1173 A Familiar Scenery
'Since these are all my treasures, I should be able to acquire all of them… right?' Yuan wondered inwardly, as he was used to his incarnations making things less convenient for himself.
However, when he touched the display case, the protection on it immediately deactivated, allowing him to grab the treasure inside.
After acquiring the bottle of unknown liquid, Yuan went to see if he could get the other treasures as well, and sure enough, they were in his grasp moments later.
Sometime later, he began exploring the building to make sure he wouldn't leave anything behind.
<Congratulations! Player Yuan has become the first Player to acquire an Empyrean-grade treasure!>
<Congratulations! Player Yuan has become the first Player to acquire an Celestial-grade treasure!>
Meanwhile, his achievements were displayed in the sky for every player to see.
"It's Player Yuan! He's finally returned after many months of absence!"
Players around the world were left speechless by the announcement. Most of them are still using Earth-grade treasures, and nobody beside Yuan had information about treasures above the Divine-grade, so they didn't truly understand the massive accomplishment behind the announcement.
If one were to compare Yuan's progress to the rest of the player base, he would be at the endgame while the others were still swinging their wooden weapons at straw dummies in the starting areas.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the Third Heaven, a handsome young man was staring at the announcement with a serious expression on his face.
"Hey, Zhaohui, compared to my Divine-grade treasure, how much better is an Empyrean-grade or Celestial-grade treasure?" He asked the tall man standing beside him.
This man turned to look at him with a dumbfounded face before bursting with laughter, "Compare? They cannot even be compared! Forget about Celestial-
grade, even a thousand Divine-grade treasures could not compare to an Empyrean-grade treasure!"
And he continued, "Why are you asking such a thing? Those treasures are still far beyond your reach. Don't even dream about acquiring an Empyrean-grade treasure until we reach at least the Seventh Heaven."
"What…? Then how did he obtain such powerful treasures in the Third Heaven? How is he playing this game? I thought I was finally catching up to him with your help! Fuck!" This young man cursed out loud.
"Someone obtained a Celestial-grade treasure in the Third Heaven? Are you certain about this information?" The tall man suddenly became serious.
"A hundred percent." He gritted his teeth.
The tall man pondered for a moment before speaking, "I can only imagine one area in this trash place that could potentially have a Celestial-grade treasure— the Nameless Emperor's Tomb. However, that place is unforgiving, and even Immortals have perished there. Well, even if you go now, there's less than a month left before it closes for a few years."
"With that being said, I have an idea. Do you know what this person looks like? If you do, we can wait for him outside and steal his treasures."
The tall man had a cold smile on his face as he spoke of this suggestion.
The young man frowned, "You want to ambush him? I don't think that's a good idea, especially when I don't know his full strength."
The tall man laughed out loud, "No matter how strong he is, there is nobody in this place that can defeat me! Especially if he's someone like you!"
"Yes, he came from the same place as me, but he's special." The young man said.
The tall man then sneered with a look of disdain on his face, "Xiong Lu, when did you become such a coward? Don't disappoint me now."
The young man named Xiong Lu shivered from the tall man's deadly gaze.
"Alright, let's do it. I know what he looks like." He nodded a moment later.
"That's what I'm talking about! As long as I am here, nobody can stop us! Ahahaha!"
Meanwhile, inside the Nameless Emperor's Tomb, Yuan stood inside a certain room that had multiple shelves full of jade slips.
"What is this?" Yuan randomly picked up one of them and looked inside with his divine sense.
"..."
Sometime later, he placed the jade slip back in its spot and proceeded to stand there with a perplexed expression on his face.
"What's the matter, Brother Yuan?" Xiao Hua asked him.
"That jade slip contained Tian Xin's memories with Jin Xi," he said.
"Let me take a look at a few more."
He grabbed a few more jade slip and peered into it.
Sure enough, they were all memories of his time with Jin Xi.
"I guess he didn't spend a thousand years on this island doing nothing." Yuan sighed.
Tian Xin had filled all of the jade slips in this room with his memories with Jin Xi— every second of it.
And when Yuan watched these memories, Tian Xin's thoughts and feelings would transfer to him.
By the time Yuan finished going through all of the jade slips in the room, he'd also grown to love Jin Xi.
It was a weird experience for him, but he didn't reject these emotions.
It took Yuan almost a week to finish, leaving him with three more weeks in the Nameless Emperor's Tomb.
After putting down the last jade slip, Yuan walked out of the room without taking any of them with him, as he felt that they belonged in this place.
In the next room, he found himself standing before a round platform placed at the center of the room.
The platform was about six inches tall and five meters in diameter, and the curved surface around the platform had drawings of several dragons engraved into it.
For some unknown reason, Yuan could sense a nostalgic feeling coming from it.
After looking at it for a moment, he decided to stand on top of it.
The following moment, his figure would disappear from the room, and a pillar of light would appear above the Nameless Emperor's Tomb before piercing into the Heavens.
When he opened his eyes, Yuan found himself staring at a familiar-looking scenery.
<You have entered Ancient Dragon City>