It’s My Treasure!

Tu Jiun, the Elder of Silver Hands Owl. He was entrusted by Kong Ling Jue to take care of the recruitment alongside some important matters. As long as there was no big mistake, Kong Ling Jue can give him the Unwavering Iron Pill, then he would grow stronger and have the position of the First Elder.

That was how it was supposed to be. Right now, Tu Jiun was seriously reprimanded by the new Sect Master of the Silver Hands Owl, Kong Ling Jue.

First, Tu Jiun was unable to detect Feng Ao Xiu infiltrating the sect, but Kong Ling Jue forgave him. Then, Tu Jiun misreported that Fei Bao Xing was dead, although he's Feng Ao Xiu which made Kong Ling Jue unable to investigate, still he was forgiven. However, a fake Yu Liang came and Tu Jiun vouched for him, at the same time, he also reprimanded the real Yu Liang. It was the third strike, Kong Ling Jue could never forgive him anymore.

"Get out!"

Tu Jiun was kicked out of Kong Ling Jue's office, with the door slammed right on his face. Even before he could say anything, he was kicked out. Kong Ling Jue was not willing to hear even a single word that comes out of his mouth.

Tu Jiun face became pale as if life was sucked out of him. When he walks, he occasionally went the wrong way, tumbled into something and falls down. He would stare at the sky for a long time, contemplating that he was not fated to have a promotion for the rest of his life. He wanted to cry, but no tears would come out.

After investigation, it was found that the fake Yu Liang was none other than Feng Ao Xiu's personal bodyguard Qian Hui. Everyone in the sect was surprised to hear that Qian Hui was still alive, but no one could comprehend why he came here.

In the end, they could only conclude that Feng Ao Xiu was better than they thought. Feng Ao Xiu managed to conceal information and infiltrate them, although Silver Hands Owl was proficient in gathering hidden information.

The real Yu Liang was pitiful, he was tortured that he lost half of his blood before he was released. As a way to compromise Yu Liang of the injustice he received, Kong Ling Jue put Yu Liang in charge of recruitment together with Tu Jiun. If he did well, Kong Ling Jue promised to promote him to Elder, since a lot of Elder position were now vacant because of Chang Jian.

Instead of Tu Jiun, it was Yu Liang who came out and gave a speech. "Good morning recruits. My name is Yu Liang. I am your senior, who will help Elder Tu Jiun in mentoring you."

Chang Miao and Guan Ru Yi were stunned, they could never forget that face. The one who sow a discord between the Min Clan and the Fang Clan, Scholar Zhang Wan. More bitterly known as Yu Liang of the Silver Hands Owl. The anger in their hearts seethed, but they did their best to keep it down.

Yu Liang saw that two girls among the recruits were somewhat familiar. But, he could not put his hands on where he saw them. He did not pay attention to them anymore, before he continued, "All of you succeed in gathering keys yesterday. Today, you will use those keys and earn rewards. Fortunately, some of you who failed to collect 30 points are still considered passed, and will receive 10 green keys per team. Also, Team Chang Miao needs to return 150 points worth of keys as a requirement for the penalty."

After redistributing the keys, Yu Liang brought a large painting and hang on a wall nearby. The painting depicted a small island covered in gold.

Yu Liang said, "This painting is an entrance to the Treasure Trove Realm, you just need to touch it to enter. Inside you will find many treasure chests, you will need the keys to open it. You can either combine the keys with another team to open a big chest, or use it yourself to open several small chests. Once the keys are used, they can't be used anymore. You can open as many chests as you want, but one person can only bring one item out of here."

Yu Liang smiled as he saw the recruits were excited to receive a treasure, "Everyone, enter! The time limit is 2 hours!"

When they entered, they were amazed at the amazing sight. Treasure chests were flying everywhere like birds, some were fast, some were slow, some did not even move. One chest covered in red and gold coating ran away upon seeing the sights of a human.

"I don't know where to start." someone said.

"Let's open a small one first, we should at least see what kind of treasure it is." his teammate said.

He nodded and took a non-moving chest, in the surface of the treasure it has a number "2" covered in green. He inserted 2 green keys into the lock, then the keys were sucked inside and vanished into nothingness before the treasure chest slowly opened. Inside was a single caltrop covered in red.

