Star Sky Professional

Clang!

The heavy stone slab was directly lifted open and fell with a dull thud, shattering into pieces.

Inside the stone coffin lay only a decaying remnant.

Besides that, there were quite a few burial goods.

"Huh?"

Fang Xing's eyes lit up as he picked up a piece of ancient jade.

This jade was like mutton fat, yet streaked with traces of blood lines inside: "This is genuine 'Blood Jade', not some counterfeit made by stuffing dog or goat guts… At least worth a thousand silver."

"Unexpectedly, people from the Ancient Times weren't poor."

Du Sha's face was filled with joy as he raised a piece of something black.

With a slight effort, he shattered its outer grime, revealing a golden sheen within.

"Whoa… such a big piece of nugget gold?"

"Second brother's luck is good, huh."

Gou San acted swiftly, lightly pressing on the corpse's throat and abdomen, then shook his head: "No Han Yu, no hidden organs..."

"That's a Da Kang Dynasty custom, naturally not a Da Xia one."

Fang Xing shook his head, his gaze suddenly focused: "Alright… let's take another look, if there's nothing good, let's leave…"

The three tomb robbers looted everything valuable and left the tomb chamber.

…

Who knows how much time had passed when a figure suddenly doubled back—it was the one-eyed Howling Celestial Dog, Fang Xing!

He came before the stone coffin and suddenly exerted force with both palms.

Bam!

The tomb owner's corpse was directly thrown, hitting the wall and shattering.

Fang Xing extended his finger, inch by inch, tapping the stone coffin.

Bam!

Bam bam!

Amongst the dull sounds, a slightly distinct sound emerged.

"As expected, treasure inside the coffin? There must be something good!"

Fang Xing's remaining eye lit up.

He had already noticed something earlier, and after leaving with the loot, intentionally found an excuse to ditch his two sworn brothers to pocket this fortune alone!

As for sworn brothers?

What do they matter? For money, he would stab his own brothers twice!

Back then, following his family brothers into the tomb, he also hardened his heart once, scheming against them to swallow the secret book himself and become a true Martial Artist.

Now, it's the same!

"Haha… so that's why old brother your earlier actions seemed odd, it was all for the treasure."

At this moment, a laugh suddenly sounded, causing Fang Xing's expression to change as he looked toward the tomb entrance—it was Du Sha coming in.

"Second brother, you're joking, I just remembered something unusual here... specially came to check."

Fang Xing forced out a smile.

"Hehe…"

Du Sha walked over, clicking his tongue in wonder: "This stone coffin is integrated entirely, wanting to create a mechanism inside, those primitive people must have gone through a lot of trouble. Hidden inside isn't a rare treasure but a divine object, right?"

As his voice fell, a sudden gust swept by his nape!

Fang Xing took advantage of Du Sha's close examination and fiercely swung his fists at Du Sha's nape.

Bam!

But Du Sha seemed well-prepared, slipping to the side, his body sliding like a loach to evade the sneak attack from behind.

"Fang Xing, if you're ruthless, don't blame me for being unrighteous."

Du Sha sneered coldly, blue veins rising on his arms, shimmering with silver tint, striking out like two giant pythons.

Bam bam!

After several moves, he landed a heavy strike squarely on Fang Xing's chest.

Crack!

The ear-piercing sound echoed as Fang Xing flew backward like a torn sack, crashing into the wall, spitting blood from his mouth: "Eighth Grade… didn't expect… you already ascended to the 'Silver Thread Realm'?"

"Hehe, traveling in Jianghu, who doesn't keep a trump card?"

Du Sha knew that Fang Xing had suffered a heavy blow, his Five Internal Organs crushed, clearly beyond saving.

He didn't bother finishing him off but instead approached the stone coffin, pressing a finger to it.

Crack!

A layer of stone shattered, revealing a concealed compartment.

Inside the compartment was a stone fragment, about the size of a baby's fist, its patterns faintly like a totem, resembling yin-yang fish...

"Stone fragment?"

Du Sha was taken aback, picking it up, he came before Fang Xing: "Is this what you were looking for?"

Fang Xing's remaining eye widened, his chest heaving like a bellows, a hint of mockery and bitter smile showing on his face: "Ha… haha… the two of us are the biggest idiots in the world… haven't even seen the treasure, and we're killing each other…"

Du Sha's face also showed some embarrassment upon hearing this: "It seems like some ancient command token or tiger talisman, back in Ancient Times perhaps it could command an army, but now it's worthless… old brother, you were mistaken."

Fang Xing was overwhelmed with anger, spitting a mouthful of fresh blood, his head slumping to the side, clearly angered to death.

"Sigh… actually, even without this, I wanted to kill you and backstab."

Du Sha suddenly bent down, took off Mai Long's belt, and pulled out several silver notes: "Hehehe... indeed they were hidden here, silver notes from Bao Yuan Company, tut tut, there's actually two thousand taels..."

These silver notes were extremely peculiar, as if forged from silver, not only could they be folded at will, but they also emitted threads of silver radiance.

"The boss's belongings should all be here."

"Hmm, who?"

Du Sha was about to put the silver notes away, when suddenly his expression changed, looking toward the entrance of the robbery hole.

