923: Treasure Hunt, Observe the Dusk Clouds

Listening to Jiangshan's words of emotion, Du Xingchen had a vague guess.

This Old Man in front of him, when he first met the protagonist in the original work, had given him a great gift.

Now... that great gift should have fallen to him.

As Du Xingchen expected.

After a moment of emotion, Jiangshan casually took out a round plate from his Storage Ring.

The plate was the size of an ordinary dish, but unlike a dish, this perfect circle was entirely grayish-green.

On the grayish-green plate were scattered several points of light.

There was White Light and Blue Light.

"This thing is called the Treasure Hunting Plate," Jiangshan said, revealing the item's name, and then introduced, "This thing is also the best treasure I've obtained in my life."

"It has a Heaven-Defying power."

"That is, it can clearly sense all the Heavenly Godly treasures within a fifty-li radius!"

"The colors above represent the value of the treasure."

"When I was young, I received guidance from your Father for my Cultivation, and I accidentally obtained this treasure.

Later, it was relying on this unintentionally acquired supreme treasure, combined with the Cultivation method your Father taught me, that I cultivated to my current level!"

"Now... my talent for Cultivation has been exhausted, and this Realm has reached its peak, and I am content."

As he finished speaking, Jiangshan turned to look at Du Xingchen: "Child, I will give this to you."

"This trip to Jiaolong Valley, it can help you a lot!"

The ancient plate was presented to Du Xingchen.

Seeing this, Du Xingchen also felt a slight emotion in his heart.

This is the treatment of the original owner.

If it weren't for him drawing this backer from the System and intercepting all of this through the System in advance, the protagonist would have definitely soared immediately after meeting Jiangshan.

"Grandpa Jiangshan, I will not let down your high hopes!" Du Xingchen did not pretend to refuse.

"Hahaha, good, good, good!" Jiangshan nodded in satisfaction: "Did you come alone this trip?"

"No, I came with companions this trip," Du Xingchen answered truthfully.

There was no need to hide this matter, after all, if this Old Man in front of him wanted to know the specifics, he could just ask the people below, and he would know about him and the protagonist group coming to Jiangshan City.

"Came with companions?" Jiangshan nodded slightly: "Xingchen, now you should consider how to proceed with your future path."

"Presumably, you also know that the Soul Card Master College Entrance Examination is approaching."

"If young people can achieve good results in this examination that is watched by the whole World, then their future achievements will definitely be extraordinary!"

"You and your companions have all grown up receiving the most ordinary education.

You haven't seen how strong the real geniuses in this World are now.

If you participate in the Soul Card Master College Entrance Examination on your own, I'm afraid you won't get very far."

"If you are willing, I can use some connections to place you into a strong team, no matter what, it will allow you to get a very good rank."

Jiangshan offered suggestions for Du Xingchen's future from his own perspective.

Seeing this, Du Xingchen understood.

In the original work, the protagonist had also experienced this speech.

However, in the end, the protagonist still refused.

The reason was nothing more than that by joining a strong team, the protagonist would have to obey commands.

But in his original team, Moyun, who already had great credibility, could command his subordinates.

"There is still one month until the Soul Card Master College Entrance Examination, I want to see again." Du Xingchen did not directly agree, nor did he refuse.

His treatment in the protagonist group was actually not good.

It was only slightly better than Moyun, who had fallen out with Wen Xiu Cheng.

Leaving and joining a new team was indeed a very good choice.

Compared to being in the protagonist group, even if they won the championship in the end, he would only be an inconspicuous peripheral figure, with all the attention on Moyun.

The reason he didn't think about leaving the team directly was because there was still wool to be plucked from the protagonist, this sheep.

"It's good to think about it more," Jiangshan did not press for the reason and showed great understanding.

"Oh, right, Grandpa Jiangshan, besides understanding my Father's matters, I actually need your help with something else this time," Du Xingchen said, as if he had just thought of something, speaking frankly.

And his request, of course, would not be met with Jiangshan's refusal: "Oh? You need help? Just ask directly.

Even if I can't do it, I will do it for you even if it costs me my life!"

"It's like this," Du Xingchen began with these four words and briefly narrated what happened at the city gate not long ago with their protagonist group.

Of course, he did not speak for the protagonist, deliberately highlighting the aggressiveness of the gate guard Soldiers.

After Du Xingchen's embellishment, the matter sounded more like Moyun unreasonably killing the Soldier guarding the city gate.

Although that was indeed the case...

"That's the general course of events.

I want Grandpa Jiangshan to help me see where Moyun is now and what he is doing?"

After finishing the narrative, Du Xingchen clearly stated his request.

