Chapter 37: Jade Ding

After the strange insect was destroyed, the two leopards retreated along the side of the mysterious man, and finally dispersed into two clouds of mist.

After the leopard left, the mysterious man took out a blue-red ball from his waist pocket.

"Look, what's that?" Lingxin reminded.

"I don't know, I guess this person has an idea again." Professor Xia speculated on the sidelines.

However, I remained silent.

It's hard for me to figure out what this mysterious man will do next, but his behavior is so amazing every time.

At this moment, the mysterious man threw the ball he was holding into the air, and he shattered it with marbles.

The marble shattered and exploded, revealing an eerie mist that shimmered with golden light.

The powdery mist scattered onto the laborers on the ground, and the unthinkable happened.

The golden dust repaired the wounds of the laborers, and one of the laborers I saw had a wounded leg that had been bitten by insects, but it was healed as before.

The rest of the laborers were also healed, and when their wounds healed, they stood up and looked around, before they could realize what was happening.

They were frightened by the horror of the insects, and they lost their souls, and it was normal for them to seem confused at this time.

While the laborers were talking, the mystery man disappeared again.

"Sen, Lingxin, did you two see where that person went?" Professor Xia seemed to notice the problem and wondered me.

"No, I was surprised by what I just saw, my eyes were completely locked in the trickery of the mysterious man, but I ignored his whereabouts." I said, searching the crowd again.

"I haven't seen it either." Lingxin muttered.

"It seems that this person only exists to solve problems." Professor Xia summed it up.

As for his words, I think the man in black seems to be reluctant to show up in such a situation as before, he may be deliberately hiding his whereabouts.

"Look at those people." Lingxin pointed to them for both of us.

The laborers who have been "brought to life" from the ground by the tricks of the mysterious man continue the construction work. I couldn't see the slightest hint of fear in their expressions.

According to common sense, how could they be indifferent to such a big thing that had just happened, and their first reaction should be to run away.

However, they are still working in their place.

"Could it be ......" Seeing this, Professor Xia speculated, "They have forgotten everything just now?" ”

"Well, I think that's a big possibility." Lingxin frowned.

"I think so, all the memories of what they just went through were taken away by the mystery man," I said, "and it's actually easy to judge, judging from their expressionless faces and proper behavior, their memories have not only been taken away by the mystery man, but they have been taken more thoroughly."

"Just imagine, if we were to survive the catastrophe, we would definitely find a way to escape from here - maybe normal people would have this kind of awareness. Or, even if they were afraid of the majesty of the mysterious man and did not dare to leave their posts without permission, but with so many people around them, how could they work with one mind and ignore them.

So, I suspect that this mysterious man will brainwash people on a regular basis, making them live like working machines, day and night. ”

"This man is truly hateful!" Lingxin then scolded.

"Sen, as you see it. Are these people suffering from Gu? Professor Xia asked.

Professor Xia's words really woke up the dreamer. Although I don't know why the mysterious person can make the rotten flesh alive and the seriously ill healed, he makes these people completely unremember what happened before, obviously only the possibility of the middle Gu is higher.

"I think so, judging by their behavior, it's very likely." I nodded in agreement.

At this time, Ling Xin stepped forward and crouched down beside a laborer who was carving the ornaments of the dungeon.

"Come and see." Lingxin waved at us sideways.

Apparently, she seemed to have made a discovery. Professor Xia stepped forward quickly, wanting to explore.

When I saw them pass, I stayed where I was for a few seconds and followed.

The thing that the mind wondered about was not the craftsman, but the ornaments carved by the man.

As we all know, the most common burial goods in the underground palace are those that come with them, and some of them have never been sold to the people, and they are priceless.

"It's just carving a tripod." I said flatly.

At this time, Professor Xia turned to look at me, and his eyes made me read a terrible taste.

"Sen, this is no ordinary ding." Professor Xia is here for this.

I was very puzzled by what he said. Ding in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it is really too common, and most of them are cast in bronze. The craftsman in front of him is carving the stone tripod, which makes people think that the lord of this underground palace will not be so poor!

Just as I was thinking, I saw that they were still looking at it, so I stepped forward and urged them with some impatience: "Let's figure out how to get out first, don't ......."

Before I could fully blurt out my words, I was surprised by what I saw: this craftsman was carving a stone tripod, which was clearly a huge jade rough.

"Hey," Ling Xin turned to look at me, "Sen, I can't think of it, it's a piece of jade. ”

"Well, it's intriguing!" I added their "treasure connoisseur" team.

The weight of this rough jade stone is estimated to be about a few tons, and it is complete as a stone, with only a thin layer of impurity stone attached to the surface.

Craftsmen are taking the jade rough as a base and carving out a tripod from it.

Half of the work has been carried out, and half of the tripod has emerged from the stone.

Not to mention that this jade rough is valued according to our current market value, and the broken jade it discarded, if you pick up a piece, it is also worth a lot.

Beside the craftsman there was a scroll of drawings with sketches of graphite drawings, which would have been difficult to draw so finely with our current state of technology.

Judging from his sketches, the arrow symbol is clearly marked on it, which is used to indicate the angle of the chiseling.

Jade was very valuable, even exceeding the value of gold and silver at the time, so once the craftsman made a mistake in chiseling, the price of the whole jade would fall, and it was impossible to estimate.

"Sen, I didn't expect that there would be such a skilled craftsman in ancient times." Professor Xia expressed his feelings to me.

"Well, Uncle Xia. Judging from this person's methods and skills, it seems that he has not wasted anything, which is really rare. I replied.

Although I don't know how to engraving, it seems to have similarities with Kanyuxue, and the angle at which the craftsman chisels can be described as tricky, but this angle can make the most of the material.

"Look, this tripod is already half carved, even though its tripod wall is thick, but it looks like it is shining with green light." I prompted.

"Oh, although the tripod is only half carved, the tripod is also carved." Listening to the heart suddenly realized.

"It's a big deal!" Professor Xia silently admired. I reckon he, like me, had never seen such a huge rough jade and its accompanying artifacts.

Maybe for me, the price is priceless, but the ingenuity is priceless. The craftsman flexibly uses all kinds of tools, and the pattern lines of the body are presented one by one under his hands

- In particular, the sacred beast carved out of the top body is even more vivid and prohibitive, it is almost real—although I don't know what this sacred beast is called—it does not belong to any of the kinds we know, and it is not even recorded in ancient myths.