"Ah …"
Even though Hong Yi, Mu The Younger, and Shen Tiezhu had seen much of the world, they were still dazzled by the dazzling brilliance of this huge chest of gold and silver treasures under the scorching sun. The five attendants even let out a gasp of surprise.
Inside the chest were pieces of gold ingots that looked like seals. They were square, and there were about twenty of them. These gold ingots were not gold, but the color of a treasure. They were actually pure gold!
Twenty pieces of pure gold that looked like seals were actually not a lot. They were about forty catties, or six to seven hundred taels (sixteen taels per catty). However, when these pieces were placed here, it gave people a strong sense of stimulation.
Hong Yi casually picked up one of the pure gold seals and found that it was indeed a seal. The carvings were extremely exquisite! It was either a lion seal or a qilin seal. Below the seals were also carved many names, such as "Scholar Eternal Spring", "Scholar Yuan Ming", "Scholar Five Willows", and so on.
"These are the elegant titles of some of the high officials in the imperial court …" Hong Yi looked at them and knew that these pure gold seals were personal gifts for some of the officials in the imperial court. The titles on the seals were the elegant titles of some famous and elegant officials!
80% gold, 90% purple gold, and 10% pure gold. Because pure gold was expensive, it was worth twice as much as gold when exchanged for silver. Moreover, it was priceless.
Apart from these pure gold seals, there was also a small chest inside the big chest. Opening the small chest, there were all kinds of gemstones, rings, cat's eye rings, emeralds, fire essence stones, green beads, and so on. This small chest of jewelry was even more valuable than the pure gold seals. If sold, it would be worth at least ten thousand taels of silver.
In addition to these golden seals and small boxes of jewelry, there was also a stack of neatly bundled banknotes. Hong Yi picked it up and discovered that it was a hundred taels of silver each from Nanqi Province's' Taichang Bank '. The banknotes were densely packed with anti-counterfeiting watermarks, symbols, and seals. One look and one could tell that they were genuine.
In addition to the gold seals, jewels, and banknotes, there was also a four-foot-long iron box. After opening it, there was a bow. The bow was dark green on both ends, and it looked like it was made of jade. There was a snow-white thread wrapped around it, and it felt cold to the touch. When one knocked on it, it made a metallic sound.
This bowstring was the same as the Ironwood Black Bone Bow, with a bright yellow thread that resembled gelatinous amber. However, the color was much brighter than that of the Ironwood Black Bone Bow, and it was twice as thick.
Beside the bow, there were three white arrows that looked like they were made of bones. The arrowheads were stained with blood, as if they were stained with the blood of countless people.
"What kind of bow is that? What arrow? "Hong Yi picked up the bow. It was actually very heavy in his hand! He tried to pull the bowstring, but it was stiff. Even though he used all his strength, he could only pull the bowstring by half!
"What a powerful bow! It has at least the strength of seven or eight stones!" Hong Yi exclaimed in shock.
"Penetrating Rainbow? Soul Breaking Arrow! "Just as Hong Yi was testing the bow, Chi Zhuiyang suddenly exclaimed.
"What's wrong?" Hong Yi turned his head and looked at Chi Zhuiyang. Ever since Chi Zhuiyang obeyed Murong Yan's orders and followed Hong Yi, Chi Zhuiyang always had a cold expression, as if he was in a trance. Such a large fluctuation in his expression did not match his character.
"If I'm not wrong, this bow is called Penetrating Rainbow! The body of the bow is forged from nephrite elastic steel, and its toughness is better than any wood. The string is made from the tendon of a hundred year old coin-shaped python that was soaked in glue for over ten years. Even if the bow is pulled tens of thousands of times, the bow's strength will not weaken in the slightest. It is not like this Ironwood Black Bone Bow. Although it is a good bow, after a few thousand times, the bow's strength will gradually weaken until it becomes useless. " Chi Zhuiyang's eyes lit up, "In the world's top ten famous bows, besides Shooting Sun, Embracing Moon, and Falling Star, this Penetrating Rainbow can be ranked fourth. It can pierce through a person 800 steps away! "
"It's forged from nephrite steel?" Hong Yi was also surprised. Nephrite elastic steel was not produced, but it was forged, folded, and tempered by a master level blacksmith using a variety of pig iron, wrought iron, carbon powder, and other materials. After countless times of forging, folding, and tempering, it was then forged into an extremely tough and elastic steel. Although it was not as good as the legendary blood pattern steel, it was still very precious. This kind of steel was best used for spears, rods, and bows.
