After the slave owners went bankrupt, they all wanted to keep me as a mistress.

Besides, the master will also marry and have children in the future. The fact that they can settle down by the master's side now does not mean that the master will treat them the same way when he has a wife and children in the future...

Adele pursed her lips and sighed softly to herself.

Even though their master had treated them so well, she was still thinking about these things.

She shook her head, temporarily banishing those thoughts.

At this point, Vera had already discovered something from the treasure map.

She turned to Adele and Luna and asked, "Adele, did you find a statue of the goddess of wealth on the group of thieves you encountered?"

"statue?"

Adele thought for a moment and nodded: "Yes! They all have a statue of the goddess of wealth on them!"

"Luna has a cat too!"

Luna raised her little paws and shouted, "Luna bought these at the market! One gold coin each!"

"That's right."

Vera nodded slightly and pointed to the pristine edges of the treasure map, saying, "Normal treasure maps usually have worn edges, but this one has brand-new edges, so it's most likely a treasure bestowed upon them by the goddess of wealth."

As she spoke, she glanced at Adele, her expression also showing some surprise: "Logically speaking, those who are able to obtain the treasure bestowed by the goddess of wealth should be fanatical believers who have completed the gold sacrifice, not ordinary believers like Luna who are as indiscriminate as can be."

"You're lucky; you've encountered a time when they've just completed their golden sacrifice and haven't yet recovered their power."

"Although I don't know what wealth skills they acquired... they probably didn't have any effect on you, and might even have had the opposite effect."

As soon as Vera spoke, she deduced most of the situation.

Mu Qiu couldn't help but nod in agreement.

"It should be just as Vera said... Luna, I'll go to the market with you to do some shopping later. Everyone else, don't go out today. Although that band of thieves has been wiped out, there might still be others eyeing us."

It is said that wealth should not be flaunted, but he has already flaunted millions of gold coins.

It's not surprising that they would be targeted by some audacious bandits.

The bandits who dared to attack their manor must be quite powerful.

He planned to see if the mysterious merchant lady could bring them a batch of magic potions tomorrow to boost the maids' strength and, incidentally, make him suffer a huge loss!

"Vera, you just said this is a treasure map bestowed upon them by the goddess of wealth. How is it different from an ordinary treasure map?"

Mu Qiu asked again.

"Of course there is a difference."

Vera said softly, "Treasure maps bestowed by the goddess Mana, who symbolizes wealth and gold, often contain the keys to a legendary path."

"It might be a magic potion, or it might be a special weapon. In any case... once you obtain the treasure in the treasure map, your chances of becoming a legend will greatly increase."

"Is it dangerous?"

"No, usually not."

Vera shook her head, her expression somewhat strange. She said, "To obtain the treasure in the treasure map, you only need to find the key, and these keys are actually the task given to these believers by the Goddess of Wealth."

Her slender fingers lightly touched the mark, her voice clear and firm:

“Master, look here. The location indicated by the mark is deep within the Mirror Lake Forest. This is where the treasure is buried.”

Mirror Lake Forest?

Adele frowned slightly and said softly, "That forest is indeed not dangerous. The highest-ranking magical beasts there are only silver-tier. How could a place like this contain a treasure that leads to a legend?"

"Only Silver Rank, meow!"

Luna pouted and said, "So weak, meow! Luna could beat you with one hand, meow!"

Vera understood their confusion; many couldn't comprehend why the Goddess of Wealth would engage in such a losing proposition. However, having studied extensively about deities at the academy, she explained:

"The goddess of wealth is the goddess who most frequently casts her gaze upon the mortal realm, without exception."

"And this is also the reward given by the Goddess of Wealth to them for completing the gold sacrifice. Moreover, these treasures are not always placed there by the Goddess of Wealth herself. Many times, the Goddess of Wealth guides her followers to find other people's treasures."

"This goddess doesn't seem like a true deity either."

Mu Qiu clicked his tongue and asked the question he was most concerned about: "What is the key?"

Vera shook her head.

"Only those who have received the blessing of the goddess of wealth know what the key is."

"However, generally speaking, they are all related to gold. The simplest key is to put in a large amount of gold coins to open the treasure."

As she spoke, she looked at Mu Qiu.

“Master, I recently went to Mirror Lake Forest and I still remember the way. Would you like me to take you there?”

Chapter 71 A sure thing! This time, we're definitely going to suffer a huge loss!

Mu Qiu frowned slightly, instinctively wanting to refuse Vera's suggestion.

Treasure maps seem to offer him no benefit; in fact, they might involve the gods of this world, adding unnecessary unknown risks.

Of course, if there really was a super treasure worth a billion gold coins, Mu Qiu would not refuse it—after all, profit is not without benefit for him, it's just that the benefit is much smaller than the profit from loss.

But just then, the voice of the intelligent guidance rang out once again.

[Host, have you discovered the treasure map of the Goddess of Wealth?]

Hey! I have two ideas! Would you like to hear my good idea or my bad idea?

Oh?

Mu Qiu's heart stirred.

The system always wants him to make more money to generate profit, so a good idea should be one that makes him money, while a bad idea should be one that makes him lose money.

"Then I want to hear your bad ideas! Come on, tell me what bad ideas you have!"

【You want to hear a bad idea? The bad idea is to go to the location of the Goddess of Wealth's treasure map.】

Although a very valuable treasure is buried there, the key requires inserting a gold coin, and there's a very high chance that the coin will disappear upon insertion, leaving only a very low probability of successfully opening the treasure.

what?

There's a chance that the coins you put in will disappear?!

