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 is only at the Mortal Level, he might not be as weak as he appears to be, ' she pondered. She immediately noticed the robe

robe. He had almost forgotten that he was wearing the uniform of a formal

Sect isn't a huge sect, it is still well known. I believe its disciples should be

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

stood mere inches away in front of him. And because she wasn't properly clothed, he could still see the

will chase after me. Take that chance to escape. Help me hide the treasure. If I don't come to find you in three months, 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

so lucky? This beautiful woman simply gave me the treasure! Or is it

He argued whether he'd return the treasure or not. Before he arrived at a

cave, the woman was gone in

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 the Sage Level at such

anyone sees me here, ' Zachary thought as he fled using the

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

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. If she found out that he opened it, she

completed the quest?'

award, a Strength Pill, on top of the usual