After taking out the box, Xue Chen did not open it immediately. He first took a towel from the bathroom and carefully wiped away the water stains and remaining mud on the box, revealing the entire golden box.
face.
Generally speaking, gold is a vulgar thing in the eyes of ancient literati. However, you don't feel that vulgarity in this box. The box is three feet long, half a foot wide, and half a foot high. The flap of the box is arched and shaped.
It is quite common on the box, but the four sides of the box are not blank, but carved with patterns, which happen to be the four gentlemen of flowers, plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum.
Plum, elegant and elegant, with icy flesh and jade bones, rugged and noble, pops into the eyes; orchid, fresh and elegant, although it is just a simple cluster carved on the box, it makes people seem to see a large orchid growing beside the stream.
There are solitary green bamboos and independent autumn chrysanthemums, which are also full of life.
Not to mention anything else, Xue Chen liked this gold box very much. It can be said that the artistic value of this box is not low. It is a rare good thing. It is made of gold and master-level carving. It is impeccable.
A box.
Putting his palm on the lid of the box, Xue Chen suppressed the excitement in his heart and opened the tightly closed button. With a slight lift, the lid of the box was lifted, and everything inside was revealed to his eyes.
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Although Xue Chen had already used fluoroscopy to discover that the inside of the box had not been corroded by the well water, Xue Chen couldn't help but be stunned when he saw it with his own eyes. He couldn't believe it. The box was not closed very tightly. So, the well water
How could it not flow in? This is really strange.
With a glance, he saw all the things neatly placed in the box. Most of them were things in the study, including a few ancient books with a sense of age, two scrolls, a set of the four treasures of the study, and
A piece of jade.
"Hmm? This piece of jade?"
Xue Chen's attention was attracted to the piece of jade, because he felt that the surface of the jade was constantly surrounded by spiritual energy. After holding it in his hand, he took a closer look. It should be a piece of Russian jade. Russian jade
One of its characteristics is that it is white, very white, but not very delicate to the touch and has low oiliness.
This piece of Russian jade should be considered top-grade. Not only does it have the white characteristics of Russian jade very well, but its texture and feel are not bad either. But this is not important. What Xue Chen cares about is that this piece of jade is of high quality.
Russian jade contains a spiritual energy.
This piece of Russian jade has been polished into a jade plaque the size of half a palm. There is a small seal character carved on one side of the jade plaque. If you look closely, you can see that it is the character "zhou", while the back is completely smooth.
In this Zhou jade tablet, Xue Chen clearly felt the existence of a spiritual energy inside. This spiritual energy had a burning sensation, giving people a feeling of dry mouth, but the magnitude was not very large.
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"No, it's not just as simple as aura!"
Xue Chen was keenly aware that there was something fishy about this jade tablet, but he couldn't explain it clearly.
Suddenly, he thought of the introduction about something he had seen in the materials Qi Yunshan gave him. At that time, he was surprised and secretly regretted that he did not have that ability.
"Ling Jian?"
The materials inherited from Prince Qi's Mansion record something called Ling Jian, which is simply a thing that stores spells.
Ling Jian can be made of wood chips, metal, or jade. Different materials are selected according to different techniques. The practitioner stores a technique he has mastered into it through special means, and waits for it when needed.
When the time comes, only a small amount of spiritual energy is needed to activate it.
When he first saw it in the information, he was shocked. There was such a magical thing. He originally wanted to ask Qi Yunshan if he also knew this kind of technology, but when he saw the information from the mid-Qing Dynasty, he
An ancestor of the Qi family lamented the difficulty of making jade slips. It took more than a month to make one piece. They believed that this technique was of little use and was a waste of time in practice. They suggested that future generations of the Qi family not spend time on it.
Seeing this, Xue Chen realized that Qi Yunshan would probably not be able to do it. Realizing that the jade tablet in his hand was a spiritual slip, his interest suddenly increased. He looked over and over again, thinking to himself, if this is a piece of jade tablet,
Ling Jian, what kind of spells are stored in it?
He caught a glimpse of the clean box from the corner of his eye, and couldn't help but wonder, could it be because of this Ling Jian? He felt that the spiritual energy inside the Ling Jian was filled with a burning sensation, as if there was a ball of fire, which made him feel more and more...
It's very possible.
"Ling Jian, as long as it is activated with a little spiritual energy, the magic inside can be released..."
After being mentally prepared, a trace of spiritual energy came out of the spiritual crystal in the body, entered the jade tablet, and came into contact with the spiritual energy inside it.
Huchi~
There was a vague sound, and in an instant, the jade plaque suddenly lit up, with a faint fiery red light, but it disappeared in the blink of an eye. At the same time, a hot breath spread from the inside of the jade plaque, making
Xue Chen felt as if he had arrived in a dry and hot desert area. There was no trace of moisture and his whole body was dry.
The hot breath appeared and disappeared quickly. Xue Chen licked his mouth and then realized that his lips were a little dry and cracked!
"The water in the cup...is gone?"
