Chapter 696 - 9: Overestimating Oneself
"A tomb?"
The tremor came quickly and left just as fast.
The nearby tourists had just exclaimed when the shaking stopped.
Chen Lusi felt the vibration under her feet gradually cease and immediately looked at Gong Fei, asking a question.
"...It should be."
Gong Fei nodded slowly, then withdrew her gaze from the distance, turned back to look at Chen Lusi, and said, "Chen Tiance, we might need to quicken our pace a bit."
"..."
Chen Lusi didn’t respond, she just quickly followed suit.
Soon, the group, under Gong Fei’s lead, started jogging away from the city wall and then directly got in the car.
Being in a tourist spot, it was obviously impossible to use a Shrinking Earth Talisman to relocate.
Besides, even if it were possible.
Chen Lusi had never been to Xi’an before.
In the car.
Chen Lusi shut the car door, thought of something, and suddenly turned back, "Sister Siyu, inform Tang Language and the others to wait in the Lintong District. They didn’t bring the Jade Seal, so getting close there should be fine... But remind them not to rashly head to the tomb’s location."
"...Okay."
Si Yujie immediately agreed when she heard this, but as she was about to take out her phone, she paused.
Chen Lusi was somewhat puzzled and followed her gaze.
Outside the car window.
In the distance.
Tang Language was holding a bowl of oil-splashed noodles, slowly walking out of a noodle shop... She looked puzzled, unsure if she was confused by the recent tremor or by the oil-splashed noodles she held.
Both Si Yujie and Chen Lusi, upon seeing this scene, unexpectedly thought that the latter possibility was bigger...
At this moment.
Tang Language also noticed the slowly starting car and saw Si Yujie. Her eyes suddenly brightened, and she immediately switched to holding the noodles with one hand, vigorously waving the other towards Si Yujie and Chen Lusi.
"Drive."
Si Yujie turned her head directly, "Drive at once, I’ll notify them later."
Chen Lusi: "..."
Li Zheng, sitting in the driver’s seat, looked at the energetic Tang Language through the rearview mirror, even he... found it hard to keep his composure.
In the end, the group didn’t bring Tang Language along.
Twenty minutes later.
Chang’an, Moyang District.
Apang Palace Archaeological Site... Park.
That’s right.
The so-called Apang Palace Archaeological Site is a park... After all, in modern society, this site is still in the core of the city, definitely impossible to be just exposed soil.
And it’s been really too long since the Qin, leaving not much trace.
Actually.
Although it’s called Apang Palace Archaeological Site Park, aside from stone tablets and some added Qin Dynasty elements, most of it is woodland, almost indistinguishable from an ordinary park.
It’s all about being shady, suitable for walks.
Chen Lusi glanced at the stone tablet at the entrance inscribed with "Apang Palace Site" and then looked at the park-like site... once again deeply experiencing the power of time.
"Whistle—"
As Gong Fei, who had been walking ahead, reached the park within the site, he immediately whistled.
Following this.
He walked while whistling, very much like an old man going for a stroll.
Unlike Yongning Gate, there were not many tourists here; not just tourists, even human figures were few.
After all, it was daytime and a working day, with many famous sites in Chang’an, ordinary people had to work, and it’s normal tourists wouldn’t come to what’s called a site, but essentially a regular park.
Chen Lusi thought about this while catching up with Gong Fei.
Until he heard the gentle flapping sound of wings.
He came to his senses.
...In the distance, a Kingfisher with golden feathers, shimmering subtly in the sunlight, was flapping its wings, making a soft sound as it flew over.
"Kingfisher?"
Chen Lusi watched the beautiful Kingfisher, which didn’t quite look like a product of nature, feeling a bit puzzled.
He thought that something called a Golden Goose... would be like a goose.
"It’s called Golden Goose because of a mythical story."
Knowing what puzzled Chen Lusi, Si Yujie explained, "Legend has it that when Chu Overlord Xiang Yu entered the pass, he used 300,000 men to rob the Qin Mausoleum, but during the excavation, suddenly a Golden Goose flew out from the tomb...
Although this is hardly credible, the Kunlun members and Celestial Strategy Mansion members who discovered this bird at the time, considering that it might be a Source Canon, named it Golden Goose anyway."
"Oh—"
Lin Ying, hearing this, elongated the tone and couldn’t help but look at Chen Lusi, chuckling softly, "I get it, it’s like how I always call Chen Lusi an idiot, but he’s not really an idiot."
Chen Lusi: "..."
On the other side.
When the Golden Kingfisher flew closer, it began circling above the group.
As it got nearer, Chen Lusi noticed that the back of this Golden Kingfisher rose slightly... as if it was carrying something.
As he looked at the bird, it was also watching him.
"A bit strange."
Gong Fei re-focused on Chen Lusi, following its line of sight, "Chen Tiance, normally when I call it, it would appear and perch on my shoulder, after years of being together, yet this time, it just fixates on you, even if it was fixated on the Jade Seal I could understand..."
Before she finished speaking.
The Golden Kingfisher suddenly turned its head... sure enough, looking at the Heirloom Seal of the Realm, then it suddenly descended, standing atop the Jade Seal.
Faced with this unexpected situation, Si Yujie froze directly.
Before she could react.
The Golden Kingfisher faced Chen Lusi, suddenly spread its wings... its silk-like soft feathers exposed under the sunlight, each one seemingly meticulously crafted and flawless.
Meanwhile, the Jade Seal in Si Yujie’s palm suddenly became scalding hot.
Following this.
Everything within her vision started racing backward at high speed! The park vanished instantly, replaced by a sprawling cluster of palaces stretching over three hundred miles, rising suddenly to block out the sky and the sun!