Chapter 96 Coveting the Sacred Object
To be honest, Lu Changjing felt it was strange before.

Ning Zhongyu is only a mid-level grandmaster. No matter how extravagant he is, how many resources and treasures can he consume? How could he empty the huge royal secret treasury and the Daning national treasury?

This expense is way too much and a bit unjustifiable.

I originally thought that Ning Zhongyu had saved all these resources and treasures for his own use, but I didn't expect that they were actually for Ning Tianbao.

That makes sense.

The value of each divine object that can help break through the shackles of gods and demons far exceeds that of an ordinary dynasty, and some better ones are even worth as much as an imperial dynasty.

In this case, it was normal to exhaust the royal secret treasury and Daning national treasury in order to raise a few treasures that would help break through the realm of gods and demons.

This is even a little too little. It is estimated that all of Daning's accumulation over the years has been used up, so that he can buy a few magical items to assist in the breakthrough.

Unfortunately, Ning Tianbao is not very motivated. He seems to be still practicing and improving his spirit, and still dares not to break through the bottleneck.

At the same time, he also asked the Ministry of Households, Cao Wenzhen and others to continue to collect resources and treasures with all their strength to exchange for the magical objects, or search for the whereabouts of the magical objects to increase their chances of breaking through.

Jin Longyu did not disappoint and recently collected a rare divine object, the Soul-Protecting Fruit, which has a certain auxiliary effect in breaking through the shackles of gods and demons.

Although it can only increase the probability of breakthrough by about one percent, it can protect the soul. If the breakthrough fails, there is a great possibility of saving life.

The difficulty and risk of breaking through the shackles of gods and demons is so great that to describe it as a life-and-death situation is an understatement.

Most of the grand masters who failed to break the shackles of gods and demons basically died, and only one in a hundred survived.

It is precisely because of this that Ning Tianbao is so cautious. Without sufficient confidence, he dares not challenge the shackles of gods and demons.

According to Jin Longyu, Ning Tianbao already has two or three magical objects like the Soul-Protecting Fruit, but these only increase his chances of breaking through to about 20% to 30%, so he hasn't broken through yet.

If Lu Changjing could grow up earlier, perhaps he could snatch Ning Tianbao's magical item and use it for his own breakthrough.

As long as he can step into the realm of gods and demons, the entire Daning Dynasty will be his plaything.

However, Ning Tianbao is also the biggest trump card of the Great Ning Dynasty today. Although he has not yet broken through, he has already stepped half a foot into a higher level.

In addition, he possesses several magical artifacts and some trump cards left by the royal family, so it is not easy to take him down.

Not to mention that deep in the Daning Xiaoling Mausoleum and the Yangxing Palace, there are old monsters from the former royal family hidden. Many of them have lived for more than 400 years. Although they are about to be buried, their strength has reached an unprecedented level.

It is not easy for Lu Changjing to truly take over the entire Daning Dynasty.

This made Lu Changjing, who had originally decided to act boldly, feel that it would be better to keep a low profile and not be too extravagant. It would not be too late to be extravagant after he was promoted to a god or demon.

Just knowing this matter was enough to make it worth his while to take action against Jin Longyu.

The harvest this time is beyond imagination.

Moreover, from Jin Longyu, Lu Changjing got another storage magic ring named Flower Fragrance, which made Lu Changjing's head hurt. Jin Longyu, a romantic and talented scholar, was really worthy of his reputation, which could be seen from the name of this ring.

The space inside is only one cubic meter, half as much as the Blue Sky Divine Ring, but it is also priceless and can easily buy the land of several prefectures.

There were three thousand low-grade spirit stones, twenty medium-grade spirit stones, and nearly a hundred bottles of various elixirs.

The most important thing is that with more than a dozen top-level spiritual weapons, he can completely put together a set, allowing Lu Changjing to upgrade his weapons and further increase his combat power.

As expected of the Minister of Revenue and half-owner of the Daning National Treasury, Jin Longyu has been extremely greedy over the years. No wonder he has been able to cultivate to the level of a grandmaster.

The important officials in the imperial court of this world are much bolder than those in the ancient times. The reason is that they possess extraordinary powers. Even at the last moment, they are able to give it a try, so they will not be too afraid.

Even the great Emperor did not dare to push his ministers too hard, lest they get so angry that blood splatters everywhere or they directly defect to the enemy.

This was naturally the reason why Jin Longyu dared to be so bold. Otherwise, with his status as an important official in the peace talks, he would not dare to be so greedy.

However, Jin Longyu's life and death are now in Lu Changjing's hands, so he naturally dares to plunder his resources and treasures, of course in the name of borrowing.

He even pushed the blame onto Cao Wen Zheng, saying that Cao Wen Zheng had taken away a large amount of his resources and treasures, leaving him with little even for his own cultivation.

Jin Longyu also thought about the Emperor's previous sale of royal properties and had no doubts about it. If the Emperor had money and resources at the time, why would he sell the royal properties that made money?

This made Jin Longyu angry towards Cao Wenzhen. If it weren't for him, why would the Emperor borrow his own resources and treasures, even most of the top-level spiritual weapons.

The Soul-Fixing Bell, a top-level spiritual defense weapon that I had gone through so much trouble to obtain, was also borrowed by His Majesty the Emperor. I don't know when I can return it. It hurts me just thinking about it.

Lu Changjing did not intend to let the Minister of Revenue live forever. After he had used him up, he would grind his bones and scatter his ashes.

The reason is simple. Unlike Cai Gu and Cao Xiuyuan, he was basically ordered to collude with demons and monsters. In fact, he himself was somewhat reluctant to be a villain, and there was nothing too bad about him.

But Jin Longyu is different. Although he was born a scholar, he was a well-known talented and romantic man when he was young, and won praise from countless people.

However, his viciousness and brutality far exceeded the imagination of ordinary people.

Colluding with demons, betraying the people of Daning, secretly making deals with Yingkou, killing people and stealing treasures...many bad things were initiated by him rather than being a passive participant.

It was also thanks to his crazy money-making that the Daning Treasury became richer and richer year by year. He was highly regarded by the old emperor Ning Tianbao and the young emperor Ning Zhongyu, thus stabilizing his position as the Minister of Revenue.

These evil deeds cannot be washed away at all, certainly not by Ning Zhongyu as the emperor. So when Lu Changjing ordered Jin Longyu not to sell out the common people as much as possible in exchange for benefits and resources from demons and monsters, he had to change his words.

Otherwise, it would be easy for Jin Longyu to suspect him. After all, some orders to betray the people to demons and monsters were issued by Ning Zhongyu.

Now Lu Changjing suddenly made a 180-degree turn, which was a bit too strange.

(End of this chapter)