In the Southern Domain of the Heavenly Desolation Continent, in a sea as black as ink, a group of giant serpents covered in black scales were watching a sea of lightning in the distance.
Within the sea of lightning, a giant serpent with twin dragon horns was transforming into a flood dragon.
This place was none other than the ancestral land of the Blackwater Serpent Clan, one of the top one hundred races among the myriad races.
Although most of their clan had moved to the more prosperous Sacred Domain, many experts of the older generation still preferred to live in this ancestral land.
If one were to look into it, this clan actually had a massive grudge against Ye Lin.
Back in the Immortal Hall secret realm, the Blackwater Serpent Clan genius who had threatened Ye Lin and was ultimately instantly killed by him in a single blow was precisely the favored son of this clan.
Unfortunately, Ye Lin was shielded by the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda. Although the Blackwater Serpent Clan was furious about the death of their genius, they ultimately found nothing.
But none of that mattered. What mattered was that at this moment, the experts of the Blackwater Serpent Clan were all gathered above the sea's surface to watch their ancestor cross the tribulation, gaining experience while also acting as protectors.
It could be said that at this moment, beneath the vast black sea, there was not a single expert above the Nascent Soul Stage.
Right now, in front of the clan's treasury, two giant serpents who had been temporarily pulled in to act as guards were grumbling to each other.
“The Grand Elder and the others are so unfair. Why do the Venerables of the main branch get to watch the ancestor's transformation tribulation, while we Venerables of the collateral branches don't even get to watch from a distance?”
“Exactly. This treasury is clearly guarded by numerous killing formations. Without the ancestor's imprint, no one can get in at all. They make it sound nice, saying we're making a sacrifice for the clan, but to put it bluntly, the Grand Elder and the others are just intentionally suppressing us members of the collateral branches.”
While the two Golden Core Stage black serpents were complaining, a loud boom suddenly resounded, and the treasury's killing formation, which had been completely dormant, suddenly activated at full capacity.
“What's going on?” The two giant serpents stared at each other in bewilderment, completely unable to understand why the killing formation had suddenly activated.
“Who cares what's going on? You stay here and guard this place. I'll go report this to the Grand Elder and the others first.”
The eyes of one of the two serpents flickered. It seemed to have found an excuse to watch the ancestor's transformation process, so it immediately spoke in an excited tone.
“We grew up together, so I know exactly what you're thinking. Either we go report it together, or we stay here and wait for the Grand Elder and the others to return.”
The other serpent was no fool either. Seeing its companion trying to take advantage of a loophole without bringing it along, it said with some displeasure.
“Fine, then we'll go report it together.”
Having reached an agreement, the two of them called over two Foundation Establishment Stage members of the Blackwater Serpent Clan and had them watch over the place first.
If any accident really happened later, they would have someone to shift the blame to.
The two Foundation Establishment Stage collateral branch members thought they had gained the appreciation of their superiors, so they stood guard above the treasury with high spirits.
Meanwhile, inside the treasury of the Blackwater Serpent Clan, a person was using various methods to collect all kinds of treasures.
This person was precisely Ye Lin, who had been teleported here by the 【Seeking Wealth in Danger】 trait.
After learning from the game panel that this was the treasury of the Blackwater Serpent Clan, with whom he had a grudge, he felt no psychological burden whatsoever. He immediately activated the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda to frantically collect all kinds of treasures in the treasury.
Even if these treasures had seals on them that he couldn't break for the time being, he could just take the seals along with them. He was simply a genius.
Of course, he had also long since obtained the Saint-grade core-fusing spiritual material.
【Item: Lunar Lotus Platform (Damaged)
Grade: Saint-grade
Description: Once a top-tier natural treasure of the world at the Immortal-grade. It was damaged in a great war, and only a trace of lunar power remains within it.】
This Lunar Lotus Platform was precisely the core-fusing item he had chosen.
“Boom, boom, boom!”
Taking only about a dozen breaths of time, all the items in the Blackwater Serpent Clan's ancestral treasury were swept clean by Ye Lin.
“Bye-bye!” After taking all the treasures in the treasury, Ye Lin happily stepped into the teleportation portal in front of him and returned directly.
【Ding! You have surpassed the billions of players on the Blue Planet and become the first player in this game to loot an other-race treasury. You have triggered an Immortal-grade reward. The reward has been sent to the player's game space. Please view it at your own discretion.】
Just as Ye Lin stepped into the teleportation portal, the game notification for achieving a new accomplishment rang in his ears.
“An unexpected harvest as well? Not bad, not bad.” After whispering to himself, Ye Lin disappeared along with the teleportation portal.
Meanwhile, above the vast black sea, the ancestor of the Blackwater Serpent Clan, Xuan Mo, was still basking in the admiration and cheers of his descendants after surviving the celestial tribulation.
But suddenly sensing something, his expression changed drastically.
“Dammit! Who dares to enter our clan's treasury and steal our clan's precious treasure?”
With a furious roar, his thousand-zhang dragon body dived straight into the black sea.
The reason their Blackwater Serpent Clan had not completely moved to the Sacred Domain was partly because some older generation experts were nostalgic, but the most important reason was to stay here and guard their clan's special precious treasure.
That precious treasure was the key to the Blackwater Serpent Clan's heaven-defying rise. Even though the Blackwater Serpent Clan was now one of the top one hundred races among the myriad peak races, they still required the sustenance of that precious treasure.
It was no exaggeration to say that without this precious treasure, their clan would inevitably begin to decline within a hundred years.
Thus, sensing the aura of that precious treasure disappearing from the treasury at this very moment, Xuan Mo was driven to such a state of exasperated rage.
Having equally grim expressions were two other flood dragons. Like Xuan Mo, they had specifically remained in the ancestral land to guard that precious treasure.
But who could have expected that in the brief moment they stepped out to act as protectors, their home would be so blatantly robbed?
“Boom, boom!”
The two flood dragons also instantly revealed their thousand-zhang dragon bodies and plunged into the vast black sea below.
As the contemporary upper echelon and geniuses of the Blackwater Serpent Clan saw the three ancestors fly into a rage, the smiles on their faces instantly froze.
Before long, the three ancestors rushed out of the sea in a fury.
“All of you, return to the ancestral land! Second Brother, Third Brother, seal off all space and take charge of searching everyone in the clan—especially the core disciples. Do not let a single one off!”
“As for me, I will make a trip to the Heavenly Calculation Pavilion. No matter the cost, we must find that thief!”
The flood dragon with the strongest aura spoke to Xuan Mo and the others in a solemn tone.
His name was Xuan Yun, and he was the First Ancestor of the ancestral land. Now that the precious treasure was lost, he was naturally the most anxious one.
With that, he stretched his dragon body and flew off into the distance.
The so-called Heavenly Calculation Pavilion was a heritage of the Heavenly Calculation Palace, which was known as the number one place of heavenly calculation in the heavens.
Even if it only possessed a very shallow connection with the Heavenly Calculation Palace, it was still enough to make the Heavenly Calculation Pavilion famous throughout the Heavenly Desolation Continent.
They claimed that as long as one could afford the price, they could calculate all matters of the past, present, and future.
And Xuan Yun's destination this time was precisely to have the Heavenly Calculation Pavilion help him calculate the identity of the person who had stolen their clan's precious treasure.
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