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Chapter 280 - 280: Astonishing the World! The Imperial Jade
Chapter 280 - 280: Astonishing the World! The Imperial Jade
Chapter 280: Astonishing the World! The Imperial Jade
Seal Appears? (3)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Gu Santong pointed at the terracotta figure’s feet, excitement filling his voice. “Ah, is this red gold?”
Luo Feng also looked over. A layer of mud had come off the figure’s feet, revealing a golden hue underneath.
“Is the whole figure made of gold?” Luo Feng asked.
“No, it is not entirely gold. I have examined it, and only the feet are red gold. The rest of the figure is made of clay!” Gu Santong had carefully inspected it when he first discovered it. By tapping on the surface, one could determine if it was metal or clay.
“Indeed, it is solid!” Luo Feng tapped the figure’s feet a few times before asking, “So, Master Gu, in the Qin Dynasty, was there any explanation for such terracotta figures?”
Gu Santong replied, “There are no historical records to refer to, but the tomb owner must have had a specific reason for doing this!”
Luo Feng stood for a long time, letting Li Shishi unfold a folding chair for him to sit on. He stared at the treasure hidden beneath the figure’s feet and pondered. Thinking about the large piece of gold found in the fake tomb, Luo Feng’s mind suddenly opened up.
“Could there be something else buried under here?” Luo Feng asked.
“What? More things?” Gu Santong asked in surprise.
“Yes!” Luo Feng nodded, not bothering with formalities. He snatched the small hoe from Su Meiji’s hand. The small hoe was more convenient for working in the small area. Instead of digging immediately, he tapped the brick beneath the figure, “Indeed, it is hollow!”
“Is this another trick of burying gold to suppress the tomb’s energy?” Gu
Santong wondered. “They’ve already done it once; do they need to do it again?”
“I don’t know. We can only find out after digging!” Luo Feng replied. They couldn’t leave things buried; that was not his style.
Quickly, Luo Feng enlisted Master Gu’s help, and the two attempted to lift the terracotta figure. However, Luo Feng had overestimated the old man’s strength. While Luo Feng could lift his side, Gu Santong could not. They had to call upon two younger men to help. After all, the figure’s red gold feet were heavy, as was the clay body itself.
In a short while, the terracotta figure was moved two meters away. Luo Feng glanced at the ground, grabbed Su Meiji’s small hoe, and began digging at the cracks between the bricks.
“I just found a hollow area beneath the floor tiles under the coffin. This area is also hollow. I’ll dig here, and then we’ll go check that side!” Luo Feng speculated that both hollow spots likely held valuable items. Even if they were not valuable, they would still provide significant insight into the tomb owner’s identity.
“Wow! Another hollow area?”
“What is the tomb owner trying to do?”
Gu Santong felt that his archaeological experience was inadequate. One could argue that burying items to suppress the tomb was reasonable, but with the twelve bronze statues, the Nine Zhou Dings, or better known as tripod cauldrons, and the buried gold, it should have been more than enough. What could this ancient tomb not suppress?
But, if the items buried beneath were not meant to suppress the tomb, they must have been things that required suppression themselves. And to suppress them with the terracotta figure’s red gold feet? They must have been extraordinary.
Soon, Luo Feng used Su Meiji’s delicate hoe to carefully remove the floor tile. With the help of An Peng and Zhang Shunyong, they lifted the one-meter-long tile.
“Is it a stone box?” Luo Feng observed. The box was not large, measuring about 40 centimeters in length and 20 centimeters in width. On top of the box, there was a stone lock.
Another real lock? Not a replica? They would need the locksmith from the
arcnaeologlcal team again. But tor now, ne naa not yet entered tne tomD. He should be coming from the tomb they found yesterday, which was a few kilometers away.
“Let’s go check the other side. We’ll wait for the locksmith to arrive!” Luo Feng pursed his lips and walked back to the coffin. “This is the hollow area I discovered earlier.”
“Are there other hollow floor tiles?” Gu Santong asked.
“I am not sure, but when I walked on this tile, something felt off! So, I tapped it a few times, and indeed, it was hollow,” Luo Feng stepped on the tile. “Never mind that, let’s remove this tile first!” Luo Feng inserted Su Meiji’s hoe into the gap between the tiles once more.
With a crack, the handle broke.
“Uh…” Luo Feng scratched his head.
“Su Meiji, you have billions in assets; how did you get a hoe with such poor quality?”
The gap between the tiles was too small for Luo Feng’s Swallowtail Hoe to be inserted. Seeing this, Li Shishi offered her small hoe, which had a beautiful handle with modern peony carvings. If it were an antique hoe, it would have been worth millions.
“Crack! ”
The tile was finally removed by Luo Feng.
Beneath the tile was an enormous piece of gold, covering a square meter. Of course, not just one tile was hollow; several others were too. When two more tiles were removed, there was an even larger piece of gold, covering two square meters.
“Wow! Wow! Another huge piece of gold?”
“Damn! Such a massive piece of gold!”
“Frankly, if this tomb owner is not Emperor Qin Shi Huang, it would be hard to explain these peculiar circumstances.”
“Is this gold still being used to suppress the tomb’s energy?”
At this moment, Luo Feng was also puzzled.. Why would they need so much gold to suppress the tomb’s energy? What was the purpose of it all?