Chapter 3735: Location Of The Vault
Chapter 3735: Location Of The Vault
A few seconds later the oath descended, and its light entered Lady Kang’s body.
Min Ju stepped forward right after.
The maid made the same oath without hesitation.
The hall became quiet.
The three elders looked at each other.
The Mountain Dwarf Elder finally nodded.
"Good."
Trust formed instantly.
After that the real discussion began.
Lady Kang spread several jade slips over the table.
"First," she said calmly, "I do not intend to change your lives."
The elders listened.
"You will continue forging."
"You will continue living here."
"You will continue doing what you have done all these years."
"The Great Kang Clan will handle everything else."
The Fireforge Elder raised a brow.
"What exactly do you mean?"
Lady Kang pointed at one slip.
"Distribution."
Another.
"Procurement."
Another.
"Transportation."
Another.
"Market access."
She looked at them directly.
"You create."
"We deliver."
The elders stayed silent.
Lady Kang continued.
"The Great Kang Clan has fleets throughout the Immortal Realm. We have trade routes across courts, worlds and star regions. We have access to materials, ores, medicines and rare resources."
Min Ju placed another document down.
Lady Kang tapped it.
"We already have records of more than four hundred materials difficult to obtain in the Eastern Immortal Court alone."
The Rune Dwarf Elder looked interested.
"Four hundred?"
"Four hundred thirty eight," Min Ju corrected calmly.
Lady Kang nodded.
"Many among them are rare elemental ores, spatial materials, unique woods, beast products and even stellar resources."
The Mountain Dwarf Elder leaned forward.
"We can obtain those ourselves."
Lady Kang smiled.
"How long?"
The elder paused.
"A few years."
Lady Kang nodded again.
"We can do it in months."
Silence fell.
The difference was obvious.
The dwarves had skill.
The Kang Clan had reach.
Lady Kang then laid out the proposal.
The dwarves would provide crafted items.
Weapons.
Tools.
Runic products.
Experimental materials.
Specialized commissions.
The Great Kang Clan would never ask for volume production.
Only quality.
In return the Kang Clan would provide resources, materials, logistics and external handling.
No dwarf would need to leave Mantleheim unless they wished.
No outsider would learn of Mantleheim.
All transactions would happen through controlled intermediaries.
Hidden routes.
Trusted points.
Compartmentalized chains.
Even the initial transport from Mantleheim would be done through a concealed Spatial Teleportation Array they will set up on a random asteroid far from Mantleheim.
The Rune Dwarf Elder stroked his beard.
"And profit division?"
Lady Kang immediately answered.
"Sixty forty."
The elders blinked.
"Sixty for you," she added.
The three elders looked surprised.
Even Lin Mu raised a brow.
The Fireforge Elder narrowed his eyes.
"Why?"
Lady Kang simply smiled.
"You are the creators."
"Without creators there is no business."
The Mountain Dwarf Elder laughed loudly.
"I really like this woman!"
The negotiations continued.
Special clauses were added.
Mantleheim retained complete independence.
No forced production quotas.
No mandatory deliveries.
The Kang Clan would prioritize supplying difficult resources.
Any unique discoveries made jointly would share ownership.
Research exchanges would be permitted.
Eventually even future cooperation between dwarven settlements and Kang Clan branches was discussed.
Six hours passed.
The agreement grew thicker and thicker.
Finally the three elders pressed their marks onto the jade contract.
The agreement activated.
Light flowed.
And it was done.
The Mountain Dwarf Elder laughed.
"We will inform the others."
The Fireforge Elder nodded.
"This benefits us greatly."
The Rune Dwarf Elder looked toward Lady Kang.
"You are welcome here."
Lady Kang smiled.
"Thank you."
Only then did she finally turn toward Lin Mu.
He looked almost abandoned.
Lady Kang actually paused.
"Were you sitting there the entire time?"
Lin Mu nodded.
"I tried speaking once."
Min Ju coughed softly.
Lady Kang looked faintly embarrassed.
She took out several storage treasures and handed them over.
"These are yours."
Lin Mu checked them.
Inside were mountains of immortal stones along with all kinds of items.
There were records attached too.
Profits.
Immortal Apple Wine.
Herbsbane Arrows.
The numbers made even him pause briefly.
Lady Kang smiled slightly seeing his reaction.
"Your inventions sell very well."
Lin Mu stored them away.
Then Lady Kang’s expression changed.
The smile disappeared.
"Actually," she said quietly, "that is not the main reason I came."
Lin Mu immediately understood.
The atmosphere shifted.
They moved into a private chamber.
Min Ju stood guard outside.
Inside, Lady Kang activated isolation arrays.
Lin Mu sat opposite her.
"What did you find?" he asked.
Lady Kang took out several old documents and jade slips.
"The task you gave me."
Lin Mu’s eyes narrowed.
The Vault.
The inheritance of the Virtuous Calamity Daoist.
Lady Kang nodded.
"I have been searching continuously."
"At first all traces were gone. The vault was believed lost."
She spread out old records.
"Then around eight years ago I found references."
"Hidden transport records."
"Destroyed manifests."
"Intercepted archives."
Lin Mu listened carefully.
"The records implied something strange."
"The vault was moved."
"Secretly."
"Into territory controlled by the Eastern Immortal Court."
Lin Mu frowned.
Lady Kang continued.
"I used Pyxis repeatedly."
"Years of tracking."
"Cross checking records."
"Removing false trails."
She looked up.
"I finally found it."
Lin Mu’s posture straightened.
"Where?"
Lady Kang inhaled softly.
"The vault is on a world."
She paused.
"More specifically inside a sect."
Lin Mu waited.
"The Heavenly Stream Guardian Sect."
The room became silent.
Lin Mu’s expression changed instantly.
His eyes sharpened.
"The Heavenly Stream Guardian Sect..." he muttered.
He knew that name.
Very well.
It was not some ordinary sect.
It was one of the strongest powers aligned with the Eastern Court.
More importantly...
It was home to the leader of the Hardliner Faction.
Lin Mu slowly leaned back.
The implications unfolded immediately.
The inheritance vault of the Virtuous Calamity Daoist.
Hidden and secretly transported.
Buried inside territory belonging to one of the most politically powerful groups in the court.
This was no coincidence.
Lady Kang nodded quietly.
"I thought the same."
Lin Mu’s eyes turned serious.
The search that had lasted so long had finally borne fruit.
And the answer was far more troublesome than he had expected.