A comprehensive overview of tombs: starting with the Yellow Weasel's Tomb

But in a place like the capital, where high-ranking officials are everywhere, his uncle seemed rather ordinary.

Therefore, his eldest uncle naturally also lived in this compound.

As soon as the news of Bai Jing and his brothers' return reached the family, they immediately notified their maternal uncle's family.

My uncle's sister's family was also there, so they all came together.

Besides Bai Jing's family, Fatty's mother, younger brother, and younger sister also arrived.

Therefore, a large group of people came to the gate to greet them.

Upon seeing this, the guards quickly opened the door.

And so, the group entered the courtyard, chatting and laughing.

After Bai Jing and Bai Qi returned, they naturally visited various elders with their father. After hearing the news that Bai Jing had been recommended for admission, they also learned about Bai Jing finding the Japanese regimental flag.

Suddenly, Bai Jing's family became famous throughout the entire garrison region.

Bai Banla and his comrades-in-arms were all too aware of the significance of the Japanese regimental flag.

Previously, all they knew was that the regimental flag had been moved to the military museum and a special exhibition hall had been opened there. Bai Jing's father and others even went to see it.

Only now do I realize that Bai Jing was the one who found this thing.

After hearing the news that Bai Jing had gone to university, these people were disappointed but not discouraged, and immediately turned their attention to Bai Jing's older brother, Bai Qi.

As the saying goes, "You can't sleep two different people in the same bed," although this is used to describe married couples.

But Bai Jing and Bai Qi have been sharing a bed for over a decade, so if Bai Jing is like that, Bai Qi must be no less so.

They all started urging Bai Qi to join the army.

Bai Qi had always wanted to join the army, and now he was seeing the perfect match.

Now, Bai Qi's enlistment is definitely in the bag.

Time flies, and September is here in the blink of an eye.

Bai Qi and the others were on normal leave and would get together from time to time, while Bai Jing had to go report for duty.

As expected, before Bai Qi even enrolled, Professor Chen had already spread the word throughout the school about him.

Now, Bai Jing has no choice but to study archaeology.

Bai Qi's grandfather was puzzled when he heard this news.

Bai Jing then gave a detailed explanation of what archaeology was. After hearing Bai Jing's explanation, the old master of the Bai family asked in surprise, "Are tomb raiding so blatant these days?"

Upon hearing the words of the Bai family patriarch, Bai Jing was momentarily at a loss for words.

But all I could tell him was that tomb raiding is destructive, aimed at stealing artifacts and valuables from tombs, while the purpose of archaeology is to study and understand all aspects of history, culture, society, and economic development.

These two are fundamentally different.

But the old man didn't listen to a word Bai Jing said, only muttering incomprehensible things like "too arrogant" and "blatant violence."

About half a month after Bai Jing enrolled, Bai Qi and his classmates boarded the train back to Farm No. 17 of the Northeast Production and Construction Corps.

Then, when winter came, Bai Qi and the other two were recruited into the army.

Coincidentally, besides the three of them, Bai Jing also received letters from Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi. Because of their previous meritorious service, although they did not succeed in going to university, they were able to join the army.

Suddenly, all five people Bai Jing knew joined the army.

Bai Jing, on the other hand, was studying in the capital, so he could go home from time to time to visit his parents and grandfather.

Bai Jing made rapid progress in his studies at school, ranking first in every subject, and completed what others took four years to learn in just over a year.

But there's no such thing as graduating early now; he's just more free now and can go on archaeological trips with several professors in the department.

In the blink of an eye, it has been 74 years.

P.S.: We probably won't finish the transition today; we'll start visiting the Jingjue Ancient City tomorrow.

Chapter 117 The Yi Family of Lancang River

In 74, Bai Jing was still nominally a student, but in reality, he could no longer be regarded as an ordinary student.

Bai Jing has even started teaching freshmen.

Also last year, Bai Jing's senior, Hao Aiguo, was successfully promoted to associate professor.

Bai Jing had spent a lot of time with this senior brother and had come to know him well. Although he was rather stubborn and usually had a stern face, he was a decent person.

Time flew by and it was already the end of March 74.

A piece of news shocked the whole country: a large number of terracotta figurines were discovered in the suburbs of Chang'an, Shaanxi Province.

The Beijing Archaeological Team was quickly established. As the top university in archaeology, Peking University naturally had members participating, and Bai Jing, who ranked first among the first batch of worker-peasant-soldier students, also joined the archaeological team.

Therefore, Bai Jing participated in the excavation of Pit 1 of the Terracotta Army.

This can be described as an impressive resume.

In fact, it was because of this excavation that Bai Jing saw the real, colorful terracotta warriors.

The colors, the hues, were truly magnificent.

