CH 369

369: Greed

Margaret and Matheson[notes] weren’t as lucky and didn’t end up in the same area.

Margaret had to kick a man who tried to sexually harass her against a wall. She clapped her hands and looked at the burial chamber she had just entered.

She would write her name upside down if it was the chamber for the sea god.

Speaking of which, where were the others?

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The door had been closed for many years, so when it did open a huge amount of dust flew out.

Feng Wu waved her hand and use a qi shield to protect her and Zo from all the dust.

“The door is open!”

“All the good stuff in there is Z’s! No one better compete with me for them!”

“Artifact! There must be an artifact in there!”

The light that shone out was like a switch serving to pull out all their human greed.

“The Heart of Water! It must be inside. I’m going to find it! It’s all mine. No one better steal it from me!” Madness sparked in Zo’s eyes. Feng Wu was in his way, so he shoved her aside.

Feng Wu frowned at this and she sent a spark of Xiao Chun’s power into Zo’s forehead.

Zo was confused. What just happened?

“Are you OK?” Feng Wu patted his face in concern.

“What’s going on?” There was a hint of horror in Zo’s eyes when he noticed the crazed crowd around them.

“You were controlled by the greed in your heart. You are indeed a human with fish lips. Except for Feng Wu, the silly girl has no greed in her heart, everyone else here was affected. It’s no wonder, you’ve all got greed in your hearts,” Rui Baby said, disdainful of the crazed crowd. He bit Feng Wu’s hair as he remained seated atop her head.

“Greed! There was a problem with the light just now!”

There had been a light that shone on everyone after the door was opened. Zo remembered it felt like he’d fallen into a trance and lost his mind for a moment.

“Of course. That light can magnify the greed in people’s hearts. That is to say, the light would have magnified your greed a hundredfold. With you, there was greed, but there wasn’t any malice, so the impact wasn’t as bad.

But those other people, you see them? It’s not just the greed in their hearts that’s been magnified, their malice is magnified as well. Their thoughts are violent. They’re already thinking about killing other people to get the treasure.”

A bunch of people were in a scuffle at the entrance trying to block each other from entering. Each one of them felt the treasure belonged to them alone. Therefore anyone who entered it was trying to steal their treasure so they had to die.

A fierce battle was underway by the gate. People were injured and bleeding, yet no one cried out in pain.

“Xiao Chun!” The pure white, ancient sword appeared in Feng Wu’s hand.

Xiao Chun was already drooling, having felt the suffocation air in the place. If it weren’t for Feng Wu, he would have already rushed out.

“Go and wake them.” Feng Wu said to Xiao Chun.

Zo looked curiously at the spirit sword. It had such a strong intelligent, spiritual aura. Was it a holy level weapon?

Zo’s family wasn’t without holy artifacts, so he wasn’t a stranger to them, but this was the first time he saw one so full of spiritual energy and intelligence.

Obviously swords didn’t possess emotions, but despite this Zo felt the disappointment coming from the sword, as though it wanted to enjoy a big meal but was only told it could have a light snack.

Did a sword need to eat? Zo shook his head, thinking he must surely be hallucinating.

In fact Xiao Chun did want to eat a big meal, but he didn’t dare disobey Feng Wu, so he could only go about releasing his energy in bits and pieces, just enough so the people could awaken from their dream of greed and malice.

Xiao Chun deserved his reputation as the most pure and flawless artifact. With just a tiny bit of effort, he was able to release the group from their insanity.

“What was wrong with me?!”

“Wha?! Who attacked me?!”

“Whoever injured me better fess up! I promise not to kill you!”

“Ouch! What asshole dared stab me in the butt?!”

Of the ten people there, eight were injured. They didn’t remember how they got injured, but they were horrified. Any later and they would have been halfway to death!

“There has to be something wrong with the light from earlier!”

Not being stupid, they quickly figured out the connection.

“I think so too. I don’t know what it is, but I got dizzy after I saw it. I don’t remember what happened afterwards.”

“Me too! That light is really is insidious!”

“That’s strange. Why are you two uninjured?”

In a group of bloodied and injured people, it was hard not to notice the only two people unaffected. They didn’t have a spot of blood on them. Heck, their clothes weren’t even wrinkled. It was obvious something was up with them.

Zo and Feng Wu caught everyone’s attention.

“Did you do this? The two of you were fine while the rest of us lost consciousness. Is it because you want the treasures for yourselves so you deliberately harmed us?!” The female magician who confronted Feng Wu earlier yelled out.

She had wanted to kill Feng Wu since the incident earlier, so of course she wasn’t going to let the current opportunity go to waste. This girl had embarrassed her in front of so many people.

“Huh. You actually dare.” Zo wanted to laugh in her face. The woman was so annoying. He didn’t want to live in hatred, so he rarely hated anyone, but this woman tested his limits. He would wholeheartedly agree with Feng Wu if she wanted to kill the woman.

“I did not. . . ” Feng Wu replied back seriously.