More than a hundred Magic Armor Masters were carrying large and small boxes out, while Li Xiu and Bai Wanli passed through multiple doors together and arrived at a small warehouse.

"Commander Li, feel free to choose from the items here. This is your commander welfare, but you can only pick one," Bai Wanli said coldly, standing aside.

"Isn't commander welfare supposed to be a Super Spirit Demon Core, a Super Spirit Gemstone, and a batch of Ordinary Demon Cores and Gemstones?" Li Xiu frowned.

"You brought people to move away the excess Demon Cores and Gemstones. Where am I supposed to find those for you? Either wait until we have them again or pick one item from here; the choice is yours," Bai Wanli replied expressionlessly.

"Then I'll reluctantly choose one item, I guess." Li Xiu had asked Li Qingyi about it before and knew that the two-choice scenario for resources and items did exist. Today, trying to force Bai Wanli to bring out the Super Spirit Gemstone seemed unlikely to happen.

Coming back another day would be even more impossible. This kind of thing can only be done once; doing it a second time would be more about causing problems for the president of the Everlasting Heaven than giving Bai Wanli a hard time.

Nobody would keep a gang of bandits at home; this is something that can be done once, but not again.

Li Xiu scanned the area and saw that each shelf was stacked with boxes of various sizes, presumably numbering in the thousands.

"Where's the catalog?" Li Xiu asked Bai Wanli.

"I told you before, the General Affairs Department is doing a major inventory count, and it hasn't been completed here yet. There's no catalog. You can take your time to choose until you are satisfied," Bai Wanli said with a sneer.

"Fine, then I'll take my time choosing." Li Xiu was not in a hurry and began opening boxes one by one to examine them.

Most of these boxes contained contract and ring items, likely left behind by some Trial Takers after their death.

However, before a contract is made, it's hard to discern the level and quality of contract and Demon Spirit Rings. So picking randomly, who knows what one might end up with?

Bai Wanli watched coldly as the contract and rings inside varied in quality, with most not being high in level and quality. The portion of S-level items was barely one in twenty, and as for Super Spirit items, the count was already limited.

Earlier, Han Mingshou could choose the Dragon-slaying Dagger because Bai Wanli specifically pointed it out for him.

Choosing without knowing anything, the chance of selecting a Super Spirit item is about the same as winning the lottery.

"What's this?" Li Xiu pointed to a jade token inside a box and asked Bai Wanli.

"A jade token. You don't even recognize a jade token?" Bai Wanli teased.

Li Xiu said nothing, put down the jade token, and continued to look through each box. It was quite difficult to discern their quality without being activated, as they all looked fairly similar.

As Li Xiu walked and looked, contemplating how he should choose an item, a woman's voice suddenly echoed in his mind: "Husband, choose the red box on the left."

Li Xiu was startled and quickly looked around, but he didn't see any sign of the bride, only Bai Wanli following not far behind him.

"There are outsiders present, and it's inconvenient for me to show myself. Please, husband, choose that red box." The bride's voice echoed again in Li Xiu's mind.

Li Xiu frowned slightly and looked to his left.

Indeed, there was a red wooden box there, not very large, about a foot in length and a palm's width, with a thickness of four or five centimeters.

Li Xiu picked up the red box, opened it, and to his surprise, found a short sword inside, still in its sheath.

The sword sheath and hilt appeared to be made of brass, adorned with many gemstones of various colors.

Li Xiu glanced over it, and it seemed that the sword had all Five Great Gemstones: ruby, sapphire, emerald, and diamond.

However, the gemstones embedded on it were relatively small in size, with the largest being only two or three carats, and many being less than a carat, which were most of them.

"What's this?" Li Xiu asked Bai Wanli.

"A short sword," Bai Wanli said casually.

"Let's go with it then." Li Xiu saw no peculiar expression on Bai Wanli's face and knew he didn't seem to value this short sword.

If it were up to Li Xiu, he certainly wouldn't pick this short sword. However, the bride had insisted so strongly, she must have her reasons.

If Li Xiu didn't choose it, he feared the bride might cause trouble for him.

"Fine, you can take it directly." Bai Wanli showed no expression on his face but was secretly pleased inside.

That short sword wasn't even a contract item but merely a handcrafted piece embedded with gemstones.

Bai Wanli knew the origins of this sword; it was left behind by an elder guarding the Trial Gate after he passed away.

Since the elder had no descendants, all his belongings were placed in the warehouse after his death, and the short sword was one such item.

Before being stored, it had been researched, and both the sheath and sword parts were made of brass. Although they contained a bit of gold internally, the proportion was not much. The gemstones on them were not large, and there were no Demon Spirit Gemstones.

If Li Xiu wanted this short sword for those gemstones, he was undoubtedly at a great loss.

The regular welfare Li Xiu could obtain was far more valuable than the gemstones embedded on the sword. Compared to them, these gemstones were like a drop in a bucket.

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