Looking at his uncle’s strange expression and gasping for breath, Wu Tianzhen touched his head.
“Uncle, aren’t you happy?”
Wu Tianzhen asked, blinking his eyes.
He held the bottle in his hand, feeling very happy in his heart.
“What’s there to be happy about? That jade pendant is useless now!”
Uncle almost jumped up.
“Uncle, are you lying to me? You said back then that five million was not a loss at all. Now it’s three million. Uncle, I think we should just steal joy in our blankets!”
Wu Tianzhen chuckled, not realizing the seriousness of the matter.
“You little brat, go cry in your blanket! Didn’t I tell you before that the jade pendant could only be used once, and the cultivation technique inside would be gone after use?”
“I just tested it, and that Zhang Tian also knows cultivation techniques. Do you think he wouldn't know about the jade pendant?”
Uncle tapped Wu Tianzhen’s forehead.
In an instant, Wu Tianzhen had an epiphany.
“Uncle, you mean this is just a废玉 (fèiyù – useless jade) now?”
Hanshao interjected.
Wu Sansheng nodded.
“To say it’s useless jade isn’t entirely accurate. It’s trash, it’s trash. Although this jade is废了 (fèile – ruined), it’s of ancient origin, and we can still get 300,000 for it.”
“This jade bottle also has a sense of age. 300,000 is not a problem.”
“That counts as recovering 600,000, but it’s all having value but no market; no one will buy it.”
Uncle felt a pang of heartache.
If Wu Tianzhen hadn’t been so quick, he wouldn’t have spent this unnecessary money.
This was much faster than robbing a bank.
In this era, even robbing a bank might not get you three million.
Wu Tianzhen’s face instantly drooped.
He wore a bitter expression.
“How about it, Uncle, should we call the police?”
Uncle: “……”
For a moment, everyone was speechless.
After a long while, Uncle spoke.
“This young Master Zhang is a bit unusual. Little Buddha, you’d best minimize contact with him. If it’s absolutely unavoidable, then be careful.”
As Uncle spoke, Wu Tianzhen nodded.
He still felt a bit of heartache.
Millions of yuan were wasted like this, alas, it was a shame to even think about it.
Meanwhile, outside, Zhang Tian was humming a tune.
He walked down the street with a cheerful spring in his step.
Nowadays, leeks should be harvested when they are ripe.
Zhang Tian had learned this lesson profoundly.
With three million yuan in hand, Zhang Tian immediately went to the bank and transferred the money to his account.
Zhang Tian’s assets now amounted to around thirty million yuan.
One could imagine, in a world where ordinary people earned only a few hundred yuan a year, what thirty million meant.
It could be said that the rich always stay rich, and the poor always stay poor; the gap was truly immense.
Although Zhang Tian felt that compared to the big families in Beili, he was still nothing more than a nobody.
But that didn’t stop Zhang Tian from participating in auctions.
After leaving the bank, Zhang Tian patted his pocket. He still had that child-praying jade pendant with him.
With this, it could prolong childbirth.
But it could only be used one more time.
Such an item was useless to Zhang Tian, but for some important figures in Beili, it was a godsend.
Some people had been infertile for years, and their vast fortunes had no heir. Those people must have felt unwilling.
This item, in their eyes, was a hot commodity.
This was the main reason Zhang Tian wanted this jade.
Giving this jade to Hu Bayi and Pangzi would be like picking through dung; it was dirty, messy, and difficult to sell.
Zhang Tian faintly began to look forward to the auction a few days later.
Without further thought, Zhang Tian returned home.
He hadn’t learned the Qimen Dunjia yet, and he needed to hurry.
By the time the auction started, he had to have learned it.
This would greatly advance Zhang Tian’s plans.
“Now, I have Hu Bayi as my strategist, and Pangzi as the atmosphere creator. All I need now is a great general.”
“Oh mummy mummy mum, Little Brother, Little Brother, hurry up and take the bait…”
At this moment, Zhang Tian was like a fisherman.
