The sunset was setting in the west, and the fiery red clouds filled almost half of the sky, even dyeing the entire earth red.

  "Cleaning the temple is really simple."

  Lin Lei walked out of the hall, and had to admit that he was over-prepared. What he had originally planned to do in an hour was done in just fifteen minutes.

  On the continent of Yulan, a year is 12 months, each month has 30 days, a day has 24 hours, and an hour has 60 minutes. Most nobles own a clock that can tell accurate time, while extremely wealthy or high-ranking individuals even have exquisite pocket watches.

  "The temple is cleaned every month, and in fact, within a short month, theres hardly any dirty place on the temple, just a casual wipe will do. And its almost an hour before evening training, what to do?" Lin Lei looked around boredly.

  The ancient mansion of Baruch has a history of over 5,000 years.

  The front yard is cleaned and tidied every day, but the backyard is a vast place where, except for the ancestral hall, all the other houses and courtyards are covered with dust, and even have cracks. The walls, stone roads are overgrown with weeds and green moss.

  "Hmm." Looking at these old and dilapidated buildings, Lin Leis eyes gradually lit up, "The backyard has been neglected for over a hundred years, I wonder if there are some ancient and valuable things inside?"

  Lin Leis heart skipped a beat at this thought.

  "If I can find something valuable and give it to Father, he will definitely be very happy." Lin Lei took a deep breath and immediately started walking towards the dilapidated house next to the ancestral hall, stepping carefully and holding a sturdy wooden stick in his hand to sweep away cobwebs, carefully observing if there were any items.

  As soon as Lin Lei entered the old house, he smelled a musty smell. There were dense cobwebs in the corner of the wall, and spiders could be seen crawling on them.

  Not a few cobwebs cover the surface of some decorations, and upon closer inspection, the decorative patterns on the walls of the old house are still very ancient. However, those decorations have long since rotted away, and only the outlines can be barely made out.

  "If these decorations hadnt rotted, were new and should be worth a lot of money." Lin Lei shook his head helplessly and continued to observe other things, using the wooden stick in his hand to remove layer after layer of cobwebs. Lin Lei carefully observed every single item.

  On the ground, on the wooden frame, or check the wall for any hidden mechanisms.

  "According to whats written in the book, there should be a mechanism for making walls. Its completely normal." Lin Lei carefully knocked on the wall and listened to the sound.

  Lin Lei enjoyed the feeling of old house treasure hunting, but Lin Lei forgot that if he could think of old house treasure hunting, his father, even his grandfather, and the older generations of the Balrog family would not be able to think of it?

  Everything in these old houses had been thoroughly cleaned up by the ancestors of the Baruk family.

  Lin Lei was only eight years old, although his family education made him more mature than others at a young age, but after all, there was still a big gap between him and adults, and he didnt think things through thoroughly.

  "This room is empty, next one —" Lin Lei walked out of the first room and headed towards the second one.

  There are still many buildings in the backyard, after all, the front yard mansion where Lin Lei and others live now is only one-third of the entire mansion. The area behind is much larger. If you want to search everything thoroughly, Lin Lei estimates it will take a whole days effort.

  "One by one, all the decorations are rotten, and none of them are valuable." Lin Lei walked out of another old house.

  Look at the sky.

  "Alright, theres still about 15 minutes until the evening training. Ill take a look at that large mansion over there, the biggest one. Itll only take 10 minutes to search it, and if we cant find anything, well head straight to training."

  Lin Lei made up his mind and ran towards the largest old house.

  This old house occupies a larger area than the living room of the front yard mansion. As he stepped inside, Lin Lei observed carefully: "I guess hundreds of years ago, this was where our Baruk family had dinner gatherings." From the interior decoration and layout of the old house, Lin Lei could also tell that this was the living room.

  And its a very spacious and atmospheric living room.

  "Search the ground first."

  Old rules, Lin Lei lowered his head and opened his eyes wide, carefully searching every place, if he saw something, he would poke it with a wooden stick twice, and carefully identify it. If it was just a stone, he would give up directly. As the evening training was approaching, Lin Leis search speed also accelerated a lot.

  "Start searching the walls and various decorations, ah, last hope." Lin Lei puffed out his cheeks, looking around, "Ancestors of the family, leave me one or two things, even a small trinket."

  Lin Lei carefully observed all around, even going so far as to look behind the rotten decorations on the wall.

  On the wall of this old house, there was a wooden frame with drawers on it. Lin Lei immediately opened each drawer to take a closer look, but they were extremely clean and empty inside. If there was anything, it was just dust.

  "Alas!"

  After checking the last drawer of the wooden frame, Lin Lei couldnt help but feel a wave of disappointment.

  "After searching for so long, I didnt even find anything valuable, but Im exhausted and covered in sweat, with a layer of dust on my body." Lin Lei looked at himself and indeed he was very dirty. This made Lin Lei feel somewhat indignant.

  Lin Leis eyes scanned the old house.

  "Hmph, go back." Lin Lei angrily threw the wooden rod in his hand heavily onto the nearby wooden frame, as if he wanted to vent out the anger and resentment of nearly an hours useless work in this one throw.

  "Bang!" The wooden rod slammed heavily onto the wooden frame.

  This wooden frame has a long history, and with over a hundred years of corrosion, it can no longer bear the weight. With a loud crash, the wooden beam made the frame creak loudly.

  Lin Lei couldnt help but look back at the sound, and was shocked: "Not good, its going to collapse." Lin Lei had also smashed some decorative items to the ground when searching the front several old houses, and already had a lot of experience.

  Lin Lei hastily retreated to the side to avoid him.

  The two tall wooden frames finally collapsed, and with a loud "boom", the frame smashed to the ground, shattering into seven or eight pieces, causing a layer of dust to rise in the old house. In the rising dust, Lin Lei did not notice -

  As the wooden frame shattered, a black ring that had been hidden in the interlayer of the wooden frame for who knows how long also fell down and finally rolled onto the ground.

  "Pffft, pffft." Lin Lei spat out two or three times and waved his sleeve to fan away the dust.

  "What bad luck, Ive gotten a whole body of dust on me. I reckon well be training again soon, so Id better hurry up and wash my body quickly and change into a new set of clothes." Lin Lei waved his hand and headed out the door of the old house.