He Yuzhou knelt beside Zhou Nianchu's corpse and searched it carefully for a moment. Aside from a few common Healing Elixirs, he found nothing.
He straightened up, his brow furrowed slightly.
Leng Qianqiu said in a grave voice, "Heart Devourer was as cunning as a fox. He knew full well the danger of carrying a treasure. Whatever he took from the Earth Element Cave must be extraordinary. He would never have kept it on his person. He's probably hidden the truly valuable items somewhere."
Hearing this, Shi Zhenyue, who was standing nearby, looked even more grim.
The treasures accumulated in the Earth Element Cave represented years of the Xuanjia Sect's hard work. More importantly, they were a major part of the tribute owed to the Celestial Treasure Upper Sect. If everything was lost, the Xuanjia Sect would not only be severely weakened but would also have no way to answer to the Upper Sect.
