Chapter 99: Treasure Hunting Rat

"Could it be the blessing of the Glazed Immortal Pupils?"

The treasure hunting art taught by Mr. Cao still used the "eyes" to see.

Therefore, treasure hunting talent might be a talent related to pupil techniques.

After the Pine-Needle Rat mutated into a rare beast, its rare beast divine ability was related to the eyes. Lin Jing could only guess this way.

"Take me to the nearest one." He pondered slightly, pulled the Pine-Needle Rat, and soon both sides arrived at the foot of the mountain.

The Pine-Needle Rat pointed to an unremarkable broken tree, claiming that a light of ancient treasure was emitted from here.

"Dig." Lin Jing still quite liked this feeling of treasure hunting. After digging about three or four meters, a chamber pot with no spiritual energy fluctuations was dug out.

It was carved with dragon and phoenix patterns, quite miraculous, and it looked like it had a very long history.

"What the hell!" Lin Jing was furious and kicked the chamber pot back into the pit, burying it again.

"Is this the ancient object Mr. Cao said he placed here?" He suspected that the remaining antiques were all similar things.

"Zhi..." The Pine-Needle Rat pointed in another direction. They hurried over and then dug out a stone tablet.

Just when Lin Jing thought he had dug up some treasure, the text on it made Lin Jing fall silent. It was clearly a tombstone.

[Tomb of Li Tiangang, an immortal of the Qi Refining stage.]

[Passed away from serious injuries after killing a pig demon that broke into Li Village.]

It was still a tombstone with no spiritual energy fluctuations.

"Rest in peace, sorry to disturb you, senior." Lin Jing buried it back again. No wonder Mr. Cao was so generous in saying that it didn't matter if they took the ancient objects after finding them.

Even if it was given away for free, to be honest, he didn't really want it.

"Are most of the ancient treasure lights about the same?"

"Zhi!" The Pine-Needle Rat shrugged. Most of the ancient treasure lights were very faint, except for the dazzling one in the distance.

"Let's leave these ordinary ancient objects to others. We'll go directly to get the one you mentioned." After Lin Jing finished speaking, he rose into the air by controlling Qi and, under the guidance of the Pine-Needle Rat, flew rapidly toward the mountain peak where the light of the ancient treasure was most dazzling.

Flying all the way, Lin Jing discovered that many cultivators had better talent than him, and they had already mastered the treasure hunting art at this moment...

It was just that they had also dug up a pile of junk with no value.

"This stone sword..." Outside a mountain cave, Lin Jing happened to meet Yuan Jing. The ancient stone sword he was holding turned into flying ash as soon as he attached sword intent to it. This swordsman was immediately incomparably disappointed with this so-called ancient treasure.

"Lin Jing?" He also discovered Lin Jing, but both sides just nodded in greeting. After flying for about an hour, Lin Jing finally reached his destination.

The light of the ancient treasure here was exceptionally dazzling, looking different from those ancient objects before. Lin Jing took a deep breath and was about to dig when a powerful aura suddenly descended.

"This fellow student, I also discovered this object early on."

The person who came was a three-pupiled youth in a simple and elegant green robe, his sleeves fluttering as if an immortal had descended to the world.

"Late Foundation Establishment!" Lin Jing looked over. This person should be a senior student. Did the other party also discover the extraordinary nature of the ancient treasure light here?

"We arrived first." Although he hadn't dug out the ancient treasure yet, Lin Jing didn't intend to give it up.

Besides two eyes, the youth also had a pupil between his eyebrows. It seemed to be some kind of special constitution.

"Tenth level of Qi Refining..." The three-eyed youth said: "After being in secluded cultivation for so long, I didn't expect the freshmen of the academy this year to be so powerful. Not only have you reached the tenth level of Qi Refining yourself, but even your pet beast has such cultivation."

"This object is ominous. How about you let me have it? With your cultivation, obtaining this object might not be a good thing."

"This senior brother, I just happen to like ominous things." Lin Jing remained unmoved.

