Movie variety show soul travels between two worlds to become a rich man

Chapter 794 Applying Maximum Pressure - A Do-or-Die Strategy
"please--"

"Thank you."

Gao Dongxu smiled as he picked up the tea that Yin Nanfeng had poured for him, and as he looked at her slender, fair, and delicate fingers, he raised an eyebrow almost imperceptibly.

Very beautiful hands.

It must be said that Yin Nanfeng is a very distinctive beauty. She has a gorgeous and beautiful face, a petite and slender figure that cannot hide her alluring charm, and a cool and domineering temperament. In particular, the beauty mark at the corner of her eye is unforgettable.

Of course, what attracted Gao Dongxu the most was her lips, which perfectly exemplified what it means to have cherry-like lips.

As Yin Nanfeng picked up her teacup and took a sip, she noticed Gao Dongxu looking at her with admiration. She frowned slightly, but didn't overreact. Instead, she put down her teacup and gracefully crossed her long legs. The glimpses of her fair and translucent skin at the slit were like blank spaces in an ink painting, inviting endless imagination.

"Mr. Gao, is there something you need today?"

"Hehe, there is indeed something I need. I wouldn't be here without a reason. I have something I'd like to entrust to the New Moon Hotel for auction. However, I need you to notify your clients worldwide within four days..." Gao Dongxu put down his teacup and said with incredibly bright eyes.

"Oh?!" Yin Nanfeng looked surprised and asked Gao Dongxu with a gleam in her beautiful eyes, "Can you tell me what it is? If it is really a rare treasure, no problem, I can notify the Crescent Hotel's customers all over the world."

"Mr. Yin, have you ever heard of the Eastern Xia Kingdom that once existed in the Northeast?" After asking the question, Gao Dongxu took out a cigarette and a lighter and lit one for himself.

“Dongxia Kingdom?” Yin Nanfeng repeated the name with a furrowed brow, then shook his head.

However, as she repeated the words "Eastern Xia Kingdom," Zhang Rishan, who was living in seclusion on the rooftop of the Crescent Moon Hotel and soaking in the bathtub, suddenly opened his eyes.

With a whoosh, he stood up from the bathtub, grabbed a white bathrobe, put it on his wet body, and walked barefoot to the listening device. He sat down, his face serious, his eyes full of curiosity.

“The Eastern Xia Kingdom was a country that existed at the same time as the Southern Song Dynasty. It only existed for a very short period of 19 years, so most people in later generations have no impression of it. It’s normal that you haven’t heard of it,” Gao Dongxu explained with a smile.

Yin Nanfeng raised an eyebrow slightly, looked at Gao Dongxu, and said with a glint of surprise in her beautiful eyes, "This item of yours, Boss Gao, must be related to the Eastern Xia Kingdom, right?"

"That's right, the founding monarch of the Eastern Xia Kingdom was named Puxian Wannu, also known as the Wannu King..."

Gao Dongxu recounted the history of the Eastern Xia Kingdom from its founding to its destruction by the Mongols, providing Yin Nanfeng with a popular science lesson.

"...Historical records state that when the Mongol army besieged the capital of the Eastern Xia Kingdom, the reigning emperor, Puxian Wannu, was captured, and the Eastern Xia Kingdom was declared extinct."

However, the truth is that, under the invasion of the Mongol army, the Wannu King had no choice but to lead his people to relocate to Changbai Mountain, an underground world of an ancient heavenly palace, and sever all contact with the world above ground.

Legend has it that the Eastern Xia Kingdom lasted for fourteen generations in the underworld, and what I'm auctioning off is the map of the Eastern Xia Kingdom's imperial tomb, the Heavenly Palace on the Cloud Top, which accumulated the wealth of fourteen generations of Wan Nu Kings!

"What?!" Yin Nanfeng suddenly stood up and exclaimed in surprise. Her beautiful face was filled with shock. Her fair and slender hands tightly gripped the closed folding fan, so tightly that the fan ribs were dislocated.

"You heard me right, I'm auctioning off a detailed map that can lead to the Heavenly Palace on the Cloud Top of the Eastern Xia Kingdom's imperial mausoleum!" Gao Dongxu said, a cigarette between his fingers, a teacup in his other hand, as he smiled and took a sip of tea.

Yin Nanfeng's already large eyes widened even further as she stared at Gao Dongxu, asking with a look of astonishment, "Auction price—"

“One hundred million... US dollars!” Gao Dongxu said with a smile.

Yin Nanfeng was initially taken aback when she heard "one hundred million," not expecting such a low price. However, upon hearing the "dollars," she nodded in relief, sat down again, and frowned at Gao Dongxu with bright eyes, saying, "How can you prove that the map you provided is genuine?"

Gao Dongxu smiled and took out the snake-browed bronze fish and placed it on the table.

"Snake-browed bronze fish?!" Yin Nanfeng exclaimed upon seeing it.

"Hehe, it seems Mr. Yin recognizes this item." Gao Dongxu said with a meaningful smile.

“Of course I know it. Several customers have entrusted our Crescent Moon Hotel to find this item. A single piece of information is worth a million, and we’ll buy it for ten million.” Yin Nanfeng picked up the snake-browed bronze fish, examined it carefully, and then frowned and said, “It’s from the early Ming Dynasty. Now I finally understand why so many people are looking for it. It turns out it’s related to an imperial tomb.”

"Hehe, it's not just about the imperial tombs." Gao Dongxu smiled faintly, put down his teacup, picked up the teapot, and poured a cup of tea for himself and Yin Nanfeng.

