Chapter 23 - The Han Dynasty Cauldron

Chapter 23 The Han Dynasty Cauldron

“Brother, where did you get this bell? It has a nice sound.”

The next morning, sitting in Zheng Dagang’s car, su Xiaoxiao kept staring at the wind chime in her brother’s hand. She reached out and played with it for a long time before returning it to Su Xiaofan.

“I bought it yesterday. I’ll put it at home later.”

Su Xiaofan told her the truth. If her sister had asked for the price, he would have told her, but it was obvious that su Xiaoxiao didn’t think a Bell was worth much, so she didn’t mention the price at all.

“In the future, I’ll also find some real magic weapons to sell.”

Zheng Dagang, who was driving, said. At this time, he didn’t say that the bell was expensive. Su Xiaofan bought it for 1.2 million Yuan. As long as he wanted to sell it, he could sell it at 1.8 million Yuan at any time, and Zhao Hengjian could take over.

This rich profit was a great stimulation for Zheng Dagang. Although the profit of the fake magic weapons he usually sold was much higher than this Bell, the price could not be sold. It was at the peak of tens of thousands of Yuan, unlike the Jingxin Hall, which earned hundreds of thousands or even millions of Yuan with one order.

“A magic tool? Brother Gang, aren’t you a magic tool seller?”

Su Xiaoxiao sometimes went to the market with her brother on the weekends, so she naturally knew what kind of business Zheng Dagang was doing.

“Cough cough…”

Zheng Dagang almost lost his breath from Su Xiaoxiao’s question. He coughed twice and said, “Your Brother Gang’s magic tools were too low-grade in the past. I’ll make high-grade ones in the future.”

As the few of them chatted, the car had already left the city and was on the highway.

The Su Village was located in the northern suburbs of Luochuan city, not far from the foot of Xiao mountain. After driving for a while, they had to go down the National Highway, and then there was a small road built by the countryside. The road was not easy to walk on. little fan, who knows how many ancient tombs are under our ground?

As the car drove on the pothole-filled muddy road, Zheng Dagang looked at the foot of Xiao mountain not far away and said, ” Speaking of which, your village isn’t too far from the Royal tomb of Dong Zhou. Are there any ancient tombs underground there?”

there must be something. In the past, when the village dug wells, they dug out something. But sixth Grandpa didn’t let them dig, so no one dared to dig!

Su Xiaofan nodded. To be honest, he had grown up at the foot of Xiao mountain and had seen too many tombs. Not to mention the famous tombs, there were many unknown tombs everywhere, and the number was unimaginable.

There was a saying in the ancient times, ” Born in Su Hang, buried in Beimang.

The meaning of this sentence was that people should live in a lively and prosperous place like Su Hang. After death, they should be buried in Beimang, a place with good feng shui. Hence, since ancient times, there was a saying that there was little idle land at the foot of Beimang mountain.

Su Xiaofan had seen some statistics before. There were more than 970 large-scale noble tombs here in Fushan, and there were hundreds of thousands of ordinary ancient tombs. It could be said that ancient tombs could be found anywhere here. Grave robbers of past generations had come here to Rob the tombs, and countless national treasures had been lost.

However, within the Su family village, there had never been any grave robbing in the past few decades. That was because the old village head deeply abhorred this kind of thing that ate the food of the dead.

In the words of the old village chief, his ancestors might be buried on some mountain, and those grandsons might dig up his ancestors’ grave one day.

The old village chief had organized a village Protection Team decades ago. When they encountered people who came to explore the terrain and prepare to Rob the tomb, they would be arrested and sent directly to the police station. For people who came to Beimang mountain for no reason, ten people would be arrested and sentenced to ten.

In the past, there were also grave robbers who wanted to take revenge on the Su Village, but the Su Village was united and had a strong folk spirit. After those gravediggers from other places suffered a few losses, they no longer dared to come to the Su Village’s territory to Rob the tombs.

There were many people from the villages next to the Su family village who went out to do grave robbing. In some villages, more than half of the people were in this profession, but later, they were arrested and sentenced, and the whole village became depressed. On the contrary, the Su Village had been making Antique Bronze ware. Although the business was average at the beginning, after the reputation was spread, the business became better and better. Now, it could be said that it was the richest village in the surrounding area.

After entering the Su Village’s territory, the road became easier to walk on. When the car drove to the village entrance, Su Xiaofan saw a red banner hanging at the village entrance.

“Congratulations to Su Xiaoxiao from our village for being admitted to Yanjing University.”

At the entrance of the village, the old village chief, who had just spoken to Su Xiaofan on the phone, was waiting with a group of people. Su Xiaofan asked Zheng Dagang to stop the car more than ten meters away from the village entrance, and then he got out of the car with Su Xiaoxiao and walked over.

“Good, Xiaoxiao, you’re good.” Seeing Su Xiaoxiao, the old village head couldn’t hide the smile on his face, “Our village finally has a Yanjing university student.” The old village chief was 76 years old this year, but he was in good spirits and in good health.

He had long since retired from the position of village chief, but his words still carried enormous weight in the village. When the villagers encountered problems, they still liked to ask the old village chief for advice.

“Sixth Grandpa, that’s because you pay attention to education. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many people in our village who have been admitted to universities.” Su Xiaoxiao had stayed in the village longer than Su Xiaofan and was very close to sixth grandfather. She went up and held the old man’s arm.

