Tomb Raiding: The Bloodline of Dragons and Snakes, Starting from the Kunlun Divine Palace

The Thousand-Mechanism Umbrella 773 in Wu Tianjiao's hands is incredibly powerful; I really don't know what other functions it has. After Wu Tianjiao drilled open the coffin-suppressing stone, a tomb-raiding hole appeared. Yes, a tomb-raiding hole.

Actually, the feng shui here was already disrupted by tomb raiders. "Brother Tian, ​​Fatty's about to die."

Wu Xie helped the fat man up; the fat man's head drooped, and he had started talking nonsense. "Once we get out of this tunnel, who can leave this hellish place?" "Let's go."

Wu Tianjiao, Xiao Ge, Wu Xie, and Fatty entered the tunnel one after another. Xiao Ge led the way.

Wu Tianjiao and Wu Xie took care of the fat man from behind.

Wu Tianjiao fed the fat man a pill, which saved his life.

"Brother Tian, ​​the end of the tunnel leads to a body of water. Can Fatty hold on?" the young man asked in a cool voice.

Wu Tianjiao nodded. "Okay."

He is only temporarily unconscious and his life is not in danger.

Even if they had to go into the water, Wu Tianjiao's presence would ensure his safety. Soon they arrived at the waters of the underwater tomb.

The water wasn't very deep, about the same depth as an artificial lake in a city. However, there was a building on it, but what kind of building it was was unclear. Being underwater, they couldn't see what it was. Five minutes later, the group finally surfaced.

Before them appeared a huge bronze basin.

Chapter 163: Wang Zanghai, the Treasure Trove of the Ming Dynasty's Richest Man

It sits right on the river.

This thing looks really strange; apart from Wu Tianjiao, no one else could tell what it was at first glance. But it definitely couldn't just be a simple basin.

The sound of splashing water walking could be heard.

The group reached the shore.

The fat man lay on the ground, vomited a few mouthfuls of water, and woke up. Seeing that he was awake, Wu Xie was relieved and then turned around to examine the thing in the water.

"This...this should be a coffin in a basin."

“But this shouldn’t be the main burial chamber, right? Grandpa’s notes mentioned that the rear hall was where the coffin was placed.” He looked around. “But this doesn’t look like the rear hall. It should be a side hall. So why would the tomb owner put the coffin in the side hall, and it’s a basin coffin at that.”

"This kind of coffin is really special, but Grandpa mentioned it in his notes."

"The basin coffin dates back to the Warring States period. But why were there so many porcelain pieces in the side chamber before that?"

"It's unusual for porcelain to be found in a Warring States period tomb, isn't it?"

Suddenly, Wu Xie thought of something.

"The Qixing Lu Palace is also a Warring States period tomb. Both the underwater tomb and the Qixing Lu Palace have yielded bronze fish with snake-browed eyebrows. Could there be any connection between these two ancient tombs?"

"Wu Xie, what are you muttering to yourself here all by yourself?"

At this moment, Wu Tianjiao walked over.

"Brother Tian, ​​I'm analyzing which dynasty this ancient tomb belongs to," Wu Xie said.

Wu Tianjiao was taken aback. Hadn't they already determined that this was an ancient tomb from the Ming Dynasty?

Wu Xie nodded. "That's right. Everything we've seen before proves that this underwater tomb is indeed an ancient tomb from the Ming Dynasty."

But look at this basin coffin, Brother Tian! This basin coffin is clearly from the Warring States period.

Wu Tianjiao chuckled, "You really are naive. You like to take things so seriously."

"Who says that basin coffins only existed during the Warring States period, and couldn't exist in other periods?"

Indeed, after the Sui Dynasty, tomb owners rarely used bronze coffins anymore.

"The shape has also changed from a circle to a rectangle."

But perhaps they simply have that particular fondness for those old-fashioned basin coffins.

"Moreover, what kind of place is this? This is an underwater tomb. Have you ever seen how many tombs are built on the seabed? And there are mechanisms that are triggered from time to time in this tomb. Think about how many people in ancient my country could design such a tomb."

Wu Xie lowered his head and thought for a moment.

There are very few artificial lakes that can be designed and built into underwater tombs.

Perhaps only Lu Ban from the Warring States period and Wang Zanghai from the Ming Dynasty could achieve this.

"Oh, right, the inheritors of the Mo family's mechanical arts should also be able to do it. They may not understand architecture, but building some particularly ingenious mechanisms in ancient tombs would be no problem at all."

