The Lin Family's fortune, I'm rich!

The clan treasury was the most valuable asset of the Lin Family.

Stored inside were valuable treasures, ancestral relics, enormous wealth containing spirit stones, and rare pills.

Lin Family's treasury was located in an underground tunnel, unlike other clans, and was heavily guarded by two peak foundation experts.

Lin Mingyue hummed as she sauntered through the jade corridors that led to the underground tunnel.

Today, she was in a good mood since she had broken through. Furthermore, the clan was planning to let her pick a treasure.

Her days seemed to be growing better and better these days. She had a boyfriend, was strong and beautiful, and possessed a terrifying identity.

"Oh, Lin Mingyue, you silly lass. You're the best lady in the world!"

She strolled with a cheerful smile on her face. As she walked through the gardens, she suddenly remembered the news from earlier, and her mouth curled into a sneer.

"That trash had actually gotten away. I'll surely make his life a living hell if I catch him."

Lin Mingyue harbor ill feelings about her third cousin, Lin Xueqin.

Lin Xueqin used to beat up Lin Que when they were little.

He even beat her up after she stood up for Lin Que. Ever since he did that, Lin Mingyue's hatred towards him was high as the mountain.

When she had gotten wind of the news of her third cousin killing his father, she was startled. Her astonishment grew, even more, when Lin Xueqin was caught cultivating an evil technique.

As one would expect from her third cousin, he was an egotistical, arrogant jerk who thought he had the ability to influence the world.

Because of his stupidity, he was destined to die early. However, she had never expected that her third cousin would survive the day of his death.

"Hmph, he's deserving of death." Lin Mingyue's eyes flashed with a cold gleam, "he was only fortunate that someone helped him flee. Did he have any other compatriots besides that guard?"

Lin Mingyue was pondering over the matter when she unexpectedly knocked on someone. Her equilibrium failed her, and she fell down on the ground.

"Lady Lin, I'm sorry. I was in rush and didn't notice you."

Lin Mingyue fixed her gaze on the female servant who had knocked her over. She gnashed her teeth and slapped the maid.

Slap!

The maid flew back a meter, her cheeks swollen.

Lin Mingyue ran up to the maid and yelled at her, "Are you blind? How dare you knock me down?"

A lowly maid actually dared to offend the Grand Elder's daughter?

She ought to die just for that!

"Lady Lin, I didn't do anything on purpose, please believe me." The maid was in pain.

The upper echelon of Lins was in a hurry to locate the sinner who had escaped, so she was sent to search in this area.

When she learned that whoever finds Lin Xueqin will receive a large sum of money, she went on a wild goose chase to find him.

But she had no idea she'd run into someone. Furthermore, it was the famed cruel woman of the mulberry town, Lin Mingyue!

This time, she screws up big.

"So you don't put me in the eyes, do you?" Lin Mingyue chuckled and said, "Good. Good."

Her eyes became icy when she laughed, "Since a servant like you dared to be careless in front of your lord, I'll dig out your eyeballs as a punishment."

The maid trembled heavily. She knelt down and begged, "Lady Lin, it's a mistake, please spare me."

Lin Mingyue raised her hand, unconcerned. She licked her lips subconsciously as she stared at the maid's pleading gaze.

This was her favorite type of expression. The despair, the pain, the helplessness before suffering.

'Ah, the art of expression.'

She smiled and stroke the maid's brows. Despite the maid's fear, she gently, slowly hauled out her pupils.

"A a a a a a"

The jade corridors rang with screams.

The scene made the newly arrived servants shudder. Fear enveloped them in an instant. They were furious, but they didn't intervene for fear of drawing the crazy woman's attention to themselves.

"How cruel..." A servant sighed in his heart as he saw the fresh two eyeballs tumbling to the ground.

"Clean this up! "

Lin Mingyue ordered the servants and told them to fetch a handkerchief.

After cleaning her hands, she kicked the blind maid who had fallen unconscious due to the pain.

"Stripped her identity and fired everyone related to her." Lin Mingyue instructed the deacon with a sneer, "Such a careless slave had entered our clan, is our Lin Family has sunk that lowly?"

"As your command, Lady Lin," the deacon said quietly, his face flushed with embarrassment.

Soon after, Lin Mingyue resumed her journey as if nothing had happened.

Besides him, Lin Xueqin, however, was bewildered by his behavior.

Such a cruel woman, how was she still not dead?

At that point, Lin Xueqin finally realized how different this world was from earth.

The strong rule over the weak here. No matter how hard you try, no one will sympathize with you if you lack power.

"I have to be decisive and cruel if I want to survive in this harsh world."

He took a deep breath and remembered what Lin Mingyue had said earlier.

"This woman wants me to experience hell," he laughed.

"Sorry but I don't wish to experience hell, I still want to seek the path of immortality."

"Because of your actions and words, I had sobered up. To thank you, Lin Mingyue, I will repay you by letting you experience what hell is really like."

"I can't wait for that day. The day you realize the essence of suffering."

A strange glint flashed in his eyes as he followed quietly.

Soon after, they entered the underground tunnel.

A huge gate towered there.

It had stood for hundreds of years since the founding of the Lin Family.

Hence, a grade-2 killing array was built here to apprehend thieves who wandered in.

The moment Lin Mingyue showed up, the two old men standing side by side on the gates stood up.

They bowed politely to her and opened the gate.

"Oh, yes. Lady Lin, Young Master Qiu is waiting for you inside." At this point, one of the old men spoke up.

"Lin Que is here?" Lin Mingyue stopped on her track.

She was taken aback, then blushed. 'Don't tell me he wants to do it here?'

