Chapter 442

A Handsome Old Man said straightforwardly, "Okay, leave it to me."

The man landed on the top of the altar. With a series of clanking sounds, all his belongings fell onto the altar and were collected by A Handsome Old Man. At the same time, a rune chain reached in and extracted the man's Life Charm Book. In an instant, the man fell unconscious. A Handsome Old Man sneered, "Hehe, just as I expected. This man's Life Charm Book … has almost no weapons. It's built with Hidden Spirit Talismans to form a huge storage space. Kid, you're rich!"

Following that, the handsome old man threw that person out. A ball of talisman fire flew out and burned that person cleanly.

Guo Shi 'er asked, "What's going on?"

A Handsome Old Man said, "I don't know if this man was ordered to take the materials from the warehouse or if he stole them himself. But … that's not important. What's important is that the old man took all the materials. Haha, kid, go to the warehouse. Good things have to be taken."

Luo Zhan sighed and said, "We're so lucky. Hehe, Shier, let's go in."

Guo Shier didn't know what good things A Handsome Old Man had obtained. He guessed that it must be a big profit. Looking at A Handsome Old Man's happy face, he knew that. He pointed at the altar and it quickly shrank to the size of a palm. It flew to the top of his head and rotated slowly. Only A Handsome Old Man's head was visible. Guo Shier had to rely on his eyesight after going in, so he didn't put away the altar completely.

The two walked into the small building and found a large staircase leading underground. Guo Shier said, "Uncle Luo, let's hurry." He flew down and Luo Zhan followed closely. They went down the stairs and found a few corpses on the stairs. They didn't care and quickly went down.

After a while, they saw a huge underground hall. The hall was a mess and the floor was littered with all kinds of things, including some materials. Guo Shier didn't see the Nanqiang Patriarch or the others. There were four large tunnels in the hall, marked with runes above them.

A Handsome Old Man said, "The left tunnel!"

Guo Shier looked up and saw the words "warehouse" above the tunnel. He nodded and said, "Let's go!" The two quickly entered the tunnel.

This was a huge warehouse, and it was unknown how it was built. There were mountains of raw ores on the ground, and according to classification, each pile was a mountain. From one end to the other, they couldn't see the end. Guo Shier estimated that there were at least a thousand piles of raw ore. They still didn't see the Nanqiang Patriarch or the others.

The handsome old man said, "This is an ore that has not been refined. Although it can be collected, it is too troublesome. Let's go deeper."

Guo Shi 'er and Luo Zhan flew forward without hesitation. In just a few breaths, they saw the tunnel at the bottom and rushed in.

Guo Shier couldn't help but exclaim, "Damn, did the Gujin Clan dig the ground out?" They flew past six warehouses of raw ore and entered the seventh. Only then did Guo Shier and Luo Zhan realize that the things here were different.

They were all raw ore products. All kinds of metal gleamed. Each piece was the size of a brick from his previous life and was stacked neatly. "These are raw ore products," A Handsome Old Man said. "There should be more refined ones if we go deeper … we'll come back to collect the ones we want." The handsome old man said, "This is a metal that has just been refined. If we go further in, there should be refined ones. If there are no refined ones, we will come back to collect these."

There were three large warehouses full of basic metal materials. Guo Shier and Luo Zhan flew quickly and soon arrived at another large warehouse. Here were piles of refined metal. About one-tenth of the refined metal in one warehouse was gone. Guo Shier knew that the Nanqiang Patriarch and the others had collected it.

"Good stuff, good stuff!" A Handsome Old Man waved his hands and feet. Without waiting for Guo Shier's instructions, he flew the altar above the pile of refined metal and collected it. "Uncle Luo," Guo Shier said, "you should collect it too!"

Although Luo Zhan had a talisman storage space, it was not big. He smiled bitterly. "I can't collect much … sigh, what a pity."

Guo Shier laughed. "Don't you have a lot of talisman storage pouches? Collect as much as you can. There aren't many opportunities like this. "

Luo Zhan nodded. "Alright!" His materials had all been prepared by Guo Shier, so he was not as interested in collecting as Guo Shier. However, this was a rare opportunity, and he wanted to collect as much as he could.

Because Guo Shier had A Handsome Old Man to help him collect, he was just like Luo Zhan, holding a talisman storage pouch. Since he was picking them up for free, why not pick up a little more? After a while, everyone had collected a dozen talisman storage pouches of refined metal. A Handsome Old Man also returned with the altar.

"Kid, it's about time. I've collected every type. Let's keep going."

Guo Shier and Luo Zhan flew toward another tunnel. There were only two warehouses for refined metal. When Guo Shier and Luo Zhan reached the last warehouse, they finally saw the Nanqiang Patriarch and the others. They were also busy collecting.

A Handsome Old Man did not say much. He controlled the altar and began collecting.

The Nanqiang Patriarch looked up and could not help but gape. Guo Shier's altar was very abnormal. Countless tentacles extended from it, and wherever they flew past, everything would be wiped clean. Not even an ant would be able to find a single one. Not only was it fast, but it was also very cunning. It looked for special metal piles, and one after another, the metal piles disappeared.

After watching for a while, the Nanqiang Patriarch finally came to his senses. "Everyone, hurry up, or else Patriarch Guo will take them all!"

