Poor temple, rich abbot.
This was Zuo Yi's first thought when he entered the treasury of the Serais Royal Family.
Although the Serais Kingdom could not be said to be poor and had inherited part of the Radiant Empire's heritage, it was nothing in Zuo Yi's eyes. It had a population of 30 to 40 million, and most of them were concentrated in the capital and a few major cities.
Due to the threat of the Orcs, the millions of square kilometers of land of Serais had very few developed areas. The economic level was backward, and the traditional nobles and professionals occupied the upper echelons. The entire society lacked the vitality to progress.
However, this did not prevent the Serais Royal Family from having amazing wealth.
The royal treasury hidden deep underground was extremely large and built very firmly. The ground and walls were engraved with complex magic arrays, and the dense copper pillars supported the high dome.
Between the copper pillars were huge cabinets, and countless rare treasures were placed in the cabinets.
All the items were displayed according to gold and silver coins, jewelry, weapons and equipment, magic items, precious materials, mysterious unknown, and so on. For example, weapons and equipment were divided into swords, axes, shields, armors, and so on.
Excluding gold and silver coins, jewelry, and the like, there were more than 50,000 weapons, equipment, and magic items!
This number was undoubtedly shocking. It must be known that the items that were qualified to be placed in the treasury were all high-grade treasures. These treasures were mainly used by the king to reward meritorious generals or as national gifts.
Zuo Yi had saved Serais with his own strength, so King Sarsos generously opened the treasury for him to choose from.
If he did not win over Zuo Yi, then the next time the Orcs came back, who would save him?
Zuo Yi strolled in the treasury accompanied by the beautiful Princess Elaine, listening to Elaine's introduction while admiring the dazzling array of treasures in the treasury.
He found that the princess knew the royal treasury like the back of her hand. She talked about the items in the treasury clearly and logically.
Moreover, when Zuo Yi's gaze fell on an item for a little longer, she would enthusiastically introduce the name, characteristics, use, and even origin of the item to Zuo Yi!
This surprised Zuo Yi, "You are very familiar with this place."
Princess Elaine pursed her lips and said with a smile, "I often came here to play when I was very young. One of my teachers was once a royal appraiser and was in charge of appraising the items in the treasury."
The princess had a very strong memory. She could remember most of the information about the items here. In fact, she had even participated in the sorting of the treasury.
Zuo Yi suddenly understood.
This was probably the reason why Sassos sent Elaine to accompany him. Of course, he couldn't rule out the possibility that the king had other intentions.
With this "humanoid database", Zuo Yi did not have to search blindly in the huge treasure vault. He quickly locked on to the materials and mysterious items that he browsed.
Zuo Yi was completely indifferent to gold, silver, and jewelry. His standards were not that low, and the weapons and equipment of the Wild World were not worth mentioning to him. Therefore, only these two types of things could arouse his interest.
Soon, a black meteorite attracted Zuo Yi's attention.
This meteorite was about the size of a watermelon. Its surface was bumpy and full of traces of melting. Under the illumination of the treasury's wall lamps, it glowed with a metallic light.
It was this familiar light that caused Zuo Yi to be stunned.
"This is a meteorite from the plateau …"
Elaine glanced at the label and introduced, "It was found by a shepherd more than two hundred years ago. It was offered to the royal family as a gift from the gods. At that time, the royal craftsmen wanted to forge it into a weapon, but they found that no matter how fierce the furnace fire was, it could not be melted, so it was placed here."
Zuo Yi said without hesitation, "I want it."
Elaine was slightly surprised. She did not understand why Zuo Yi did not care for so many valuable treasures but chose this unmeltable meteorite.
She smiled and said, "Of course, as long as you like it."
Zuo Yi nodded and waved his hand to put the meteorite into his spatial ring.
He was very satisfied. He felt that this trip was not in vain!
Because this meteorite was not simple. It was Meteorite Core Iron!
The so-called Meteorite Core Iron referred to the core metal of meteorites. It was one of the top materials to forge law weapons and rune weapons.
This kind of meteorite iron was rare, and the price was also extremely expensive in the world of Sadeya.
Zuo Yi had a Meteorite Dagger made of Meteorite Core Iron. In the decisive battle with Sauron, the King of the Abyss, he once relied on the Meteorite Dagger to severely injure his opponent at a critical moment, forcing Sauron to use a big move that would perish together with him.
Zuo Yi originally also had some Meteorite Core Iron, but it paled in comparison to this one.
He had never seen such a large piece of meteorite core iron before. Its value was at least half of the total value of this treasury!
It was a pity that no one in Seres knew about it, and no one could forge Meteorite Core Iron, so it was left here to collect dust for a hundred years.
Now that it fell into Zuo Yi's hands, it was time for it to shine!
In fact, Zuo Yi had already thought of the use of this Meteorite Core Iron, which was to forge a peerless weapon for Gu Yunxi.
A Meteorite Sword!
At this moment, Princess Irene, who was standing at the side, keenly felt the change in Zuo Yi's mood. She was more curious and couldn't help but ask, "Your Excellency, is this meteorite very precious?"
"Yes."
Zuo Yi didn't lie, "It's very useful. It's the material I need."
"That's great."
Princess Irene not only didn't feel distressed, but she was very happy, "It's good that you can use it."
When she was assigned this task, her father and mother repeatedly told her that she must make Zuo Yi satisfied.
She wasn't afraid of Zuo Yi plundering the treasury, but she was afraid that Zuo Yi wouldn't like anything.
Just now, Zuo Yi's indifference made the princess worried, but now she was finally relieved.
She continued to accompany Zuo Yi to choose treasures.
There weren't many materials in the royal treasury, and most of them weren't in Zuo Yi's eyes. In addition to this Meteorite Core Iron, he also took a few pieces of Magic Gold.
Magical Alchemy Gold was refined using magic. A hundred kilograms of gold could only be refined into about a hundred grams of Magical Alchemy Gold. It was the best material for making magic equipment, and it had a strong affinity with magic.
Zuo Yi tested it and found that this metal was also very suitable for making rune equipment, so he took a little.
Finally, he came to the mysterious items area.
The number of mysterious items in the royal treasury was the least. There were only a few hundred of them. No one could identify these items, and they didn't know their origin and use. However, they all had extraordinary attributes, so they were treasured.
Zuo Yi was the most interested in these items, so he carefully selected them one by one and found a few good things.
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