Chapter 172: Chapter 172
At this moment, the outside of the ancient tomb was packed tight with crowds.
However, only about six or seven groups closest to the tomb were likely the strongest factions present.
Adam concealed his aura, disguised himself as an ordinary cultivator, slowly approached, and sidled up next to a random cultivator.
"Hey, brother, how’s the situation?"
"What else could it be? It’s a Saint’s Tomb, not something you can just walk into, several major factions are discussing joining forces. Once they break it open, we’ll see if we can get a sip of the leftover soup!" the cultivator said with a helpless look.
"Didn’t they say someone already went in?"
"They did, but that was only the outer region, it was entirely filled with the Book Saint’s personal book collection from when he was alive."
"They originally thought things preserved for so long would be precious treasures, but they turned out to be ordinary character biographies, mythological texts, classic literature, and the like, completely useless!"
Adam’s eyes violently lit up, shining just as radiantly as the sun hanging in the sky.
What do you mean useless? They are clearly the most useful things of all!
"Brother, how can I get to see these books?"
"My friend, you must be new here. Since you called me brother, I’ll give you a heads-up," the cultivator said, putting on a warm-hearted expression.
"Those books have been flipped through hundreds of times, there’s absolutely nothing special about them, so drop the idea of finding a hidden treasure!"
Adam immediately put on the act of a scholarly descendant. "Actually, I’m not looking for opportunities, I’ve loved reading since childhood, the kind where I feel terrible if I don’t read a book for a day."
"..." The cultivator was stunned for a second, sizing Adam up and down.
"I can’t really tell, but if you want to read them, it’s not impossible, see that tent over there? Hand over some spirit stones, and you can go in and read!"
"Wait, who are they? Why do I have to give them spirit stones?" Adam was puzzled.
"Who else? People from those major clans. They have the strength, so they monopolize the place and collect tolls!" The cultivator shrugged, seemingly long accustomed to this.
"Furthermore, after you go in, there will be people watching you, you can read, but you can’t take anything away. If you find anything inside, they’ll immediately apprehend you."
Adam frowned. "That’s truly domineering!"
"Nothing we can do, who asked us to be weaker? But it doesn’t matter. They’re just worn-out books anyway, by the way, my friend, what’s your name?" The cultivator felt he hit it off with Adam and wanted to make friends.
"My name is Orin," Adam smiled slightly. He naturally wouldn’t use his real name.
"I’m Codin. Brother Orin, I feel we are destined to meet. Do you want to become sworn brothers?" Codin asked with a smile.
"Sworn brothers..." Adam couldn’t keep up with this guy’s train of thought, they had only been chatting for a moment., where did this destiny come from?
"Uh, brother, I think I’ll go read those books first!" Adam glanced at Codin warily.
Is this guy scheming something? He quickly walked toward the tent.
If he had to pay spirit stones, so be it, he didn’t want to expose his identity, especially since there were people from the Ancient Clans among the arrivals.
"Brother Orin, it costs 100 low-grade spirit stones for one entry. If they ask higher, don’t pay it!" Codin shouted enthusiastically from behind, not feeling awkward at all.
Adam’s face twitched, this guy is surprisingly nice.
Walking up to the tent, he paid the spirit stones.
"Another sucker wanting to find a hidden treasure, how amusing!"
"Exactly. If there were really any opportunities, elders at their cultivation level would have discovered them long ago!"
After being mocked by the people collecting spirit stones, Adam entered the ancient tomb very smoothly.
It seemed they truly hadn’t found any opportunities in those books, Adam didn’t mind. These people simply didn’t understand what real treasures were.
The layout of the ancient tomb was circular, layered one after another.
The outermost layer had about eight chambers, completely packed with bookshelves, Adam walked into the first chamber, his eyes instantly lit up.
The collection in this first chamber alone was larger than Silver Willow Dynasty’s Inkwood Academy.
Besides two guards, a few people were reading inside. However, Adam’s brows quickly furrowed.
There were too many books. Reading them one by one would take who knew how long.
By the time he finished, the opening period for the Deity Reincarnation Pool might have ended. What should I do?
Adam fell into deep thought, a moment later, he slowly raised his head, a hint of madness flashing in his eyes.
There’s no other way. I’ll just pack them all up and take them away, empty the entire place, he hoped the Book Saint senior wouldn’t blame him, he promised to read them carefully.
Adam pulled out his storage bags, he had five in total, he glanced at the packed chamber and estimated it would take ten to empty just this one.
And there were seven more outside.
This was the first time Adam felt such a severe shortage of storage bags, It was too late to refine new ones now.
He immediately walked out of the chamber, returning to the crowd, he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Buying storage bags! Buying storage bags at a high price! Trading spiritual treasures and medicinal pills for storage bags! Unwanted or worn-out storage bags are all accepted!"
He took out several bottles of failed medicinal pills and some scavenged ordinary spiritual treasures from his storage bag and laid them on the ground.
Before setting off, Adam had set up several formations for the Silver Willow imperial family and refined some pills, plus Oswin had given him a massive pile of spirit stones, so he was quite wealthy, and storage bags weren’t expensive items, buying a few hundred wouldn’t be a problem.
The crowd was startled by Adam and looked at him in astonishment.
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Extra Chapters
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200 power stones - 2 Extra Chapters
Capsule - 1 Extra Chapters
Massage Chair - 3 Extra Chapters
Luxury Car - 5 Extra Chapters
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