The bottom of the deep sea is silent, and even the water is still. Ning Tao walked on the rocks and sand on the seabed. He had a feeling of walking in the dead time and space of the past. It seemed that he was the only one left in the world.
However, this kind of loneliness pales in comparison to the loneliness I feel when reciting the third sentence of "Your Sutra": "The sea of suffering has no limit, and a single drop of water falls alone." It is not worth mentioning. He can easily adapt to the environment here without reciting this sentence.
The cave that Yang Sheng mentioned has not yet been found, but the beam of the refined tactical flashlight unexpectedly illuminated a sunken ship. It was probably an ancient merchant ship. The anchor was covered with rust, and the broken deck was covered with seaweed. There were some deep-sea fish swimming among the seaweed and the cabin. When the light hit them, they fled like frightened birds.
Ning Tao approached the sunken ship and shined a refined tactical flashlight on a hole in the hull. Behind the hole was a cabin, in which lay several moss-covered skeletons. Several small deep-sea fish were struck by the beam and fled quickly, hiding in the lower cabin.
As a result, it was precisely because of the hiding of these small fish that Ning Tao illuminated a large number of ceramic fragments with a refined tactical flashlight, as well as a few boxes that seemed to be relatively intact.
Ning Tao approached the cabin at the bottom. Under the water-repellent effect of Tianbao's robe, the water in front of him automatically gave way, revealing the decaying hull covered with moss. He pushed up with a palm, and the wooden hull in front of him suddenly collapsed. The rotten wood fell to the ground, and a hole that could allow a person to get in appeared in front of him.
Ning Tao ducked in.
There are colorful fragments among the pile of ceramic fragments. The colors are mainly yellow, blue and white. Because they are not in contact with the air, the colors still seem to maintain a certain degree of brightness.
Ning Tao's heart moved: "Are these ceramics Tang Sancai? Is this a merchant ship from the Tang Dynasty?"
There are only a few pieces of Tang Sancai in existence, and each piece is a priceless treasure. It's a pity that if these ceramics are all Tang Sancai, it means nothing, they are all broken.
This is just a guess. According to the historical knowledge that Ning Tao has learned, Tang Sancai was a funerary object for the upper class when the country became strong after the Zhenguan period and the trend of thick burials became prevalent. Ordinary people were not allowed to use this kind of funerary object. If this is a tomb, then these colorful ceramic fragments are most likely Tang Sancai, but it is not so sure in a sunken ship.
Ning Tao's eyes quickly moved to a box that was relatively well-preserved, and he walked to a box. There was an iron lock on the box, but it was almost completely rusted. He stretched out his hand and broke it twice, easily breaking the iron lock, and then he lifted the lid of the box.
The box contained a large box full of coins, which had also become rusty. There are faintly visible words on a few of them, with the words "Kaiyuan Tongbao" written on them.
Kaiyuan Tongbao is a coin of the Tang Dynasty, and this shipwreck is really a shipwreck of the Tang Dynasty.
Unfortunately, these precious cultural relics were almost completely rusted. Ning Tao tried to grab one, but he picked up a large ball and then fell down like rusty flour.
Ning Tao then opened three more boxes. One of the boxes contained fabrics that looked like silk, but all of them were broken when Ning Tao opened the boxes. The second box contained a box full of bamboo slips, but it was broken once opened. Even if it's not broken, the writing on the bamboo pieces is unreadable. The third box contained several pieces of porcelain, including porcelain bottles and porcelain plates. Perhaps because there was filler in the box when the ship sank, it avoided collision, so these pieces of porcelain were well preserved.
Ning Tao carefully picked up a porcelain bottle and wiped off the dirt on the surface with his hands, revealing the crystal clear porcelain surface. He turned the bottom of the bottle over, and there were four words "Yue Kiln Imperial System" written on it.
Ning Tao didn't have much research on antiques, but he understood the meaning of the word "imperial". It was something belonging to the royal family, and royal things were naturally the best.
A smile appeared on Ning Tao's lips. Now is the time for war. Neither Blackfire Company nor Chuangshi Biotechnology Company is short of money. He is the poorest among the three parties. These Tang Dynasty ceramics were put up for auction, and they would probably sell for several hundred million, right? Not long ago, a chicken bowl cup from the Chenghuahua period of the Ming Dynasty was sold for a sky-high price of more than 200 million, not to mention the royal porcelain of the Tang Dynasty. No wonder they are packed in boxes, which is enough to prove that these pieces of porcelain were already of extremely high value in ancient times!
This was a completely unexpected gain. If he hadn't come here to find real ambergris, Ning Tao would not have discovered this sunken ship, let alone these extremely precious porcelains.
There are four pieces of porcelain in total, two plates and two porcelain bottles. It feels like a special pairing.
Ning Tao carefully put the two plates into the small medicine box, then stuffed a porcelain bottle into his clothes, holding one in his hand, and prepared to leave the sunken ship. At this moment, a closed hatch came into his sight.
