The shopkeeper of the post station was shocked and grabbed the ingot for a closer look. It wasnt a five-tael gold ingot, so what was it?

  Five taels of gold, thats equivalent to five hundred taels of silver. A top-notch horse like this one would cost at most fifty taels of silver, and the entire relay station wouldnt even make a hundred taels in a month.

  This is not a countryside boy, but his own food and clothing parents, kindness is reborn!

  Lu Zhuangui quickly thought of many adjectives to thank the unassuming young man in front of him, and then hastily invited Zhao Di to sit on the main seat in the store, and personally served a good cup of tea. Afterwards, he stood beside Zhao Di, one by one instructing his apprentices to take care of Young Masters affairs. His demeanor was as if he had become the trusted steward who had followed this young master for many years.

  Luo Zhanggui was quite capable, and in a short while he had sent the apprentices out to buy food and clothes, prepare the carriage and invite the coachman, without letting Zhao Di worry about anything else.

  "Young master, your appearance is handsome and extraordinary, one look and you can tell that you are a dragon among men. Ordinary people may not be able to forget even if they just take a glance. However, I feel that young master looks unfamiliar, probably because I have never seen young master before. Is this young masters first time in Xuan Yuan City? Unfortunately, since young master is buying a horse carriage, it seems like you will be leaving soon. If there is time, I can bring young master to some famous scenic spots in Xuan Yuan City for a visit. As someone who has lived in the city since childhood, I am very familiar with everything here."

  "The story goes that our Xuan Yuan City has a simple history, this is the city built by Emperor Xuan Yuan himself thousands of years ago. Im sure youve heard of Emperor Xuan Yuans name, he was a legendary emperor who almost unified the entire eastern part of the Tianyuan continent with his own power. The Great Xia Empire he established may not have lasted long, only over a thousand years, but it had a profound impact. In his later years, Emperor Xuan Yuan did not care about politics and built this Xuan Yuan City as a palace, where he eventually died. There is even a legend that the tomb of Emperor Xuan Yuan with great treasures is also in this city, attracting many people to search for it, but no one has found it after tens of thousands of years. Another theory is that Emperor Xuan Yuan did not have a mausoleum at all. This legendary emperor was eccentric and its possible that he didnt even have a lavish burial. Emperor Xuan Yuan was born poor from a young age, but his talent was extraordinary. It is said that he had no parents, yet he could read and write at the age of one, practice martial arts at two, speak with reason at three, and by five years old, he was already noticed by the local county magistrate for his quick thinking and recruited as an advisor. By six years old, his talent was already shocking the nation, and by ten years old, he became the leader of a state..."

  Those few partners worked very efficiently, and in less than half an hour, Luo Zhuangui was still introducing the legendary deeds of Huangdi when they had already prepared everything Zhao Di needed.

  Zhao waved his hand and interrupted Luo Zhanggui, who was feeling parched, saying "Go to Luancheng" before getting on the horse carriage, leaving Luo Zhanggui behind.

  Lu Zhanchu didnt think much of it and instead felt that the young master of a wealthy family should indeed put on airs, and his judgment of Zhaos identity became even more convinced.

  Zhao Di left Xuan Yuan City by horse-drawn carriage. Not long after, the Pauli Pawnshop on Changan Street suddenly exploded.

  "What! That little kid is gone? What do you mean hes gone, dont tell me that the injuries on your bodies were inflicted by him. This kid doesnt look like he knows any martial arts, how could it be possible that two of you cant beat him? Could it be that you two want to secretly keep the twenty-five taels of gold for yourselves and use this trick to deceive me?! Hmph, let me tell you, I was using this tactic when you two were still wearing split pants!"

  "What! This wound was inflicted by yourselves! You didnt go to catch that country bumpkin, but instead youre fighting among yourselves! Dont try to deceive me with nonsense, be honest, I originally intended to divide these twenty-five taels of gold equally among the three of us. You two can each get seven or eight hundred taels of silver, whats not satisfying about that? And yet you still want to swindle me out of my share! Im telling you, if you know whats good for you, youll hand over the gold quietly. Otherwise, let me investigate and find some clues, and you wont be able to swallow your own saliva!"

  "Stop pretending! Even if you kneel down, its useless. If you hand over the gold, Ill let the two of you off with a bow!"

  ……

  Xuanyuan City is less than two thousand kilometers away from Luan City, and most of the way is a flat road. According to Zhao Dis estimation, if they travel during the day and rest at night, they can cover 200-300 kilometers per day, and it will take about seven or eight days to arrive. These days he has been meditating with his eyes closed, almost never leaving the carriage.

