In fact, there are many powerful divine beasts or ferocious beasts with feathers. Ji Yuan was just an ordinary office worker in his previous life, and he majored in science and engineering. He was not an expert in historical and mythological research. The first ones that came to his mind and left the deepest impression were Jinwu and Bifang.
Of course, the old beggar didn't know all this and naturally couldn't point out anything that Ji Yuan had missed. He was now thinking about the three terms, Xiezhi, Jinwu and Bifang, in his mind, trying to find places in his memory where he might have seen them, but it proved to be futile. The old beggar was sure that this was the first time he had heard of these three creatures.
While Ji Yuan and the old beggar were whispering in private, the National Master Men Yutong and several other monks from the Heavenly Master's Office also approached carefully.
"Two immortals, are you all right?"
The old beggar smiled at them.
"It's okay, it's okay. Mr. Ji and I had a little noise and I'm sorry to have frightened you fellow Taoists."
After looking around, Ji Yuan bowed slightly to the national teacher and several monks and apologized.
"I failed to stop myself for a moment and destroyed the main hall of the Heavenly Master's Office. I hope you will forgive me."
"No problem, no problem! The two immortals don't have to worry about it. They are just some external things. The court will send people to repair them."
Not to mention that everyone doesn't care about this hall at all, even if they do, Men Yutong and others don't dare to blame Ji Yuan and the old beggar. However, their curiosity has been aroused.
Men Yutong couldn't help but ask a similar question to the old beggar's previous one.
"My two immortals, the demonic energy just now was truly terrifying. What did that noise represent? And to what exotic beast did the feather in Mr. Ji's hand belong?"
The old beggar looked at him and shook his head.
"Some things are better left unknown."
Although he had never heard of Xiezhi, Bifang and Jinwu, the old beggar had no doubt that these creatures definitely existed or had existed in the past. These also seemed to be some kind of secret nowadays, so it was better for ordinary people to know less about them.
That’s right, in the eyes of the old beggar, these monks in the Heavenly Master’s office are almost “ordinary people”.
After hearing the old beggar's words, the National Master and others did not doubt him and quickly said "yes". Ji Yuan next to them did not say anything, so that he would have less to explain.
Thinking of what the national teacher had said before, this painting came from a treasure house, Ji Yuan's eyes flashed, and he had some ideas in his mind.
"May I ask Master Men, if I want to go to the treasury to take a look, can you give me some convenience?"
Ji Yuan knew that if he made this request, the king and his ministers would not object, so this was just a formality.
Sure enough, Men Yutong immediately made the promise after hearing this.
"Don't worry, Immortal Ji, the Emperor will definitely agree."
On the other side, two guards hurriedly left the main hall and returned to the courtyard where the emperor and others were, and saw the emperor who was under heavy protection.
Although the emperor had previously said that there was no need to return to the palace, believing that it was unsafe here and not much better there, he was still very honest in his actual actions.
In just a short while after the two guards came and went, the place was already surrounded by imperial guards and masters, and they had set up talismans specially made for protecting the royal family, as if they were ready for battle.
Seeing the two guards coming back, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the old emperor asked with concern.
"What's going on? What happened over there? Are the two immortals still here? Is the Imperial Master okay?"
The two guards looked at each other, and one of them stepped forward to answer.
"Reporting to His Majesty, the Imperial Master and the other immortals are all fine, but the main hall of the Heavenly Master's Office is almost destroyed, and everything inside and outside the hall is broken. It seems that it was caused by the immortal magic. The Imperial Master told us that there is nothing serious and asked us to return first."
"Do you know what kind of magic it is?"
The old emperor asked again, and the guard could only shake his head.
"The Imperial Master has ordered us not to stay for long. We only know that it must be the place where the two immortals who came today came."
"Is there anything I can help with?"
"The Imperial Master said no help is needed."
The old emperor looked in the direction of the main hall, sighed slightly, and said to a eunuch beside him.
"Pass on my oral order and have the Ministry of Works prepare to repair the Tianshi Hall."
"As you wish!"
The eunuch bowed and slowly retreated, then left quickly. If the emperor did not set a deadline, don't think that you can be free of urgency. On the contrary, that is the most urgent deadline.
"Qiao Aiqing, are Immortal Masters Ji and Lu going to leave right away?"
Hearing the emperor's question, Qiao Yong had no choice but to answer it.
"I don't know. Immortals act like this, so how can mortals like us make arbitrary guesses?"
At this moment, someone suddenly saw the national teacher Men Yutong hurriedly walking out of the courtyard, which made the old emperor and others excited. When he came closer, Men Yutong asked directly.
"Your Majesty! The two immortals have an unwelcome request. We hope that Your Majesty can open the treasure house and allow the immortals to go in and take a look. What do you think?"
When the old emperor heard this, his face lit up with joy and he quickly replied.
"Yes, I agree. Don't just take a look. Just take whatever you want from the treasury. You can take as much as you want!"
For the old emperor, money is certainly not something outside of his body, but it also depends on the situation. The current situation is that it is better to be able to establish a good relationship with the immortal than to have mountains of gold and silver.
As he spoke, the old emperor moved closer to Men Yutong and lowered his voice.
"Master, please give me a definite answer. What are the abilities of these two immortals..."
The old emperor didn't say everything, but Men Yutong knew what he meant and nodded slightly in response.
"This is the only one I have ever seen in my life. Even in a grand gathering of immortals, it must be someone sitting in a high position."
