Chapter 99: Treasure-Seeking Rat

“Could it be the blessing of the Glazed Immortal Eyes?”

The Treasure-Seeking Technique taught by Mr. Cao still relies on using the “eyes” to see…

So the talent for treasure-seeking might be a talent in Ocular Techniques.

After the Pine Leaf Squirrel mutated into a Rare Beast, its Rare Beast Divine Power was related to the eyes; Lin Jing could only guess as much.

“Take me to the nearest one.” He pondered slightly, picked up the Pine Leaf Squirrel, and soon they arrived at the foot of the mountain.

The Pine Leaf Squirrel pointed at an ordinary, broken tree, claiming that a ray of Ancient Treasure Light was emitting from here.

“Dig.” Lin Jing quite liked this feeling of treasure-hunting. After digging about three or four meters, a chamber pot with no spiritual energy fluctuations was unearthed.

It was carved with dragon and phoenix patterns, appearing quite extraordinary, and looked as if it had an incredibly long history.

“What a piece of junk!” In a fit of anger, Lin Jing kicked the chamber pot back into the pit and buried it again.

“Is this the ancient object Mr. Cao mentioned placing here?” He suspected the remaining antiques were all similar items.

“Squeak—” The Pine Leaf Squirrel pointed in another direction. They hurried over and subsequently dug up a stone tablet.

Just as Lin Jing thought he had dug up some treasure, the text on it left him silent. It was actually a tombstone: 【Tomb of the Qi Training Stage Immortal Li Tiangang】.

【Passed away from heavy injuries after slaying a pig demon that intruded into Li Village.】

It was still just a tombstone with no spiritual energy fluctuations.

“Rest in peace, sorry for the disturbance, Senior.” Lin Jing buried it back. No wonder Mr. Cao so generously said that it wouldn’t matter if they kept the ancient objects they found.

To be honest, even if it was free, he didn’t really want it.

“Are most of the Ancient Treasure Lights the same?”

“Squeak!” The Pine Leaf Squirrel shrugged. Most of the Ancient Treasure Lights were very weak, except for one dazzling ray in the distance.

“Let’s leave these ordinary ancient objects for others. We’ll go straight for the one you mentioned.” As Lin Jing finished speaking, he rose into the air using Qi and, guided by the Pine Leaf Squirrel, flew rapidly toward the mountain peak where the Ancient Treasure Light was most dazzling.

During the flight, Lin Jing noticed that many Cultivators had better talent than him and had already mastered the basics of the Treasure-Seeking Technique… However, they were also digging up a pile of junk, completely worthless.

“This stone sword—” Outside a cave, Lin Jing happened to run into Yuan Jing. The ancient stone sword he was holding turned to ashes as soon as it was infused with Sword Intent. The swordsman was instantly disappointed with this so-called ancient treasure.

“Lin Jing?” He also noticed Lin Jing, but they only nodded in greeting. After flying for about an hour,

Lin Jing finally reached his destination.

The Ancient Treasure Light here was exceptionally dazzling, clearly different from those previous ancient objects. Lin Jing took a deep breath and was about to start digging when a powerful aura suddenly descended.

“Classmate, I discovered this item long ago as well.”

The newcomer was a three-eyed youth, dressed in an elegant green robe with fluttering sleeves, looking like an Immortal descended to earth.

“Foundation Establishment Late Stage!” Lin Jing looked over. This person must be an upperclassman. Had he also noticed the extraordinary nature of the Ancient Treasure Light here?

“We arrived first.” Although the ancient treasure hadn’t been unearthed yet, Lin Jing had no intention of giving it up.

In addition to his two eyes, the youth had a third eye between his brows; it seemed he possessed some kind of special Physique.

“Qi Refining Tenth Layer—” The three-eyed youth spoke. “After being in seclusion for so long, I didn’t expect this year’s Academy freshmen to be so formidable. Not only have you reached the Qi Refining Tenth Layer yourself, but even your Pet Beast has such a cultivation level.”

“This item is ominous. How about letting me have it? With your cultivation levels, obtaining it might not necessarily be a good thing.”

