I pressed the wild vegetables down a bit more, and when I couldn't fit them all in, I took out two snakeskin bags from my shoulder bag and started digging again. Seeing that this big basket of wild vegetables was in the way of carrying it, I put it into my ring. It's truly an essential gadget for home and travel.

Before we knew it, we had walked quite a distance, but the wild vegetables were becoming increasingly scarce. The withered branches and fallen leaves on the ground were more than a foot thick, and they felt soft and spongy underfoot.

Zhang Hongmei straightened up and felt a little scared inside. She tentatively walked a little further in. Although it was a hillside, the dead branches and leaves were spread very evenly. This didn't make sense.

He put everything into the ring, leaving only a wood-chopping knife in his hand, and continued walking forward.

Suddenly, I heard a pheasant clucking from my left. I turned my head and saw a clump of thorns not far away. The dense leaves completely covered the thorns, and if it weren't for the sound, I would never have been able to find that there was a pheasant's nest there.

I slowly walked over and carefully used my machete to clear away the thorns. There was a pheasant nestled inside, probably incubating its eggs.

To catch a pheasant, you have to cut through the thorns, but that will definitely startle it. Alternatively, you can go around to the back, but that takes a long time.

In the end, I decided to go around to the back; I couldn't let the prey that was almost in my grasp get away.

Because it had just rained, there were many withered branches and leaves here, so there were also a lot of mushrooms on the ground. Since they didn't get much sunlight, they weren't old. These are good stuff; I'll harvest them when I get back. They're delicious!

Finally, we reached the back. It's clear that even pheasants aren't to be underestimated in terms of intelligence. This is the cliff. Looking down, it's not particularly high, but it must be over twenty meters. Several pine trees have grown halfway up the cliff; their vitality is quite tenacious. One tree's roots are in a crevice in the cliff face, but instead of extending horizontally, they grow upwards, forming an inverted L-shape. It's like sculpting, but this is simply the pine tree's natural growth.

My body trembled with fear. Going to collect wild game is the most important thing right now.

There were fewer dead branches here, and the feeling of walking on the ground was quite different. But joy turned to sorrow, because the sound of breaking a dead branch startled a pheasant that was incubating its eggs, and it flew away!

Shit! What a disappointment. I can't take the wild eggs either. Who knows how long they've been incubating? If they turn out to be balut (fertilized duck egg), it's not just disgusting, it's sinful.

"Forget it, forget it. It's just one less pheasant, it's okay." Zhang Hongmei kept reassuring herself, but she was still very angry.

Just as I was about to walk around the thorns, I curiously looked down at the cliff, and suddenly I noticed something growing out from next to a pine tree. Because of the distance, I couldn't see it clearly.

What seems like a misfortune may actually be a blessing in disguise; perhaps this is the real treasure. With a determined heart, he sent out a fifty-meter-long lifeline from his spatial dimension. He glanced at a large tree not far away and decided that this was the one. He secured it with a lock, tested it, and, finding it could hold him securely, cautiously began to move down the cliff.

Zhang Hongmei was still mocking herself inwardly, thinking that she was risking her life for money, because there were still some feet to land on the protruding rocks.

I slowly moved to the tree and looked at it, and my face lit up with joy. What a blessing! This is Ganoderma lucidum! Although I had only seen it in gift boxes before, my recent cramming on mountain delicacies has really paid off.

He pressed himself against the cliff face, stepping on the rocks, and tied the rope around his waist. Once he felt somewhat safe, he took out a dagger from his ring and gently tapped around the largest Ganoderma lucidum root. Perhaps his strength was insufficient, as it had almost no effect.

Undeterred, Zhang Hongmei increased her effort. She finally dug it down; actually, its roots were still embedded in the soil, but Zhang Hongmei, being a novice, knew nothing about it, hence the earlier embarrassing incident. The remaining three blossoms were much easier to dig down.

I finally managed to get the last flower down, but then I discovered a hole at the base of the first flower, and it was getting bigger and bigger.

Oh my god! Run! My life is at stake. But the more anxious I got, the more panicked I became. I lost my footing and instinctively lunged forward. I'd been knocking for ages without getting a response, but my lunge smashed a large hole in the cliff face. Luckily, I didn't fall in; I bounced back.

Zhang Hongmei was incredibly frustrated; she felt like she'd been struck by lightning. Being stuck in this predicament was agonizing.

With no other option, he had to save himself. His feet inch by inch, searching for a foothold, his hands gripping the rope, and he thought to himself, "There's more to this story: 'The old man who gained a horse may find it to be a disaster.'"

I promise I won't be greedy next time. I'll be honest and upright. Wasn't my original intention to come here to live an ordinary life? This ridiculous backstory is killing me.

I finally stood up and breathed a sigh of relief. That was terrifying, wasn't it?

But looking at the dark hole next to me, I felt a strong urge to see what it was. I was really curious.

After standing there for a long time, I finally decided to take a look, putting aside the decision I had made in my fear.

I broke off a small stone and threw it into the hole. I heard a gurgling sound, but there was nothing else. After waiting a while, I decided to go in and take a look.

Slowly bending down and crawling into the hole, wow, it's so cool! Finally, I stood up straight, untied the rope, tied it to a rock next to me, and then waved out the flashlight.

It's truly a masterpiece of nature; this natural sculpture is far more impressive than any man-made one.

The cave is estimated to be four or five meters high and about ten meters wide.

As she slowly walked in, she found nothing special. Undeterred, Zhang Hongmei decided to keep going, mainly because her flashlight couldn't reach the end of the path.

After walking for about ten minutes, the view suddenly opened up, and it looked like a large hall.

Inside were dozens of stone boxes, like stone coffins, but they were square. After walking around, there was nothing else there.

Zhang Hongmei decided to open it and take a look, but with her small arms and legs, she couldn't lift the stone lid at all. What was there to be afraid of when she had a magical artifact?

After opening the first stone box, I found a wooden box inside. After some intensive study recently, I realized that it was made of driftwood. What a grand gesture! Using driftwood to make boxes?

I opened the box, and wow! It was full of gold bars. Perhaps because I had recently acquired my ancestors' fortune, I wasn't as shocked by the gold as I used to be.

The thirty-five boxes were full of gold bars. Although the purity wasn't as high as their own, it was still enough to make them pure gold.

What should we do with this gold?

Just as Zhang Hongmei was hesitating, she heard Zhang Xingguo's voice.

"Hongmei, Hongmei, Zhang Hongmei, are you down there?"

He could do without the gold, but the wooden boxes had to be his. With that thought, he put the boxes into his spatial storage, poured out the gold bars, and then transferred the gold bars into the stone box. He finished making thirty-five boxes in just five minutes.