After hearing this, the old emperor smiled even more, and hurriedly asked the two immortals when they would go to the treasury, hoping that the two immortals could take more gold, silver and treasures.
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An hour later, most of the heavy guards and palace masters who were originally protecting the No. 1 Treasury in the imperial palace were withdrawn. The old emperor personally came here with the imperial teacher, Ji Yuan and the old beggar.
This treasure house is huge. Not only are the walls thick and the doors strong, but there are also talismans painted everywhere.
Two elite guards led the way and walked to the bronze gate first. They held the keys and opened two huge and strange bronze locks. When the keys were inserted into the locks, Ji Yuan could hear a "clicking" sound inside, and finally the locks were opened.
"Woo squeak squeak..."
There was a slightly harsh sound of metal door hinges turning, and two guards pushed the door open.
The old emperor stretched out his hand and pointed forward.
"Please come in, Immortal Master. If you like anything in the treasury, you can take it away without reporting it. There is no limit on the quantity!"
Ji Yuan and the old beggar just nodded towards the emperor and walked into the treasury together, while the imperial teacher followed a little slower.
After entering the treasure house, even though everything around him was blurry visually, Ji Yuan still felt it was magnificent and golden. This was all the light reflected by the gold.
Yes, as the palace's top treasury, silver has no right to enter here. In addition to various precious jewels and other treasures, the most abundant thing here is gold, and this treasury may be as big as half a football field.
Some of the treasures here are neatly classified and stored in shelves, while others are simply piled together, shining brightly with golden color.
Even with Ji Yuan's great concentration, he couldn't help but take a deep breath. He had never seen so much money in his two lives. It was too exaggerated. Thinking about the gold nugget in his hand, he originally thought it was a huge sum of money. Compared with this, he felt so ashamed.
But this feeling was similar to the feeling of ordinary people watching a joke. After laughing, Ji Yuan put his mind on the business, and the national teacher also spoke at this moment.
"My two immortals, I found the Xiezhi scroll on the bookshelf over there."
As he spoke, the Imperial Master led the two of them to a painting and calligraphy shelf a little further inward, on which scrolls of calligraphy and paintings were neatly stacked, with various labels on them.
The labels include the names of various calligraphy and painting masters, some even have their periods, and of course there are also some marked with words like "unknown miscellaneous".
Ji Yuan opened his Dharma Eyes fully and scanned up and down, but did not see anything special. At this moment, the old beggar also used his Dharma Eyes to observe around.
After a long time, the two looked at each other and shook their heads slightly.
"Let's look around." "Okay."
So the two of them shuttled back and forth in the palace treasury, really searching for treasure in the treasury.
Outside the treasury, the old emperor was also a little anxious. He was not afraid that the things would be taken away, but rather that nothing would be wanted. And based on his experience, the latter possibility was more likely.
Sure enough, half a quarter of an hour later, the three people who entered the treasury came out. Before the old emperor could ask anything, the imperial teacher who was one step behind had already winked at him and shook his head slightly, which meant that the two immortals did not take anything.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for opening up the treasury for me to view. This really broadens my horizons!"
"It's the same for an old beggar. This is the first time in my life that I've seen so much money. I'm afraid all the wealth in the world has gone to this."
The old emperor just forced a smile and responded with "You're welcome", but he was anxious in his heart.
He had never thought of asking Ji Yuan and the old beggar to take a look at the other treasuries, because only the Emperor's treasury contained all kinds of treasures, among which the most likely to be favored by immortals were cultural relics, while the other treasuries were full of gold and silver, which had been recast into ingots and were nothing to look at.
"Why don't you two stay for dinner? You must not have had a good meal at Lord Qiao's house yesterday. The imperial meals in the palace are delicious. Would you like to have some together?"
"Hey, no need. The food at Qiao Yong's house is very rich. The old beggar's belly is full and full for ten to eight years."
Ji Yuan also smiled.
"Ji Mou doesn't need it anymore."
What should he do? What should he do? It was obvious that these two were about to leave. The old emperor looked calm, but his thoughts were racing in his mind.
An old eunuch approached the emperor cautiously and whispered in his ear.
"Your Majesty... You forgot that the treasures in the treasury are only a part of it. The real good ones are all in the imperial study and various palaces..."
The old emperor's eyes lit up.
"Yes, yes, yes! Two immortals, the treasures here are only part of them. Many precious things are actually in the palace. There are many in my imperial study. Let's go and take a look?"
Ji Yuan thought about it.
"Okay, let's go check it out!"
The old emperor personally took them to the imperial study. This time, not only did the imperial teacher accompany him, but the old emperor himself came in as well and introduced to Ji Yuan and the old beggar the things in the room that he thought were worth mentioning.
The imperial study was neither big nor small, and there were many precious things in it. Ji Yuan's eyes swept across it and finally stopped on a scroll of calligraphy and painting on the bookshelf. To be precise, it was not a calligraphy or painting, but a thin golden rope that tied the calligraphy and painting.
Ji Yuan said something to the old emperor, walked to the shelf, took down the calligraphy and painting, then untied the rope and pulled it out and ignored the calligraphy and painting. He held it in his hand and looked at it carefully. An old beggar also came over.
In fact, this golden rope did not manifest any Dharma light or divine light, but it had a very unique characteristic, which was whispered by the old beggar.
"Interesting, this golden rope doesn't even belong to the five elements!"