If it was a spear that was made from nephrite elastic steel, it would be able to store power when it was shaken. It would appear and disappear mysteriously, and its power would greatly increase. It was the same for rods. A person with great strength could bend this steel rods into a circle! Then violently bounce it out! Even if it was a lump of iron, it would explode.
Rods made from nephrite elastic steel were the best weapons for martial artists who used rods and rods. They were called "Wishful Rods".
However, this kind of nephrite elastic steel was more precious than gold, and the forging technique had been lost. Even if one had money, it would be difficult to buy it.
"The powerful thing is not this bow! It's these three Soul Breaking Arrows. "Chi Zhuiyang said," These three Soul Breaking Arrows are specially used to kill divine souls? It's an artifact! "
"An artifact that can kill divine souls?" Hong Yi was shocked.
"However, I can feel an extremely strong killing intent gathered on the arrow that can kill divine souls! It should have been worshiped by many murderous people for many years. "Chi Zhuiyang said.
"Is that so?" Hong Yi secretly let his divine soul out of his shell. Sure enough, as soon as he left his shell, he felt that there were many thoughts wrapped around the arrow. They were wailing, screaming, and struggling! Hong Yi felt as if he had arrived at the entrance of the Nine Nether Hell as recorded in the Buddhist scriptures. One could imagine how much damage this arrow could cause after it pierced the divine soul!
The divine soul was a formless and intangible thought. No matter how sharp a sword was, it would not be able to harm it. Therefore, when a cultivator was killed by a flying sword, it was a huge advantage for a martial artist. For example, a small martial artist like Hong Yi could kill the Cold-Blooded Thirteen Shadows, who were at the peak of the Martial Master level.
To harm the divine soul, other than the extremely strong Yang Blood Qi, there was also an artifact!
Hong Yi was very clear about this. Back then, when he was in the Tribute Courtyard and his spirit had left his body to observe the statues of the ancient sages, he had felt a mighty righteous will from the statues. It had suppressed his spirit to the point that it could not leave his body. This was the will of many scholars. After countless years of worshiping the statues, their hearts were filled with reverence, and their will was strengthened by countless years of worship.
The divine soul was the condensation of thoughts.
The refining of artifacts was the same principle.
"This is ill-gotten wealth. Should I take it or not?" Hong Yi thought in his mind.
"Why do you have these things?" After thinking for a while, Hong Yi turned his head and asked Black Sparrow Hawk who was tied on the ground, "This chest of things is worth at least fifty thousand taels of silver. With these things, you still want to rob people?"
"This chest of things was given to the Crown Prince by the experts of the land and sea from the thirteen provinces of the Central Province two years ago. We took advantage of the chaos to take this chest of treasures and escape. However, these treasures cannot be sold. The ten thousand taels of silver is the money we used to buy your lives, "Black Sparrow Hawk said.
"That's true, these things are very difficult to sell." Hong Yi looked at the golden stamp and the jewels, "Especially killing the Crown Prince's offerings, this is a big crime!"
"Killing the Crown Prince's offerings was also an order from Daluo?" Hong Yi suddenly asked, "Daluo is the Crown Prince's man. Why would he kill the Crown Prince's offerings?"
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"Mm? So that's how it is. " Only then did Hong Yi understand. The great merchants of Yin Province were paying tribute to the Crown Prince, while Prince He secretly sent people to rob and kill them. There was an open and covert struggle going on! Turbulent and intense to such an extent!
"But offering the Crown Prince, gold, silver, and jewels is normal. What about the Soul Breaking Arrow? The Penetrating Rainbow bow? What use does it have? "Hong Yi frowned.
"Of course it's to prevent the assassination of a Taoist master!" Chi Zhuiyang said, "The Da Qian was founded sixty years ago. The Taizu reigned for thirty years, and the current Emperor has been in power for twenty years. The Taizong and Gaozong were in power for ten years in between. The two generations of Emperors only had a short lifespan."
"Could it be that the Taizong and Gaozong were assassinated?! No wonder the historical records said that it was a disease! I think that the Da Qian princes all practice martial arts to strengthen their bodies, how could they be sick? Who assassinated them? Could it be a master from the Xuantian Hall? "Hong Yi was shocked, but this was no small matter.
"It's not the Xuantian Hall." Chi Zhuiyang shook his head, "It should be a master from the Da Qian sect. But this is a secret, and no one knows the truth. "
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