Chapter 2: The Emperor of Hades
Li Guanguan failed in business, lost all the wealth accumulated by his parents, and owed a sum of money, so he had to return to his hometown of Mount Emei.
He found a letter and a picture left behind by his father in a corner of his dilapidated ancestral home.
The letter said that there was a treasure hidden somewhere under the cliff of Mount Emei, which contained a large amount of precious jade and gold, suspected to be related to the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, and that picture was a treasure map.
His father said that it was given to the Li family by God, but they couldn't find it until they were cornered, and even if they found it, they could only take part of it, otherwise they would lose their fortune and longevity.
Li Guanguan sat under the only jujube tree in his farmhouse's courtyard, and thought of his current situation and decided to take a risk.
Because the forest under the cliff of Mount Emei is dangerous and inaccessible, there have been many explorers who have disappeared inside, and even the bones have not been found.
Before leaving, Li Guanguan combined his father's last letter to collect ancient books to read, and initially suspected that the treasure was the place where Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor asked the innocent emperor in Mount Emei in the past.
In this regard, he kept an eye on it, and did not say anything about it to He Gui, only said that the ancestor accidentally found a treasure, and only took part of it because he remembered the family motto of "internal peace and external desire, not greed".
After that, he and He Gui took all the equipment and went through hardships and dangers, encountering several bones of missing people along the way, many of whom claimed to be immortal cultivators in the mountains.
Finally, the two found the hidden cave where the treasure map pointed.
The walls are made of jade here, and the tables and chairs are shaped with gold, which makes Li Guanguan and He Gui's eyes shine.
The two of them couldn't move anything too heavy, so they only took some small gold items and agreed to come back next time.
In the process of returning, the treasure map accidentally fell into the water and was washed away.
When they returned home at night, Li Guanguan and He Gui didn't care about distributing their belongings, so they recalled their experience and redrew the treasure map so as not to forget it later.
When the drawing was finished, Li Guanguan suddenly found that the jujube tree in his yard had disappeared at some point.
And He Gui saw that the other party had become gray-haired and wrinkled.
The two looked at each other, extremely frightened.
At this time, the sun rises, and the two die of old age, and their bodies are quickly weathered, leaving only white bones.
After ten minutes, a young man came to the side room and saw the bones, the treasure map, and the gold.
He stayed for a while, dug a hole in the courtyard, buried the bones in it, and planted a date tree on it.
Li Guanguan woke up from the nightmare, looked at the ancient books and treasure maps in his hands, recalled the almost real content of the dream, and trembled with fright.
After a long time, he looked at the words of the innocent emperor in the ancient books, "Calm the gods inside, go out to their desires", learned from the pain, and decided to give up this treasure hunt that he didn't know if it was true or not, and he didn't know if there would be a harvest, and faced life with his own hands and hard work.
After a period of hard work, he finally paid off his debts and was able to take his wife and children back home.
By chance, Li Guanguan heard his seven or eight-year-old son chanting while playing:
"Calm the mind inside, remove the desires outside, and not be greedy. Calm the gods inside, remove their desires outside, and not be greedy. ”
He was extremely frightened and hurriedly asked his son where he had heard this.
The son replied that it was told to him by his grandfather before he passed away, saying that it was a family motto that must be remembered. He also said that he had been carrying it for two or three years.
Li Guanguan froze in place, dazed for a long time, and kept whispering:
"Calm the gods inside, and remove their desires outside...... Calm the gods inside, go out to their desires......"