According to them, the job after joining the company is very simple: to inspect the capital every day, then wait in the palace, and only go on business trips occasionally when there are emergencies. Life is very leisurely.
Yu Ling mingled with the people in the neighborhood and then returned to the Celestial Master's private dormitory. Taking advantage of the new employee perk of having some time to familiarize herself with the environment, she secretly transformed into a miniature fox, wore a concealing necklace, and quietly slipped into the depths of the palace.
Since she's already inside the palace, wouldn't it be a waste not to take advantage of the situation? She's heard there are many treasures in the national treasury, so it's not unreasonable for her to secretly take some as a reward before the incident in the palace.
Even if there's some kind of trap that prevents her from getting it out, just getting some of the treasure's energy is still a good thing.
After recovering from her injuries, Yu Ling's demonic arts became even more extraordinary. This was the authentic demon world, and the variety of skills she could use was no less than in the previous world. She actually managed to infiltrate it.
"Is this really the national treasury? How come it looks so poor?" Yu Ling thought she had come to the wrong place. Even if the real treasures had been collected by the emperor's spatial magic treasures, there shouldn't be so little left!
[Host, let's leave. Something feels off here.] Even the system can tell something's wrong with this place, which shows just how obvious the problem is.
"Wait, I feel... there's a familiar aura nearby." Yu Ling flicked her tail, taking an unconventional approach, tapping around with her claws from various hidden corners. Later, she simply cheated with her divine sense and actually discovered a hidden door in the national treasury.
Which emperor would build a double-layered treasury? That shows how insecure they were!
Yu Ling finally slipped into the real national treasury and was dazzled by the dazzling array of treasures around her. Among them were many beautiful furs of great demons, as well as those of fox demons, which made Yu Ling feel a little uneasy.
“This great demon might share the same bloodline as the red-skinned fox, no wonder it seems somewhat familiar.” Yu Ling, being a tree after all, quickly recovered and then turned her gaze to the back.
Besides piles of gold, silver, jewelry, jade ornaments, and other precious stones, there was also a whole wall of cabinets displaying the Celestial Master's magical artifacts. Among them, a compass engraved with the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams formation caught Yu Ling's eye.
"This looks familiar... Isn't this the original owner's cheap master's personal magic weapon? How did it end up here?"
The original owner's master had died long ago, and his life tablet was broken. He was probably killed while fighting a monster. Logically, a fellow celestial master should have cleaned up the mess for him. The magic treasure was buried underground. What kind of nonsense is it to appear in the national treasury?
"This is getting more and more interesting." Since it was related to the original owner's cheap master after all, Yu Ling threw the compass into her storage space. Anyway, among this pile of magical treasures, a broken compass wouldn't stand out.
Since they'd already started stealing—oops! collecting evidence—one or two more pieces probably wouldn't matter. Afterward, Yu Ling picked out a few more pieces of gold and silver jewelry that didn't have any obvious features and were easy to circulate, and threw them in, planning to come back for a zero-yuan purchase next time.
But who would have thought that at this very moment, someone would be delivering things to the national treasury, and what's more, they would be a whole bunch of magical treasures used by the Celestial Masters.
"Why are you getting so many magical treasures? Are you going to use them as salaries for our newly hired Celestial Masters? We can't possibly use them all!" Fox Yu Ling couldn't understand. They had no collectible value, so why get so many magical treasures? They were just being kept in the national treasury.
The magical artifacts were neatly stacked one by one, without being counted or registered, so the visitor naturally wouldn't notice that a compass was missing. Yu Ling quietly huddled in an inconspicuous spot to the side, her aura concealed by her concealment necklace.
After the person had gone far away, Yu Ling glanced at the newly thrown magical artifact. Upon closer inspection, she was dumbfounded. There were clearly three small characters engraved on the jade flute beside her claws, and it seemed to say… Wei Wenzi?!
Oh no, it seems we're really in deep trouble. How did looking for an older brother end up in the national treasury?!
Yu Ling tossed the jade flute into her storage space and hurried back to the Celestial Masters' dormitory. She then lay down in the original owner's Celestial Master body and continued to sort out her thoughts.
First of all, it was already strange that the Celestial Master's items appeared in the imperial treasury, since the emperor had no need for such useless things.
In such a mid-level world, there are hardly any treasures with artifact spirits. Therefore, without a good celestial master to use them, these magical treasures are essentially just scrap metal, taking up space without any purpose.
For example, Zhang Li's bronze mirror, which is used by demon hunters, can be used as an energy recharge device in Yu Ling's hands, and it can also be used to unleash powerful attacks and fight weak demons in the hands of its own master. However, if it is separated from its owner and is just a bronze mirror sitting there, it is just an ordinary mirror.
In general, even if it were distributed to the few celestial masters in the palace, it would be more useful than keeping it in the national treasury.
Secondly, there's the matter of Qin Yueting's half-brother disappearing. Even the weakest Taoist priest shouldn't just vanish without a trace, right?
Moreover, his magic weapon also appeared in the national treasury, which means that Wei Wenzi also passed the examination and entered the palace.
"Forget it, when in doubt, just go to sleep. There's nothing I can do about it anyway."
Yu Ling hung a sign at the door that read 'Cultivating,' and then fell asleep in broad daylight.
He went on several patrol missions with other celestial masters, and secretly took out the jade flute found in the national treasury for Qin Yueting to compare. She confirmed that it belonged to Wei Wenzi.
Faced with Miss Jiao's plea for her to continue helping to find the person, and another bag of silver, Yu Ling accepted the money without complaining about the amount. However, she made it clear that she could not guarantee the safety of the other party.
Yu Ling is a survivor, and she always puts her own life first. This time, she will help if she can, but she can't risk her life for a stranger, can she?
Qin Yueting was very rational. She knew that Yu Ling was already doing more than enough by helping her. She was not familiar with Yu Ling and had no obligation to abandon everything to help her. She also told Yu Ling to be careful in everything and to ensure her safety.
Yu Ling, who had returned to the palace, had no intention of stepping into the national treasury a second time, because the recruitment of celestial masters had already ended, and she seemed to be the last one to be recruited, and she didn't know why it was so sudden.
Moreover, it won't be long before their superior, the Grand Preceptor, will personally come to the palace to meet with them.
To avoid giving herself away, Yu Ling still had to diligently practice her magic with the others. Even though she had no room for improvement and didn't need to cultivate at all, she still had to pretend, right?
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