The Eye for Treasures Contest

The eye assessment competition has no cultivation level requirements; anyone, whether in the Qi Refining stage or the Body Integration Realm, can participate.

However, most cultivators in the Body Integration Realm and Void Refinement Stage have no interest in such minor activities.

At the temporary branch venue of the Landing Money Merchants Association, the four treasures were lined up and surrounded by an array to prevent Divine Sense from detecting them; they could only be viewed with the naked eye.

When Lu Yang and his group arrived, a large crowd had already gathered around them.

Fortunately, distance does not affect judgment; for someone in the early stages of the Golden Core, they can clearly see the details of objects hundreds of meters apart.

"A painting, depicting a woman dressed in armor."

"The charred bamboo has two tender green leaves."

"Could the insects be some kind of Gu worm?"

"Like an iron ring around the neck, or an ornament?"

Lu Yang looked at them once but couldn't figure out where they came from.

No one present could discern the origin of these items; they were all observing them carefully, trying to find any clues.

The person next to Lu Yang raised his hand and asked, "Excuse me, is the third one a Gu worm?"

The merchant guild monk politely replied, "I'm sorry, I cannot answer that question."

The man pondered for a moment, then said with determination, "The fourth one is a Gu worm. The pattern on its wings looks like copper coins. It should be a Money Gu worm, which can help its master find treasure!"

"I'm sorry, you guessed wrong."

"Do you recognize these four things?" Lu Yang transmitted his voice to Meng Jingzhou and the other three.

"The first painting might contain a spirit, but I'm not sure." Lanting has some knowledge of painting.

"The bamboo looks familiar. I think I've seen this description somewhere before. Wait while I look through some books." Bai Ming took out an ancient book from his identity jade token and started flipping through it, one book after another.

Yan Tianzhi remained silent; he couldn't discern anything from it.

Meng Jingzhou stroked his chin. "The fourth one should be a Gu worm, I'll give it a try."

Meng Jingzhou raised his hand and asked, "Is the fourth one a love charm? It's used to cast a spell on the person you love, and that person will gradually fall in love with you."

The merchant guild monk was quite surprised, not expecting to guess the item so quickly. He put the small insect in a wooden box and handed it to Meng Jingzhou.

"Congratulations, you guessed right, this is a love-binding curse."

The person next to Lu Yang was very knowledgeable about Gu worms. "A Love-Binding Gu? This is what a Love-Binding Gu looks like. I remember the wings of a Love-Binding Gu being blood-red, but this one has transparent wings!"

The merchant guild monk explained, "This is a mutated love charm. Its wings have turned transparent, but its function remains unchanged."

"You can recognize this? Have you seen it before?" Lu Yang transmitted his voice to Meng Jingzhou.

Meng Jingzhou said smugly, "No, I've only heard of love-binding gu, but I don't even know what it looks like."

"How did you guess that?"

"This is all thanks to my careful observation."

What did you observe?

"When I looked at the insect, it trembled, clearly afraid of me. Why was it afraid of me? I thought about it and realized that I possess two single Spirit Root and know the Single Curse Fist. The Gu insect that I naturally restrain is the Love-Binding Gu!"

Lu Yang didn't think this was anything to be proud of.

"Is the painting of a female general protecting the house?"

There is a type of painting that, when hung in the home, can ward off evil spirits.

"No."

Is the bamboo a withered black bamboo?

Bamboo powder can be ground into powder, mixed with water, and used for painting.

"No."

"Is the iron ring a replica of a diamond bracelet?"

"No."

Three people ahead of Lu Yang raised their hands and gave their guesses, but they were all wrong.

Lanting and Baiming are still flipping through the book, wondering when they will find the answer.

Lu Yang secretly asked the Immortal Fairy, "Fairy, do you recognize these things?"

The Immortal Fairy yawned boredly. "They're all just boring little gadgets."

