Chapter 1: Treasure Map (Ask for Collection)
Nowadays, martial arts cultivation is prevalent, and more than 100 years ago, a martial arts force led by nine cities was formed, and Linfan City was one of them.
Linfan City, South District, Yinliu Street, Third Block.
A sloppy middle-aged man, walking quickly down the street with his head down, then turned into an alley, stopped at the door of a grocery store called Sicheng, looked around, and then walked into it.
"Uncle Wang, you're not going to sell your family's ancestral treasure map again, are you?" asked a head sticking out of the counter and looking at the middle-aged man who came in.
This is a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy with beautiful eyebrows and small eyes, but he is very spiritual.
His name is Lin Ze, and he is the young owner of this grocery store.
"Nephew Lin Xian, I can't help it, can you take it?" The middle-aged man known as Uncle Wang looked embarrassed.
Lin Ze had already heard of Uncle Wang's ancestral treasure map, and there was nothing in the surrounding neighbors who didn't know it.
However, everyone who saw the treasure map shook their heads, and on the surface it looked old, but it was clearly a parchment scroll, without the slightest peculiarity, and over time, no one became interested in it.
Lin Ze also glanced at it from a distance, and he didn't see anything special.
He followed his grandfather Lin Danian to run this Sicheng grocery store at the age of ten, and his eyesight had already been trained, and his grandfather had also studied it carefully, and came to the same conclusion as everyone else.
Uncle Wang has always believed that the parchment scroll handed down from his ancestors is a treasure map, but no one can find it strange.
Recently, Uncle Wang has no choice, seeing that his son will turn fourteen years old, he wants to spend some money to send him to the city guard reserve to study, but he is shy in his pocket, so he can only take out the ancestral treasure map and pawn it.
As before, he ran to several stores, but all of them were ruthlessly rejected, so he was cheeky and came to Sicheng Grocery Store again.
Lin Ze also frowned, his grandfather had rejected this Uncle Wang a few days ago, because the other party offered a hundred taels of silver, which was not a small amount.
I wanted to refuse directly, but when I saw the other party's expectant eyes, my heart softened, they were all neighbors, and I didn't see anyone who looked up and looked down, so I just looked at it and said it, maybe I could see what I could see?
Thinking of this, Lin Ze said: "Then you can show me the treasure map, if I can't figure it out, then I'll wait for grandpa to come." ”
"Naturally, naturally!" Uncle Wang carefully took out a long cloth bag from his arms, gently placed it in front of the counter, and pulled out a roll of earthy yellow leather from it.
Uncle Wang gently opened the two hand axes, revealing the scroll.
When fully opened, the roll is four feet long.
The volume was empty and blank.
Lin Ze leaned over and looked carefully, but did not find anything peculiar.
"Uncle Wang, can I take it in my hand and watch it carefully?" Lin Ze raised his head and asked.
"Of course, you can, but you have to be careful not to break it. Uncle Wang said a little nervously.
Lin Zewan smiled, nodded, and then held his hands on the two hand axes.
What surprised him was that after only three or four breaths, some lines actually appeared on the scroll in front of him.
Lin Ze thought he was dazzled, put down the parchment roll, and the lines disappeared, and when he picked it up again, a pattern appeared on it again.
"Is this treasure map real?" Lin Ze's heart shook.
As the lines above emerge at one time, the pattern gradually becomes clear, forming a continuous landscape painting.
"This is a topographic map of the Wind Thunder Continent. Lin Ze saw it at a glance.
After another quarter of an hour, the pattern on it was completely revealed to him, with a clearly marked location on the map, and three lines of text next to it:
[Ruins]: True Qi Realm Monk Cave Mansion.
[Host]: Qin Hao.
[Entry Condition]: Refining Skin Realm.
Lin Ze only felt a buzz in his mind, he naturally knew that the title of monk was the name of a cultivator in ancient times.
"The Xiuzhen Cave Mansion left over from the Xiuzhen Civilization, how is this possible!" Lin Ze's entire body was almost unsteady.
"Lin Xian's nephew!" Uncle Wang's shout sounded in his ears, Lin Ze woke up from shock, and when he looked at the leather scroll in his hand again, he found that the treasure map on it had disappeared, as if it had never appeared.
"Wang ...... Uncle Wang, how much do you want to sell?" Lin Ze found that his mouth was a little dry, and he subconsciously swallowed his saliva.
"One Hundred ...... No, only eighty taels of silver. Uncle Wang's happy expression flashed on his face, and he didn't have any hope, but now it seems that there has been a turnaround, which makes him have a little more hope in his heart.
Lin Ze swallowed his saliva again, his heart was pounding, but his face showed embarrassment, and he said after a long while: "It's a little expensive......"
Before he finished his words, Uncle Wang hurriedly said, "Only fifty taels." ”
It's not that Lin Ze's heart is black and the price is lowered, but this treasure map is mediocre in the eyes of outsiders, and there is no value at all, if he really dares to accept a hundred taels of silver, it will make people suspicious.
"Okay, for the sake of the faces of the neighbors, it's fifty taels, but don't talk nonsense outside, otherwise next time you pawn something, I will never accept it again." Lin Ze hesitated for a while, and only when the other party was a little anxious did he let go, and finally did not forget to warn him.
"Yes, yes, yes. Uncle Wang was overjoyed, and after receiving the fifty taels of silver handed by Lin Ze, he turned around and left, as if he was afraid that the other party would regret it.
It wasn't until Uncle Wang left that Lin Ze's face showed excitement, and his eyes were shining staring at the leather scroll in his hand.
Sure enough, after only a few breaths, the mountain pattern resurfaced on it.
"Can't anyone else make the pattern visible, or this treasure map won't fall into my hands. Lin Ze said secretly in his heart.
When all the patterns on it were revealed, Lin Ze carefully identified them and found that the location marked on the treasure map was actually in the Longjiao Mountain Range.
"It's a pity that you have to refine the skin realm to enter. Lin Ze sighed in his heart when he saw the entry conditions.
There are seven realms of martial cultivation, from low to high, they are the strong body realm, the strong body realm, the skin refining realm, the flesh refining realm, the bone refining realm, the marrow refining realm, and the blood refining realm.
He is currently only in the late stage of the Strong Body Realm, and he is still far from the Strong Body Realm, let alone the Skin Refining Realm.
If it weren't for the grocery store, which provided him with cultivation resources all year round, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to get started yet.
Carefully roll up the roll and put it back in the bag and stuff it into a drawer under the counter.
Lin Ze sat down at this time, holding his cheeks and falling into deep thought.
"You must raise your cultivation to the Skin Refining Realm as soon as possible, no matter whether the places on the treasure map are true or false, you have to go and see them. ”
Just then, a man walked in.
"Xiao Ze, I just saw Wang Zhong running out in a panic, he won't come to sell his family's heirloom again, right?" a slightly old voice sounded.