Chapter 37: Treasure

After parting ways with Shui Nian and his group, Zhong Yuan avoided places with human footprints and walked towards the deep mountains. Zhong Yuan liked the peaceful and distant feeling, and in his heart, the most beautiful place in nature was the one where people rarely visited.

Stop and go, Zhong Yuan spent several days finally throwing himself into the remote mountains and forests, carrying a large and heavy backpack for the whole morning. Even Zhong Yuan's deliberately exercised body couldn't take it anymore. The thick and large ancient trees and Teng Man hanging from them made the already difficult mountain road even more difficult to walk.

After taking a breath, Zhong Yuan looked up at the nearby mountaintop and prepared to gather all his strength to climb to the top in one breath. If he stopped and rested, he would be more and more eager to rest. He would know when he would be able to reach the mountaintop.

There is a saying that goes, 'Running a horse to death while looking at the mountain.' When Zhong Yuan slowly walked up to the seemingly short mountaintop, more than an hour had already passed. The trees on the mountaintop were still dense. Zhong Yuan spent more than 10 minutes finding a relatively open place and put down his backpack. Finally, he could rest well. Zhong rubbed his sore legs and turned his head, but his eyes could no longer turn when he looked at the mountains and forests across from him.

Just now, I was busy walking and didn't pay attention. It wasn't until now that Zhong Yuan realized that there was a large lake in the middle of these mountains. The calm water surface had no ripples, faithfully reflecting the surrounding scenery in the water, making it impossible to distinguish between water and mountains.

Zhongyuan didn't rest anymore. He stood up and floated towards the distant lake, which wasn't very big and could be seen from all around. There were some yellowed lake waters, clear to the bottom. Zhongyuan floated along the surface of the lake for a long time before realizing that there were actually three connected lakes here, but the other two were smaller than this one, connected by a small waterway that surrounded the opposite hill.

As usual, Zhongyuan took out his camera and took a burst of shots before finally freeing up his mind to prepare his lunch. He had been eating barbecue all day, which made Zhongyuan feel nauseous. Fortunately, the scenery here was beautiful, and Zhongyuan planned not to leave today. He would rest here for the day and improve his food.

After looking at the lake across from him, Zhongyuan scattered his psychic power and planned to see if there were any edible fish or shrimp inside. To Zhongyuan's speechlessness, he couldn't find any creatures larger than his fists, let alone fish or shrimp, wherever his psychic power passed. Unyielding, Zhongyuan flew up and scanned the other two lakes, but unfortunately, there were still no loaches left.

It seems that the only trouble is finding those wild chickens and rabbits. absent-minded Zhong Yuan did not withdraw his psychic power and flew back. As he flew, Zhong Yuan suddenly felt a relaxation in his psychic power, and a large hole appeared in his mind. After stopping to perceive it, Zhong Yuan realized that there was actually a large cave behind the more than 20 meter thick mountain wall next to him. The densely packed stalactites were everywhere. Of course, if it were just these stalactites, they would have been surprised at most, but what was discovered next left the stalactites stunned.

This should be the bottom of the cave, with various weapons scattered on wooden frames, including swords, axes, halberds, and many things that Zhongyuan couldn't name. Although most of them were already damaged, this did not reduce the shock they brought to Zhongyuan. Zhongyuan estimated that there were at least tens of thousands of weapons here.

In addition to these weapons, Zhongyuan also discovered more than 10 wooden boxes in a corner of the cave. Judging from the degree of damage to those weapons, Zhongyuan estimated that these things should be at least hundreds or thousands of years old. However, these wooden boxes and frames were still intact. Zhongyuan gently opened one of the boxes with his psychic power.

Looking at the things in the box, Zhong Yuan felt his heart race faster, his head blood rush, and his ears buzzing incessantly. He took two deep breaths and secretly despised himself for not having seen the world. Isn't it just a box of gold nuggets? If it were exchanged for money, it would be a pile of numbers. Besides, with his own abilities, he would be afraid of not having enough money to spend?

After calming down, Zhong Yuan used his psychic power to carefully examine the gold nuggets in the box. Irregular gold nuggets of all sizes filled the entire box, with some symbols printed on them that Zhong Yuan couldn't understand. Looking at the more than 10 boxes that were over 1 meter long, about 60 meters wide, and at least 1 meter high, as well as the large amount of weapons, Zhong Yuan couldn't imagine how people at that time brought these things here. Of course, the purpose and reason for moving them here were not what Zhong Yuan had to consider.

Zhong Yuan now only wants to quickly enter the cave and see the things in other boxes, but unfortunately this wish is destined to not come true. Zhong Yuan used his psychic power to scan the cave up, down, front, back, left, and right, but found no place to enter. Zhong Yuan didn't believe it anymore. If there was no entrance, how could these things be put in?

Once again, carefully spreading his psychic power, Zhongyuan explored the surroundings of the cave. Sure enough, after deeply penetrating the rock wall, Zhongyuan discovered a slightly smaller cave connected to the larger cave on the left. However, to Zhongyuan's dismay, the small cave had already collapsed, and the dense soil and rock had already filled the cave tightly. He couldn't even find a gap, and Zhongyuan's psychic power had been scattered to its limit, without protruding out of the mountain wall. But one thing could have been certain, the entrance to the cave used to be the collapsed cave.

Unable to find a place to enter, Zhongyuan was already frustrated. Although it may take a lot of effort to dig a passage through the more than 20 meter mountain wall with Zhongyuan's current psychic power, at least he could dig it out, right?

The key is that Zhongyuan didn't know how much damage the outside air would cause to the things inside after digging through this closed cave, unless there were professionals to deal with these things' Zhong Yuan still understands the principle of 'a man is innocent, but the guilt lies with the wall'. Therefore, since discovering these things, Zhong Yuan has never thought of taking them for himself. Of course, if there is anything interesting inside that Zhong Yuan is interested in, he will never let it go. It is still good to collect some of these historical artifacts appropriately.

Knowing that there was no possibility of him entering the cave for the time being, Zhong Yuan fell from the air and found a suitable branch of a big tree to sit down. He began to prepare to open other boxes. After closing the box containing the gold nuggets, Zhong Yuan moved his psychic power to the second box and gently held his breath. The lid of the box slowly opened under the influence of his psychic power.

Alas, it's another box of gold nuggets. After the excitement just now, when Zhong Yuan opened this other box of gold nuggets, he felt a sense of regret. Originally, with Zhong Yuan's psychic power, he could know what was inside without opening the box, but that wouldn't be too boring? The surprise feeling of seeing unexpected treasures is what Zhongyuan likes, and sometimes he has to marvel at his strong adaptability. The shock of seeing a box full of gold nuggets just now turned into disappointment in just a few minutes.

After carefully counting the boxes on the ground, there were a total of 14 people. In addition to the two that had already been opened, there were still 12 people left. Zhong Yuan thought to himself that it was not all gold nuggets. If he didn't let you stay here, he gently opened another box next to him. Gold nuggets, gold nuggets, gold nuggets. After three boxes were all gold nuggets, Zhong Yuan was speechless. Was there really that much gold in the past? Zhongyuan felt like he was playing a game and opening a treasure chest, but his luck was also too bad. Let's take another bite and finish eating before coming back. Zhongyuan made up his mind that 14 boxes couldn't all be filled with gold nuggets, right? This guy can't be found by anyone else, so he prayed that he wouldn't open another gold nugget?

This time, Zhong Yuan took a bite of the innermost box and gently opened it with his psychic power. Haha, Zhong Yuan laughed and finally it wasn't gold anymore. It just left him speechless that inside was