Super Zoo

Chapter 211 A Not-so-serious Ancient Tomb (Sixth Update)

The pearl itself was not so rare, and one the size of a thumb, even of excellent quality, wouldn't be worth much, at least not to Suming at that time; its value was not too high.

But if placed hundreds of years ago, in a small village of just a few dozen families, it would have been a treasure!

Suming and Zhao Yun looked at each other and had the same thought: Could these foxes be thieves, stealing valuable things from the village and hiding them in their dens?

No wonder this large village didn't have a single valuable item left—it turns out the Big-eared Thieves had stolen everything!

This was truly a case of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Suming laughed heartily and gave the Big-eared Thief a big kiss, while Zhao Yun, excited, had already climbed down and was shining a flashlight into the hole, peeking in from the entrance.

"See anything?" Suming had just peeked into the hole when he was hit by the pungent stench of fox, forcing both men to cover their noses and frown.

Just then, another long-eared fox emerged from the hole, this time with something flat in its mouth.

Suming felt his pockets, "Shoot, nothing to eat left," and Zhao Yun volunteered a box of chewing gum... but then thought better of it and broke off a small piece of instant noodles to give to the newly emerged fox, trading it for what it was carrying in its mouth.

A copper coin. Zhao Yun quickly spat on it, rubbing it vigorously, and then under the light, pulled out a magnifying glass to examine it closely, mumbling as he looked, "Da... Yi... Tong Bao..."

The characters on the coin were the reign title of the emperor who had the coins made, such as Yongle Tongbao and Qianlong Tongbao. Hearing Zhao Yun say this, Suming couldn't help but laugh and said, "Da Yi Tong Bao? Mr. Zhao, are you sure you're not seeing things? There was no such reign title called Da Yi during the Ming Dynasty, right? Or during the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, or Qing Dynasties for that matter. The Da Yi Emperor, that's a new one on me."

Zhao Yun lifted his head, carefully pulled out a sealable bag, placed the copper coin inside, sealed the bag, and placed it reverently in his backpack.

After this, he finally said, "That's because you're uncultured. Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

"There really was a Da Yi Emperor?" Suming was skeptical, pouting, "It couldn't be one of those rebel leaders who crowned themselves emperor, right? The name of that reign sounds like one picked by a makeshift emperor."

But now, there was a hard sensation underfoot, clearly indicating the presence of floor tiles!

A few swings of the flashlight beam allowed them to get a rough look at the surroundings, leaving Suming and Zhao Yun stunned!

Before them was a stone chamber of about a dozen square meters, floored with fish and dragon patterned tiles. The floor was rather clean, not at all like the mess of fox feces they had imagined.

In the center of the stone room was a stone platform about a meter high, and on that platform sat a small three-legged bronze tripod.

The tripod, about half a meter tall, appeared quite 'miniature' and seemed out of place.

It was as if a poor man wanted to pass for rich but didn't have the money, so he skimped on materials and ended up with this tiny tripod instead.

"This is too unserious, burial is a significant event in one's life, how can it be treated so carelessly?" Suming couldn't help but criticize internally.

Looking to both sides, there were two small side rooms that one could see the end of with just a glance, inside which were various vessels piled up. A slight shine with the light revealed that most of them were already broken, probably smashed by foxes playing around here.

Directly in front of the stone chamber was an arched corridor, about three meters tall and two meters wide!

The corridor seemed to be seven or eight meters long. The light from the Wolf's Fang flashlight pierced through the passage, revealing another room inside. The full picture was indistinct, but merely peering through the corridor, directly opposite the entrance, stood a coffin!

"Damn, it's really an ancient tomb!"

Suming immediately got excited. His initial goal for this trip was to explore an ancient tomb. It was only after descending that he realized it was just a cluster of ancient dwellings, and his enthusiasm had waned significantly. If it hadn't been for that large group of foxes and the Yangtze alligators stirring things up, this trip would have been too lackluster.

He never would have thought that beneath this cluster of dwellings lay an actual tomb! Although that little tripod wasn't very serious and completely disrupted the solemn atmosphere of the ancient tomb, at the end of the day, it was still a tomb.