A carefree soldier king in the city

Chapter 783 Treasure Hunt

With a "click," the copper pestle was inserted into the hole, then turned clockwise and pulled out. A moment later, the stone door opened to both sides.

It turns out that this bronze pestle was the key to open the stone door.

Wang Dakeng and his group became much more obedient at this point, all on high alert, because no one could predict what would happen next in this place.

Chao Bufan drew a dagger from his waist and said, "I'll go first, you all follow closely." With that, he entered the stone gate.

Feng Ling and the others took out their respective self-defense weapons and followed.

Entering the stone gate, they found an empty stone chamber. Opposite the stone gate was another identical stone gate, which Feng Ling and his bronze pestle opened without a doubt. After entering the other stone gate, Chao Bufan and his companions discovered a large number of terracotta warriors, arranged in what appeared to be some kind of formation or battle array.

All six people present were seeing the terracotta warriors up close for the first time, and they were all pleasantly surprised.

Wow! This is the first time I've ever seen the Terracotta Warriors up close like this!

Ge Dawei was about to touch the terracotta warrior in an exaggerated manner when Chao Bufan quickly stopped him: "Dawei, don't touch it!"

Ge Dawei was taken aback and asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"

Chao Bufan frowned and quickly glanced at all the terracotta warriors. He felt something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Ge Dawei was taken aback again. Wang Dakeng and Feng Ling, who were standing to the side, saw that Chao Bufan looked worried and quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

Chao Bufan seemed to be deep in thought. After a moment, he said, "According to the records in the book, the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum was excavated from Mount Li. It was dug up with three springs below and a towering tomb above. Countless burial chambers were built to confuse tomb robbers. Since ancient times, countless people have tried to find the entrance to the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, but only one in a hundred has actually been able to enter."

Feng Ling explained, "This passage was used by the workers who covered the earth at the end of the construction of Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum. Originally, this passage was supposed to be sealed off, but because of the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising, when the army approached Mount Li, Qin Er Shi had no choice but to transfer the mausoleum construction team to fight the enemy, leaving some unfinished relics."

Chao Bufan nodded and said, "The Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum is full of traps, so we need to be extra careful. Look closely at these terracotta warriors; I feel there's something strange about them."

Ge Dawei, Zhou Weihua, and Wang Zi were all tomb raiders in the past. After Chao Bufan said that these terracotta warriors were indeed a bit strange, Ge Dawei broke out in a cold sweat and quickly retreated to Chao Bufan's side.

Chao Bufan examined the terracotta warriors again. The light accidentally shone on the stone wall on the right, where there was a small hole. He quickly shone the light back on the hole and said, "Fengling, try inserting this bronze pestle into that hole."

Fengling understood, took a few steps forward, inserted the bronze pestle into the hole, and turned it clockwise. Immediately, a series of "clicking" sounds came from the ground in front of him where the terracotta warriors were standing. After a moment, the terracotta warriors actually started to rotate automatically and then moved to the left and right, making way for a passage.

Ge Dawei secretly wiped a bead of sweat from his brow: "Bufan, if you hadn't reminded me so quickly, I'd probably be meeting the King of Hell by now."

Chao Bufan laughed and said, "So, you're not a qualified tomb raider yet."

Ge Dawei chuckled and said, "I was just too excited and almost made a big mistake."

Fearing some danger, Chao Bufan said, "Fengling, we'll go first, the rest of you stay close."

After passing the terracotta warriors, they carefully traversed a short, winding, descending flight of steps, and suddenly entered a bright and open space. The vast tomb was spacious and clean, with countless large and small burial chambers connected on both sides; a slight misstep could easily lead them astray.

"Holy crap! This is a maze!" Ge Dawei exclaimed in shock.

"Bufan, can you tell us why we've come here on this adventure?" Wang Dakeng finally asked the question that had been bothering everyone.

Chao Bufan said, "I've come to look for something."

“I know you’re here to look for something, but I’m asking what you’re looking for,” Wang Dakeng added.

“Bu Fan, don’t tell us you’re here looking for gold and silver or something.” Ge Dawei dismissed Chao Bu Fan’s idea of ​​“getting it over with.”

Chao Bufan laughed and said, "Since you're so eager to know, then fine! Actually, I'm here to find Qin Shi Huang's jade seal."

"The Imperial Seal?!" Everyone was shocked, even Feng Ling was quite surprised, because Chao Bufan had not told him the purpose of his visit, only that he was here to find something very important to him.

Chao Bufan explained, "When Qin Shi Huang unified the six kingdoms, he commissioned the most famous sculptor of the time to create a jade seal for him. Later, before Qin Shi Huang died, the jade seal was inexplicably struck by lightning and a corner was missing. Because of this, the jade seal possessed a special function."

Wang Dakeng asked, puzzled, "What function?"

Chao Bufan smiled faintly, and said with a hint of mystery, "You've all probably seen quite a few TV series or movies about time travel, right?"

"I've seen it before! What's so special about it?"

"That's not surprising. The key is that this jade seal has gained the ability to travel through time since it was struck by lightning."

"Isn't it?"

"You'll find out once we find the Imperial Seal. Then I'll take you on a time-travel adventure, a real grand adventure."

"Really? Bufan, how did you know?"

"Well... I can't explain it to you right now, but it's related to my strange dream."

Wang Dakeng said curiously, "Bufan, although we also find it very strange that you often have such dreams, I still think that 'dreams' are like the moon in the water or flowers in a mirror, and cannot be taken completely seriously."

“I know.” Chao Bufan smiled and said, “But sometimes dreams are very accurate. For so many years, this dream has been a mystery that has been bothering me. If I don’t solve this mystery, I will really go crazy. This time, I’m going to give it a try no matter what. In any case, once we find Qin Shi Huang’s Imperial Seal, everything will become clear.”

“Alright!” Wang Dakeng said, “As your brother of so many years, I really can’t bear to see you plagued by nightmares all the time. Anyway, I’m still young, so I might as well go crazy with you for a few more years.”

“Since Dakeng has said so, what else can we brothers say?” Ge Dawei said. “Bufan, I hope your choice is right.”