, right?"

"I'll let Sarah take a look when we get back to see if she can translate the contents of the letter."

Cao Xing shook his head.

Leaving the female Elf's room, he returned to the hallway.

Now, only the last room remained unexplored.

Currently, the gains in this tavern weren't much, compared to that grandiose decoration and superior geographical location.

Looting only tens of thousands of crowns was indeed a bit shabby.

Cao Xing thought to himself: "Hopefully, the last room can give me a bit of a surprise."

He walked straight to the end of the hallway.

Arriving in front of that iron door, there were no plaques hanging on it.

Cao Xing pushed the door open.

"Creek!"

Inside, it looked like another relatively ordinary room.

Apart from some wooden tables, chairs, and benches, there was just a simple small wooden bed.

Shaking his head, Cao Xing sighed: "It seems this tavern really doesn't have any good things."

However, out of caution to prevent missing anything,

he still decided to search thoroughly.

However, Cao Xing spent three minutes searching almost every corner of this storage room without any gains.

Just as he was about to give up, [True Sight Eye] suddenly discovered something abnormal.

In a certain corner of the room, there seemed to be an unusual fluctuation.

It wasn't a magic fluctuation, but an even more special kind of fluctuation.

"Hmm? Could there really be something?"

Cao Xing leaned over to take a look.

A system prompt appeared in front of him.

[Hidden Spatial Compartment: 1 Cubic Meter]

[Current Status: Sealed]

(Note: A hidden spatial compartment; there might be some things inside.)

…

"It's actually a hidden spatial compartment."

[Spatial compartments] were a special hidden method belonging to the indigenous people of this world.

Sometimes when they acquired important items or accumulated wealth, it wasn't safe in the basement, yet they couldn't carry it with them.

Therefore, they would hide these things inside such spatial compartments.

He didn't expect to run into one right here.

However, this spatial compartment was in a sealed state, and opening it seemed a bit troublesome.

Furthermore, the system didn't give any hints on how to open it.

Cao Xing pondered for a moment and decided to try using [Vivian's Hairpin].

The few times he used it before had already made him discover the special feature of this hairpin.

It looked like it was piercing a barrier, but in reality, its specific function was piercing space.

It directly caused a holistic barrier space to develop a loophole, thereby making it completely lose its function.

This was the principle behind the hairpin.

As he pulled out the hairpin and gave it a gentle poke,

in an instant, it was easily punctured like a layer of foam.

Right in front of him, a head-sized window appeared out of thin air.

The status of this spatial compartment also changed from [Sealed] to [Opened].

When Cao Xing looked through this window and saw the things inside, his pupils suddenly dilated!

"Holy shit! Turns out the good stuff in this tavern was all hidden right here!"

He saw that inside this one-cubic-meter space, it was packed full of various items.

At the bottom was a massive amount of crowns, looking to be at least over a million.

And on top of this huge pile of crowns were also many exquisitely crafted pieces of jewelry, paper promissory notes, and so on.

At this moment, Cao Xing was as excited as if he had discovered a dragon's treasure!

"Hahaha, I said that a tavern as big as this would definitely have good things."

"I've finally found it!"

With an excited mood,

Cao Xing directly reached in and took out all the crowns and notes inside.

[Obtained: crowns * 1,742,361]

[Obtained: Shop Promissory Notes * 17 (Totaling 32.4 Million)]

[Obtained: Gold Jewelry (Hairpins, Rings, Necklaces) * 17KG]

[Obtained: Advanced Brewery Construction Blueprint (Gold) * 1]

[Obtained: Phantom Dream Magic Wine Crafting Recipe (Gold) * 1]

[Obtained: Phantom Dream Magic Wine (Gold) * 3]

[Obtained: Deeds of Servitude * 32]

[Obtained: Lake Doron City Land Deed * 3]

[Obtained: Slave Contract Scroll * 5 (Purple)]

…

"Hahaha! So much money and promissory notes, I'm rich!"

Cao Xing exclaimed: "Not bad, not bad, it's been less than an hour since I entered the city until now."

"The total earnings have already exceeded… seventy million crowns!"

This was an astonishing number.

The bulk of it naturally came from Cao Xing's haul from this spatial compartment.

Any Survivor who got this money could head to Eternal Frost Main City and live a wealthy life from then on!

With an excited expression on his face,

Cao Xing glanced at the newly acquired blueprint.

[Advanced Brewery Construction Blueprint (Gold)]

[Blueprint Introduction: Can upgrade the Intermediate Brewery in the territory to Advanced, increasing production efficiency and brewing higher-grade alcoholic beverages]

[Armor: 800]

[Durability: 7,900]

[Area Occupied: 1,753 Square Meters]

[Upgrade Requirements: Intermediate Brewery, Wood * 6,000, Stones * 3,000, Iron * 1,000, Mithril * 100, Advanced Elemental Crystals * 50]

[Maximum Personnel: 20 People]

(Note: A brewery with a larger area and more equipment can increase the territory's prosperity.)

