Chapter 293 The Treasure-Hunting White Tiger
With funding and connections, Lin Luoxi's planning process has accelerated significantly.
Of course, having previously promised to sculpt a golden statue for the Buddha in Master Shanhui's temple, Lin Luoxi followed Master Shanhui's instructions and went to the West Garden of the town mayor's mansion when she returned.
If Master Shanhui hadn't told her that what she wanted was in the West Garden, Lin Luoxi wouldn't have known that there was a West Garden near the town mayor's mansion.
However, this West Garden was quite deserted. When she stood at the entrance and knocked, all she could see were weeds taller than her.
I genuinely suspect that Master Shanhui foresaw that the western garden of the town mayor's mansion was too desolate and wanted her to reclaim it.
Fortunately, the white tiger, who had always been by her side, saw Lin Luoxi looking at the overgrown West Garden with a troubled expression. It stepped forward and personally cleared a path for Lin Luoxi that was big enough for her to walk alone.
Seeing how well-behaved Baihu was, Lin Luoxi smiled and praised him a few times before following him inside.
As Lin Luoxi stepped into the gate of the West Garden, the path that the white tiger had cleared disappeared again, as if it had never existed.
"Master Shanhui, you can't be lying to me, can you?!" Looking at the ruins in front of her, Lin Luoxi was speechless and questioned her life.
"Roar!" What did the white tiger discover amidst the ruins? It immediately roared joyfully at Lin Luoxi.
"Xiao Bai, did you discover something?"
Hearing the white tiger's roar, Lin Luoxi also lifted her foot and walked towards the white tiger.
As soon as they got closer, they saw that from the large pile of broken wood under Little White's feet, something glowing green had been dug out by the White Tiger.
"Little White, don't move." Lin Luoxi saw the green and excitedly stepped forward, gently pushing the white tiger aside.
He used his hands to avoid the nails on the woodpile and quickly pry open the pile of wood chips.
"My God!" Lin Luoxi exclaimed in astonishment when she saw the pile of gold, silver, jewels, agate, jade, and gemstones she had unearthed. It turned out that Master Shanhui hadn't lied to her.
But since Master Shanhui could calculate where there was treasure, why didn't she come and get it herself?
"Roar~" The white tiger also saw the pile of gold and silver treasures and knew that Lin Luoxi liked this kind of white and shiny stuff.
It lunged forward, trying to pry out a gold brick for Lin Luoxi, but somehow it touched something, howled a few times, and then its breath gradually weakened.
"White Tiger~" Lin Luoxi saw black smoke rising from the soles of the White Tiger's feet and black blood spitting from its mouth, and realized that the gold and silver treasures had been poisoned.
He quickly took the water pouch from his waist, fed the white tiger several large gulps of water, and then used the water from the pouch to wash the white tiger's front paws.
Fearing the white tiger might be too poisoned, and since there was no one else around, Lin Luoxi simply put the white tiger into her spatial storage, letting it be nourished by spiritual energy inside so it could recover faster.
No wonder Master Shanhui didn't come to collect the money himself. Even if he had come, he probably wouldn't have been able to take it away, which is why he asked her to come in person.
Lin Luoxi wouldn't be polite with such ill-gotten gains or ownerless wealth; she put all the money into her spatial storage.
After being nourished by the spiritual energy in the space, she went in and sprinkled some spiritual dew on it to remove the poison, and then she could openly take it out and use it.
After collecting all the money, Lin Luoxi took a long walk around the West Garden, taking all the gold and silver treasures hidden there.
Lin Luoxi only returned home after she had completely removed the smell of money and other worldly possessions from the room.
Back in his room, after entering the space, he sorted out all the ancient jade, jadeite, agate, and the like.
Zhao Ximo was asked to find a box, and all the items she had sorted out were packed up and taken to the prefectural city to sell.
The people at the town mayor's mansion, unaware of the situation, fell silent when they learned that Lin Luoxi was now so poor that she could only sell her jewelry and jade.
Xie Hanchuan returned to his residence, summoned Xie Yanli, and instructed him to notify all his managers to begin taking stock of his assets.
Now that Lin Luoxi is short of funds, it's the perfect time for him to lend a helping hand. He's determined to win Lin Luoxi's heart and prevent that playboy Xiao Jingchen from stealing her affections first.
When Lin Luoxi returned from the prefectural city, Xie Hanchuan was the first to approach her.
"Sister Luo Xi, why didn't you tell us if you had any difficulties? Why did you have to sell all your jewelry?" Xie Hanchuan looked at Lin Luo Xi, whose chin was gradually thinning, and felt heartbroken.
"Huh?" Lin Luoxi didn't really understand Xie Hanchuan's question.
"Oh, whatever difficulties you encounter, we'll fight them together. Don't shoulder everything alone. You're not alone; you still have us..."
"This is a list of all my assets that I had Xie Yanli compile. Take it; consider it my investment. Don't think it's too little..."
Xie Hanchuan thought Lin Luoxi was just shy, so he started to brainwash her.
He even pushed a large box filled with drinks in front of him towards Lin Luoxi.
"Ah, no, Brother Hanchuan, I'm selling those ancient jades..." Seeing that Xie Hanchuan had misunderstood, she quickly told him everything about her conversation with Master Shanhui.
She also claimed that all the antique jade she sold was told to her by Master Shanhui, meaning that the money was taken out and sold by Master Shanhui through her, and that the money was used to sculpt a golden statue of the Buddha in the Fuze Temple's Buddhist hall under her name—a perfectly legitimate reason.
"So what do you think?" Xie Hanchuan was full of doubts, wondering if Master Shanhui was doing something shady, and just wanted to use Lin Luoxi as a tool.
“I don’t have any feelings about it. What he said is right. I’ve taken so much ill-gotten wealth, so I should donate some of it to accumulate good karma so that I can earn more money.”
At first, Lin Luoxi was angry, but now she has come to terms with it.
She has far too much gold and silver in her spatial storage. Since you can't take this kind of wealth with you when you die, it's best to donate some of it.
Who knows, a hundred years from now, will the wealth in that space belong to her descendants?
"So, do you have enough gold now?" Xie Hanchuan was really surprised that Lin Luoxi was actually willing to donate her gold, and asked tentatively.
"Although Master Shanhui said that there are things I need in Xiyuan, I searched for a long time in Xiyuan, and even with the gold I got from selling those ancient jades today, I only have six hundred gold coins."
"We're still 400 jin short of the 1,000 jin Master Shanhui needs..." It's estimated that those 400 jin will come from her...
"Then I'll donate 100 jin too!" Xie Hanchuan said, unable to bear seeing Lin Luoxi frown.
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