jdhmnovel Chapter 164 The Ark of the Covenant? We need Gu Xixi.
Chapter 164 The Ark of the Covenant? We need Gu Xixi.
Ever since she met Gu Xixi, her luck has been getting better and better, so good that she wakes up laughing every night.
"Thank you, Xixi." Zhang Chunhua was truly grateful. If falling to her death and transmigrating was her first rebirth, then meeting Gu Xixi when she couldn't hold on any longer was her second rebirth.
"Don't do this all of a sudden, eat quickly." Gu Xixi hurriedly interrupted her tears, and Zhang Chunhua smiled again before returning to her own world.
Soon, the Mermaid King gracefully arrived from the azure mist. "Gu Xixi, push a few carts for me. We've salvaged quite a lot from the shipwreck and they're on their way back to the Mermaid Palace. Only a few carts have arrived so far. I'll bring them to you first."
"Alright, please wait a moment." Gu Xixi immediately directed Chen Yu, Chu Feng, and the others to push five large carts to the Mermaid Emperor.
The Mermaid King left with a trolley, only returning half an hour later with the first load of goods. On the trolley was a cabinet covered in white salt crystals from being submerged in seawater for a long time.
The upper part of the cabinet was wiped clean, revealing a golden sheen. It was a Western-style, rectangular cabinet with double doors.
The top of the cabinet features an eagle sculpture with wings encircling its chest, giving it a distinctly exotic feel the more you look at it.
However, Gu Xixi's knowledge base did not yet contain any information about this item. She took the large cart from the Mermaid King, and the cabinet was displayed more clearly in front of everyone.
Professor Wei, wearing gloves, came over with a magnifying glass and a brush to examine the object closely, while the Shark King turned back to fetch the second cart.
Professor Wei looked at it for a long time and exclaimed in amazement, "How strange! Judging from the previous fragments, this shipwreck is from nearly two hundred years ago, but this cabinet looks very much like the Ark of the Covenant, a sacred object from the ancient kingdom of Yishe around 580 BC."
“The Ark of the Covenant?!” Chen Yu quickly searched his memory. “It really does look like it. Isn’t it said that the Ark of the Covenant contains two stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, a budding staff, and a jar made of gold?”
"The Ark of the Covenant was originally kept in a temple in the ancient city of Jerusalem, which was built by order of King Solomon. However, when the temple was destroyed by the army of the ancient Ba, the Ark disappeared. The army captured Jerusalem and sacked the city, and the whereabouts of the Ark has puzzled historians ever since."
Professor Wei was eager to try it out. "We'll find out when we open it later."
Gu Xixi: ...
She hadn't studied that much ancient foreign history yet, so she really didn't know. After careful consideration, Professor Wei opened the cabinet door with peace of mind. Sure enough, there were the three... no, four items that Chen Yu had mentioned.
There's one more thing... and it's not a cane, a jar, or a board, but a bowl, chopsticks, a book, and something that looks like a twig.
Professor Wei: !!!
"No, this is not that thing. Many details are completely different. It may just be a civilization similar to the Ancient Yise Kingdom that existed in the long history of other planes."
Professor Wei hurriedly summoned his team members to move the cabinet away. The Mermaid returned with two carts. He sensed everyone's joy and a smile appeared on his lips.
"So you like shipwrecks from overseas too. This cabinet wasn't salvaged from a previous shipwreck; it was sent to the wrong person. Since you like it, you can take it. I have other ones here."
After speaking, the Mermaid King handed the cart to Gu Xixi. The cart was filled with bottles, jars, and a large number of copper coins, which were obviously his family's old belongings.
This is the right way to do it.
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Mermaid King." Gu Xixi bowed and the Mermaid King hummed in acknowledgment before departing with satisfaction.
Soon, the Mermaid King returned, carrying a box made of seashells the size of two palms. Opening the box, he found a large, well-preserved diamond inside.
Professor Wei, who was still examining the bottles and jars, was momentarily blinded by its brilliance. He turned around and was instantly stunned: !!
"This! This, this is actually so similar to the Florentine diamond, one of the four most famous diamonds in history." Professor Wei's gaze gradually became obsequious.
He reached out and took it, examining it closely. “That’s right, the diamond is thick and irregular, with 12 edges and 128 facets, in a dome-shaped double rose. Unlike the diamonds from Florida, which have a bit of yellow and 11 edges and 126 facets… this one is completely yellow… plus the cabinet in front of it… perhaps we have discovered a historical civilization similar to a certain period of civilization on our Earth.”
"This is a huge, amazing discovery... Xiao Chen, go and get the scale."
Professor Wei weighed the diamond on the scale. "121 carats, that's right, even the weight is about the same. Your Majesty, is this your own private possession? Can we trade it? You can have anything you want."
The Mermaid King reached out, and the gem and the seashell box returned to his hand.
The Mermaid King smiled slightly, a seductive smile. His eyes flashed, and everyone warily covered their eyes to avoid looking at him, lest they be fooled.
"How boring." The Mermaid King's tone was full of arrogance. Seeing that his little trick had failed, he returned to normal. "Of course we can exchange them. I've been looking at this gem for a long time and I'm tired of it, but what I want is something you can't afford."
Gu Xixi didn't believe it. They had already brought in an artificial sun. Unless he wanted some super-large celestial body, they could even chip off a mountain piece by piece and send it to him.
However, before Gu Xixi could ask, the Mermaid King stretched out his hand, palm up, towards Gu Xixi, "I want her, and your treasure in exchange."
"No, no, no, that won't do. Your treasure can't compare to ours." Professor Wei hurriedly shook his head; he could still tell the difference between a full meal and a half-full meal.
Chen Yu stepped forward and blocked Gu Xixi's way, saying, "You wish! We don't want this gem. It's not ours anyway, so one more or one less won't make a difference."
But there can only be one Gu Xixi.
Gu Xixi was deeply moved. Chen Yu and Professor Wei were both obsessed with their baby, so it was quite remarkable that they could deny it so quickly.
"I only want Gu Xixi to attend a merman gathering with me for three hours. In exchange, I'll give you this gem a month from today." The Merman King smiled again, his eyes pure and kind.
He felt that Gu Xixi was a wonderful human being, and he wanted to show her to all the merfolk.
It was just a banquet... Professor Wei and Chen Yu hesitated, but Gu Xixi herself was tempted.
To be honest, it has nothing to do with gems; she genuinely wanted to see what this gathering was all about.
[Brother Tongzi, can you protect me if I go to the merman world?]
[All three thousand worlds can protect you, but you cannot go to the Mermaid World unless you complete the next world-traveling mission that allows you to travel to any other world within a month. The next world you can travel to will then be the Mermaid World.]