"Killing my Jiangshan City Soldier?! As expected of the teaching methods of a third-rate academy, they only Cultivate scoundrels!" Jiangshan's aura surged.

Then, seeing Du Xingchen, his breathing subsided: "Xingchen, don't misunderstand, I was talking about your classmate, I didn't mean you."

"For your sake, I will not issue a pursuit order for your companion."

"Later, I will send someone to bring your companion back to Jiangshan City to meet up with you."

Although he was angry, in Jiangshan's view, the life and death of a Soldier were insignificant compared to Du Xingchen's request.

"No, Grandpa Jiangshan, I don't want you to bring Moyun back to our team," Du Xingchen clearly stated: "Moyun has actually always harbored malicious intentions in our team, he has shown his true colors before!"

"This time, killing someone and escaping so rashly, in my opinion, it is very likely that he wants to use this as an excuse to leave our team and plot something else against me and the remaining companions!"

"So I want Grandpa Jiangshan to send people to monitor him!"

"Once there is any movement or incident related to him, please inform me immediately."

"Hmm? There's actually such a person in your team?" Jiangshan frowned: "Then Child, you should listen to me even more and join another good team."

After a moment of rambling, Jiangshan nodded in response: "Alright, I will arrange for people to help you keep an eye on that Moyun."

With a definite answer, the Old Man shouted towards the outside of the City Lord's Mansion: "Great Wind!"

"Greetings, City Lord!" The General who was kicked away by Jiangshan just now walked over respectfully and knelt on one knee.

"Go and monitor a person named Moyun, the fellow who killed our Soldier at the city gate before."

"Remember, it's monitoring, do not disturb the other party."

"Whatever that person does, report it to Xingchen immediately," Jiangshan said, and also gently patted Du Xingchen's shoulder: "Of course, how to specifically operate is still up to Xingchen."

"Xingchen is my Young Master, and even more so your Lord, understand?"

"Yes, City Lord!" the General shouted respectfully.

At the same time, his perception of Du Xingchen also sharply increased by a level.

"Alright, you can go down," Jiangshan finished giving instructions and waved at the General.

"Then, Grandpa Jiangshan, I will also take my leave now, please take care of yourself," Du Xingchen saw that the matter was more or less carried out and had no intention of staying any longer.

"Oh, what's the rush? We've just met, and I have a lot of things I haven't given you yet."

"Xingchen, you wouldn't think that your Grandpa Jiangshan only has one Treasure Hunting Plate as a treasure, would you?"

Jiangshan said happily, then got up and walked towards the outside of the City Lord's Mansion: "Let's go, Child, let this Old Man broaden your horizons!"

Time passed quickly.

When the sky darkened, Du Xingchen also returned to the inn where the protagonist group was staying.

He spent the entire afternoon following Jiangshan on a tour and listening to the Old Man's boastful remarks and emotions for the whole afternoon.

And after summarizing, Du Xingchen also understood one thing.

That is, Lord Jiangshan indeed only had the Treasure Hunting Plate as a treasure.

However, having such a treasure was already very good, and Du Xingchen had no intention of being dissatisfied.

According to the records of the original work.

The Treasure Hunting Plate was obtained by Jiangshan overseas, and this item had never entered Jiaolong Valley.

It wasn't until Moyun brought this item into Jiaolong Valley that all the hidden treasures inside were truly stripped clean by him!

Thinking of the treasures in Jiaolong Valley, Du Xingchen's heart was also not calm.

"Buzz~"

A slight tremor brought the Man back to his senses.

After fumbling at his waist, a small yellow token appeared in Du Xingchen's hand.

This was the item given to him by the Jiangshan City General to communicate information.

"An hour ago, Moyun rescued a woman who was being chased by bandits, and is now traveling with the woman.

The two have arrived at the Relic Ancient City in the Outer Domain."

Simple words conveyed clear and useful information.

"Rescued a woman and arrived at the Relic Ancient City?" Hearing these two pieces of information, Du Xingchen's eyes twitched slightly.

If his guess was correct, the rescued woman was probably the Goddess after disguise, that money-losing item.

Ten times the reward, this was interrupted by the protagonist himself in advance.

Under the influence of a bad mood, it reminded him of that rainy night two days ago.

The Ye Tian God's Legacy on the System panel was still flashing, causing continuous damage.

Looking at the next piece of information.

Relic Ancient City.

Du Xingchen had some impression of this location, but it wasn't deep.

Mainly because the description was not extensive.

This place was an empty Ancient City whose treasures had already been looted by others.

Besides providing shelter from the wind and rain for campers, the buildings inside had no other use.

However, for some reason, Du Xingchen always had a bad premonition.