Chapter 1276: Chapter 1277: A Mansion
After struggling to find a bundle, Lin Yifan ended up empty-handed, feeling utterly exasperated.
However, making Xiaofang happy was worth it.
The event concluded, and the three continued to act separately, seeking treasures.
Subsequently, they gradually found many treasures, but none caught their eye, equating to no discovery.
Step by step in their search, they found a large official mansion.
The three t at the mansion’s gate, with a common goal: the treasures inside the mansion.
The official was a high-ranking person; such a large mansion surely concealed many treasures.
At this point, missing the opportunity was not an option; they hurried in excitedly.
The mansion was quite large, enough for the three of them to search for an hour.
So, the trio split again into two groups, searching in different directions.
The mansion’s dilapidation was far worse than Lin Yifan had imagined.
The main hall was demolished beyond recognition, with wood, rubble, and tables scattered everywhere, making movent difficult.
The houses outside were preserved far better than the mansion; why was this? Could it be the logic of “capturing the king first when catching thieves” caused this predicant?
In battles, important figures naturally beco initial targets, making it normal for enemies to bombard their mansions.
There was likely no treasure in the main hall; Lin Yifan didn’t want to waste energy on fruitless tasks, so he left the hall to search houses where people once lived.
In the first house he entered, Lin Yifan found it was where servants resided and felt utterly exasperated.
Servants in ancient tis held little status, unlikely to have treasures within, so Lin Yifan quickly turned around and left.
Afterward, he encountered several more houses for servants, wondering whether it was bad luck or the wrong place.
Leaving this yard and entering another, his luck turned, and he found a young master’s residence.
In ancient tis of male preference, young masters held high status, potentially with many treasures inside.
Lin Yifan rubbed his hands together, opened the door, and stepped inside.
He hadn’t expected a dry, dusty air to rush toward him, making him cough violently.
“Cough cough! Cough cough!”
Lin Yifan was speechless; he wondered how long it had been since anyone opened this suffocating house.
Xiaofang also slled the air and stepped back a few paces.
Too much dust; it was almost suffocating.
“Cough cough! Cough cough!”
The two coughed lightly for a while and unanimously decided to rest outside first, waiting for the air to clear before going back in.
Since Lin Yifan bore the brunt, his hair gathered quite a bit of gray dust; as Lin Yifan’s girlfriend, Xiaofang reached out to dust off his hair with gentle hands.
This tender gesture ward Lin Yifan’s heart.
Subsequently, he embraced Xiaofang lovingly.
Blushing with shyness, Xiaofang found no choice but to comply with Lin Yifan’s strong and domineering nature.
After being entwined for a while, they reluctantly parted.
This was the advantage of bringing his woman into the Secret Realm; during leisure, he could shower her with affection, unlike before with dragging Long Tengyu and Lüqiu Shaoge around, constantly worrying about them.
The young master’s room had aired enough to enter and look for treasures again; hand in hand, Lin Yifan and Xiaofang sweetly made their way there.
The room’s contents were relatively orderly, though dust covered everything, along with many spider webs, giving an ancient feel.
Lin Yifan opened wardrobes and boxes, searching everywhere for treasures.
Still, he found nothing.
Finally, he discovered several notable ancient collections on a bookshelf.
The room’s owner seed a bookworm; the desk was complete with ink and paper, and exquisite calligraphy and paintings adorned the walls, which perhaps only connoisseurs might appreciate.
After painstakingly waiting for a few minutes, ending up with a few ancient collections left Lin Yifan utterly exasperated.
Why were there so few treasures in this Secret Realm? In Beixuan Palace, treasures were everywhere. Had they been plundered? Was the Cultivation Organization destroyed by outside enemies?
Lin Yifan didn’t understand how the Ancient Cultivation Organization had perished, but it surely involved the Desert Emperor, as during that ti two masters at Immortal Realm joined forces to attack the Desert Dynasty, nearly causing its downfall.
As the saying goes, “kill a thousand enemies, lose eight hundred of oneself,” nearly leading to the fall of a dynasty, they must have suffered great losses. Back then, foreign enemies might have seized the opportunity, too.
Feeling disappointed, Lin Yifan left the young master’s room to search elsewhere.
Following this, he gradually found minor treasures in several young masters’, young ladies’, and the mansion owner’s wife and concubines’ places.
These inconsequential treasures were all given to Xiaofang by Lin Yifan.
Xiaofang didn’t expect Lin Yifan to be so magnanimous; moreover, she felt as though nothing caught Lin Yifan’s eye, including excellent-grade weapons.
Superior weapons were extrely rare; in dicinal Saint Valley, she received one by benefitting from the dicine Saint’s connections. Lin Yifan finding one but not wanting it puzzled her about his thoughts.
Nearing the conclusion, Lin Yifan finally found the mansion owner’s room.
The mansion owner’s room was deeply hidden; if they hadn’t kept delving, they would likely have missed it.
Finding the mansion owner’s room ant finding the mansion’s treasure trove’s location.
As the head of a mansion, all precious treasures were certainly with the mansion owner.
This was thrilling news; Lin Yifan perked up, pushed the door open, and searched for treasures.
At first glance, the mansion owner’s room didn’t differ much from ordinary young masters’ and young ladies’ rooms, all had bedrooms and a study, plus a large desk, only slightly larger than the young masters’ and young ladies’ rooms.
Lin Yifan didn’t believe the mansion owner’s room was so simple, without even a single Magic Artifact treasure.
So he started searching the walls for chanisms and secret doors; but found nothing.
Finally, his gaze landed on the untouched bed.
He swiftly walked over, lifted the blanket, frantic in his actions.
Xiaofang didn’t know why Lin Yifan suddenly beca so agitated, so she asked, “Yifan, what are you looking for?”
Lin Yifan remained silent, only wanting to find the answer quickly.
After continuously lifting the blanket and mat, he finally saw a secret door on the bed, feeling imnse joy.
Seeing this secret door let Xiaofang understand what Lin Yifan had been frantically searching for; he was seeking the hidden entrance to a secret chamber.
She was equally impressed by Lin Yifan’s profound consideration; anyone else seeing the room in this state likely wouldn’t think of secret chamber doors or such.
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