'We've never done that here, before.'

As her thoughts wander, her heartbeat becomes increasingly erratic. She took a deep breath and gathered her thoughts.

"Hmm, alright."

Despite her nonchalant response, she was secretly thrilled in her heart. 'My boyfriend is truly bold. Unfortunately, he is my cousin; else, we could publicize our relationship.'

The old man pondered why the young miss blushed just now.

But then he felt a sudden chill brush over his shoulder.

"Did someone just pass by?" The old man inquired, confused.

"You're getting old, my friend. It was only wind." The other warden laughed.

"Why do I feel something bad is about to happen?" The old man muttered. Then, he sighed and sat in the corner.

"Perhaps I'm just growing old."

The old man continued to meditate, hoping to enter the golden core realm.

——

"That old man had good senses to actually feel something. But the other warden is mediocre."

Lin Xueqin muttered to himself.

He had never expected that old man, whose cultivation had reached the pinnacle of foundation establishment, to sense something amiss.

However, he was not worried. He'd mastered the Encompassing Concealment Technique to half-perfection.

Unless a bona fide golden core comes out personally, no one can expose him.

As he followed Lin Mingyue, Lin Xueqin was astonished by the Lin Family's treasury.

Everywhere around him was gold.

There were various types of weapons in the treasury, as well as rare herbs.

Based on their ages, the herbs were roughly a hundred years old, which is worth a lot.

If someone in the spirit refinement realm consumed these herbs, it might significantly increase their cultivation speed.

It truly broadens his horizon. The deeper he went, the more treasures he discovered.

"A high yellow-ranked sword...Is that blood qi pills? Eh, what's that...A thousand-year-old ginseng?!"

Lin Xueqin shifted his attention around him. When he noticed the ginseng kept in the jar, he was stunned. The longer he stared at it, the brighter his eyes became.

"I have to steal that herb! This is most likely for the patriarch. It's a shame that this will now be mine.'

'I wonder what he would express once I stole this ginseng? Cough out blood? Bleed in his heart?'

Lin Xueqin laughed as he recalled some scenes of xianxia novels he'd read.

'For now, I have to find a way to separate from Lin Mingyue. I'm going to die if I expose myself now!"

Lin Xueqin locked his gaze on Lin Mingyue. She appeared to be looking for someone.

'Is she looking for someone?'

'Eh, that's right. That old man said Lin Que was here.'

Lin Xueqin muttered.

At that same time, a handsome young man donned in a crimson robe arrived in his line of sight. He held a wooden fan in his hand. As he walked forward, he exuded a certain grace.

This young man was the son of the Patriarch of Lin, Lin Que. Although he had a decent face, his talent was sub-par.

Even after ingesting pills, he only reached the 8th level of spirit refinement.

"Cousin brother~~~" Lin Mingyue affectionately addressed him.

"Yue'er," Lin Que embraced her waist and said, "you're becoming prettier by the day. By the way, that dress looks great on you."

"Ah, your sweet mouth," Lin Mingyue pouted her lips, and as she looked at the handsome young man hugging her, she couldn't help but kiss his lips.

Lin Que responded with a passionate kiss, and he held his cousin even more and fiddled with her buttocks.

"Don't tell me you want to do it here?" Lin Mingyu sheepishly murmured.

"Let's find a hidden place, in case that old man bothers us." Lin Que grinned on her ears as he carried Lin Mingyue in a certain area.

Soon after, the sound of unbuttoning and rough breathing echoed out.

Lin Xueqin stood there, dumbfounded.

Are they really cousins?

Kissing...hugging...Don't tell me they...

Lin Xueqin couldn't believe what he was witnessing right now.

''Oh my, incest!'

'Did just my innocent eyes witness incest?'

Lin Xueqin mocked them. Then he grinned.

'This is a good opportunity.'

'You go f*ck there, and I take everything important here.'

He laughed even louder in his head as he thought about his problem just now.

'I was concerned about exposing myself, but I never expected this bitch would give me this opportunity. Such a lusty woman, not even sparing her cousin.'

'But this is fine. This is an opportunity for me to empty their treasury!'

Immediately after, Lin Xueqin wandered within the clan treasury by himself.

Of course, he didn't forget to bring the thousand-year-old ginseng, blood qi pills, and the yellow-ranked sword that was perfect for him.

He soon discovered a problem.

"Where can I store my stuff?" Lin Xueqin had a headache as he thought about this.

Treasures worth millions of dollars were in his hands, but he couldn't bring them out.

His heart ached just thinking about it.

"That's right. It should be here somewhere."

His father used to frequently visit the sect treasury. He often chatted with his son about the valuable treasures here.

According to him, the clan treasury had a human-ranked storage ring. It housed the Lin's most valued martial skills as well as their whole fortune.

Lin Xueqin grinned as he looked for the ring. Finally, he spotted a tiny, black ring around the weapon area.

He took it and let his consciousness entered its space.

"This...So many!" Lin Xueqin's mouth felt dry, and his eyes burned fiercely.

Spirit stones!

Spirit stones!

So many spirit stones blinded his eyes!

"So many spirit stones, I'm rich!"

Lin Xueqin counted the spirit stones, his breathing becoming hot. He wasn't sure whether he could count the mountain of spirit stones on this ring in one hour.

Suddenly, a line of words appeared in front of him.

[Absorbs a total of 20,053,024, spirit stones?]

"This..." Lin Xueqin was taken aback. "I can absorb spirit stones?"

"What would I gain by absorbing it?" Lin Xueqin thought for a moment before responding, "Absorb half of it."

[Absorbed 10,026,512, spirit stones. You have obtained... ...]