A very weak wind blew by, and several responsive guards looked in the direction of the entrance in doubt... Wind? The entrance is closed all year round, outsiders will not know the existence of this passage, and there should be no wind blowing through it, the wind just now...
I checked left and right, and found nothing abnormal at all. In the end, they can only think that they are too sensitive. At this time, even if they were told that someone had just passed by here, they would definitely not believe it. Breaking in here is easy, but breaking in silently without being noticed by anyone is as difficult as climbing the sky.
The end of the Ximen family's secret passage is also the lowest secret room.
It's pitch black here, with not a single ray of light spilling in. But the eyes of the man in black reflected two bright spots in the darkness. In the darkness, he could see everything here clearly. Ximen Family's treasure hiding place is equivalent to the treasure house of Tianlong Palace. At a glance, there is a dazzling array of gold, silver and jewelry. The man in black glanced quickly, and only took a light glance at those rare treasures. His gaze finally fell on a long box.
This is a long and narrow box made of pure gold, one meter and a half in length, and the width and height of a palm. It is engraved with more complicated lines. There are ten gold rings inlaid at the bottom of the box, and each gold ring is firmly set on the brass floor below to fix the box. Unless all ten gold rings can be opened, the box cannot be moved. On the golden box, there are ten locks embedded in the middle seam. Similarly, if the ten locks cannot be unlocked, it is impossible to open the box.
The man in black took a few steps forward, walked to the box and knelt down slowly, touching it with his hand.
There was a slight sound, and three gusts of wind came from his ears. The man in black didn't even look at it. He stretched out his left hand, caught the three poisonous thorns shot from the left wall, and threw them out casually. .
His hands started to move on the box, his movements went from slow to fast, and finally he was so fast that he couldn't see the movements of his hands at all, and his two palms danced into a fluffy shadow. Soon, there was an extremely slight sound, and the lock on the leftmost end of the golden box jumped open, and then another lock was unlocked... This pure gold lock, which was extremely strong, was so easily lifted by him one by one. It opened without borrowing any props, relying only on his hands.
Ding…
With the last sound, the tenth lock was also opened, and the man in black's eyes flashed a flash of light, and he slowly lifted the lid of the box with his hand. In the darkness, he could clearly see a sword lying in it, an iron sword that looked very ordinary, made of the most common iron, and it was obviously rusted for a long time.
Holding the hilt in his hand, he picked up the iron sword from it, glanced at it casually, and clamped it between his arms. Close the box and fasten the ten locks one by one. After doing all this, he turned around and went back along the way he came, also without arousing anyone's notice.
In the dark night, the black shadow that broke into Ximen's family climbed over the wall and fled far away under the night. No one in Ximen's house knew that someone had broken into it and took away what he wanted.
Similarly, no one noticed, not even the man in black. At a very high altitude, a person silently watched the man in black go away. After he disappeared, he turned around and disappeared strangely. in the sky.
Tianlong Kingdom, an ordinary family in an ordinary town not too far away from the Ximen family.
"Is this really the iron sword?"
Yan Duanhun stared at the rusty iron sword in his hand with fixed eyebrows, observed repeatedly, but found nothing unusual. He stretched out a finger, and slowly slid down the blade from the tip of the sword. Wherever the finger touched, a faint red light was faintly visible, and the old rust also disappeared under his finger, like a piece of Like dirt that had been wiped off, the side of the sword that had lost its rust became as smooth as a mirror.
Yan Duanhun's gaze became solid, and after a long period of silence, he didn't see any unusual marks on the smooth blade—for example, the traces of being reconnected after being severed.
"It should be right. Sovereign of the Northern Emperor, you don't need to read it, and regardless of whether it is what you want, I can guarantee that this iron sword has never been cut, otherwise even the best welding technique, Don't even think about not leaving any traces." The man in black who stole the iron sword said flatly.
Yan Duanhun nodded slightly, agreeing with the man in black's words, indeed, there is no trace left behind by any welding method. And there is no abnormal trace on the blade of this iron sword. At the same time, the rust on the sword is not missing or less colored than other parts. He has been observing for a long time, and he has not seen the slightest flaw, and his doubts are gone.
"Okay." Yan Duanhun nodded slowly, raised his sword, and flicked his wrist lightly.
There was a crisp sound of "clang", and criss-crossing cracks suddenly appeared on the surface of the sword body. Then, the iron sword body scattered after the cracks appeared, and landed on the table in front of Yan Duanhun On top of it, a piece of rolled up old leather also fell down.
Yan Duanhun and Yan Tianao beside him moved their eyes at the same time. Throwing out the intact sword hilt in his hand, Yan Duanhun carefully picked up the piece of leather, opened it, and placed it in front of his eyes.
Although it is old, the lines on it are still clear, and the words marked on it are also legible. Yan Duanhun and Yan Tianao watched for a while, then stared at each other silently, with the same turbulent expression on their faces. Then, they turned the leather over, and on the reverse side, they saw a line of text... a line of text annotating the origin of this leather. The signature of the text is the Taizu Emperor of Tianlong Kingdom.
