The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 683 Senior Big Shots, what exactly have you been doing here?!

Shen Le wandered aimlessly up and down the mountain, occasionally flying close to the ground.

It must be said that flying on a sword has a clear advantage over flying on the wind in terms of speed and control sensitivity, allowing Shen Le to move nimbly through the treetops and valleys.

At the very least, if someone were to look through binoculars or patrol with a drone, they wouldn't be surprised to see him:

Why can this person fly so high?

He had nothing, not even a jetpack!

He would pause every now and then, release the porcelain tower, meditate while pressing against the tower, and adjust his orientation.

Lean slightly to the left, then slightly to the right, circling the mountain twice before disappearing straight down the rock face of the deep pool:

Just like searching for treasure in a game, even though the game clearly indicates "within 50 meters" or even "within 10 meters", you can circle around seventeen or eighteen times and still not find anything.

Finally, they discovered that what they were looking for was inside the mountain, and they had to crawl into a cave and walk through a winding passage to find it.

The cave entrance was a hundred meters away from our current location, and on another side of the hill...

So, the main goal is to infuriate players to death, without any repercussions.

Shen Le circled around seven or eight times before pinpointing the location. He slowly descended along the rock wall of the deep pool and, hidden beneath the water and swaying aquatic plants, discovered a cave entrance.

Flying on his sword, he plunged into the cave, then slid along the waterway for about ten meters before his eyes suddenly brightened, revealing a clear and open space:
Before us stretched a long passageway. The passageway floor was flat, and the walls were mostly vertical, with fine vertical cut marks on the walls, clearly indicating that it had been carved out by hand.

Walking further down the passageway, the air was surprisingly fresh. Clearly, this passageway led to an exit to the outside world.

"Did I accidentally choose the most difficult path?"

Shen Le muttered to himself, took a step forward, and walked steadily. The passageway became more and more open, and finally, at the end of the passage, a spacious hall came into view.

The hall is about three stories high and half the size of a football field, big enough to accommodate a school's students lining up on the playground, or to park dozens of tanks.

Of course, there were no tanks here, but there were dozens of warhorses, clad in horse armor, standing quietly at the edge of the hall, as if waiting for inspection.

Sunlight streamed down from the top of the hall, draping the warhorses. Their almond-shaped eyes gazed tenderly at Shen Le, as if they were about to snort or nuzzle his hand with their heads.

Although they are just stone horses? Porcelain horses? Terracotta figures? Each one is so lifelike that it feels as if, with a single command, they could truly carry a knight and gallop across the battlefield!

Looking further ahead, shelves are neatly arranged along the walls, and boxes are stacked in the distance, extending all the way to the cave at the edge of the hall.

Shen Le walked over cautiously, her steps becoming lighter and her movements smaller, until finally she even softened her breathing:
what is this?
Are those armors on that shelf?

Is it a weapon?

So far, he has seen three different types of armor, as well as spears, halberds, long swords, bronze hammers, and all sorts of other weapons of varying lengths.

If Professor Zhang were to come here, with his bushy beard, he'd probably be so excited he'd fly away and wouldn't want to leave!

The armor and weapons are all outside, so what exactly is inside these boxes?
Shen Le didn't even dare to reach out and touch it. He stood there, holding up his phone and filming a video, then snapping photos.

After recording all the scenes, I was about to turn around and go out to call for help, asking the teachers to form an archaeological team.

Then, tiptoeing back to the center of the hall, I took out the porcelain tower again, trying to resonate with it and try to get it to point the way:

You brought me here, do you want me to look for something?
It shouldn't be these kinds of things, right?

These things are very precious, but I feel they're not things worth pursuing...

Thank goodness, the porcelain tower did not disappoint him. After a moment of silence, the porcelain tower emitted a dazzling beam of light, pointing straight into the depths of the hall.

Shen Le followed the light and stepped into an exceptionally narrow passage. It grew narrower and higher with each step, until finally, the passage suddenly disappeared—

Shen Le looked up and saw a sliver of sunlight streaming down from above, scattering into a soft white glow. Shen Le focused his mind slightly, then decisively mounted his sword and ascended along the narrow opening through which the sunlight fell, soaring upwards:

Soon, he felt light all over and plunged into a tiny stone chamber.

