Chapter 6: The Broken Knife Coin

“This is probably the most impulsive thing I have ever done in my life.”

Li Yi was gasping for breath at this moment, his heart was still beating wildly, his body had an indescribable feeling of fatigue at this moment, and all the muscles in his body were aching.

He skated very fast.

It only took Li Yi half an hour to leave the abandoned city area and return to his home in the old city area. He was safe for the time being.

Thinking back to what happened before, I find it incredible.

He clearly just wanted to earn tens of thousands of dollars to take care of his parents who were silent, but when the critical moment came, he became like those gamblers and risked his life to gamble for the unknown treasure.

Fortunately, I came back alive.

If I fail, I will probably regret it very much before I die.

"The deceased Zhang Kaiwen was right when he said, 'One life is equal to ten thousand lives. If I want to change everything, I have to fight once. Otherwise, I will just live like everyone else in this old and dilapidated city, living like a rat, and finally rotting and getting maggots one night, leaving no trace at all."

"The moment I made the decision in the underground parking lot, I could feel my inner ambition growing. It turned out that I was not the kind of person who would keep to my own way. I also longed to practice cultivation, stir up trouble, and become a big shot."

Li Yi closed his eyes and took deep breaths.

When he thought back on his life over the years, he felt depressed and suffocated.

There is no end to the work and the nutrient solution to buy. Obviously, they have tried very hard, but the family still went from having a little savings to being penniless and finally heavily in debt. Now there is not even money to repair the medical cabin, and my parents will soon not be able to sustain their lives.

I’m only twenty years old and my life has just begun, why does it feel like it’s over?
It shouldn't be like this.

Li Yi opened his eyes again. This time there was no more fatigue and confusion in his eyes, only determination.

"But whether I can change all this depends on my luck this time and whether I get anything valuable."

Then he looked at the pile of dirty, tattered clothes he had been holding in his hands.

These clothes were worn by the owner of the ancient tomb when he was alive. The styles and materials are completely different from those in today's society. They have a bit of ancient style, but are different from traditional ancient costumes. However, through the details, it can still be seen that these clothes are very gorgeous when they are complete.

Li Yi slowly took off the clothes one by one, trying to find something special.

The reason why he chose to take away the pile of worn-out clothes in the coffin was because he felt that if there were any precious and rare objects in the ancient tomb, people would definitely carry them with them.

However, the ancient tomb had been looted before, so it is unknown whether there are any remains.

“I don’t have this dress, and I don’t have this one either.”

As each piece of clothing was uncovered, Li Yi carefully searched for something that might be of value.

Until the last piece of clothing was shaken open, and a crisp sound of it falling to the ground was heard.

A broken object fell on the floor tiles in the living room.

Li Yi picked it up immediately. He looked at it carefully and finally hesitated: "Is this a rare item? It doesn't look like it. I can't see anything magical about it."

The thing in his hand looked like a bronze knife, but now only half of it was left, with a twisted inscription on it.

And when he tried it, he found that the bronze knife was not sharp.

Finally, after taking out his phone and searching for some information, Li Yi could barely conclude: "This is not a knife, but a coin. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, this kind of coin was called a knife coin."

Apart from this half of the knife coin, he searched through the pile of worn-out clothes several times but could not find anything else.

This was the only gain Li Yi brought back at the risk of his life.

"I'm not a cultivator, and I don't know if this half of a knife coin has any value. I need to find someone who knows about it to inquire about the rare items. But this person must be trustworthy and there must be no risk of being exposed."

He thought about it again, and someone immediately came to his mind.

Uncle Biao.

Uncle Biao is a friend of his father. He practiced together with Li Yi's father six years ago. However, Li Yi's father was more talented and made rapid progress in practice, while Uncle Biao was not as talented. In the end, Li Yi's father had an accident and became a Silent One, and his life and death were unknown. Uncle Biao gave up practicing and instead opened a meditation room in Tianchang City to teach newcomers how to practice.

