The Lin's Patriarch is weird.

Chapter 165: 165: One

Lin Xuan continued deeper into the treasury, and the further he went, the more impressed he became by the Su Family’s wealth.

The collection of treasures before him was far beyond what the Lin Family could currently compare with.

Among the many artifacts stored within the treasury were three offensive artifacts and two defensive artifacts that had reached the Legend Rank.

Although all five were merely Low Grade Legend Rank artifacts, their rank alone placed them in an entirely different category.

The Lin Family possessed only a single Low Grade Legend Rank item.

The spear Lin Xuan currently carried.

His gaze swept across the treasures for a moment before he continued forward.

After some time, a familiar object suddenly caught his attention.

He had seen the bracelet before in the records of the Lin Family.

It was an artifact that had once belonged to the Lin Family and had eventually been given away as part of the dowry by the previous Patriarch.

Lin Xuan approached the bracelet and examined it carefully.

"System, scan the bracelet for me."

[Item: Bracelet of the Phoenix]

[Effect: Increases the Martial Spirit of the wearer by one grade in exchange for Pristine Spirit Stones.]

[Limitation: Cannot evolve into a Legend Rank Martial Spirit.]

Lin Xuan’s eyes flickered as he read the information.

’Pristine spirit stones?’

He could now understand why the bracelet had also remained unused within the Su Family treasury.

Back when the artifact had still belonged to the Lin Family, obtaining Pristine Spirit Stones had been practically impossible.

Without them, the Bracelet of the Phoenix was little more than an ordinary treasure.

Lin Xuan reached toward the case.

With a casual motion, he broke through the protective casing and took the bracelet into his hand.

At almost the same instant, a sharp alarm rang throughout the treasury.

The surrounding formation had been triggered.

Lin Xuan reached into his storage treasure and pulled out a red mask, placing it over his face and concealing his identity.

He turned toward another display case which had a Low Grade Legend Rank saber.

Lin Xuan raised his hand and shattered the case before taking the saber.

He then moved toward the defensive artifacts.

One was a breastplate.

The other was a helmet.

Lin Xuan put on the breastplate and fastened it securely around his body before placing the helmet over his head.

With the three Legend Rank artifacts now equipped, he turned his attention toward the rest of the treasury.

By then, the alarm had already spread throughout the treasury.

Near the entrance, Su Haolang’s expression changed abruptly.

The intimacy that had occupied his attention moments earlier vanished completely.

He hurriedly straightened his clothes, his face becoming increasingly agitated as the sound of the formation echoed through the treasury.

The young woman was also covered up, though she remained too exhausted to move quickly.

Su Haolang looked toward the deeper section of the treasury.

A cold killing intent gradually emerged from his eyes.

"Whoever you are, I’m going to kill you."

The alarm continued to echo throughout the treasury, and faint fluctuations from the defensive formation spread through the surrounding walls.

This was precisely what Lin Xuan was waiting for.

He had deliberately broken the case to trigger the treasury’s defensive formation and announce his presence to the entire Su Family.

Once the Su Family realized that someone had infiltrated their treasury, their experts would naturally rush over.

And when they came, Lin Xuan would have no reason to conceal himself from the Su Family’s Golden Core experts.

He could freely use his Nascent Soul cultivation and, armed with the Heaven Rank saber, take them out one after another.

In doing so, he would significantly weaken the Su Family’s fighting strength while completing the system’s mission at the same time.

At the same time, there was another advantage.

Lin Xuan glanced at the treasures surrounding him.

If he was already going to make a mess of the Su Family’s treasury, there was no reason to leave empty-handed.

He reached toward another display case and with a casual strike, the protective casing shattered.

He took the treasure within and immediately moved toward the next one.

Pills, cultivation resources, artifacts, and other valuable items slowly began to dissapear from the treasury.

Everything taken without hesitation, useful or not.

Lin Xuan had no intention of being polite.

He continued emptying the treasury.

Soo, his spiritual sense suddenly caught a familiar aura approaching from behind.

He turned his head slightly.

Su Haolang had already arrived.

The Patriarch of the Su Family was moving through the treasury with a grim expression, his robes still somewhat disordered from his hurried departure. Behind him followed a group of Su Family disciples, their expressions tense as they rushed into the treasury after him.

Lin Xuan glanced at them before calmly turning back toward the display cases.

With a sharp crack, another one of protective casing shattered, it contained only a single feather.

Lin Xuan picked it up and examined it briefly before putting it away.

