Chapter 45: Book from Heaven
This statue of the goddess was built much earlier than everything here, and it seems to have long since merged with everything around it, precipitating the vicissitudes of time, but the charm has not diminished.
As for why her face looks so much like Lingxin, I think it may be a coincidence thousands of years ago.
In this world, some of the advanced consciousness of the ancients is not unrecorded, and modern people list them as historical tacit understanding, or in other words, this can also be used as evidence that people can go back to the past.
"Sen, maybe it's just a coincidence." Faced with such facts, Professor Xia was skeptical.
"Yes, the stone statue is like the photo, maybe the charm of this goddess is similar to Lingxin, and we are seated." Seeing that Professor Xia didn't dare to confirm it, I also guessed it.
The buildings around the square, some of which are raised from the ground and some are built on the hills, and their transportation hubs are wooden staircases, which look like ebony wood in color.
Ebony, also known as gloomy wood, was buried in the ground for thousands of years before it was formed, and its value is immeasurable.
As far as we can see, the stairs look like they were made of ebony, and not to mention how much money and manpower it required to build, ebony alone is hard to find.
Professor Xia seemed to have noticed this, and he may have seen some ebony carved ornaments, and he probably hadn't even heard of such an ebony staircase.
Professor Xia glanced at it and motioned for us to come over and have a look, and after I understood what he meant, I nodded.
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"Sen, these people are extravagant enough," Professor Xia sighed, "from the texture and color, as well as the peculiar fragrance emanating from its surface, I judge that these materials are ebony." β
Seeing him holding on to the wooden fence with one hand and exploring carefully, I said to him: "Uncle Xia, from the cross-domain distribution of these stone steps, I don't think there are thousands of ebony roots, and I can't take them down at all. β
"That's right!" Professor Xia said, "Sen, you see, these ebony have a metallic luster and are extremely shiny, so they belong to the best of the ebony.
"The environment here is warm all year round, and it is easy to breed scavengers, and using ebony as a building material can completely avoid these adverse environmental factors."
"Connoisseur!" I praised, "Uncle Xia, the survey data in the market shows that the market price of fine ebony is far more expensive than gold, so I think this is an underground treasure trove." β
"Sen, you're still too young, and there are some things that can't be measured with money at all, which will only make it stench of copper." Professor Xia taught me by word and deed as a person who came from the past.
"That's right." I nodded in agreement.
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We climbed the wooden ladder to the pavilion built in the middle of the mountain, and the square below and the surrounding scenery were unobstructed.
Beneath the eerie white smoke, they are endowed with the charm of ink paintings.
In the pavilion there are stone benches, and even the stone benches are carved with plant textures, like ferns.
Professor Xia walked over and gently dusted off the dust on the stone bench with his hand, but the air here is fresh, the vegetation is lush, and there will be no visible gray layer on the stone bench, Professor Xia's actions can only show that he prefers to be clean.
When he sat down, he reached out and motioned for me to sit down with him.
"Uncle Xia, don't talk about people, I haven't even seen a ghost here, this can't be an empty city, right?" I wondered, "Besides, I was about to go and see the temple gate, why did you stop me?" β
"Sen, there are some things we have to do step by step, don't worry! I thought it was strange that the doors of those houses were closed, and perhaps there was something in them that was not intended to be made public. Professor Xia said, sighing vigorously.
"By the way, Uncle Xia, where do you think Lingxin went?" I asked him.
"Thisβ" Professor Xia looked at me, and at the same time his worried emotions were aroused by me, "Sen, I seem to sense that Lingxin is in danger, after all, we are flesh and blood. Professor Xia looked very depressed and distressed.
"No," I raised my voice, surprised, "don't worry, we'll find Lingxin, and I'm sure she'll be safe." β
"I hope so." Professor Xia lowered his head and said in a deep voice.
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From the square to this halfway up the mountain, Professor Xia sighed a total of 15 times, and it can be seen that he is a pessimist, and he completely entrusts all the tribulations to his state of mind.
Perhaps, optimism is not an effective and exclusive solution to a problem, but it can influence a person's mood and make it more enlightened.
Fortunately, Lingxin did not inherit him in this regard, otherwise once I had doubts, I would have faced the embarrassment of relative silence in Fengyue.
"Senβ" Professor Xia suddenly raised his head and called to me.
His fingers kept swinging, and there was a hint of trepidation in his expression.
"You say," I said, looking at him with a look of longing, ready to listen carefully, "What's the matter, Uncle Xia." β
"Do you know why I didn't go anywhere else and chose to come here?" Professor Xia asked.
"I don't know." I replied.
I replied neatly and without concealing it, because I really don't know why he chose such a desolate place for archaeology.
"Okay," Professor Xia probably thought I would guess a thing or two, and when I said this, he reluctantly continued to talk to me, "Sen, in fact, I happened to get a book before, and it is called "Spiritual Revelation". β
"What?" I can't believe my ears, I guess this book is too nerve-stimulating, "Spiritual Revelation"? β
"You know it?" Professor Xia knocked on the side.
"That's simple, it doesn't even know, I've lived in vain for so many years." I replied.
"But what kind of people are recorded in that book?" I then wondered.
"Hahaha~" After seeing that my interest was ignited, Professor Xia said, "That book is a book from heaven." β
"Book from the sky!" I almost sat on the floor.
The Book of Heaven is regarded as a treasure among the people, and no matter what is contained in the book, it is a breakthrough innovation in terms of technology.
According to ancient legends, the words on the Book of Heaven can be obtained by melting water, reflecting fire, penetrating the light of the 15th full moon, and smearing chemical agents.
Compared with other books, the selection of materials for Tianshu is demanding, and it is difficult for general paper to meet its requirements, and even the cloth rolls woven by Tianshu silk still have technical defects.
There is also a special derivative of this ancient art, which is the microscopic technique.
Micro pay attention to fine, unique refinement. The author of the Ming Dynasty, Wei Zeng has a hand-me-down work "The Story of the Nuclear Boat", which talks about the ancients carving a huge ship on a walnut.
On the giant ship, the expressions of the characters are carved vividly, and even a flying bird is carved out, drawn by a thread of hair condensed to 1/100 of the silk, as if there is nothing.
The first draft of it was retained, however, this detail was omitted from later texts, and perhaps the author felt that it was outrageous. But it's true.
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"Sen, Sen," Professor Xia called out to me.
I flickered for a moment, only to realize that I had just been completely trapped by some associations.
"Uncle Xia, what kind of material is the book made of that day~" Perhaps, I just want to judge its preciousness by its material, and I don't expect to know the content in it, so I still seem a little timid.