As A Trash Collector, I Collected A Imperial Jade Seal

Chapter 188 - 188 Astonishment! A Mountain of Treasures! (2)

188 Astonishment! A Mountain of Treasures! (2)

“Stone cliff rapids, three bridges, a hundred steps south, and three kilns of gold!”

“This is the treasure-hunting mantra!”

“Presumably, many villagers around here know about it to some extent.”

After Luo Feng finished speaking, reactions began appearing in his livestream chat.

“I’ve actually heard about it from the elders; my home is on the south side of the river.”

“Yeah, I’ve heard of it too!”

“My grandfather always said there was treasure in the Dalong Mountain area. It really is true!”

“Damn, I’ve been born and raised in Dalong Mountain, and despite all my expeditions into the mountain, I’ve never once found any valuable antiques. How is it that the moment the host goes there, he finds treasures left and right?! It’s as if he has X-ray vision!”

“Damn it, Dalong Mountain is my hometown! Host, you’d better share some money with me! Otherwise, I’ll intercept you when you head down the mountain!”

Luo Feng chuckled and said, “Dragon Mountain is vast; relying on luck alone won’t lead you to treasures!”

“Initially, I didn’t even think I would find treasures left behind by the rebel king! I had assumed that there was a Ming dynasty tomb in the area!”

“It wasn’t until I found the gold bars and the copper plaque bearing the decree of the Heavenly Jade Emperor that I changed my mind!”

“Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but when I found the gold bars, each of them was separated by a distance of rhythmic and systematic 100 meters. This couldn’t have been the work of tomb raiders as it’s too orderly!”

“These gold bars must be markers indicating the location of the treasure, or they were left behind by the original owner for future retrieval should they have a resurgence of power.”

“As for the artifacts from the Yuan and Song dynasties found earlier, they may have been left behind by the rebel king. After all, with a large group of people passing through, there would inevitably be some litter and valuable items dropped, either accidentally or due to greedy servants hiding the treasures to retrieve them later.”

“From the scattered artifacts, I deduced that our target was in this area of overgrown weeds.”

“Those familiar with the history know that when the rebel king entered the Ming dynasty capital, he plundered everything he could, forcing officials and nobles to hand over their riches. The rebel king practically took the entire capital’s wealth with him!”

At this point, Luo Feng displayed the copper plaque bearing the Heavenly Emperor’s decree.

“You must all know that the rebel king had initially called himself the Heavenly Emperor when he began his rebellion!”

“Finding this copper plaque, along with recalling the legend of the rebel king’s treasure being tucked away here in Dalong Mountain, has led me to conclude that these treasures are indeed the treasures he left behind!”

“The incantation ‘a hundred steps south’ does lead to discoveries, but the position is off by quite a bit, and I had to correct it myself! After all, the rebel king wasn’t exactly a qualified engineer who could measure everything down to the inch.”

“But it’s clear that the treasure is located around a hundred steps south of the copper plaque, right here among these weeds!”

Once Luo Feng had finished his lecture, his chat exploded with even more activity.

“Damn! The host is truly amazing!”

“Other than calling you awesome, I have no other words to describe you!”

“It seems the streamer’s wealth isn’t just due to good luck!”

“Nonsense, who could continuously find so many tombs and treasures based on luck alone?”

“I bow down to you, host! Please take me treasure hunting with you!”

“But, what do you make of the cursed tomb you found earlier?”

Regarding this, Luo Feng replied, “As for the tomb, the sword on the cow’s head must be the rebel king’s sword, since it has the character ‘Li’ on it.”

“As far as I can tell, the skull we found had belonged to someone the rebel king killed, and the tomb was no doubt constructed by Old Li himself, and personally, I believe that the person had died somewhere else which isn’t Dalong Mountain!”

Upon hearing Luo Feng’s words, everyone was puzzled.

What does that mean?

“??????”

“I don’t understand! Am I listening to a foreign language?”

“What the hell? Where did the skull come from then?”

Luo Feng explained, “Perhaps Old Li had carried it all this way!”

“Hahaha, they brought a human head from who knows where just to bury it here?”

“How deep does their grudge run?”

“Did they dig up the rebel king’s ancestral tomb or something? Why was he so ruthless?”

Luo Feng nodded, “Indeed, the rebel king’s ancestral tomb was dug up. The superior of the person who did it was probably named Fu Zonglong. For those unfamiliar with him, let me briefly explain: he was a high-ranking official in the late Ming dynasty, sent by the court to suppress the rebel king’s uprising. One of Fu Zonglong’s subordinates, Wang Qiaonian, was the one who dug up the rebel king’s ancestral tomb. As the saying goes, ‘No hatred is greater than that caused by desecrating an ancestral tomb.’ How could such a grudge not be intense?”

Luo Feng continued, “Later, Wang Qiaonian was captured alive by the rebel king, who dug out his kneecaps and subjected him to the gruesome ‘Five Cattle Dissection.’ If it weren’t for the deep hatred stemming from the desecration of the ancestral tomb, there would have been no need for such a vicious stone tomb!”

Then, there was the Eight Trigrams tomb-sealing brick, the Five Poisons jade pendant, the symbolic suppression of the treasure sword, and the vertically placed sword.

All these elaborate procedures were meant to prevent the tomb owner from being reborn.

At this moment… Gu Santong and the others, who were still exploring the cursed tomb, finally understood after watching Luo Feng’s livestream.

His analysis was indeed convincing and credible.

The sword engraved with the character ‘Li,’ and its exceptional craftsmanship in the context of ancient times, made it reasonable to believe that it was indeed the rebel king’s sword