Chapter 1457 Jade Sculpture (1/2)

About half a month earlier, Tang Chaoyang had said that he had a gift for Li Du. It was a map of the jade mine.

Li Du had taken his words to heart. However, after that, there was the haunted house story and the tasks of selling off his property, and the map took a long time to arrive. Hence, Li Du had forgotten about it.

The Chinese youth left after passing the gift to Li Du. A treasure hunter came over and waved to him. ”Boss Li, we are all waiting to hear the story of how your ancestors took risks to steal the treasures. Their experience was really mystical.”

Of course it was mystical. Li Du had narrated a translated version of the book Candle in the Tomb.

No one could have blamed him for showing off. Candle in the Tomb was a first-person narrative. Li Du had told the story that way and the treasure hunters believed him.

Dickens looked at the gift box in his hands and said, ”Hey, what's that? What did he give you? Be careful, I've heard that those gangsters sometimes send time-bombs to their rivals.”

”Rubbish, where did that sort of thing happen?” Olly rebutted as he drank his beer. ”Wouldn't it be really messed up if something like that happens?”

Li Du did not know what was in the box. The box had a cubical form, with each side being only slightly over 20 cm long. However, it weighed more than ten kilograms. It was supposed to be just a map. Even if it were made of cowhide, it would not be that heavy.

Li Du could not understand that, so he went ahead and opened the box. The bunch of men rushed forward to look and marveled in unison.

”God!”

”Jesus, what's this?”

”This is too gorgeous, it's a piece of art!”

There was a sculpture in the box. It was beautifully made and looked like green silk. The color was very bright, like young leaves after rain. It was as though green water was rippling inside it.

Under the rays of the sun, the sculpture looked clearer than ever. There seemed to be a glowing layer on its outer surface. It was beautiful and intoxicating.

As beautiful as its source material was, the statue was even more valuable. A topographic map was engraved on it, with mountains, rivers, roads and vegetation, and some small towns.

Without a doubt, the micro-carving method was used here. The small sculpture depicted a rather large piece of land in amazing detail. The trees carved on it were smaller than ants. The towns were only slightly bigger than a thumb, but they included pavilions, people and cars!

The treasure hunters were not very educated. They had never seen such a sculpture and were all stunned.

Someone could not help but reach out to caress it. Dickens slapped his hand off and said, ”What if you damage it? This thing here looks like it's worth millions. Would you be able to pay it off?”

Olly, who was the one who had reached out, tutted, ”I just wanted to verify if it's real or fake. I feel like I'm in a dream. How could such a gorgeous thing exist?”

”It's obviously real. The question is, what is it made of? I've never seen anything like this. This is a huge piece. Is it a sort of jade?” Dickens asked curiously.

Li Du pretended to laugh and said, ”It should be a type of jade. Looks decent. Someone sent this for Ah Meow and the animals. These are really die-hard fans.”

He was spouting nonsense. That thing was carved entirely out of jade!

It was a big piece of jade and it looked like the stone was of very high quality. It could even be some glass type of jade. It was very valuable in itself.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

Dickens had said that it was worth millions. Li Du felt that it was actually much more valuable. That sculpture should be worth over ten million!