There is a glass of water on the table next to it. It is what is left after drinking just now. There is still about half a glass, but now it has dried up and not a drop is left. Obviously, it was caused by the hot breath just now.
Suck it dry!
"What kind of magic is this?"
Xue Chen frowned, feeling that this technique was a bit baffling. Is it a special technique for absorbing water?
But after thinking carefully for a while, his heart shook and he realized that what he thought was too simple!
Now it is obvious that the inside of this golden box can always remain dry and has not been corroded by the well water precisely because of the existence of this special spiritual slip. So it is not difficult to guess why there is spiritual energy in the well water. This spiritual slip
Jane escaped when the time was up to isolate the water vapor.
"How long has this box been at the bottom of the well?"
It must be more than one or two hundred years, which means that this piece of spiritual scroll has been running for one or two hundred years, just like a machine has been running for one or two hundred years. Even if the machine is not worn out, the power or oil will have been cut off long ago.
In other words, the spiritual energy in the spiritual slip just now was what was left after one or two hundred years of consumption.
"If this is the case, then the initial spiritual energy content of this spiritual slip is definitely more than this small, and it must be abnormally majestic. Then the spell released will not be the same as just now, and the effect should be increased ten times or even a hundred times!"
Thinking back to the brief moment just now, the lips were chapped and the half glass of water disappeared in an instant. What would happen if the power was increased dozens of times?
It is obvious that all the surrounding moisture disappears instantly, leaving nothing behind, and the human body will be horribly destroyed and become... a mummy!
After thinking about this, Xue Chen swallowed, shuddered in his heart, and secretly felt lucky. Fortunately, the spiritual energy in the spirit slip had been almost exhausted, otherwise he might have become a mummy now, even if he was lucky enough not to die.
, time reversal was performed immediately, but the feeling of being drained of water from the body must be an uncomfortable and terrifying experience.
The spiritual energy has been exhausted, and this piece of spirit slip is considered useless. The luster on the surface is much darker than before, and there are some cracks on the surface and inside, just like the jade stones used to arrange the spirit gathering array after being continuously impacted by the spiritual energy.
, has no use and becomes waste.
Putting down the scrapped Ling Jian in his hand, and feeling lucky, he once again focused his attention on the inside of the gold box. He reached out and took out the Four Treasures of the Study one by one to inspect them.
As expected, all of them are very rare and good things on the market. The pen is a black lacquer and gold tube with yellow jade and Zan purple hair. The tube is about five inches long and the top is about three inches long.
The pen head is made of purple hair, and its shape is similar to a blue stamen. The root is decorated with yellow hair. The barrel and cap are both painted with bamboo lacquer. The black lacquer ground is painted with a vermilion cloud and dragon pattern. The end of the barrel and both ends of the cap are painted with gold.
The tattoo lasts for one week.
The upper end of the tube is engraved with the four characters "Huang Liu Yu Zan" in Yin script. Xue Chen remembered the origin of these four characters, which came from the poem "Hanlu" in the "Shi of King Wen" in the Daya Chapter of "Poetry".
"The jade chandelier is sewn, and the yellow water flows in it." These two lines of poetry praise King Wen of Zhou for inheriting his ancestral heritage, practicing virtuous government, and respectfully offering sacrifices, which resulted in blessings and benefiting the people.
Looking at the overall shape of this brush, it is in line with the style of the early Qing Dynasty. At that time, this pen was a high-end product. Ordinary people would not even think about it. It was a luxury item. Now, it must be stored in an exquisite box.
But the original owner didn't particularly care for it. It was used very frequently and the tip was already worn out.
"Good pen!" Xue Chen looked at it carefully, especially the three characters "Huangliu Yuzhan", which are elegant and graceful, giving this pen more connotation, always reminding the person who uses the pen to cultivate virtue, think about the people, and be dignified.
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After seeing this pen, Xue Chen had higher expectations for other items in the study room. I believe they would not be ordinary items.
There is a piece of ink, 20 centimeters long, 6 centimeters wide, and 1.5 centimeters thick. The ink is rectangular, with a slightly rounded top, and the whole body is pitch black. If you are wearing black clothes, it has the distinctive regular script character 2: Divine Product!
The front side of the ink can have a double phoenix pattern, which is full of energy, and is surrounded by rows of cloud patterns. The back side has two dragons playing with pearls on the sea wave pattern. The four sides are embossed with plum and bamboo patterns, and are then rendered in gold, blue, and silver colors, which are gorgeous and colorful.
, extremely beautiful.
The corner of the ink holds the inscription, made by Sun Ruiqing.
"Sun Ruiqing..."
Xue Chen scratched his head, feeling embarrassed because he had never heard of this name.
However, this seems normal to him. He is not omnipotent and knows all historical figures. No one dares to say that he knows everyone in history, let alone him.
But there is no doubt that this Sun Ruiqing is a master of Huizhou ink making, and this piece of ink called divine ink is also worthy of his name. Whether it is the color of the ink, the pattern lines on it, and the overall outline, it will make those who know the art