I Can See Through Ev Chapter 668

“A supre-grade Spiritual Artifact of the spatial type…”

The white-haired elder stood suspended in the air, feeling the lingering ripples of space as they gradually dissipated.

His expression was ugly, yet beneath it lay sheer astonishnt.

That silver flying vessel had shattered his spatial hand—its power unmistakably belonged to the level of a supre-grade Spiritual Artifact.

Even he, as Patriarch of the Gongshu Clan, had never possessed such a treasure.

The only supre-grade Spiritual Artifact of their clan had long been taken away by their wandering ancestor, who was traveling among other great worlds. As Patriarch, he himself had never been qualified to wield it.

And in this relentless chase across spatial transference, he had finally confird one thing.

The thief behind the ghost-face mask was indeed no more than a cultivator of the Golden Core Realm.

From beginning to end, he had never once sensed a shred of Nascent Soul–level power from that man.

Yet this Golden Core cultivator wielded strength sufficient to slay Nascent Soul experts… and even controlled a supre-grade spatial artifact!

Such a ridiculous truth left the white-haired elder shaken to the core.

“Could it be… this man is that sa fiend who slew Zheng all those years ago? No… their divine soul aura is different!”

The elder couldn’t help but think of one person.

Back during the calamity at Sacred Tianxu Mountain, a fiend in the Golden Core Realm had slain multiple Nascent Soul cultivators. Even their clan’s most talented youth, Gongshu Zheng, had fallen beneath that fiend’s hand.

In the aftermath, every great power across the world had issued sky-high bounties for the fiend’s head.

Could this assassin have co specifically to exact vengeance?

But no… according to those who had faced him back then, that fiend’s fleshly body had been unimaginably strong, surpassing even Nascent Soul cultivators.

This assassin, however, fought like a pure sword cultivator—his sword qi astonishing, his ans strange and unpredictable. The two were entirely different. Even their divine soul auras bore no resemblance.

The only common thread was that both possessed mysterious spatial artifacts, and both could wield spatial transference while still in the Golden Core Realm.

What struck him most was the sword qi unleashed earlier. It bore uncanny similarity to the legendary secret sword qi of a certain sacred sword sect.

“First a fiend with an impossibly strong flesh body, now a sword cultivator suspected of being from the Heaven-Shattering Sword Sect—both capable of slaying Nascent Souls while in the Golden Core Realm, both wielding mighty spatial artifacts… Could they originate from the sa hidden power?”

His thoughts churned. A shadow of dread rose within him.

Sowhere deep in his heart, he felt as if so enormous upheaval was looming.

And this brazen assassination within Zhou Tian City—the slaying of several Nascent Soul cultivators, followed by the assassin’s unhurried escape—was a devastating blow to the Gongshu Clan. It might even jeopardize their standing in the next ranking of the Thirty-Six High Clans.

So many changes at once filled him with a suffocating sense of storm clouds gathering.

He stood silently in the sky for a ti, then sighed. With a ripple of space, his figure vanished.

After more than ten leaps of spatial transference, he finally returned to Zhou Tian City.

“Father, how was it? What of that thief?”

The mont he appeared, the Patriarch’s son—the Second Branch’s head—and several of the clan’s elders rushed to et him. Other Nascent Soul cultivators also turned to listen.

“Back to the inner city first. We’ll speak there.”

The elder did not answer directly. Instead, he flew straight toward the inner city.

The other Gongshu elders exchanged uneasy glances. A bad premonition stirred in their hearts. But none pressed further—they followed him back to the inner city in silence.

Monts later, a light curtain rose. The Zhou Tian Star Array reactivated, once more covering the entire city. Yet this ti, many Nascent Soul cultivators noticed that its suppressive power seed weaker than before.

Coupled with the assassin’s escape and the Patriarch’s empty-handed return, speculation spread like wildfire among the outer city’s Nascent Souls.

“The assassin escaped. I could not catch him.”

When the Zhou Tian Star Array had stabilized, the elder finally spoke.

“Father… how can that be?”

Though they had half-suspected it already, hearing the words aloud left the Gongshu elders stunned. They knew full well their father’s might—a five-tribulation Nascent Soul who had comprehended the Dao of Space and mastered spatial transference.

Such strength ranked him among the most formidable even within his tier. Yet he had still failed.

“What happened?” they demanded inwardly.

“The thief held a supre-grade spatial artifact. He lured

away, then used it to tear open space and flee. Though I too have grasped the Dao of Space, my transference is limited in range. I could not pursue.”

He withheld nothing, telling them the truth.

A supre-grade spatial artifact!

The elders drew sharp breaths. Now they understood why their father had returned empty-handed.

Artifacts of that level could leap across vast distances, even shatter the mbranes of great worlds. Not even their Patriarch could follow.

Still, the damage was done. Their clan’s prestige had taken a crippling blow. Once the news spread, waves of slander would surely rise against them.

“I know what you’re all thinking. But that is secondary. There is sothing far more important I must tell you.”

The elder’s grave tone silenced them. All straightened, sensing his foreboding.

No one outside knew what they discussed next. But from that day forward, Zhou Tian City’s defenses grew more stringent. Entry and exit now required identification tokens. Any without one would be slain as demons on sight.

anwhile, on a quiet street, the owner of a small pill shop was startled to find that the weapon-forging store opposite never opened its doors again.

