"The treasure is right below." Su Xue led Liu Xiaoyuan and the others to the backyard of the Zuo family's old house, where several large trees were planted, their branches and leaves lush and verdant.
The backyard isn't very big, but it's not small either; it's probably about two acres in size. If we were to dig it up, I don't know how long it would take.
Although the Zuo family has been in decline for a hundred years, the trees and rockery in the backyard still exist. Seeing these, one can imagine the prosperity of the Zuo family in its heyday.
Seeing how big the Zuo family's backyard was, Liu Xiaoyuan was speechless. Why do rich people like to make their yards so big? It's simply a waste of land resources.
"Where can we enter?" Su Xue asked, pointing to the artificial hill.
Being able to directly access the treasure's burial site would be fantastic.
Liu Xiaoyuan helped Su Xue and, led by her, walked into the entrance of the artificial hill. However, after only a few steps, they were blocked by a stone, and there was no way forward.
Su Xue said to Su Yun, "Su Yun, smash this rock in front of you."
In the past, Su Xue would have taken action herself, but now she was too weak to muster any strength and had to let Su Yun do it.
"Let me do it!" Liu Xiaoyuan said. Su Yun was still a child after all, so it was better to leave this kind of work to him, a man.
Su Xue shook her head and said, "It's alright, don't worry, Su Yun can break this stone."
"Yes, big brother, don't worry, just watch how Su Yun breaks this rock." Su Yun said with a smile, walked to the rock, shouted, and kicked it.
Immediately, the sound of stone breaking was heard, and the stone blocking the way shattered into pieces and fell to the ground.
Looking at the fallen stone, which was at least twenty centimeters thick, Su Yun actually cracked it with a single kick. How much strength did that take?
Liu Xiaoyuan couldn't imagine it, because even if he were a master at the second level of the Innate Realm, he couldn't possibly do that.
After the stone in front of him was kicked open, a road appeared in front of Liu Xiaoyuan.
They went inside and walked a dozen steps. In front of them was a staircase leading down to the bottom, which was very dark because there was no light.
Liu Xiaoyuan immediately took out his phone and used it as a flashlight to guide everyone as they walked down the stairs. After descending the stairs, there was still a large stone door blocking their way.
Looking at the huge iron lock on the stone gate, it's clear that without a key, an ordinary person wouldn't be able to get in.
Without thinking twice, Su Xue kicked the huge iron lock a few times, and the lock fell off. Everyone worked together to push the stone door open.
Upon pushing open the stone door, Liu Xiaoyuan discovered several large wooden chests inside the basement, which likely contained some gold and silver treasures.
Upon seeing this, Zuo Xintian immediately ran forward, knocked off the iron lock that was securing the wooden box with a single palm strike, and opened the box with a grin.
As soon as the wooden box was opened, a short arrow shot towards Zuo Xintian's throat with a whoosh.
Zuo Xintian was preoccupied with what good things were inside the wooden box, so he didn't suspect that there might be a trap inside.
Given the arrow's extreme speed, it pierced Zuo Xintian's throat in the blink of an eye.
Zuo Xintian didn't even have time to scream before he died, his face still bearing the excited expression of someone about to see gold and silver treasures.
Seeing Zuo Xintian die like that, Liu Xiaoyuan wasn't too sad. Anyway, Zuo Xintian wasn't a good guy, and his death was entirely his own fault.
Liu Xiaoyuan walked over to Zuo Xintian's side and glanced at him. Seeing Zuo Xintian's wide-eyed, unseeing expression, Liu Xiaoyuan squatted down and closed his eyes with his hand.
"Don't worry, leave the treasure to me." Liu Xiaoyuan said and stood up.
There's a mechanism when you open the wooden box; as long as you avoid it, you can safely get the treasure inside.
Liu Xiaoyuan walked up to the box that Zuo Xintian had opened and looked inside. He saw that it was filled with glittering gold bars. The whole wooden box weighed at least a hundred pounds.
Wow, if this were in banknotes, I wonder how much it would be.
Even though Liu Xiaoyuan is now rich, his eyes widened when he saw so much gold. It was a real treasure.
Having learned from Zuo Xintian's experience, Liu Xiaoyuan carefully avoided the traps inside the wooden boxes when opening the others.
All six chests in the basement were opened. One chest contained gold, another contained gold and silver jewelry, another contained porcelain, another contained calligraphy and paintings, another contained bronzes, and the last chest contained some books.
Upon seeing the box containing the books, Liu Xiaoyuan beamed with joy. This was exactly what he needed, and the most important reason for his search for the Zuo family's treasure.
Liu Xiaoyuan couldn't wait to take out a book and start reading. It was a cultivation technique, but Liu Xiaoyuan didn't really need it because he had the God-level Invincible System, and other cultivation techniques were not worth mentioning.
After reading several books, all of which were cultivation techniques, Liu Xiaoyuan continued flipping through the pages and finally came across a book called "Cultivation Manual".
Upon seeing the words "cultivation," Liu Xiaoyuan knew he had found it, found what he needed.
Liu Xiaoyuan immediately began to read it. This cultivation manual was written by the cultivation figure from the Zuo family.
The text above states that after reaching the three realms of the Innate Realm, one enters the legendary world of cultivation. The first realm of cultivation is Qi Refining, and the second realm is Foundation Establishment.
Once a person reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, their lifespan will be longer than that of an ordinary person, reaching 200 years old. After Foundation Establishment, one will embark on the legendary Golden Core Path.
However, the ancestor of the Zuo family lived to be two hundred years old, but he could not break through the Foundation Establishment realm and reach the Golden Core realm before he died, which can be considered a regret.
As for the realms beyond the Golden Core stage, there are no records in the cultivation manuals, because the Zuo family's ancestor was at the Foundation Establishment stage, so it was already quite remarkable that he knew something about the Golden Core stage.
Whether it's the Qi Refining Realm or the Foundation Establishment Realm, they are all divided into three stages: early stage, middle stage, and late stage.
This cultivation manual also records that there are actually many cultivation sects in this world, as well as independent cultivators.
However, these cultivators generally do not appear in the mortal world because they spend most of their time cultivating. Although cultivators have a longer lifespan than ordinary people, they cannot achieve immortality.
Therefore, time is more precious to them, and what they pursue is the path to immortality!
Just like the patriarch of the Zuo family, when he has nothing to do, he is always cultivating and has never left the Zuo family.
Therefore, unless there are specific tasks or matters, these cultivators generally do not come out; instead, they focus on cultivation. Of course, some may encounter bottlenecks in their cultivation and choose to step into the mortal world to unleash their true nature. Perhaps, on a whim, they can break through these bottlenecks in one fell swoop.
Another possibility is that some geniuses and prodigies, whose talents are so high that they don't need to study and cultivate like ordinary people, will come to the mortal world to play or train.
(End of this chapter)
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