294 Worlds Most Gutsy (1/2)
Chapter 294: World's Most Gutsy
Translator: LamEditor: Hitesh
Fifteen energy grid line chains should be more than enough.
But this was just based on Lin Fan’s rough estimate. He couldn’t be too sure either. After all, this was his first time using this.
In order to make sure nothing went wrong, he had to take a thousand and one precautions.
”Brother Feng, where’s the sect’s treasure vault? Bring me there right now. It’s very important!” Lin Fan asked immediately.
Even though Xinfeng did not know why Lin Fan wanted to look for the treasure vault, he trusted his brother. Without a second word, he led Lin Fan towards the treasure vault. Passing by the corpses of his fellow junior brothers along the way, Xinfeng clenched his fists tightly.
”Junior brothers, your Senior Brother has something urgent to attend to right now. Once I return, I shall prepare a proper burial for you guys.”
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”Brother Lin, this is the location of the treasure vault. However, from here on, only the Grandmaster has access to this place. The doors were forged by magnetite from another world, and no one can break the-”
Before Xinfeng could finish, he stared at the scene before him dumbstricken.
Crack.
Signs of cracks began to appear on both the doors as they enlarged. Finally giving way, this magnetite forged door crumbled into pieces and crumbled onto the ground.
”Huh? You were saying something earlier on?” Lin Fan turned around and asked, puzzled. He did not hear Xinfeng clearly just now.
”Nothing.” Xinfeng shook his head, trying to shake off the dumb feeling from a moment ago.
The moment Lin Fan entered the vault, he could sense the aura of precious gems and jewels. This was the foundation of Jiuxiao Sect built over the past few thousand years. This aura of these treasures had long materialized into a physical state: a guardian spirit of the treasures.
Shaped like an old man, the guardian spirit looked frail, as though he had been through some heavy damage or something.
Even though Lin Fan had not come across an actual treasure guardian spirit for himself, they were inscribed back in Glory Sect’s records.
Every sect which had a deep background would have a treasure guardian spirit forming within their vaults. These guardian spirits were formed from the culmination of the aura from various precious treasures. And they only had one task: to maintain a watch over the treasures.
Sweeping his gaze around the vault, Lin Fan’s expression changed slightly. This place seemed to have been swiped empty.
The only things left were some weapons and lesser graded treasures.
”Who are you?” The frail guardian spirit asked.
”You’re the sect’s treasure guardian spirit?” Xinfeng looked at the spirit floating in the air and asked in surprise. ”What happened to your aura?”
”I can sense the auras of the other Senior Elders on you, young man.” The guardian spirit continued, ”I was injured by the current Grandmaster. He has taken away most of the treasures. I could sense his aura being possessed by something impure…”
Lin Fan did not really care much for the treasures. However, now that the vault had been robbed clean, what should he use for tributes?
The treasure guardian spirit then circled around Lin Fan slowly. ”I’m a treasure guardian spirit. I was made up from the aura of these treasures and can see through everything in this world. I can sense that you require these treasures not of your own accord, but to sacrifice them. Here you go…”
Floating up higher into the air, the old guardian spirit opened his mouth and treasures started coming out one by one.
”This is all I have left. The rest have been snatched away.” Watching the various treasures being spat out by the old guardian spirit, Lin Fan’s disappointment received some form of relief.
”I’ll be heading back to rest. I wish for your success. Without treasures, the treasure guardian spirit shall disappear with time as well…” The old guardian spirit replied desolately as he prostrated quietly in a corner.
Lin Fan looked at the treasure guardian spirit, not knowing how to react right now. Eventually, he sighed, ”Hold on to me, Brother Feng.”
”Yes.” Xinfeng nodded his head. ”Wait for our return, Senior guardian spirit…”
Standing in front of the main hall, Lin Fan looked at these treasures. Each of them was priceless with no match. Any martial artist would give up their lives to possess even one of them.
The Jiuxiao Sect disciples huddled nearby, looking at Senior Brother Lin while wondering what he was up to.
Xinfeng was confused as well. What was Brother Lin going to sacrifice them to or for?
He knew what it meant to tribute something. It was a secret art used to obtain something else in equivalence.
Standing in the center of the crowd, Lin Fan finally spoke.
‘Tribute.’
‘Roc’s Descent, I wish for the Roc’s physical body!’
Lin Fan roared out. His aura erupted rapidly as the True Energy of Heaven and Earth around him rumbled.
’15 energy grid line chains... Tribute!’
Lin Fan tossed out all 15 energy grid line chains. Each of these chains glimmered and shone brightly, possessing boundless amount of power within.
Like sleeping dragons, these chains coiled and swam up into the skies.
‘AWK…!’
The sound of a wild beast rang through the skies.
The faces of these Jiuxiao Sect disciples were grim. The aura emanating from that crack in the void was simply too fearsome. It was as though something fearful was about to descend from it.
And just then, a gigantic head began to take shape, coming down from the crack high above Lin Fan.
Just what was that bird?
Everyone was shocked right now. Just that beak alone was almost a thousand feet long. That single head covered the skies, as though it could take over the entire Jiuxiao Sect.