Chu Tian therefore wanted to find a quiet place to ponder it properly.
He recalled that Daotian had once said that only those who comprehended the laws of space could freely traverse various great worlds and universes.
Chu Tian wished to visit the underworld to see his mother, but he couldn't find a way.
If he could comprehend the laws of space, wouldn't he be able to come and go as he pleased?
...
Chu Tian began his seclusion.
Those people from various sects were quite obedient and indeed stayed for three days.
Just as they were about to leave, two individuals stealthily approached the base of the stone tablet.
"Are we really going to do this?" one of them, who had his head covered with a scarf, seemed hesitant.
"Of course. Didn't you hear big brother say that our lives were exchanged for theirs? We've kept them guarding the tomb for three days, and not one of them escaped. Now, if we ask them to give up some of their wealth, they shouldn't disagree!"
The other person, slightly shorter and also wearing a scarf.
"But I can't imitate Chu Tian's pretentious demeanor." The voice emanating from beneath the other's scarf was still unwilling. This person was none other than Chu Tian's clone, Chu Qiankun.
"You don't need to imitate. You just fly me up, stand still, and leave the rest to me!"
This person was none other than Lin Qingyuan.
"Uh... alright!" Chu Qiankun nodded.
"Hehe!" Lin Qingyuan pulled off his scarf and then yanked off Chu Qiankun's as well. "After hiding for so long, it was all for this moment. Haha! Big Brother Qiankun, let's go up!"
"Mm!" Chu Qiankun nodded, pulled Lin Qingyuan up, and with him, they shot upwards.
However, when Chu Qiankun reached an altitude of a thousand meters, his body began to sway.
"I can only fly this high!" Chu Qiankun said softly.
"That's enough! Cough cough..." Lin Qingyuan cleared his throat.
"You, all of you, stop right there!"
He shouted this with all his might.
Unfortunately, from a distance of a thousand meters, his voice, as it descended, was almost inaudible.
Many of the people below turned to leave and didn't see him.
They were all milling about, preparing to depart.
"Damn it..." Lin Qingyuan was dumbfounded. He quickly tugged at Chu Qiankun, "Lower, lower!"
He also knew what was happening. He didn't have such high cultivation, nor could he, like Chu Tian, transmit his voice directly into people's ears.
Finally, as they descended, someone noticed them.
"Look, Senior Chu has come out!"
Many people stopped. The "Senior Chu" they spoke of was not Chu Tian, but Chu Qiankun.
Chu Qiankun looked exactly like Chu Tian.
This was precisely the effect Lin Qingyuan wanted.
"Ahem, allow me to introduce myself. I am the sworn brother of the Senior Chu you speak of.
My elder brother said that your lives were exchanged for theirs. The three days of tomb guarding have concluded.
Now... you shall also offer up your wealth! We will tally up where the deceased came from, and this wealth will be delivered to their homes as compensation."
Lin Qingyuan shouted this with all his might, and the people below were instantly stunned.
Although it sounded reasonable, it still felt like they were about to be robbed.
"What, do you have an objection?" Lin Qingyuan's eyes widened.
The crowd below became flustered.
"I am willing to offer all my wealth to express my gratitude to my benefactors!"
Suddenly, a crisp voice emerged. An arrogant figure pushed through the crowd and arrived beneath the stone tablet. They took out countless soul crystals, spiritual items, pills, and so on, arranging them neatly in front of the stone tablet.
Then, they bowed deeply, took three steps back, and finally turned to leave.
As they departed, everyone saw two crystalline tears drifting from her eyes.
"I am willing..."
"I am willing too..."
"This is all I have..."
Heads upon heads surged forward. Under the watchful gaze of "Chu Tian," treasures, soul crystals, and other items were placed before the stone tablet.
Half a day later, there was no one left.
But the piled-up items reached a height of a hundred meters.
And it wasn't just one pile; each category was stacked together, divided into several types.
There were demon cores, mid-grade soul crystals, low-grade soul crystals, and high-grade soul crystals. Treasures were further classified into defensive, offensive, and functional types.
And there were vast quantities of pills, too numerous to count.
It was worth noting that the people who had been robbed... no, who had donated, numbered over three million.
Among them, middle-class passengers formed the majority, totaling two and a half million.
However, the items brought forth by these two and a half million people accounted for only one-fifth of the total.
The remaining four-fifths were all from the core disciples of the top-tier cabins and the elders of various sects.
One could imagine how incredibly wealthy these core disciples from the central regions were.
Yet, all of this, at this moment, belonged to...
Chu Qiankun, Lin Qingyuan, Ling'er, and Lin Qiaoqiao.
Now they were distressed, wondering how they would carry so many items.
Even if they used all their spatial bags, they wouldn't be enough.
It was likely that even after filling all the spatial bags, the spatial bags themselves would need to be transported by carriages, and several carriages at that.
Moreover, they didn't have that many spatial bags. What were they to do?
"We've struck gold, we've struck gold..."
However, Lin Qingyuan had not yet grasped the gravity of the situation, darting between each mountain of treasure.
"Little Yuan, you've done a good job. I'll hold onto these for you for now; they'll be useful when you get married!"
Swish, swish, swish...
As Lin Qingyuan was still in his excitement, a voice drifted over serenely.
Then, he saw the mountains of treasure before his eyes disappearing one by one.
"Ah... no, Big Brother... leave me some!"
Lin Qingyuan began to wail.
Chu Tian paid no mind to his complaints. With so many good things, he was also tempted.
Although he hadn't been in the Yin-Yang Realm for long, the feeling of being penniless and hitting walls everywhere was truly unpleasant.
If he had money on this voyage and had bought a top-tier ticket, he wouldn't have been teleported away.
He had almost met his end in that sea eye.
During these three days, while he was researching stealth in that cave, he had also scavenged quite a few good items.
The cave directly connected to the treasury of Bihai City, and the quality of the items within was extremely high.
Chu Tian felt that many of the items were things that couldn't be easily revealed.
Their appearance could even trigger calamities.
Therefore, it was better not to mess with those things easily.
...
Under Lin Qingyuan's tearful gaze, Chu Tian swept through everything.
All the items entered his divine platform.
"Hehe, Little Yuan, don't worry, I'm just keeping them for you temporarily. Besides, do you have any way to take these things away? Think about it...
Right... I'll hold onto them for you. When you get married, I'll definitely take them out as a betrothal gift!"
Chu Tian said with a chuckle, his gaze inadvertently drifting towards Ling'er.