Liu Xiaoyuan knew perfectly well that the fat and thin men had ulterior motives towards him, but being skilled and daring, he still walked towards them.
"Gentlemen, what is it?" Liu Xiaoyuan pretended not to know.
The fat man and the thin man exchanged a glance, and then the fat man said, "Of course it's something important. Come here, we'll tell you in a secret."
As the fat man spoke, he winked at the skinny man when Liu Xiaoyuan wasn't looking. Upon seeing this, the skinny man immediately moved behind Liu Xiaoyuan.
"Brother, come here, let me tell you something. This is..." The fat man pretended to be enthusiastic and put his hand on Liu Xiaoyuan's shoulder to talk to him, but in fact he was just trying to create an opportunity for the skinny man to ambush Liu Xiaoyuan.
Think about it, when someone is focused on listening to the other person, who would pay attention to what's happening behind them?
The fat man and the skinny man had this idea in mind: to ambush Liu Xiaoyuan.
Liu Xiaoyuan had long been wary of these two. If they dared to make a move, Liu Xiaoyuan wouldn't mind sending them to meet their maker.
The skinny man had already come up behind Liu Xiaoyuan. Seeing that Liu Xiaoyuan had fallen for the trap, he slowly raised his hand to strike Liu Xiaoyuan's back.
Just as the skinny man's palm was about to strike Liu Xiaoyuan's back, Liu Xiaoyuan delivered a back kick, directly hitting the skinny man in the groin. Instantly, the skinny man cried out in pain and squatted on the ground, appearing to be in extreme agony.
When the fat man saw that his partner's sneak attack had failed, he immediately took action against Liu Xiaoyuan.
However, the fat man's cultivation level of the first level of the Innate Realm was no match for Liu Xiaoyuan, who twisted his hands so hard they were dislocated.
In just a few seconds, Liu Xiaoyuan had taken care of the two men, rendering them unable to fight, and took the treasure map from their bodies.
"Ah!" The skinny guy who was kicked in the groin by Liu Xiaoyuan let out a blood-curdling scream after a dozen seconds. Liu Xiaoyuan hadn't held back with that kick, and the skinny guy's crotch was probably ruined.
The skinny man clutched his crotch and rolled around on the ground. Even the most skilled martial artist has a weakness there; if hit, the consequences would be dire, unless you wanted to practice the Sunflower Manual.
The fat man then let out a scream, and the screams of the two immediately attracted the attention of passersby. Liu Xiaoyuan didn't want to attract such attention, so he grabbed Zuo Xintian, who was beaten black and blue, and left.
Liu Xiaoyuan led Zuo Xintian to a corner, threw him on the ground, and coldly asked, "Tell me, what exactly is this treasure map all about?"
Liu Xiaoyuan hated being deceived more than anything, and tonight he almost fell for Zuo Xintian's trick. Ultimately, it was because Liu Xiaoyuan was too kind and not ruthless enough. If it were anyone else, he wouldn't care if the treasure map belonged to the Zuo family or not; he'd just take it.
Zuo Xintian was terrified by Liu Xiaoyuan's methods and stammered, "I'll talk, I'll talk."
"Then hurry up and tell me!" Liu Xiaoyuan said irritably. After saying that, he remembered being deceived by Zuo Xintian earlier and kicked the guy again.
Zuo Xintian said, "This treasure map does indeed belong to the Zuo family, and this treasure contains not only gold and silver treasures, but also cultivation manuals."
"How did you find out about this?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked coldly.
Zuo Xintian said, "We learned about this by chance. The Zuo family was indeed famous back then, but they disappeared from the area for some unknown reason. There was also a legend about a treasure, but at the time everyone just regarded it as a legend."
"By chance, the three of us rescued an old man. It turned out that the old man was a descendant of the Zuo family, but there were no more descendants left in his family."
"When we rescued this old man, he was already on his deathbed. On his last breath, he told us the secret: that the Zuo family's treasure was real, and that there was a treasure map lying outside. However, without someone from the Zuo family to lead the way, even if you got the treasure map, you wouldn't be able to find the treasure."
"When the three of us heard this news, we were overjoyed and immediately asked the old man. The old man didn't want to take this secret to his grave, so he told us everything."
"Although we know about the Zuo family's treasure, it's all for naught without a treasure map. So the three of us split up to look for clues to the treasure map. A year ago, I came to the capital and made many friends in order to find out about the treasure map."
"I inquired for almost a year without any clues, and I had given up. But then I heard that a treasure map would appear at this auction. I wondered if it was the Zuo family's treasure map. I didn't have high hopes, but unexpectedly, the treasure map at this auction turned out to be the Zuo family's treasure map."
"At that time, the old man from the Zuo family told us that there was a crescent-shaped notch in the upper left corner of their Zuo family's sheepskin treasure map."
Zuo Xintian spilled everything he knew and then said, “Brother, why don’t we work together? I believe that with our combined efforts, we can definitely find the Zuo family’s treasure. Then we will not only have countless gold and silver treasures, but also profound martial arts manuals.”
To be honest, Liu Xiaoyuan wasn't too concerned about the gold, silver, and profound martial arts manuals that Zuo Xintian mentioned. In Liu Xiaoyuan's view, enough gold and silver was sufficient.
And the so-called profound martial arts manuals are nothing in front of the god-level invincible system.
Therefore, Zuo Xintian's suggestion did not appeal to Liu Xiaoyuan at all.
Upon seeing the expression on Liu Xiaoyuan's face, Zuo Xintian couldn't help but say, "Brother, it is said that the Zuo family once produced a cultivator. A cultivator is someone who can fly on a sword and kill people from thousands of miles away."
Seeing that Liu Xiaoyuan didn't seem interested, Zuo Xintian immediately threw out an even bigger bait.
This time, Zuo Xintian's gamble paid off. Liu Xiaoyuan wasn't very interested in gold, silver, or martial arts manuals, but he was very interested in cultivators.
"You're saying the Zuo family really produced cultivators?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked coldly.
“It’s true, brother. That old man told us himself. We didn’t believe it at the time, but he said it so convincingly,” Zuo Xintian said quickly.
Since there were clues about cultivators, Liu Xiaoyuan naturally had to go. He knew absolutely nothing about cultivators, and when he asked the God-level Invincible System, that wretched system wouldn't tell him anything. So, he had to find the clues himself.
“Okay, I agree to go with you to find the Zuo family’s treasure!” Liu Xiaoyuan said.
When Zuo Xintian saw that Liu Xiaoyuan had agreed to his request, he said happily, "Brother, then I wish us a pleasant cooperation."
(End of this chapter)
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