Dragon-Seeking Gold-Finding Art and the Hu Family's Secrets

"Sister Dou's lover... her deceased husband, seems to have some connections."

Fang Shu muttered to himself involuntarily.

The booklet hidden in the corpse's bosom contained a Law Technique called "Dragon-Seeking Gold-Finding Art," a secret feng shui art.

According to the booklet, this technique is one of the introductory Law Technique passed down by Immortal cultivator array masters. Once mastered, one can find dragon veins and observe their energy, find gold and find auspicious sites, and easily examine the terrain of mineral veins, earth veins, and Spirit Vein. It can also help people choose suitable locations to build houses, dig graves, refine elixirs, and forge weapons.

What's even more special is that although this secret technique is Law Technique with numerous Mystic Script, if a mortal has exceptional talent, they can practice it before entering the Dao, without worrying about whether it will harm their body or life.

This is because this art requires a high level of understanding and comprehension.

With just a little knowledge, cultivators can thrive in the mortal world, even choosing burial sites for noble Aristocratic Clan and becoming their honored guests.

If a cultivator is even more promising, they can come to the Immortal cultivator Market to search for mineral veins Spirit Vein for the Immortal cultivator, thus acquiring a skill that can support their family.

If one fully masters this feng shui secret, it means that the cultivator has the talent to become a formation master. Once they join Immortal Sect, they can study "Divination Arts Department" and follow the lineage of formation masters!

Fang Shu pondered, his eyes filled with growing astonishment.

He truly hadn't expected that Dou Sufu's deceased husband, who had died so easily here, would possess such a secret technique, and that his ancestors had been array masters!

What amazed him even more was that, according to the messy, hastily written blood-red text at the back of the booklet, the reason why Cheng the Jar and his group dared to leave the town and come to the mine to search for treasure was...

The reason was actually that Dou Sufu's deceased husband, surnamed Hu, was secretly instigating and leading her.

It was this man surnamed Hu who, through his ancestral secret techniques, claimed to have discovered the vein's direction in Lead Mountain and boldly deduced that this abandoned vein might still contain good or even precious minerals.

So he led Cheng the Jar and others to this place to scout and explore for minerals.

The group agreed that if there were still good ore to be mined in this abandoned mine, they would pool their money to buy the land and make a fortune together!

Unfortunately, it was both its strength and its weakness that made it successful.

This man surnamed Hu was clearly being cautious; he wasn't actually there to search for mineral veins, but rather under the guise of prospecting to search for ancestral relics.

Cheng the Jar and his group were merely a group that Hu, feeling powerless and outnumbered, had no choice but to gather. Furthermore, he pushed Cheng the Jar to the forefront while he himself remained hidden behind the scenes.

As it turned out, this man surnamed Hu had a stroke of great luck.

He led the group and they indeed discovered a great treasure in the abandoned mine. They even dug up the Treasure-Gathering Formation left by their ancestors, without giving them any time to adjust or prepare.

Naturally, infighting broke out among the prospectors. In the end, Cheng the Jar and his group managed to seize the treasure and blasted up the mine tunnel, burying the rest of the group inside the cave.

Fang Shu pondered the opportunity presented by this man surnamed Hu, and couldn't help but sigh.

If the other party hadn't found such a precious medicine as Purple Lead Mica Milk in one go, but had only found some good ore, they wouldn't have met such an end.

"Of course, if only one person comes, even if they discover such a precious medicine, they won't suffer at the hands of others."

Fang Shu was calculating in his heart.

Ultimately, it was because the man surnamed Hu was weak that he had to rely on the strength of others, which ultimately harmed him.

If the other party were like him, able to come and mine alone, or able to intimidate the entire scene, or even turn around and kill Cheng the Jar and others, then the situation would be completely different.

If one's own strength is unstable and Law Power is insufficient, even the best opportunity may not be seized.

Fang Shu secretly took this lesson from the man surnamed Hu to heart.

He then paced through the cave, his expression shifting constantly, showing no sign of relief despite having learned the whole story.

He pondered this even more deeply.

Because this ancestral secret technique passed down by the Hu family, besides recording a secret technique and the reasons for prospecting, more importantly, records the Hu Family's history about their ancestors:

"Our ancestor was a disciple of the Immortal Sect. He was exceptionally intelligent and entered the Immortal Sect without any Spirit Root. He inherited the Dao of Arrays, Refining Essence in one year, and broke through the Refining Qi in two years, becoming an array master. However, after sixty years, he was hindered in his Foundation Establishment and could not continue his immortal path. Therefore, he went down the mountain to establish branches, which led to my Hu Family."

Our ancestor once observed that there might be a small Dragon Vein in Lead Mountain, and repeatedly entered the mountain to search for it, but to no avail, until he passed away there. We, his unworthy descendants, have also entered the mountain to search for the dragon vein for generations, all to no avail...

"This time, I, Hu, entered the mountains not to seek the so-called Dragon Vein, but only to find the place where my ancestor passed away, to obtain his legacy, and to restore my Hu Family. Now, I am ambitious but lack talent, and instead I am trapped in the treasure array set up by my ancestor. When a person is about to die, fate plays tricks on him. I hope I have no regrets."

I am truly ashamed that I have only lost my wife, Dou Sufu. If anyone comes across this book, please collect my body. I, Hu, am now revealing the secrets of the Hu Family and offering you this fortuitous opportunity. If you truly inherit the Hu Family's legacy, I hope that when you encounter my wife again, you will treat her kindly."

