Chapter 260: Riding the Celestial Horse at Noon! The Dragon Ascends the Twelve -Layered Heavenly Ladder!
The Emperor’s Grand Design! (1)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The live streaming audience was visibly disappointed and dumbfounded upon seeing the empty space inside the coffin.
“Damn it! These tomb raiders are inhuman. Did they really take everything?”
“What’s the point if there are no treasures left?” “Isn’t there still a little something left?”
“Just that little bit, it probably isn’t worth much, right?”
“You can always trust tomb raiders not to leave anything valuable behind!”
“Last time in the ancient tomb in the mountains, Old Luo was lucky as it was only the first time the tomb raiders had visited. Otherwise, there would have been nothing good left!”
At this moment, Luo Feng was at a loss for words. The only items left were some iron tools and pottery jars, which were practically worthless. However, they still held some value. Among the artifacts from the pre-Qin era, the most valuable burial items were bronzeware.
“All the good stuff has been taken by our predecessors. Now we can only look inside the tomb passage!”
“Ugh, what predecessors? We’re doing this openly and honorably, they’re thieves!” Upon speaking those words, his viewers seemed to have reached enlightenment.
“Holy crap! Host? Are you indirectly admitting that your ancestors belonged to a tomb-raiding sect?”
“It has been confirmed! You even called these tomb raiders your predecessors.”
Luo Feng rolled his eyes, “If I now call the Grand Supreme Elder my predecessor, you’ll say I’m practicing immortality, right?”
Without saying much more, Luo Feng retraced his steps along the original path. The tomb passage was truly depressing, constructed with golden-yellow cypress wood. It felt eerie and chilling. After walking for a while, they reached a tomb passage that was over five meters wide. Upon shining light shone on the walls, dozens of skeletal remains were revealed to be lining the passage.
Golden light was scattered across the walls on both sides of the tomb passage, punctuated with treasures. As Luo Feng walked past, he could not find any treasures.
How strange, he thought to himself.
Could the treasures be hidden inside the walls? Despite this idea, destroying the ancient tomb structure was something Luo Feng could not do.
“Huh? Are these murals?”
Suddenly, Luo Feng noticed faint patterns on the walls on both sides. They were too far away to see clearly before, but now that they were closer, they were indeed murals.
On the murals, there was a figure in a black robe, driving a chariot pulled by four horses. He gazed into the distance with an air of dominance. Surrounding him were warriors charging into battle alongside him, their expressions fierce and deadly. In the forefront, a soldier’s spear pierced an enemy.
The murals likely depicted the tomb owner’s shining moments during their lifetime — namely scenes of war. There were also several murals featuring sacrificial ceremonies, with the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor as the objects of worship.
“Haha, the host didn’t come here for nothing. These are such exquisite murals!” “But it’s not easy to sell these murals, right?”
“How would he even sell them? Is he going to remove the walls and take them with him?”
Of course, murals could be removed. Luo Feng had once watched a TV show called “Tomb Passage” in which some tomb raiders specialized in extracting murals. However, that was a skillful task: it involved cutting off just the surface layer of the wall without damaging the mural itself.
In ancient times, tomb raiders did not have such advanced techniques, so they could not take these murals with them. Those with a conscience would leave them be, while the unscrupulous ones would destrov them since thev were unable to benefit from them.
Although the system estimated that the treasures in the tomb were worth only tens of millions of yuan, Luo Feng believed that if all these murals were removed, their value could potentially exceed hundreds of millions. In spite of this, Luo Feng decided that there was no need for that. He would rather leave these murals for the authorities.
After all, Luo Feng did not lack money, and had he resorted to such actions, he would be no different from the greedy, shameless tomb raiders.
The murals were far more impressive on the walls than if they were removed. After examining the murals, Luo Feng stroked his chin in thought. “Guys, I think I have a rough idea of the identity of the tomb owner!”
“What? You already figured it out?”
“We haven’t even seen the tomb owner’s epitaph. How did you figure it out?” “During the pre-Qin period, there probably weren’t any tombstones, right?”
“You’re overthinking it. Did you think that there would be a tombstone left?
The tomb raiders would have taken it away long ago.”
Luo Feng addressed his viewers, “If you look at these murals, they depict the tomb owner’s glorious moments in battle and a few images of him offering sacrifices to the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor.”
“In ancient times, those with burial rites can be determined to be from before the time of Duke Xian of Qin!” “And the tradition of worshiping the Yellow Emperor and Yan Emperor had been interrupted for some time before it was restored during the time of Duke Ling of Qin!”
“In other words, we can speculate that the identity of the tomb owner can only be one of the four rulers between Duke Ling of Qin and Duke Xian of Qin!” “First of all, let’s rule out Duke Xian of Qin. You may not be familiar with him, but he’s the father of Duke Xiao of Qin, who invited Shang Yang to Qin and started the rise of the Qin state!”
“Why rule out Duke Xian of Qin? Because he was the one who abolished the human sacrifice system, so he is definitely the first one to be ruled out.”
“The four rulers before Duke Xian of Qin were: Duke Chu of Qin, Duke Hui of Qin, Duke Jian of Qin, and Duke Ling of Qin.”
“Let’s talk about Duke Jian of Qin first.. His greatest achievement during his reign was the reform of rituals and the construction of the Great Wall in the eastern region to resist foreign tribes! This was one of the earliest Great Walls during the Warring States Period! After his death, the scenes of the Great Wall would definitely be recorded in the murals, but they are not present!”
