Chapter 1117: The Silver Treasure Box

The altar-shaped treasure house has four layers!
The topmost floor is a hall with a diameter of 100 meters; each higher layer sees its area shrink sharply to less than 80 meters.
The third layer is 50 meters across!
The fourth layer, where the giant iron chain net lies, is less than 30 meters square. The entire metal structure pulls out over twenty iron chains, thick as fists, from holes all around to support a silver-colored box.
At this moment, the power of spiritual perception became evident.
Although visibility was absent, through spiritual perception, Kai Xin could clearly see a square, exquisitely crafted silver box, with its intricate patterns on all six sides in sharp focus.
A treasure box!
At first glance, Kai Xin knew this was what he was looking for upon entering the treasure house…
But…
This treasure was designed in a way that posed a huge challenge.
It was too high!
Over 40 meters tall, with smooth steel walls on all sides offering no foothold.
Kai Xin remembered Zhang Wuji once being trapped in a mechanism surrounded by steel walls. However, the traps designed by Zhao Min were at least confined spaces where the environment could be utilized. Here, there was nothing but emptiness—seemingly no other way but to fly up using one’s own skills.
Even with top-tier lightness skills, it was difficult to reach great heights in such a place with no leverage at all. Seven or eight zhang was the limit; beyond that, difficulties multiplied.
In the pitch-black hall, Kai Xin walked slowly in a circle, examining everything carefully. After confirming there was nothing else he could use apart from force, he finally gave up.
He drew out the Golden Scaled Divine Sword and sent a sword energy blast into the ground!
A flat brick was easily split in two, then violently ejected by the hidden energy within—it demonstrated the immense strength, yet it could only lift these stones into the air, unable to shatter them, revealing just how hard they were.
Whoosh! Whoosh!!
Storing away the Golden Scaled Divine Sword, Kai Xin threw the two bricks he held high into the air…
One after the other.
The first brick shot out with a thunderous sound, rushing instantly into the darkness straight toward the silver box high in the air, while the second was shattered mid-air by another sword energy blast from Kai Xin.
Thud!!
The moment the brick shattered in mid-air, Kai Xin leaped upward, floating gently off the ground. Stepping on the broken pieces floating above, he effortlessly climbed to a height of over ten meters…
When there were no more pieces to leverage himself on, he took a deep breath and kicked off the last slightly larger piece of debris!
Whoa!!!

With a loud shout, Happy soared through the air, his speed suddenly increasing dramatically as he spun upward over ten meters, instantly moving from the second floor to the third… Just as his vital energy was about to be exhausted, a continuous clinking sound of chains filled the air. The stone slab hit the silver treasure box, and the moving chains sent it flying back, right toward Happy… Unfortunately, the angle seemed off slightly; Happy’s vital energy was depleted, and the stone slab only fell just as he was about to land, still two or three meters away—too far to use his feet for leverage. Unperturbed, Happy took a deep breath and slowed his descent. When the stone slab was within two meters, he grabbed it without hesitation… The Dragon-Seizing Hand. The moment the stone slab was captured, he changed from gripping to slapping it. Crack! With a light slap, the stone slab accelerated like a cannonball toward the ground below. Happy used the momentum from the air to flip upward gracefully. Not only did his vital energy recover, but he also soared another ten meters high, emerging from the gaps in the chain net. Success! He had finally reached the fourth floor. Happy smiled triumphantly—the silver treasure box was right ahead. But as his gaze fell on it, his expression changed abruptly. The “treasure box,” the target of the chain net, was firmly fixed in the center by four thin chains made of special material, unnoticed even by his keen senses. Without hesitation, Happy swung his sword at those thin chains. The sword energy split into four beams, attacking in different directions. Suddenly, something unexpected happened! As the sword energy struck the chains on the box, springs suddenly activated from all sides, and countless tiny holes appeared all over the ceiling and the fourth floor. Whoosh!! Countless tiny black needles, as numerous as hairs, sprayed out continuously from those holes… The entire fourth floor was completely covered by the attack, with no gaps! This sight made Happy break into a cold sweat. Without wasting time, he used the Dragon-Seizing Hand to grab the chains, narrowly avoiding the first wave of attacks, then plunged downward without stopping for a moment. Huh! Still… His clothes were riddled with countless tiny holes, torn to shreds. “Damn it.” As he landed, he used a hidden energy palm strike to slow his fall. Looking up at the sky, he couldn’t help but exclaim, “What an amazing trap… If I hadn’t detected it early with my keen senses, even a master at the Unity with Heaven level would likely not have been able to withstand such fierce attacks.”

