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    After arriving at the new tomb, Shen Wangyan wanted to take off the gas mask, but Jun Zhi stopped him, it is always right to be careful.Young Master Shen didn't bother anymore, and put all his attention back into the tomb.Bao Le watched their actions from the side, and swallowed the idea of taking off the gas mask. Although it was uncomfortable to wear this thing, she still felt that it was necessary to persevere.

    The murals in the tomb were seriously damaged. It was in a state where the white|powder layer was damp and moldy, and the paint layer fell off on a large scale.Can't help but move over.The one-meter-wide "moat" outside the central altar is not a problem for these supermen, they jumped over it with a light step, but Bao Le squatted by the water and observed it for a while.

    "Xiao Jiang, what are you looking at?" Shen San walked to her side.

    Bao Le wondered: "There is nothing in the water...it's strange, why is there nothing?"

    Shen San said: "It's nothing, isn't it a good thing?"

    "The charcoal sketch that Shen Wangyan gave before, I remember clearly that there will be a fish in the marked water, or a fish-like creature. And this fish has two forms, one is golden scales, the tail isRolled up like a gourd; one has silver scales, and the caudal fin is like a blooming hibiscus."

    Shen San patted Bao Le's shoulder: "It doesn't sound like a good thing."

    This is a good point, but it is best not to encounter these strange creatures in the ancient tomb, no matter if they are butterflies, monkeys, mice or fish.

    "However," Shen San said thoughtfully, "Fish has always been an auspicious totem in ancient China, and fish passing through 'Yu' has the meaning of abundance. In addition, in ancient times, the title of the gold list was often described as 'fish leaping over the dragon's gate'Xiao Jiang, let me test you, do you know what kind of fish Yuyuelongmen refers to?"

    Bao Le thought about it seriously: "We all know the saying 'a carp leaps over the dragon's gate', so you must not be a carp when you ask this question."

    Jiang Ning was attracted by their conversation and joined them: "Sturgeon."

    Bao Le was puzzled: "What kind of fish?"

    "Sturgeon, Chinese sturgeon, Northeast sturgeon, and Yangtze River sturgeon," Jiang Ning poked her head, "Have you never heard of this?"

    Bao Le took a sip of his saliva: "It sounds like a very delicious fish, you can eat it!"

    Shen San thought about how cute this girl is, and said with a smile, "I don't dare to eat it indiscriminately. The Chinese sturgeon is a first-class wild protected animal in the country. If you eat it if it is caught in the wild, it is against the law."

    Bao Le shrank his head.

    Jiang Ning whistled in Jun Zhi's direction: "Maybe some of us have actually eaten it."

    After all, he has lived long enough, who knows if he caught fish to eat in the Qing Dynasty, if not in the Qing Dynasty, then in the Ming Dynasty~ Jun Zhi has excellent ears, when he heard what they said, he turned to Jiang NingGot a Byakugan.

    Bao Le was puzzled: "But, why do you say that the one jumping over the Dragon Gate is a sturgeon?"

    Shen Sandao: "Actually, the word 'Longmen' really refers to the Longmen, which is now the Longmen in Luoyang City, Henan Province. Every spring, a large number of sturgeons swim back to the vicinity of the Longmen Cave to lay eggs, and three days before spawning, they swim one after another.Jumping out of the water, before the artistic vocabulary of Yuyuelongmen appeared, the locals called this phenomenon 'Three Miles of Chihe'."

    Bao Le looked taught, showing that he had adopted a new posture.

    Shen San added: "In this myth, the form of a fish leaping into a dragon and transforming into a dragon is also described as 'Aoyu' or 'Aolong'. It is said that the male of this Aoyu has a golden scale gourd tail, and the female has a silver scale.What Furongwei said. I don’t know if it has anything to do with what you said.”

    When Bao Le heard this, he still shook his head and said, "Whether there is contact or not, it is always a good thing that we have no contact."

    Shen San agreed.

    ...

    After Bao Le finished studying the canals surrounding the altar, he and Shen Wangyan studied the furnace in the center.

    This is a very large cauldron with a height of three to four meters. The whole body is pitch black, and the furnace body is very round. It is divided into upper and lower parts, which looks like a gourd.The lid of the furnace tripod is a pointed top, with two furnace ears on the left and right, and three furnace legs, which are supported on the ground in a triangular shape.The carvings on the furnace body are very gorgeous, and the patterns contain the meaning of the sun and the moon. The upper half of the furnace body is the moon, and the lower, larger and more rounded furnace body is the sun.

    Ancient China has always attached great importance to alchemy, mostly for the purpose of longevity.

