280: Chapter 275: The Mysterious Tomb in the Cave 280: Chapter 275: The Mysterious Tomb in the Cave These materials weren’t too extensive, they hadn’t even filled one folder, to be exact, there were only a few pages.
Ye Tian opened the folder and inside was a printed material, and more of them were old newspapers from the era of the Republic of China; these newspapers had yellowed and were at least seventy to eighty years old.
He had no idea how Wang Bingbing’s people had found them.
The content of the newspaper was quite simple, archaeologists undoubtedly discovered a mysterious cavern, suspected to be a tomb of a Magician from ancient times.
The mystery of this tomb lay not in the tomb itself, but in the three artifacts unearthed from it.
According to the records in the newspapers, one of them was a transparent sphere.
“A transparent sphere?
Could it be the Crystal Ball?” Ye Tian couldn’t help but make the association.
As for the other two artifacts, no detailed information was provided, but from reading between the lines of the newspaper and combining it with Wang Bingbing’s other materials, Ye Tian boldly speculated that these objects had ended up abroad and were collected by someone.
Besides the report on the mysterious tomb, the rest of the newspaper clippings were about the archaeological personnel.
One piece of information caught Ye Tian’s attention.
Back in the Republic era, when medicine was very underdeveloped, an archaeologist contracted a terminal illness; it was his last archaeological expedition.
After he returned home, his symptoms gradually eased, and he eventually made a full recovery, causing quite a sensation at the time.
Apart from the person who recovered from the incurable disease, the other members of the archaeological team also experienced changes.
One of them even claimed to have clairvoyant ability, but was later deemed mentally ill and sent to the front lines to resist Japan; his fate was unknown, as was whether he had any descendants.
“Healing functions!
Clairvoyant ability, these are definitely functions of mysterious energy!” Ye Tian was sure.
The reason for his certainty was because Ye Tian had firsthand experience.
The clues brought by Wang Bingbing were truly shocking.
Ye Tian was so excited that he paced restlessly on the ground, unable to contain himself, he was just too thrilled.
From these materials, Ye Tian concluded that these archaeologists must have touched some kind of mysterious power.
Among the three artifacts excavated, the transparent sphere was probably the Crystal Ball, a relic that could endow someone with clairvoyant ability, likely similar in existence to a mysterious eyepatch.
“Finally found a clue, wonderful!”
Ye Tian was so excited he almost jumped.
He immediately hugged Wang Bingbing and bit her face hard.
Wang Bingbing pounded on Ye Tian’s chest and complained, “You hurt me!
Put me down now.”
After being excited for a while, Ye Tian finally calmed down.
He had noticed that the archaeological team had unearthed three treasures in total, apart from the Crystal Ball and the eyepatch-like object, there was a third item.
That is to say, as long as he could find this third item, there was hope to suppress the Golden Silkworm Gu inside his body.
“Little maid, I’m giving you a task right now, find the third treasure,” Ye Tian said with an indisputable tone.
Wang Bingbing smiled slightly, “I’ve already told my subordinates to look for it, but…
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“But what?” Ye Tian said, “If you run into any trouble, just come to me.
As long as we can find the third treasure, I can remove all obstacles for you.
Just state your conditions, and I’ll help you if I can.”
“That’s not what I mean,” Wang Bingbing shook her head and explained, “What I mean is it’s not easy to find.
Did you notice that the newspapers didn’t mention a single word about the location of the ancient tomb or any other information?”
Ye Tian was suddenly taken aback.
He had been too excited before, only caring about his happiness, and hadn’t paid attention to the details.
Ye Tian picked up the newspapers and began to scrutinize them more carefully.
And wouldn’t you know it, what Wang Bingbing had said was indeed accurate.
The papers simply mentioned that the ancient tomb might be related to a millenary religion.
As for where the tomb was, whether it referred to a Taoist tomb, a high monk’s tomb, or even a heretical cult’s tomb, that was impossible to ascertain; in that era of technological backwardness and domestic turmoil, it was likely that the archaeologists did not have the means to investigate further.
Ye Tian placed these materials on the table and furrowed his brows.
“Never mind that, you must help me find the third treasure, and that mysterious tomb, it’s very important to me,” Ye Tian said.
He looked again at the few newspapers and the precious materials.
This time, he was very thorough.
After examining them, Ye Tian sighed.
The information wasn’t detailed, but Ye Tian could infer that every person involved in the archaeology had undergone strange changes in their bodies.
Unfortunately, these people were either sent to the front lines to fight the Japanese or died of unknown causes, and some had moved abroad, where they also suddenly passed away.
And the cavern that buried the mysterious tomb had mysteriously collapsed.
Based on the available clues, Ye Tian preliminarily guessed that this might be related to a military operation by some country.
At that time, after all, it was an era of war with conflict everywhere, the full-scale national war of resistance had already broken out; local warlords, revolutionary troops, foreign invaders, and bandit gangs all had their complex interweaving of forces, fighting and restraining each other on Chinese soil.
Only a foreign military would have the depravity to destroy another country’s cultural heritage.
For a relic that dated back eighty or ninety years, Ye Tian really felt at a loss on what to do.
“Little maid, this matter is up to you now, see to it,” Ye Tian said.
Wang Bingbing was the Ice Snow Queen of Jiang City, with numerous underlings and informants.