“Senior Brother, I happen to like ominous things.” Lin Jing remained unmoved.

Seeing Lin Jing had no intention of yielding, the three-eyed youth shook his head and said, “Fine then, I’ll let you have it. My name is Liu Yu; let’s consider this a gesture of goodwill. If you’re interested, you can look for me after this place closes. The ‘Ocular Alliance’ I founded is currently recruiting. It’s not a Sect, but a temporary organization for mutual aid among Academy students. Others might not be as easygoing as I am. Joining an organization provides mutual support, and practicing the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique together will yield better results.”

Having said that, he looked into the distance and then flew straight away.

Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Squirrel had expected a struggle to obtain the ancient treasure. Seeing him leave directly, they continued digging.

“Liu Yu, three eyes… he’s ranked thirty-first on the Human Ranking of the heavenly pride ranking.” During the digging process, Lin Jing recalled the other’s identity. If they really came to blows, unless he unsealed the Ice Soul Gu, he and the Pine Leaf Squirrel probably wouldn’t be able to defeat him.

“This person also has an extremely high talent for treasure-seeking!”

“But why did he say this item is ominous?”

As they dug, they finally unearthed the ancient treasure of this place. It looked like an old wooden box, but the so-called ancient treasure was likely not the box itself, but the item inside!

At the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s urging, Lin Jing opened the wooden box. Inside was actually a tattered, blood-colored Marriage Certificate!

The Marriage Certificate was in tatters, the handwriting on it difficult to discern; one could only faintly see the character for ‘joy’.

This Marriage Certificate was ancient, yet spiritual energy still permeated it. However, this spiritual energy was extremely cold, with an aura somewhat similar to the Netherworld Ghost Fire.

“Mr. Cao, are you there?” Lin Jing, holding the wooden box, fell into thought and called out for Mr. Cao.

“Hahaha—” A moment later, Mr. Cao’s phantom condensed there. He looked at Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Squirrel,

And said, “I didn’t expect you to have such talent in treasure-seeking as well.”

“I thought the one with the best talent would be that three-eyed Liu Yu, but I didn’t expect it to be you. If he were also at the Qi Training Stage, he might not have been able to find this wooden box.”

Mr. Cao looked at Lin Jing and then at the Pine Leaf Squirrel, wondering, “Could it be that it has the Treasure-Seeking Rat Bloodline? The Treasure-Seeking Technique was originally created by the ancient Yao Race’s ‘Treasure-Seeking Rat Clan’ and then taught to their followers.”

“Squeak?” The Pine Leaf Squirrel pointed at itself. Me?

Lin Jing nodded, but guessed it was mostly likely due to the Glazed Immortal Eyes. He didn’t want to dwell on the matter and instead picked up the wooden box to ask Mr. Cao, “Mr. Cao, what is this? Why is it completely different from the other ancient objects? Did you also place this here?”

Cao Ziwei smiled and said, “That’s right. I placed three ancient treasures containing spiritual energy here for destined students. This Marriage Certificate is one of them.”

“I also obtained this Marriage Certificate by chance and don’t know its origin, but I can roughly speculate—in ancient times, wars were frequent. This Marriage Certificate is filled with cold and resentful power. It’s possible that after a woman got engaged, but before she could be married into the family, the man died in battle, causing this kind of power to condense on the Marriage Certificate.”

Lin Jing was silent. No wonder ‘Three-Eyes’ said this item was ominous; it was actually true. That person’s Ocular Technique was indeed impressive. He asked, “Mr. Cao… what use does this Marriage Certificate have?”

Mr. Cao looked at the sky and said, “It doesn’t have much use. I just threw some ancient objects from my Storage Pouch that were useless to me here for you to practice the Treasure-Seeking Technique. If you don’t like it, you can just throw it away later.”

“However, if I had to say, the spiritual energy on this item is extremely cold and resentful. If a Mortal were to get it, they would likely be plagued by illness and disaster. But for a Cultivator, it can be used to temper one’s resistance to spiritual energy of that attribute! In the future, if you encounter demonic Cultivators from the Yin Corpse Sect or the Netherworld Hall, you’ll be better prepared.”