A person walked in, it was Howling Celestial Dog Gou San: "Du Sha... you actually killed the big brother, violating our sworn oath from back in the day, are you prepared to die by the oath?"

"Heh... indeed all three of us harbored secret ambitions."

Du Sha mocked himself with a smile: "You've been eyeing me, wanting to be the beneficiary bird for quite a while, haven't you? But unfortunately, among the three of us, my martial arts are the strongest!"

"I know, you've been concealing your ability, pushing me to the front to be the shield."

After Gou San finished speaking, his figure flickered and disappeared instantly.

"What? So fast!"

Du Sha was greatly shocked, his two arms guarding his chest, suddenly seeing a palm!

It was Gou San's palm!

On the palm, there was surprisingly a faint glow, making it appear as if cast from gold in the darkness.

Bang!

The golden palm struck Du Sha's arm with tremendous force, breaking Du Sha's arm directly, and without slowing down, it struck Du Sha's chest.

Du Sha's chest immediately caved in a large portion, his body resembling a broken sack, collided heavily against the wall, slowly sliding down, coincidentally falling next to Mai Long's corpse: "...Seventh Grade...Golden Thread? I've lost...not unjustly..."

Currently, the prevailing martial arts realm is the Ninth Grade, with the first three grades being Copper Gate Realm, Silver Vein Realm, Golden Thread Realm... also known as the 'lower three grades', the foundational realms requiring the consumption of Gold Mercury elixirs for cultivation.

Such elixirs are prepared with a large amount of gold and mercury... if an ordinary person consumes it, they might burn through their intestines, only martial artists of the Ninth Grade Copper Gate Realm can barely use their physique to accommodate and refine...

"Alas, second brother, I didn't mean to... but I still want to make progress in martial arts, next year, my boy will also attempt to join a sect, it's all a bottomless pit."

Gou San sighed: "To practice martial arts, you have to work hard, and also prepare mountains of gold and silver... there's a saying, 'The martial arts gate faces south, beggars don't come'... my two little gold guzzlers are simply killing me, otherwise I wouldn't be forced to do this childless business..."

He bent down and found all the three thousand five hundred taels of silver notes on Du Sha.

Even though Du Sha had deliberately hidden them, by sewing the silver notes into the crevices of clothes, hiding them in shoe pads, he still couldn't escape detection, obviously observed for a long time and planned for quite a while.

"You... haha... this is Jianghu!"

Du Sha laughed heartily: "In my youth, I thought Jianghu was about glamour, with swords drawn to help others... but later I realized, Jianghu is bloodthirsty, foul-smelling and cannibalistic!"

"Even so, no one can stop a young person's Jianghu dream, isn't that right?"

Gou San stood up, thought for a moment, took that stone fragment, and went to the entrance of the robbery hole: "Second brother, you swore that you would be inseparable from big brother in life and death... this brother also fulfills you both."

Clap!

With a casual palm strike, a large amount of earth and stone fell, quickly burying the entrance.

...

Gou San left the ancient tomb and returned to an inn in a town at the foot of the mountain.

After picking up his luggage, he immediately left the place, traveling cautiously all the way.

Finally, more than half a month later, he arrived at a Jiangnan water town.

However, at this time, Gou San had already removed the human skin mask from his face, revealing a face that looked about twenty years old, with long narrow eyes bearing a hint of acerbity.

"Xun Old Six, you're back?"

A few farmers nearby greeted him: "You went out alone to do business, still need to be careful, it's been chaotic lately..."

"Thank you Uncle Liu, I know."

Xun Old Six showed a harmless smile and came outside a farmhouse.

Inside the fence, an old hen was leading a group of yellow chicks to forage.

Not far away, there was a boy around eleven to twelve years old playing with a bamboo horse.

Seeing Xun Old Six, his eyes immediately lit up: "Dad... Mom, Mom... Dad is back."

"Little Tiger!"

Xun Old Six had deliberately bathed before, now lifting the boy up, rubbing his beard against the boy's face, and looking at a woman in a cloth skirt walking out: "Madam..."

"Husband, you've finally returned..." The woman's eyes reddened.

"Not only did I return, this time I finally earned a sum, saved up five hundred taels of silver, which can send Little Tiger to 'Iron Clothes Sect', as long as he has potential, he can definitely stay there, and rise to great achievements in the future!"

Xun Old Six said seriously.

"Five hundred taels?"

The woman couldn't help but be surprised: "Where did you get that much silver?"

"I had been saving a bit privately before, and this time I borrowed some, it's enough, it's enough!" Xun Old Six patted his chest.

"Oh, you actually hid some private savings?"

The woman's attention was indeed shifted: "Also, friends who lend money, you must thank them well... it's not easy for someone to lend you money, is it?"

"Of course..."

Xun Old Six said: "My two brothers are both willing to risk everything for me..."

...

"Truly good brothers."

Inside the True Martial Talisman.

Fang Xing watched this family reunion scene outside and made a sarcastic remark.

Although he felt this Xun Old Six was quite a character, he still wasn't ready to invite him into the True Martial Talisman.

Instead, he planned to wait a while, and take a good look at this era before making any decisions...