Chapter 548 - Chapter 548: Shooting Blindly (2/2)

“What do you think you’re doing? Everything here has been painstakingly collected by us; you’re not taking a single item.”

Jin Lingsu’s eyes darted back and forth.

“Little sister, don’t be so tense! Loosen up a bit. These things are useless lying around here, why not let sister take them out and trade them for money, and then we’ll split it eighty-twenty…”

“No way!” The little girl spread her arms in front of the shelf, “As long as I’m here, you won’t think about taking these things away.”

Chen Yu coughed twice, “Alright, stop joking around with her. We’re just here to have a look. If we really wanted to take anything from here, we would need the Core Tower’s owner’s permission.”

Jin Lingsu smiled awkwardly and then patted the little girl’s shoulder.

“You really are dedicated, little sister. Why don’t you come work in my collection room, I’ll start you off with a salary of a hundred thousand a month!”

The little girl did not answer but continued to stare down Jin Lingsu, looking fierce yet adorable.

Chen Yu shook his head helplessly and took a few steps deeper into the room, when he suddenly discovered something resembling a marble placed in a corner.

The patterns on it seemed to be from the Tang Dynasty’s Tianbao era, but woven between these patterns were some text in the style of the early Southern Song Dynasty.

Chen Yu immediately became interested and crouched down to take a closer look.

“Sir, do you like this item?”

The little girl, who just a moment ago had been confronting Jin Lingsu, hurried over to Chen Yu’s side.

It looked as though she was worried that Chen Yu might steal something here.

“I just find it odd. The age of the item shouldn’t be a problem, but the patterns span over several dynasties.”

The little girl also nodded.

“This item has been here for many years, and we’ve conducted a lot of related research. However, we just can’t determine its real age or purpose.”

Chen Yu frowned slightly and immediately began scanning it with the system.

It wasn’t long before all the derivative information about the altar appeared in his mind.

“If I’m not mistaken, this should be a sacrificial altar from the fourteenth year of Tianbao, around the time when An Lushan started the rebellion.”

The little girl’s eyes widened, and she scrambled closer to take a closer examination.

They had conducted a lot of related research and had already narrowed the years down to between the tenth and fifteenth year of Tianbao and the function to a major ceremony for heaven worship.

But because there were no clear inscriptions and no records in the historical documents, they couldn’t identify the specific user.

Yet Chen Yu, after just one glance, was able to determine its age and even link it to An Lushan, which was indeed surprising.

“Sir, are you sure?”

Chen Yu gently stroked the inscription.

“This must be carved by Zhao Gou, the founding Emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, using what later generations called ’riddle script’ tadpole text! No one in this world can understand this writing anymore, so it’s normal that you spent so much time without deciphering it.”

The little girl became excited and took out her special camera to snap photos of the inscriptions on the outside of the altar.

As they were speaking, an elderly man suddenly ran over and snatched the camera from the little girl’s hands.

“Who allowed you to take pictures here?”