[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposed-the-old-n":3,"chapter-i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposed-the-old-n-i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-49":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I, The Tomb-Raiding Storyteller: Exposing the Old Nine Gates from the Start",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2162629,3627,"Chapter 49","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-49",49,"\u003Cp>\"At this moment, Chen Pi Ah Si wondered if someone had struck first and placed an Arhat statue here to scare him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The more Chen Pi Ah Si thought about it, the more terrified he became, but he was already nearing sixty, so his experience and courage were naturally not something a young person could compare to!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After his initial fear, he steadied his mind and cursed the Arhat statue a few times in his heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, with lightning speed, he pulled out a few iron pellets, used his feet to steady his body, and with two 'paps', fired them directly at the white-faced Arhat statue!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you all before, Chen Pi Ah Si's skill with iron pellets is more accurate than a gun!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The two iron pellets were fired with full force, and with two muffled thuds, they struck the white-faced Arhat statue right in the eyes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The impact cracked both eye sockets of the Arhat statue, and the iron pellets flew out and fell to the bottom of the Mirror Palace!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, think about it: if this were a person, they would have been blinded for real; you can see how ruthless Chen Pi Ah Si's technique is!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After the Arhat statue's eyes were blinded, the empty sockets actually looked less terrifying than before.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chen Pi Ah Si breathed a sigh of relief, and the fear in his heart receded along with it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Afterward, he took a gecko claw from his bosom, hooked one end onto the curved wooden palace ceiling above, and tied the other end to his ankle with a single-strand rope made of walrus hide.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He let himself down, releasing the rope to its limit, but there was still a long distance to the palace floor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, looking down from there, he could already see the outlines of things below.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The base of the palace floor below seemed to be made of white marble, and due to years of earthquakes and natural erosion, there were many unknown fragments on it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the center of the palace floor sat a miniature white pagoda, whether of jade or ivory, covered by a translucent gauze canopy, so it looked hazy and white.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chen Pi Ah Si hadn't read many books, so seeing this, he naturally didn't know what was inside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if it were me, I should have already understood what was placed inside!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Lin's words made some listeners frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people who came to listen to the storytelling for the first time felt that Chen Pi Ah Si was an expert based on his style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could Zhang Lin be convincing when he said such an expert hadn't read books and didn't recognize treasures?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Chen Pi Ah Si was an old tomb raider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even he couldn't see what was below, yet Zhang Lin knew?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the crowd had objections to his words, Zhang Lin smiled and then said: \"Actually, let alone Chen Pi Ah Si, how much do you all here know about Buddhist pagodas and stupas?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are very few Buddhist pagodas in the Xia Kingdom that are well-preserved and still have underground palaces.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The most famous Giant Wild Goose Pagoda is said to have an underground palace according to surveys.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But current conditions don't allow it, so the underground palace hasn't been opened.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Current archaeological conditions mean that even those of you here who have been in many ancient tombs cannot know much about pagoda underground palaces.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Am I right or not?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This statement left the crowd with no way to refute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among those who came to listen to the storytelling, there were quite a few private archaeologists who had been in many ancient tombs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these people's research on pagodas was also very limited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now that they heard Zhang Lin say this, they couldn't figure out what should be in the underground palace!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Zhang Lin didn't continue to show off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he said to the crowd: \"Actually, you don't know, but I can tell you all about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is an old saying that I guess none of you have heard, which is: 'A Marquis of Ten Thousand Households is not as good as a Stupa'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It means that the things in a stupa's underground palace are often even more luxurious than those in a Marquis's tomb!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Underneath the miniature pagoda, there should be the Eight-Fold Treasure Casket that holds the Buddha's bone relics!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is, eight boxes nested one inside the other.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This thing is for Buddhist use only, and combined with the relics inside, it represents the concept of the Three Thousand Worlds and the Six Paths of Reincarnation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's not worry for now whether what's pressed underneath is a real Buddha bone or a jade replica; that Eight-Fold Treasure Casket alone is something of incalculable value!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Buddhist treasures have always been rare in archaeology, let alone well-preserved Buddha bone relics and Eight-Fold Treasure Caskets!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Any one of these things, if taken out, would be a national treasure-level artifact!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the listeners below felt tears of greed flowing from the corners of their mouths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No other reason, it was just too tempting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who in archaeology and tomb raiding doesn't hope to handle a national treasure-level artifact?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this national treasure, once found, wouldn't be theirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the state would provide very generous rewards, and honor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's on par with the honor of a soldier receiving a First-Class Merit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation Chen Pi Ah Si encountered now is what every archaeologist dreams of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, almost everyone started to get nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Chen Pi Ah Si's character was very poor, everyone didn't want him to miss out on such a national treasure-level item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if everyone could only hear about the discovery of a national treasure in a story, they would feel honored to be part of it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Zhang Lin said this, Young Master Zhao, who had always presented himself as a playboy, suddenly frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in the world knows that Young Master Zhao is a playboy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in reality, the Zhao family also started out in archaeology and tomb raiding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Young Master Zhao had been influenced by this since he was a child and was very interested in tomb raiding and archaeology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, he wouldn't have come to listen to Zhang Lin's storytelling for several days in a row.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And been willing to be a sucker and spend one million to buy a compass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he heard this, he already vaguely felt that this Eight-Fold Treasure Casket sounded familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, he immediately took out his phone and searched through the Zhao family's internal database.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hard work pays off; relying on his vague memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Master Zhao found an old newspaper from back then!\u003C\u002Fp>",1122,"2026-06-16T21:55:26.381Z","2026-06-16T22:03:03.495Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","309888874eaf2dfbdd06e468480c5859276f7bef754b9130bd3eb92933be5930","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-50","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-48",577,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--cover.jpg"]