Mu Qiu was overjoyed.

This idea is brilliant!

Could there really be such a perfect treasure for him in the world?

If he gives the system funds to Vera and the others and lets them insert coins themselves, wouldn't that be a losing investment?

Investing gold coins to unlock treasure is an investment!

If he's unlucky enough, he might lose all ten million gold coins overnight!

"Vera, you're right. Let's have breakfast first, and then set off for Mirror Lake Forest!"

Mu Qiu waved his hand and immediately made a decision.

Upon hearing this, Adele bowed slightly and quietly withdrew, leading several catgirls skilled in cooking to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

She originally planned to hunt large magical beasts with Luna today, but she didn't expect to encounter a band of thieves, which delayed their plans.

While waiting for Adele to prepare breakfast, Mu Qiu and Vera walked side by side to the restaurant. Remembering that Vera had recently taken a day off to go to Mirror Lake Forest, he casually asked, "By the way, Vera, did you find what you were looking for in Mirror Lake Forest last time?"

Vera's pointed ears twitched almost imperceptibly. She sighed softly, shook her head, and her gaze drifted somewhat to the vase beside the corridor: "Yes, all the luggage I hid in the forest has been found..."

That morning, she set off for Mirror Lake Forest. The journey was peaceful, and thanks to the aura of a Gold-rank mage, the monsters in the forest did not provoke her. She quickly found the baggage she had left behind when she was being chased, following the marks she had made.

The few books on human history that she gave to Melinda were among the items she packed in her luggage.

Of course, that includes that banned book.

Anyway, the next time the banned book is used won't be for another hundred years.

So, she doesn't need to return to her clan now, does she?

Even if I take the forbidden book back, the elven elders in my tribe might not be able to guard it properly, and it might be stolen!

It would be safer to leave the banned books with her!

Um! That's right!

This is all to protect banned books!

It's definitely not because she doesn't want to leave the manor or anything; she simply wants to protect the forbidden books from being stolen by humans and demons!

Having an epic, legendary elven elder guard the forbidden book is nowhere near as safe as having a gold-rank mage protect it!

It's not that she doesn't want to hand over the forbidden book to the elves; it's all for the better protection of the forbidden book!

Surely Her Majesty the Queen will understand her good intentions!

Thinking of this, Vera's lips suddenly curled up, and she reached out and patted Mu Qiu's chest: "Hey, you lewd master! When did you advance to Gold rank? You've been secretly drinking potions behind my back, haven't you?"

Mu Qiu rolled her eyes.

That's because he's already spent five million gold coins!

As for why he still had 10 million gold coins in his system funds even though he had already spent 5 million gold coins... Mu Qiu was also puzzled - how could the Byd system be so good at generating gold coins?

"What, you've already broken through to the peak of the Gold Realm, aren't you thinking about how to break through to the next level?"

"Can cultivation really be achieved through meditation?"

Vera pouted and said, "Of course, I want my master to stuff your sticky, warm potion into my belly so I can break through to Orichalcum!"

Mu Qiu's lips twitched.

It's just a simple potion drink, so why does it sound so vulgar coming from this silver-haired elf's mouth?

"You elf have already fallen into corruption from drinking magic potions!"

"Who would consider potions as the only way to break through to the next level? Meditation is the most fundamental way for a mage to cultivate!"

"People have already given up on meditation."

Vera muttered, then seemed to remember something, puffed out her full chest, and said confidently, "Speaking of which, potions were originally developed for us elves, right? Only you humans can break through a rank in three to five years, while we elves take decades to break through a rank."

"In the later stages, it might take hundreds of years to break through, right?"

“Our cultivation speed is not as fast as yours humans, but when it comes to taking potions, the efficiency is the same.”

Mu Qiu stroked his chin, somewhat surprised: "There's actually such a thing?"

"Of course!"

Vera snorted smugly, raising her fair chin: "We elves possess the most powerful ancient magic and divine magic on the continent!"

"Even their lifespan is measured in millennia, more than ten times that of you humans!"

"If we had the same cultivation talent as you humans, this continent would have been dominated by us elves long ago. There would be no chance for you humans!"

"Are dragons not even as long-lived as you elves?"

Mu Qiu was a little curious.

The bookstores in Blackrock Town were ultimately too small, and most of them contained books related to humans. He often only knew the names of other races.

Well, it's not entirely accurate to say that I only know the name.

After all, bookstores are different from libraries. Libraries have many books for popular science, but bookstores sell more books that ordinary people would also buy.

In Blackrock Town, for example, the best-selling books are actually unofficial histories of various historical figures and gods, as well as dwarf jokes and other books that can make ordinary people laugh out loud...

Therefore, Mu Qiu never talks about history with anyone, because he doesn't know whether the history books he read in Blackstone Town are legitimate history books or unofficial histories conceived by eccentric historians...

"Dragons certainly live longer than us elves, but that's a theoretical lifespan."

Vera said, "Dragons are far more warlike than us elves. Getting involved in all sorts of battles is their norm. Sometimes they even sign some kind of messy contracts with you humans, and then die somewhere... Almost no dragon lives to die of old age. Their average lifespan is actually much shorter than ours."

"The same goes for the winged people. The so-called winged race is actually the aristocracy of the bird-people race. They think the name bird-people is too unpleasant, so they call themselves winged people and consider themselves a superior race."

"The Winged Race looks very similar to humans, with normal hand structures and wings on their backs. Their lifespan is slightly longer than that of humans, with an average lifespan of two hundred years for an ordinary individual. However, their talent for cultivation is much higher than that of humans, although their population is very small."