N-A-A Chapter 117: Entering through the side door and searching for cultural relics
Chapter 117: Entering through the side door and searching for cultural relics
It took Li Haoyu about ten minutes to "clean out" the museum. The remaining items were mostly Western-made sculptures and pyramid finials, which he judged to be no more than two hundred years old, not thousands of years old. It seemed that the so-called "long history" of the West was very exaggerated.
When leaving the museum, Li Haoyu took out the treasure compass. The compass started to spin and pointed to the south. Li Haoyu smiled knowingly, followed the instructions and flew across the sky, arriving on top of a tall building, and the treasure compass became active again.
When he landed in front of the building, he saw the words "Bank of England" written in English on the outside of the building. He sighed and said, "Oh, there seems to be a lot of gold stored in this building. If all of it is searched, John Bull will probably fall into a financial crisis."
Li Haoyu was naturally delighted about this. With a flash, he jumped through the window in the sky and entered the Bank of England. Soon, his consciousness located the entrance to the vault, but it was surrounded by anti-theft measures.
After thinking for a while, Li Haoyu chose to leave, went around to the outside and entered through a sewer, and used the power of his spiritual sense to protect his whole body to prevent the sewage from contaminating his clothes. He detected that the vault was just seven or eight meters underground.
As soon as he thought about it, the Sky Shuttle appeared in front of him. The "Mountain Drilling Cone" was activated!
Using the Sky Shuttle to cast this spell, it was as easy as cutting butter to easily make a hole in the ground. Then Li Haoyu followed closely behind, and the Sky Shuttle went all the way down to the alloy protection. Although there were obstacles, the Sky Shuttle successfully drilled through, and bright light came out of the hole.
With a leap, Li Haoyu entered the secret space.
Li Haoyu's eyes widened at the sight. On the rows of containers, neatly stacked gold bars were placed. Li Haoyu picked up a bar and weighed it. It weighed nearly ten kilograms. Each bar was marked with 400 ounces, which was about 11.34 kilograms per bar. There were at least hundreds of thousands of gold bars in this underground treasure house, and there was no end in sight.
It is said that the British gold reserves account for one-fifth of the world's gold reserves, which is indeed true.
Li Haoyu closed his eyes and used his divine sense to calculate and estimate that there were about 200,000 such gold bars. This meant that there were more than 2,000 tons of gold here!
Obviously, this was not all of John Bull's wealth. In his previous life, he had learned on the Internet that Britain's actual gold reserves exceeded 8,000 tons after the 21st century.
Although the number is not as large as that now, it must be far more than 2,000 tons.
"So many, it's not easy..."
Regardless of whether it was true or false, now all of this belonged to Li Haoyu. Wherever his divine sense reached, the gold bricks instantly disappeared without a trace, and the scene in the treasure house quickly emptied out.
In the secret realm of the Immortal Pharmacist, Xiao Yao and Xiaomi just wanted to go to the warehouse to get some food, but they found a large number of dazzling gold bricks in the warehouse, and they were both shocked.
"Brother Mu, where did you find so much gold? It's incredible!" Xiaomi asked Li Haoyu directly through telepathy.
Li Haoyu smiled and said, "Oh, I just went shopping in Landun and took some money."
He didn't stay for long, leaving the underground treasure house through the passage, flying into the sky, and took out the treasure-hunting compass, but it still kept turning.
"Strange, is there any treasure left?" Li Haoyu wondered.
Even though he had put away all the gold bricks, the treasure compass still spun.
After falling back to the ground, Li Haoyu discovered that the direction indicated by the compass was not the Bank of England, but the closer Barclays Bank, which is the largest commercial bank in the UK.
But the bank does not have nearly as much gold as the bank, and the compass does not seem to indicate just gold.
Li Haoyu entered Barclays Bank and quickly came to the safe deposit box with the help of the compass. The compass pointed directly to a huge safe.
These safes are usually used by individuals to store their belongings, and they only need to pay a storage fee every year. He came to the front and used the "Hundred Refinements to Become a God" technique to melt the safe, and the safe opened with a "click".
The safe is actually a small room of about ten square meters. When the door is opened, the neatly arranged small compartments filled with gold and silver treasures come into view. However, Li Haoyu's eyes are firmly attracted by a fist-sized, translucent dark blue gem.
The rich energy emitted by this gem makes people feel cool and refreshed, as if jumping into a cold pond under the scorching sun. This makes Li Haoyu happy. This is undoubtedly the legendary spiritual stone.
He had been searching for the magic stone for a long time, but he never expected to get an unexpected surprise during his trip to England.
Obviously, this treasure-hunting compass will have to be used more often in the future.
However, the compass has a flaw: it can only detect treasures within a range of ten kilometers. Beyond ten kilometers, it is powerless.
Compared to the precious spirit stones, those gold bricks pale in his eyes. After all, gold has value and a price, while spirit stones are priceless treasures.
Apart from the spirit stone, other property was of no importance to Li Haoyu. He collected his thoughts, restored the safe to its original state, and left the bank in a flash. When he took out the compass again, it really stopped shaking.
It was already two o'clock in the morning local time in the UK, and it was afternoon in Beijing.
Returning to the secret realm, Li Haoyu examined the spirit stone with great anticipation.
