Old Count Ratnes gave a bitter smile. With his rich life experience, how could he not know that the so-called "free" was just a superficial phenomenon. If one believed it, one would definitely pay a higher price. But did he have the right to say no now?

She always raised a finger sincerely, with bright red nail polish on her nails, and put her other hand on her waist in the shape of a teapot, and said with a smile:

"Since you can mobilize hundreds of people at your disposal, why do you still come to us?"

This question immediately left old Count Ratnes at a loss for words. Why? Could he say that the hundreds of people I had were actually a bunch of loose sand, and that he lacked the power to restrain them under the current circumstances? Of course, this kind of thing couldn't be said directly and clearly.

Seeing that the old Count Ratnes fell silent, he smiled smugly and continued:

"The second question is, Pastor Du has already proved with his actions that he is a person worthy of your trust and reward. But can you find another replacement besides him?"

Old Count Ratnes could not remain silent on this question, because he could not ignore Du Yuqi's efforts, so he could only sigh and say:

"No."

Every time at this time, the smile on his face is almost similar to that of a little fox:

"The third question is, I believe that the Ratness family must have a lot of secret treasures, but are these secret treasures of any great use to the dead?"

Old Count Ratness shook his head silently and said:

"No."

Every time at this time, she smiles particularly brightly:

"In fact, I originally had the fourth, fifth, and sixth questions, but seeing that the Earl is very honest and has a very clear understanding of the current situation, I will not ask any more questions. I believe that you should now understand the current situation."

Old Count Ratnes sighed, his expression reminiscent of meat on a chopping board and fish in a net. He suddenly looked at Du Yuqi and said:

"I have one last question. I trust your strength, Pastor Du. What about the strength of your companions...?"

Du Yuqi said very straightforwardly:

“No one is inferior to me.”

The old Earl Ratnes' eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had found the last straw to save his life:

"Are you telling the truth?"

Du Yuqi said:

"I swear on the souls of my ancestors that what I just said is true. We have all experienced life and death together, and we trust each other very much."

Old Count Ratnes nodded slightly and said:

"Well then, follow me."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and led the way towards the depths of the Earl's Mansion. However, under the Earl's leadership, they were surprised to find that they were walking farther and farther, until they were out of the Earl's Mansion, and then gradually deviated to the side, at least two or three hundred meters away from the wall of the Earl's Mansion. It was also fortunate that it was late at night, otherwise if someone saw this scene of a ghost leading the way, they would probably be frightened to the point of paralysis.

Finally, old Count Ratnes stopped. This place was already 500 meters away from the Count's Palace. He could even faintly hear the sound of water nearby. It was a tributary of the Volga River flowing by. The damp and cold water vapor hit his face in the cold night, making him feel doubly cold.

After understanding the surrounding environment, Du Yuqi felt emotional. No wonder everyone knew that the Ratnes family had been entrenched in Chatley for hundreds of years. There must be a secret treasure. However, even if everyone in the Earl's Mansion died, no one could find it. There must be a reason for that.

Firstly, the burial location of this secret treasure is nearly 500 meters beyond the scope of the Earl's Palace, so it cannot be found by luck. Secondly, judging from the fact that this secret treasure is set around the river, the various protective mechanisms inside should be extremely powerful because there is a constant supply of water energy as a power source!

After old Count Ratness arrived here, he kept muttering to himself, then knelt on the ground, as if he was sadly asking for forgiveness from his ancestors, and finally he simply covered his face with his hands. It was obvious that his emotions were completely out of control. If ghosts had no tears, then he should have been in tears, right?

After a long while, old Count Ratnes stood up again and said with a very sad look:

"I feel guilty towards my ancestors, but it has come to this. I will take on all the responsibilities! My condition is that after you enter the secret vault, you will have ten minutes to choose. Each of you can only take one treasure that you like. No matter what the result of this battle is, the treasure will be yours."

"At the same time, I also know that this battle is very dangerous, so I will not force you to save people, but the murderer must die! If you can successfully save Paul's life, I will give you an additional fortune. Can you agree?"

This condition was undoubtedly very generous. First, an extra treasure was paid as a reward. At the same time, only killing people was required, and saving people was not the first priority. The difficulty coefficient was greatly reduced. Du Yuqi himself was very tempted, but after thinking about it, he added:

"This condition... is basically the same, but you also have to swear on the honor of your ancestors, that is, when displaying the treasures, you must not have any private collections! Once we have selected the treasures, you cannot replace them or hinder them in any way. At the same time, you must ensure that the treasures we see must contain the top three private collections in the treasure house."

Old Count Ratnes hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement. Since that was the case, Du Yuqi asked others and found that there were no objections, so the two parties officially reached a deal.

At this time, old Count Ratness has become a ghost, so one needs to be cautious in making promises to ghosts, otherwise one must be careful not to fulfill the promises. The entire family has been cursed for generations, and this old guy is also a noble of the empire, so who knows what terrible means he can use to take money without doing anything?

