"Brother Cao, please sit down." Xiang Baoshan had unknowingly dropped the word "little".
"No need to sit, we need to get down to business."
Cao Kun walked to the tea table, waved his hand, and a bloody human head appeared on the table: "The person you wanted to kill, I've killed for you."
Xiang Baoshan was initially shocked by this miraculous scene, but was overjoyed when he saw the face of the human head.
Without fear, he picked up the head, stood up, and examined it closely: "Hahaha... Well done, well done, well done!"
"Junji Nakane, you never thought you'd end up like this, did you? You've finally met your match."
Xiang Baoshan held the severed head in his hands, laughing loudly and repeatedly saying "good."
He was laughing, but then he started crying.
An old man wept bitterly, tears streaming down his face, heartbroken and weeping blood.
Cao Kun said calmly, "Old man, you probably don't have much time for joy and sorrow now."
Xiang Baoshan wiped away his tears: "Brother Cao, don't worry, I've prepared what you wanted, it's right here."
Cao Kun shook his head: "That's important, of course, but it's not the most important thing."
"What does Brother Cao mean?" Xiang Baoshan asked, somewhat puzzled.
But as soon as he asked the question, his expression changed drastically; he had already understood what Cao Kun meant.
He stared at the severed head in his hand, his face turning completely somber.
"Brother Cao, did you do this on purpose?" Xiang Baoshan asked, staring at Cao Kun with a hint of anger in his voice.
Cao Kun didn't care at all: "Old man, there's no need to be so angry. I'm bringing back your enemy's head to put your mind at ease."
Xiang Baoshan suppressed his anger and said, "But you will also make the Yamaguchi-gumi quickly turn their attention to me."
Given their modus operandi, they wouldn't need any evidence; they'd simply wipe us all out immediately.
“So you need to run fast.” Cao Kun pulled up a chair and sat down. “You don’t really think that daring to mess with me will come without paying any price, do you?”
Xiang Baoshan said urgently, "Didn't I already explain this matter clearly?"
Cao Kun: "So, you're still alive and can continue doing business with me."
Xiang Baoshan was speechless for a moment.
He really wanted to say, "Aren't you afraid that when the Yamaguchi-gumi finds us, I'll expose you?"
But looking at the severed head in his hand, and recalling how it had appeared out of nowhere, he ultimately didn't dare to say those words.
Xiang Baoshan wanted to smash the head on the ground, but he was reluctant to do so.
He returned carrying the severed head and placed it back on the tea table: "Brother Cao, so you're saying you're not going to pay for the other thing either?"
Cao Kun shook his head: "No, one thing at a time. I won't shortchange you a single penny of the money you're owed."
Xiang Baoshan was somewhat surprised, not expecting that Cao Kun did not intend to use force to seize it.
Especially during such a critical period.
If Cao Kun really insisted on forcibly taking it, he would have no choice but to obediently hand it over with both hands, and he couldn't even show a cold face.
Cao Kun: "Let's not waste any more time, take out the items."
Xiang Baoshan: "The ebony is under the desk, I can't move it, Brother Cao, you can go get it yourself."
Cao Kun's eyes flickered slightly, and he walked over.
He bent down and saw a rather large piece of wood.
This piece of wood occupies most of the space under the mahogany desk, which is a full 4 meters long.
The wooden block was not a regular cylinder, but an irregular shape, completely black, like a piece of rotten wood.
Cao Kun reached out to take it, but his attention was also on guard against Xiang Baoshan.
As a long-time internet user, I've watched countless movies and read countless novels.
This is a scene found in many works.
One person pretends that something is too heavy to move, and asks another person to get it.
When that person went to get it, his mind was distracted, and he was ambushed from behind and died on the spot.
As it turns out, some scenes were just scenes.
Cao Kun discovered that when he went to get the items, Xiang Baoshan completely ignored him and went to open the safe himself.
Cao Kun chuckled and grabbed a piece of wood. With a pull, he discovered that this thing was much heavier than ordinary wood.
A piece of ordinary wood this size would weigh between 1400 and 2500 jin (approximately 700-1250 catties), depending on the type of wood.
But Cao Kun estimated that this thing probably weighed around 3,000 jin (1,500 catties).
Such a heavy object was naturally too heavy for Cao Kun to move. He could only use his hands to pull it out, his veins bulging.
Before Xiang Baoshan could retrieve his belongings, Cao Kun channeled his evil energy and struck the piece of dark wood.
Soon, a look of joy appeared on Cao Kun's face.
The evil energy he unleashed was completely absorbed by the ebony wood.
The evil energy moved freely within the ebony wood without any hindrance.
This means that this is the ancient submerged wood that Cao Kun was looking for.
Moreover, given the smoothness of the wood, either it is a piece of locust tree ebony, or it is not just 10,000 years old, but probably tens of thousands of years old.
Cao Kun hoped it would be a locust tree.
Although the effects are similar, locust tree petrified wood is not very valuable.
Other types of submerged wood, if you come across a decent piece, can be incredibly expensive.
To determine the specific situation, we would need to peel back a bit of the veneer.
Cao Kun is not in a hurry right now.
After Cao Kun finished his experiment, Xiang Baoshan also came over carrying a flat mahogany box.
Upon opening the box, Cao Kun saw a special piece of "cloth".
This piece of "cloth" is a dry yellow color and is irregularly cut, somewhat resembling a treasure map from a movie.
However, this is much bigger than that one; after all, a smaller one wouldn't be able to cover the corpse.
What's most remarkable is that the cloth only has some wear on the edges, while most of the central area is well preserved.
Shrouds are not uncommon, but thousand-year-old shrouds are rare.
Because the material of the fabric is difficult to preserve over time.
The most famous shroud in the world is the Shroud of Turin, which is over a thousand years old.
The material is linen, which is said to have been used to wrap Jesus' body at his burial.
To this day, the cloth remains completely intact, and miraculously, it depicts the scene of Jesus' crucifixion.
It is said that in the early 13th century, it experienced a great fire, but miraculously survived the ashes.
As a result, it became a sacred object in the eyes of many believers and was worshipped by many.
However, many people say this thing is fake.
Dante, the author of "The Divine Comedy," said just that in his work.
Given these circumstances, Cao Kun also had some doubts about the authenticity of the shroud in front of him.
"Can you get the hang of it?" Cao Kun asked Xiang Baoshan.
"Sure," Xiang Baoshan readily agreed. "It's very sturdy."
Cao Kun reached out and picked up a corner of the shroud, but it didn't feel like cloth to his touch.
After rubbing it a little harder, it was indeed as Xiang Baoshan had said, very sturdy.
Cao Kun asked, "Is this sheepskin?"
If it's sheepskin, the chances of it surviving are definitely greater than if it's cloth.
After all, many of the parchment scrolls that have survived to this day are over a thousand years old.
Xiang Baoshan did not answer: "Take another look."
Cao Kun touched it carefully again, and his expression quickly changed; he knew what it was.
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