The whole nation begins a treasure hunt
Pingjiang City, located in the southeast of the Jinling Dynasty, is famous for its beautiful scenery and water town charm. Since ancient times, it has attracted many people to visit, and many literati have left behind their masterpieces here.
Pingjiang City has been more lively than usual these past few days, with every inn in the city fully booked and the innkeepers all wearing smiles.
Recently, the main topic of conversation in Pingjiang City has revolved around the treasure.
Have you heard?
"The treasure is real!"
Using these two phrases to greet someone has become a new trend.
Xiao Liunian was drinking tea in a teahouse while holding his cat, and listening to a storyteller tell stories.
"It is said that Tian Yang is a remarkable person of our time!"
Upon first entering the martial world, he became unparalleled, with no one in the martial world able to rival him.
He then achieved great success, established the Sheng'an Dynasty, and won the hearts of all the people.
Afterwards, he achieved great success in his cultivation, and Heaven, moved by his merit, granted him ascension to the ranks of immortals!
"Sir, has Senior Tian Yang really become an immortal?" a customer in the teahouse asked.
"Of course, the secret to this ascension lies in the treasures it left behind!" The storyteller stroked his beard.
"Could the old gentleman tell us the story of the treasure?" someone in the teahouse asked.
"To know the secret, you must ask the Shen and Mo families, after all, the ancestors of the Shen and Mo families were both chosen as successors by Tian Yang." After answering this question, the storyteller slammed his gavel, leaving behind a timeless statement: "To find out what happens next, please listen to the next episode!"
The storyteller packed up his storytelling tools and left the teahouse!
"Mumu, I thought what you meant by 'fishing in troubled waters' was just telling the various sects about the treasure!" Cat said, cracking open a melon seed.
"Don't you think it would be interesting for everyone to participate in the treasure hunt?" Xiao Liunian felt that if there was treasure, everyone should search for it together, so that the waters would be muddier.
"I think you're just here for the spectacle!" Thirteen thought to itself, only now realizing that its host was actually quite the gossipmonger.
"What are you planning to do next?" the cat asked.
"Keep waiting! The one who's anxious right now is Yan Li of the Underworld, suspected to be the last descendant of the Shen family and the leader of the second-largest assassin organization. The one who's most anxious is the Mo family!" Xiao Liunian pushed a pile of peeled melon seeds in front of the cat. Finding treasure is nothing compared to watching his cat eat melon seeds!
"Tomorrow we can go to the Mo family with Lan Sa to discuss business again!" Xiao Liunian was very excited; his adventures in the martial world were finally about to officially begin!
After finishing the melon seeds on the table, Xiao Liunian picked up Thirteen and left the teahouse. They continued to stroll around and shop, and then returned to the courtyard of the Bafanglaicai Inn, where they happened to run into Lan Sa, who was returning from running errands.
"Sect Leader, you've had a great time these past few days!" Lan Sa's tone was full of resentment. She had thought she would be able to go shopping with the cat and occasionally hug it, but she had been so busy these past few days that she hadn't had a moment to breathe.
The sect leader makes a suggestion, and everyone below runs themselves ragged!
"Meow! Meow! Meow!"
"!!!!!!!!!!" Lan Sa's eyes welled up with tears. The cat jumped into her arms and let her pet it. She was so happy!
"Thank you for your hard work, Senior Sister Lan!" Xiao Liunian felt that the day when the fluffy creatures would rule the world was just around the corner.
“You can cuddle the cat until dinner time today, and then we’ll decide on the follow-up plans,” Xiao Liunian said.
"Okay!" Our Senior Sister Lan probably, or rather, definitely only heard "hug the cat"!
A while later, Wang Si brought in the food.
The two people and the cat sat down to eat.
“The Mo family gathering should be quite lively tomorrow. Let’s go and join in the fun. We’ll set off at 9:00 AM tomorrow to visit Mo Bai, the head of the Mo family,” Xiao Liunian said.
"These past few days, all the major sects in the martial arts world have sent people here, and it seems the imperial court has also secretly sent people. Right now, Pingjiang City is teeming with experts. What are your chances of successfully taking advantage of the chaos?" Lan Sa asked curiously. With so many forces gathered here, how could their sect leader avoid being overtaken by other powers and catch this big fish?
"It's uncertain at the moment, it depends on how things develop! It's getting late, let's get some rest!" Xiao Liunian picked up the cat and prepared to go back to her room to sleep.
"Mumu, you really don't have a plan?" The system was a little skeptical. Judging from its host's daily arrangements, the host was definitely a person who planned things out.
"Not yet, we'll know after we go to the Mo family tomorrow!" Xiao Liunian said.
"Huh?" The system was a little surprised; the host really didn't have a plan.
"Go to sleep, little kitty!" Xiao Liunian hugged the cat and prepared to sleep. This life is so wonderful; he can sleep with a fluffy cat. How blissful!
One night, as usual, passed by while most people slept soundly, having some sweet dreams, some nightmares, and some dreams that were neither good nor bad, while a few people stayed up all night, doing some good things, some bad things, and some things that were neither good nor bad!
In the courtyard, Xiao Liunian heard several voices even before he left his room.
"Senior sister, senior sister, is the sect leader also participating in our operation this time?" This voice came from Sun Jie, Lan Sa's second junior sister.
"Really? Really? Our mysterious sect leader is finally going to do a mission with us!!!" This exclamation came from the fourth junior brother, Ai Chi.
"Yes, the sect leader wants to act alongside us!"
"Yes, the sect leader will be doing the mission with us!" Each person answered with the same number of words, demonstrating Lan Sa's masterful skill in maintaining harmony among his fellow disciples over the years.
