The Sovereign Dragon Ring

Episode 6

Under the setting sun, reddish clouds seemed to cover half of the sky, spreading their red hue across the world.

“Cleaning ancestral hall is very easy. ”

Leaving the ancestral hall, Linley had to admit that he had been too prepared. He had put in an hour for this job, but in just fifteen minutes, he finished cleaning up.

In the Yulan continent, each year is divided into twelve months, each month thirty days, every day twenty-four hours, and every hour sixty minutes. Most noble families had grandfather clocks, and could tell the time accurately. Some individuals who are very wealthy or of very high status may even have a carefully calibrated watch.

“The ancestral hall is cleaned every month. Frankly, in just a month, the ancestral hall would not be too dirty. All I had to do was to remove it casually. I had almost an hour before the training began. What am I supposed to do? "Bored, Linley looked in all directions.

The ancient Baruch House has a history of five thousand years.

The front courtyard was cleaned daily, but the rooms in the much larger backyard, aside from the ancestral hall, were all covered in dust, and even the walls were cracked. Wild grass and dark green moss covered the floor and even hit the wall.

"Heeeeey ..." Looking at the decrepit architecture, Linley's eyes slowly brightened. “Many places in the backyard have not been visited in more than a century. I wonder if there are any ancient and precious items there? ”

After coming to this realization, Linley's heart started pounding.

“If I can find some valuable items and give them to dad, no doubt he will be very happy. "Linley took a deep breath, then immediately entered the nursing room next to the ancestral hall. Step by step, he walked carefully, holding a sturdy wooden stick in his hand, which he used to drop the cobwebs, allowing himself to do a more careful examination.

Immediately after entering the room, a foul scent wafted past Linley's nose. Thick spider webs could be seen at every corner, and spiders could even be seen climbing.

Many cobwebs cover curtains and decorative furniture. Upon closer inspection, all of these curtains looked extremely ancient. Unfortunately, the curtains were tattered to unbelievable, only barely able to fuse in the resemblance of the curtains.

“If this curtain is not destroyed, there is no doubt that it will be worth a lot of money. "Linley helplessly shook her head. He continued to inspect the room, using his staff to get rid of the cobweb layer as he searched carefully.

He searched the floor, the closet, and even to see if there was a secret passageway on the wall.

“According to the books I read, it is very common for the wall to load a hidden lever or passageway. "Linley carefully knocked on the wall, listening to the sound.

Linley greatly enjoyed this feeling of searching for treasures in the ancient space. But he forgot something. If he could come up with this idea, hadn't his father, grandfather, and the other elders of the Baruch clan had thought of this as well?

This ancient room had long since been cleaned by the elders of the late Baruch clan.

Linley was only eight years old, after all. Although the strict education of the clan helped him become an adult quickly, there was still a huge gap between him and the adults. Naturally, he would not be able to consider things from a more complete point of view.

“There's nothing in this room. Next ... "Linley came out of the first room and entered the second.

There are actually a lot of rooms in the backyard. After all, the front yard where Linley lived only constituted a third of the entire manor. The back yard is much bigger. Linley probably had to spend the entire day to complete the search of the entire backyard.

“All these decorations are destroyed. Nothing is worth money. "Linley came out of another empty room.

He looked up at the sky.

After making up his mind, Linley ran towards the large room.

This ancient room was much larger than the main room in the front yard. Stepping inside, Linley meticulously inspected the place. "I bet hundreds of years ago, this was the dining room for our Baruch clan. "From ornaments and furniture, Linley could tell that this was the living room.

The hall is large, it looks magnificent.

“Find the land first. ”

Just like before, Linley lowered his head, widened his eyes, and began to carefully search the room one piece at a time. After seeing something interesting, he would knock it twice with his cane. If it was made of stone, he would ignore it. Since he didn't have much time before the practice started, his search speed also increased.

“Time to look for walls and curtains. Oi. Lastly, the best hope. "Linley grimaced as he scanned the surroundings. "Chairman of the clan, I really hope you guys leave a thing or two behind for me to find. Even if it's just a small thing. ”

Linley carefully searched the wall, even peering behind the tattered curtains.

On the ancient walls were many weathered wooden cabinets, each of which had many drawers. Linley opened every drawer, but the drawer was completely empty, almost neat. The only thing inside them? Dusts.

"Darling!"

After pulling the last drawer, Linley felt a bitter disappointment in his heart.

“After searching all this time, I did not even find a single valuable item. All I did was cover myself with sweat and dust. "Linley looked at his shirt. They're really dirty, now. Linley could not help but feel dissatisfied.

Linley's gaze once again flashed across the room.

"Hmphs. I go . "Linley furiously used the stick in his hand to strike loudly against the nearby cabinet, as if he wanted to provide ventilation for all the anger that had built up over an hour of fruitless searches.

"Thud!" The stick violently hit the closet.

The cabinet is very old. After being chewed by the mites for a hundred years, it could not withstand the weight. After being hit so hard, he started creaking and groaning.

Hearing this, Linley could not help but look back at the alarm. "Oh no, it's going to collapse!" While searching in the other rooms, Linley also destroyed some other furniture, so now, he was very experienced.

Linley hurriedly avoided to one side.

In the end, the cabinet, which was twice as tall as Linley himself, collapsed. With the sound of a collision, the cabinet smashed into the floor, breaking into seven or eight pieces, covering the room with even more dust. But hidden amidst the dust, invisible to Linley, was …

After the destruction of the cabinet, a black ring that had been hidden inside the wooden support came out, falling to the ground.

"Gee, ew!" Linley spewed out two words as he hurriedly tried to escape from the dust wave.

“What shit! My entire body was covered in dust now, and I was sure the training would begin soon. I'd better take a shower and get some new clothes on. "With a wave of his arm, Linley pushed open the door and left the ancient room.