My Master Knows It All-Chapter 122 - 113: Searching for Treasure in the Ruins_1

Ai Yunqi watched as Xiang Ziyu, whose face couldn’t help but twitch, entered what seemed to be a true treasury, selecting one broken treasure after another.

"What’s with this kid’s choices? They’re all over the place. Is there no pattern to it?"

"That brush, not a single hair left, and he still takes it. Does he know how to repair it? Does he know how many hairs are needed?"

"That lantern, it was indeed a top-notch treasure once, the ninth generation Ancestral Elder’s treasure, with astonishing power. But now it’s so full of holes it looks like a beehive. How many forging masters have come to see it, only to give up after a glance. You’re taking that thing?"

"That embroidered ball, it’s for female cultivators. You, a man, what are you doing with an embroidered ball..."

The more Ai Yunqi watched, the more speechless he became. Looking at Xiang Ziyu, who wanted to move everything from that place, he couldn’t help but shout, "You don’t have to choose so many. The rule here is that each person can only select one treasure at a time."

"Ah? Only one piece?" Xiang Ziyu looked up in astonishment.

"Do you know who created this place?" Ai Yunqi didn’t wait for Xiang Ziyu to reply and answered his own question, "It was the founding Ancestral Elder of our Hundred Peaks Sect. The Ancestral Elder said that anyone’s treasures, once damaged, could be left here.

Any person who enters this place can also take away any piece of treasure, but with one condition, after taking a treasure, it must be restored to its original state."

"So, I can only take one treasure. I can come back for another once I’ve repaired it?" Xiang Ziyu looked down at the treasures he had painstakingly selected, his brows tightly furrowed. He wanted each and every piece he had carefully chosen.

"This mirror is really nice, and the embroidered ball too, I want them all, it’s so annoying..."

Ai Yunqi finally couldn’t resist saying, "That embroidered ball, it’s a treasure for female cultivators. Have you ever seen a male cultivator using an embroidered ball as a treasure?"

"Of course, haven’t you heard? ’The sun rises in the east, and I alone am unbeatable.’" Xiang Ziyu’s body suddenly shivered, it seemed like that Eastern predecessor also turned into a female cultivator later. A chill ran through him, and he quickly tossed the ball aside.

A moment ago he had cherished the embroidered ball, but now he was throwing it away as if it were a hot potato.

Ai Yunqi’s expression turned unpleasant, and with a cold tone, he said, "These treasures may be damaged, but they are all left by our Hundred Peaks Sect ancestors. Many of these treasures were damaged while the ancestors fought bloody battles for our sect.

They represent the history of our Hundred Peaks Sect’s battles and carry the glory of our ancestors. I hope you can respect them."

"Grandmother, I was wrong, I was just scared earlier; it wasn’t intentional." Realizing his mistake, Xiang Ziyu hurriedly ran to pick up the embroidered ball.

The ball rolled on the ground a couple of times before being stopped by something, took a light bounce, and changed its rolling direction.

"Huh, there’s another treasure here I didn’t notice."

Xiang Ziyu approached with curiosity to check it out.

A cherry-sized semi-translucent bead came into his view. While the surface of the bead was intact, the inside was rife with crisscrossing cracks. The multitude of fractures interwove in such a way that one felt a gust of wind might crumble the bead into a heap of fine dust, or even reduce it to powder.

"This bead is remarkable! It is the most severely damaged treasure I have seen here, and if it weren’t for the tossing of the embroidered ball, I wouldn’t have noticed it. Indeed! There must be some predestined arrangement at work here, this bead is the one!"

"Crack..." Ai Yunqi stumbled, crushing a stone beneath her foot, and finally understood the young boy’s pattern of selecting things—it was whatever looked most badly damaged, he would choose that, picking only the ruined over the unscathed, he...

No, this bead, this is...

Ai Yunqi suddenly flashed beside Xiang Ziyu, her face showing astonishment as she observed the severely damaged treasure bead.

"That’s right, just like this. Granny, you don’t have to say anything, I knew as soon as I saw your expression that I must have chosen the most incredible treasure here," Xiang Ziyu, seeing Ai Yunqi’s shocked face, instantly imagined, "Is it that all of you knew of such a treasure, but no matter how hard you searched, you could never find it.

Yet, as soon as I arrived, I discovered it. Don’t be so surprised, as the chosen one, this is all normal. You will get used to it in time."

"What muddled nonsense." Ai Yunqi, realizing that this disciple in front of her was somewhat abnormal, struggled to engage in more conversation only to meet someone who didn’t know how to communicate. She paused, adjusted her mindset, and then continued to speak, "This treasure bead isn’t something that nobody could find; the reason nobody took it is twofold.

Firstly, it’s too severely damaged, beyond anyone’s confidence to repair.

Secondly, do you know its origin?"

"I don’t know," Xiang Ziyu shook his head, "but now that you mention it, I realize that its provenance must be extraordinary."

Ai Yunqi continued, "Actually, this is a prayer bead."

"A prayer bead? Prayer beads shouldn’t be transparent, should they?" Xiang Ziyu muttered to himself without waiting for Ai Yunqi’s response, then confidently spoke on his own, "Indeed, as a man destined to be the protagonist, the treasures I obtain are thus unique."

Ai Yunqi completely disregarded Xiang Ziyu’s interjection, if it were not for the origin of the prayer bead before her, she would have left already. Ignoring Xiang Ziyu, she continued, "Such treasure beads total one hundred and eight in number, hence, their name is the Heavenly Gang Disha Beads. And the owner of them is..."

Ai Yunqi raised her hands towards the heavens with a face full of reverence and spoke, "Our Hundred Peaks Sect’s Ancestral Elder!"

"A treasure left by the Ancestral Elder?" Xiang Ziyu looked at the prayer bead in his hand and solemnly said, "Indeed, this is my destiny. Among so many disciples of the Hundred Peaks Sect, it was I who obtained the Ancestral Elder’s prayer bead, which signifies that the Sect’s revitalization is destined to be achieved through my hands. Granny..."

He suddenly thought of a concern, turning his head to look at Ai Yunqi, saying seriously, "These prayer beads total one hundred and eight, which means they are a set. I should also take the remaining one hundred and seven beads all at once, as they should count as one treasure."

"If they were one hundred and eight intact Heavenly Gang Disha Beads, they would be in the back courtyard, not here," Ai Yunqi sighed softly, "Of the original one hundred and eight prayer beads, only this one remains with our Hundred Peaks Sect. The whereabouts of the remaining one hundred and seven prayer beads are unknown."

"I understand," Xiang Ziyu nodded deeply, "Indeed, as a protagonist, I must face challenges. My next task is to find the remaining one hundred and seven prayer beads. I believe that soon, I will find the second prayer bead, and then the third, the fourth..."

As he spoke, he walked towards the exit, and soon returned to the front courtyard. Looking at the deserted yard, he said with puzzlement, "Eh? Has Little Beiyan not found a treasure that resonates with him after such a long time?"