"This time, we will definitely let everyone see how powerful our Huayue Sect Leader is! What are the geniuses of the major forces? They are nothing in front of our sect leader. At the age of eight, his cultivation has already reached a certain level. How many people in the world can do this!" Sun Jie's voice was full of admiration.
"Thank you for the compliment, but I'm only eight and a half, almost nine!" Xiao Liunian opened the door and came into the courtyard.
"Greetings, Sect Leader!"
"Greetings, Sect Leader!"
Sun Jie and Ai Chi's shouts were full of force.
"Greetings, junior brothers and sisters!" Xiao Liunian returned the greeting with clasped hands. Despite his young age, he was very elegant.
The other cats and Lan Sa had many thoughts they wanted to share about this scene, but they decided against it! Past experiences had taught them not to offer their opinions at this time!
Everyone went to the courtyard to have breakfast together.
"Although I think it's necessary to show everyone that there are always people more capable than you, we should still keep a low profile when we're out in the world. Let's give them another chance to broaden their horizons next time. So, I'll go with you to visit the Mo family later as the junior sister of the Huayue Sect," Xiao Liunian said with regret.
“That’s right, we should keep a low profile!” Sun Jie agreed with the sect leader’s opinion.
"Mmm!" Ai Chi nodded, still with a steamed bun in his mouth, agreeing with the sect leader's opinion.
After breakfast, the four people and the cat set off for the Mo family.
The Mo family is bustling today, with not only various sects from the martial arts world gathered, but even the imperial court has sent people.
"Looks like this fish isn't easy to catch!" Lan Sa picked up her teacup and looked at everyone in the reception room.
"We have heard that the second-largest assassin organization in the martial arts world has announced that it will wipe out the Mo family in three days. This is extremely arrogant. Our Shui Wumen is willing to lend a helping hand to the Mo family and protect them!"
Xiao Liunian found it amusing how people could be like this. They were all there for the treasure, yet they acted like they were helping someone in need, using the guise of offering help in times of need—not being honest at all! And he was the same way.
"Thank you, Sect Leader Shui! The Mo family has enough guards, so there's no need for you to trouble yourselves!" Mo Bai knew why everyone had come, but he could only give them a perfunctory reply. Could he possibly send them all away with one blow? That would only make things more difficult for the Mo family.
"I've heard that Yan Li, the Lord of the Yama Palace, is also interested in the Mo family, or rather, in the clues to the treasure in their hands. May I be so bold as to ask whether this treasure is real or fake?" Finally, someone revealed their purpose.
"To be honest, our ancestors, under the dying wish of Lord Tian Yang, preserved a map and a letter, waiting for someone destined to find them. As for whether these are clues to the treasure, I do not know," Mo Bai, the head of the Mo family, explained to everyone.
"Lord Tian Yang once entrusted the Mo family ancestor that one day a destined person would come to collect this map and letter, but given the current situation, I'm afraid I will have to fail the ancestor's entrustment!" Mo Bai, the head of the Mo family, seemed to have made a very difficult decision.
"I have decided to make this map and letter public. Anyone who is interested is welcome to give it a try!" Mo Bai instructed his subordinates to show the original letter and map to everyone in the reception room.
They were also given newly copied letters and redrawn maps.
"System, is the technology in this world really that advanced? A letter and a map can remain intact for hundreds of years!" Xiao Liunian looked at the map and letter in front of him, which were even 500 years old.
"The world is different, the technology is different, we can't use common sense from Earth to analyze things on Tianji Star." The cat licked its paws, then yawned; it had gotten up a little early today.
"Go to sleep!" Xiao Liunian patted the cat's head.
"What you see is what our ancestors passed down. If you have any doubts, you can ask someone to verify its authenticity later. The Mo family has been very busy lately, so we won't keep you for lunch!" Mo Bai gave the order to leave, and the guests couldn't stay any longer, so they had to take their leave.
"As for the other clue, it's in the hands of the Shen family, but the Shen family was wiped out ten years ago!" Mo Bai left behind a bomb before leaving.
"It seems this business deal is off again!" Xiao Liunian said regretfully to Lan Sa.
"A business that doesn't make money is meaningless!" Lan Sa's plan to recommend hiring Hua Yue Sect members as bodyguards to Mo Bai, the head of the Mo family, has now completely fallen through.
"Perhaps there's silver in the treasure!" Xiao Liunian guessed.
"With so many people sharing, even a lot of silver won't amount to much!" Lan Sa said.
"What if we divide it among ourselves?" Xiao Liunian offered as bait.
"Then let's find it! I don't believe we can't find it!" Lan Sa took the bait.
"The sect leader has understood the map?" Lan Sa had confidence in her sect leader.
“A little bit, we need another map to confirm.” Lan Sa did not deny it.
"We'll think about the rest later. Let's go have lunch first. Recently, many people from other places have come to join in the fun, so many ingredients that Pingjiang City doesn't have have also flowed into the city. I've had some people buy them all, and we can have lunch today!" As soon as Lan Sa finished speaking, in the blink of an eye, only her second junior sister, Sun Jie, was left next to her.
"Where are the three of them? Weren't they just here?" Lan Sa asked, puzzled.
"They've already left, and it seems they used internal energy combined with some lightness skill to leave," Sun Jie replied. She had long since discovered that her fourth junior brother lived up to his name, but as for the sect leader, this was the first time Sun Jie had realized that the sect leader and her fourth junior brother were kindred spirits.
"Let's go back to Bafanglaicai!" Lan Sa thought. Cat should like lunch today; her plan was quite reasonable!
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