“Xiaoxiao, you’re better at learning on your own.”

The old village head burst into laughter, but when he saw Su Xiaofan, he glared at him. you’re so disobedient. I told you that the village would pay for your school fees and ask you to review for a year and retake the exam, but you didn’t listen!

Su Xiaofan’s academic performance was much better than his sister’s. If it weren’t for the car accident, he would probably be the first person to get into Yanjing University. Even now, the old village chief still felt sorry for Su Xiaofan’s failure to repeat the year. “I’m bringing our village’s craftsmanship to greater heights. That’s also a proper business.” Su Xiaofan said with a smile.

“You child, why are you interfering in the matters between your father and me?” The old village chief knew that he and Su Xiaofan were a little distant, so he sighed and said, “Don’t go back today. There’s a banquet in the village. It will probably last until night. You can go back tomorrow morning. Also, the village will pay for Xiaoxiao’s tuition for her first year. || “Sixth Grandpa, Xiaoxiao’s school fees have been prepared.” Su Xiaofan said quickly. He didn’t want to go back to the village to borrow money because he didn’t want to owe the village chief a favor.

“Is Su Xiaoxiao from the Su family village? You, Su Xiaofan, aren’t from the Su family village?” The old village chief’s eyes widened, as if Su Xiaofan would fall out if he refused again. “Alright, we’ll listen to Sixth Grandpa.” Su Xiaofan agreed with a wry smile.

In addition to the old village chief, Su Xiaofan was quite popular in the village. After introducing Zheng Dagang to the crowd, the group walked into the village.

“What?”

At the village entrance, Su Xiaofan suddenly stopped and looked at the large bronze cauldron.

[ Han Dynasty cauldron, high-grade magic artifact, can be absorbed! ]

A line of words suddenly appeared in Su Xiaofan’s mind. He, who had been joking around with others, was stunned. He couldn’t help but walk up and put his hand on the bronze cauldron.

[ Han Dynasty cauldron, high-grade magic artifact, can be absorbed. Do you want to absorb it? ]

After touching the bronze cauldron, the option to absorb or not appeared in Su Xiaofan’s mind.

Su Xiaofan was no stranger to the bronze cauldron at the entrance of the village. It had been there for as long as he could remember, and it had never moved despite being exposed to the elements. When he was young, Su Xiaofan would often climb into the cauldron with his friends to play hide-and-seek. Every New Year or festival, the old village head would bring the villagers to the village entrance to offer sacrifices to their ancestors in front of the bronze cauldron. The Su villagers were very familiar with this bronze cauldron. Su Xiaofan had never expected the bronze cauldron of the Han Dynasty to be a high-level magical artifact.

All these years, Su Xiaofan had always thought that the village had made the bronze cauldron themselves, but the words “Han Dynasty cauldron” in his mind indicated that it was an object from the Han Dynasty.

What shocked Su Xiaofan even more was the word “absorb-able” that appeared in his mind. It was the first time he had encountered an object that could be absorbed since the restoration value had appeared.

But Su Xiaofan couldn’t figure it out. A bronze cauldron from the Han Dynasty, and such a treasure.

large one at that, was definitely a national Even the country wouldn’t allow it to be placed there so casually, let alone grave robbers.

“By the way, how did Uncle Jing know that the Su Village had magical artifacts?” Su Xiaofan suddenly thought of something. Jing Shizhen seemed to have mentioned that there were Dharma artifacts in the Su Village when he bought the Wind-occupying Bell yesterday, and he had really been right.

Su Xiaofan felt like there were many things that were covered in a veil, and he felt like he was about to come into contact with them, yet he didn’t know anything. “What’s wrong? Have you never seen our village’s cauldron?” Seeing Su Xiaofan stop in front of the bronze cauldron, the old village chief said in a bad mood, “You’ve only been away for a few days and you’ve already forgotten about our village treasure?”

“Ahem, no, Sixth Grandpa, I think our bronze cauldron has been here for decades. Why doesn’t it rust at all?” Seeing everyone’s eyes on him, Su Xiaofan coughed and retracted his right hand from the bronze cauldron.

“This is the treasure of our village. How can it be the same as an ordinary bronze ware?” The old village head snorted coldly and didn’t explain further. He pulled Su Xiaoxiao’s hand and entered the village.

“Xiaofan, your village’s skills are really good. You can even make such a big cauldron!” Zheng Dagang, who was following behind, gave Su Xiaofan a thumbs up. Among the cauldrons unearthed in the country, there was no one bigger than this one. If this was a real cauldron, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it a national treasure.

“We can’t be sure if the village did it.”

Su Xiaofan couldn’t help but mutter, feeling unusually conflicted.

This was the first time Su Xiaofan had come across an object that could be absorbed. He believed that as long as he confirmed the absorption, the repair value in his mind would definitely change.

But Su Xiaofan didn’t know what would happen to the bronze cauldron after it absorbed the energy.

If the bronze cauldron rotted or was damaged, he would be the sinner of the Su family village. After all, it was just as the old village head had said, this was the Su family village’s treasure.

In the end, Su Xiaofan decided not to absorb the bronze cauldron.

Although he chose not to absorb this high-level magic weapon, Su Xiaofan felt that he had gained a lot.

This was because he now knew that high-grade magic artifacts could be absorbed by the repair system in his mind. As such, as long as he could find high-grade magic artifacts in the future, he would be able to replenish his repair points.