chsdbacks Chapter 166 Dragon and Phoenix Jade Pendant and Lotus Jade Bracelet
Chapter 166 Dragon and Phoenix Jade Pendant and Lotus Jade Bracelet
The tomb passage was brightly lit by lights. The walls were adorned with exquisite murals depicting scenes from the life of the tomb's occupant.
Niannian and Guigui looked around curiously, asking questions in hushed tones.
"Dad, what are the people in this picture doing?"
"They are hunting."
"Dad, what's that?"
"That's a clay pot, used by ancient people to store water."
Jiang Xinlan followed beside them, patiently explaining to the children with a gentle smile on her face.
Soon, the group arrived at the main burial chamber.
In the very center of the main burial chamber, there is a bronze tripod as tall as a person.
The bronze cauldron is entirely black, covered with densely packed runes and some strange patterns, giving it an ancient and mysterious appearance.
A dozen or so archaeological experts gathered around the bronze cauldron, discussing it with worried expressions.
"What do these runes mean? I've studied ancient scripts my whole life and I've never seen runes like these before."
"Yes, it's so strange, it doesn't resemble the script of any dynasty."
"Could it be some kind of password?"
Director Wang walked up to Shen Yu, smiling, and said, "Mr. Shen, look, this is the bronze cauldron. Could you help us see what these runes mean?"
Shen Yu walked up to the bronze cauldron and examined it carefully.
"These are tomb-guarding runes," he said calmly.
"It was used to suppress the soul of the tomb owner and prevent him from turning into a corpse. It contains the life story of the tomb owner, Liu Huan, the illegitimate son of the Prince of Chu. During his life, he was obsessed with cultivating immortality and sought out masters everywhere in order to achieve immortality."
Unfortunately, he died of illness before he could complete his cultivation. After his death, he buried all the cultivation manuals and the jade he had collected inside this bronze cauldron.
All the archaeological experts were stunned, staring blankly at Shen Yu, their faces full of shock.
They spent the whole morning studying the runes but couldn't understand them, while Shen Yu understood them all at a glance?
"Mr. Shen, how... how do you recognize these runes?" an old expert couldn't help but ask.
"I've seen it in an ancient book before," Shen Yu said casually.
Of course, he wouldn't tell them that these were the most basic runes in the cultivation world, which he already recognized.
At the same time, he was also somewhat surprised.
I thought there was no cultivation tradition in this world. Unexpectedly, I found runes on this bronze cauldron that only exist in the cultivation world.
Could it be that there were cultivators in this world a thousand years ago?
Thinking of this, Shen Yu became interested in what was inside the bronze cauldron. He reached out and gently pushed open the lid of the bronze cauldron.
With a clatter, the lid fell to the ground.
A faint, pleasant fragrance wafted from the cauldron.
Everyone crowded around to take a look and saw that the cauldron was filled with all kinds of jade artifacts, including jade pendants, jade bracelets, jade hairpins, and some jade ornaments. Each of them had a warm and smooth texture and a soft luster, and they were all top-quality Hetian ancient jade.
Beneath the jade artifact lay several tattered bamboo slips.
Shen Yu reached out and rummaged through the jade artifacts, picking out two jade pendants shaped like dragons and phoenixes and a jade bracelet with a lotus scroll design.
As expected of items related to cultivation, all three contain spiritual energy. Although they cannot compare to high-grade spirit stones in the cultivation world, they are still considered mid-grade.
If one can absorb all the spiritual energy here, it is equivalent to three months of arduous cultivation.
Jiang Xinlan and her two children have not been able to formally cultivate their Qi. With this Hetian jade, and with his help, he believes that they will be able to formally cultivate their Qi soon.
Shen Yu then took out the bamboo slips and handed them to Director Wang: "These are his cultivation notes. They're not very useful. You can keep them for your research."
"Great! Great! Thank you so much, Mr. Shen!" Director Wang excitedly accepted the bamboo slip, as if it were a priceless treasure.