Holding a fishing rod, with Little Brother, a big fish, with its mouth open, waiting to be hooked.
If he had Little Brother, Zhang Tian’s combat power would skyrocket.
Shaking his head, he put these thoughts aside. Zhang Tian returned to the antique shop, told his mother he wasn’t eating, and went upstairs.
Time passed quickly.
Around ten o’clock the next day.
In the northern mountains.
A group of experts beamed with joy.
The group was excited, their backpacks on, looking at the distant mountains.
“Professor Li, the mountain ahead, we seem to have been here before!”
A female university student said, her face filled with surprise.
In this era, university students were a rare species, unlike modern times where they were everywhere.
The expert group also had university students for practical experience, to cultivate them.
“Yes, we came here a few years ago. This place is called Niuxin Mountain, and there was a large tomb.”
“However, how could we not have thought that there was still a large tomb here!”
Professor Li said, with some confusion on his face.
Their expert group at the time had searched all the surrounding mountains but couldn’t find any tomb. Unexpectedly, there was another one.
“Alas, Professor Li, we don’t have any experts who can discern tombs by looking at mountains, so excavation is difficult.”
A young man said, and everyone else nodded.
“Oh, look, the village has actually built a road.”
The female student exclaimed, excited.
There were about fifteen people in their group, plus five escorting soldiers.
“Perhaps some villagers sold their antiques for money. When we were here last time, the villagers were using antiques to carry vegetables. It was really speechless.”
A middle-aged man named Xiao Liu said.
“Xiao Liu, that’s not entirely accurate. Ignorance is not a crime. You can’t impose your own standards on them.”
Professor Li said, and Xiao Liu had to shut up.
Subsequently, the arrival of the expert group was warmly welcomed by the villagers.
After borrowing some vehicles, some people headed directly into the mountains.
“Professor Li, we will lead the way ahead, and you just need to follow behind.”
An officer in charge said.
He had real firearms and ammunition behind him.
Professor Li nodded.
“We’ll trouble you.”
“It’s nothing, serving you is our duty.”
With that, several people entered the map that Zhang Tian had given them.
Soon, they stopped in front of a pile of skulls.
Seeing a large expanse of skeletons lying on the ground, the female comrade was startled.
“What’s going on? So many skeletons.”
“Look at that skull, it’s so scary.”
Some people muttered softly.
“Don’t be afraid, these should be from the Kanto Army back then. Let’s go in.”
Professor Li comforted them.
The crowd nodded.
Following Zhang Tian’s map, they arrived under a tree.
Upon seeing the tomb passage, Professor Li and some researchers were filled with excitement.
They hadn’t expected it to be real, that person had helped them again.
“Holy crap, there’s really a tomb passage! If I meet those three masked men again, I’ll kiss them in person!”
The middle-aged expert was somewhat excited.
“Don’t joke around, let’s go in.”
Professor Li said, and everyone nodded. The female comrades followed behind, with soldiers leading the way.
Soon, several people entered a large tomb chamber. In this tomb chamber, many small coffins were placed, and there was a large hole in the wall.
In the center, there was a tightly sealed red coffin.
Looking at the ransacked tomb chamber, a researcher felt regret.
“Did tomb robbers make this place like this? It’s too much.”
The female student said.
“It shouldn’t be. According to the map, this is actually a Kanto Army stronghold, with a Kanto Army base inside. The map directs us to a laboratory.”
“The Kanto Army has an infamous reputation. It’s risky for them to enter ancient tombs.”
A middle-aged expert said.
“Let’s not go to the base for now. Look at that red coffin. There should be a corpse inside. It looks like the sarcophagus of a general from a thousand years ago.”
“Its corpse is valuable for our research, we must take it.”
Professor Li said, and the officer beside him nodded.
Then, several people quickly approached the red coffin.
The red-haired monster sleeping inside would never have imagined that after just falling asleep, people would come to disturb him again, and they even wanted to take his body for research…