Thinking of this, Li Yi immediately packed up the pile of tattered clothes, and then kept the half knife coin close to his body.

But he did not set out immediately because he had something else to do.

Li Yi picked up his phone and called the after-sales maintenance number of the medical cabin. Soon, in less than half an hour, the after-sales engineer of the medical cabin came to the door.

"Mr. Li, I told you last time that a chip in your other medical cabin was burned out due to long-term operation, and the medical cabin has exceeded its six-year warranty period. Although the company can provide free repairs, you need to purchase the damaged parts yourself, and the price is 49999." Engineer Hu Bing said.

Li Yi said: "I have collected the money in the past few days. I will pay you now. You won't make a wasted trip."

"That's good." Engineer Hu Bing nodded.

Li Yi opened the bedroom door.

The bedroom was brightly lit, but the air was filled with the smell of alcohol and disinfectant.

There was no bed in the room. There were two medical cabins on the floor with various indicator lights flashing. Compared with the cramped and depressing housing in the old city, these two high-tech medical cabins seemed so out of place.

There was a person lying in each of the two medical cabins.

The man had a resolute and handsome face, and was quite handsome. The woman had a beautiful face, but because of being in a coma for many years, both of them looked unhealthy and a little pale.

Originally, Li Yi's parents were a perfect couple with good looks, but now they can only lie here like vegetables.

And this situation has been going on for six years.

"Dad, mom."

Even though he knew there would be no response, Li Yi still called out twice out of habit.

At this moment, Engineer Hu Bing skillfully opened the panel of a medical cabin and began to repair it.

As the damaged parts were replaced, the medical cabin representing Li Yi's mother soon began to operate normally again.

Seeing that the situation was improving, Li Yi finally relaxed.

Engineer Hu Bing said, "Mr. Li, the nutrient solution in the two medical cabins will run out in one day. Remember to buy more in time. I suggest that Mr. Li stock up on nutrient solution in advance if possible. Because more and more people are practicing recently, the demand for nutrient solution is also increasing. The price of nutrient solution on the market has increased, and I estimate it will increase again in the future."

"The price has increased?" Li Yi was startled and asked, "How much is it now?"

"The price of the most basic nutrient solution has now risen to one thousand yuan," said engineer Hu Bing.

"I understand why it has increased so much. Thank you." Li Yi fell silent.

"You're welcome." Engineer Hu Bing left after completing the after-sales maintenance work.

"The 50,000 yuan I worked so hard to earn was all gone in the blink of an eye. It seems I can't stop yet. But this incident made me realize that it is impossible to change everything by working hard to earn money. The only way is to change the way I live."

Li Yi touched the half of the knife coin in his pocket and thought silently in his heart.

These two medical cabins were bought with most of his savings before his parents fell asleep. Although they do not require much maintenance on a normal basis, nutrient solution must be added every month to ensure that the life of the Silent Person is maintained normally, otherwise the body of the Silent Person will starve to death.

A medical cabin consumes at least three bottles of nutrient solution per month.

But Li Yi has two medical cabins at home, so six of them will be needed.

This means that Li Yi has to earn at least 4,800 yuan a month to ensure his parents' survival.

Now that the price of nutrient solution has gone up, I have to make at least six thousand a month.

At the beginning, the family had some savings, but after six years, all the savings were gone, the car was sold, and the house was sold. Fortunately, the house in the old city was still kept after my grandparents passed away, otherwise we would have to rent a house.

"Dad, Mom, I have something else to do today and can't stay here with you, but don't worry, I won't give up on you. I will definitely take good care of you and won't let you have any problems or accidents. Wait for me to come back."

Li Yi knew that he couldn't waste time.

People from Lao Ya's side might come looking for him at any time.

Before that, I must determine the value of what I have as soon as possible.

Immediately.

Li Yi found a backpack, packed the tattered clothes from the ancient tomb, then went out with the backpack and the half of the knife coin.

Looking at the little balance left on his phone, in order to save time, he still took a taxi to Uncle Biao's meditation room.

(End of this chapter)