All the archaeological experts crowded around, excitedly studying the bamboo slips and constantly exclaiming in amazement.
Shen Yu looked at them, shook his head, and took Jiang Xinlan and the children's hands, walking out of the main tomb chamber.
To him, these so-called cultivation notes were not cultivation methods at all; following them would not yield any real results.
Otherwise, the tomb owner would not have died of illness.
What he wants most right now is the merit and spiritual energy that will allow him to break through to the Golden Core stage.
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Back home, Shen Yu took out the pair of dragon and phoenix jade pendants and the lotus-patterned jade bracelet, and first formed a pale golden purification spell on his fingertips.
Fine golden light flowed like water over the lotus-patterned jade bracelet and the dragon and phoenix jade pendant, instantly purifying the cold tomb atmosphere that had accumulated on the jade surface for thousands of years, mixed with the decaying evil energy of the burial pit.
The jade bracelet, which originally had a slightly dark gray hue, suddenly became warm and translucent, with an oily luster shining through from the inside, and it felt warm to the touch.
Jiang Xinlan stood beside him, watching the jade bracelet change with her own eyes. She reached out and touched it in surprise: "It felt cool just now, how come it's warm now?"
"The tomb has a lot of yin energy, so you have to clean it first before you can wear it."
Shen Yu held her wrist and gently slipped the jade bracelet onto her wrist; the size fit her fair skin perfectly.
"This is a good thing; it has spiritual energy that can help with cultivation. Wear it close to your body and don't take it off."
He then turned around and squatted down, tying the phoenix pendant to Niannian's red string and the dragon pendant to Guigui's head, before gently patting the two children's heads:
"Wear this, and don't lose it, okay?"
The two children touched the cool jade pendants around their necks and nodded vigorously, "We know, Dad!"
Back home in Beijing, the family completely relaxed.
Late at night, Niannian and Guigui were fast asleep in the children's room, the jade pendants around their necks pressed against their skin, gleaming with a very faint light.
The pure spiritual energy of the jade was slowly seeping into their flesh and meridians, nourishing their pure bodies.
In the master bedroom, Shen Yu set up a minimalist spirit-gathering array on the floor.
The moment the array patterns lit up, the sparse spiritual energy of heaven and earth slowly gathered around, making the air in the bedroom much fresher.
"Come sit over here." He patted the prayer mat at the center of the formation.
Tonight, he plans to use the spiritual energy within the lotus-patterned jade bracelet to help Jiang Xinlan break through the Qi Refining stage.
Jiang Xinlan sat down cross-legged as instructed, nervously clutching the hem of her clothes: "Can I really learn this? Am I too slow?"
"Don't worry, I'm here." Shen Yu sat behind her, gently placing his palms on her back.
"Relax your body, don't think about anything, just follow my spiritual power."
A gentle yet pure spiritual energy slowly flowed into Jiang Xinlan's meridians.
The spiritual energy within the jade bracelet was simultaneously activated, and the two streams of spiritual energy converged, flowing slowly along the meridians.
Shen Yu deliberately slowed down, guiding the spiritual energy little by little to gather in the lower abdomen, specifically the dantian.
The process took an hour and a half, and I dared not be impatient in the slightest, for fear that the spiritual energy would collide with and damage her body.
When the last wisp of spiritual energy condensed into a faint but stable mass of energy within her dantian, Jiang Xinlan slowly opened her eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.
"I can feel it!" She raised her hand in surprise and touched her lower abdomen. "It's warm here, and... I think I can hear the crickets chirping downstairs. I've never heard that before."
"Early stage of Qi Refining Level 1." Shen Yu withdrew his hand, a look of satisfaction in his eyes. "Your cultivation is still shallow. You can only cleanse your marrow and improve your five senses, but you don't have any practical combat abilities. From now on, meditate for half an hour every evening after dinner to gradually stabilize your cultivation."