In short, the contents of this suicide note reveal that the man surnamed Hu came out to search for his ancestors' treasures, but ended up dying because of them.

Left with no other choice, the other party wrote down the secrets of his Lineage's inheritance in a book. If someone happens to meet him and collects his body for burial, they will receive this book.

Fang Shu paced back and forth, then squatted down again, repeatedly flipping through the scattered Hu Family Treasure Book on the ground.

Only when the precious book was completely destroyed, reduced to a pile of ashes and impossible to look at again, did he put it down, stand up, and ponder its contents in his mind.

At this moment, in his mind, the <Dragon-Seeking Gold-Finding Art> was already ranked first in the analysis of the Dao Register, and had been thoroughly sorted out.

It is indeed a Secret Method, and its contents appear to be complete, but it is quite difficult, even more so than the Flame Blade Art. It will take half a year to fully analyze it.

The Dao Register's analysis of the "Dragon-Seeking Gold-Finding Art" also, to some extent, corroborates the veracity of what the man surnamed Hu said in the treasure book.

There may indeed be the remains and legacy of a Refining Qi Immortal cultivator in this Lead Mountain Mine!

Furthermore, the other party has repeatedly entered the Lead Mountain Mine in search of gold, and the contingency plans they have left behind are probably more than one!

Thinking of this, Fang Shu's heart began to pound uncontrollably.

However, he quickly suppressed these distracting thoughts and stopped thinking about them.

Even the descendants of the Hu Family throughout the ages have failed to find the so-called ancestral treasure. Only Dou Sufu's deceased husband was incredibly lucky, stumbling upon one, and coincidentally, he was cursed to die.

Other treasures left by the Hu Family ancestors, especially the remains of the other party, should be even more difficult to find.

And more likely, the inheritance has already been taken by someone else. After all, the Lead Mountain Mine has been in operation for over sixty years, and even disciples of the Immortal Sect have come here.

Even if I were truly fortunate enough to obtain the inheritance of the Hu Family ancestor, I would still ultimately be a formation master.

Thinking of this, Fang Shu couldn't help but sigh softly, smacking his lips and saying, "Why isn't it a Gu Master's inheritance...?"

But this feeling of regret only lingered in his heart for a moment before dissipating.

To actually obtain the inheritance of a Refining Qi Array Master is already an incredible stroke of luck. Even if one doesn't learn it, selling it would be a great thing. How can one have such unrealistic expectations?

Fang Shu chewed on a point casually mentioned in the treasure book, his face filled with anticipation.

He thought to himself, "Although the Hu Family is not Aristocratic Clan Gu Dao, what they have left behind and what they are involved in may still be useful to us Gu Dao practitioners."

It turns out that the reason why the ancestors and descendants of the Hu Family, including Dou Sufu's deceased husband, were so obsessed with finding a dragon and gold in this place, and why the whole clan fought to the death, was because of that treasure book.

This is because there are indeed signs of Dragon Vein and Dragon Qi appearing in the Lead Mountain Mine.

And this sign is the Gold-Seeking Insect!

The name "Gold-Seeking Insect" is a shortened form used by Fang Shu and other practitioners of the Gu Dao (a type of poisonous insect), while practitioners of the Array Dao (another type of poisonous insect) have another full name: Dragon-Seeking Gold-Finding Insect!

From a feng shui perspective, wherever this insect appears, there must be Dragon Vein underground, the only difference being whether it is large or small, or whether it appears early or late.

This is because this insect is born from the Dragon Qi, which is why it can search for dragons and find gold, observe the aura and the wind, making it a treasure-hunting insect!

Fang Shu pondered to himself, "Dragon Qi, is it? I wonder if the Dragon Qi the Hu Family speaks of and the Dragon Qi mentioned in the Dao Register are the same thing...?"

Regardless of whether the two are the same thing or not, Fang Shu absolutely cannot let go of the signs of "Dragon Qi" and the clues of the appearance of treasure-hunting insects like the Gold-Seeking Insect.

After carefully examining the contents of Hu Family Treasure Book, Fang Shu found no signs of conflict. He also thoroughly searched the man surnamed Hu, but found no further clues.

So he solemnly collected the man's remains, and even carried them out of the cave, choosing a corner of the underground mine to bury them.

Fang Shu then returned to the cave, made sure to cover up his tracks, and then hurriedly fled the abandoned mine.

Before long, he reached a high point in Lead Mountain.

He waited anxiously until sunrise, when the purple qi appeared in the east, Fang Shu opening his eyes wide and looking down over most of the Lead Mountain Mine.

He compared the topographical features drawn in Hu Family Treasure Book and indeed found that the undulating hills in the Lead Mountain Mine had a somewhat dragon-like appearance.

Especially at dawn when the clouds and mist surge, even though the mine is filled with acidic water and smog, its grandeur is still hard to conceal.

After a moment of distraction, Fang Shu quickly used the simple method described by the man surnamed Hu before his death to deduce the location of the other array points, taking the cave as one of the array's key points.

He quickly estimated the possible location of the array's core within the Lead Mountain.

These places number as many as seven, varying in size.

Among these seven suspected key points of the formation, Fang Shu immediately spotted one and stared intently at it, his gaze intense.

He instinctively felt that this place had the greatest possibility of Gold-Seeking Insect, or even the hidden plans of the Hu Family's ancestors, and that it was something he had to investigate thoroughly!