…

"This blueprint is not bad. It just so happens that the Kulin Barley in my territory has already been planted."

"Once a batch of barley grows out, I can try brewing some barley wine. I heard the value of this kind of wine is very high."

Cao Xing secretly nodded.

Of course, the brewery in his territory was only Primary, and he needed to upgrade it to Intermediate first before he could use this blueprint.

He glanced again at the other golden alcoholic beverage recipe blueprint.

[Phantom Dream Magic Wine Crafting Recipe (Gold)]

[Quality: Rare]

[Effect: After drinking, reduces mental resistance by 30% (resistance affects the probability of mental-type control), causing the drinker to enter a phantom dream state, enhancing sensory experience by 50% (pain, taste, pleasure, emotions, etc.). The effect lasts for 6 hours, and upon ending, will enter a 12-hour drunken state.]

[Brewing Materials Required: Advanced Brewery, Phantom Dream Magic Vine, Top-grade Tree Sap * 1, Cold Spirit Water * 200ml]

(The signature magic wine recipe of the Phantom Dream Tavern. After drinking a bottle, one will never forget that wonderful feeling.)

…

"Oh? The effects of this wine are this terrifying?"

Cao Xing immediately associated it with the two bottles of magic potions he had just obtained.

The Night Demon's magic potion directly ignites desires.

Whereas this magic wine magnifies the senses.

"Holy cow, if the Night Demon's Demonic Flame Secret Potion is combined with this Phantom Dream Magic Wine and used on a person—"

"Wouldn't that motherfucker send them straight to heaven?"

Just thinking about it made Cao Xing shiver all over.

Too terrifying!

However, if this were used on an enemy, it would be different; it would definitely make them wish they were dead!

It just so happened that he had three bottles of [Phantom Dream Magic Wine (Gold)] in his hands. Hopefully, no unlucky bastard would be targeted by him.

Cao Xing thought happily.

Then he began to check the other item.

[Slave Contract Scroll (Purple)]

[Item Effect: Can be used on a creature below Level 20 with this contract, thereby controlling the other party's life and death.]

[Success Probability: 20% ~ 40%]

(Note: Although under the joint demands of major races such as the Elf Clan, dwarves, and giants, the circulation of such scrolls has been banned on the continent, many slave merchant guilds still master the production methods of these scrolls to control disobedient slaves.)

…

"Oh? This scroll is pretty similar to the Soul Contract Scroll."

"However, the Soul Contract Scroll has a 100% success rate, and it can also forcibly max out the target's favorability."

"In comparison, the effect of this Slave Contract Scroll falls far short."

Cao Xing put it into his backpack to see if there would be any chance to use it later.

As for the final indenture and property deeds, there was no need to check them.

They were all contracts of some women.

Those property deeds were just some plots of land in Lake Doron City, which were currently of no use.

A satisfied expression appeared on his face once again.

"The harvest from this tavern is truly bountiful!"

"Sure enough, this trip was well worth it."

"As long as the kingdom's army doesn't launch an attack, I can continue looting."

"Until I empty out this entire Giant City."

Thinking of this, the corners of Cao Xing's mouth were almost curving up so much he couldn't close them.

However, just as he was about to leave the tavern,

he suddenly heard a burst of noise coming from the street outside.

The group of Hunters shouted outside: "Bishop Seins is back!"

"Quickly open the city gate and welcome Lord Bishop!"

Upon hearing this, Cao Xing was slightly stunned.

"Huh? The bishop has returned?"

"Could it be that all the previous bishops weren't in the city?"

When raiding those camps, Cao Xing had occasionally heard two white-robed priests mention it.

It seemed that all members of the Church of Light above the rank of white-robed priest had gained some kind of strength enhancement.

The red-robed bishop he encountered before was at least Tier 5.

In other words, the red-robed bishops in this city definitely possessed Tier 6, or even higher than Tier 6 strength!

Such powergoers had extremely keen perception abilities in all aspects!

Cao Xing secretly thought: "It's better not to venture out; I'll just hide in the tavern. As long as that red-robed bishop doesn't approach this block, he shouldn't discover me."

Thinking of this, he also tried his best to control his breathing and stood quietly in place.

Soon, the sound of the city gate opening came from two blocks away.

Then, dense footsteps sounded outside.

It sounded as if they were walking toward the street where he was located.

Cao Xing was instantly startled, "Holy crap, they aren't coming for me, are they?"

"I fucking haven't looted enough yet!"

"No, the perception ability of a red-robed bishop shouldn't be that exaggerated; could they just be passing by by chance?"

Just as he was feeling anxious and waiting,

the dense footsteps on the street grew closer and closer.

Soon, the footsteps passed by the tavern and walked straight ahead.

This also allowed Cao Xing to gradually let out a sigh of relief.

"Good thing I wasn't discovered; these guys should just be passing by here."

However, just as his voice fell,

the red-robed bishop outside seemed to notice something amiss and turned back with his men.

Furthermore, he stopped directly at the entrance of the tavern.

Cao Xing's current hearing was astonishing; even separated by a building, he could hear the conversation of those people outside.

