Book 1: Chapter 32: Street Caller

Book 1: Chapter 32: Street Caller

The three of us were silent for a while until Fatty eventually said, "They were already building a tomb. Could they really dig up something more unlucky than that?"

"It mightve been unlucky for the living, but lucky for the dead," I said.

They had simply changed the position a little bit and continued building the tomb, after all. If it had been harmful to the feng shui here, they would have definitely changed to a completely different location. On the contrary, this thing may have been beneficial to the tombs feng shui.

"Could it be they dug up some treasure? Fatty frowned. "Or maybe a giant clam?"

"Hasnt that stuff been sold by the catty (1) in recent years?" I asked. As one of the seven treasures of Buddhism (2), giant clams were once very precious. People later began farming them and now a giant clam weighing three or four pounds could grow in about four or five years. "Guess, is the tomb passage above us abandoned or are we standing in the abandoned one?"

"Do you still have to guess?" Fatty asked back. "I took a look at the crappy thunder god statue in your tomb passage. It's a fucking clay pot. My tomb passage is gilded. Besides, have you ever seen an abandoned tomb passage in the middle of a tomb? Oh, this tomb passage has been built and scrapped, so lets dig a burial chamber up and down. The feng shui of this ancient tomb is only sacred as a whole, so it cant be modified. It cant just run any which way. The tomb passage above us is the abandoned one. If you dont believe me, let's go and see what magical things they dug up back then"

I stopped him, "Hold your horses. Remember the Stagnant Water Dragon King temple?"

We had found a strange relic in an ancient underground salt mine in Fujian. At that time, we turned away and didn't go in, so the name became a kind of representation of our determination to be good.

Fatty gave me a thumbs up, "Amazing, Mr. Nave! Then let's hurry up and find the main tomb so we can figure out whats going on with your Uncle Three."

I lifted my towel and wiped the mud off before I slapped Fatty's hand away. We then followed Poker-Face to the other side of the tomb passage.

As we walked down the long passage, I could see that the murals were full of eyes. I looked at them carefully, noticing that the murals were layered and the eyelids were closed under the dim light. Fatty said that when there was light, the outer layers would volatilize bit by bit until the inner layers were revealed. The paint would become brighter and the eyes would become bigger with each layer that was revealed.Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience

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TN Notes:

(1) A catty is ~1.3 pounds or ~ 500 grams. Random tidbit of info: giant clams can live up to like 100 years and can weigh up to 400 pounds. Heres some more info.

(2) Theres a common belief that wearing jewelry made from a giant clam pearl can calm the spirit and remove negative energy. Some random info here.

(3) Xiaomangshan= Little Python Mountain. Empress Dowager Chengtian was also known as Xiao Yanyan. She lived from 953-1009. She was a Khitan empress and military leader of imperial China's Liao dynasty. More info here.

(4) Its a type of beggar who shouted and begged in the streets (I guess they didn't go up and beg people for food?).

(5) Its mentioned in Chen Pis extra. Chapter 4.20.

(6) Its really folk theater consisting of recitation accompanied by clapper board rhythm, but that doesnt flow lol.

(7) A caisson, also referred to as a spider web ceiling, is an East Asian architectural feature typically found in the ceiling of temples and palaces. They would look like this:

(8) More traditional Chinese architectural stuff. Theyre interlocking wooden brackets between the top of a column and crossbeams. Look like this:

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Shew, I think I broke a sweat on this one lol. Just this 1 Reboot chapter tonight dears. I'm going to try and get Tiffany's out and then work on fixing some Vol 8 chapters for those poor suckers that are coming here after the Ultimate Note lol. So many pits to fall into, so little time. Until tomorrow~~~