Chapter 391: A Treasure Worth Trillions

Instructor, will they find that secret chamber?

Watching the archaeology team members using Luoyang spades to drill holes around, Liu Cangyun felt a bit worried.

Lin Feng laughed, "Don't worry! If it could be discovered, they'd have discovered it long ago."

After saying that, he pulled Liu Cangyun into the vehicle.

The weather was too hot, so staying in the car to enjoy the air‑conditioning felt comfortable.

Lin Feng believed those people would leave soon.

Cangyun…

Lin Feng asked.

Instructor, what's the matter?

Nothing, I just wanted to ask you how I trained this skill; it's quite impressive!

Lin Feng recalled Liu Cangyun's prowess during last night's sparring.

She was almost catching up with Zhu Li.

The difference is that Zhu Li practices the upper stance, while Liu Cangyun practices the lower stance technique.

Zhu Li's skill can be regarded as a technique, a move, within martial arts.

Whereas Liu Cangyun's can be seen as internal skill.

She actually cultivated inner force; sitting still, the inner force can activate acupoints and unleash tremendous combat power.

Liu Cangyun said, "Practice slowly! Whenever you have free time each day, cultivate, and you'll learn quickly."

Lin Feng frowned and reminded, "Your technique, can't you share it with others?"

Liu Cangyun nodded, smiling, "Not everyone can learn it; it also requires talent!"

It does require talent!

Lin Feng felt relieved.

Thinking of Zhu Li, she also had talent.

If everyone mastered the techniques and this kind of internal skill, that would be disastrous.

Lin Feng glanced around, "Cangyun, let's drive the car over there and spar again."

"Alright, Instructor!"

Liu Cangyun wore an expectant expression.

After waiting most of the day, the archaeology team finally finished work.

Zhao Xiaoyang and the others went back for a while.

In the afternoon, Wang Yu also came along.

They brought more tools.

And several large barrels of pure water.

Seeing the archaeology team finish, Zhao Xiaoyang approached with Wang Yu and lit a few cigarettes.

After some polite chatter, they inquired.

They didn't ask anything else, just whether they could play on this plot of land.

The archaeology team laughed, "Feel free to play; if you discover anything, call the police."

"Alright!"

Zhao Xiaoyang nodded.

"By the way, don't go inside casually; the ancient tomb contains unknown bacteria. Also, some stones are unstable and could fall and hit your head, which is dangerous…"

The archaeologists, as friends, gave Zhao Xiaoyang a reminder.

Before nightfall, everyone withdrew.

Annoyingly, they took away the diesel generator and a barrel of diesel.

The archaeology team made no discoveries.

At night, Liu Erwa, Duan Fei, and Cai Hao drilled several holes in the ceiling of the secret chamber.

They placed explosives and blew the ceiling open directly.

Fortunately, Zhao Xiaoyang and the others went back and brought a few barrels of water.

During this period, the weather was relatively hot.

Liu Cangyun felt they were about to smell like a dried salted fish.

Considering they sweated a lot last night and this afternoon.

With several barrels of pure water, they took a cold shower.

After changing into clean clothes, they became a fragrant 'porcelain doll' again.

After Lin Feng finished his shower, Liu Erwa and the others were already ready.

Boom~

A muffled thud.

The sound was faint; outside, the explosion was barely audible.

After a moment, Lin Feng ran into the secret chamber and shone his flashlight.

A hole about one meter in diameter exploded in the ceiling.

Looking upward from below, one could indeed see a space at the ceiling.

There were no alum‑acid type anti‑theft mechanisms.

In fact, anti‑theft wasn't needed; few people could locate this ceiling‑situated secret chamber.

Liu Erwa was the boldest.

He climbed up using the triangular ladder.

After a moment, she poked her head out and said to Lin Feng, "Brother Feng, the space inside isn't big, smaller than my house, no gold or silver treasures, just books!"

While speaking, she threw down an object wrapped in oil paper.

Zhao Xiaoyang reached out to catch it and held it up to Lin Feng.

The oil paper had a pungent smell, containing sulfur.

This is insect-proof.

Unwrapping the oil paper revealed a beautifully bound stack of ancient books before Lin Feng's eyes.

The cover bore the four large characters 'Yongle Encyclopedia'.

Lin Feng widened his eyes.

It was actually the Yongle Encyclopedia!

Lin Feng knew that the Yongle Encyclopedia comprised 22,937 volumes (including 60 volumes of catalog), 11,095 books, totaling about 3.7 billion characters.

It can be said to be an encyclopedia compiled in the early Ming dynasty.

The contents include the classics, history, philosophy, and literature, covering astronomy and geography, yin-yang medicine, divination, Buddhist and Daoist scriptures, drama, crafts, and agriculture, encompassing the knowledge wealth of the Eastern dragon over thousands of years.

Its original copy is believed to have been buried together with Zhu Li in Changling.

What has been passed down to later generations are all copies.

However, the copies now scattered worldwide amount to only over 800 volumes.

Compared to the Chuánguó Yùxǐ, a complete set of the Yongle Encyclopedia is even more precious.

The volume in Lin Feng's hands records literature and art.

The book is twice the size of a normal book; Lin Feng carefully opened it to take a look.

A scent of ink wafted up.

At a glance one could tell it was handwritten.

But each character looked as if it had been printed.

No one knows who had the energy to transcribe a complete copy of the Yongle Encyclopedia and hide it here.

After putting the book down, Lin Feng immediately climbed up the triangular ladder and entered the secret chamber.

He shone a flashlight on it.

Sure enough, as Liu Erwa said, this irregularly shaped secret chamber is full of books!

Every stack of books was wrapped in insect-proof oil paper.

Lin Feng glanced at the quantity and could confirm that this is basically a complete set of the Yongle Encyclopedia.

Even if not all, it is at least seventy or eighty percent!

Lin Feng didn't examine it closely, his face excited as he said, "Move! First, move everything back!"

Next, he and Liu Erwa carried the books to the cave entrance and handed them to Zhao Xiaoyang, who was standing on the ladder.

Liu Cangyun and Wang Yu also began to help.

They moved the books to the tomb chamber outside the secret chamber.

Seven people worked for several hours before managing to move the several-ton weight of books out.

Before dawn, Zhao Xiaoyang and Liu Erwa had already driven back in the Land Rover.

Directly bring over a large truck; one load can haul it all away.

Lin Feng stood with his arms crossed, looking at the mountain of oil-paper-wrapped books before him.

It's all money!

According to his knowledge, in 2020 a single volume of the Yongle Encyclopedia as a rare edition was estimated to be worth one hundred million.

There are over ten thousand volumes, which is over ten trillion!

This is worth far more than the same weight of gold.

"Cangyun, you're truly my lucky cat!"

Lin Feng cupped Liu Cangyun's face and kissed her forehead.

This discovery was purely a fortunate coincidence.

Not only did we crack a major case, but we also found a complete set of the Yongle Encyclopedia!

If it weren't for Liu Cangyun's suggestion to come here to play.

It would probably take another few decades of development here before anyone would discover it.

Or perhaps it would never be discovered at all.

Given the extremely low terrain here, what if future development involves landfill work?..

Then this treasure might never see the light of day.