Seeing that Lin Jing didn't want to give it up, the three-eyed youth shook his head and said: "Very well, then I'll give it to you. My name is Liu Yu, let's form a good relationship. If you are interested, you can come find me after this place closes. The 'Pupil Alliance' I established is currently recruiting people. This is not a sect, just a temporary organization for mutual help among students in the academy. Others are not as easy to talk to as I am. Joining an organization means everyone has support, and practicing the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique together will have better results."

After speaking, he looked into the distance and then flew away directly.

Lin Jing and the Pine-Needle Rat had thought they would have to fight for it to obtain the ancient treasure. Seeing the other party leave directly, they continued to dig.

"Liu Yu, three eyes, he is the thirty-first on the Heaven's Pride List." During the digging process, Lin Jing remembered the other party’s identity. If they really fought, unless he unsealed the Ice Soul Gu, he probably wouldn't be able to defeat the other party relying only on himself and the Pine-Needle Rat.

"This person also has extremely high treasure hunting talent!"

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"But why did the other party say this object is ominous?"

As they dug and dug, they finally dug out the ancient treasure here. The appearance was an ancient wooden box, but the so-called ancient treasure shouldn't be this wooden box, but the object inside!

Under the urging of the Pine-Needle Rat, Lin Jing opened the wooden box. Inside was actually a tattered blood-colored marriage contract!

The marriage contract was already tattered beyond recognition, and the handwriting on it was difficult to distinguish. One could only vaguely see a "joy" character. This marriage contract had a long history, and spiritual energy still permeated it, but this spiritual energy... was extremely cold, and the aura was somewhat similar to Nether Ghost Fire.

"Is Mr. Cao there?" Lin Jing held the wooden box, fell into deep thought, and called out to Mr. Cao.

"Hahaha..." A moment later, Mr. Cao’s phantom condensed here. He looked at Lin Jing and the Pine-Needle Rat and said: "I didn't expect you to have such talent in treasure hunting."

"I originally thought the one with the best talent would be that three-pupiled Liu Yu. I didn't expect it to be you. If you were both in the Qi Refining stage, he might not necessarily be able to discover this wooden box."

Mr. Cao looked at Lin Jing and then at the Pine-Needle Rat, puzzled: "Could it be that it has the bloodline of a Treasure Hunting Rat? The art of treasure hunting was originally created by the ancient demon race 'Treasure Hunting Rat Clan' and then taught to their followers."

"Zhi?" The Pine-Needle Rat pointed at itself. It?

Lin Jing nodded, but guessed that it was mostly because of the Glazed Immortal Pupils. He didn't want to delve into this matter, but picked up the wooden box and asked Mr. Cao: "Mr. Cao, what is this? Why is it completely different from other ancient objects? Did you place it here too?"

Cao Ziwei smiled and said: "That's right. I placed three ancient treasures containing spiritual energy here for the students who have an affinity. This marriage contract is one of them."

"I also obtained this marriage contract by accident and don't know its origin. However, I can roughly infer... wars were frequent in ancient times. This marriage contract is filled with cold and resentful power. It is possible that a woman was engaged, and before she could be married into the family, the man died in battle, so this kind of power condensed on the marriage contract."

Lin Jing fell silent. No wonder the three-eyed one said this object was ominous. It was actually true. The other party’s pupil technique was remarkable. He said: "Mr. Cao... what is the use of this marriage contract?"

Mr. Cao looked at the sky and said: "It has no great use. I just threw the ancient objects in my storage bag that were useless to me here for you to practice the art of treasure hunting. If you don't like it, you can throw it away later."

"However, if you must say, the spiritual energy on this object is extremely cold and resentful. If a mortal obtains it, they might be plagued by disasters and illnesses. But for a cultivator, you can use this object to temper your own resistance to that attribute of spiritual energy! In the future, if you encounter magic cultivators from the Yin Corpse Sect or the Nether Palace, you can deal with them better."