Chapter 21: Unexpected Gains

Yulai'er, who also studied 'Transcendent Runeology,'

walked over and began examining the cyan-black transcendent door.

After five or six minutes, Yulai'er turned around.

'This is a transcendent door with a spell password lock.'

'One must know the spell password set by the original owner to open it.'

'My transcendent formation skills and abilities are utterly insufficient to open this door.'

'As for breaking it open by force, with our current strength... I'm afraid it's impossible.'

When Yulai'er said this,

disappointment arose in many hearts.

Such transcendent doors and the密室 spaces behind them, built by great figures,

would have been reinforced and solidified by those figures using special means.

To them, it was indeed an insurmountable mountain.

Thus, it seemed they would have to return empty-handed.

This empty-source minor realm was originally someone else's dwelling.

All the good things had been hidden away by that Blood Curse Master.

After all, no one would casually display their treasures.

Unwilling to give up, Aili stepped forward with the key, trying to open the 'transcendent door.'

But after fiddling with it for several minutes, she finally gave up.

'It seems we'll have to hole up here and wear down those enemies outside,' Aili said with a helpless shrug.

The others also fell into a subdued silence.

The treasure was right before their eyes, yet they couldn't obtain it—how frustrating.

'What if...'

Seeing the somewhat dejected group, Gune suddenly spoke up.

'We try the password?'

'Try the password?' The others looked over in confusion.

'The runic passwords for transcendent doors are usually in 'Lan Emi language,' since it's the language that articulates the essence of spells.'

'Since this great figure built this place, the door is most likely in 'Lan Emi language.''

'Even if we know it's 'Lan Emi language,' it's extremely complex. Trying to guess the password is nearly impossible,' Yulai'er said thoughtfully.

'In theory, yes, but with certain special means, it's different.'

Special means?

Everyone looked at Gune in astonishment.

Under their gaze, Gune walked straight to the towering cyan-black transcendent door, five meters high and three meters wide.

After rummaging in his backpack, he took out a palm-sized mechanical device.

Although Gune had a system space of a full four cubic meters,

he had never revealed to anyone that he possessed spatial storage abilities.

Pressing the palm-sized iron-box-like mechanical device against the transcendent formation composed of runes on the door, Gune closed his eyes and began to sense gently.

At the same time, faint fluctuations of spells rippled around him.

Even subtle light flickered faintly between his palms.

At that moment, Gune appeared very mysterious.

In reality,

the iron-box mechanical device was just an ordinary climber, used to attach to walls, and nothing more.

Gune's seeming perception was actually him checking his system.

The runic password for opening this transcendent door was clearly displayed in the system.

Gune only needed to memorize it and then input it on the door.

After about seven or eight minutes,

Gune opened his eyes and quickly retrieved his 'climber,' as if afraid someone might take a closer look.

Gune memorized the Lan Emi language password set by the Blood Curse Master in seconds.

But to show the difficulty of cracking the password, he stood there for seven or eight minutes.

As Gune moved,

everyone looked at him, their expressions tense.

Gune did not hesitate further.

Pressing one hand on the Lan Emi runes symbolizing the password, he gradually activated his source power, lighting up the corresponding Lan Emi characters.

After lighting up sixteen Lan Emi characters,

a dull 'whoosh' sounded.

The transcendent door trembled slightly.

Then,

click, click, click...

The transcendent door built by the Blood Curse Master slowly opened.

Seeing this,

joy immediately appeared on everyone's faces, and their breathing grew heavier.

As light shone into the ancient and silent alchemy storeroom,

the reflections of various weapons and equipment in different colors caught the eyes of those standing at the entrance.

On shelves made of black thornwood lay piece after piece of transcendent weapons, armor, boots, robes, and helmets.

Some gleamed with the black metallic luster unique to black iron.

Some bore the heavy dark hue of magic copper.

Some shimmered with the radiant glow of mithril.

At a glance, there were at least twenty pieces of transcendent equipment.

Gune knew this was a treasure trove, but he hadn't expected so much transcendent equipment.

'So many...'

'These are all transcendent equipment.'

'My god...'

Even these wealthy noble offspring, well-traveled as they were, couldn't help but exclaim at the sight.

Seeing was one thing,

but the treasures in this storeroom were what they had obtained through adventure—they were theirs.

Gune's heart stirred as his eyes quickly swept over the treasures.

'This 'adventure' is truly a golden finger for getting rich,' he thought, rubbing his fingers with delight.

In this storeroom,

black iron-level transcendent equipment was already quite valuable, generally 100 to 200 gold pounds.

The black iron soft gold armor Gune wore cost 20 gold pounds just for the labor, not to mention the raw materials.

Magic copper-level equipment was even more expensive, usually 400 to 600 gold pounds.

Non-transcendents could hardly afford it.

Moreover, magic copper equipment had transcendent properties; if one could harness them, such equipment was quite powerful.

Above that was mithril equipment.

Mithril equipment started at least 1,000 gold pounds, and powerful pieces could sell for as high as 3,000 gold pounds.

After all, mithril equipment had extremely strong destructive and defensive properties.

How well it performed depended on the owner's nurturing.

Black iron! Magic copper! Mithril! And even higher, 'magic gold.'

These were the four major equipment sequence levels of the Transcendent Era.

When it came to dividing the spoils,

the group was quite experienced; the rule was more work, more reward.

After some discussion,

Gune ultimately received a full forty percent of the gains.

Aili got twenty percent, and the other four each got ten percent.

Ten minutes later, the good items in the alchemy storeroom were thoroughly looted by the six.

Each person gained at least a thousand gold pounds in profit.

Although they were all wealthy offspring, such a haul from adventure still lifted everyone's spirits.

Because Gune had priority in selection,

he obtained two pieces of mithril equipment and one piece of magic copper equipment.

Of the two mithril pieces, one was a mithril staff.

Compared to a staff over a meter long, this mithril staff, as short as a chopstick, was very portable and inconspicuous.

Of course, more importantly, it was easy to use for a sneak attack.

The other piece was a pair of mithril boots.

If Gune could activate the powerful transcendent properties of these boots, walking on water, climbing cliffs, extremely fast movement, and extraordinary agility would all be possible.

Unfortunately, Gune currently had no ability to realize these powerful equipment's transcendent properties.

The last piece, a 'magic copper-level' item, was a rather rare 'magic shield necklace.'

By continuously replenishing it with source power, one could activate a magic shield to protect oneself at critical moments.

As a 'magic copper-level' transcendent item, if used well, it could also provide a strong life-saving effect.

Having obtained so many good things at once,

Gune did not immediately wear these transcendent items.

The reason was that magic copper and mithril transcendent items all had strong transcendent properties.

One needed to first make contact to understand their properties, then nurture them with source power before wearing them.

If worn rashly, the incompatibility of the transcendent properties could disrupt one's own source power flow.

Even some powerful transcendent items with too strong properties, if worn without contact and nurturing, could extinguish one's own transcendent properties, causing more harm than good.

Black iron-level items had weak transcendent properties and could be worn after contact.

But magic copper and mithril levels likely could not.

Unless you were a powerful transcendent yourself.