Ancient tomb excavation traces

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The hallucinations occurred when Lao Tiao was waving the bronze wine vessel. Before each time I entered the illusory world, my mind would become infinitely foggy. Our ancestor also had this strange symptom, which he called "precognition."

My heart was pounding; I couldn't tell if it was excitement or astonishment. An ordinary person might be born with exceptional intelligence, but no one could predict what would happen next like I did—it was simply illogical.

I tried to organize my thoughts, but the questions I wanted to ask couldn't be put into one place. In the end, I could only blurt out one sentence: "Boss Feng, why did you have a premonition?" To be honest, it felt a bit awkward and disrespectful to call my ancestor "Boss," but given my status, I had no choice.

The old ancestor waved his hand, a sly look on his face, and said, "Oh, it's just prediction! Sometimes it's accurate, sometimes it's not. When it's accurate, it can save people; when it's not, it's just tormenting yourself."

The old man's answer seemed evasive, as if he were avoiding the question. Looking at his expression, I knew that it was impossible for me to get any answers from him. But it was always unsettling to have the conversation abruptly cut off when I was about to get to the point.

Now I could only ponder to myself, why do my ancestors and I have precognitive abilities? Is it hereditary? But why doesn't my grandfather have them, and why has he never mentioned them to me? I looked at my ancestors, and they smiled at me meaningfully.

Before I could think any further, Chen Yi grabbed me, glanced at the old ancestor, and exclaimed dramatically, "Liu Zi, you fucking have superpowers? Is the boss exaggerating again?" Judging from what he said, he must have been fooled by the old ancestor quite a bit.

"You never know, it might really be true!" Bao Cai stroked his chin, looking serious. "Didn't the young master say last time that he seemed to have seen some kind of illusion?"

"Wow, it seems like that happened. That's way too exaggerated! So you guys saw what was going to happen next and that's why you saved me? Oh my goodness, that move was amazing!" Chen Yi exclaimed in surprise, then turned to me excitedly and said, "Liu Zi, take another look, what will happen to us next?"

"And..." Bao Cai interrupted, "Will I ever become rich in this lifetime?" Seeing his bright little eyes waiting for my answer with anticipation, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

They had more vivid imaginations than I did, so they quickly accepted the fact that I had precognitive abilities. However, I was now filled with doubts myself, so I could only vaguely reply, "I'm so confused. This feeling comes and goes, like inspiration..."

To be honest, my inner doubts remained unanswered, and I longed to know the reason for my precognitive abilities. However, I genuinely couldn't believe that humans possessed supernatural powers, yet the illusions I repeatedly witnessed seemed to confirm this fact. Thinking about this, I suddenly realized something. If precognitive abilities truly existed, perhaps our ancestors had foreseen Chen Yu and my arrival in this world, knew I was their descendant, and thus cared for me meticulously, even knowing what I had just seen.

Thinking this way, I immediately realized I was overthinking it, because this whole thing was too far-fetched. Even if my ancestors and I truly had the ability to foresee the future, we could probably only see things happening in the present. We couldn't possibly see our descendants arriving here more than a thousand years from now. Besides, even if I had the ability to foresee the future, I couldn't believe that my descendants would arrive in this era. After all, such a thing is more absurd than a dream.

At that moment, my heart was burning with rage, and I desperately wanted to grab him and ask, "Do you know what I saw in the illusion just now? Did you already know I was your descendant?" But to avoid being questioned, he had already run to the other side of the coffin, seemingly preparing to reveal the true face of Princess Chu. He asked Chu Ba if he had figured out the intricacies of the place, and Chu Ba nodded, saying there were no traps. Upon hearing this, the Ancestor fetched a torch.

Watching his retreating figure, I suddenly fell silent. Though questions burned within me, I ultimately chose to give up the pursuit. Some answers the ancestors hadn't directly given me meant they weren't answers I could know; asking would be asking the impossible, and I might only receive a well-intentioned lie. With that thought, I followed them to the main coffin.

Since entering the tomb, Princess Chu's tomb has given me a sense of magnificence and mystery. However, this coffin is extremely simple. It is made of dark blue-green stone, looking dull and lifeless, like a profound old man, full of mysterious and ancient charm.

Chen Yi looked at the coffin and said, "Hey, has this Princess Chu gotten used to eating meat and now switched to vegetarianism? This coffin looks like it was used by an ordinary official. Was it really necessary to be so understated?"

The old ancestor held up a torch and shone it throughout the entire coffin, muttering, "There's something strange about this. This coffin chamber is full of rare treasures, and the coffin itself should be incredibly luxurious..." He pondered, examining it closely, but still found nothing. In this situation, the old ancestor was cautious. He dared not open the coffin rashly, fearing he might fall into a trap, and instead reached out to touch the outer layer of the coffin.

This reminds me of what my grandfather said about our ancestors' skills. He said that our ancestors had an extremely delicate touch and could feel a fine needle under a quilt. If there was anything special about the coffin, he could probably tell the difference.

I instinctively controlled my breathing. The ancestor, with his eyes closed, quickly sensed something, opened them abruptly, and said to me, "Little rascal, go and fetch the eternal lamp from the bronze wall."

Although I didn't know what the ancestor wanted the ever-burning lamp for, I figured he knew a lot, so I didn't ask any more questions and turned around to get it.

After the eerie, unlit lamp illuminated the deathly coffin, I gasped. The ancestor said solemnly, "Just as I thought, it truly holds a hidden mystery."

I stared incredulously at the enormous, dark blue coffin before me. In the places illuminated by the eternal lamp, exquisitely beautiful images and inscriptions appeared. I eagerly reached out to touch the coffin, but felt nothing. It was as if the reliefs were alive, invisible to the naked eye, and if I touched them, the images would disappear on their own.

I was very interested in this and asked my ancestor, "How can the patterns on this coffin be so mysterious?"

The ancestor explained, "This relief is carved using the technique of hidden carving. Compared to it, the carvings we saw before are nothing. There are not many people in this world who know this carving technique. In our dynasty, there is only one person who possesses this skill, and that person is my old man." The ancestor spoke with a hint of pride, implying that his great-great-grandfather was quite capable, and that the father-son relationship between the two was relatively harmonious, otherwise he wouldn't have used the term "old man" to refer to him.

Hearing this, Chen Yi leaned closer to me and said jokingly, "Liuzi, you said your ancestor was a master tomb raider. A thousand years later, you've inherited his father's mantle and started sculpting. When you see him again, you'll have to kowtow and thank him. In modern times, you'll even have to worship a statue of him."

I heard Chen Tiao teasing me, cursed, and continued listening to the old man's words. I understood the general meaning, but I really found it hard to believe that such a miraculous technique existed in the world.