"A caltrop?"

"Hey, that's no ordinary caltrop, it's a Fire Exploding Caltrop that has the power equal to that of Iron Sky Realm Cultivator."

"Really? Such a nice treasure with only 2 green keys?!"

Quickly, someone else grabbed a chest that requires 1 blue key. He quickly opened it and showed everyone what he got. "Look, I got a technique scroll called Silent Wind."

"Isn't that a technique which you can move wind at will? That's really nice!"

"Hey, give it to me, will you? Your Qi Element is not even wind, you can't use it."

"No, don't give it to him, trade with me!"

Soon, a small fight occurred of a fight to obtain the Silent Wind technique Scroll.

Meanwhile, Deng Huan caught a complicated looking chest, and its requirement were ridiculous. It requires 1 red key, 2 blue keys and 5 green keys. He paid no mind to it and inserted the keys to obtain an arm band. He was satisfied and return earlier than the others.

Guan Ru Yi said, "Luckily, we did not use the silver key to pay back the 150 points. We still have 1 silver key, 1 red key and some blue and greens. Chang Miao, we should find that required a silver key to open, the treasure inside must be excellent!"

Chang Miao nodded. Soon they found a silver chest. They were chasing at this really fast treasure chest that flew like eagles and jumping up and down. After, one hour they finally caught that chest, it requires 1 silver key to open it.

"We finally caught it!" Guan Ru Yi happily exclaimed. "I will open it for you, Young Lady Min."

"Wait!" Chang Miao suddenly said.

"What's wrong?"

"I just think that, it's all too easy..."

"Too easy? But we used one hour chasing around this chest. Young Lady Min, I look around, and this is the fastest one, there's no other chest harder to catch than this one. Therefore, this one is the most precious." Guan Ru Yi said.

"I agree that it's the fastest and the most difficult to catch, but..." Chang Miao creased her eyebrow. "I don't think it's the most precious."

Guan Ru Yi tilted her head in confusion. "I don't really understand. Is there something more precious than this one?"

"Remember what Feng Ao Xiu said when we were hunting for keys?"

Guan Ru Yi shook her head. They had many conversations with Feng Ao Xiu, but she does not really remember or know which one Chang Miao meant.

"Cutting trees, digging underground, flipping rocks." Chang Miao said.

"But that's when we try to find keys..." Guan Ru Yi said.

"Exactly, don't you realise that all these chests, especially the expensive ones, were running away. If to find those keys, we have to cut some trees, do some digging, or flip some rocks, that means to find the real treasures we have to do the same."

Guan Ru Yi gasped, "We were too occupied with these flying treasure chest that we forgot that there were some that were hiding."

Chang Miao nodded, "We still have about an hour before the time limit. Let's search for some more. If we did not find anything, it's still not too late to open this one."

***

After 2 hours, time limit ends. They all returned, each with a treasure in their hands. Some were satisfied, some were disappointed that they did not get better ones. But, overall, they like the treasure they got.

Just then, Yu Liang noticed that the two girls did not bring any treasure. He could not help but ask, "What treasures did you two choose?"

Guan Ru Yi was angry at Yu Liang, but it was not the right time to act. She could only say, "I didn't choose any."

Yu Liang frowned, he knew that these two girls got plenty of points, how could they not choose any treasure. Just then, Chang Miao picked up the Treasure Trove Realm Painting by the frame, she was actually trying to take it with her.

Yu Liang was flabbergasted, he angrily shouted, "Chang Miao, what are you doing?! Put it down. Don't you know that painting is very precious to our sect?!"

"It's my treasure!" Chang Miao said.

"It's not your treasure, it's our sect, the Silver Hands Owl treasure!" Yu Liang said.

"Nope, it is mine. I own it!" Chang Miao shook her head. Then she took out a piece of paper from her pocket. "Take a look at this!"

"What is this?" Yu Liang asked as he took the paper from her.

"It's a deed!"

"A deed?"

Chang Miao nodded, "Yes, it's a deed saying that the Treasure Trove Realm is mine. Signed by the First Sect Master of the Silver Hands Owl himself!"

"...", Yu Liang's eyes twitched while he's looking at the paper. He didn't know what to say.