Chapter 173: The Thirty-Sixth Treasure House

"That's it!" Aoki wiped his palms.

When experimenting with the Four Rakshasa Ghosts, he could play with it as he pleased without worrying about breaking it.

You can't be so unscrupulous when it comes to Leonai.

Fortunately, Leonai's Teigu is the Lion King, which has a recovery ability far beyond that of ordinary people.

Otherwise, this experiment would not be possible at all.

Leonai sat up and held her stomach: "That thing of yours is moving around inside my body. It feels so strange."

Aoki glanced at her: "To be clear, it's a scalpel, not that thing!"

"Hee hee hee!"

Leonai suddenly laughed and hugged his neck: "How was it? Did you gain anything?"

Aoki nodded: "Your body has already shown signs of being assimilated."

"Really? I don't feel anything."

Leonai patted his flat belly with a curious look on his face: "How long can I live?"

Aoki said: "With the current level of assimilation, it will not have any impact on your life for the time being."

"Hehehe, then don't worry!"

"However, you'd better avoid getting injured as much as possible. After being injured, the assimilation progress will increase rapidly. The more serious the injury, the more the assimilation progress will increase."

"Okay, okay!"

Leonai walked to Aoki's side with a smile and exhaled like blue: "Thank you for your hard work, do you want me to reward you?"

Aoki ignored her and sorted out the experimental data.

"Hahaha, I'm leaving first!" Leonai laughed and left with a victorious attitude.

Aoki glanced at her back and then withdrew his gaze.

Although he talks a lot all day long, Leonai is actually a king of words.

She only verbally teases people who are unlikely to make a move on her.

"The changes in the body after assimilation of the Teigu are not exactly the same as the changes after eating the flesh and blood of dangerous species. There are some points that can be used."

Aoki sometimes lowers his head to think, and sometimes writes and draws in his notebook.

…

royal palace.

An atmosphere of silence and depression prevailed.

The guards, all wrapped in armor, stood on both sides of the road like iron towers.

The palace ladies walked in a hurry, with a little panic on their faces.

But the entire palace still maintained basic order.

After the death of Minister Ernest, there was a brief chaos in the imperial capital, including the palace.

However, General Bude then suppressed all the troublemakers with iron-blooded means.

Within a day, hundreds of people were killed.

Although many people were very dissatisfied, they all kept their mouths shut when faced with the powerful strength of Bude and the Guards.

In a corner where no one was paying attention, a figure appeared silently.

Aoki quickly looked around and after confirming that no one was around, he relaxed.

The last time he came to the palace, he left several spatial marks. This time there was no need to come in from the sky.

Aoki identified the direction and walked outside.

"The guards are much tighter again!"

However, with the last experience, he has basically mastered the layout of the palace.

No matter how many guards are added, it will have no effect on him.

Aoki was like a ghost, his figure flickering rapidly. Under the cover of the night, even if he was close at hand, the Guards never noticed him.

Soon, Aoki arrived in front of a palace in the central area.

The strength of the guards around the palace has once again increased to a level.

This was also one of the suspicious places he discovered last time.

After looking through Ernest's memories, he discovered that this place was not the residence of a big shot, but the treasure house of the empire.

The wealth, various treasures, etc. accumulated by the royal family over thousands of years are all stored here.

Of course, it had basically been reduced to Ernest’s private treasure house before.

Ernest died suddenly, but the treasure trove seemed unaffected.

The guards of the palace are extremely strict. There are almost no blind spots from the sky to the ground, and it is completely impossible to sneak past.

However, this does not trouble Aoki.

Aoki's appearance changed rapidly, and he soon turned into a middle-aged man wearing glasses and with a cold temperament.

Nishinomiya.

The founder of the Assassin's Force, the minister's absolute confidant, and one of the very few people with access to the treasure house.

Aoki walked straight to the palace.

Da da da.

Steady footsteps sounded in the silent night sky.

All the guards suddenly tensed up.

"Who? Who's there?"

"It's me!" Aoki walked out of the shadows.

"Lord Nishimiya!"

The guard leader said respectfully.

"I'm here to pick up a few things!"

Aoki walked straight ahead.

The guard leader did not move out of the way, and looked embarrassed: "Lord Nishimiya, you also know about the assassins, I..."

Aoki took out a token and threw it over, interrupting him.

"Take it!"

The guard leader took it, took out another token, and put them together.

The uneven edges of the two tokens were perfectly spliced ​​together.

He returned the token to Aoki: "The token is confirmed."

Aoki didn't pick it up and said impatiently: "Another piece!"

The guard leader then relaxed, exchanged tokens, handed his piece to Aoki, and moved out of the way.

"Master Nishimiya, please come in!"

Aoki ignored him, took the token, and walked directly inside.

He read Ernest's memory and knew the process of entering and exiting the treasure house clearly.

There are only a few people who are qualified to enter the treasure house. Each person has a unique token that can be combined with the token held by the guard.

After verification, the tokens must be exchanged.

If any process goes wrong, they will be regarded as intruders.

This process is very cautious and strict.

Unfortunately, they met Qingmu, who directly dug out all the secrets from Ernest's head.

Of course.

Even so, it can't be concealed for too long.

The leader of the guards will report this matter.

However, Qingmu only needs to delay a little time.

Enter the treasure house.

There are many boxes in the hall.

Qingmu opened one at random, and the dazzling golden light immediately filled the field of vision.

Gold!

The second box, still gold.

The third box, full of various top-quality gems.

Not only is there the accumulation of the royal family, but most of the wealth that Ernest has plundered is also here.

Qingmu was not polite and moved all the boxes into the different space.

After emptying the hall, he did not leave.

These are just worldly things, the truly precious things are not here.

Walking to a pillar, Qingmu grabbed the flying dragon decoration on it and twisted it gently.

Crack!

The innermost wall cracked, revealing a dark passage.

Qingmu walked over.

It is normal to have a secret room in the treasure house, or it would be strange if there is none.

After passing through the passage, he entered an airtight room, which is much smaller than the hall outside, and there are few things, which are also very strange.

Including strange rocks, metals with strange luster, etc.

Black magic stone, Ohara steel... Yes, it is the material for making imperial tools.

These are all left over from thousands of years ago and no longer exist in the world.

There are also some books that record ancient secrets, but they are basically incomplete.

Qingmu doesn't know if these things are useful or what they are for, but he will kill them all and take them away.

Anyway, the area of ​​the different space is large enough.

The imperial equipment was once placed here, but now all the imperial equipment has been sent out, so he didn't get any bargains.

After looting the hidden secret room, Aoki found another mechanism in the corner.

After pressing it, a passage suddenly appeared on the ground, and the stairs went down, as if connected to the bottomless abyss.

"It's hidden so well."

Aoki walked in without hesitation.

There is a secret room in the secret room.

If you haven't seen Ernest's memory, it's almost impossible to find this place.