Gold bars, pearls, tridacna, agate, coral, gemstones, and beautiful jade were brazenly piled up in this cave.
A group of five were all stunned.
"Is this... is this it? Did we hit the jackpot?"
Although she indeed intended to hunt for treasure, the ease of finding it made her somewhat hesitant to proceed.
It was like going through the trouble of getting fully equipped for a roasted pig, traveling thousands of miles to the jungle, just finishing the warm-up, ready to fight a big battle, only to see the pig roast itself and be served up in front of you.
Who would dare eat it?
Thus, Li Wenli and Bai Junjun were somewhat stunned.
At this moment, Bai Sasa suddenly took a big tactical step back, pointing at one of the piles of jewels, trembling.
Bai Junjun, seeing Bai Sasa’s sudden movement, immediately became excited, "Right! What’s a vault without a bit of danger?"
Even if it was tomb raiding, it was supposed to get more perilous the deeper one went, not simpler.
Bai Junjun braced herself with utmost concentration, stepping up to Bai Sasa: "What’s wrong?"
"There... there... dead people..."
Bai Sasa pointed ahead, trembling.
Bai Junjun followed her hand and saw that among the many treasures lay numerous bleached bones.
These bones had completely decomposed into skeletons, with not even a trace of flesh left, and upon closer inspection, there were no less than a hundred people.
"..." Bai Junjun felt somewhat disheartened.
She had already seen the dead people atop the gold and jewels as soon as she entered. Besides... isn’t it normal to find dead bodies in piles of gold and jewels?
Moreover, it’s not like Sasa hadn’t seen dead people before; making a big deal out of it now seemed a bit too much.
Facing her older sister’s skepticism, Bai Sasa also felt a bit embarrassed.
It was mainly because her eyes were dazzled by the gold and silver, and the sight of bones next to the big pearls had given her a shock.
As for bones, Li Wenli and Bai Junjun were not afraid; these were much tamer compared to zombies.
They were more curious about what was going on with this cave.
Could it be that the City Lord had blown up the stone bridge and closed off the study just to suffocate himself in this cave of jewels?
No matter how they thought about it, something was off.
"Sasa, you keep watch at the door."
If something abnormal was happening, there must be a demon at work. Bai Junjun and Li Wenli decided to go in and find out what was happening.
Bai Sasa obediently stood at the entrance to the cave, beside her, due to lack of space, reluctantly squeezed together, was the Mosquito-eating Plant.
The wounds on its sepal had already healed, and if you didn’t look closely, you wouldn’t notice that the sepal had been punctured several times before.
Bai Sasa admired the Mosquito-eating Plant’s recovery ability.
While Bai Sasa tried to divert her attention by studying the Mosquito-eating Plant, Bai Junjun was also trying hard to focus on finding clues in the treasure piles.
The reason for needing to concentrate hard was that the wealth here was simply too dazzling.
Imagine which layman could resist the temptation of money?
Here, any piece of beautiful jade, gold, or gemstone picked at random was worth a fortune!
Although the original host was from the wealthiest Dashi clan in Baiju Country, that was all in the past; the Bai Family’s treasures had also been plundered.
Now, she was no different from the countless penniless people.
Moreover, she still had to support two little kids. Once out, whether to settle in the city or buy land in the countryside, it would all cost money.
So, while exploring the cave, Bai Junjun was also considering what valuables to take with her when she left.
The cave was about three hundred square meters, vastly filled with various sorts of gold, silver, jewels, tridacna agate; each item more precious than the next.