"The master of the carriage begged for mercy, saying: Please take all these gold and silver treasures, just spare my humble life. I have an 80-year-old mother at home and a young child who is still breastfeeding, please have mercy on me. Zhao Di had clearly heard that he had scared away seven or eight bandits, and since they were so afraid that they only knew to escape, he was naturally powerless in front of Zhao Di."

  Having understood this point, he still maintained a kneeling posture with both knees on the ground, not even daring to lift his head, and only begged for mercy in his mouth.

  "Stand up, I have something to ask you!" Zhaos eyebrows furrowed slightly; he was not accustomed to speaking with someone on their knees.

  "Honestly speaking, I will answer any questions truthfully. There is no need to stand up or look up, as I wont be able to see your face anyway, so theres no need for you to kill me to silence me."

  This man was indeed quick-witted, and his words made Zhao Di feel that there was nothing to pick on.

  "In that case, suit yourself. Im asking you, where did you get all this stuff from?"

  "The little one accidentally discovered an ancient tomb that was thousands of years old, and these jewels were all from the tomb. The little one was momentarily greedy and took them all out."

  "Old tomb, where is this tomb? Is there anyone else who knows about this?"

  "In response to the adults words, this matter is known only to me. The tomb is on a desolate mountain eighty miles north of Xuan Yuan City, specifically in...". The carriage owner did not dare to conceal it and explained how he discovered the ancient tomb clearly, but secretly felt shocked: "I just said that this matter was known only to me, which was actually a big mistake. What if this person kills me to keep the secret?"

  "So, this ancient tomb is indeed very secretive. If you werent careful, you wouldnt have entered it at all." Zhao Di listened to the others explanation and believed about 70-80% of it. But since this matter was related to the mysterious small tripod, he naturally wanted to ask as clearly as possible.

  Unfortunately, his cultivation is still low and he cant practice the "Soul Searching Technique". If he reaches the high-level cultivation of Qi Refining Stage 10 or above, he can use this technique to easily clarify the truth of the matter.

  To avoid drawing too much attention to the small tripod, Zhao Ze picked out a few more pieces of jewelry and jade utensils and said to the carriage owner: "As a reward for just saving your life, Ill take these things. Leave the rest for yourself! I believe you wont go around talking nonsense about the ancient tomb, will you?"

  "Thank you, sir, for sparing my life! Thank you, sir, for not killing me! I dare not, I am not a fool. The more people who know about this ancient tomb, the less secure my familys lives will be. I havent even told my parents or wife and children about this matter. Besides, all the jewels from the ancient tomb are already here, and I assure you that I will never have anything to do with it again." The carriage owner seemed to sense that his counterpart was very concerned about the ancient tomb, and he too was making every effort to reassure him. He had originally planned to take these treasures back home and enjoy them slowly, but now he had made up his mind that after escaping this great calamity, he would definitely find a secret place known only to himself to hide all the treasures first, and then retrieve them in batches when needed.

  "Since thats the case, Ill take my leave." Zhao said as he got into his own carriage and whipped the horses to depart. It wasnt until the carriage had gone more than a dozen zhang that the kneeling man slowly raised his head and stood up...

  Apart from this mysterious small tripod, all the gold and silver treasures are worldly objects, and there are no ancient characters carved on them, so they are not what Zhao Di is interested in. However, its worth thinking about why the owner of the ancient tomb would have a small tripod with the words "???" (heaven and earth) printed on it. But its highly likely that it was just accidentally mixed in with ordinary jewels and collected by the tomb owner, only to be buried again.

  In any case, Zhao Di thought that if he had the chance to pass by Xuanyuan City in the future, he might as well go and take a look at that ancient tomb. Although it was very likely that, just like what the horse carriage owner said, it was already an empty tomb.

  Zhao Dis face was calm on the horse-drawn carriage, stroking the mysterious small cauldron in the animal skin bag on his chest, but his heart had already stirred up waves.

  If he wasnt mistaken, he had seen this little tripod in his previous life. It was when he saw some strange and mysterious ancient treasures in a book of interesting anecdotes, including an illustration of this little tripod, so when he saw this mysterious little tripod, he felt a bit familiar with it.

