TRSFTATTYA Chapter 66

The stone slab was cleaned, revealing its original appearance.
Everyone’s eyes were practically glued to it.
This wasn’t just any stone slab; it was a whole piece of jade!
Jin Wantang swallowed his saliva, “This tomb owner is too extravagant, using a jade slab as a coffin weight!”
The others also sighed in amazement…
You had to know that all the jade artifacts that had been buried with the deceased had been weathered away by the years and the soaking of corpse oil, but this jade slab had been completely preserved.
At this moment, Su Ze exclaimed in surprise because he smelled a familiar scent.
The smell of death!
Not the smell of rotting corpses, but a special smell found in the jade veins of the Zhang Family Ancient Building/Tower.
Could it be that this jade slab was cut from the jade vein in the Zhang Family Ancient Building/Tower?
That jade vein in the Zhang Family Ancient Building/Tower is indeed very unique.
It contains *xi luo tuo* (untranslatable), and the coffin of the Zhang family’s ancestor is also placed on top of a huge piece of jade. Back then, the Banai Burial Team also wanted to bring in that mysterious coffin to replace the coffin of the Zhang family’s ancestor.
The jade here seems to possess a strange power.
Su Ze couldn’t exactly describe what it was, but he knew it must be related to immortality…
However, the people of the Archaeology Team were more interested in the words on the jade slab.
The words on the jade slab were not ancient Chinese characters, but another script, Jurchen script.
Wang Zanghai seemed to have a special fondness for Jurchen script.
Only the signature used Chinese characters, surprisingly three powerful strokes of calligraphy.
Wang Zanghai!
Except for Su Ze and Zhang Qiling…
Chen Wenjin said in surprise, “The tomb owner is indeed that extraordinary figure from the Ming and Qing dynasties!”
Before coming here, they had already researched the Undersea Tomb, and their ultimate guess was that the owner of this tomb was likely Wang Zanghai, and now it was finally confirmed.
Besides being surprised, everyone began to study the ancient characters on the jade slab.
Naturally, Qi Yu was the most knowledgeable about ancient texts.
Wu Sansheng had learned so many ancient scripts, because Wu Laogou (Wu Sansheng’s father) raised him based on Qi Yu’s template.
Therefore, everyone’s attention naturally fell on Qi Yu.
Qi Yu crouched down and studied it roughly…
After a while.
Qi Yu said, “This jade slab first records Wang Zanghai’s life story, saying that he was ordered by the Ming Dynasty’s founding emperor to participate in the construction of the Ming Ancestral Mausoleum. Later, when the Ming Dynasty moved its capital, he was appointed by the Ming Chengzu (Yongle Emperor) to directly design the entire Ming Imperial Palace. It also says…”
Jin Wantang quickly interrupted, “Okay, okay, Brother Qi Yu, I don’t want to hear about his life story. Just tell us the main points!”
Qi Yu glanced around and realized that everyone felt the same way, so he had no choice but to pick out the main points, “It says that a strange man from the north wanted to hire him to build a mausoleum, but he refused. However, that man took out something that he couldn’t refuse, so he came to the distant Arabia and helped that man build a mausoleum.”
“Based on that man’s requirements, he designed and built a mausoleum that even he himself was shocked by. That mausoleum is in the sky!”
“In the sky?”
As soon as this was said, everyone’s eyes widened…
How could a mausoleum be built in the sky?
Chen Wenjin said at this time, “I do recall a folk legend, which says that Wang Zanghai used a giant kite in conjunction with a large number of gold threads to create the illusion of a magnificent aerial palace, which is Yun Ding Heavenly Palace, to please Zhu Yuanzhang.”
Everyone was also a little confused.
If the legend was false, then what was recorded in the jade slab? If the legend was true, then, did the jade slab indicate that Wang Zanghai really built a palace floating in the sky?
Legend and fact, fact and legend, which was false and which was true, everyone couldn’t help but let their imaginations run wild for a moment.