After everyone confirmed their promise to old Count Ratnes, they waited for old Count Ratnes to open the secret vault with the eager anticipation of a mouse falling into a rice jar.

Old Count Ratnes undoubtedly looked very remorseful. He knelt on the ground and prayed for a while, then suddenly raised his hands to the sky. He was in a ghost state at this time. Soon after he raised his hands, his two translucent arms turned into points of light and floated away.

Immediately afterwards, this little bit of light seemed to be attracted by a mysterious force, slowly floated towards a point in the void, and then was sucked into it.

Just when everyone was looking forward to the entrance to the hidden vault, the light points transformed from old Count Ratnest's arm suddenly shot out from the void again, and the light was actually coated with a layer of strange bright silver.

Then, this little bit of light actually flew towards Du Yuqi and the others! This little bit of light quickly spread over the group of people, forming a layer of brilliant silver, and then the group of people discovered something in astonishment:

The houses, trees, docks and rivers around old Count Ratnes all grew larger rapidly and strangely. In the end, even the bricks on the ground seemed to be a wall blocking the way of everyone.

Du Yuqi came to his senses immediately. It turned out that it was not that the world had become bigger... but that he and his group had been shrunk by some strange magic, to only one percent of their height. In other words, Du Yuqi was originally 1.78 meters tall, but now he was only 1.78 centimeters tall! No wonder the bricks in front of him looked like a high wall.

Then, the old Count Tranis's hands grew back, but his ghostly light was much dimmer. The old man took off his hat, bowed slightly, and took out an ordinary-looking wooden box from behind. He then said in a choked voice:

"Everyone... Welcome to the Tranis family's Cornflower Museum!"

At this time, Du Yuqi and his companions felt a gentle but powerful suction force, which pulled them into the keyhole of the wooden box! This process was undoubtedly a bit dizzy, and at this time Du Yuqi finally understood why no one could find the secret treasure house of the Tranis family, because it was impossible for anyone to think that this secret treasure house was actually hidden in a wooden box that could be held up with two hands! !

Such blind spots in thinking, such amazing magic, really show how powerful the first generation earl of the Ratnes family was. No wonder he was able to assist the emperor in conquering this vast land. However, although the mountains and rivers remain, the heroes have died one after another, and the unfilial descendants have ruined the family business extremely quickly. Although the empire is still extremely powerful now, the family has been forced to the point where its bloodline is on the verge of extinction!

…

After being sucked into the keyhole, Du Yuqi felt dizzy and it was difficult for him to keep his balance, so his hands and feet had to wave in the air. Unexpectedly, he suddenly fell to the ground and rolled several times. He felt as if something soft was pressing down on him.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of breaking air in the air. The air seemed to be suppressed and exploded in an instant. Du Yuqi instinctively blocked it with his right hand and immediately felt as if his right arm was hit hard by a hammer. Half of his body was numb.

Then he felt his neck tighten, and then he was strangled and could hardly breathe, as if he was lifted up like a fish out of water. One can imagine that in this posture, his throat was in the hands of someone, and his chest, lower abdomen, crotch and other vital parts were also exposed. The situation became extremely dangerous in an instant. Du Yuqi could only barely pull out a small half of Kulan's Flame Shadow Sword at this time, and he was in a very miserable state.

Fortunately, at this moment, the person who restrained Du Yuqi suddenly let out a soft "eh", and then a faint fragrance approached. This fragrance was very special, not a strong fragrance or the smell of powder, but it seemed to be the scent of locust flowers smoked by the sun in April and May, or the scent of tuberose, gardenia, and citrus flowers floating in the heat of a summer night, full of the vitality of nature.

He could even feel that this person was getting closer. Although he couldn't see her movements, he could feel that she sniffed lightly, and then loosened her hand, and the force she used was very appropriate. Du Yuqi also heard that the person who made the sound seemed very familiar, so he whispered:

"Xi? Is that you?"

Xi hummed coldly, but didn't say much.

Du Yuqi suddenly thought of the soft thing that she had accidentally pressed before. For some reason, she suddenly felt an inexplicable heat in her heart.

At this time, a faint light was emitted from the surroundings, and everyone could be seen here. This is a hall. The style inside the hall is very strange, and the surrounding walls are very sloppy. How to describe it? It's like a barbarian found a cave, and then grabbed mud with his hands and smeared it directly on the cave wall. It's rough and direct. The texture on the walls around the hall looks messy, but if you look closely, you feel that it contains indescribable mysteries, and not a single bit can be changed.

Du Yuqi couldn't help but glance at Xi, but found that she was very calm, as if nothing had happened. Instead, he looked a little sneaky.

Fortunately, at this moment, a scream rang out, attracting everyone's attention.

"I remember it!" Every time she suddenly screamed, "I remember it!"