"This is the treasure map... It seems that those who stole the tomb of Emperor Taizu of Tianlong Kingdom were not spreading rumors." Yan Tianao said. There was an unconcealable look of joy on his calm face.
Yan Duanhun frowned, and after carefully reading the words on it, he turned the leather over and over several times, trying to find something unusual. After a long time, he said: "Why did this sword with the treasure map appear in the hands of the Ximen family? As far as we know, this sword was obviously given to Ye Wuchen by Long Yin. Furthermore, the Ximen family Now that you know that this is a sword with a hidden treasure map, why don’t you keep the treasure map for yourself, but auction it off.”
Yan Tian Ao heard the words and nodded, this was also something he was puzzled by.
"It's not surprising." The man in black standing in front of them said coldly, his voice was slightly old, and his forehead was covered with frowns, he should be an old man: "For one thing, although the Ximen family is strong, But they know that they are not strong enough to control this huge treasure. If such a big treasure is found, it will be leaked one day, and the situation of Ximen's family can be imagined at that time. Hmph, everyone is innocent and guilty, and Regardless of the reaction of the royal family of Tianlong Kingdom, I am afraid that your Northern Emperor Sect will be the first to move. Second, before the sword is destroyed, no one can be sure whether there is really a treasure map hidden in it. Even if there is, Emperor Taizu The treasure must be in a place where it is impossible for people to find it, otherwise it would have been discovered unintentionally after so many years. There is no doubt that such a place is extremely dangerous and very hidden. Maybe the treasure has not been obtained, and his life has been lost. Only These two points are enough for the Ximen family to make their current decision. One is to divert the source of the disaster, and the other is to greatly increase the prestige of the Ximen family."
"Of course I understand what you said." Yan Duanhun stood up, paced slowly, and suddenly said: "I'm also concerned about whether the treasure map was obtained too smoothly."
Hearing this, the man in black sneered, "Are you questioning my ability?"
"Oh, your phantom god's ability to steal is unparalleled in the world, even a god can't match it, and you also claim that there is nothing in the world that you can't steal. It's not easy to come and go with a mere Ximen's house. What I mean is, The Ximen family has released the news for so long, there must be many people who want to sneak in and steal, others may not be able to find it, but why are the Xiezong and the Southern Emperor's sect not moving? With their ambitions, it is impossible that they are not interested in a huge wealth."
In terms of the number of masters, the number of masters of the Northern Emperor Sect is shocking enough. But if they want to set foot in the world, what they need most is not top experts, but thousands of troops who can conquer the world and conquer cities. However, due to financial constraints, the Southern Emperor Sect and the Northern Emperor Sect have not been able to build their own armies. This is also the primary reason why they have been relatively slow and peaceful in the past few years.
Therefore, financial resources have become the most needed compensation factor for them. Because of this, the treasure map of Emperor Tianlong Taizu, who claims to be rich and incomparable to the country's treasures, made Yan Duan's soul travel thousands of miles to visit Tianlong Kingdom in person.
The man in black snorted coldly with disdain: "The Southern Emperor's vitality has just been severely injured, and it will not recover in a hundred years, so how can it be easily exposed to others. As for the evil sect, although they are full of ambitions, they act both righteously and evilly, and there are more righteous than evil. , but never evil. They may not be as calm as your Northern Emperor Sect in such things as chickens and dogs."
"Hehehehe," Yan Duanhun said with a calm smile without getting angry, "It's true, we'll find out tomorrow. Senior Wu, I'm sorry to bother you this time."
This is Yan Duanhun's euphemistic order to chase away guests. The man in black turned around and said coldly: "This is already the second thing I've done for you, and there's another one. After you're done, don't forget what you said."
"Senior Wu, don't worry, one more friend will always be stronger than one more enemy. We will never want to have such a terrible enemy as Senior Wu." Yan Duanhun laughed. As soon as the voice fell, a black figure flashed in front of his eyes, and the man in black disappeared there at an unrecognizable speed.
Yan Duanhun's expression also darkened, he sat back, and began to observe the treasure map in his hand very carefully.
Basically, Yan Duanhun and Yan Tianao already knew from the above markings that the location of the hidden treasure was impressively located at the junction of the south of Tianlong Kingdom and Kuishui Kingdom. There is a forest that has existed for an unknown number of years, and every tree in it is a big tree that is not less than a hundred years old. And this kind of forest that has existed for a long time, the most indispensable thing is all kinds of poisonous insects and beasts.
A red light flickered in his hand, and the cloth had turned into ashes and disappeared in Yan Duanhun's hands. Yan Tianao also looked away, without any surprise, they had already memorized all the markings on the picture.
"Tomorrow, everything will be clear."
The dark clouds in the sky spread out a thin gap, and a few rays of moonlight overflowed from it, adding a little light to the earth. The moon has reached the middle of the sky, and in less than a quarter of an hour, it will be tomorrow.