“Brother Qi, stop dawdling, quickly tell us where Yun Ding Heavenly Palace is?!” Jin Wantang’s eyes were shining, and he couldn’t wait to urge him.
Feeling the eager gazes of everyone, Qi Yu didn’t dare to delay any longer and continued:
“It doesn’t say where Yun Ding Heavenly Palace is, but it does say that he hid the secrets of Yun Ding Heavenly Palace on three bronze fishes, and that future destined people will find his most proud work.”
Bronze fish?
Everyone was thoughtful.
Only Chen Wenjin, Huo Ling, and Zhang Qiling subconsciously looked at Su Ze.
Because they remembered that when they were at the Zhang Family Ancient Building/Tower, they had discovered a peculiar snake-eyebrow bronze fish, and Su Ze had also deciphered the secret in it. Now that bronze fish was in Su Ze’s hands.
What they didn’t know was that Su Ze already had two snake-eyebrow bronze fishes in his hands.
At this time, Li Sidi said, “Could it be that Zhou Tianqi wanted to find these bronze fishes? By the way, where’s Wu Sansheng?”
Wu Sansheng?!
Everyone was stunned, and then they suddenly realized that Wu Sansheng, who had said that he was going to collect those scuba gear, had been gone for quite some time.
Chen Wenjin revealed a worried expression, “Could it be that something happened to Lao Wu?”
Su Ze smiled and didn’t say anything.
After the Archaeology Team recovered from their shock, they found tools to rub off the text under the jade slab, and when they came out, they would look for information and study it carefully.
“We’ve already spent a lot of time here, let’s go quickly.”
As the captain of the Archaeology Team, Chen Wenjin knew that they had to hurry up and leave this tomb chamber.
Because the real main tomb chamber had not yet been found, and they could not spend too much time here.
Everyone quickly packed up and prepared to leave this tomb chamber, looking for another way out.
However, at this time, Su Ze stopped everyone, “Wait.”
Everyone turned their heads to look at Su Ze, only to see him putting his hands on the walls of the tomb chamber, and said, “There’s a mechanism here.”
After saying that, Su Ze continued to explore along the tomb wall, and suddenly pushed inwards with force.
“Rumble…”
The tomb wall next to it suddenly moved, stirring up a lot of dust.
After a while.
A stone door opened, and a flight of stone steps appeared in front of everyone. It was pitch black inside, and they could only see that the stone steps were going downwards.
Everyone couldn’t help but cheer in excitement.
Shining a flashlight inside, the stone steps spiraled downwards, not knowing where they led.
There was no other better choice at this time, so this path was undoubtedly the one they had to take.
But now the problem was, what to do with this jade slab?
Everyone knew that this jade slab was not simple, and bringing it out would even cause a sensation, but the problem was how to bring it out.
The jade slab could be used as a coffin weight, so one could imagine its weight.
Li Sidi tried it, but after only a few steps with it on his back, he couldn’t go on. It would definitely be impossible to walk out of the Undersea Tomb like this.
When the state organizes a large archaeological team in the future to excavate the entire ancient tomb, they will bring it out again.
Su Ze himself requested to guard the rear. As one of the two strongest people in the team, choosing to guard the rear did not arouse any suspicion.
Su Ze guarding the rear was naturally in order to put that jade slab into his personal space…
Everyone walked down the stone steps, being careful along the way, but nothing special happened.
“What is that?!”
Chen Wenjin, who was following behind Zhang Qiling, suddenly said.
Everyone looked in the direction she was pointing, only to see that the end of the stone steps was actually a pool of water.
Walking closer quickly.
Only then could everyone barely see clearly.
The bottom of the pool was a circular plane with a diameter of ten meters, with relief carvings around it. Everyone couldn’t see clearly what the specific pattern was.
However, Su Ze could see clearly that they were nine dragons with bared fangs and brandished claws, quite lifelike, and the dragon’s mouths were precisely the outlets for the water.
Zhang Qiling narrowed his eyes slightly, “There seems to be someone at the bottom of the pool!!”

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