Restoring cultural relics: Starting with the crying Tang Dynasty figurines

Unsure what he was waiting for, Su Yuan stared at the stone pillar for a long while. Ah Wu's voice came from the bronze mirror, very soft:

"Su Yuan, look at the back of the stone pillar, there are words on it."

Su Yuan hurriedly went around to the back of the stone pillar and saw that there were still words carved on the pillar surface. The words were much smaller and shallower than those on the front, so they must have been added later.

He picked up the bronze medal and examined it again:

"During the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty, I ventured into the hidden chamber in search of antiquities but to no avail. Here I found inscriptions carved by a Taoist priest of a previous era, hence this record..."

"What the ancients awaited was neither things nor people, but a vessel; when the vessel was completed, the ancients emerged."

Su Yuan stared at the words, his mind buzzing: "It's waiting for an object; once that object is made, it will appear?"

Su Yuan read the inscription several times to make sure he hadn't misread it.

A-Wu's voice came from the bronze mirror, sounding a little nervous: "Su Yuan, could what it's waiting for be related to your jade ring?"

Su Yuan touched the jade ring on his hand and shook his head:

"I don't know, but if it were a jade ring, it should have come out long ago."

Awu thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense. So it's waiting for something else, an object that hasn't been created yet?"

Su Yuan was even more shocked after hearing this. He suppressed his questions for the time being, looked at the document carefully again, and walked back.

As they reached the wreckage, Zhong Ming's voice rang out: "Kid, can you smell... blood?"

Su Yuan quickly looked around warily, and Zhong Ming said again:

"It's not the original flavor from inside the compartment; it's seeped in from the outside."

Su Yuan suddenly noticed something moving in the mist, so he quickly gripped the Su Zhizao sword tightly and stared at the direction the mist was moving.

Something suddenly darted out of the fog!

The thing was pitch black, like a wisp of solidified smoke, and had no fixed shape, constantly twisting and deforming.

It was about half a person's height, and the aura it emitted made Su Yuan feel cold all over.

"Oh no, it's a gap!"

Su Yuan blurted out that this was different from the gaps he had seen before; this one reeked of blood.

Awu, reflected in the bronze mirror, cried out, "Su Yuan, watch out!"

Before he could finish speaking, the black thing suddenly lunged at Su Yuan.

Su Yuan instinctively swung his sword to block, and the blade of Su Zhi's sword emitted a piercing screech as it sliced ​​through the black mass.

The black mass that had been slashed by the sword blade split open, then quickly healed, and then pounced on Su Yuan again!

Su Yuan quickly took two steps back, took the protective talisman from his chest, and stuck it on the hilt of the sword.

When the protective inscription of the Pure Yang Immortal encountered Su Zhi's sword-making, it immediately emitted a golden light. The golden light spread along the blade, and soon the entire sword was enveloped in golden light.

Upon seeing the golden light, the thing hesitated noticeably for a moment, but still pounced forward!

Su Yuan grinned and swung his sword, slashing out. When the golden light struck the black mass, it exploded.

The gap shrank abruptly, as if it had been burned, and retreated rapidly.

Su Yuan couldn't outrun it, and he didn't want to give it a chance to escape. Holding the bronze spiritual eye, he thought for a moment, and the jade ring and the spirit-locking bead lit up at the same time.

A soft light spread from the jade ring, instantly enveloping the gap.

It struggled and hissed desperately inside the light shield, but no matter how hard it struggled, it was to no avail. Finally, it melted like ice and disappeared completely!

Su Yuan trembled and gasped for breath, leaning on the hilt of his sword for a long while before finally gathering up the toolbox beside him.

Awu's image appeared, and she asked with concern, "Su Yuan, are you alright?"

Su Yuan quickly said, "It's alright, A-Wu, don't worry, Han Zhengming must have put this in!"

Awu agreed, saying:

"He wanted to use these things to test the situation in the interlayer, and also to test your strength."

Su Yuan hummed in agreement, wiped his sword clean, and said, "He definitely knows the outcome this time. He won't succeed so easily!"

Awu gave a soft "hmm" and instructed them to leave first.

Su Yuan didn't linger any longer and quickened his pace to walk back the way he came.

Suddenly, a green-skinned monster with a large head and a small body appeared out of nowhere and shouted, "Master Su, don't go yet, help me take a look..."

Su Yuan wasn't in the mood today, so he replied, "Maybe next time, it's not convenient today..."