A cultist asked quizzically: "Lord Bishop, what is wrong?"

The red-robed bishop didn't speak, instead casting his gaze toward the [Phantom Dream Tavern].

Then, a resonant and powerful voice rang out.

"Who is inside the tavern? Get out here!"

Hearing this, the surrounding cultists were all startled.

They instantly realized something.

"Someone is inside?"

"Who is it? Could an assassin from the Ice Crystal Kingdom have sneaked into the city?"

"Dammit! Prepare for battle!"

The next moment, everyone directly drew their weapons.

"Clang! Clang clang!"

In an instant, the atmosphere outside turned grim and murderous!

Meanwhile, Cao Xing, who was hiding inside, wore a depressed expression.

"Damn it, the perception abilities of these bishops are truly formidable; they could even discover me like this!"

"Am I going to be exposed this quickly?"

Within this brief moment, Cao Xing's brain spun rapidly.

Then he began to think of countermeasures.

At this moment, the murderous voice of the red-robed bishop outside sounded once again.

"No matter who you are, I give you five seconds."

"If you don't come out after five seconds, I will raze this building to the ground!"

"Don't think about running away; in Lake Doron City, you can absolutely never escape the palm of my hand."

After speaking, he began counting down.

"Five…"

"Four…"

Following the countdown, the other cultists walked over one after another, surrounding the entire tavern completely!

"Three…"

Just as the countdown was about to reach 'one',

"Creeak!"

the tavern's front door was pushed open.

At this moment, at least a dozen cultists at来 entrance raised their weapons, ready to deal with the enemy at any time.

However, to their surprise,

the person walking out from inside the tavern was not some intruder.

Instead, it was a Hunter wearing linen-cotton clothes, draped in a Shadow Cloak, and also wearing a mask.

His frail body trembled continuously in the cold wind.

He said tremblingly: "L-L-Lord… Lord Bishop…"

At this moment, this red-robed bishop outside, including those Hunters, all showed looks of puzzlement in their eyes.

It seemed none of them expected that the person coming out from inside would actually be an ordinary church member.

This red-robed bishop also felt very strange.

He frowned, but didn't make a move.

"Take off your mask."

Hearing this, the frail Hunter opposite him let out a slight sigh of relief in his heart.

Following the other's order, he extended a pair of pale palms and tremblingly removed the mask from his face.

Then he revealed the face of a youth with pale skin, but looking very young, only fifteen or sixteen years old.

At this moment, when this youth removed the mask, it seemed because his movement amplitude was too large,

accidentally, a large pile of crowns popped out from his clothing pocket and dropped onto the ground.

"Clink! Jingle jingle!"

The sound of coins hitting and falling echoed continuously.

Everyone's gaze was instantly attracted by the crowns dropped on the ground.

And this young Hunter, as if his secret had been exposed, was scared pale and stood rigidly in place, not daring to move.

At this moment, the other cultists seemed to understand something, and bantering smiles appeared at the corners of their mouths.

However, this red-robed bishop did not speak, but a look of contemplation appeared in his eyes.

It seemed he was recalling this person's appearance in his mind.

But as mentioned before, the forces of the Church of Light were massive.

Coupled with the fact that they were a hidden force,

in order to ensure that situations where one person's exposure led to the entire group being dragged out wouldn't occur,

therefore, the members responsible to each red-robed bishop, and even each black-robed priest, were different.

Plus, the recent situation was chaotic, and many newcomers entered Lake Doron City every day.

Thus, he simply couldn't remember which instructor was in charge of this person.

Cao Xing was also gambling, gambling that they wouldn't remember the face of an ordinary member.

The red-robed bishop pondered for a moment and asked again: "What is your name?"

Cao Xing replied tremblingly: "I-I… My name is Mike…"

Without waiting for the other to speak, Cao Xing continued: "L-Lord… Lord Bishop… I won't dare do it again!"

"I have a seriously ill mother at home who urgently needs money for medical treatment. I-I… I really had no other way… I could only do this kind of thing!"

Finishing his sentence, he took out an iron box from his bosom, which was packed full with tens of thousands of crowns.

"Lord Bishop, I didn't steal too much; these are all the things I took from the shop!"

Seeing this scene, the red-robed bishop remained silent for a moment.

For a moment, the atmosphere instantly froze.

Everyone was waiting for that red-robed bishop to speak, seeing how he would deal with this reckless newcomer.

After a moment, the red-robed bishop spoke: "The church has repeatedly given strict injunctions that the resources in this city must all be transferred to the church headquarters for subsequent development."

"Yet you ignored the rules and privately stole assets belonging to the church."

"According to regulations, someone like you who is disloyal to the church will receive severe punishment!"

In his tone, there was faintly a hint of threat.

Hearing this, the young man in front of him was even more frightened, his whole body trembling incessantly.

But secretly, he was already prepared at any time to transform into demon form and ready to burst out.

Including the other Hunters, gleeful expressions also appeared on their faces at this moment.

They seemed to foresee this kid's end!

"…"

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