    It's just that it's not easy to use such a big stove to make alchemy, Bao Le complained in his heart.What made her more interested was the material of the stove, although it looked dark.

    "I really want to scratch it." Bao Le didn't expect that she would really say what was in her heart.

    Shen Wangyan lowered his head and smiled, "No need to shave."

    Bao Le looked at him.

    Young Master Shen continued to use his flat tone and continued: "This thing is made of pure gold."

    The little girl gasped.

    Because gold wares are more expensive, precious or large gold wares were buried in ancient tombs, and they liked to paint a layer of black lacquer to cover up the original luster of gold wares.In this way, if you encounter tomb robbers and are not so knowledgeable, if you see this dark piece, you may lose interest in taking it out, thereby reducing the risk of being stolen.There is a high probability that this furnace has adopted this kind of protection.However, this kind of situation has been encountered many times. Nowadays, the tomb robbers who are the door elites all look at something black and scratch it first.

    Having said that, if the entire furnace was made of gold, how much would it be worth? It was worth Bao Le's breath for it.

    Shen Wangyan tilted his head and asked Bao Le: "Aren't you supposed to be studying murals?"

    The little girl complained: "The murals are too damaged. The first step it needs is not repair, but cleaning and reinforcement. My suggestion is to find a way to remove these murals to a professional studio before proceeding to the next step. Furthermore, There are not enough tools and manpower now, even if the construction is really started, in terms of this amount of work, after the establishment of a professional action team, the construction period will be at least half a year shorter."

    Still the same sentence, she felt that the top priority now was to go out first, get in touch with the outside world, and make a long-term plan for everything.

    Shen Wangyan's eyes dimmed: "No, I don't have that much time."

    "It's not a matter of time. The workload is here. From a professional point of view, I have already given a plan. Today, Qiu Lao and Liu Laolai can only come to this conclusion."

    Young Master Shen clenched his fists, then opened his legs and walked towards the mural.

    Bao Le felt baffled. She could understand his urgency before because he had gone through so many hardships, but he still had no clue about the tomb he was looking for.But now that they have found their destination, the following is just a step-by-step repair work, and everything is developing in a good direction, so in her heart, Young Master Shen's attitude seems more like making trouble for no reason.

    They have too many things to fix right now, each of which is far more important than the current restoration work.

    "Hey."

    Bao Le looked in Jiang Ning's direction, and sure enough Jiang Meiren was talking to her.

    Jiang Ning asked her: "Do you know what a place of enlightenment is?"

    The land of enlightenment is the main reason why Shen Wangyan was so excited when he entered this tomb. For him, this is a word that he is very proud of. The specific reason is unknown.Literally understood, the word "Enlightenment" has a hint of sacrificial meaning, it may be an altar.But she didn't see at all that there was a furnace in the center and the tomb was covered with murals on the surrounding walls, which had the function of an altar.

    Bao Le shook his head.

    Jiang Ning smiled: "Do you still remember Shen Wangyan's 'teaching the next day'?"

    She remembered this, saying that she got it the day after tomorrow, and said that the spine book of the Aisan people was given by them the next day.But this thing is very metaphysical, and she can understand the literal meaning, and Young Master Shen didn't plan to elaborate on it with her.

    "The second day's conferment is the newest heir of each ancient survivor, opened in the Land of Enlightenment."

    Jiang Ning gently opened her lips: "Commonly known as 'pointing the soul'."

    The more Bao Le told her, the more confused she became: "What are you telling me about this?"

    Seeing that she didn't understand, Jiang Ning didn't bother to continue explaining to her. She just reached out and patted her on the head. Before Bao Le was about to protest, she let go and walked towards Shen Wangyan with her long legs..

    ...

    The mural that Shen Wangyan chose to study is one of the better preserved ones, but he can only vaguely see that there are many people on the mural.Including these painted people, they are all fragmented, and it is not easy to see people.

    "See what?" Jiang Ning asked him.

    Shen Wangyan shook his head: "The way to open the land of enlightenment must be on these murals."

    After saying this, he turned his face to the side, looked at Jiang Ning solemnly, and begged, "Help me."

    Jiang Ning lowered her head and smiled: "It's okay to ask me for help, but you understand my rules..."

    Shen Wangyan stretched out his left hand and untied the bandage on his right hand in circles.He doesn't have the ability to recover at a super speed like Jun Zhi, it will be on the palm of his right hand, the not-so-shallow wound is still oozing blood.Shen Wangyan stretched out his right hand in front of Jiang Ning. His wrist was fair, and the lines of meridians under the skin were faintly visible.Unlike the foolish one just now, Jiang Ning showed a joyful expression almost the moment he stretched out his hand.She held Shen Wangyan's wrist carefully, and focused all her attention on his bleeding palm.

