With a warehouse full of supplies, I stood alone as king in this chaotic world, gun in hand.

When Nangong Wu brought Adeline over, she saw Wei Yang and Cao Li examining the corpses.

"You don't need to look anymore, take everything and leave here." Nangong Wu walked over.

"Princess, this person has the mark of the Serpent Spirit Society on his arm. These assassins are members of the Serpent Spirit Society," Cao Li said to her.

"The Serpent Spirit Society? Could it be that they discovered our whereabouts?" Adeline followed along.

"No." Bei Chenyan looked at the corpses with a cold gaze. "The Serpent Spirit Society will do anything for money. When we were in Xishui City, they probably targeted us, thinking we were carrying something valuable, which is why they ambushed us here."

"Let's continue on our way. We'll talk about this when we get to Taigu Town." Nangong Wu mentally stored the corpses into her spatial storage.

These bodies contain bullets; they all need to be taken away, otherwise those people will know they're here too!

"Walk."

The five of them crossed the hillside and returned to the road, where they saw that the two horses ridden by Bei Chenyan and Nangong Wu had fallen to the ground and were neighing in pain.

Wei Yang went up to check first. "Your Highness, the horse's hoof has slipped, and it can't walk anymore."

"Then let's change the horses." Nangong Wu put the two injured horses into her spatial storage and brought out two better horses.

They brought twenty extra horses with them when they left Nanqi this time, just in case of such an emergency.

Just then, they could faintly hear the sound of horses' hooves pounding the ground behind them.

Cao Li turned around and glanced back. "Your Highness, someone is approaching!"

"Walk!"

The five men mounted their horses and galloped away.

"drive!"

It's about 100 li from Xishui City to Taigu Town, but they rode at full speed and arrived at noon.

"Whoa!" Adeline, who was leading the way, pulled on the reins.

"Your Highness, we have arrived at Taigu Town!"

The people behind stopped, and the five horses stood side by side.

They were standing on a small hillside, with Taigu Town not far ahead, just two or three miles away. The entire town was clearly visible.

They discovered that the town of Taigu was much larger than they had expected, and even had city walls.

Nangong Wu took out a pair of binoculars to take a look, and found that the town was about the same size as Xishui City.

"It seems that Taigu Town has some history."

However, the fact that a small town has built a wall suggests that a long period of turmoil has occurred here.

"That's right. Xishui Prefecture borders Nanqi Kingdom, and Tongzhou borders Xiyan Kingdom. Hundreds of years ago, the three kingdoms were at odds, and there were frequent frictions on the border. This is the place where the three kingdoms fought the most wars. Taigu Town is located between Xishui City and Tongzhou City. Many wars have taken place here, so it can be considered an ancient town," Beichen Yan said.

"No wonder someone hid the treasure here," Nangong Wu thought of the treasure.

Bei Chenyan nodded. "Therefore, the treasures hidden here may not necessarily have been left behind by the last emperor or royal family of any country."

I'd venture a guess: this group of people fled here with a fortune, but were caught up by their enemies, so they had no choice but to run into the mountains.

To escape their pursuers, they had no choice but to temporarily hide their treasure in a certain place. They then drew a map of the hidden location, divided the map into several parts, and each fled for their lives.

"Since they are either emperors or members of the royal family, why did they divide the treasure map into several parts? Aren't they afraid that if one part is lost, the treasure will never be found again?" Cao Li asked, puzzled.

Wei Yang chimed in, "Is there even a question? This treasure must have had several owners, like an emperor who fled with a few princes."

"Let's stop guessing and go into the city. It's noon, let's find a place to eat." Nangong Wu patted her mount.

Five people went down the mountain.

A while later, they arrived at the gate of Taigu Town and found that there were still soldiers guarding the gate, and many people were queuing to enter the city.

Wei Yang dismounted first and took out the "travel permits" for the five of them. These were the fake identities they had prepared in advance, and there were several of them.

"Two taels of silver per person for the city entrance fee. Those who want to enter the city, prepare your silver." A soldier shouted to the people queuing behind him.

"It costs two taels of silver to enter the city?" Wei Yang then noticed that the gate guards were not checking the travel permits of those entering the city, but were collecting silver.

A middle-aged man standing in front of him heard his words, turned around and glanced at him, "Young man, it seems this is your first time here."

"Yes, we came here to deliver goods for someone. We didn't expect that we would have to pay two taels of silver to enter a small town. We really lost a lot of money on this trip." Wei Yang pretended to be annoyed.

"Sigh! These days, it's unbearable to live like this," the man sighed.

Wei Yang's eyes flickered, and he asked, "Brother, Taigu Town is just a small town. How dare the imperial court charge each person two taels of silver for entering the town?"

Upon being asked, the man's expression changed immediately. He followed the person in front of him and stopped talking.

Bei Chenyan and Nangong Wu both heard this and exchanged a secret glance.

"It seems there's an extraordinary person in Taigu City."

"Why don't we stay here for the night?" Bei Chenyan could tell what she was thinking from her greedy little eyes.

"Let's get the important business done first. The person isn't going anywhere." Nangong Wu's hands were itching to get her hands on the money; she loved people who knew how to swindle money.

"You lot, hurry up and hand over the silver, two taels each. If you don't have any, get out of here." The soldier's voice was somewhat impatient.

"Five people." Nangong Wu took out ten taels of silver and gave it to the soldier.

Upon entering the city, I saw that the main streets were bustling with people, and the shops on both sides were lined up one after another, making it look quite prosperous.

As they walked along, they saw that many shops were packed with people, especially restaurants, taverns, teahouses, and inns, almost all of which had signs saying they were full.

"We're all from the martial world, let's get out of the city first," Bei Chenyan whispered.

The five people walked along the main street and exited the city through the north gate.

After leaving the city, they found a place to stop and eat.

"It's still more than 200 li from Taigu Town to the place where the treasure is hidden," Adelin said.

"Adeline, how did you know where the treasure was hidden?" Wei Yang asked him curiously.

"The fact that there is a treasure hidden in this mountain range is an open secret in the Taigu Town area, but the Taigu Mountains are a vast and desolate area, and no one knows where the treasure is hidden."

"We people from the Northern Regions were also interested in the treasures here after hearing about it. The leader who led us before had something that could sense gold and silver treasures, so I came along too," Adelin said.

"There's such a treasure?" Wei Yang exclaimed in surprise. "So, you've found the place?"

"We've found the place!" Adeline nodded. "But it requires a special method to open; we can't get in at all. We'll find out when we get there."