Awed and Perplexed

Once Xiao Lin thought all that, he prepared to leave the room that he was in.

Then in the passageway as he was heading towards a particular exit door to leave the treasure storage house, he bent to pick up the shield of the statue.

Then after stowing it away into his spatial ring, he immediately left the treasure storage house before anyone will appear and ask him for the treasures that he took from the treasure storage room.

...

Many moments after he left there, cultivators began to appear one after the other.

Then seeing that the door of the treasure storage house had been slashed open, they became surprised.

Then they chose to go into the treasure storage house with great caution in their eyes, as they didn't know what awaited them in there.

After entering and walking for a bit within the treasure storage house, they suddenly sighted drops of blood on the ground.