Upon hearing Elowen's explanation, Mike asked: “What kind of treasure does the old man want to buy? Can you show it to me? Maybe I have something better so that you can convince the principal much faster.”

Elowen nodded: “Okay, my lord. Wait a moment. I will get it for you to see.”

Upon finishing her words, Elowen then turned around and went inside her office. In her office, a lot of rare treasures were on display in the corner. Elowen moved straight to the right corner, tapped the wall two times, and a formation activated. A staircase appeared, leading toward the underground.

Meanwhile, Rod and Mike were sitting at the table. While Mike kept looking around, watching the female receptionist, Rod noticed it, so he asked jokingly: “Is there something that got your attention, my lord?”

Upon hearing Rod's question, Mike blushed and took a quick glance at Rod: “No, nothing. I am just casually looking around.”

Seeing this, Rod smiled, but he didn’t say anything. As a man, he knew what Mike was thinking based on their previous interaction.

Mike took a quick glance at Rod again, and he saw the smiling Rod. He knew that his excuse was not credited. Mike looked at the table while playing with his fingers like an innocent child.

When Rod saw Mike's action, he found it funny. He didn’t think that his lord was actually a shy, perverted person but possessed a kind heart. After a while, Elowen returned while holding a tiny crystal, and she placed it on the table for everyone to see.

Elowen said: “My lord, this is what the principal wants to buy. This stone is called a heavenly crystal. It can aid a person's cultivation. It might be small, but this stone is a rare crystal. This small one is worth around 20,000 gold coins in the mainland. But in our continent, it is a priceless treasure since it can only be found in the mainland. The reason I possess this crystal is that I had plenty of them back then, and I solely relied on this stone to breakthrough in gold rank.”

While Rod was looking at the rock, since he also knew about it, as a young master of one of the top 5 clans before, he had already seen a lot of treasure. A heavenly crystal was also common for them, but not for Mike.

Mike was shocked when he saw the crystals, especially when he heard that it could be used to aid cultivation. Now he realized why he felt more relaxed when he was inside the cave, and the air was also comfortable. His cultivation was fast, unlike in the outside where the heaven and earth energy was not even close to 20 percent compared to the cave. At first, he didn’t think much about it, but now that he knew the value and the use of those crystals, he was shocked. He didn’t expect he found such a treasure.

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Rod noticed that Mike was staring blankly at the heavenly crystal, so he asked: “My lord, what’s going on? Are you okay?”

Upon hearing Rod's question, Mike returned to his senses and answered: “I found plenty of these, and they are huge. Some are on the ground. I thought those crystals are useless except for producing light, so I didn’t bother bringing even one.”

Elowen was shocked, and she asked: “You mean, my lord, you found plenty of huge heavenly crystals?”

Mike said: “Not actually, but what I found was a huge cave, and the wall was covered by this kind of crystal. I am sure they are the same because those crystals were glowing, and I felt comfortable when staying inside. When I think about it, I reached Middle Qi concentration stage in just 2 months when I cultivated inside.”

Both Rod and Elowen were shocked. They didn’t expect that the desolate continent with thin heaven and earth energy actually had a heavenly crystal mine.

While both Rod and Elowen were shocked, Mike added: “Since the principal wants some of this, why won’t I return to that cave to get some so that we can ensure that the principal will agree about my enrollment?”

Elowen returned to her senses from the shock and said: “My lord, I have a small flying boat artifact. We can use it to reach there faster.”

Upon hearing this, Mike was delighted: “Nice, let's go. I can’t wait. Thinking about those crystals, I see myself swimming with golds!”

When both Elowen and Rod saw Mike's innocent reaction, they smiled. Elowen then took out the flying boat from her storage ring, tossed it on the ground, and the flying boat started to enlarge. It became a boat where four people could fit. Seeing this, Mike also remembered that he had a storage ring and forgot to check it. Mike then checked the inside of his storage ring. After a moment, he was shocked for what he found inside. It was piles of heavenly crystals. After checking for a while, he saw a lot of weapons and armor, but he didn’t find a single gold coin. Mike also noticed that inside his storage ring was a small green land with even water, but no living beings.

Rod noticed that Mike was not moving, so he called out: “My lord, let's go.”

Upon hearing this, Mike returned to his senses and looked forward. He saw Rod and Elowen were already on the small boat. Mike then stepped on the small boat. Even though he had plenty of heavenly crystals in his storage ring, he didn’t tell them because he wanted to take all the gold he buried in the cave.

Elowen then asked about the location: “My lord, where is the location of the cave you mentioned?”

Mike replied: “It was outside on the Zeit clan wall. There was a big mountain there and a cliff.”

Upon hearing Mike, Elowen nodded her head and started controlling the boat with her energy.

While they were traveling toward the Zeit clan stage, Mike continued checking his storage ring. He saw a lot of swords, bows, armors, and he also saw various pills that he couldn’t identify, unlike the pills he took in the cave since there is a label on the bottle. But he didn’t think much about the pills, and he continued searching. After a while, he saw a huge ship on the lake, and he checked inside. He saw eight cannons on each side and two on the rear side, with a total of 20 cannons. But Mike was confused because each cannon was like a tube, there was not a single cannon bullet either. He then went to the deck and saw the control room. He tried to control it by injecting his energy, but the moment he injected his energy, he collapsed.