After speaking, he quickened his pace and soon reached the exit. As soon as he came out, Zhao Cheng went to greet him:

"Why did it take so long? What happened?"

Su Yuan put down his toolbox and took a few breaths before speaking: "I encountered something, a crevice that had been fed with blood..."

Zhao Cheng's expression changed immediately: "Are you sure?"

"Um."

Zhao Cheng thought for a few seconds, then immediately took out his phone: "I need to tell Director Zhou."

Su Yuan didn't stop him. After watching him leave, he sat down on the spot, carefully put away the protective talisman, and put Su Zhizao's sword back in the toolbox.

Awu's image floated out from the bronze mirror, sitting on the mirror surface looking at Su Yuan.

"Su Yuan, I think the inscription I saw on the stone pillar today is very important."

"What the ancients awaited was a single vessel." Su Yuan wiped the sweat from his brow and repeated his question to A-Wu, "But what exactly was it?"

Awu shook her head: "For it to wait so many years, that artifact must possess extraordinary power!"

Su Yuan touched the jade ring on his wrist: "Could it be related to my Su family?"

Awu thought for a moment and said, "It's very likely that the bloodline of your Su family is extraordinary. The bronze mirror, the bronze plaque, and this sword made by Su are not ordinary items."

Awu added, "It's no ordinary thing that it can even take my remnant soul and Zhong Ming into the bronze mirror."

"Perhaps your Su family has had some kind of connection with the mezzanine from a very early time."

Su Yuan listened without responding.

He had heard about the connection between the Su family and the mezzanine since he was a child, but he had never thought about it in depth!

When you connect all the dots, you realize this is no coincidence.

After finishing his call, Zhao Cheng walked over, his expression somewhat better than before: "Director Zhou said that you should write down what you saw today, and he will send someone to pick it up."

Su Yuan nodded, then quickly picked up a pen and paper from the worktable and wrote down the contents of the stone pillar and the section of Tang Dynasty inscription, word for word.

Otherwise, you'll forget some of the words later.

After finishing writing, he checked it again to make sure nothing was missing before handing it to Zhao Cheng. Zhao Cheng took the paper and glanced at it:

"What the ancients awaited was a vessel. Was it waiting for an object?"

"Yes," Su Yuan said, "I think that object might be related to my Su family."

Zhao Cheng glanced at him, said nothing more, folded the paper and put it in his pocket: "Okay, wash up and rest in a bit."

After Zhao Cheng left, Su Yuan sat in the warehouse for a long time.

Xiao Jue cautiously asked from above, "Master Su, are you alright? That was quite a close call."

"fine."

"That's good." Xiao Jue breathed a sigh of relief: "Your face was as white as paper when you came back just now, it scared me to death."

Qian Weidong and Zhao Cheng rushed over, and Chen Xiaohe complained:

"You've really gone too far, Su! How could you just run in there by yourself? Don't you believe your brother Chen?"

Su Yuan smiled and said, "No, I didn't plan to go very far this time, but I didn't expect to encounter a rift..."

"I really don't know what to say about you!"

Qian Weidong nudged Chen Xiaohe: "Alright, let Xiao Su go and rest, stop this nonsense."

Chen Xiaohe rolled her eyes at Su Yuan: "Do you need help?"

Su Yuan smiled and said, "No need, everything's fine here. You guys go ahead and do your work."

Chen Xiaohe was pushed out by Qian Weidong, grumbling incessantly. Su Yuan smiled, packed up his toolbox, and left the storeroom.

In the corridor, Lin Xi was standing at the office door. When she saw Su Yuan come out, she walked over.

"Su Yuan, did you go into the mezzanine again?"

"Yeah, I was inside for a while." Lin Xi looked at him, wanting to say something, but after thinking for a moment, she only said, "Take care of yourself."

After saying that, she turned and went back to her office. Su Yuan watched her leave and shook his head.

Back in the dorm, I threw my clothes in the washing machine, washed up, and then lay down on the bed to rest. I slept straight until after 5 p.m.

I got up, ate at the cafeteria, and went straight back to my dorm. I had just lain down on my bed when my phone vibrated.

It was a message from Zhou Peiyuan:

"Xiao Su, we have read the inscription you wrote. It says that what the ancients awaited was a single vessel."

"After the senior members of the Ninth Division searched and reviewed all the records about the interlayer, they found a clue!"