Beijing, Panjia Yuan.
Today's foot traffic was noticeably heavier than usual.
It was because a couple of days ago, the news reported a high school teacher who had found a great bargain.
This attracted a large number of people to try their luck.
Lin Chuan operated a small shop in a corner of Panjia Yuan, specializing in hand-held playing objects.
To be honest, he got this shop for free.
Three months ago, he had been transported to this world due to an accident and activated a system.
The ownership of this shop was his reward for being transported.
But since then, the damn system hadn't appeared again.
This world was almost identical to the Blue Star he came from, having no impact on his life.
But there were also differences.
For instance, this world actually had characters and legends from the tomb-robbing novels he had read in his previous life.
Old Nine Gates, the New Moon Hotel...
While staying in Panjia Yuan, he couldn't help but hear these familiar terms.
Even more bizarre.
He had befriended Wang Fatty, one of the Iron Triangle.
Wang Fatty ran a shop in Panjia Yuan, which was how they became acquainted.
Currently, there were no customers in the shop.
Lin Chuan placed a yellowed book on the counter and began to examine it closely.
The cover of the book read: 逍遥游, (Xiaoyao You).
This book was a hand-copied manuscript from the Ming Dynasty, acquired by Wang Fatty from the countryside.
Lin Chuan had a deep urge to read such an ancient text, so he traded a copper coin for it from Wang Fatty.
Opening the book, he was greeted by rows of neat regular script characters.
“北冥有鱼，其名为鲲。鲲之大，不知其几千里也。” (In the North Sea, there is a fish, its name is Kun. Kun is so huge, it is not known how many thousand miles it measures.)
Lin Chuan couldn't help but read along softly, following the words.
“上古有大椿者，以八千岁为春，以八千岁为秋。” (In ancient times, there was a great tree called Da Chun. It took 8,000 years for its leaves to sprout in spring, and another 8,000 years for them to fall in autumn.)
When he reached this point, Lin Chuan's voice abruptly stopped, and his gaze lingered there, not continuing to read.
In his mind, he seemed to see a giant tree reaching towards heaven, supporting the universe.
Da Chun, an ancient tree, with spring lasting 8,000 years and autumn lasting another 8,000.
In the midst of his thoughts, a flash of inspiration sparked in Lin Chuan's mind, and he felt enlightened.
“Ding!”
“Heavenly Insight Triggered. Host read Xiaoyao You and attained enlightenment from the Immortal Book.”
The mechanical system prompt brought Lin Chuan back to reality. At the same time, a large amount of information flooded his mind.
System?!
Lin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned. He hadn't expected the system to reappear in this way after three months.
Soon, he regained his composure.
Heavenly Insight.
It seemed that this was another ability the system had bestowed upon him in this world.
Immortal Book, Longevity Method.
Those who practice this book and attain the ultimate path can achieve the same age as the ancient Da Chun: 32,000 years for one year.
“Linzi, we have business!”
At that moment, a familiar voice came from outside the door.
Lin Chuan looked up and, without showing any sign of alarm, closed the book on the table and put it aside.
The newcomers were a man and a woman.
The man, needless to say, was Wang Fatty from the next shop.
As for the woman, she had a beautiful and alluring face with a short, messy hairstyle.
She was wearing a practical leather jacket, which could not hide her curvaceous figure.
Compared to Wang Fatty, she was simply on another level.
After Wang Fatty led the woman into the shop.
He looked around outside for a moment.
Then, he quickly closed and locked the door of Lin Chuan's shop, looking cautious.
Having done this, he motioned for the woman to sit down in a particular spot.
Wang Fatty said with a mischievous grin, “Heh, Linzi, this deal will definitely interest you.”
“This so-called deal of yours, it can't be simple, can it?”
As he spoke, Lin Chuan glanced at the woman, and then said, “Isn't that right, Miss Anning?”
As soon as he said this, both Wang Fatty and Anning were taken aback.
“You two know each other?”
Wang Fatty was quite surprised.
The next second, he felt Anning's icy gaze upon him.
To this, Wang Fatty quickly waved his hand and denied any involvement, “Don't look at me like that, I didn't say a single word about our business.”
However, this didn't alleviate Anning's suspicion of Wang Fatty.
After all, if her actions were to be exposed, she would end up in jail.
If it were a few years earlier, she might even face execution.
“No need to be so tense.”
Lin Chuan poured a cup of tea and then walked over to place it in front of her, then said, “If I'm guessing correctly, your boss sent you to find some skilled tomb robbers in China?”
“You were referred to Fatty, and Fatty brought you to me.”
The reason Lin Chuan was able to become friends with Wang Fatty.
They often discussed tomb raiding privately.
He had never actually raided a tomb, so he naturally bragged about the stories from the novels, while Wang Fatty had actually raided a few tombs.
But this didn't stop Lin Chuan from bragging to the point where Wang Fatty actually believed him.
After all, some authors in his previous life had written their real-life experiences as novels.
This was also why Wang Fatty was able to bring Anning to him.
In Fatty's eyes.
Lin Chuan was also a “veteran.”
His words indeed dispelled Anning's suspicions about Wang Fatty.
Anning took the tea and took a sip, pretending to be calm, “What else do you know?”
Lin Chuan glanced at the copper coin string on Anning's wrist.
Six copper coins.
They were the Dang Shi copper coins minted by the Anqing Copper Coin Bureau in Anhui during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty.
Not many were in circulation, and each one was extremely rare.
“I, I also know,”
“Fatty told you that I have a Dang Shi copper coin here, right?”
Lin Chuan said.
He remembered that Anning's Dang Shi copper coin string in the original story had seven coins.
It seemed that this final one.
Would be found in his shop.
“Linzi, you're a genius!”
These words shocked Wang Fatty. He didn't expect him to be able to guess even why he was here.
But on second thought, he said arrogantly, “Anning, how about it, the person Fatty introduced you to, can you trust him?”
“If he goes on this trip.”
“What Warring States ancient tomb, that's all a piece of cake, no problem.”
Anning was also taken aback. This was clearly not the answer she wanted.
“I'm not...”
She was about to say something, but she thought better of it and swallowed the words she was about to speak.
For all these years, except for her boss.
She had never felt the uncertainty of not being able to control someone.
But Wang Fatty was right.
Her intuition told her that going to the Seven Star Lu Wang Palace with him would greatly reduce the chances of something going wrong.
After a brief moment of thought, Anning said, “You're right, so, make your offer.”