"Oh? There's a secret here?" Yin Nanfeng's beautiful eyes brightened even more. She had really broadened her horizons and gained a lot of knowledge today. She was also becoming more and more curious and appreciative of Gao Dongxu.

“Many people are looking for it, indeed to find the Heavenly Palace on the Clouds, but not necessarily for the mountains of gold and silver treasures in the imperial tomb,” Gao Dongxu said with a smile.

"Then what else could it be for?" Yin Nanfeng frowned, her beautiful eyes narrowing slightly, somewhat puzzled. "For immortality—"

"Click——"

The Xiangfei bamboo folding fan in Yin Nanfeng's hand was crushed in two by her fair and delicate hands.

Gao Dongxu looked completely out of control, his face displaying a strange mix of shock, excitement, and nervousness, with his beautiful eyes sparkling with excitement.

"Ahem, Mr. Gao, please stop joking..." Yin Nanfeng knew he had lost his composure, but he didn't try to hide it. Instead, he gave Gao Dongxu a strange look, as if to say, "Don't talk nonsense."

"Hehe, are you joking? Does Boss Yin think I'm joking?" Gao Dongxu looked at Yin Nanfeng with a half-smile, his eyes full of mockery.

Yin Nanfeng's heart skipped a beat. She could clearly sense that Gao Dongxu seemed to know something. Instead of answering, he frowned and chose to remain silent.

At the same time, Zhang Rishan, in the room on the rooftop, became extremely solemn, his brows furrowed. Even though he wasn't there, he could hear the teasing and mockery in Gao Dongxu's last question.

This Gao Dongxu is becoming more and more mysterious.

Facing the silent Yin Nanfeng, Gao Dongxu said to himself, "By the time of the fourteenth Wannu King, it was the early Ming Dynasty. Wannu King felt that he was going to die. In order to have a grand funeral after his death, he had someone capture a feng shui and architecture master in the Ming Dynasty."

This feng shui and architectural master was Wang Zanghai, who served as an assistant minister in the Ministry of Works during the Ming Dynasty. He became famous for his expertise in feng shui and architectural techniques, and for working alongside Liu Bowen to build the Ming imperial palaces in both capitals.

Therefore, the King of Wannu secretly sent people to capture him from the capital and take him to Changbai Mountain in the Northeast.

After being captured and taken to Northeast China, Wang Zanghai quickly understood Wan Nu Wang's intentions. Therefore, in order to save his life, he cautiously built a tomb for Wan Nu Wang.

This tomb is the Heavenly Palace on the Clouds. As the mausoleum was gradually completed, Wang Zanghai discovered a shocking secret in the process.

The King of Wannu demanded that Wang Zanghai depict all his experiences from his dozen or so lifetimes in the murals of his tomb.

At first, Wang Zanghai thought this was the story of each generation of Wannu King, but he discovered that the Eastern Xia Kingdom only had one imperial mausoleum, which was the one he was building.

At this moment, Wang Zanghai became suspicious. He quickly pieced together the memories of these dozen or so lifetimes and discovered that these dozen or so Wan Nu Kings were actually the same person.

This discovery astonished Wang Zanghai. In his understanding, living to be a hundred years old was already a rare feat. The fact that the Wan Nu King had lived for hundreds of years was simply unimaginable. Subsequently, during the construction process, he continued to explore the secrets of the Wan Nu King, finally uncovering the secret behind his centuries-long life.

Having discovered the secret of immortality, Wang Zanghai knew that the completion of the tomb would be his death. Therefore, during its construction, he secretly left himself an escape route. Just as King Wannu passed away, Wang Zanghai used this secret passage to escape from the Eastern Xia Kingdom.

After escaping, he secretly returned to Ming Dynasty territory. Later, before his death, to ensure future generations could continue the pursuit of immortality, he crafted three bronze fish with snake-like eyebrows. He concealed the Heavenly Palace on the Cloud Peak and the secret of immortality within these three bronze fish, placing them in three extremely dangerous ancient tombs to select destined individuals who could help him fulfill his dying wish of returning to the Heavenly Palace on the Cloud Peak and uncovering the secret of immortality.

So, Mr. Yin, now you won't question the authenticity of this map anymore, right?

As he spoke, Gao Dongxu took out a piece of paper folded into a square, placed it on the table, and pressed it down with his finger.

Yin Nanfeng stared intently at the map on the table with bright, sharp eyes, her breathing becoming slightly erratic, her heart in turmoil.

She knew better than anyone that the art of immortality was real, after all, she had grown up with Zhang Rishan, an immortal old man who had never aged and had always maintained his youth.

"call--"

"We, the Crescent Moon Hotel, will take this business!" Yin Nanfeng suppressed his excitement, trembling, and greed, took a deep breath to calm himself down, and said in a trembling voice as he looked at Gao Dongxu, whose expression was strange.

"Okay." Gao Dongxu said happily, "However, I have one more request."

"you say--"

"Before the auction, you must explain to everyone participating in the bidding that if the item fails to sell, I will destroy it on the spot, and I will also melt down the snake-browed bronze fish—" Gao Dongxu said indifferently, his eyes cunning and flashing with a hint of madness.

"Huh?!" This time, Yin Nanfeng couldn't stay calm. She exclaimed in shock, her face pale, and looked at Gao Dongxu, who had a crazy smile on his face, as if he were a madman.

"You only get one chance, and if you miss it, you miss it forever, hahaha..." Gao Dongxu said, laughing unrestrainedly.

(End of this chapter)