The main thing is to make money, and the rest is just a matter of convenience.

Chapter 528 A Dazzling Unexpected Joy

"Ball Boy, open the box."

Hua Yan spoke in a trembling voice, her words slightly slurred and her legs unable to move. It wasn't that she hadn't seen a big scene before, but rather that the scene was so grand that she couldn't react for a moment.

Without saying a word, Qiu Bao went up and forcefully opened a golden chest.

Hua Yan stared wide-eyed, imagining what might be inside.

"Jiu'er, what you're putting down is a painting."

Qiu Bao took out a picture and handed it to Hua Yan. Hua Yan was already too weak to walk and waited in place.

Hua Yan carefully unfolded the painting after receiving it.

Oh dear! I need to calm my frightened heart first; I'm really afraid something bad might happen.

Hua Yan held the painting signed Pablo Picasso, but didn't know its name. She saw a woman with tears streaming down her face.

Nothing else matters; what matters is the name, Picasso. If it's true, then it's definitely more expensive than this gold-plated box.

Qiu Bao handed over a few more paintings, all by Picasso. Hua Yan had to take a deep breath, afraid that she might not be able to breathe properly.

"Ball, let's look at the other boxes."

Hua Yan didn't know what was in the next box, but she was certain it would be a treasure.

The second box that Qiu Bao opened also contained paintings.

Hua Yan saw that the signature at the end read Vincent van Gogh, and there were five sunflowers inside.

The third box also contained paintings, by Claude Monet, depicting water lilies.

Qiu Bao opened ten boxes, and they were all filled with paintings. There were paintings by Michelangelo, Raphael Sanzio, Leonardo da Vinci, Paul Rubens, and so on.

"Jiu'er, are you still opening?"

Qiu Bao stared blankly at Hua Yan, and couldn't help but ask what was wrong. All the paintings were uninteresting.

"open!"

Hua Yan answered with absolute certainty.

Qiu Bao opened another box, and this time it wasn't a painting, but a sculpture.

Hua Yan didn't understand these things and wasn't as excited as she was when she first saw the painting.

Haha! If she knew even a little bit, she would know that these sculptures are just as precious as those paintings.

After looking at a few sculptures, Qiu Bao opened a box containing diamonds and gemstones, which were dazzling and colorful.

Hua Yan was familiar with these things; she had worn them herself in her past life. However, none of the ones she wore were as good as these.

There are also two boxes of ancient books and manuscripts, which are very valuable and helpful for understanding country A and even the development of the world.

In the last box, Qiu Bao took out a watch.

Hua Yan took the box and saw that it was a Patek Philippe. She peeked inside and saw that the whole box was filled with boxes of watches. They were probably no less valuable than Patek Philippe.

In the corner of this basement, there was a large object covered with a black cloth; from the outside, it looked a bit like a car.

Qiu Bao walked over, pulled back the black cloth, and a vintage car came into Hua Yan's view.

Haha! This must be the legendary classic car! I never thought I'd see such an antique in my lifetime.

Having feasted her eyes on the sights, Hua Yan carefully stored all the boxes into her spatial storage, including the vintage car.

Haha! Hua Yan feels that she is very suitable for buying property, because every time she buys a house, there is an unexpected surprise.

This windfall may exceed the total of the previous ones.

Haha! Hua Yan's uncontrollable wild laughter echoed throughout the underground space.

"Jiu'er, you're already so rich, why are you still so happy?"

Qiu Bao didn't understand. Hua Yan earned far more money than these things, so why was she still so attractive?

"Fool, I worked so hard to earn that money, but this was obtained effortlessly. Only a fool would be unhappy."

Hua Yan delivered a powerful blow to Qiu Bao's head.

"You could spend all this money in several lifetimes, yet you're still working so hard to make more. Your mission isn't to make money, it's to save the world."

Qiu Bao looked at him with a disappointed expression.

“I don’t earn money for my own consumption, but to help those in need. I can’t turn a blind eye to so many people who need help.”

