Jake and Ling Lin quickly walked into the back part of the warehouse. Jake looked at Ling Lin with a big grin on his face.

“Ha-ha, we can get what we want Ling Lin.” He said with a grin. “I even have a ring to shove stuff in!”

“Lets be serious Jake.” She replied with a stern look on her face. “Using grandfather to rob the sect is not what he expected. You must be serious.”

“Well I was robbed of my family’s villa, and all of our resources!” Replied Jake. “I think I can be allowed to get some back!”

“Be serious Jake!” She replied. “Get what you need please.”

He started to walk along the shelves and stopped next to a pile of neatly folded robes. He took a dark blue robe with white trim off the shelf.

“What do you think of this color Ling Lin?” Asked Jake. “Does it match my eyes? Ha-ha”

“Be serious, but it is a nice robe.” Replied Ling Lin.

“Ok turn your back.” Said Jake.

Ling Lin turned around and Jake dropped his old robe and pulled on the new one.

“Nice it fits, what do you think?” Asked Jake.

“You look ok Jake.” Replied Ling Lin. “Let’s move on.

As she turned away Jake swept the rest of the robes into his ring and left the tattered one in its place. He walked a little further and saw some sandals.

“One sec let me get some footwear Ling Lin.” He asked.

He took a pair down and compared then with his foot. It looked good so he put them on. When Ling Lin was not looking he swept 5 more pairs into his ring. Jake felt much better with the new gear. He felt like a new man with clean, new clothes.

“What else can I get here Ling Lin?” He asked. “I have never been here before.”

“Toiletries, some basic food for going outside the sect, cooking utensils, sleeping bags and such.” She replied.

“What about cool swords, spirit stones and rings and such?” He asked.

“Oh that is inside in the locked area.” She replied. “Not everyone can get in there. It requires special permission.”

“Well does not your grandfather’s badge be special permission then?” He asked hopefully.

“Hmm, I think so, I have never been inside before.” She replied with a thoughtful look on her face. “We can try.”

They quickly walked around and grabbed some other basic gear then went back to the main area. Wang Ji was still there. Jake threw the scroll back to him.

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“Ok, let us in the inner area now.” Jake said while staring at Wang Ji.

“I cannot let you inside.” He replied. “Only elders are allowed in there.”

“Well get the elder then!” Jake replied. “I still have to pick up more stuff for grandfather.”

Wang Ji got up and walked into the back area and came back with Wang Lee.

“Trash is not allowed in the back.” Stated Wang Lee.

Jake took out grandfather’s badge and showed it to the warehouse elder.

“I think that this badge is allowed in there Wang Lee.” Stated Jake. “Unless you want us to tell grandfather that he is not allowed in there?”

“My name is Elder Lee trash.” Replied Wang Lee with a sneer.

“Well my name is Jake not trash!” Shouted Jake right back. “Just ask Wang Hu and his cronies about that. If I am trash then the rest of them are sewage! If you show me no respect you deserve none either. Now let us in the other storeroom!”

Wang Lee did not know what to do. He already had called Jake a liar and he was afraid of the First Elder. But he could always say they snuck in and stole, maybe he could sneak in as well after and get somethings, blaming it on Jake if anyone asked.

“Ok Jake.” Said Wang Lee with a false smile. “I will let you in.”

With that he led them to another area of the warehouse with a large metal door. There were no handles on the door just some writing. As Jake came closer to the door he felt pressure start to build. Wang Lee handed Jake and Ling Lin a small badge.

“Pin this on your chest.” He said. “This will allow you to enter the vault.”

He then walked over and touched the door. With that the door swung open.

“You have twenty minutes.” Said Wang Lee.

Jake and Ling Lin hurried into the room and looked around. There were shelves everywhere. They were at the end of the warehouse but the room seemed to go on for a long ways.

“We will have to be quick Ling Lin.” He said. “It is better to split up and look for things we want.”

Jake did not want Ling Lin with him, she was too honest.

“Ok Jake.” She replied. “But do not go overboard in here!”

Jake hurried down one aisle and stopped in front of a bunch of rings. They looked similar to the one he was wearing. He picked a more ornate one up and put it on his hand, then ran his spirit into it.

Wow, he thought, this is a lot larger then mine. It seemed to have an area the size of a small field inside. He grabbed a couple of more and put them in the larger ring. He also put his ring in there as well. He did not want to come out with more then one ring on.

He moved on and stopped in front of a weapons area. He grabbed some swords, spears, knives and some bows and arrows. He dropped them all into the ring. If he never used it he could sell it and make a profit.

He moved to the next aisle and saw some armours. He grabbed some that looked cool and took it along with a helmet and some thin metals gloves.

The next aisle had spirit stones. He took about a thousand of them.

Ok armours, weapons, ring and some stones. I think that must be it. But he walked in a little further to look around to see if anything else caught his fancy. Unknown to him the black smoke stirred up in his dantian. It seemed attracted to an area at the back of the room. It seemed to resonate with an old piece of metal. Jake felt a pull and wondered what it was. He followed the pull and stopped in front of an old piece of metal. It was all corroded and he could not tell what it was, but it seemed to be attracted to him.

Jake picked it up on a whim and put it into the ring. What else can I get? He wondered. Also I wonder what Ling Lin is getting. There did not seem to be much valuable stuff here, except for the spirit stones and they were low grade. There must be another vault with better stuff somewhere else. He wondered if he could get into that one as well using the badge.

He walked around and nothing else seemed to take his fancy. He walked out of the vault and saw Ling Lin waiting for him.

He took off the badge and handed it back to Wang Lee.

“Thank you Elder Lee.” He said. “Let’s go Ling Lin.”

“Thank you as well Elder Lee.” Ling Lin said. “Where do you want to go next Jake?”

“Let’s go to the library and get some techniques.” Replied Jake.

And with that the two of them headed out of the warehouse. Quite a lot of stuff, thought Jake, as he left, but it was really low grade.