379: Chicken Wing Cauldron, what a unique name!

Looking at the bullet comments, Ye Bai gave a gentle smile and said unhurriedly, "Everyone, don't worry. I'll show you evidence from other cultural relics right now." As he spoke, he took out a bronze jue.

"Look at this bronze jue; its rust is not something that can be easily faked."

"The rust on authentic ancient bronzeware is formed over thousands of years through interactions with soil, moisture, and other elements in a specific environment."

"Its rust layer consists of several layers, and the composition of each layer is different."

"This is impossible to replicate accurately with modern chemical methods. We invited top domestic cultural relic appraisal experts to analyze it using professional instruments. The results show that the age and composition of the rust perfectly match the historical period of the Ancient Tomb."

Yang Mi added from the side, "Furthermore, the patterns on this bronze jue—those delicate and primitive lines—depict ancient sacrificial scenes."

"These patterns correspond with what we saw on the murals of the Ancient Tomb. It's impossible for a forger to fake the ornamentation so seamlessly without knowing the contents of the murals."

At this moment, that senior from the archaeology world sent another bullet comment: "Ye Bai and the others are right. I also participated in part of the appraisal work. The casting craftsmanship of this bronze jue also matches the standards of that time."

"Its interior has obvious casting marks left by the ancient piece-mold casting method, which is very difficult for modern imitations to replicate so realistically."

However, the trolls still refused to let it go: "Even if these relics are real, your Tomb robbing is illegal. Don't think you can whitewash yourselves."

Meng Ziyi knit her brows and said indignantly, "We aren't Tomb robbing. We discovered this Ancient Tomb by chance during a variety show, and we contacted the relevant authorities immediately after finding it."

Ye Bai patted Meng Ziyi to show it was fine. As for saying he was acting illegally—wasn't that a coincidence? He actually had an official establishment for his Tomb robbing.

"The person above, you must be new here. Who doesn't know that my Brother Ye has an official establishment?"

"Exactly! I've been camping in his Tomb robbing live streams before; it was so thrilling!"

He then continued, "I know everyone has questions about my Tomb robbing, and I understand why you would have doubts."

"In our line of work, we must be cautious. A slight lapse in attention and it's easy to fall into a pit or accidentally damage a relic."

He paused and continued, "That's why we adopted this 'online live stream' model."

"When netizens watch the live stream, they only need to pay to subscribe to the Live Stream Room to clearly see the entire environment inside the robber's tunnel. They can even see what's inside the Tomb Chamber through the screen."

At this time, Ye Bai opened two other relics for the netizens to appreciate closely.

He said, "These two relics were excavated from the Tomb owner's coffin. One of them is a gold and silver vessel; the shape of this gold vessel is very unique, like a bowl."

"Let's not talk about the value of these gold vessels for now. Let's talk about this gold bowl; it was made by grinding pure gold into powder, then mixing it with diamond dust and heating it for casting."

"This manufacturing method for gold vessels is extremely rare. Such gold vessels are basically impossible to find on the market anymore."

Hearing Ye Bai say this, the netizens became even more excited.

"Ah! I just watched that live stream video. It was so thrilling when they got that gold bowl! And the design of this gold bowl is exactly the same as the ones I've seen in TV dramas before!"

"Really! That's amazing! The owner of this Tomb is actually so badass?"

"I believe it now. Ye Bai definitely didn't steal anything!"

"Boss Ye, what kind of luck do you have?"

...Ye Bai then took out another image. This image was a 3D map marking a certain mountain range.

"This is a map of the interior of the Tomb Chamber. We've already figured out the general structural layout. The space inside the Tomb Chamber is relatively narrow. Aside from a table, there are only four giant rocks left."

"And there are many reliefs carved onto the rocks. What is the content of these reliefs? I think we might as well think about it from a different perspective."

As he spoke, Ye Bai picked up the mouse, clicked on the 3D map, and enlarged it.

Now, everyone could finally see the content of the reliefs:

"...We can see that these are the four rocks in the center of the Ancient Tomb."

"Moreover, these four stones happen to form a circle."

"Let's take a look at the reliefs on the Tomb Chamber walls—these reliefs are arranged according to a certain pattern, seemingly symbolizing a formation."

Many viewers in the Live Stream Room were completely bewildered.

Although they didn't understand it, it looked very impressive.

"Let's follow these clues and think. Look at this line of text here—Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation."

"So, what does this formation mean?"

"This Tomb Chamber was used to bury an imperial dynasty's monarch. Does this Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation imply that an extremely precious treasure is buried within the monarch's Tomb, or perhaps a powerful existence?"

As he spoke, he used a pen to point inside a circle: "This is the coffin where the Tomb owner's outer coffin lies."

"According to the 'Records of Huaxia Feng Shui Masters': The Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation is composed of thirty-two bricks."

"Therefore, there should be thirty-two bricks placed near the Tomb owner's coffin."

"But as we saw just now, there is no sign of any bricks here."

"Since that's the case, these bricks must be outside the Tomb Chamber, which is at the entrance of the Tomb Chamber."

"And there is a large iron gate at the entrance of the Tomb Chamber, which was locked. What does this explain?"

"It means that the mechanism in the Tomb Chamber has already been destroyed. So, who was the first to destroy the mechanism and take away the treasures inside the Tomb?"

"The answer is naturally someone who has already died. And this person is very likely the Tomb owner himself."

"So why would this person return from the dead?"

"The answer lies in those four funerary bronze dings."

"These four bronze dings are: one Dragon and Phoenix Propitious bronze ding, one Qilin Embracing the Sun bronze ding, and one Chicken Wing bronze ding."

"The shapes of these four bronze dings are all different, and they all exude an ancient and weathered feeling. Their history definitely exceeds a hundred years."

"If my guess is correct, these four bronze dings are the most precious cultural relics in the Tomb Chamber. And this Tomb owner likely achieved the effect of returning from the dead through some secret technique due to the shifting mysteries of where these four dings were placed."

"Returning from the dead!?"

Hearing this sentence, the bullet comments in the Live Stream Room began to flood the screen frantically, with people saying all sorts of things.

"Thus, the secret of this Tomb Chamber is revealed."

"Buried within this Tomb Chamber are the remains of an ancient imperial monarch!"

"The monarch of this dynasty was named Zhao Yingwu, originally named Zhao Desheng. After establishing the Dajiang Dynasty, he crowned himself Emperor and took the title Martial Ancestor."