“As expected of the greatest merchant in the world—just with this move, no amount of people coming in can help.” From dozens of meters away, Kai Xin could only sigh in frustration.
The sword energy that had been aimed at the chains not only failed to cut them but didn’t even cause any damage. Even attacking from below wouldn’t be enough to destroy the chains and retrieve the silver chest.
Thinking of the intricate patterns on all six sides of the silver chest, Kai Xin grew troubled: “Could it be that this thing also requires lock-picking skills?”
His voice echoed slightly in the hall, but no one responded to his question.
“No good.”
“Try again!”
Although the intense firepower earlier had given him a strong sense of crisis, as if facing an evil emperor who could shatter reality, such terrifying traps and clever designs using precious metals were all meant to protect a single silver chest—proving its importance, far surpassing that of ordinary treasure chests elsewhere.
Snap!
Another stone slab broke and fell into Kai Xin’s hands.
Following the same method, he soared into the air once more and in the blink of an eye reached high above the chains…
By then, the triggered mechanism had gone silent again, though the iron walls all around still had countless holes.
This time, Kai Xin didn’t attack the silver chest directly. Instead, he grabbed the fist-thick chains…
The massive chain net trembled slightly.
Without giving Kai Xin a chance, another wave of flying needles was shot at him.
His expression changed instantly! He quickly used his “Thousand-Pound Weight” technique, diving sharply from the heights the moment the spring mechanism activated, escaping the trap by a step.
“Just touching the chains triggers the mechanism.”
Back on the ground, Kai Xin frowned deeply: “This is tricky now.”
Reaching such heights was already extremely difficult, and the silver chest was fixed there by tough chains. Even the slightest touch could cause the chain net to shake, triggering deadly mechanisms.
Hearing the continuous rustling sounds echoing in the air, Kai Xin frowned and pondered.
After about half a minute, he made up his mind to attempt a third test:
This trap was completely different from any treasure chest he had encountered before…
Although the treasure chests he had faced before were dangerous, they involved a certain element of risk. But this building clearly required absolute strength and wisdom.
Without strength or wisdom, no one could take the silver chest…
Kai Xin reassessed the silver chest and decided to try “Wind Filling the Sky” to see if he could force his way through the chains holding it in place.

If even combining “Wind Filling the Sky” with the most powerful move isn’t enough, it proves there’s no fate between them—there’s no need to waste time here any longer. He would immediately log off and leave the treasure box behind. Two stone slabs were shot into the air one after another… The distant impact of the slabs couldn’t trigger the mechanism. Happy soared into the air for the third time and pointed with his hand! Whoosh!!! The spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the air was quickly gathered, swirling together at the tip of Happy’s finger. In the pitch-black sky, a milky-white finger formed at lightning speed. The One Yang Finger! The ultimate move that drew on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was unleashed, and a powerful aura that made the air feel suffocating followed as Happy slowly pushed out his finger, aiming steadily at the chains of the silver treasure box… In the void… Soon, a second… third, fourth, and fifth milky-white One Yang Fingers appeared, each with astonishing power. Crack!! When the first One Yang Finger struck the chains of the silver treasure box, Happy didn’t even glance at it. With a reversal of fate, he flipped upside down, kicked the chains, and shot back toward the ground at even greater speed the moment the mechanism activated… The sound like a swarm of locusts above his head rang out once again. Boom!! As he got closer to the ground, a palm wind was sent out, creating a powerful shockwave that pushed him back, drastically slowing his speed, allowing him to land steadily. It wasn’t until then that Happy had time to observe the silver treasure box again and assess the effect of his full-power strike. Before his senses could fully adjust, a faint sound of something breaking through the air suddenly came from above, and something fell from the sky. Happy’s senses instantly tracked down the source of the sound in the dark air, and he couldn’t help but let out a soft exclamation. He reached out and grabbed the object that had fallen beside him. When he opened his palm… it was a broken piece of thin chain. Taking a deep breath, Happy recognized it as the thin chain that secured the silver treasure box—the break was clearly caused by force. Seeing this, Happy’s expression lit up with joy as he looked up into the sky… Success!! Although the thin chain of the silver treasure box was sturdy, the combined high attack power of the One Yang Finger and “Wind Filling the Sky” was enough to destroy it. “Three more attempts, and I can take the silver treasure box.” At the thought of uncovering the mystery of the silver treasure box, Happy was overjoyed. He put the broken chain into his Qi Bag, sat down, and began to cultivate to restore his inner energy, waiting for “Wind Filling the Sky” to cool down…

Just then, the majestic Buddha statue not far away opened and closed its eyelids right before Happy’s eyes, its gaze emitting a fierce light! Two eerie glows suddenly appeared in the dark hall, causing even Happy to feel a chill and a shock in his heart!