The entire room was only about half a person's height, less than one square meter in size, and contained a stone sarcophagus with exceptionally exquisite carvings. The moment Shen Le saw it, he was reminded of the coffin in Li Xiaohai's tomb—

Although the famous archaeological coffin was actually not small at all, in fact, it was very large, enough for an adult to lie down in.

The stone coffin in front of Shen Le was three-quarters shorter and three-quarters narrower than it, but even so, it still occupied most of the stone chamber.

Even if Shen Le curled up with his knees drawn up, he still couldn't squeeze completely into the remaining space.

Helpless, he had no choice but to switch from sword-riding mode to stealth mode, moving among the stone walls and soil, slowly communicating with the earth to make the stone chamber walls move aside and give him space:
"Ugh... this structure is so hard to modify..."

Shen Le was sweating profusely while trying to communicate. The stone walls here seemed to have been reinforced by some kind of magic, making them extremely difficult to respond to. Even when they did respond, the speed at which they retreated was outrageously slow.

It took Shen Le at least ten times more effort than usual to raise the roof of the stone chamber a little bit and extend the walls outward a little bit, making room for him to stand.

"Phew... So what exactly is inside this stone coffin...?"

Shen Le carefully knelt before the stone coffin. She dared not reach out to hug it, or even touch it, but only extended her spiritual power slightly, like a wisp of silk, to touch it.

Based on the precision of the stone sarcophagus's edges, it shouldn't be completely sealed; theoretically, anything inside that should have oxidized would have already oxidized. But, what if it is?
What if something was handled inside? What if there's something extremely valuable inside, and he touches it and breaks it? He'll regret it for the rest of his life!

His mental energy circulated seven or eight times before he delved deeper into the stone sarcophagus to explore it carefully. Excellent, this was actually an inner coffin and outer sarcophagus, a standard double-layered structure. He wondered what was buried inside.

His spiritual energy seeped into the inner wall of the stone coffin, barely peeked out, before he quickly withdrew. What was inside was cold, sharp, and awe-inspiringly untouchable.

Although hundreds or thousands of years have passed, Shen Le still has the feeling that if he touches it even slightly, he will be cut into a bloody mess!

Shen Le hesitated for a moment, then slowly sank into the stone wall, leaving only his head and hands above ground. He raised his phone and started filming—

From the front to the left and right sides, and from the top, from panoramic views to details, and from details to macro shots.

He photographed every part that needed to be recorded before surfacing again, embracing the stone sarcophagus with both hands, and softly reciting:
"Huang Yutong!"

【coming! 】

The old house swayed gently on his wrist, flashing a light. Shen Le leaned back forcefully, turned around, and cooperated with the old house to move himself into the house.

The next moment, the earth shook violently, and he lost his balance and fell to the ground!
"let me out!"

Shen Le lay down on the ground, using his body as a cushion to safely place the stone coffin, then gently lifted it to the ground. Immediately afterward, he sprang up with a leap and ran wildly towards the gate of the mansion:

The old house cooperated and let him out. The moment Shen Le rushed out of the house, he immediately put his hands on the ground and lay face down on the ground in a spread-eagle position.

He held the copper piece firmly in his right palm, pouring all his heat into it:
"Suppress it! Suppress it! You must suppress it!"

What exactly is inside this stone coffin?
Why did the mountain start shaking as soon as it was taken away?

No matter what you are, your status isn't higher than that of a bronze plate! Whatever task you can perform, the bronze plate can certainly perform as well—

Please help me, you must help me hold down this mountain!
There are still many ancient armors and weapons in the cave below, and many other artifacts waiting to be discovered!
He closed his eyes tightly, ignoring the sharp pain in his nose from the ground, and desperately channeled his power. The copper plate hummed softly, greedily absorbing the power, and soon, Shen Le felt his right hand being lifted up:
Not just the right hand. The right hand, the right arm, and in an instant, the entire upper body was pulled into the air.

Shen Le looked up in astonishment. The bronze plate gleamed and was unfolding outwards. The two handles on the left and right, and the four sides of the cauldron, had already taken on a deep and heavy form.

On the surface of the cauldron, one side depicts mountains and rivers, while the other side features uneven, raised patterns resembling nipples. The sheer size of these protrusions is palpable.

