Chapter 125: Secret Treasury
Jia Hao already knew that Sang Qian was affected by Violet Mist Grass. And after killing Lei Qinzhu, Jia Hao didn’t find any cure for venom at all.
This made Jia Hao anxious, making him consult with Pharmacist Mo. After all, He should know better about the Violet Smoke Grass.
‘ But, I guess I need to go back and return with a powerful antidote.’ Jia Hao thought inwardly.
Since his Chaos Energy cap already reached 300 Points, chances of dropping a powerful antidote is high. All he needs to do is to purchase a normal antidote or similar thing and bring to Yunlan Continent.
‘ Hope my luck shines once again.’ Jia Hao mumbled.
” As you say, Young Lord. I shall keep my eyes on such ingredient.” Pharmacist Mo replied.
” And…” Jia Hao suddenly thought about something, making his lips curl.
” Buy anything that could be seen as the cure for poison.”
” Yes?” Pharmacist Mo’s eyes turned wide. ” You want me to…hoard the medicinal herbs?”
” Here, 50,000 taels of gold. Ask me more if you want. But yes.” Jia Hao nodded. ” Hoard them all.”
Pharmacist Mo returned with confusion. However, he knew Jia Hao was a smart person.
‘ Perhaps there is something going to happen?’
Jia Hao took some paper and ink brush before writing down something. He couldn’t help but be amazed when he saw his own handwriting.
‘ Not bad, The calligraphy skill I got from that bastard is really working!’ Jia Hao couldn’t help but grin widely. After all, He was already getting frustrated with his bad handwriting.
The more he wrote, the more his hand became free, making his handwriting smoother.
Drinking tea and writing gentle poetry with beautiful calligraphy, that’s sure a dream of every scholar in this era. And, Jia Hao also wanted to have a taste of that.
‘ Ah, now I remember…’ Jia Hao thought for a moment before taking out the pendant given by Xu Chenlan.
It was a beautiful blue crystal, embedded into a silver frame. Jia Hao used his Sage’s Divine Eyes to inspect the pendant.
[ Pendant of Princess Shui Lang: The pendant of Princess Shui Lang of Dayu Country. It’s a token of love for her lover Chu Yuan. It contains the clue to King Xiang’s Hidden Treasury]
‘ What? A clue of the hidden treasury? Is this why the Xu Family got targeted?’ Jia Hao couldn’t help but get shocked.
Flipping the pendant around, it looked very ordinary other than the bright blue crystal in the middle.
‘ Perhaps it’s safe because no one seems to understand the clue?’ Jia Hao thought of the possibility as he got excited.
But after a while, he couldn’t notice anything special. The gears of his brain spun as he looked at the crystal closely using his Sage’s Divine Eyes.
‘ This…This crystal is faulty?’ Jia Hao couldn’t help but mumble. He could see numerous cracks and holes in the crystal, albeit they look very fine.
But then, his expression changed as he looked at them once again. Dipping the brush into the inkstone, Jia Hao painted the cracks on the paper.
He perfectly imitated each crack, curve, and hole. After a while, he looked at the paper with newfound wisdom.
” The clue…The clue is actually a map!” Jia Hao couldn’t help but gasp with admiration. The person who made the pendant must be extremely talented.
After all, the cracks weren’t on the surface of the crystal, so no one would be able to notice it. The cracks were carved internally, so only those with powerful eyesight and comprehension could get it.
‘ The curves…They look like rivers. The wedges look like mountains. And what are these holes? Could it be…They are cities?’
‘ And here, the mark of a small star. This must be the place the treasury of King Xiang must be hiding.’ Jia Hao clapped his hands.
‘ This place…It’s completely close to a city. What the hell, a place like that is still undiscovered?’ Jia Hao was baffled.
But he realized something after that. As the saying goes, The most dangerous place is the safest place. Therefore, no one would think a treasury would exist right outside of a city.
‘ No, Since the Shen Family is still trying, then it means the treasure is still there. Hehe…If I get it…’
Jia Hao took a deep breath as he placed the pendant down.
” What were you doing?”
” Ah, It’s you, Wife.” Jia Hao smiled. ” Just…Trying to solve some mysteries.”
