At that time, the amethyst flowers in the cave were blooming with bright flower bulbs. Cheng Siqing was hungry and thirsty, so he picked a petal of the amethyst flower and tried to eat it.
The taste is not good, bitter and astringent, with a sour smell.
Cheng Siqing didn't know whether he could really keep his appearance as recorded in "The Art of Immortality", but after eating the petals, he instantly felt that his hungry stomach was no longer hungry, his mouth was no longer thirsty, and even his body was
The fatigue from the morning is slowly dissipating.
Only then did Cheng Siqing realize that this eerily beautiful amethyst flower was indeed not a mortal thing. After he picked a few more petals and ate them, all the fatigue in his body was swept away, and he seemed to have endless strength.
Cheng Siqing, who was neither thirsty nor hungry, was not in a hurry to go out at this time.
The jewelry in the cave illuminated the entire cave as brightly as daylight. Cheng Siqing searched carefully in twelve caves of similar sizes and found no other exits.
You can only go back along the original path.
But here comes the problem. The cave was very small, and Cheng Siqing could barely squeeze in while lying on the ground. If he returned along the original route, he could barely bring out any belongings.
Cheng Siqing picked around and finally took a big gold ingot and put it on his head. He pushed the gold ingot with his head and moved it out of the cave little by little.
After coming out of the hole in the rock wall, Cheng Siqing felt as if he was in another world. Although he did not catch the magical snow deer, he found enough wealth that his family would not be able to use up in ten lifetimes.
Cheng Siqing knew that with this money, he had transformed from a poor farmer into a rich man with unparalleled wealth.
Although he spent so long in the cave, what was strange was that when he emerged from the cave entrance hidden behind vines and weeds on the rock wall, the sky had just turned completely dark.
Time seemed to have passed just over half an hour, and it seemed as if the hours Cheng Siqing spent in the cave were not counted at all.
Cheng Siqing didn't think much about it at the time, and followed the original path to the place where he found the snow deer. Taking advantage of the moonlight, he saw that the two prey and the bow and arrow he had left on the roadside were still there.#@$&
After collecting several large gold ingots he brought out from the cave, Cheng Siqing put his prey and bow and arrow on his back again and walked down the mountain.
Two of Cheng Siqing's friends were already standing on the roadside waiting for him. They only caught two hares.
The two friends looked at the pig badger Cheng Siqing was carrying with envy and praised him for his good luck.
Cheng Siqing was not a flamboyant person. He did not tell his two friends about his encounter with the snow deer and the treasure he found. Seeing Cheng Siqing's high-spirited look, they thought he was just happy because he had hunted a pig badger.
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But no matter how low-key Cheng Siqing was, in those years when everyone was in poverty, the fact that he was rich could not be hidden.%&(&
The transformation from being unable to even afford wild vegetable porridge to being able to eat white flour steamed buns every day will definitely become the focus of attention of the whole village.
What's more, Cheng Siqing's family has more than a dozen children, big and small. Even if he and his wife can hide their wealth, the children can't eat delicious food without going out to show off.
Gradually, everyone in the village knew that Cheng Siqing's family was living a good life.
Everyone knew that Cheng Siqing got rich because of hunting, but his two friends knew otherwise.
The three of them went out together and came home together every day. Cheng Siqing did not catch more prey than the other two, nor did he catch more valuable prey.
Not to mention that Cheng Siqing's family has more children than them and the burden is heavier than theirs.
The two friends couldn't bear it anymore. They said that Cheng Siqing was not a friend enough and asked Cheng Siqing where his money came from.
Cheng Siqing was forced to question him, so he had to tell the truth and led his two friends to the cave where the treasure was hidden.
Anyway, there is a lot of treasure in the cave. Even if three people share it equally, they will not be able to use it up in several lifetimes.
Although he told the truth, Cheng Siqing kept an extra thought. After entering the treasure cave, he took advantage of the two friends who were dumbfounded and crazy at the large amount of wealth to secretly hide the book "The Art of Immortality" and take it back secretly.
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Cheng Siqing did not want to monopolize it, but he was still a very kind person at that time. The techniques recorded in "The Art of Immortality" were too sinister. He was worried that his friends would be tempted when they got rich and would kill people for the sake of immortality.
As the saying goes, three cobblers are worth one Zhuge Liang.
After the three people had this wealth, they totaled it up and decided to do business.
Although the society of that dynasty was divided into four levels: scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, and merchants were the lowest among the four people, only by doing business could they naturally become rich without being suspected.
The three of them did what they said, and kept taking out jewelry and property from the cave as capital to enter various trading fields. Even if they lost money, they would not feel bad.
Enough confidence will naturally bring enough profits.
Slowly, the wealth of Cheng Siqing and the others snowballed and grew bigger and bigger, so much that there was no need to go into the treasure cave to get it anymore, and there was endless money.
Cheng Siqing and the others suddenly became the richest men in Jiangzhou Prefecture at that time.
Whether it is pawnshops, banks, restaurants, inns, or even escort agencies, trading firms, and other fields, Cheng Siqing and the three of them have been involved in everything.
As the business grew bigger and bigger, the three friends enjoyed their own happiness every day and moved to different cities, often not seeing each other for several years or even ten years.
They were not worried that the other two people would secretly go to the cave to take away the jewelry and property. Firstly, there was too much wealth in the cave and it was inexhaustible. Secondly, the exit was small and deep. It was deep inside the mountain.
It is completely impossible to dig it out manually.
And the most important point is that wealth and money are no longer as attractive to Cheng Siqing and the others as they were in the past. Now even if they don't go into the mountains to use the wealth in the cave, they can still ensure the prosperity of their descendants.
How many lifetimes will you have without worries?
As he grows older, Cheng Siqing still feels his body is getting weaker and weaker, even though he can maintain his youthful appearance by eating the petals of amethyst flowers.
He began to want to live forever and live a prosperous and prosperous life forever.
Cheng Siqing secretly took out the book "The Art of Immortality" several times, opened it, and then secretly hid it back.
He has never been able to be ruthless, and his methods are too unnatural and cruel.
Cheng Siqing hesitated for three years. Three years later, he was sixty-eight years old. Judging from his appearance, he was only thirty.
His youngest son Cheng Shixin looks exactly like Cheng Siqing, with no discernible age difference. Even Cheng Siqing's wife can't tell the difference when the father and son stand together and don't talk.
On Cheng Siqing's sixty-eighth birthday, one of his friends came, not to celebrate his birthday, but to report his funeral.