Treasure Hunting

"I... I'm here to protect you," Zachary said seriously. He believed that the treasure indicated by the system was either the woman herself or something that she carried with her.

"Protect me? You?" the woman asked Zachary mockingly, as if Zachary had just told her a joke that was not at all funny.

"You do not believe me?" Zachary felt crestfallen. When he first entered the cave, he did notice that the aura of the woman was unusually strong, maybe even stronger than that of Lewis. This confused him. 'If she is really that strong, why is it that she seemed to be trapped in here?' he wondered.

"I was ambushed," the woman said suddenly, as if she could read Zachary's mind.

Zachary felt shivers run down his spine. After a moment of shock, he then probed her, "People's desires are insatiable. Everyone wants your treasure."

"How do you know I have a treasure with me?" the woman asked startled.

"I was just guessing," Zachary said smiling.

"Then you have to die. I originally planned to let you go," the woman said seriously.

"Are you sure you can pull it off?" Zachary said confidently as he smiled and then crossed his arms in front of him. He reasoned that the woman was likely injured. If she was not injured, then she would not be inside the cave. She would have fled instead if she was not injured.

'He seems perceptive. And he was not intimidated by me at all. Though he is only at the Mortal Level, he might not be as weak as he appears to be, ' she pondered. She immediately noticed the robe that Zachary was wearing. "Are

at his own robe. He had almost forgotten that he was wearing the uniform of a formal disciple.

a huge sect, it is still well known. I believe its

as she sprang into extreme alertness. She stared out of the cave in a worried look. "They're fast," she said under her breath.

him. In the blink of an eye, the barely-clothed beautiful figure stood mere inches away in front of him. And because she wasn't

the treasure is yours." She flipped her hand, and a scroll made of beast hide and sealed with wax appeared. She pushed the scroll into his robe and shocked him. He still barely grasped the meaning of

was surprised. 'Am I really so lucky? This beautiful woman simply gave me

by the idea, Zachary hesitated. He argued whether he'd return the treasure or not. Before he arrived at

wait..." When Zachary got out of the cave, the woman was gone

I should have asked her to give me more treasures!" Zachary murmured to himself. He felt extremely lucky. If the woman really intended to kill him, he would have been dead already. Perhaps she was truly seriously injured, but she didn't need too much effort to kill someone at the Mortal Level. The woman had a golden-orange light radiating from her body. It was something that warriors at the Sage Level had. The warriors at the Imperial Level had an orange-colored light. Lewis, the leader of the Welkin Sect, hadn't reached the Sage Level yet. He was only at the Imperial Level. It was extremely hard for a warrior at a higher cultivation level to make a breakthrough. Some could be stuck at a level for decades. And yet the woman reached

' Zachary thought as he fled using the Shadow Pace.

reached a place where he felt safe. He looked around one more time

of treasure is this? Should I open it? It is a treasure that a warrior at the Sage Level was guarding with her life," Zachary said to himself. However, the woman said that she might come back for the scroll.

Have I completed the quest?' Zachary wondered and then

a special award, a Strength Pill, on top of the usual