Acai's Sky

Ah Cai carefully hid her body under the [Invisible Leaves], crouching quietly at the feet of the two people like a ghost, listening attentively to their conversation.

After the waiter respectfully reported to the seemingly gentle but evil-minded man in front of him, he quickly bowed and retreated, leaving the gentleman standing there alone, his face ashen with anger, and cursing under his breath.

He turned around angrily and strode into the inner room of the inn.

This house was his long-term rental residence, and it was filled with all kinds of messy items and documents.

As soon as he entered the room, the gentleman couldn't wait to pull out a yellowed drawing from the table, then picked up a pen and began to draw on it.

Seeing this, Ah Cai moved closer to take a look out of curiosity and discovered that it was actually a floor plan of a large house.

The entire drawing is covered with dense circles and dots, which is dazzling.

"Hmph! I absolutely don't believe the Tu family would let all their money disappear so easily. They must have hidden treasures somewhere! I once heard my grandmother mention that when his maternal grandmother married into the Tu family, her dowry included an extremely precious jade lion that protected the country!"

The gentleman scum muttered to himself and paced back and forth anxiously in the room with his hands behind his back.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he stopped abruptly, staring intently at the blueprint, muttering to himself, "Could it be that the Tu family hid their treasure in the Qinling Mountains? It's said that they have a painting called 'Qinling Junxiu' in their home. Perhaps it contains some important clues..."

Hearing this, Ah Cai couldn't help but curl her lips. She was very familiar with the Qinling Mountains.

Not long ago, she had explored almost all the mountains and rivers near Huxian County.

Although a few small treasure rooms were discovered, most of them were just ancient and gloomy tombs.

"Anyway, let's sneak into the Tu family tonight and find out what's going on. Let's see what treasure this gentleman is so worried about and thinking about."

Ah Cai thought to herself, and quietly left the room, ready to embark on an adventure after nightfall.

...

The night is like water.

Ah Cai quietly crushed the [Low-Level Sleepiness Pill], stood up and walked to the address indicated on the blueprint, the former mansion of the Tu family.

The courtyard with three roads and five entrances is already home to dozens of families. There are a lot of miscellaneous items piled up in the courtyard, making the whole courtyard look particularly dilapidated.

A quick scan with spiritual sense revealed what was going on. Several families were knocking on floor tiles to see which areas were empty.

Crush a [Top-grade Drowsiness Pill] and use spiritual energy to push it to everyone in the yard, so that they can't get up until noon tomorrow.

A Cai hurried to the rockery in the west wing, opened the mechanism and entered the basement of the Tu family.

The basement was dry and cold, with a faint smell of dust in the air.

The walls are made of rough rocks and are covered with traces of time, as if telling stories of the past.

Faint light seeped in from the gap above, making the entire basement seem a little dim.

The basement floor is paved with ancient stone slabs with tiny cracks on them, as if they were marks of time.

In the corner, there were a hundred or so worn wooden boxes and a large number of shelves piled with all kinds of miscellaneous items, making it feel a bit messy.

In the center of the basement there is an old wooden table with some yellowed books and tools on it. It seems that this was once the place where the owner studied and worked.

There are several faded portraits hanging on the wall. The faces of the characters in the paintings are blurred. They seem to be portraits of the ancestors of the Tu family, which makes people imagine their stories.

Ah Cai opened the wooden boxes and looked at the dust on the hundreds of wooden boxes. It had not been opened for at least fifty or sixty years. It was estimated that the ancestors of the Tu family did not have time to tell the descendants the location of the basement!

With a sweep of his spiritual sense, he opened a wooden box and took out a gold-painted wooden box. The box, which was the size of a B5 paper, contained the pair of jade stone lions that guarded the country.

Each of these jade lions is carved so vividly that it seems to possess a living being.

Their bodies are huge and powerful, with smooth and natural muscle lines, revealing a strong sense of power.

The lion's head is held high, its eyes are wide open and bright, exuding a majestic aura.

Their mouths were slightly open, revealing their sharp fangs, as if declaring to the world their inviolability.

The hair of the stone lion is carved in great detail, with each strand clearly visible, just like real hair.

Their claws are sharp and powerful, gripping the ground tightly, as if ready to pounce on the enemy at any time.

And the pair of national treasure jade stones exudes a mysterious glow, crystal clear, and as dazzling as gems.

The texture of the jade is clearly visible, like a masterpiece of nature, which makes people marvel at its uncanny craftsmanship.

"Hiss, it's made of chalcedony. Such a large chalcedony is really rare. No wonder it caught the eye of someone with ulterior motives." Ah Cai fiddled with the pair of jade stone lions.

Ah Cai frowned. This thing was not something that ordinary people could possess. Not being able to protect it was secondary. The most worrying thing was that it would end up overseas.

He took out a new storage bag and put all the boxes in the basement into it with a wave of his hand.

He scratched his chin with his index finger, "Does this young master of the Tu family really not know these things?"

She had just seen a "Tang Dynasty gold and silver sachet", which was a gilded hollow silver sachet with an internal gimbal structure similar to a modern gyroscope. No matter how the sachet rotated, the incense bowl remained level and the incense would not spill.

This kind of Tang Dynasty treasure can only be found in some ancient Tang Dynasty tombs. There are only a few of them, and they are products of tombs. They are completely incomparable to the one from the Tu family.

After coming out of the basement, Acai moved a few extra-large stones and blocked the entrance to the rockery from the inside. It was impossible to tell from the outside that it was blocked.

He quickly arrived at Mr. Tu Si's house, a dilapidated thatched house with leaks everywhere.

"Boss, is there really no way to deal with that evil guy from the Xu family? Even after dynasties have changed, he still won't let us go!" A woman frowned.

Mr. Tu Si, who was hunched over during the day, had already washed his face and was sitting cross-legged on the kang, drinking tea. He no longer looked as miserable as he did during the day.

"Tsk, do they really think the Xu family can continue to act tyrannically? They have been targeted by the new government for a long time. They just want to get our great-grandmother's dowry to bribe the people in the town government. What a traitor!" Mr. Tu Si was drinking tea comfortably.