Chapter 159: Treasures Next Door – The Lu Ban Pagoda and the Buddha Relic

That night, the three of them were arranged to stay in the courtyard house owned by Boss Li. He Zhixing shared a room with Jiang Ni, while Crazy Lai took another. It was He Zhixing’s habit, before sleeping in any unfamiliar place, to take out the small wooden figurine and channel his spiritual energy into it to sense his surroundings. This night was no exception.

As He Zhixing channeled his energy to scan the area, he detected several items with faint spiritual auras in the room where Boss Li kept his collection. He withdrew his focus from there and extended his perception further, toward the neighboring courtyard. Suddenly, he was met with a massive, intense burst of spiritual energy. Startled, he quickly pulled back his energy, involuntarily whispering, "Ah... a rare treasure!"

Jiang Ni, who was lying on the bed preparing to call Yufang and the others, immediately put down her phone. "He, what did you just say? Where is there a rare treasure?"

He Zhixing turned to look at her, walked over, leaned down to kiss her cheek, and said, "There is a rare treasure in the house next door."

"Really? You mean in the neighbor’s courtyard? You sensed it with the wooden figurine?" Jiang Ni asked, her eyes filled with the kind of curiosity that would kill a cat.

The women close to He Zhixing—Jiang Ni, Li Wuxin, and Yufang—all knew that the small wooden figurine was a treasure capable of sensing spiritual objects; it was no longer a secret. Hearing him mention a rare treasure next door immediately ignited the young woman's curiosity.

He Zhixing replied, "Yes. As for what exactly it is, I’m not sure yet. Wait a moment, let me use my ability to take a look."

"Okay."

He Zhixing immediately focused his energy into his eyes and activated his clairvoyant vision to peer into the neighbor's courtyard. It was much larger than Boss Li's, with many unoccupied rooms. Suddenly, he caught sight of a beautiful scene: a woman in fashionable pajamas sat at a computer in a beautifully decorated bedroom, working on what appeared to be an advertisement design.

The woman was stunning, with a tall, S-curved figure, a delicate oval face, and full, rounded hips and breasts. Her alluring silhouette was enough to capture any man's attention, and He Zhixing found himself momentarily dazed.

Jiang Ni, sensing something unusual, noticed a trace of drool at the corner of He Zhixing’s mouth. Not realizing he was drooling over a beautiful woman and assuming it was because he had spotted the rare treasure, she tapped his shoulder lightly. He Zhixing snapped back to reality, quickly regaining his composure and shifting his gaze to other rooms. Finally, in a dilapidated storage room, he spotted the source of the intense spiritual energy. It was a wooden pagoda, about seventy or eighty centimeters tall—a Lu Ban pagoda.

The structure consisted of three interconnected towers. The tallest reached over seventy centimeters, with the three tiers descending in height to fifty and thirty centimeters respectively. The craftsmanship was exquisite; from the spires to the octagonal eaves, the pillars, beams, and latticed windows, every detail was finely carved. The tiered, interconnected towers radiated a sense of grandeur and majesty, though the owners had relegated it to a corner, where it was covered in thick layers of dust, obscuring its true splendor.

What the owners of the courtyard could never have imagined was that the Lu Ban pagoda contained a secret. A Buddhist relic was hidden within the tallest tower. Only through He Zhixing’s clairvoyance could it be seen, tucked away in a sealed compartment—who would have ever discovered it? Perhaps even the parents or grandparents of the woman in the courtyard were unaware that this unremarkable pagoda held such a priceless treasure.

As He Zhixing gazed at the relic—a tiny, black, pebble-like particle—it emitted a strange radiance under his clairvoyant vision, immediately clashing with his own spiritual energy. Dreading the consequences of prolonged exposure, he quickly withdrew his sight, taking a long moment to collect himself.

He muttered to himself, "This Buddhist relic is incredibly powerful! It gives you a sensation of surging spiritual energy, yet it simultaneously makes you feel as if you should abandon all worldly desires and wash away your impurities. It’s truly eerie!"