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.

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

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

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

muscles tensed as she sprang into extreme alertness. She stared out of the cave in a worried look. "They're fast," she said under her breath. She flew up from where she stood and landed

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

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

woman simply gave me the treasure! Or is it a trap?'

Zachary hesitated. He argued whether he'd return the treasure or not. Before he

the cave, the woman was gone in a shining orange-golden

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 the Sage Level at

should leave this place before anyone sees me here, ' Zachary thought as he

one more time to make sure that no one was around

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 could get mad and kill him. Because

the quest?' Zachary

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