That night, Lu Yuan slept soundly with his wife in his arms, while everyone else, except for a few elderly people, stayed up all night distributing supplies at the warehouse.
Even though they stayed up all night, everyone looked excited and didn't feel tired at all.
It's a joke. Each household would receive about 50 kilograms of white rice, more than 20 kilograms of flour, a kilogram or two of candy, a few meters of cloth, and various other items.
They've never been so wealthy before, and they don't even have to pay for these things yet. How could they not be excited?
They can endure not sleeping for even three more days, let alone one day.
Lu Yuan spoke up, saying they didn't need to endure three more days, one day would suffice. Of course, only the ten or so people who had initially agreed to go to the treasure location together would have to endure another day.
They are allowed to rest during the day, but the journey still begins at night.
That evening, Lu Yuan drove to a desolate mountain in the suburbs, guided by Gao Weishan.
After the car stopped, everyone still needed to hike up the mountain. Lu Yuan told everyone to go ahead first, and he and his wife would follow behind.
Everyone assumed they were just relieving themselves and didn't say anything.
Once everyone had gone far enough away to be out of sight, Wen Moxue waved her hand, and the truck instantly disappeared from the spot.
There's a village near this mountain, and parking the car here would be very conspicuous. Even in the dead of night, Lu Yuan was worried that someone passing by might see the car out of curiosity and cause unnecessary trouble.
They took out another backpack from their spatial storage and put it on before quickly catching up with the person in front of them.
It took about an hour to reach our destination.
"So this is the ancestral graveyard."
The three Gao brothers all looked enlightened. Their sons and Gao Nuoyan still felt a chill run down their spines, and they clasped their hands together and bowed in all directions.
Gao Weishan led everyone to a grave, which was inconspicuous among the many graves with large tombstones.
The grave was overgrown with weeds, and it took him a while to find a palm-sized stone behind it.
He pried the stone off the grave mound, and immediately a rumbling sound rang out. Everyone looked with bated breath toward the source of the sound and saw the tombstone of another grave slowly moving to the side, like a heavy sliding door.
However, the door is not big; it can only allow one person to pass through at a time.
Gao Nuoyan and the others put their hands together and muttered incantations, "Forgive us for disturbing you, ancestors!"
Lu Yuan shook his head. With such audacity, he dared to come along to search for treasure late at night. If it were his brother, he would probably be much calmer and more composed.
After Gao Nuoyan finished bowing, he asked Gao Weishan, trembling, "Uncle, are we going into the tomb?"
He couldn't understand why his ancestors would think of hiding their treasures in this ancestral tomb.
Gao Weishan nodded and hummed in agreement.
Someone asked, "Does this mean that all the treasures our ancestors spoke of were burial goods?"
"Of course not, our ancestors hid it here specifically."
Although the door was open, Gao Weishan didn't let everyone go in immediately.
"Wait a moment."
After waiting another fifteen minutes, Lu Yuan lit a small torch and threw it inside. It didn't go out for a while before everyone went in one by one.
Gao Weishan and Xiao Biyun led the way, with Lu Yuan and his wife bringing up the rear.
After everyone went inside, the gate to the monument closed automatically, startling Gao Nuoyan and the others.
"Uncle, the opening is closed. Will it be able to be opened again later?" he asked anxiously.
Gao Weishan nodded, "Don't worry, it'll be fine."
Upon entering, there is a narrow passageway. After walking along this passageway for about ten minutes, there is another stone door, which is also a mechanism door.
The stone gate opened, and this time there was more than one way in. There were forks in the road from time to time, and Gao Weishan and Xiao Biyun had to carefully examine the map and recall their memories in order to find their way.
Another half hour passed, and the three older Gao brothers were all panting heavily.
Lu Yuan asked, "How much longer?"
"Almost there, we'll be there soon."
"Alright, let's go all out."
If we need a little more time, let's rest for a bit and have everyone drink some spiritual spring water. Since we're almost there, let's talk about it when we get there.
Indeed, within minutes they arrived at another stone gate, and this time both Gao Weishan and Xiao Biyun were excited.
"arrive."
We've arrived? Is the treasure inside this door?
As it turns out, they underestimated the situation; the mechanism door was merely an obstacle outside the door.
As soon as the door opened, the view became much wider, and the interior became spacious, at least a hundred square meters.
Lu Yuan rummaged through his bag and took out a powerful flashlight from his spatial storage. When he turned it on, the area it illuminated was as bright as day.
Everyone was stunned.
"What kind of flashlight is this? Why is it so bright?" Xiao Shengming asked curiously.
Lu Yuan smiled but didn't answer. Everyone understood; this was an open secret that couldn't be spoken.
"Everyone, take a break, have some water and something to eat."
He then handed the backpack to Xiao Jue, asking him to distribute water and food to everyone.
There were three or four military water bottles inside, as well as a large bag of dry rations.
It was only then that everyone realized he was carrying food prepared for them, and they were all deeply moved.
“Ah Yuan, why didn’t you say anything? This bag is so heavy, and you’ve been carrying it all by yourself.”
Lu Yuan waved his hand dismissively, "It's nothing, I'm strong, this little thing is nothing. I can carry a wild boar weighing two or three hundred pounds for an hour or two."
Everyone's eyes widened instantly.
"You have such strength?" Gao Nuoyan asked in surprise.
"Yeah, I grew up in the countryside, worked every day, and have a lot of strength."
Everyone was even more astonished. In the past two days, no one had had time to learn about his past. Looking at his demeanor and abilities, they all thought he was raised by some powerful family that had kept his identity hidden. He really didn't look like someone who grew up in the countryside.
Lu Yuan ate a couple of bites and drank some spiritual spring water, instantly restoring his strength.
He and his wife drank pure spring water, while everyone else's water bottles were diluted. Even so, they felt the water tasted like it had sugar added.
After resting for a while, Lu Yuan got up and began to observe the stone cave space. The most eye-catching thing was the pair of antique-style doors.
I don't know what it's made of. It's iron but it doesn't rust, and it's copper but it doesn't turn green.
"What's going on? Why doesn't this door have the grooves that look like the mechanism box?"
Gao Weishan and his wife also came to the gate to observe it, but after looking for a long time, they were disheartened because there was no groove as they had imagined.
"Ah Yuan, look! Isn't this the keyhole?"
Wen Moxue pointed to the stone wall in another direction and said.
Everyone looked over and saw a painting on the stone wall. It depicted a pond of lotus flowers, with at least a hundred of them. Each lotus flower was a groove, varying in size and shape, yet they all looked similar.
Lu Yuan asked his wife to take out the mechanism box. He held the lotus flower on the box and compared it with the grooves of similar size one by one. He tried more than a dozen, but none of them were right.
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