This was Hua Yan's true thought. That's what she did in her previous life. In this life, as a disciple of the Ancestor, she bears the heavy responsibility of saving the world. How could she give up doing these simple things?

"Alright! I guess you're just destined to be overworked. The tasks the ancestor gave you are already suffocating, and you're adding more to your burden."

What Qiu Bao didn't say was, "I really feel sorry for you. You're so young and you have to think about so many things."

"No one lives a life without feeling tired; everyone is always busy with this and that."

Hua Yan waved her hand dismissively, put her arm around Qiu Bao's shoulder, and looked around the basement again to see if there were any fish that had slipped through the net.

The two of them put on the scanner and searched inch by inch until they confirmed that there wasn't a single hair left in the room before leaving satisfied.

With a loud bang, the door slammed shut, perhaps never to be opened again, perhaps one day it would help them escape, perhaps...

All the "maybes" are just assumptions; whether or not they are initiated depends on the timing.

Following the tunnel, the two continued forward and discovered several exits, each leading to a house, and all of them were kitchens.

Every time Qiu Bao came out, he saw himself standing in front of the stove, with the tunnel entrance just below the stove. If you didn't know the entrance beforehand, no one would have guessed the mechanism here.

The tunnel ends at the building where Hua Yan lives, and the exit is also under the stove in the kitchen.

After clarifying the situation, Hua Yan and Qiu Bao sealed off each exit to prevent it from being accidentally opened.

Riding her pony, Hua Yan continued her patrol.

Qiu Bao discovered a huge basement beneath the farmland. It took him a while to find the entrance, which was inside a dried-up well.

Hua Yan suspected that the basement had never been used since it was dug, because there were no signs that anything had been stored inside, and the lock on the stone door had long since rusted shut.

Qiu Bao and Hua Yan entered through a spatial portal; otherwise, they would have needed to resort to violent destruction to open it.

This basement is huge; it can hold five hundred people. I wonder what the purpose of digging this place was. Fortunately, there are many pillars in the middle, otherwise Hua Yan is worried that such a large space could easily collapse.

Ball Baby used its abilities to search around, looking for any unexpected surprises.

Sorry, there's nothing but the smell of earth in the air.

However, it wasn't without its discoveries, as Qiu Bao found two more entrances. One was the trunk of an ancient tree, partially hollow, yet still growing vigorously. The other was a mound that looked like a tomb, the inscription on the tombstone illegible. At the base of the tombstone was a switch; pressing it caused the entire stone to move backward, revealing an entrance.

Haha! These two places were seen by Qiu Bao after he came out of the basement. It would probably be difficult to find them from the outside.

Hua Yan was extremely satisfied with this manor.

By the time Hua Yan rode her pony back, Taiji and Hu Zhiang had been searching for her for quite some time.

Haha! How could you possibly find her? She wasn't even on the ground.

"Jiu'er, where have you gone?"

Taiji knew Huayan's fighting skills, but he couldn't help but worry in this unfamiliar place.

“Brother Taiji, I rode my horse around the manor, but it was too big. Thank goodness for this little guy, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to walk it.”

As Hua Yan spoke, she patted the little horse's head.

"Is everything alright? You went out without even telling me."

Taiji looked Huayan up and down, afraid of overlooking something.

"It's nothing, we're in our own garden, what could possibly happen?"

Hua Yan looked at Taiji with complete indifference.

Watching the interaction between the two, Hu Zhiang, who was standing next to them, suddenly felt superfluous.

"Brother Taiji, Brother Hutu, you two should also choose a horse and take a stroll around the park. It's very big and beautiful."

Hua Yan is happy today and wants to share it, but she doesn't know how to say it, so she can only invite others to visit the garden.

"No, Uncle Liang and Uncle Xin are looking for you too!"

Ever since Taiji discovered that Huayan was missing, he had been anxious. Now that he had found her, he just wanted to take her back as soon as possible so that he could feel at ease.

Hu Zhiang wasn't in the mood for leisurely strolling either, and nodded in agreement.