Some said several vats of gold, silver, and treasure left behind by Qing Dynasty princes and nobles lay buried beneath this poor neighborhood, which was why so many wealthy people had come to buy land and dig.
Those wealthy people buying shacks with silver dollars had not lost their minds. They had come for the legendary treasure.
The rumor spread farther and farther, sounding increasingly true. It even drew some wealthy ordinary folk from Changchun City who dreamed every day of striking it rich. They came in droves, paid high prices for dilapidated shacks, and hired laborers with picks and shovels to dig down into their newly purchased plots of auspicious land.
For a time, the shantytown, which should have been rundown and desolate, was instead filled with flying dust and clamoring voices.
The second location fell within the Japanese sphere of influence.
It was an abandoned little courtyard near Toudaogou Railway Station, originally unoccupied.
Supposedly, a Japanese ronin had bought the property, then suddenly returned to Japan for some unknown reason, leaving the courtyard vacant for over half a year.
An empty, uninhabited courtyard could hardly keep out these elusive demons and skilled wandering cultivators.
Over the first few days, the little courtyard was practically turned upside down. The ground was scraped three feet deep, and even the well in the yard was searched countless times.
In the end, however, their efforts came to nothing. They found not a single clue connected to the Numinous Treasure.
Still, that did not mean they had the wrong place.
After all, a Numinous Treasure was a matter of destined affinity; it belonged to whoever was fated to obtain it.
Before its time to emerge, while the moment was still unripe, it would conceal its traces. Even if it lay right before their