It remains asleep and unresponsive to the outside world, yet it is still exceptionally fierce, as if it could cause a great disaster if it were to break free!
Shen Le took a deep breath. For so long, since he obtained the copper piece, it had only ever appeared in his mind's eye; this was the first time it had materialized in the real world.
When it first appeared, the four sides of the cauldron were already almost complete, with only the bottom of the cauldron's belly and the four legs not yet extended, and it had not yet shown its most perfect form.

Sigh, I wonder how much more needs to be repaired before it can absorb enough power. Will it need to be repaired all the way back to the Shang Dynasty?
Shen Le briefly contemplated the idea, then quickly unleashed his mental energy, expanding outwards in concentric circles from the copper plate.

After unfolding it only twice, I took a soft breath:
From the mountaintop to the foot of the mountain, and then to the surrounding towering mountains, countless "things" opened their eyes.

Extending further afield, even into densely populated residential areas, their presence can be felt:

They are in the Qinling Mountains, in Tongguan, and even... in Chang'an!

The accumulation of thousands of years of history, the layers upon layers of cities, villages and tombs, those who lived here, sang and wept here, and were finally buried here...

What they left behind were all objects of this "thing's" greed!

And those "things"... they were dark, deep, hungry... they seemed to have been suppressed and sealed for thousands of years, and as soon as they opened their eyes, they were restless and wanted to roar out!
Once they go out... once they go out, the birds and beasts in the mountains, the plants and trees, and even the residents, tourists and pedestrians outside the mountains will surely suffer a great disaster!
Shen Le broke out in a cold sweat instantly. He desperately poured his power into the bronze cauldron, pleading with it to expand its power.

Like a warm golden halo, it expanded outward from Shen Le's center. The first "thing" to come into contact with it roared and tried to break through the halo!
"Get down!"

Shen Le gave a soft shout and pressed down hard with both hands gripping the two handles of the cauldron. The light circle followed the downward pressure, seemingly light, but it felt as heavy as a thousand pounds when it landed on that "thing".

In a daze, Shen Le felt that the "thing" slump down, making a series of cracking sounds, and he didn't know how many bones were crushed—if it had any bones at all...

After the first unlucky creature, a second and a third followed. Before long, all the strange creatures on the entire hilltop cowered in fear, not daring to move an inch.

Shen Le breathed a soft sigh of relief, then once again unleashed his spiritual power to carefully explore:

"Holy crap! What on earth did these senior figures do here?!"

Centered on the place where he stood—or rather, on the location where that stone coffin once stood.

You can reach out and touch the stone wall, lift your foot and step on the stone wall, and rise up through the rocks to reach the summit of a certain peak in Zhongnan Mountain.

However, when one's spiritual power is unleashed, one can sense a huge void leading to a mysterious, deep, and distant place.

Previously, this cavity was blocked by a stone coffin and the entity inside it, preventing the "thing" on the other side from coming over;
But now, the stone coffin has been taken away by Shen Le, and the bronze cauldron and Shen Le have taken its place...

Oh, and those armors, weapons, and horse figurines in the cave below weren't just randomly placed here either.

Shen Le had a feeling that they were connected to the stone coffin. If the stone coffin still existed here, when some small things came out, they were probably just used as shields by the armor and weapons?
"I feel like I got ripped off..."

Shen Le let out a long sigh. The bronze cauldron couldn't stay there forever, and Shen Le himself couldn't remain stationary there indefinitely.
Therefore, either the stone coffins should be brought out again and placed there to suppress them and prevent them from making any rash moves; or...

How do we fill in this hole?
Shen Le frowned and began to explore the hollow. Once, twice, three times. With each exploration, his brows furrowed even more.
"This hole is even bigger than the one I patched up back in Japan! It feels like it's a bit beyond my capabilities for now, what should I do?"

Even if it exceeds one's ability, one must still go; even if there are no conditions, one must create them. Shen Le held a bottle of spiritual liquid in one hand and a gourd of spiritual liquid in the other, unleashing his spiritual power to begin mending thread by thread, horizontal and vertical.
I'd take a bite, rest for a bit, take another bite, rest again. I don't know how long I kept taking bites, but I felt dizzy and collapsed.
"Dear teachers, I've really gone to great lengths for you... In order for you to properly study these cultural relics, I've even dug out my own personal knowledge!"

(End of this chapter)