Chapter 3: Windfall Profits

  Lü Yang, as a slave of the Lü family, had been working in the medicinal garden at the back mountain for eight years, cultivating many precious spiritual herbs. He inevitably came into contact with secrets from higher-ups and thus knew some secrets about the Cultivation Realm, having a much broader perspective than ordinary people.

  Under the vast sky, all is the king's land, and on the king's border, all are the king's subjects. This is the common people's understanding, but Lü Yang knew a shocking secret: above the multitude of living beings, there existed the Realm of Cultivation, numerous cultivation sects, the Nine Nether Ghost Domain, the boundless starry sky, the Heavenly Realms, and many more. There were countless strange and wondrous creatures, and an infinitely vast world.

  Man in the world, is only a tiny part of the vast universe, one of countless worlds, like a grain of sand in the ocean, even if he uses up his whole life, he cannot explore one billionth of it, truly an ant and a speck of dust.

  It's just like the Great Xuan Dynasty, which spans millions of miles, with its southern and northern borders stretching far and wide, vast in territory, rich in resources, the central plains' rightful ruler, a sovereign state for thousands of years, known as the Heavenly Kingdom, but even so, it is only one of the tens of thousands of countries in the entire Central Plains.

  But ordinary people can't travel all their lives, and the almost infinite vastness of Zhongzhou is just a part of the Great Wilderness World. The south wilderness, north desert, east sea, west plains, and the boundless vastness of the central land, apart from Zhongzhou, the Great Wilderness World also has several other continents, countless islands, time-space rifts, and mysterious time-spaces.

  But contains many continents, countless islands, time-space cracks, the mysterious time-space vast world, is just one of the many Daxian worlds in the boundless starry sky and infinite universe.

  Lü Yang knew that in this world, the true controllers were not the secular imperial powers, but rather the Xianmen sects that transcended imperial power, such as the Great Xuan Dynasty, which was actually controlled from behind by the Xuantiangate, which dominated the vast wilderness and intimidated the heavens.

  Xuántiān Gate is the first of the seven major sects in the Dà Huāng world. It is said that the founding ancestor of the Great Xuán dynasty was a senior elder of the Xuántiān Gate, who had vast magical powers and boundless divine authority. Almost single-handedly, he established the foundation for his descendants to be emperors for thousands of generations.

  The reason why the Lü family of Nanling has been able to prosper for thousands of years without decline, until a few hundred years ago when it was divided and became a state within a state, is because the old ancestor of the Lü family was a disciple of Xuántiān Mén.

  The old ancestor of the Lü family had a strange encounter recently, and his cultivation has made rapid progress in the past few hundred years. His status within the sect has also risen with the tide, and after passing the test, he became an elder. The Lü family in Nanling also prospered along with him.

  Not only the imperial family, but also the Lv family and other prominent families in the Great Xuan Dynasty, all have ancestors who are stationed in the Xiuzhen realm, and are truly Xiuzhen aristocratic families.

  Only by grasping the power that transcends the mundane can later generations enjoy reverence and continue the family business.

  But Lü Yang also knew that the immortal cultivators were not to be underestimated, and it was impossible for them to fall into the traps set by ordinary people. This gray-robed old man should be an outer sect disciple who had not yet reached the Xiantian realm, and only such disciples would often walk in the mortal world and be greedy for worldly wealth.

  Once I figured this out, the whole thing became clear at once.

  "It's a good thing I didn't report it, this person's identity is trouble from head to toe, and it's not something someone like me can afford to get involved in."

  Lü Yang hesitated for a moment, and did not covet the small wealth. He carefully put the silver fragments and spiritual grass back in their original place, smoothing out the marks. However, his gaze fell on the jade token and cloth pouch, and he couldn't help but stare blankly for a moment, revealing a hesitant and complex expression on his face.

  "It's all been moved before, and putting it back here would only make things worse. Heaven wants to give it to us, but if we don't accept it, we'll only bring endless trouble upon ourselves. It's better to take them away."

  Lü Yang found an excuse for himself and took both things away.

  When he picked up the bundle of cloth, his heart began to beat wildly beyond his control, because he knew what this bundle of cloth was.

  This is a spiritual instrument often used by cultivators to store treasures, called a treasure bag. It's just a small cloth pouch, but it can contain the universe, infinitely vast and wide.

  This is the real treasure on the old man in grey clothes. Those broken silvers and spiritual medicines are not worth mentioning at all.

  Lü Yang suppressed the excitement in his heart and calmly returned to his residence, carefully closing the doors and windows.