…

Far from Zhou Tian City—across countless leagues, beyond continents—in the high skies above an unknown land.

A vortex of space opened. A silver flying boat erged.

Lu Qing stepped out swiftly, storing away the Void Flying Boat. Activating several teleportation talismans in succession, he then descended into a forested mountain, found a cave, and concealed his aura.

Only after a long wait, finding no disturbance outside, did he exhale in relief.

He was not worried about the Gongshu Patriarch catching up.

With the Void Flying Boat’s might, the distance of its leaps was far beyond pursuit—even a five-tribulation Nascent Soul could never close the gap.

What he feared was that the boat’s ripples might draw the attention of so unfathomable existence nearby. Though the chance was slim, he had chosen caution.

Now that all was calm, he could finally relax.

“That was far too close…”

He chuckled to himself. To the Gongshu Clan, it must seem as though he had been endlessly cunning—slipping into Zhou Tian City, assassinating Gongshu Lian, cutting down several Nascent Souls, outwitting their elders, and even escaping a five-tribulation powerhouse.

But only Lu Qing knew how dangerous each step had been. One misstep, and he would have been caught.

It was only thanks to the secret stone tablet in his possession that he had dared such risks. Without it, not even with borrowed courage would he have attempted so bold an assassination beneath the very noses of Nascent Soul experts.

Yet in the end, his gamble had paid off richly.

He swept his divine sense across the Li Huo Cauldron and the Heaven and Earth One Qi Bag, his spirits surging with excitent.

He first laid down a Concealnt Array with dozens of talismans, then released Xiao Li.

“Ah—Ah Qing! I-I saw… so many Spirit Stones inside the cauldron!”

The little beast leapt at him, stamring with excitent.

“That’s from the Gongshu Clan’s treasury. Not just the Li Huo Cauldron—the Heaven and Earth One Qi Bag also holds plenty.” Lu Qing smiled.

When emptying the Second Branch treasury, he had directly used both artifacts to sweep it clean.

Now, both the Li Huo Cauldron and the Heaven and Earth One Qi Bag brimd with spoils.

“There’s more in the One Qi Bag? Ah Qing, you emptied their vault?”

Xiao Li’s eyes went round.

During the infiltration, Lu Qing had hidden the Li Huo Cauldron’s aura as well. The little beast had no idea what had transpired in the city.

“Only one branch’s vault, not the Gongshu Clan’s main treasury.”

Lu Qing explained casually.

“Not even the main treasury…?” Xiao Li was dumbfounded.

Earlier, rolling among those mountains of Spirit Stones inside the cauldron had already left it shocked beyond words. Now it learned that was just one branch’s hoard.

“I never imagined the Gongshu Clan was this wealthy. Co—we should go count it properly.”

He glanced around the cave, then at the treasures he carried, and made his decision.

“Yes, yes!”

Xiao Li’s tail wagged furiously. It had been dragged away before finishing its romp in the Spirit Stone mountain. Now it could return.

Together, they entered the Li Huo Cauldron’s inner space.

There, before a glittering mountain of stones radiating dense spiritual essence, stood a familiar figure: Yan, the cauldron’s spirit.

“Master.”

Yan ca forward the mont Lu Qing stepped in. Behind him, Xiao Li dove headlong into the mountain of stones, sending cascades of Spirit Stones clattering down and flooding the space with even richer spiritual aura.

“Master, our harvest this ti is beyond asure.”

Yan could not help but sigh.

Unlike Xiao Li, Yan knew exactly where these Spirit Stones had co from—he had helped collect them during the raid.

“Yes… I hadn’t expected this much.”

Lu Qing’s heart surged as he looked upon the glittering mountain.

When he first snuck into the inner city, he hadn’t even considered robbing the treasury. It was only after glimpsing the vault’s location within Qiu Rong’s soul mories that he had seized the chance.

That sudden whim had yielded the greatest prize of all.

“Yan, have you counted them yet? How many Spirit Stones are there?”

Though the vault had contained many other treasures, Spirit Stones were what he valued most. With them, he could break through his limits and step into higher realms of cultivation.

“I have.”

Yan nodded. As the cauldron’s spirit, he commanded this space. Counting such things was effortless.

“There are precisely 383,546 dium-grade Spirit Stones.”

“Three hundred… eighty-three thousand…”

Even prepared as he was, Lu Qing still drew a sharp breath at the number.

It was staggering.

And the One Qi Bag still held another pile—smaller, but still substantial.

His original goal had been a re hundred thousand Spirit Stones. Now he had multiplied that severalfold in a single stroke.

“With this… I won’t need to worry about Spirit Stones for a long, long ti.”

Excitent coursed through him.

With such wealth, he could not only break through into the Ninth Transformation of the Golden Core, but also sustain himself through the Nascent Soul stage and beyond without ever fearing shortage.

“The Gongshu Clan is truly obscenely rich. If just one branch’s vault holds such treasure… what must their main treasury contain?”

Lu Qing could not help but imagine.

Yet he was mistaken. The Second Branch was renowned for its business dealings, managing countless industries and profits. Their vault was unmatched by the other branches. Most others would have held barely a tenth as much.

And still, there was more.

Yan lifted a hand. A treasure box appeared within his grasp.