Free Web NovelChapter 326: Chapter 326: Millennium Moisture
"How could it be fake?" Wang Hao retorted. "You recognize the ’Shen Nong’s Herbal Studies’ and the box used for storing the medicinal herbs that Shen Nong packed. Don’t those prove that this is indeed the real tomb of Shen Nong?"
"As for the remains of Shen Nong himself, I really don’t know where they’ve gone," he said, shaking his head.
Wang Hao nodded as he spoke.
To ensure that he didn’t miss anything, Wang Hao even jumped into the stone coffin to take a look.
But as soon as he jumped in, something miraculous happened. He found that his body suddenly couldn’t move, and he couldn’t speak either.
"What on earth is going on?"
A feeling of dread washed over Wang Hao, and he quickly tried to channel the energy of the Heart of the Dragon within his body to investigate, but the Heart of the Dragon’s energy also seemed unresponsive.
Although he couldn’t move his body or use the energy of the Heart of the Dragon, Wang Hao’s consciousness remained clear. He quickly felt his body being enveloped by a mysterious force.
This force was very similar to the one that had been emitted when the stone coffin was opened.
Fortunately, Wang Hao could sense that this power had no intention of harming him. On the contrary, it seemed to be merging with the Heart of the Dragon’s energy at an astonishing speed.
After merging with this mysterious force, the energy of the Heart of the Dragon changed, although Wang Hao couldn’t use his consciousness to explore what changes had exactly occurred.
But the change was so powerful that he could vaguely sense it without moving.
"Wang Hao, what’s happening to you?"
Su Zhenping, seeing Wang Hao motionless inside for a long time, curiously tapped his body. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
The moment Su Zhenping tapped Wang Hao, the changes in the Heart of the Dragon’s energy suddenly ceased, and the mysterious force also disappeared without a trace. Wang Hao returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.
"It’s... it’s nothing!"
Wang Hao moved his limbs and quietly regulated the energy of the Heart of the Dragon within his body. Everything had returned to normal and there didn’t seem to be any changes.
Wang Hao himself was puzzled by this.
"Since you’re alright, hurry up and search. Check every corner thoroughly to see if there’s any elixir. Even some residue would be good!"
Su Zhenping urged him.
Wang Hao set aside his suspicions and continued searching in the stone coffin.
He didn’t find any elixir, but Wang Hao did find a piece of dark greenish-black material.
It was like a small rock, only about the size of an average person’s thumb cap.
"Thousand-Year Fragrance!"
Upon seeing the object in Wang Hao’s hand, Su Zhenping suddenly exclaimed.
Thousand-Year Fragrance?
Wang Hao had never heard of such a thing. He inspected it carefully in front of his eyes, knocking on it and feeling nothing special. It was rough to the touch, not smooth and tender like jade, and it had a very strange smell.
"What on earth is this, and why does it stink so much?"
After sniffing it, Wang Hao quickly pulled it away. The smell was too pungent, somewhat like rotting.
However, it was odd that the stench could only be detected when the object was close to the nose; a little distance away, and there was no smell at all.
"Nonsense, this is used for fumigating corpses. It would be strange if it didn’t stink!"
Su Zhenping snatched the Thousand-Year Fragrance and took a sniff in front of his nose.
Not only was he not bothered by the smell, but he also grinned from ear to ear after sniffing it.
Hearing Su Zhenping’s words, Wang Hao was slightly taken aback.
"There’s not even a skeleton here, isn’t it a waste to put the thing that fumigates the body here?"
Wang Hao asked inexplicably.
"It’s also possible that there was a body here originally, but for some reason it disappeared later,"
Su Zhenping chimed in casually, his attention now fully focused on the Millennium Moisture.
Even if it was used for fumigating corpses, Millennium Moisture is actually a very precious herbal medicine, one that is found only rarely.
It generally only appears in the tombs of ancient emperors and nobles, used to protect the body from insects and ants, and to ensure the integrity of the flesh.
But even in ancient times, few emperors could use Millennium Moisture because it was so rare.
Moreover, it was also rumored that if Millennium Moisture was used as a medicine for the living, it could ensure eternal youth for the person, and might even reverse aging.
Of course, all this was just legend, and no one had verified it.
But Wang Hao’s attention wasn’t on this. He was wondering why, if Millennium Moisture was found in the stone coffin, it meant that there had been a body in the coffin at one time, so what could be the reason for the body’s absence upon opening the coffin?
As Wang Hao looked down in thought unintentionally, he was surprised to find that there seemed to be a painting at the bottom of the stone coffin, which looked like it might be a portrait of a person.
However, the image was carved on stone and covered with dust, so it was impossible to confirm.
Could it be that the remains of Shen Nong had decomposed?
This idea suddenly surfaced in Wang Hao’s mind.
In fact, this wasn’t impossible, because the modern records of Shen Nong were quite mystical, treated as a mythological legend, and without historical texts to verify, it was impossible to confirm.
There were rumors he died a thousand years ago, some said ten thousand years ago, and others from even further back.
So with so many years passed, it wasn’t impossible for the skeleton to have disintegrated.
But another question arises: if the skeleton disintegrated, why couldn’t they find any other trace of it? It felt like the inside was just empty.
Wang Hao was also quite baffled by this and couldn’t find any answer for the moment. However, Qi Shihan studied archaeology, didn’t she? Perhaps he could ask her later to see if she knew anything.
Since there were no ancient books or elixirs inside, Wang Hao and Su Zhenping could only give up and closed the stone coffin again.
"Uncle Su, when we first opened the coffin, did you feel a very strange force?"
After the two left the ancient tomb, Wang Hao asked mysteriously.
"What strange force?"
After hearing this, Su Zhenping’s face changed because he hadn’t felt anything inside. Wang Hao’s sudden question made him feel apprehensive, he asked uneasily.
"You didn’t encounter a ghost, did you?"
Seeing Su Zhenping’s reaction, he apparently hadn’t felt anything.
"It’s nothing, maybe I was just too nervous just now and had some hallucinations!"
Wang Hao let out a foolish laugh and brushed off the matter.
About the Heart of the Dragon energy, he had to keep it a secret from Su Zhenping for the time being.
Su Zhenping, who was an old fox, could tell that Wang Hao was pulling his leg and thought that anything could happen inside such an ancient tomb.
In the future, he wouldn’t dare to go down alone. Even with Wang Hao, he would have to think it over carefully.
The two returned to Su Zhenping’s house and kept busy until midnight, but Su Zhenping did not see Su Lin return.
"She must have gone to water the medicinal herbs in the greenhouse with Dragon Pool Springs. That girl is so dedicated to some people’s affairs, but I don’t know how those people really weigh her in their hearts!"
Speaking of Su Lin, Su Zhenping felt uncomfortable. He had only this precious daughter, who somehow became utterly devoted to Wang Hao, which was why Su Zhenping now held a grudge against Wang Hao.
