Chapter 1 The Treasure Trove

The entrance to the treasure trove was located halfway up Falling Axe Mountain, on a steep side, and shielded by the surrounding mountains, making it difficult to notice anything unusual unless someone actually came down to this spot.

"This is the Way of Feng Shui, the Way of Feng Shui! Taking mountains and rivers as the medium, clouds and seas as the intermediary, concealed within, submerged within, hidden within, borrowing the divine craftsmanship of nature to create its own treasure trove layout, marvelous, marvelous, marvelous!"

Yao Zizhan said excitedly.

"Teacher Yao, watch your step, don't fall."

Zheng Fan walked behind Yao Zizhan, pretending to support him with his hand while reminding him.

"Oh, oh, oh, this old man is just excited, excited."

Xue San, who was leading the way, teased, "I bet you said the same thing the first time you came here decades ago, right?"

Yao Zizhan nodded and said,

"Yes, back then, to save my life, I had to desperately flatter that fellow Helian Xiongbi, so I had to rack my brains to praise his vision for choosing such a place, right?"

The blind man asked, "Was this treasure trove built by Helian Xiongbi, or by his ancestors?"

"It's been around for a long time, but Helian Xiongbi expanded it."

"Oh, I see."

The group, not leaving anyone behind, arrived at a recessed platform halfway up the mountain.

Before them stood a majestic bronze door.

Zheng Fan scanned it up and down and sighed:

"It's got a 'Grave Robbing Notes' vibe."

Xue San quickly followed up with the joke: "But Master, this time we don't have to hand it over to the imperial court, hehe."

Zheng Fan didn't respond.

The blind man disdainfully said:

"That's an old joke."

Xue San glared at the blind man many times, but the blind man was blind and didn't see it at all, which made Xue San very depressed.

A'Ming had already advanced; Fan Li was excluded, so now it was Xue San and the blind man competing, so there was bound to be some tension.

Yao Zizhan stepped forward, bent down, and wiped the ground with his sleeve.

Zheng Fan and Xue San leaned over, watching Yao Zizhan wipe and wipe;

At this moment,

The blind man, standing two meters away, poked the ground with his toe, saying:

"Teacher Yao, are you wiping the wrong place?"

Yao Zizhan heard this, quickly stood up, walked to the blind man's side, and found that the blind man's foot had scratched away some dirt, revealing something that looked like a bronze mirror on the ground.

"Oh, I really misremembered the location, it's here."

"........." Xue San.

"........." Zheng Fan.

Yao Zizhan knelt down and continued to wipe with his sleeve, cleaning the bronze mirror embedded in the platform until it was very clean, and it seemed that it could even reflect people's shadows.

"Back then, he opened this bronze door by dripping his blood onto this bronze mirror."

Fan Li understood and walked over with Helian Baozhu in his arms.

"Cover her eyes," Xue San said.

Fan Li's large palm covered Helian Baozhu's entire face.

Xue San took out his dagger, grabbed Helian Baozhu's palm, and gently sliced it, causing blood to drip onto the bronze mirror.

Helian Baozhu neither cried nor made a fuss, as if she felt nothing at all.

Seeing that enough had dripped, Xue San applied medicine and bandaged the wound, treating Helian Baozhu's palm injury.

Fan Li looked down at the blood-stained bronze mirror and then at the bronze door in front of him,

Saying:

"No movement?"

Xue San speculated:

"Does it need to wait for the blood to seep in?"

A'Ming said: "Could there be something wrong with the mechanism inside?"

The blind man said: "Let's wait a bit longer."

Then,

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour,

The bronze door still didn't react.

Xue San patted his forehead and sighed: "Damn it, the mechanism inside must have broken down due to years of disrepair. The Helian family is really lazy, don't they send people to inspect it regularly?"

"Could it be that the surface of this bronze mirror has been weathered, so it's not sensitive anymore?"

As the blind man spoke, he began to try to use his spiritual power to enter the bronze mirror to examine it.

Yao Zizhan also clicked his tongue, saying:

"It shouldn't be, Helian Xiongbi opened the door as soon as he dripped blood in front of this old man."

At this moment,

Zheng Fan suddenly chuckled twice,

Saying:

"There's another possibility."

For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on Zheng Fan, including Yao Zizhan.

Zheng Fan turned to the side, pointed to Helian Baozhu, and said:

"Old Master Helian Xiongbi had a daughter late in life, seems there's a problem."

Everyone collectively realized,

They really hadn't thought of this possibility before,

They were all wondering if the mechanism was broken,

But they never thought that the blood flowing in the veins of this young lady, whom the Helian family's deathsworn protectors had risked their lives to protect, was not the Helian family's blood.

"Damn, Old Master Helian Xiongbi is screwing people over!" Xue San cursed, "This green hat is really coming at the wrong time."

After speaking, Xue San walked to the bronze door, poked at the gaps with his dagger, and knocked on it, somewhat helplessly saying:

"Master, this door is combined with the mountain's momentum, it's not easy to break. I dare not dig a tunnel, there's no way to start."

This was the information feedback from Xue San, a tomb raiding expert.

The blind man narrowed his eyes, first looked at Helian Baozhu, then looked at Yao Zizhan, and then silently sat down, taking out an orange from his pocket.

"Blind man, how come you never run out of oranges?" Xue San said irritably.

"I brought a lot."

The blind man continued to peel the orange.

Fan Li took the initiative to walk to the bronze door, picked up his axe, and began to smash the door with the back of the axe.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

He smashed it many times, making a lot of noise, but the door didn't budge.

Xue San patted Fan Li's calf,

"Don't waste your energy, save it."