  "Feng Huo Bao" Bao Dazhu was a small leader of the mountain bandits in the mountains. More than a decade ago, one of his female relatives was insulted by a rich young master, and in shame and anger, she almost jumped into the river to kill herself. After being rescued, she went to the government office to accuse the rich young master, but somehow ended up being imprisoned in the county government for causing trouble. Bao Dazhu had been strong and bold since childhood, with incredible strength and a quick temper. When he heard about this incident, he went to reason with the rich young master, but was beaten by the familys servants until his head was bleeding. In a fit of rage, on a dark and windy night, Bao Dazhu set fire to the entire household, then escaped to the vicinity of Luancheng thousands of miles away and became a bandit.

  On this day, "Wind and Fire Leopard" Bao Dazhu was monitoring the traffic on the official road below from a hidden location at the top of the mountain as usual. He received a report from his frontline scouts that there were two horse-drawn carriages with goods. Although these two carriages looked old, they had two horses pulling them, and there was only one driver on board. Judging from the compressed road surface, the cargo in the carriage must be heavy. The scout also mentioned that if they were to take action, they should do it quickly, as there was a four-horse-drawn carriage not far behind, which would likely catch up soon.

  "Go down to Luofengkou and set up an ambush. When the target arrives, take action immediately, and be quick." Bao Dazhu gave the order right away.

  "Bandits, run!" Zhao Di was resting with his eyes closed in the carriage when he suddenly heard two drivers shouting. The two drivers seemed to have practiced for a long time and quickly jumped down from both sides of the horse cart after it came to a stable stop, rolling several times before running away.

  "Dont run!" The words came from both the mountain bandits and the Zhao soldiers. However, no one gave chase, and in the blink of an eye, the two charioteers had vanished from sight, their speed seemingly rivaling that of the several fine horses they handled.

  The horse carriage slowed down and stopped, and Zhao Di also walked out of the station. Before getting off the horse carriage, he used his divine sense to scan around and already knew what had happened.

  Seven or eight bandits were robbing a horse-drawn carriage, and he just happened to be passing by. Its unclear whether it was Zhaos bad luck or the robbers misfortune.

  Since he has been touched by him, he cant get rid of it either.

  Just as Bao Dazhu was about to kill the kneeling car owner, he saw a rich young master with luxurious clothes slowly walking out of the horse carriage behind him. With a lazy tone, he said: "I didnt see anything and wont say anything. Why dont you let me pass? From now on, well go our separate ways and no one will bother anyone else." Although his words seemed like begging for mercy, there was not even a hint of fear in his tone.

  Bao Dazhu snorted coldly, he hated this kind of rich young master the most. Even when death was imminent, they were still so calm, didnt they know how to write the word "death"? He gave a glance to the black and thin mountain bandit who was closest to Zhao Di, and the latter immediately shouted: "You can leave, but your life stays here!" At the same time, he wildly waved his large knife and pounced towards Zhao Di.

  The young nobleman sighed. The lean and dark mountain bandit thought: "Isnt it too late to sigh now?" This was his last thought in the mortal world.

  Zhao Di merely released a fireball technique when the bandit chief charged up, instantly turning him into ashes. The other bandits were stunned by this bizarre scene for a while.

  "Scatter!" Someone with a quick mind among the mountain bandits shouted this sentence, and including Bao Dazhu, the crowd of mountain bandits dropped their heavy weapons and ran towards the thick forest on both sides of the road.

  Zhao Dimu let these mountain bandits escape, without any intention of chasing them. He had no interest in upholding justice or dealing with these ordinary people. Moreover, he was just passing through this place and would soon be going to the distant Flowing Clouds City, so he wasnt afraid that these people would pose any hidden danger after seeing his face. Cultivators originally didnt live in the same world as ordinary people anyway.

  "What is this?" Zhao Di found a strange small tripod among the scattered gold, silver and jade utensils next to that old carriage. This small tripod had three legs, two ears, and a lid. The lid and the round body of the tripod were painted with strange symbolic patterns, which seemed to be vividly lifelike when looked at closely. It was very much like a magic tool used by Taoist priests, but there was no sign of any spiritual light flashing around it. What really shocked Zhao Di was that he had clearly seen this small tripod somewhere before, and it gave him an extremely familiar feeling, but for the time being, he couldnt remember where.

  He picked up the small cauldron and examined it carefully, discovering that the bottom of the cauldron seemed to have text engraved on it. After careful identification, Zhao Di let out a shocked cry: "Qian Kun! These are actually the Qian Kun characters from ancient texts!"

  In an instant, Zhao Di finally remembered when he had seen this tripod before.