Chapter 1092 Harves (1/2)
Qin Lian swept a glance across the deep pit and said with a smile, “Really ruthless.”
Zhou Yuan was helpless towards her mockery. After all, the scene was indeed reeking of blood. So, he didn't respond and shifted his gaze to the stalactites, his eyes blazing.
Many stalactites hung from the cave’s ceiling, but only very few had refined ancestral qi treasures. Zhou Yuan counted the stalactites containing treasures, and not counting the one the golden rat king had swallowed, five were left.
“I didn’t expect there to be ancestral qi treasures here,” exclaimed Qin Lian. She clearly understood their value. However, she suddenly cast an astonished glance at Zhou Yuan and said, ”Could this be the reason you told me to choose this area?”
Zhou Yuan smiled and didn't deny it because he had indeed instructed Qin Lian to make that choice. Moreover, given how clever Qin Lian was, she would no doubt connect the harvest they had made this time to Zhou Yuan and come to that conclusion.
“Our supreme sovereign gave you some kind of means to do this?” Qin Lian stared excitedly at Zhou Yuan.
In her opinion, it was impossible for Zhou Yuan to possess that kind of strength. The only explanation was that supreme sovereign Zhuan Zhu had given him some means that ordinary people didn't know about.
Zhou Yuan gave a mysterious smile. Since he could shift the reason to his senior brother, it would save him from explaining too much and risk exposing the Decoder Saint Rune.
“Let’s get the treasures first.” Zhou Yuan waved his hand and then flicked his finger. A light sphere hanging above the five stalactites floated in front of Qin Lian and him.
Its rays of light gradually faded, revealing its true appearance. There were five mysterious treasures of varying shapes and sizes, but all exuded an ancient aura.
Looking at them, Zhou Yuan felt the Heavenly Yuan Brush in his body cheer and leap about again. Additionally, there was another weak wave of energy, which presumably was from Silver Shadow.
Zhou Yuan pondered for a moment, then looked at Qin Lian and asked, ”How should we divide them?”
After a deep thought, Qin Lian said indifferently, “For the time being, you don’t need to bring them out. After all, they’re too few and can’t be distributed evenly. They will easily lead to disagreements.
“Furthermore, we only got them mainly because of you and me. The others aren’t qualified to share such treasures. So I suggest that you take four, and I, if grand elder Zhou Yuan is willing, will be satisfied with one.”
“There will surely be more ancestral Qi treasures, and team members with outstanding contribution can be rewarded with them.” Zhou Yuan flicked his finger, sending two of the five ancestral qi treasures floating towards Qin Lian. ”I am a grand elder of the Tianyuan Region. I can’t be so stingy and only give out one.”
Qin Lian didn't know that Zhou Yuan had retrieved the ancestral qi treasure the golden rat king had swallowed, but Zhou Yuan didn't take advantage of this fact. He knew there would be more opportunities in the future.
Qin Lian stared blankly at the two ancestral qi treasures suspended in front of her. She didn’t expect Zhou Yuan to be so generous. After all, they both knew about the value of such ancestral qi treasures.
Qin Lian swept a glance over Zhou Yuan, who just smiled at her. His expression was sincere and contained no other intention. So, she didn’t hesitate anymore and accepted them. “Thank you, grand elder, for your generosity. If there’s anything you need me for in the future, I wouldn’t even hesitate to go into boiling water or tread on fire for you.”
Zhou Yuan couldn’t help chuckling. He stored the remaining three ancestral qi treasures with a wave of his hand and said, “Let’s head out.”
Since the rat king and queen had been killed, the rat tide outside should have receded. And after this, they had another important matter to deal with, and that was to digest the ancestral qi vein, their top priority.
Qin Lian nodded, and the two followed the path back and quickly returned to the others. As they darted from the deep pit, they saw that the Tianyuan Region troops were gathered around the pit and the ground was strewn with rat corpses. The stench of blood saturated the air.
Bian Buji, Mu Youlan, Han Jinhe and the others darted over to greet Zhou Yuan and Qin Lian.
”The rat tide has receded, but we lost more than 30 people…”
Zhou Yuan and Qin Lian both nodded. It was inevitable that an attack of that level resulted in casualties. The Tianyuan Region would have to compensate their families, but this was handled by other departments.