Chapter 137 - A Glowing Tree
Chapter 137 – A Glowing Tree
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As a cave inside a mountain,
logically speaking, the entire environment should be dark and dim.
Even if there were glowing objects, they could only light up certain corners.
It was just like the cave where the Wei Family’s ancestors hid the Nine Steps Trampling Heaven secret manual. When there was light, it was like stars decorating the night sky.
However, this underground cave was as bright as daylight.
Bright!
The dazzling white light was too bright!
The entire underground cave was as big as a football field.
Although there were also glowing crystals on the surrounding walls and the dome above, the biggest source of light was a tree in the center of the field.
It resembled a willow tree, but it was three times the size of a normal willow tree.
The branches and leaves of the tree were not very lush. Su Jingxing wasn’t sure if the leaves were green or not.
This was because the tree was glowing. The white light it emitted was as bright as an incandescent lamp.
White light reached every corner of the underground cave, illuminating the empty ground, walls, and dome.
If Su Jingxing hadn’t confirmed that this tree was a real tree, he would have thought that he had come to the wrong place.
This was not a treasure trove that had been buried for 200 years, but a high-tech underground base.
It was just like how the secret base that Shi Jinnian used as his route of retreat had incandescent lights everywhere.
The entire underground space was illuminated as if it was daytime.
Why had Jin Mushin placed a glowing tree in the place where his treasures were hidden?
Is this tree a treasure?
That’s not right either. In the northwestern corner of the underground cave, there were more than ten wooden chests scattered on the ground.
Those wooden boxes were probably used to store treasures.
Hey, wait a minute!
All of a sudden, Su Jingxing thought of something and looked around. As he scanned his surroundings, he muttered inwardly.
As a corrupt official from 200 years ago, he must have plundered a massive amount of gold, silver, and jewels. It wouldn’t be too much to say that they could fill 100 chests, no?
200 years ago, there were no hot weapons. It was not too much to hide a hundred of treasure and semi-treasure weapons, right?
Martial arts manuals, pill formulas, and other good stuff. It wasn’t exaggerated for all of them to add up to dozens of chests, yes?
Especially when a giant crocodile that could conceal its breathing and heartbeat was guiding the entrance.
The treasures hidden here should be enough to make people envious, right?
However, Su Jingxing scanned the entire underground cave three times but did not see any other chests.
There were only ten or so chests scattered along an underground river in the northwestern corner.
Some of the chests had even broke open and the items inside had fallen into the water.
From this, it could be determined that Su Jingxing had come to the right place.
The treasure weapons and jewelry in the photos and videos that the Shi Family had previously shared to divert the public’s attention most likely came from those broken chests.
But the question was, Jin Mushen only left behind these few chests?
There only a dozen chests in total, and they were called hidden treasures?
Su Jingxing refused to believe it. He used his lightness skill and flew over in a flash. He opened the remaining chests and realized that half of them contained paintings, calligraphy and chinaware, while the other half contained gold, silver, and jewels.
The only special chest was one with a pile of banknotes and a dozen ledgers.
The banknotes were issued by a big bank in the Yu Nation 200 years ago. This big bank was still a bank now, and it was a multinational one, powerful with solid financial strength.
The banknotes amounted to a total of eight million taels. Su Jingxing wondered if he could still exchange them for cash.
As for the ledgers, Su Jingxing quickly flipped through them and tossed them back.
There was nothing else. The people and factions recorded in the ledgers had long since died, the money they owed and the money they spent, disappeared.
Including the paintings, calligraphy and chinaware, Su Jingxing had no use for them. He was not in need of money now, so there was no need for him to sell them.
No matter how he thought about it, there was nothing that really tempted him.
“Is this tree really a treasure?”
Su Jingxing put away the banknotes and came to the glowing willow tree.
Of course, before approaching, he first released his throwing daggers to circle around the willow tree. He even put them in between branches, going through every gap.
After making sure that there were no invisible Mutated Beasts like the giant crocodile, he walked closer.
Upon closer inspection, he could tell that there was something different about this willow tree.
On the tree branches and trunk, there were faint vein-like patterns that spread on the bark.
It was because the tree bark was also shining. If one didn’t look carefully, they wouldn’t be able to notice these patterns.
From this, one could tell that this was not a willow tree.
Su Jingxing didn’t know what it was exactly.
This tree did not have any fruits, nor did it have any unique fragrance. It only emitted light.
The white light released similarly did not carry any lethality or influence.
It was like a large light bulb that stood in the middle of the cave, illuminating the entire space.
“Jin Mushen put a glowing tree here just for illumination?”
Su Jingxing, who was circling around the tree, was puzzled.
Treasures, treasures, glowing trees were indeed considered treasures 200 years ago.
No, this isn’t right!
Suddenly, Su Jingxing thought of the Shi Family.
The Shi Family was the first to find clues about this place. The so-called Jin Mushen’s treasure trove was also named by the Shi Family.
Jin Mushen had never said that the things he had left countless treasures here.
It all came from the Shi Family’s attempt to change the public’s topic of discussion.
In reality, this place might just be a place that Jin Mushen specially found to hide this glowing tree.
200 years ago, when this willow tree was brought in from outside, it was only a sapling.
It had grown so big and tall because 200 years had passed.
Without sunlight, the tree had grown for 200 years. Furthermore, the more it grew, the brighter the light it emitted.
From this perspective, this tree was indeed a treasure.
The Shi Family was the one who came up with the idea of a hidden treasure trove.
But this tree was indeed a treasure too.
Only, its function remained unknown?
After a round of analysis, Su Jingxing believed that this tree was the treasure.
No fruit, no scent. The key was likely to be in the bark, the leaves, the branches, or the roots.
With these thoughts in mind, Su Jingxing snapped a branch and put it into his palm space, bringing it back for experimentation.
Of course, the best solution was to figure out the identity of the tree.
What kind of special plant is it?
Also, he had to figure out what the strange ring he found in the Shi Family’s treasury vault was.
These information could not be found online.
For heavenly treasures, special species, and unique existences, there was only one place in Qinghe City that had information and records on them.
Xuantian University Library!
Xuantian University, which had a history of over a thousand years, had a lot of ancient books and information in its library.
All answers on things that people outside don’t know about, mysterious objects and happenings, could be found in the library.
Of course,
Those precious materials were guarded by experts.
There were placed kept on the top level of the library.
Su Jingxing had read online that very few people could go up to the top level of Xuantian University’s library.
In the past, Su Jingxing was no exception.
But now…
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