Professionals of the Starry Skies - Chapter 684

Chapter 684: Gold and Silver (Additional updates, please subscribe)

Bang!

The heavy stone slab was lifted up and fell to the side with a dull sound, breaking into pieces.

Inside the sarcophagus, there was only a decayed remains.

In addition, there are quite a few burial objects.

“Huh?”

Mai Long’s eyes lit up and he picked up a piece of ancient jade.

This jade looks like sheep fat, but there are traces of blood inside: “This is real ‘blood jade’, not a fake made by killing dogs and goats and hiding it in their stomachs… It should be worth at least a thousand taels of silver.”

“I never thought that people in ancient times were not poor either.”

Du Sha’s face was full of joy as he held up a black object.

He exerted a little force and shattered the outer layer of dirt, revealing the golden light inside.

“Wow… such a big piece of gold nugget?”

“Second brother is lucky.”

Gou San moved as fast as the wind, lightly tapping the throat and abdomen of the corpse, then shook his head: “No jade, no dirty tricks…”

“This is a custom of the Dakang Dynasty. Daxia naturally does not have it.”

Mai Long shook his head, his eyes suddenly fixed: “Okay… Let’s take another look. If there’s nothing good, let’s go…”

The three tomb robbers looted all the valuables and left the tomb.

…

After an unknown amount of time, a figure suddenly returned. It was none other than the one-eyed dog Mai Long!
He came to the sarcophagus and suddenly exerted force with both palms.

Bang!
The corpse of the tomb owner was thrown directly into the air, hit the wall, and broke into pieces.

Mai Long stretched out his fingers and knocked on the sarcophagus inch by inch.

Bang!
Bang! Bang!

Amid the dull sound, a slightly unusual voice was heard.

“Sure enough, there is treasure hidden in the coffin? There must be something good!”

Mai Long’s remaining eye lit up.

He had seen some clues before, and when he left to sell the stolen goods, he deliberately found an excuse to get rid of his two sworn brothers, just to swallow up this fortune!
As for sworn brothers?

What does that matter? For money, he can stab his own brother twice!

When he followed his brothers into the tomb, he was ruthless and plotted against his brothers, so that he was able to obtain the secret book and become a real warrior.

Now, it’s the same!
“Haha… I was wondering if your behavior was a little strange before. It turns out you were hiding the treasure.”

At this moment, a laugh suddenly rang out, causing Mai Long’s expression to change. He looked towards the entrance of the tomb and saw Du Sha walking in.

“Brother, you are joking. I just remembered that there was something strange here… so I came here to take a look.”

Mai Long forced a smile.

“hehe……”

Du Sha walked over and exclaimed in amazement: “This sarcophagus is a whole piece. I wonder how much effort those primitive people must have put into making a mechanism inside it. The hidden objects must be either rare treasures or divine objects, right?”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a gust of wind behind his head!
It turned out that Mai Long took advantage of Du Sha’s close observation and hit Du Sha’s head hard with his fists.

Bang!
But Du Sha seemed to be prepared. He slipped and dodged the attack from behind like a loach.

“Mai Long, if you are unkind, don’t blame me for being unjust.”

Du Sha sneered, and veins bulged on his arms with a hint of silver, like two giant pythons, and suddenly attacked.

Bang!

After a few moves, he used a heavy blow and hit Mai Long’s chest hard.

Snap!

A sharp sound was heard, and Mai Long flew backwards like a broken sack, hitting the wall, blood foaming from his mouth: “Eighth Rank… I didn’t expect… you have already been promoted to the ‘Silver Network Realm’?”

“Hey, who doesn’t have a hidden card when walking around in the martial arts world?”

Du Sha knew that Mai Long had been hit hard by his powerful blow and his internal organs were shattered, so it was obvious that he would not survive.

He did not go to finish off the enemy, but simply came to the sarcophagus and pressed his finger.

Snap!

A layer of the stone wall broke, revealing a hidden compartment.

In the middle of the grid, there was a stone piece. It was the size of a baby’s fist, with faint patterns on it, like a totem, and also similar to a yin-yang fish…

“Stone pieces?”

Du Sha was surprised, picked up the stone, and came to Mai Long: “Is this what you are looking for?”

Mai Long’s only remaining eye widened, his chest panting violently as if it were a bellows, a trace of mockery and bitter smile spread across his face: “Ha…haha…we two are really the biggest idiots in the world…we’ve killed each other before we even see the treasure…”

Hearing this, Du Sha’s face was a little embarrassed: “This seems to be an ancient command talisman or tiger talisman. In ancient times, it might be able to command an army, but now it’s worthless… Boss, you’ve made a mistake.”

Mai Long was so angry that he spit out blood and tilted his head. It was obvious that he was angry to death.

“Alas…even if this didn’t happen, I still want to kill you for being a traitor.”

Du Sha suddenly leaned over, took off Mai Long’s belt, and took out a few banknotes from it: “Hehe… As expected, they are hidden here. Banknotes from Baoyuan, wow, there are actually two thousand taels…”

This silver note is very strange, as if it is made of silver. Not only can it be folded at will, but it also emits strands of silver light.

“The boss’s belongings should all be here.”

“Well, who?”