That simple action completely enraged Su Haolang.

"Thief!"

His furious roar echoed throughout the treasury.

"Put down the Su Family’s treasures!"

His killing intent erupted and the spiritual energy surrounding his body surged violently, and the air around him seemed to tremble.

"Martial Spirit!"

With a furious roar, a massive phantom of a lion suddenly emerged behind him.

The enormous beast stood several meters tall, its body covered in thick, flowing hair. Its jaws opened in a terrifying roar, while its claws scraped against the ground.

The pressure released by the Martial Spirit swept through the treasury.

A Ninth-Grade Mortal Rank Martial Spirit.

The enormous lion phantom lowered its body and lunged forward.

Su Haolang’s body moved simultaneously with his Martial Spirit.

The lion phantom surged forward with him, its massive claws tearing through the air as Su Haolang launched his attack directly toward Lin Xuan.

The force behind the attack was astonishing.

The surrounding shelves trembled from the impact, while several nearby treasures shook violently within their cases.

Lin Xuan tightened his hand around the Heaven Rank saber at his side.

The enormous phantom opened its jaws and roared, the sound shaking the entire treasury. Its claws descended toward Lin Xuan with enough force to tear apart a Golden Core cultivator.

Lin Xuan raised the saber and blocked it.

Boom!

Su Haolang’s expression changed, unable to process what exactly had happened.

"What?"

The thief had blocked the attack of his martial spirit without using any martial technique!

Lin Xuan’s Nascent Soul aura immediately spread through the treasury and descended like a mountain.

Su Haolang’s face instantly turned pale.

He was a tenth-layer Golden Core cultivator, standing at the absolute peak of the realm, but the moment Lin Xuan’s aura touched him, every instinct in his body screamed danger.

The difference between the two realms was simply too great.

"You..."

Su Haolang stared at the masked figure.

"You are a Nascent Soul cultivator?"

Without giving a response, Lin Xuan raised his hand and the lion Martial Spirit trembled.

Then its enormous body was forced backward.

Boom!

The phantom crashed into the treasury wall, causing the entire building to shake.

Su Haolang staggered several steps backward, blood surging within his chest.

His eyes widened.

He had never imagined that the person who had infiltrated his treasury would possess such terrifying cultivation.

Yet despite the disparity, Su Haolang refused to retreat.

"Everyone, get out!"

His voice thundered through the treasury.

"Leave this place!"

The Su Family disciples immediately obeyed.

Several of them hurried toward the exit, while the stronger Golden Core cultivators who had arrived behind them remained outside the main treasury.

Su Haolang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

His eyes became fierce.

"Even if you are a Nascent Soul cultivator, you will pay for breaking into my Su Family!"

His Ninth-Grade Mortal Rank lion Martial Spirit roared once more.

This time, the phantom merged with his body and a terrifying aura erupted from Su Haolang.

His muscles expanded, his eyes became bloodshot, and faint golden lines appeared across his skin.

He shot forward and threw a punch at the intruder.

The fist tore through the air with tremendous force, accompanied by the roar of the lion.

Lin Xuan drew the Heaven Rank saber and slash it outward.

There was no dazzling technique yet the overwhelming force was not something Su Haolang could resist.

Clang!

The saber collided with his fist and Su Haolang’s expression changed instantly.

His arm trembled violently and the next moment, his entire body was sent flying backward.

He crashed through several shelves before finally stopping against the wall.

Boom!

The treasury shook again as Su Haolang struggled to stand.

His right arm hung limply at his side.

The disparity was absolute.

Lin Xuan’s expression remained calm behind the red mask and he walked toward him.

Su Haolang gritted his teeth staring at the approaching danger.

He knew he could not win yet behind him was the Su Family treasury.

He could not simply surrender.

His lion Martial Spirit gathered behind him once more, its enormous body rising above him.

Su Haolang charged once again but Lin Xuan simply raised his saber and slashed it towards him with half his strength.

Boom!

The lion phantom was cleaved apart.

The enormous Martial Spirit shattered into countless fragments of spiritual light before disappearing.

Su Haolang’s body froze as blood spilled from his mouth.

Lin Xuan stepped forward and struck him with the flat of the saber.

Bang!

Su Haolang’s body was sent crashing into the ground, no longer able to move.

Lin Xuan looked down at him.

The tenth-layer Golden Core Patriarch of the Su Family had been defeated in only a handful of exchanges.

Lin Xuan then turned toward the elders standing outside the main treasury.

"One."

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