It was like an underground warehouse, but very empty. Only the innermost part seemed to be a stone platform, and there should be something on it. Alright, there's no gold, silver, or jewelry, I just hope that the stone platform could hold something of real value.
I followed my great-uncle to the stone counter. There were five wooden boxes on the counter, and with just a glance, I could tell that they weren't ordinary goods. Just those wooden boxes alone could be sold for a good price in the antique market.
"This is the core of our Xiang Family, only the previous generation of Patriarchs knows of this place, and we have guarded this place for generations." Grandfather is staring at everything here. "
"But uncle, why does this place feel like an ancient tomb." I looked at this place and saw that there was a mural on the side of the stone wall, and it had been preserved very well. Although the color was no longer so gorgeous, I could still make out the color, but the drawing on the mural didn't seem to make much sense, I felt that the person who created this mural must have been an abstract painter. As expected, the artist thing has been different since ancient times.
"This is a tomb after all." The great-uncle looked at me with a kind of fear in his eyes.
"What? Who is it that's buried?"
"Burying the ancestors of our Xiang Family."
"But the coffin, it's so empty here, there's nothing here at all."
"This is not the main tomb chamber, of course the coffin is not here."
"Then where is it? Are there any traps? I can go take a look." I felt as though stars could pop out of my eyes. I suddenly felt that life was full of hope, and it wasn't bad to be able to see the goddess's face. Although she might have turned into a pile of bones, but, such a awesome woman, wouldn't her bones be amazing?
"Sure, I'll take you to give her ancestor some incense. After all, you can be considered as the person who truly inherited her legacy." His great-uncle smiled, once again acting like an elder.
My great-uncle led me to the south side of the stone wall and opened the mechanism. A new space actually appeared when the stone wall was opened. As we entered, the stone wall behind us automatically closed. The stone wall in this space was also filled with colorful frescoes. It was a similar scene as well. I looked at it, it should be the life of the tomb owner, but because it was too abstract, I couldn't understand it, especially the protagonist, I felt that my goddess had been destroyed, the one in the painting was neither a man nor a woman, neither a human nor a demon, if the goddess really looked like that, then I would probably lose my virginity, I supported my forehead and left, the goddess had to remain mysterious rather than die in broad daylight, what should I do?
I vaguely saw a coffin in front of me. In front of the coffin, there was a sacrificial table, and on it, there was something similar to a incense stick. My great-uncle picked up the incense and gave it to me, and I took it and kowtowed three times before inserting the incense.
"The descendents have brought along the descendants of the Xiang Family to pay respects to their ancestors. They look forward to it, so that the Xiang Family will become better and better." His great-uncle respectfully clasped his hands together in front of his chest and closed his eyes as he prayed.
Curious, I stood up and began to examine the coffin. This coffin looked extraordinary, and the patterns on it alone could only be carved by a skilled craftsman. It seemed that this ancestor was very rich.
"Uncle, have you opened this coffin?" "Can I have a look at the preserved remains of our ancestors?" I rubbed my hands together in agitation.
"You cannot be disrespectful to your ancestors. Actually, there are no bones of our ancestors here, this is just a memorial for our ancestors in Xiang Family, as for where the ancestors' corpse is, no one knows, it is rumored that he is establishing the Xiang Family, and when the Xiang Family grew to its peak, she disappeared, no one will see her again." Great uncle felt slightly regretful.
Oh, it seems that I won't be able to see the goddess, but that's also true. In ancient times, those big figures were mostly pursuing the world. They weren't chasing after things like wealth and fame, but they were all people with high standards of taste.
After all, money is not omnipotent, but it is also impossible to not have money. Although I am already a rich second generation, I have also experienced the pain of not having money before, all I have yet to cultivate is the noble love of money as dung, all the hard work the ancestors have put in to nurture the strong Xiang Family, in the end, I was a person who had hidden his skills and reputation well, and admired and respected them.
Everyday guarding such an empty mausoleum, and even going to the extent of offering incense to the patriarch every day, if it were me, I definitely wouldn't do it. Even if there really was a person lying inside, I would still need to think for a few seconds, not to mention that there wasn't even a single hair on his body.
Of course, these little thoughts couldn't be told to my great-uncle, or else he would either be angered to death or kill me.
"Uncle, did you bring me down here just to get me to kowtow to an empty coffin?" I looked dejectedly at the empty tomb chamber.
"This is only one of the things, did you see the five boxes outside, what is inside are the things that we, the protectors of the Xiang Family era, it seems like inside is a cultivation method that can reverse Yin and Yang, covering everything, but no one has been able to understand the secrets inside, since you are the psychic envoy, then take them away, try to open it, you should be their destined one." "Come," my great-uncle said, and led me back to the tomb.
I looked at those five wooden boxes and felt that it wasn't good to just take them out. I couldn't take them out, and if someone saw me and couldn't explain, I thought that since my great-uncle already knew that I was from psychic envoy and that I also knew that I had spiritual energy, then there was nothing left to hide. Thus, I chanted an incantation and kept all five boxes into my Psychic Jade. My great-uncle stared blankly at the box that disappeared into thin air.
"Good, this is really good, our Xiang Family has hope." My great-uncle's eyes glowed as he looked at me with a fiery gaze, as though I was the savior of the world. I scratched my head in embarrassment as this was too exaggerated. However, what was worth being happy about was that my great-uncle didn't have a single shred of greed or possessiveness in his eyes.
"I'll study it when I have time. I'll tell you when I open it."
"Alright, the secret of so many years can finally be unraveled. I also want to know what's inside." His great-uncle was so excited that he felt like his body was trembling.
My great-uncle led me back, and as we left the long corridor, the burning bluestone behind us went out as quickly as it had come into flames, and I shuddered with fear.
When I returned to my great-uncle's room, I found that it had been a few hours since I had entered it, and I said goodbye to him, but as soon as I went out I saw Xiangjiang again, and he was standing in the doorway. He was surprised to see me coming out, and then he turned and walked away.
I wondered why this man was always hanging around the door of my great-uncle's room and wouldn't go in.