“That's one tough security door...”
Stopping in front of a security door, Li Xiuman couldn't help but sigh.
“Looks like I'll have to show some real skills to break in.”
Li Xiuman pressed his wand against the security door, and a magic circle slowly expanded.
“Tier 2 Magic, High-Temperature Fire Pillar!”
Under the crimson magic circle, scorching flames poured onto the alloy door.
The security door quickly became glowing red, and its surface gradually began to melt under the heat.
Realizing the method worked, Li Xiuman quickly intensified the flames.
Before long, a narrow opening was carved through the security door.
Since time was short, Li Xiuman widened the narrow gap slightly before stopping his magic.
He then used Water Magic to cool the opening and squeezed inside.
Number Zero tried to follow him inside, but failed.
Li Xiuman had no flesh; his slender, pristine white, and delicate skeletal body could squeeze through without any effort.
However, Number Zero's pair of breasts was quite in the way, making it impossible for her to pass through the gap.
Li Xiuman sighed as he looked at Number Zero.
It seemed he had made her chest too large after all.
Li Xiuman's intentions had been good. After all, the core he crafted from magic stones was housed inside her chest.
It was the vital area of a Golem.
A slightly thicker chest could also serve as a shield.
“Number Zero, wait outside for now.”
Li Xiuman finally gave up on letting Number Zero inside.
Stepping into Fantes's treasury alone, Li Xiuman rubbed his hands together in excitement.
He raised his wand and channeled mana into it.
A pristine white light radiated from the tip of the wand, illuminating the surrounding area.
It also illuminated Li Xiuman's eye sockets.
There were a total of four chests of gold coins, so full that they were overflowing, almost burying the chests themselves.
“Are these... really gold coins?”
With trembling hands, Li Xiuman reached out and rustled through the gold coins, as if trying to make sure no garbage was buried beneath them.
Dammit, Viscount Fantes was not as classless as a certain detestable red dragon.
There was no time to count them. Estimating two thousand gold coins per chest, this amounted to eight thousand.
Into the storage space they went.
Stuffing the gold coins into his body, Li Xiuman felt a deep sense of satisfaction, filled from the inside out.
From now on, he would never be short of money again!
He could even be considered wealthy!
No, he felt like he was practically the richest man in the magical world!
He was simply too rich!
When he went out in the future, he wouldn't even have to worry about inn fees. Three silver coins?
He wouldn't even bat an eye at six silver coins!
Nine silver coins...
Well, nine silver coins was still a bit too expensive. Staying there would make him feel like a sucker.
Only after his excitement settled did Li Xiuman finally look at the other items in the treasury.
Upon entering, his eyes had been completely drawn to the glittering gold coins, leaving him no time to look at anything else.
As a noble, Viscount Fantes naturally collected more than just gold coins to showcase his refinement and taste.
There were also precious magic items, various works of art, and famous paintings.
Li Xiuman activated Appraisal and quickly singled out the magic items—the most precious things to him—from the pile of artwork and famous paintings.
The vast majority of them were Green Quality magic items, with only a few Blue Quality ones.
He quickly checked the special effects of these magic items.
The Green Quality ones had rather low-level magical effects, such as Sharpness, Wind Enchantment, underwater breathing, and the like.
Some of the Blue Quality magic items were also quite ordinary, with effects that couldn't even match those of top-tier Green Quality items.
After all, for magic items below Purple Quality, the classification was basically determined by the amount of mana they contained.
Blue Quality magic items contained a large amount of mana, while Green Quality ones contained only a small amount.
After gathering them all, Li Xiuman counted the totals.
Five Blue Quality items and eleven Green Quality items.
Damn, this felt like a dream.
These nobles were truly, fucking loaded.
From now on, whenever he visited a city, he would have to find a way to fleece the local nobility, or else his conscience would never be at ease.
The money that nobles exploited from the common folk should ultimately be returned to the people.
And Li Xiuman was more than willing to represent the people.
Among the Blue Quality items, Li Xiuman took a liking to two magic items.
One was a belt, and the other was a cloak.
[Giant's Belt] A belt made of giant leather that contains the strength of a giant. However, if the wearer is not strong enough, the belt will squeeze and break their body.
[Special Effects] 1. Strength of the Giant (Strength +10)
2. Gigantification (Double body size, with Strength increasing along with size)
3. Giant's Escape (Break free from all physical and magical restraints upon gigantification)
4. Giant's Hatred (If the wearer's Constitution and Strength are below 40 points, the belt will continuously tighten upon being worn and cannot be removed, eventually crushing their waist)
[Deep Black Cloak] Solidified darkness itself, within which dark power brews. The night will grant you its protection, allowing you to walk through the darkness.
[Special Effects] 1. Blessing of the Night (In darkness, physical strength and recovery rate increase)
2. Concealment of the Night (Move freely in darkness without making sound, making you extremely difficult to detect)
3. Shadow Merging (In darkness, you will melt into the shadows, moving freely and passing through holes and crevices like liquid)
4. Shadow Punishment Curse (If the Shadow Merging state is broken, you cannot enter Shadow Merging again for one day, and Strength -20%, Constitution -20%, Spirit -20%)
He really liked both.
However, if he didn't use this combination carefully, it could very well get him killed.
Once someone broke the cloak's shadow state, his Constitution and Strength stats would drop.
With his current stats, this would instantly trigger the belt's penalty, causing it to continuously tighten and snap his waist.
To use these two magic items freely, Li Xiuman still needed to train more and boost his three core attributes.
As for the remaining Green Quality magic items, Li Xiuman found them somewhat beneath his notice.
Dammit, his taste had been thoroughly spoiled by his own gear.
One had to realize that all of Li Xiuman's current magic items combined were already worth an unimaginably massive fortune.
But for average adventurers, Green Quality magic items were still highly treasured.
Usually, only a Tier 2 Adventurer had the chance to equip a single one.
As for Li Xiuman...
He had Crystal Orchid (Red Quality) and the Rib Sword (Purple Quality).
Blue Quality items: Omen Crystal, Shield of the King, Special Alloy Wand, Silverlight Bow, Troll's Mallet, Cursed Gold Coin.
Green Quality items: Fire Lizardman King Armguard, Bound Flame chestplate, and the Goblin King's Crown.
Thinking about it this way, when he had been short of money before, he was only short on liquid capital.
Converted into cash, his total assets had probably reached a terrifying level.
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