Yun Xiao and Lian Xi strolled over to the Old Palace, a place more forgotten than a ghost town, hidden away in a bamboo grove that hardly anyone bothered to visit anymore. It was a so-called palace that was really just a humble yard with a few shabby houses that made the rest of the world seem bustling by comparison.0

"Are you sure there's treasure here?" Yun Xiao remarked, eyeing the surroundings with a mix of curiosity and skepticism.0

"Hey, I never quite said there was treasure here. This spot is more of a library for rejected items—books with missing pages or tales long forgotten. People have been coming here for ages, thinking they'll find something precious, only to end up with a handful of dust and a bucket of disappointment," Lian Xi replied.0

Yun Xiao just nodded, taking in the layer of dust that seemed to cover every surface,...0