  And he carefully identified that the small cauldron in the beast skin bag was not made of bronze, and it was unclear what metal or even if it was a metallic material. This material is neither gold nor wood, giving people a natural feeling.

  The lid of the small cauldron was easily opened, and inside it was empty, with nothing in it. However, Zhao found that the interior of the small cauldron was very smooth, without any ancient characters or patterns.

  Is this small tripod something used by cultivators or is it a mundane object? Zhao Di tried to infuse spiritual energy into the small tripod, but felt as if it was like a mud cow entering the sea, and in an instant, the spiritual energy disappeared without a trace, scaring him into immediately stopping the transmission of spiritual energy. If this were something used by cultivators, he probably wouldnt be able to use it at his current stage anyway.

  "Could it be that Ive hit the jackpot and this is a treasure? Could it really be a treasure that only a Foundation Establishment cultivator can refine and use?"

  Strictly speaking, a magic treasure is also a kind of high-grade magic instrument. However, whether its the materials used to refine it or the spiritual energy consumed when using it, all have extremely high requirements. Only cultivators above the Core Formation stage can possess and use them. Moreover, magic treasures also have an exclusive property, which is that they can recognize their master and become a congenital magic treasure that resonates with the cultivators mind and spirit.

  Some knowledge about magic weapons, Zhao Di had all seen in the classics, as for what a real magic weapon looked like, he didnt have any concept.

  After driving a horse-drawn carriage for several days, Zhao finally arrived in Luan City. Compared to the majestic Xuan Yuan City, its a bit of an exaggeration to call Luan City a city; it would be more accurate to say its a small town.

  The northern side of Luan City is adjacent to the Liuyun Mountain Range, which stretches for over 3,000 miles. The Flowing Clouds Town that Zhao Di wants to go to is located within it.

  After the horse carriage left the north gate of Luancheng, it took about two hours to arrive at a village. The village was built at the foot of the mountain, with only about 100 households scattered around. After passing this village, it was all mountain roads, and the horse carriage had no place to use its skills. Zhao got off the horse carriage and planned to ask an old farmer who was working in the field about the situation in the mountains.

  After all, he only knew the general direction of Liuyunfang City in this mountain range from the book, but this Liuyun Mountain Range is so vast that it would take a lot of effort to find the real entrance. If there was a cultivator who could ask, it would be the best, but Zhao Di had already used his spiritual eye technique to check several times, and there were no other cultivators in this village, so he could only ask some older villagers about the situation.

  Generally speaking, in order to prevent mortals and beasts from accidentally entering, some restrictions are set up in places where mortals can reach but cultivators gather. For example, the perennial dense fog in the Grand Canyon of the Nanhua mountain range is one of the restrictions set up by the Jian family to prevent mortals from entering. If a brave mortal really enters the fog, they will immediately lose their direction and after walking for a while, they will eventually return to the outside of the fog.

  If its an ordinary person who often enters the mountain, they may know some similar strange places in the mountain, and these places are likely to be where the immortals live.

  The old farmer indeed mentioned a strange place in the mountains.

  According to the old man, he had been to this place more than once. Each time, he was attracted by the sound of water like a waterfall, but when he walked closer, he only saw ordinary green hills and trees. He had wandered around for half a day, but still couldnt find where the waterfall was.

  Zhao Di asked the old man about the specific location of that strange "waterfall", and it turned out to be not far from the location of Liuyunfang Market marked on the map. Could it be that the waterfall is actually the entrance to the market?

  At this point, Zhao Di decided to go to that waterfall to investigate. Since the carriage was no longer needed, he handed it over to the old man.

  The old man simply answered a few words, and unexpectedly got four fine horses and a carriage in return. He was so surprised that he couldnt speak for half a day. He didnt dare to really use the horses and carriages, but instead carefully fed and kept them, fearing that one day the young rich nobleman would come to ask for them back. It wasnt until more than two years later, when the old man had still not seen the young nobleman, that he finally considered the horses and carriage his own property and gave them to his children and grandchildren.