"The woman in the painting is alive, or rather, she can change. Every day at midnight, the woman in the painting will move and change her clothes. Today she may be wearing armor, tomorrow she may be wearing a long dress, the day after tomorrow she may be wearing a Daoist robe, and the day after that she may be wearing pajamas. In short, she will never wear the same thing twice in a year."

"It has no offensive power, it's just for novelty. I, the immortal, can change my clothes every day too." The immortal fairy tried to prove that she was better than Hua.

Lu Yang looked the Immortal Fairy up and down, her clothes disheveled after waking up, and said with a look of disgust, "You really should change your clothes. What is black bamboo?"

"Lightning-struck bamboo is bamboo that, after being struck by lightning, can revive and sprout new leaves. It is called lightning-struck bamboo. Iron-eating beasts love to eat this. If you take lightning-struck bamboo to the demon realm, you can attract an iron-eating beast to become your mount."

"I remember there were iron-eating beasts on Rufeng."

"Those are ordinary iron-eating beasts; they can't eat lightning-struck bamboo. I'm talking about iron-eating beasts with cultivation levels, what we'd call High Antiquity iron-eating beasts in modern terms."

"What are iron rings? Do you recognize them, fairy?"

"Hey, it's junk, it's useless."

"Scrap?"

"Yeah, you jerk. Have you ever heard the saying, 'A good chef needs good tableware'?"

"How come I remember that a good chef needs good kitchen utensils?"

"They're all pretty much the same."

"After becoming a celestial chef, I discovered that there are no tableware worthy of me. Plates, bowls, and chopsticks melt the moment they touch my food."

"I asked Immortal Yingtian to make a set of tableware. At first, he was reluctant, but under my coercion and enticement, he finally agreed to make it."

"The refining process was extremely arduous. He tried using materials such as ceramics, iron, and wood, but all of them failed. This iron ring is a product of those failures. As soon as I poured the soup I had prepared into the plate, the plate leaked."

Lu Yang: "..."

This was the first time he had ever heard of tableware being crafted by immortals.

But since it was crafted by the Celestial Immortal, it must be much more durable than the flying sword the Qilin Immortal used to deceive his wife.

Lu Yang raised his hand and said, "The iron ring is part of the plate."

The merchant guild monks were greatly surprised; the iron ring was the most difficult of the four items to guess, yet they had guessed it correctly.

"Congratulations to this cultivator, you guessed correctly."

"A plate? Are you kidding me? This thing looks exactly like a magic bracelet!"

"That's right, even if it's not the Vajra Bracelet, it should be some other weapon!"

The merchant guild monk explained calmly, "This monk is right. The iron ring is part of the plate. According to the appraisal master, someone forged an extremely sturdy iron plate for some unknown reason. Later, the plate was corroded by poison, melting away in the middle and leaving only the edge, which is the ring we see now."

"As for what kind of poison it is, we can't guess. No known poison could do this."

Upon hearing the merchant guild cultivator's words, the Immortal Fairy stomped her feet in anger. "Blind fools! The food I make is highly nourishing, yet they dare to describe it as poison!"

Lu Yang dared not speak. What if he said that the Immortal Fairy's food was poisoned, and the Immortal Fairy cooked him another meal to prove it wasn't?

Lu Yang took the iron ring, and Bai Ming and the others whispered, "Good eyesight! You could even see that."

"Be careful handling the iron ring; there might still be poison residue." Lan Ting was worried about Lu Yang's safety; even a tiny bit of that poison could be fatal.

"Good eye."

Lu Yang responded to each question with a smile.

Just as everyone was about to continue speculating, an explosion suddenly came from not far away, and a powerful aura swept over the entire event like a tidal wave.

Lu Yang sensed fury and killing intent in the aura. "Fairy, what is the opponent's cultivation level?"

"Integrated Body Peak Stage, two people, they seem to be the ancient cultivators you mentioned."

Lu Yang narrowed his eyes; this person didn't seem to have good intentions.

Bai Ming was on high alert. "That direction... is it a secret realm?"