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Five thousand copper coins were no small sum. However, He Lingchuan refused the offer without the slightest hesitation.
The leaf’s veins were clear and elegant, its texture finely defined. It was actually rather beautiful. More importantly, the instant He Lingchuan touched it, something inside his robe began to heat up.
Is the divine bone amulet getting greedy again?
Old Ge said, “I’ll ask around for you once I get back.”
“Thanks.” He Lingchuan tucked the red-gold leaf into his robe. “Didn’t you say earlier that there was one suspected cave abode no one had ever found?”
“Oh, right, that would be this deep pool among the roots.” Old Ge pointed to the dark water beneath the banyan. “Legend says that Immortal Shou’an[1] opened a cave abode here, and the entrance was this very pool. In the end, he passed away within the cave abode, and after that, the place vanished. It never appeared again.”
“Immortal Shou’an?” He Lingchuan found that odd. “Wasn’t Mount Xu originally called Mount Shou’an?”
Just a few days ago at the Dun Garden auction, had not half a broken sword tip fetched an astronomical price precisely because it had once belonged to Perfected Shou’an’s natal magical artifact?
That was the power of fame. Anything even faintly associated with such a person could sell for a fortune.
“Exactly. It was only after Beijia was founded that the mountain’s name was changed.” Old Ge said, “To take ‘Shou’an[2]’ as their name was no small distinction....
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