"To determine whether this underwater tomb was created by Lu Ban or Wang Zanghai, we must find out what period this ancient tomb belongs to."

I wonder if there are any burial objects left in this place.

To determine the exact time of the ancient tomb.

We also need to look at the burial objects.

However, Wu Xie leans more towards the latter, meaning that this place is very likely an ancient tomb from the Ming Dynasty.

"Brother Tian is right. It's not surprising that artifacts from the Warring States period appeared during the Ming Dynasty."

However, it would be truly strange if artifacts from the Ming Dynasty were found in an ancient tomb from the Warring States period.

Wu Xie took the flashlight and walked forward alone.

"What's wrong with Wu Xie?" Xiao Ge asked.

Wu Tianjiao shook his head. "It's probably the stubbornness of being a member of the Wu family."

How can it be acceptable for the descendants of the prestigious Wu family of the Nine Gates to know nothing?

Wu Xie is probably proving himself now. He's figuring things out through his own knowledge.

Half an hour later, Wu Xie finally returned. Wu Tianjiao looked at Wu Xie and asked, "Well, did you figure it out?" Wu Xie nodded.

“I found some more porcelain in a corner of the tomb, not just a few pieces of blue and white porcelain.”

“Brother Tian, ​​I have a bold guess now. This underwater tomb may not have been designed and built by Wang Zanghai alone. There are also some pictures engraved on it, all recording events that happened during the Ming Dynasty.”

"It's also possible that this is his own tomb."

According to historical records, Wang Zanghai was not only an architectural genius, but also the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, whose wealth rivaled that of a nation.

"The Ming Dynasty's imperial palace was not only designed and built by him, but also funded by him."

"A submerged tomb of this size, given the technology of the time, would have cost at least a million taels of silver to build. Even the princes of that era likely lacked both the financial resources and the capability."

"Moreover, this ancient tomb contains a basin-shaped coffin and a mechanism that can move up and down."

"If this were someone else's grave, they probably wouldn't let him play around with it like this."

Wu Tianjiao looked at Wu Xie and patted him on the shoulder.

"Wu Xie, your analysis is very accurate. This is indeed very likely Wang Zanghai's tomb."

"At that time, probably only he had the ability to design and build such an ancient tomb."

"What? Wang Zanghai? Where is Wang Zanghai?"

At this moment, the fat man suddenly woke up.

Hearing the name Wang Zanghai, he seemed particularly excited.

“Let me tell you, if this really is Wang Zanghai’s tomb, then we’ve really stumbled upon something amazing.”

"Wang Zanghai: 1. He was the richest man in the Ming Dynasty."

"Legend has it that this girl has a treasure bowl in her hand."

"It contains an inexhaustible supply of gold and silver treasures. If we find that thing, we'll be rich."

As a result, Wu Tianjiao, Wu Xie, and the others each rolled their eyes at the fat man.

A treasure bowl? How did this guy even come up with that?

He believes in legends too?

If Wang Zanghai truly possessed a treasure bowl, then he wouldn't just be the richest man in the Ming Dynasty; he would be the God of Wealth.

Wang Canghai is indeed very rich, because his family has been wealthy for generations.

In addition, Wang Zanghai was exceptionally intelligent, proficient in feng shui, arithmetic, architecture, and so on, and was also a high-ranking official in the imperial court.

It would be strange if they didn't have money.

Perhaps it was precisely because he was so incredibly wealthy that the common people spread rumors about him possessing a treasure bowl. Isn't that how people used to be? Whenever something didn't make sense, they'd attribute it to mythology.

"Brother Tian, ​​now that Fatty is awake, let's walk a little further."

"Perhaps Uncle San has already left, but since we're already here, we should at least take a look around. Even if we can't find the treasure basin, we can at least see the former richest man in the Ming Dynasty."

Wu Tianjiao nodded. Then he continued walking forward.

Chapter 164: There's definitely something fishy going on underwater.

I saw a very high staircase, and not only was it high, but it was also shrouded in mist.

"What's going on? Are they trying to make me an immortal?" the fat man said.

"After all, this place is underwater, so the presence of water vapor is normal. There's no need to make a fuss about it."

Wu Tianjiao said.

The group climbed the steps, observing their surroundings as they went.

After a while, Wu Xie stopped. "Brother Tian, ​​Brother Xiao, Fatty, come here quickly, there are words on the wall."