  This is a small cloth bag tied up with silver and gold threads, all over gray and black, like silk but not silk. No matter how hard you try, you can't find the opening to untie it. But he knew how to pierce his own fingers, letting a drop of blood fall on it. This was the method of refining with essence and blood. Any masterless spiritual tool could be controlled by this method.

  As expected, after a drop of Lü Yang's blood fell onto it, the seamless storage bag suddenly shone brightly and automatically opened its seal according to Lü Yang's will, revealing the extraordinary phenomenon of the treasure communicating with the spirit.

  "Let's see what's inside."

  With a rustling sound, Lü Yang poured out all the things in the bag, and suddenly the whole room was filled with golden light, dazzling people's eyes.

  Completely beyond Lv Yang's expectations, what appeared before his eyes was a large pile of valuable gold and silver treasures, antiques, and calligraphic paintings!

  Lü Yang's heart suddenly started racing wildly, almost unable to contain itself.

  He was utterly stunned. He had originally thought that this old man in grey was a foolish thief, a poor devil, but he never could have imagined that the reality would be completely opposite.

  "These are all gold and silver notes of the Da Xuan Dynasty, as well as ingots, antiques, jade, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings. All of these are valuable treasures! This time I've really struck it rich! Could that old man be my lucky star, sent to bring me wealth? With so many treasures, even if I were to leave the Lu Manor, I could live a life of luxury and leisure for the rest of my days!"

  The gold and silver notes in the storage bag were specially issued by the Great Xuan Dynasty to prosper trade, with their value guaranteed by the imperial family. They do not recognize people, only tickets, and can be exchanged immediately, so they are circulating in all countries of Zhongzhou.

  Many valuables and ingots are also valuable because they themselves are precious metals that have great value without collateral.

  What's more, this treasure bag contains not only gold and silver notes and ingots that can be exchanged directly, but also many jade stones, precious instruments, calligraphy and paintings, antiques, and so on. All of these things added together are simply incalculable.

  This time I've really made a fortune, thoroughly and utterly made a big fortune!

  After a while, Lü Yang finally realized that in this small storage bag, there were gold and silver notes, ingots and other valuable things, with a total value of over 10 million guan.

  As for other things, it's hard to estimate their value. Lv Yang was momentarily bewildered and didn't have much interest in calculating them, but even so, 10 million yuan was already a staggering number.

  One million ryo is equivalent to how many mon?

  Lü Yang, although secretly reading and recognizing characters, still couldn't count that high. However, he knew that since ancient times, the phrase used to describe someone as wealthy was "a waist full of ten thousand pieces", one hundred million pieces, equivalent to the wealth of how many rich families?

  One thousand, exactly one thousand!

  Such astonishing wealth, even if I were to splurge and squander it from now on, it would take hundreds of years to exhaust.

  The light is this huge wealth of tens of millions, which is enough to change one's own destiny.

  And it's a thorough change.

  "I've been a servant in the Lü manor for so many years, and from New Year's to year-end, my salary, rewards, and extra income all add up to just over ten guan. Compared to the money in this bag... it's simply not worth mentioning."

  Lü Yang's face twisted in a strange and indescribable expression.

  "This windfall is really too big, now I've truly made a fortune!"

  Lü Yang couldn't think anymore, his mind was completely messed up, as if he saw countless beautiful wives and concubines, countless good fields, houses, fine clothes and food, power and influence, all in this treasure bag, but at the same time, it also contained countless dangers, and with a little carelessness, he would be destroyed.

  Even if it's a rustic villager, they understand the simple truth that wealth shouldn't be revealed. The money one has at home can't be let known to others; once it's known, troubles are endless.

  Lü Yang hastily gathered all his belongings and carefully stored them in his storage bag.

  "What is this thing?"

  Just as Lü Yang was flustered and putting away the storage bag, a small tripod with three legs, about three inches high and shaped like a wine vessel, suddenly fell out of the storage bag.

  This small cauldron, all over its body, is surrounded by thick rust, seemingly an antique, don't know how many years it has been abandoned here, lying alone in the corner.

  Lü Yang picked up the small tripod and looked at it for a while, but he couldn't see anything special about it. Although he didn't know how to appreciate antiques, he knew that this was a collection of Xianmen cultivators, which was not ordinary.

  "It's better to put it away for now and think about it later." Lü Yang thought.

  At this moment, a thread of blood on his finger stained the small tripod, and the small tripod emitted a brilliant light. The rust spots on its surface fell off one after another, revealing its original appearance.