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

Suddenly, what came into everyone's view were lines of blood-red, flowing, and elegant characters!

Everyone was drawn to the domineering words.

However, Wu Tianjiao's attention was completely drawn to the blood-red jade on the table.

[Ding! Emergency task detected:]

[Ancient Relic, Blood Jade of the Witch God (Shattered).]

[Please assist Wu Xie and Wang Yueban in finding the other half of the Witch God's Blood Jade in the ancient tomb 0/1]

The silk, weathered by time, has turned a deep brown.

However, the bright red lettering above was truly astonishing.

Chapter 181: Asking Heaven and Earth, Who Rules the World?

Who, then, controls the rise and fall of dynasties?

[Looking upon the landscape, one should not monopolize the beauty of nature.]

[A world of laughter and strife, a place of countless flashing swords and shadowy figures.]

Alas, people of this world are so obsessed, never realizing their mistakes!

Dressed in sky blue, as handsome as jade, he's been busy all along the way.

Entering Chang'an, crossing the Heng River, one encounters countless beautiful women from across the land.

Don't keep this to yourself!

When we look back someday, where in this world will our hometown be?

[What a beautiful scene, with fairies of a hundred flowers accompanying the gentle breeze.]

Everyone was drawn to the domineering words.

However, Wu Tianjiao's attention was completely drawn to the blood-red jade on the table.

[Ding! Emergency task detected:]

[Ancient Relic, Blood Jade of the Witch God (Shattered).]

[Please assist Wu Xie and Wang Yueban in finding the other half of the Witch God's Blood Jade in the ancient tomb 0/1]

"system!"

"System, weren't you resting?"

"Why were tasks suddenly assigned?"

Wu Tianjiao was startled when he saw the mission prompt message that suddenly appeared in his mind.

He had originally planned to take a good look at the text information on the dark brown silk, but now he has to get back to work.

..

"The words on this silk are so powerful, they have a kind of unrestrained and bold spirit!"

"Judging from the words alone, the person involved must have been very generous and at the peak of emotional pleasure."

"But! This bright red mark before us reveals a hint of malevolence and resentment!"

"This is a state of extreme joy and sorrow!"

Master Yuanxin clasped his hands together, twirled his prayer beads, and unconsciously began to praise, but then shook his head in remembrance.

Fatty Wang chimed in in agreement:

"Master, I must say, you have a really good eye; you saw the deeper meaning behind these words at a glance."

"What's more, based on my unique assessment, the red color on this is 'human blood'!"

"Even if you just bit your finger, you probably couldn't write such elegant and flowing characters!"

"The poem must have been written with a brush, stained with blood."

That's not the point, though!

At this point, Fatty Wang placed a blood-red jade stone from the silk directly in front of him.

"Look at this piece of jade; it's the real purpose behind what I prepared for you this time!"

"Generally speaking, jade is divided into two main categories: nephrite and jadeite!"

"Most of the jade we talk about in daily life refers to nephrite. There are many types of nephrite, generally including mutton fat white jade, white jade, yellow jade, purple jade, black jade, green jade, blue jade, red jade, and Xiuyan jade from Northeast China."

"Mutton fat jade has a delicate texture, strong luster, and is as white as mutton fat, making it the king of nephrite and the crown of white jade."

"In addition, Nanyang jade, Lantian jade, Hetian jade, agate, crystal, coral, turquoise, lapis lazuli, etc., all belong to the category of nephrite."

At this point, Fatty Wang paused for a moment:

"But do you know what I'm holding in my hand is the [Blood Jade]?"

"At the same time, it belongs to, mutton fat jade."

"But here I call it, mutton fat blood jade."

.............

However, just as Fatty Wang was speaking, he carefully handed the jade in his hand to Wu Xie beside him:

"Wu Xie, be careful and help me identify the type of carving on this jade."

Wu Xie's eyes flickered twice. He pulled out a chair, turned on the desk lamp, and carefully examined the mutton fat jade in his hand under the light.

The incandescent light beam passed through the blood-red jade, refracting a unique light. As the jade turned, Wu Xie pondered and spoke:

"The patterns on this are clearly relief carving!"

"It is also a deep relief within relief sculpture."

"The deep relief has many intersecting layers, creating a strong three-dimensional effect."

"There are two main categories of relief patterns: one is traditional patterns of various variations, such as meander patterns, thunder patterns, and lotus hook patterns."

"One category is realistic patterns such as flowers, insects, birds and animals, landscapes, figures, and figurative dragon and phoenix patterns, auspicious patterns, etc."

"And various modified traditional animal patterns!"

"To make the vessels look simple, solemn, and substantial."

"If I'm not mistaken, this relief depicts an unknown wild beast."

"This blood jade should have another half, but I can't determine the specific beast's name just by looking at this half."

Wu Xie paused here, looking at Fatty Wang beside him.

"Hehe, as expected of my brother Wang Yueban."

“Little Innocent, you really are my encyclopedia, you’re absolutely right.”

"This piece of mutton fat jade does indeed have another half."

"The other half, which is the purpose of our trip, is this thing that I previously obtained from an antique dealer."

"He told me where we came from!"

"If we could collect all the pieces of this mutton fat blood jade, the overall price might increase several times over, and then..."

"The debt I owed Aning can be settled now, and I can use the remaining money to buy myself some new things."

Listening to Fatty Wang's explanation, Wu Xie was actually a little unwilling, after all, this was a violation of his code of conduct.

However, he couldn't just stand by and do nothing when his own brother was in trouble.

...........

However, at that moment, Wu Tianjiao suddenly spoke up:

"well!"

"Wang Yueban... I don't think you're telling the truth!"

Upon hearing this, Fatty Wang jolted awake and instinctively turned to look at the person he had been ignoring.

His face looked rather pale, and he felt a little uneasy.

Seeing this, Wu Tianjiao became even more certain of his guess and spoke up:

"This mutton fat jade is extremely rare and almost never seen on the market. Not to mention whether you can buy it, just look at the antique silk in your hand."

"If I'm not mistaken..."

"This thing...it must have been unearthed not long ago..."

..........

Wang Pangzi instinctively shrank his neck and looked at Wu Tianjiao with some surprise.

Wu Tianjiao shook his head:

“I just took a closer look at your sack filled with silk; there are still traces of dark red soil on it.”

"If what you say is true, and this item changed hands several times, then you bought it!"

"Shouldn't such 'filth' still remain?"