    Before she wanted to make any further moves, a hand was pressed on her shoulder, almost with the strength to crush the bones.

    Jiang Ning looked at Jun Zhi coldly.

    "I'm talking to him, and it's not your turn to get involved."

    Jun Zhi still didn't let go, and the atmosphere between the three of them became more and more strange, so strange that Bao Le felt that they couldn't talk anymore, and they might have to fight first.At this moment, Shen Wangyan spoke, he was calling Jun Zhi to back down.

    Jun Zhi glanced at Shen Wangyan in disbelief, with an indescribable emotion in his eyes.

    Bao Le hurried forward to smooth things over, she pulled Jun Zhi to let them have something to talk about, we are all companions, there is no need to make it so stiff, don't you think so.

    Jiang Ning sneered.

    She often laughed like this, and Bao Le was immune to her reaction, and she cared more about Jun Zhi beside her.I don't know if it's because he usually wears black clothes, even if he is ruthless, it won't be so obvious.Now he is wearing Shen Wangyan's white clothes, any slightly fierce aura is incompatible with his appearance, not to mention the first time she truly felt something called killing intent in this man.

    The little girl subconsciously let go of Jun Zhi's hand.

    No matter how dark and turbulent their hearts were, Jiang Ning supported Shen Wangyan's wrist with one hand, and covered his unhealed palm with the other hand.

    Bao Le doesn't know what they did...

    But she saw that countless bright red blood beads were slowly oozing from the clasped hands, and these blood beads rolled down the ground one after another along the palms of their clasped hands.In an instant, the ground under the feet unexpectedly bloomed layer upon layer of Bana flowers.The bright red silky petals on the other side greedily absorb more blood, blooming in full bloom like a flame.

    As time went by, the flowers on the other side became more and more dense, and Shen Wangyan, who had lost too much blood, began to crumble. What was covered by the gas mask was a face that was whiter than snow.

    Jun Zhi caught him and said coldly: "Enough."

    Watching Jiang Ning slowly open her eyes, Bao Le let go of Shen Wangyan's hand. She was very satisfied with her current situation, and even whistled in a good mood.Jiang Meiren shook her long hair, pulled out her white umbrella from behind, looked around, and finally stopped in front of one of the murals.

    They have seen this mural before, and only half of the arch bridge can be seen in the painting, which is relatively poorly preserved among these murals.

    Jiang Ning pulled out her sword from the umbrella, jumped up with the help of the load-bearing pillars on both sides, and danced the sword flower from top to bottom, trying to carve something on the wall.

    Bao Le was startled, bowed his head and said to Shen Wangyan: "She destroys the mural like this, even if the gods come, they can't repair it."

    But Shen Wangyan didn't say a word.

    At that time, looking at the extremely serious expressions of each of them, the young girl finally figured out something belatedly.She thought of the place of enlightenment mentioned by Jiang Ning before, she remembered some souls, she remembered the gift of heaven... even, a long time ago, what Shen Wangyan said to her while standing in his basement.

    Perhaps, their initial goal was not "fresco restoration" in the academic sense.

    ...

    Jiang Ning fell to the ground and put the sword in the umbrella.

    She looked back and smiled all over the city.

    Bao Le was shocked to find that the mural behind Jiang Ning was actually alive, it was really "alive" in the literal sense.

    A flowing river appeared on the wall. Originally, there was only half of the arch bridge left, but after completion, a complete horizontal frame was placed on the river.Countless people of similar stature, dressed in white robes and masks, shuttled from one side of the bridge to the other, repeating two actions repeatedly: sowing and picking.But they seem to be sowing and picking the air. They don't have the real thing, and the missing piece is the most important part.

    Bao Le felt that this scene looked familiar, so he tried hard to recall it.

    The young master of the Shen family walked over slowly with Jun Zhi's support, and the clumps of Bianhua flowers followed him all the way, which seemed to be blooming every step of the way.When he walked up to the mural, Shen Wangyan signaled to Junzhi, who let go of his hand, and Young Master Shen raised his hand and tapped the mural that was still moving... What was amazing was that the flowers on the other side of his feet clung to his arms one after another,Fighting to get into the painting.

    In an instant, a ten-mile flower gallery bloomed on the riverside on the mural.

    Now, our classmate Bao Le, even if he can't remember where he looks familiar, it is difficult.

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