Transmigration: Lady Chi Woos The Ice cold Professor Jun
Chapter 485: Of all the treasures.

Chapter 485: Of all the treasures.

Despite her pathetic wails in her mind which no one could hear but her, the system mercilessly gave her the mission.

Urgent mission: Another part of the treasure map has been discovered, please claim it immediately.

Time limit: Ten minutes.

Failure: Being paralyzed from the waist down for one month.

Reward: Five drones, a map to an almost depleted gold mine. [It will not make you massively wealthy but it can give you a small fortune.]

As they were allowed inside the very large treasure vault after all protective measures were deactivated, Muyang led her inside by the hand. The old madam was curious about what types of treasure were inside so she also followed.

"What are you going to pick?" Muyang asked her.

"Something that is not my type." she replied. She had just set foot inside of a vault with items that cost millions, hundreds of millions for some. Other treasures carried so much history that they were invaluable and yet she could only pick out what the system wanted her to pick. She was not going to be paralyzed from the waist down, that was not the way she wanted to spend one whole month of her life. She consoled herself by reminding herself about all the wealth that she had accumulated through the system. She would make more later, today was not her lucky day.

All sorts of treasures filled the vault from the usual things which you expected to see like gold, diamond, rubies, and gems. Then you had precious robes worn by different emperors throughout the many years. The historical and economic value of these robes was quite significant. She saw paintings, precious herbs that were dried, some of them had come from plants that had gone extinct over the years. Jewelries, so many small mountains of jewelries. Porcelains, pearls, swords, shields, lanterns, calligraphy, ancient books and many other things. Some were sealed in glass cases, others in locked boxes, some simply sat on shelves or the floor and others were sealed within chests. Some of the things in here did not originate from their empire, they belonged to other empires or kingdoms. If she did not have a system she would not have recognized them. The emperor too was probably not expecting her to recognize them either.

The one thing that caught her eye the most was a very large round red gem encrusted egg. It was one of the treasures that was shielded inside a glass case. It was placed high on a pedestal in a transparent bowl. She approached it and touched the glass case. What was it, she wondered.

"The divine egg of Shenlong." Muyang told her.

She raised her head and saw him standing right there next to her. She looked at him and then back at the divine egg of Shenlong. "That’s a dragon, right?" she asked.

"Yes." he answered. "The master of rain and bringer of storms. The egg has been passed down from one emperor to another. It was only exhibited once on the opening of the new national royal museum fifty years ago. That very night thieves broke in and attempted to steal the egg. They were killed in the attempt and the egg was secured never to be seen again. It is valued at two billion currently and every year that passes, the price goes up."

Chi Lian’s eyes widened at the value of the egg and her hand that was pressing against the case applied more pressure. She felt Muyang’s hand on her shoulder, pressing slightly. "My wife, be careful," he told her. "We may be able to afford the egg financially but historically...the egg has been around for six hundred years. Of course nobody has ever been able to confirm that fact." It was if the egg had hypnotized her and she could not look away from it. She wanted to touch it and maybe shake it to see if there was something inside. Was it a real egg or an artificial one?

"You have two minutes left, that egg is not on the list for crying out loud, come back to your senses. You can come back later and steal it if you want it that badly." she heard T4 making a ruckus in her mind.

She felt a tingling sensation and some heat within her legs and she quickly spun around in a panic, "That clock, I pick the clock." she yelled and pointed at it.

Her choice of treasure surprised not just Muyang and the old madam but the guards too. Of all the things in the treasury that could have been chosen, she picked the old clock which had no significance except for being a gift the former dead emperor got from a friend. She could have walked out with a suitcase full of jewelry, gold, diamonds, old coins that were worth a fortune, medical books that the world had never seen, the first rumored written heart sutra of Buddha. But the clock!!! the guard in charge of the vault thought about all these things in shock.

"Are you sure Chi-Chi?" the old madam asked her.

She shrugged and said, "The only thing I want of value is not the list." she pointed at the egg. "I might as well pick anything."

"It’s not the list." the guard that protected the vault said unsurely. "But it’s not worth much anyway so the emperor probably won’t mind." He thought that it was better for the expensive things to remain anyway. "Let me make call."

One minute later they were escorted out of the vault and Muyang was carrying an old grandfather clock.

Ding! she heard. [Congratulations on accomplishing your mission host.] she saw the words on her virtual screen.

"Yeah yeah." she mumbled in her head.

"At least you have more drones now." T4 said. "You can use one of them to monitor the Yan family as you please. You can even leave one here in the palace to keep an eye on the crown princess."

"Do it." she replied immediately. Now that she thought about it, she was glad that the clock was in the vault, the drones were more important than any other treasure in the vault. As for the egg, it was not as if she could hatch a real dragon from it anyway, all it was good for was it’s beauty. She consoled herself like this all the way to the car.

The car which brought them to the royal palace was the same one which was to return them home, even the driver was the same. The trunk in which Yi Sijui had been placed on the way to the palace was the same one which now contained the old grandfather clock.

The moment they sat inside, the old madam sighed so loudly, "I am so glad that we are out of the palace," she mumbled.

"It can be quite suffocating and scary." Chi Lian whispered.

"Why did you pick the old clock though?" she asked her.

"I am curious too." Muyang said.

"Because it’s also a treasure.’ she replied.

"No way," the old madam disagreed, "Eating with royalty does not make one royal. Just because the old clock was stored with all those treasures does not make it a treasure. I saw a book in there with old skin care recipes, it was probably written for women in the royal family. Over time, they have always had secret ways to maintain their beauty, especially when harems still existed."

"You have the skin of a twenty year old grandma." Chi Lian replied, "You don’t need those recipes, I will take care of your skin really well."

They discussed more of the treasures they had seen in the vault and soon the car arrived. Just before they walked away the driver handed Chi Lian a piece of paper, "You have been reminded to keep the contents of the treasury to yourselves. The emperor has also asked me to tell you that since you did not pick any valuable treasure, you can have the recipe for the almond jelly cookies."

"Thank you." Chi Lian looked at the paper with a smile on her face. She went inside the house happily ready to hand the recipe over to the chef. She had picked up two treasures, the clock which would lead her to a real treasure and the cookie recipe. It was a great day all in all.

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