Yao Zizhan sighed, sat down, and rubbed his forehead.

Zheng Fan frowned and also sat down.

After carefully climbing the mountain and arriving at this platform, everyone was somewhat exhausted.

"Ah, that old thing Helian Xiongbi, when this old man goes down there in the future, goes to the underworld, he'll laugh himself to death. He even wrote to this old man when he had a daughter late in life, saying that he was still young and not inferior to his prime...…"

The blind man suddenly said:

"Did you try it back then?"

"............" Yao Zizhan.

Zheng Fan looked at the blind man, seeing that the blind man's expression was natural, he suddenly relaxed, looked at Yao Zizhan, and said:

"Isn't that for sure, otherwise why would Old Master Helian tell Teacher Yao about how he was back then?"

"Are you devils?"

Yao Zizhan finally exploded, enough is enough!

"Alright, you continue to sigh, continue to reminisce." Zheng Fan raised his hand.

"Ah, when I go down there in the future, this old man will laugh that old fool to death. He was wise his whole life, but in the end, he didn't even know that someone borrowed his nest to lay an egg, and he still treated her like a treasure. This is really ruining a lifetime of fame."

Zheng Fan rubbed his temples while relieving his fatigue, saying:

"Is that all it takes to ruin it? What about being chased for thousands of miles by the Zhenbei Marquis and the Jingnan Marquis in those ten days and having his head cut off in the Qing Shuang battle formation by the Zhenbei Army's commander?"

"Brother Zheng, do you have to argue with this old man?"

"Just stating the facts." Zheng Fan pointed to the bronze door and said, "Relying on a treasure trove to try to make a comeback is too wishful thinking."

Yao Zizhan pointed at Zheng Fan and laughed:

"You're sour."

"Can't get it, really sour, wasted a few days for nothing, feels like a loss."

Yao Zizhan immediately said:

"Great Yan needs to recuperate, the Three Jins region needs to recuperate. This old man estimates that in the next few years, the entire East, except for some small countries that may have some friction, except for the Chu Kingdom where the princes are still fighting for the throne, the general direction is that the three great powers of Yan, Qian, and Cheng will all focus on peace.

Once there is no war, trade will resume. Although Shengle City is located in a remote area, it is also a fortress in the Heavenly Fracture Mountain Range. There were many merchants and caravans there in the early days. As long as Brother Zheng gives the nod, in a few months, there will be a steady stream of merchant teams departing from the Qian Kingdom to do business in your Shengle City."

"Hey, I say, Teacher Yao, I'm worrying about finding a treasure mountain but not being able to enter, and you're actually trying to win me over here, that's not fair, that's not fair."

"Are there only treasures in this one mountain in the world?"

"Alright, since Teacher Yao thinks so highly of me, then I can't hide it. Let's do it this way, as long as the generals of Great Qian can lead their troops to destroy the Jingnan Army and suppress the Zhenbei Army, and when the Great Qian army's forces point directly at Yanjing,

The troops of my Shengle City will naturally bring their own food, fodder, and military equipment to surrender!"

"............" Yao Zizhan.

At this moment, A'Ming walked over and said, "Master, what's our next step, are we going back? I think the Cheng Kingdom's troops shouldn't be far from here."

The Cheng Kingdom people destroyed Geda Mountain and turned Gesang to their side, their purpose was naturally for this treasure trove, so they couldn't possibly give up.

"Are you out of wine?" Zheng Fan asked.

"Almost finished drinking, and I didn't see any wild man villages on the way."

Yao Zizhan rubbed his old waist,

Saying:

"Then let's go back, and when there's a chance in the future, Brother Zheng can bring a large army to excavate this mountain. This treasure trove will ultimately be Brother Zheng's anyway.

This old man, I'm already a little impatient to taste the delicacies of Shengle City, I'm so hungry."

Zheng Fan ignored Yao Zizhan, but looked at A'Ming:

"Then let's borrow some blood."

A'Ming's mouth revealed a smile, saying: "Whose do we borrow?"

Zheng Fan pointed to the Miss Su who was still in a daze lying next to Chen Daxia,

"Borrow hers."

Yao Zizhan quickly said, "Miss Su's body is already so weak, she can't stand any more torment."

Chen Daxia also looked at Zheng Fan,

Zheng Fan then directly said:

"I promised you to protect Teacher Yao's safety, but I didn't promise to protect even this woman, but I can promise you that as long as this woman doesn't do anything stupid again, I won't take her life, now, I'm just borrowing a little blood."

"Master, eat an orange."

The blind man put a segment of orange pulp to Zheng Fan's mouth, and Zheng Fan opened his mouth and swallowed it.

The blind man even used his fingers to help wipe Zheng Fan's mouth before taking it back.

Xue San, who was on the side, felt his teeth a little sour when he saw this scene and muttered:

"Disgusting."

The blind man put a segment of orange in his own mouth and disdainfully said to Xue San:

"Stupid B."

A'Ming walked to Miss Su's side, Chen Daxia frowned, but only asked: "Just borrow a little blood, my blood is also okay."

Zheng Fan shook his head, firmly saying:

"I only want hers."

"Hehehe... hehehe........."

Yao Zizhan suddenly let out a bitter laugh, looking at Zheng Fan,

Saying:

"Brother Zheng, this old man is very curious, how did you figure it out?"

Zheng Fan supported himself on the ground with both hands behind him, changing to a more comfortable position,

Saying:

"Actually, I felt something was wrong a long time ago, there are three of you.

Chen Daxia, is stupid, but can fight; you can't fight, but are shrewd.

Then what about her?

Why would you bring someone who is both stupid and can't fight along the way?"