Guo Shier flew over and said, "Patriarch, you guys were here first … you've taken much more than me!" He purposely spoke to the Nanqiang Patriarch because his altar was controlled by A Handsome Old Man, so he did not have to worry about it. But the Nanqiang Patriarch was different. He had to do it himself. Even though he was a five-level altar master, he did not have a powerful guardian spirit.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the Nanqiang Patriarch realized something was wrong. "Ah, I've been tricked!" He ignored Guo Shier and rushed back to the metal piles to continue collecting. He knew that once the clan took over in a few days, even he, the Patriarch, would not be able to take it as he pleased.

Luo Zhan followed, laughing happily. Guo Shier was indeed very cunning. There was more than one type of metal in the warehouse. Some were precious, while others were ordinary. It all depended on one's taste and collection speed. This delay had caused the Nanqiang Patriarch to collect much less.

Guo Shier did not collect himself. Instead, he flew around the warehouse to investigate.

There were many small doors on the side. Guo Shi 'er looked around and found that most of the rooms were for resting, eating, sleeping, and working rooms. Soon, he found a small black door. He landed and pushed the door open, only to find that it was locked.

With a flick of his finger, an illusory talisman flew out. With a soft bang, the door opened. Guo Shier walked in. Luo Zhan followed him in.

The room was not big. There were talisman lamps on the walls and hundreds of talisman pouches on a wooden shelf. Guo Shier's eyes flashed with excitement. He picked up a talisman pouch and looked inside. He was overjoyed. It was actually colored gold, a thousand pieces of colored gold. Without a word, he began to sweep through the pouches. In a short while, he had collected nearly two hundred talisman pouches.

Luo Zhan smiled and said softly, "We've made a profit."

Guo Shier nodded. "Let's keep looking." He dashed out of the room and flew along the walls. A few minutes later, he saw another small black door. He rushed in. He was unlucky this time. Although there was a wooden shelf, it was empty. The talisman pouches had been taken.

He found a total of seven small black doors. Two of them had talisman pouches, while the other five were empty. They should have been taken by the people of the Gujin Family.

A Handsome Old Man came back with the altar. "Unfortunately, we can't take them all." Both A Handsome Old Man and Guo Shier understood this. After all, these were the spoils of the Gunan Family. If they took them all, it would be too embarrassing. Moreover, the space for talismans was limited. So, A Handsome Old Man stopped after collecting a part of the pouches.

After retrieving the altar, Guo Shier put all the talisman pouches into the space inside the altar. A Handsome Old Man was pleasantly surprised. There were many precious metal materials inside. Moreover, they were all refined and could be used directly.

As a professional, collecting materials was the most important task. As long as one reached the altar level, they would spend most of their time collecting materials and searching for souls. Only then would they have enough materials to build an altar and refine a sacrificial artifact. But collecting materials with one's own strength was very difficult.

If one had the support of a family, it would be much easier to collect materials. So, even though many altar level experts liked to wander around, as long as they found a suitable family, they would serve as a guest for a period of time. Their goal was to collect materials.

The Nanqiang Ancestor said, "Alright, let's go somewhere else. The experts of the family should have entered the city. Hehe, this time's harvest is not bad. Let's go." The group happily followed the Nanqiang Ancestor.

A moment later, the group arrived outside the White House. At this time, a large group of disciples from the Gunan Family had arrived. Nan You stepped forward and gave some orders. Immediately, the disciples guarded the White House.

If such an important place wasn't protected, everything inside would be plundered within a day. No matter how big the storage was, it would be useless.

There were many warehouses in this city. Most of the raw ores produced by the Pure Gold Vein were transported here to be purified before being shipped out. The Pure Gold Vein was one of the most important veins of the Gujin Family. It had been developed for nearly a thousand years and was a very mature mining area.

After visiting a few warehouses, Guo Shier found that most of the high quality ores had been swept clean. They could only choose ordinary refined ores. Even so, A Handsome Old Man was grinning from ear to ear. The altar's space was almost full. The core of his altar was Gumelion. Just Gumelion's space alone was several times larger than that of an average Altar expert. Even with the altar's own space, such a large space was not enough.

A Handsome Old Man said, "I need some time to purify the materials. That way, I can make room. Luckily, I have the Cabbage Pearl. Otherwise, I really wouldn't know how to purify it. This is too much." Obtaining too many ores at once was a pain. It took a lot of time to purify them.

Guo Shi 'er smiled and said, "Having refined materials is always better than nothing."

The Nanqiang Ancestor said, "We're almost done. Let's go to their headquarters. Hehe." He was clearly in a good mood. Everyone agreed. This time, everyone had a good harvest. They were very satisfied. They followed the Nanqiang Ancestor to the Gujin Family's headquarters in the city.

Very quickly, all of the Altar Experts above the Grand Elder level had gathered at the headquarters. Everyone here was a member of the Gunan clan. The disciples of the Gujin Family had long since escaped.

Guo Shier saw an elder Great Saint Master and asked, "How many disciples of the Gujin Family have you captured?"

The Great Saint Master looked at Guo Shier and then at the medallion on his belt. His face changed as he respectfully said, "Ancestor, I'll go ask." He didn't dare say that he didn't know.

The Great Saint Master next to him said, "I know. Right now, we only have a rough estimate."