Will there be any more treasures
Ning Tao's heart moved and he walked over. The rotten wooden boards were shattered under his feet. He walked carefully, but sometimes it was inevitable that he would get stuck.
There was no lock on the hatch, but the hinge was broken. Ning Tao reached out and pushed, and the entire door panel collapsed, revealing the space behind it.
Sea water is automatically avoided.
The beam of the refined tactical flashlight shone in, revealing the scenery in the cabin.
A woman lying on the bed, also soaked in sea water, appeared in the beam of light, and Ning Tao was stunned.
The woman looked like she was asleep, and her body showed no signs of decay. Her skin still looks so fair and delicate, even giving people a feeling of elasticity. Her appearance is dignified and beautiful, and her body is relatively plump, but she gives people the right feeling. Adding one point makes her look fatter, and losing one point makes her look thinner.
This merchant ship is a merchant ship from the Tang Dynasty, and this woman is naturally a woman from the Tang Dynasty. This is what shocked Ning Tao. Even if this woman was from the late Tang Dynasty, she still had a history of more than 1,100 years. How could her body be preserved to this day
Ning Tao endured the shock in his heart and cautiously walked towards the lady. During this process, he awakened the sight and smell skills of his eyes and nose. After that, his eyes fell on the mouth of the female corpse. He saw traces of spiritual energy, but instead of spilling out of her mouth, it was poured into her mouth from the outside. His nose also caught the smell of the clear spring of spiritual energy, but there was no smell of rotting corpses.
Ning Tao came to the bedside, put down the porcelain bottle, reached out and pinched open the mouth of the female corpse, and a blue bead came into his sight. It was the size of a pigeon egg and was crystal clear. It is it that absorbs the spiritual energy from the seabed and preserves the body!
"Could it be...the Spirit Gathering Pearl?" Ning Tao couldn't help but feel ecstatic.
The Spirit Gathering Pearl is definitely a legendary treasure in the world of cultivation. It can gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to help cultivators practice. This was considered a top-notch treasure in the Linggu era when spiritual energy was abundant, because no one would dislike having more abundant spiritual energy in their cave, just like people today would not dislike having too much money to spend. In today's era of lack of spiritual energy, its value is even more immeasurable!
Ning Tao stretched his hand towards the female corpse's mouth, but just when he was about to put it in, he suddenly changed his mind.
He knew very well that as long as he took the spirit-gathering bead out of the female corpse's mouth, the female corpse would be broken. The female corpse had a spirit-gathering bead in its mouth, which showed that her identity was extraordinary. She was either a member of the royal family during a certain period of the Tang Dynasty, or a cultivator!
After thinking for about ten seconds, Ning Tao took out the Eclipse Blade and said to the female corpse: "I'm sorry. I just want to know if you have any last words."
After speaking, he carefully inserted the eclipse blade into the arm of the female corpse, and at the same time activated the whisperer with his spiritual power to capture the sounds that might exist in this space.
There was no response at first, but after a few seconds, a choking voice suddenly appeared in Ning Tao's mind: "Your Majesty, Yuhuan has gone... I will serve your Majesty again in the next life..."
Ning Tao's jaw suddenly dropped to the ground in shock.
Yuhuan, isn't that Yang Yuhuan, one of the four beauties
History books say that Yang Yuhuan died in Mazaiyi, but unofficial histories have several versions. Some say that she faked her death and became a monk until she died. It is said that she traveled eastward to Japan, and Japan also has legends about her, and they also named her the god of spring plowing.
It seems that no matter which version is wrong, because she is lying here.
Suddenly, another woman's choking voice appeared in Ning Tao's mind: "I am so unwilling... That evil dragon destroyed my ship, and I cursed it to die... I will find the time-suppressing tower... I I’m not willing to give in…”
Ning Tao was stunned again.
Too true
Ning Tao suddenly remembered the relevant descriptions in the history books he had studied. Yang Yuhuan had also become a monk and was a Taoist priest. Her Taoist name was "Taizhen"!
There is also the Time-Suppressing Tower. Isn’t that the seventh most evil magic weapon among the top ten evil magic weapons? He has already encountered two of the top ten evil magic weapons. The first one is the soul-eating urn ranked tenth, and the second one is the "Six Paths of Reincarnation Diagram" ranked sixth.
This whole thing was like a ridiculous story to him. Not only did Concubine Yang not die in Mazaipo more than a thousand years ago, nor did she follow the Tang Dynasty envoys to Japan to seek refuge and become the god of spring plowing, she came here instead. Search the entire sea area for the seventh most sinister magical weapon, the Time-Suppressing Tower!
The Time-Suppressing Tower was a magic weapon that could stop time within a certain range. What was she looking for
Neither the Eclipse Blade nor the Whisperer captured any lingering thoughts or sounds of souls. The two sentences just now were probably preserved because of the Soul Gathering Pearl, otherwise he wouldn't be able to capture anything.
Ning Tao did not give up. He then took out the small porcelain bottle containing the Xunzu Pill, took out the Xunzu Pill inside, held it in his hand, and took a deep sniff.
boom!
A picture of past time and space appeared in his field of vision.