After a general look at the other rooms, Qin Xuan, without much hesitation, signed the purchase contract with the sales agent.
The house was priced extremely low, just over ten million.
Qin Xuan didn't overthink it and paid the full amount on the spot.
After all, the jewelry alone in the basement was worth tens of millions.
Even if there were any issues with the villa and he couldn't resell it, he could still get a house for free by selling the jewelry.
Besides, he was quite satisfied with the villa's interior design.
If there were no special circumstances in the future, he could come here to relax, host parties, or the like.
After completing the handover, Qin Xuan returned to the basement of Building 65.
He listened closely, and the safe's inner voice had indeed changed.
Safe: "New master, come favor me quickly! My password is 19281558!"
Qin Xuan entered the password according to the numbers it provided.
With a "click,"
the safe opened.
Qin Xuan curiously looked inside.
He saw a spacious interior, divided into three large levels.
The top level was smaller, separated by a partition, which further divided it into two sections.
Discarded materials were placed on top of the partition, while stacks of cash were neatly organized below it.
A rough count revealed over a million.
For Qin Xuan, it was a pleasant surprise.
The middle and top levels of the safe were similar in size, with the overall space divided into six drawer-like jewelry boxes.
Opening them one by one, he found they were all filled with jewelry made of gold, silver, and jade.
It was likely that the jewelry worth tens of millions mentioned by the flying insects and the safe referred to these items.
The space below the safe was considerably larger.
Strangely, there was a shriveled cloth bundle inside, which was pressed down by a heavy stone, making it quite peculiar.
It felt as if the safe's owner didn't want anyone to discover the contents of this cloth bundle.
Could there be some unspeakable secret inside?
Qin Xuan curiously moved the stone out of the safe.
Opening the cloth bundle below, several strange items caught his eye.
A stone ring, completely black and without any patterns.
If not for its inner voice saying, "Wear me, wear me," Qin Xuan would have thought it was just an attractive-looking stone.
Next to the ring was a small sword about a foot long, with intricate patterns carved onto its blade.
Qin Xuan tested it with his hand; the blade was not sharp, and it felt cool to the touch. He had no idea what material it was made of.
Beneath these two small items was an ancient book, its pages seemingly eroded, with the text becoming blurry and indistinct.
Qin Xuan dared not flip through it carelessly and decided to examine the other items first.
The last item was a rectangular, pure jade tablet, with no inscriptions. It was likely a decorative item, like a peace charm.
Well, the haul was quite substantial!
After re-wrapping the items, Qin Xuan took out his phone and called Chen Zhongping.
Although he hadn't gleaned any valuable information from the inner voices of these miscellaneous items, the cash and jewelry alone were enough to cover the cost of the house.
An hour later, Chen Zhongping drove to Rose Garden Villa.
Upon seeing the exquisite jewelry in the safe, even Chen Zhongping, in his forties, couldn't help but suck in his teeth.
"Brother Qin, are you perhaps a reincarnated lucky star descended to earth?"
"You buy a villa on a whim and unearth so many treasures. How come I don't have your luck?"
Feeling a bit unnerved by the other's gaze, Qin Xuan quickly moved out of Chen Zhongping's line of sight.
"Intuition, it's all intuition."
"Enough talk, Brother Chen. Quickly help me see how much these things are worth?"
Prompted by Qin Xuan, Chen Zhongping's interest was piqued.
After a brief examination, he immediately gave a startling conclusion.
Forty-five million Dragon coins!
"Although I deal in antiques, I'm not an expert in jewelry."
"But even if I haven't eaten pork, I've seen pigs run, right?"
"Take this pigeon-blood red ruby, for example. On the market, it would easily start at ten million."
"And this pearl-encrusted diamond necklace, and this full-diamond sapphire blue one, these are all eye-opening items."
"How about this: you leave these things with me. I have friends who specialize in collecting these."
"Don't worry about the price; I'll ask him to quote as high as possible. He definitely won't let you lose out."
Qin Xuan naturally trusted Chen Zhongping's dealings.
He handed over the jewelry to the other man and then pointed to the items in the cloth bundle, "What about these things inside? Can you tell what they are?"
Chen Zhongping shook his head. "This jade tablet looks decent. I'll take it. You can keep the rest for yourself to play with."
"But let me give you a warning: this cloth bundle has soil on it. Things with unknown origins like these, it's best to throw them away to avoid attracting any unclean entities."
Qin Xuan: "..."
After seeing Chen Zhongping off, Qin Xuan sat alone, staring at the items in the cloth bundle.
Logically, he should have followed Chen Zhongping's advice and thrown everything away.
But his intuition told him that if he did, he would definitely regret it for the rest of his life.
Stone Ring: "Wear me, wear me, wear me, wear me, wear me, wear me, wear me, wear me..."
Qin Xuan: "..."
Finally, under the ring's incessant "wear me" barrage, Qin Xuan decided to try wearing it.
Not for any other reason than to satisfy his abundant curiosity.
He also wanted to know what the ring's inner voice would become once he put it on.
He slipped the ring onto his right index finger, and the ring's inner voice indeed changed.
However, its inner voice had simply changed from "Wear me, wear me" to "I am a stone ring."
There were no other changes.
Qin Xuan shook his head in disappointment and picked up the small sword from the table.
The small sword was similar to the ring; it kept repeating the same phrase.
But unlike the ring's simple "Wear me, wear me," it said: "I am a shapeshifting divine artifact!"
Shapeshifting divine artifact?
Qin Xuan chuckled.
He didn't expect such a small item to be so chuunibyou.
He tried striking a few cool poses, but the small sword showed no change.
He casually tossed it aside and turned his attention to the last ancient book.
To his surprise, the ancient book itself had remained silent.
This was the first time this had happened since he gained his ability.
He carefully opened the title page, and the blurry ink marks were faintly visible.
Qin Xuan tried to decipher something from it but couldn't find even a single coherent sentence.
Just as he was about to give up, an impatient voice sounded from the ancient book.
Ancient Book: "Never seen such a useless person! Can't even understand the most basic Body Tempering chapter?"
Body Tempering chapter?
What was that?