She was the most suitable person to handle this sort of affair, so letting her continue the investigation was a wise decision.
The fact that she was able to find these old newspapers proved she was capable.
“I’ll do my best,” Wang Bingbing nodded.
Ye Tian didn’t say anything else.
He stood in front of the window, gazing at the bustling night view of Jiang City, silently pondering over the scattered clues, trying hard to assemble, extract, and deduce them to figure out something useful.
“You don’t need to be too anxious, these things depend on chance, and rushing won’t help,” Wang Bingbing saw Ye Tian getting impatient and thus comforted him.
She also added, “Based on the information we have now, the third treasure has likely ended up overseas.”
Ye Tian nodded.
This was his biggest concern.
If it truly was overseas, then things would indeed be difficult.
Wang Bingbing’s influence was considerable in Jiang City, a little weaker nationally, and even weaker on a global scale.
The two were silent for a long time, both feeling that the task was not easy to accomplish.
Suddenly, Wang Bingbing exclaimed, “I’ve got it!
I know what to do.”
“You’ve thought of a solution?” Ye Tian asked.
“We can’t intervene overseas, but it’s different with domestic matters,” Wang Bingbing pulled out the old newspaper, pointed to the masthead, and said, “Look at this, this is the newspaper’s name from that year.
We can find the location of the newspaper office based on this name.
Back then, there were no national newspapers; newspaper offices only reported local news.
As long as we find the location of the newspaper office, we can deduce the location of the mysterious cave.”
Ye Tian’s eyes lit up, “You’re really something!”
Wang Bingbing was overjoyed.
Ye Tian seemed inspired by her words.
He suddenly said, “After finding the newspaper office, we should inquire about nearby collapsed caves, and also, that archaeologist who was sent to the battlefield, we need to investigate him as well.”
“With the war being so brutal back then, do you think he could have survived the battlefield?” Wang Bingbing asked.
Ye Tian smiled enigmatically, “Of course, he could.”
He was so certain because Ye Tian knew best the power of the clairvoyant ability.
He had survived in the cruel Dark World by relying on this ability.
With such a heaven-defying power, it wouldn’t be a problem to save one’s life, not just on the battlefield, but even in a far more perilous place.
“But even if he really survived the battlefield, that would have been seventy or eighty years ago.
By now he would be at least a hundred years old; surely, he’s no longer alive,” Wang Bingbing thought comprehensively.
Ye Tian smiled lightly, “Then we’ll look for his descendants.”
“That can be done, it’s not hard at all,” Wang Bingbing immediately nodded and agreed.
“It’s all up to you,” Ye Tian smiled wickedly, “If you can find this person, I will reward you handsomely.”
“I don’t want your reward, it’s definitely not something good,” Wang Bingbing, seeing his wicked look, knew he was thinking about that again.
“If you’re not obedient, believe me, I can train you right now,” Ye Tian said with a naughty laugh.
Wang Bingbing pulled out a knife, glaring, “Then you might as well kill me.”
“Sure, but before I kill you, I’m going to have my fun first, hahaha.”
In the time that followed, Ye Tian got intimate with her for a while, then he left the bar, took a taxi back to Jin Guan City.
It was late at night, and Yun Xinyan had already fallen asleep, so he went to sleep as well.
The next morning, after breakfast,
Ye Tian drove the nanny car with Yun Xinyan to the Dihao Building.
Today was Monday, the busiest time with lots of work at the company.
Everyone was bustling with the public welfare project, the whole company busy and cheerful.
Yun Xinyan, as usual, had a meeting.
Ye Tian, the security chief, had nothing to do, so he began to work out with Gu Lei and the other security guards, doing various push-ups, one-handed push-ups, and showing off their muscles, much to the drooling admiration of the female clerks.
Suddenly, the receptionist came to find Ye Tian, respectfully saying, “Security Chief Ye Tian, Miss Yun has asked you to go down; she has some important items that she wants you to collect.
She said that you would know once you get there.”
Ye Tian, who had been mid one-handed push-up, sprang up, Gu Lei handed him a towel, which Ye Tian took to wipe off his sweat.
“What important item that requires the chief himself to retrieve it?
And who is the person involved that she didn’t tell me, what kind of mischief is my wife up to?”
Ye Tian didn’t think much about it and took the elevator down.
Soon, he saw the person waiting.
“Hungry Wolf?” Ye Tian gave a wry smile.
It turned out the person delivering the item was Hungry Wolf; no wonder Yun Xinyan said he would know once he got there.
“Master!” Hungry Wolf greeted with a respectful nod.
Ye Tian, without another word, patted Hungry Wolf’s shoulder, jokingly said, “Look at you, Hungry Wolf, when did you betray me?
Without my approval, you’ve gone over to my wife’s side!”
There was a hint of reproach.
Hungry Wolf immediately panicked, “Master, please calm your anger, Hungry Wolf won’t dare do it again.”
Ye Tian laughed, “It’s okay, I’m just messing with you.
Tell me, what did my wife send you here with?”
Hungry Wolf wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his demeanor extremely respectful, and produced a USB drive from his pocket, presenting it with both hands to Ye Tian.
“This contains the secrets of the Brilliant Company, all sorts of unseemly things.
Master, these are all that my sister-in-law tasked me with,” Hungry Wolf reported truthfully.
He didn’t dare keep anything hidden from Ye Tian.