Xiao Yao and Xiaomi hurried forward. Seeing this scene, Xiao Yao's eyes instantly brightened up, and he could not hide his excitement.
It turned out to be a spirit stone. Could it be that... there is a spirit stone mine? And it is a medium-grade spirit stone with water attribute. Xiao Yao said after carefully examining the spirit stone.
"I'm not very clear about this situation. It was found by a treasure-hunting compass in the safe deposit box of John Bull Bank," Li Haoyu explained.
"Brother Mu, this spirit stone may be able to help you break through the realm and advance to the Yuanshen stage." Xiao Yao said.
"Really?" Li Haoyu was confused by this situation. He originally thought that there would be some improvement, but the added points actually exceeded the limit and he was unable to be promoted, and still remained at the Jindan stage.
"Yes, with your current level of cultivation, you have reached saturation in terms of 'qi' in terms of spiritual energy, spirit and physique, but the 'essence', that is, the purity of the entity, still needs to be honed and improved. It's like if the foundation is not solid enough, it's difficult to build a taller building." Xiao Yao continued to explain.
"Do you think my body is strong enough?" Li Haoyu asked tentatively.
"Not yet. After the Yuanshen period, the next period will be the unified convergence period. The name implies the unity of the three treasures. If they are not balanced, it will be difficult to fully integrate. I suggest you study Chinese martial arts. Aren't the national martial arts secrets there? Use your current strength to cultivate to the Baodan realm, which is enough to get started." Xiao Yao suggested.
Moreover, "with the assistance of spirit stones, it will be relatively easier to improve physical fitness and reach the Baodan realm." Li Haoyu thought to himself, it seems that he still needs to be more diligent with the support of the system.
However, there was no other way. He could study Chinese martial arts slowly when he had time. According to his idea, Li Haoyu felt that Tai Chi should be the most suitable for him. So he cut the spirit stone into several small pieces, took one of them and hung it around his neck, and then practiced Tai Chi.
It really worked. Li Haoyu felt the energy of the spirit stone hanging around his neck being continuously injected into and absorbed by his body. Li Haoyu had reached the peak of his strength. The next level was "Dan Jin". After practicing to perfection, he could condense a powerful Qi to protect himself, which was called Dan Jin. Going up to the next level was to reach the immortality of gods in the broken virtual space.
Thus, Li Haoyu added a new item to his schedule: getting up early in the morning to practice. By the time he got home, it was almost noon.
He Yushui couldn't find Li Haoyu early in the morning and was anxious. When Li Haoyu came back, she quickly went up to him and asked, "Brother Li Haoyu, where did you go so early in the morning? I couldn't find you."
"I was out for something and forgot to tell you. Have you eaten?" Li Haoyu said as he led her towards Yard 18.
"Not yet. I'm not sure when you will be back, so I didn't make lunch." He Yushui said.
When he arrived at the middle court, he ran into Qin Yanru, who greeted Li Haoyu shyly as usual.
"Doctor, are you going out again?"
Li Haoyu said perfunctorily: "Well, I have something to go out for." After that, he took He Yushui's hand and walked out of the yard.
Qin Yanru felt a little lonely, and felt that she could not even say a few words to Li Haoyu, and it was difficult for them to gradually get to know each other better. Qin Yanru felt that the method arranged by her cousin was not suitable at all. After staying in the courtyard for a long time, she found that this method was completely ineffective.
Jia Zhang, the family's mother, blamed the two sisters for eating too much and then asked them to return to the countryside. The two sisters felt disappointed and felt that the city was better than the countryside. They stayed there for a few days and couldn't bear to leave.
On the other side of the world, the news that the museum's treasures were stolen and only a pile of waste was left caused an uproar in the John Bull Museum in England. The curator was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment due to excessive shock, and the queen in the palace almost fainted when she heard the news.
On the other hand, the central bank also announced the mysterious disappearance of nearly 2,000 tons of gold.
If the theft of gold is exposed, John Bull will face a major financial crisis. Gold reserves are a symbol of national strength. If more than 2,000 tons are lost at once, the country may face the tragedy of economic collapse in the financial market.
On this day, Li Haoyu rode his bicycle home leisurely as usual. When passing a secluded road, he was suddenly shot at the back of his head. He quickly ducked and dodged, narrowly avoiding the gunshot. Then, several more shots came from the left and right sides. Li Haoyu decisively gave up his bicycle and dodged these attacks.
Seeing Li Haoyu dodged easily, they were stunned. If dodging the first shot was just luck, how could the consecutive shots be considered accidental? However, Li Haoyu was agile and jumped seven or eight meters away like a ghost, coming into the sight of one of them. His figure flashed by, and the opponent had no time to react, so he instinctively raised his gun and shot.
With a crisp sound, Li Haoyu's fingers gently crushed his Adam's apple. The others immediately continued to shoot, still using silencers, but he did not need to rely on mental power. Concentration allowed him to clearly grasp the path and calmly avoid the shooting. When he turned around, he was already close to another target.
He threw a swift punch, and the target's chest was instantly dented, and the bones were broken and the internal organs were damaged, killing him on the spot. Seeing this, the third man tried to pull the trigger again, but found that he had used up all his guns. So he hurriedly changed his gun, but was easily dodged by Li Haoyu. Then he used Tai Chi techniques to throw the dead man's magazine into the air.