” Actually, Do you know anything regarding…King Xiang’s treasury?”
” Where did you hear of that?” Cai Yixue raised her brows. ” It’s quite an ancient tale, dating back two hundred years ago.”
” King Xiang was the king of Dayu country, which was an independent country outside the Great Yan Kingdom. He was a powerful ruler, along with great achievement in martial arts.”
” He won many wars and amassed a lot of wealth. But a rebellion in Dayu country dug his grave. But before his death, he moved all his treasures to a secret location.”
” After that, Dayu Country became a vassal of the Great Yan Kingdom. However, the secret of King Xiang’s treasury is still unknown.”
” Then, What about the tale of Princess Shui Lang and Chen Yuan?” Jia Hao asked with a curious voice.
” This..This…” Cai Yixue’s eyes squinted. ” You sure you want to hear? It’s a very tragic tale.”
” Of course, I am interested in stories.”
” This starts with the beautiful princess Shui Lang, the princess of Dayu King. She is so beautiful, delicate as a flower and beautiful as a polished jade.”
” Yet, She was a heroic woman, reaching the realm of Innate Master before the age of thirty. But she yearned for a man, a man who won’t look at her accomplishment, but only her…the true her.”
” And then, she met the hero Chu Yuan.” Cai Yixue seemed to be enraptured by the story she was telling. ” Chu Yuan was also a genius. However, he came from a lowly sect.”
” Some say he got an inheritance of an ancient martial arts, or he got a divine elixir by chance. But he became a powerful martial artist.”
” And eventually, both of them fell in love.”
” But the damned King of Dayu didn’t approve of them. Not to mention, he got greedy because Chu Yuan was supposed to have found the treasury of King Xiang.”
” After numerous attempts of assassination, Chu Yuan finally died, making Shui Lang lose the only light in her life.”
” And, she was imprisoned by the King of Dayu nation.”
” It was such a sad story, wasn’t it?” Cai Yixue couldn’t help but rub her eyes. ” Two star crossed lovers couldn’t unite even in the end…Huh? Why aren’t you saying anything?”
” Huh?” Jia Hao was taken aback before nodding hurriedly. ” Indeed, Such a tragic story. I am saddened so much.”
‘ Hah, So my wife likes such a story, huh?’ Jia Hao was amused when he saw Cai Yixue. She was really telling the story with all her experience as if she read it countless times.
” It all happened around fifteen years ago? I was very small back then.”
” Only fifteen years ago?” Jia Hao was taken aback. After all, Innate Masters can easily live up to two hundred years. So, fifteen years are relatively small frame of time.
‘ Interesting, I gues this story have some credibility after all.’
” Wife, This is a map I got from a place. Can you decipher it?” Jia Hao looked at Cai Yixue.
” A map you say?’ Cai Yixue was startled. ” Hmm, I believe Uncle Yang can do it. He has ventured a lot of places with my father.”
” Old Yang? You are right, he might be able to do it.” Jia Hao nodded with approval.
” Let’s say… What do you think is inside the treasury of King Xiang?”
” A lot of gold and treasures?” Cia Yixue thought for a moment before replying. ” Not to mention, there might be some secret elixirs. I also heard that there might be a copy of Internal Illumination Art.”
” It’s an ancient internal energy technique which can be practiced along with other techniques. It will make the internal energy pure and more robust.”
” What’s more, it allows the practitioner immune to ten thousand poisons and self healing capabilities.”
” For now, there are only three practitioners of Internal Illumination Art in this world. And only one of them is in the Great Yan Kingdom.”
Jia Hao couldn’t help but take a cold breath. The Internal Illumination Method sounds very powerful.
‘ After the monster tide incident, I need to go and check out the treasury of King Xiang. Maybe I can get the Internal Illumination Method?’
As Cai Yixue and Jia Hao chatting leisurely, Minmin suddenly came rushing.
” Young lady, This isn’t good!”
” Minmin, What happened? Why are you so anxious.”
” The ten great villages under Cai Family came to Patriarch. Something happened to the cotton fields and silkworms farming.”
” What?”
Cai Yixue’s expression changed when she heard that. ” That’s not good. I need to go and see.”
” Huh? What just happened?”