Du Sha was just about to put the banknotes away when his expression suddenly changed and he looked towards the entrance of the tunnel.

A man walked in. It turned out to be Roaring Sky Dog Gou San: “Du Sha… you actually killed my elder brother and violated the oath we made back then. Are you going to die as promised?”

“Heh…it turns out that the three of us all have our own agenda.”

Du Sha laughed at himself: “You have been staring at me, wanting to be the one who wins, right? But unfortunately, among the three of us, my martial arts is the strongest!”

“I know you have been hiding your incompetence and pushing me to the front as a shield.”

After Gou San finished speaking, his figure flashed and disappeared in an instant.

“What? So fast!”

Du Sha was shocked, and he held his chest with his arms. Suddenly, he saw a palm!
It was Gou San’s palm!
There was a faint light on the palm, which made it look like it was made of gold in the darkness.

Bang!
The golden palm hit Du Sha’s arm with such force that it broke his arm directly, and continued to hit Du Sha’s chest.

Du Sha’s chest caved in immediately, and his body slammed heavily against the wall like a broken sack. He slowly slid down and fell next to Mai Long’s body: “…Seventh-grade…gold thread? My loss…is not unfair…”

The nine-grade martial arts are popular nowadays. The first three grades are the Bronze Gate Realm, the Silver Vein Realm, and the Gold Thread Realm…also known as the “lower three grades”. They are the realms for laying the foundation and require swallowing gold and mercury pills to practice.

When refining this kind of elixir, a large amount of gold and mercury must be added… If an ordinary person swallows it, it may burn their intestines. Only a warrior at the ninth level of the Bronze Gate Realm can barely contain and refine it with his body…

“Alas, second brother, I don’t want to either… But I still want to make some progress in martial arts. Next year, my kid will also try to join a sect. This is a bottomless pit.”

Gou San sighed, “If you want to practice martial arts, you have to work hard and prepare a mountain of gold and silver… There is a saying that goes, ‘The entrance to the martial arts world faces south, poor people, don’t come here’… My two money-eating beasts are simply deadly, otherwise they wouldn’t be forced to come out to do this business that will destroy their descendants…”

He bent down and took out all the 3,500 taels of silver from Du Sha.

Even though Du Sha had tried to hide it by sewing the banknotes into the seams of his clothes and hiding them in his insoles, he still couldn’t conceal it. It was obvious at a glance that he had been observing and planning for a long time.

“You…hahaha…this is the martial arts world!”

Du Sha laughed loudly: “When I was young, I thought the martial arts world was full of fine clothes, galloping horses, and helping others with swords… But later I realized that the martial arts world is full of blood, stench, and cannibalism!”

“Even so, no one can stop the young man’s dream of becoming a martial artist, right?”

Gou San stood up, thought for a moment, took the stone piece, and came to the entrance of the tunnel: “Second brother, you swore to stay with the eldest brother through life and death… I will do my best to fulfill your wish.”

Bang!
He waved his hand and a lot of earth and rocks fell down, quickly covering the cave entrance.

…

Gou San left the ancient tomb and returned to an inn in a town at the foot of the mountain.

After picking up his luggage, he left immediately, traveling carefully all the way.

Finally, after more than half a month, we arrived at a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

But at this time, Gou San had taken off the human skin mask on his face, revealing a face that looked to be about twenty years old, with narrow eyes and a hint of harshness.

“Xun Laoliu, you’re back?”

Several farmers nearby greeted him: “You should be careful when you go out to do business alone. The world is not peaceful these days…”

“Thank you, Uncle Liu. I know.”

Xun Laoliu showed a harmless smile and came to the outside of a farmhouse.

Inside the fence, an old hen was foraging for food with a group of yellow chicks.

Not far away, there was a little boy who looked about eleven or twelve years old playing with a bamboo horse.

When he saw Xun Laoliu, his eyes lit up immediately: “Dad… Mom, Mom… Dad is back.”

“Little Tiger!”

Xun Laoliu had taken a bath before, and now he picked up the little boy, rubbed his face with his stubble, and looked at a woman in a cloth skirt who came out: “Madam…”

“Boss, you’re finally back…” The woman’s eyes reddened.

“Not only did I come back this time, I finally made some money. I saved up 500 taels of silver, so I can send the little tiger to the Five Animals Sect. As long as he has the qualifications, he will definitely stay and make great achievements in the future!”

Xun Laoliu said seriously.

“Five hundred taels?”

The woman couldn’t help but wonder, “Where did you get so much money?”

“I’ve been saving some money from private sources before, and this time I borrowed some from someone. It’s enough, it’s enough!” Xun Laoliu patted his chest.

“Okay, you actually have a private room hidden?”

The woman’s attention was indeed diverted: “As for the friends who lent you money, you should thank them very much… It’s really not easy for them to lend you money.”

“This is natural…”

Xun Laoliu said: “My two brothers are willing to help me…”

…

“Good brother indeed.”

Inside the Zhenwu Talisman.

Fang Xing looked at the family reunion scene outside and complained.

Although he felt that Xun Laoliu was an important figure, he was still not prepared to recruit him into the Zhenwu Talisman.

Instead, I plan to wait for a while and take a good look at this era…

(End of this chapter)