Unfortunately, due to the limitations of current technology, the Terracotta Warriors began to oxidize and fade not long after they were unearthed.

Therefore, the excavation work was limited to Pit 1.

To be honest, let alone the Terracotta Army pits, even the map of the Qin Emperor's underground palace has a white banner, but there's no way to excavate it now, and even if we did, there's no way to protect it.

Then, in 76, at the young age of 25, Bai Jing became an associate professor in the Department of Archaeology at Peking University.

Time flies, and it is now 80 years old. Bai Jing, who is now 29 years old, has become a professor in the Department of Archaeology at Peking University. In that year, he led a team to Yunnan Province for archaeological work and met the Yi family of Lancang River, one of the three water demons.

Through their collaboration, they successfully excavated an underwater tomb.

The day the archaeological activity ended happened to be the full moon celebration for the youngest daughter of the Yi family patriarch, and Bai Jing and his students were invited to attend the celebration.

To be honest, Bai Jing vaguely remembered that this water demon was a concept from a movie he had seen in his previous life, but Bai Jing hadn't paid much attention to it at first, so he didn't know much about it.

But after getting to know them, Bai Jing also learned that there were three families of water demons: the Ding family of the Yellow River, the Jiang family of the Yangtze River, and...

Upon hearing the names of these three rivers, Bai Jing knew that they were the three major water veins in the country.

Based on their skills in the water, these three families divided all their members into three levels: Water Grape, Water Shaker, and Water Eight-Legged. Only the best of each generation could inherit the ancestral tablet and become a Water Demon.

Water sprites can breathe freely in water without any equipment, and their physical fitness is much stronger than that of ordinary people.

For example, the current head of the Yi family is a modern-day Water Demon. His strength on land is not weak. Bai Jing has fought with him, and he can be said to be the most skilled fighter Bai Jing has ever seen in all his years of experience, besides himself.

His underwater skills are unparalleled; even with a water-splitting pearl in his mouth, Bai Jing can only be tortured underwater.

The reason why the profession of water demon exists is because of those ancient times

High-ranking officials, wealthy landowners, and gentry believed that sealing their treasures underwater was the safest option.

In ancient times, water demons were used to hide treasures for these people and were called "golden bunkers," which means underwater banks.

The Lower Golden Soup is also known as the Opening of the Treasury.

Because everything underwater is unknown, the ancient Jin Tang (a type of ancient Chinese fortification) has undergone some changes since ancient times.

Some of these golden forts even contain restrictions left by their ancestors.

It's like tomb raiding, except one involves digging in the soil and the other involves boiling water to bury the tomb.

These are nothing compared to the tomb raiding of Jinshan, though they are different from the methods used to uncover the secrets of the tomb, they ultimately lead to the same goal.

What truly allowed the Yi family patriarch to easily defeat Bai Jing, who possessed the Water-Dividing Pearl, underwater was the 'Six Arts of the Water Demon'.

The so-called Six Arts of the Water Demon refer to: Water Buddha Sitting, Listening to the Sound of Waves, Gazing at the Jade Color, Water Ghost Summoning, River-Turning Hand, and Flying Fish in a Row.

Among them, the three skills of "listening to the sound of waves," "water ghost's call," and "gazing at the jade color" are unique ways of underwater communication and observation, and are also the basic skills of the water demon family.

Water Buddha Sitting: This refers to the method of breathing underwater. The Book of Changes says, "Heaven gives birth to water, which is the manifestation of all things." Humans can breathe underwater from birth.

The practice of sitting in meditation with the Water Buddha aims to achieve this state of returning to simplicity and authenticity, a state akin to one's ancestral origins.

The skills of sitting in the water, summoning the water ghost, gazing at the jade color, and listening to the sound of the waves are the basic abilities of all three families, which are about how to survive in the underwater world.

To become a true water demon, one must also know how to control water, which relies on these two powerful physical techniques.

The "Turning River Hand" is the internal palm technique of the Water Demon. As the saying goes, "There are no fixed formations in warfare, and water has no fixed shape." When ordinary people exert force in water, their strength is greatly reduced, and their speed is also slowed down, making them completely harmless. However, the Water Demon can transform the unpredictable into the tangible by manipulating water.

Use someone's strength against them, and go with the flow.

With the softest thing in the world, you can break the hardest thing in the world.

This allows the water dragon to exert force and speed underwater that are no less than those on land.

Some masters even reach advanced levels where they can launch attacks from a great distance underwater, using the opponent's strength to their advantage.

That's really impressive.

Bai Jing was also easily subdued by this move.

Then there's the Flying Fish Swarm, a technique that can greatly increase underwater speed. This technique is divided into two schools, North and South.

The Northern School uses itself as a fish, using its swirling motion to generate water flow and swim like a shuttle.

The Ding family, especially, is particularly skilled in this area.