Chapter 549: Chapter 548: The True Form of Beibei
Behind the glass wall in front of Shao Zifeng stood a bronze statue nearly three ters tall, its sizable form astonishing.
There was no display stand under the bronze statue, but rather, it stood on a square bronze base. It wore a tall crown, its long hair bundled inside, with thick eyebrows, large eyes, a straight nose, and a broad mouth, its expression solemn and focused as if it was presiding over so grand and dignified event.
The statue had a slender body, dressed in a narrow-sleeved, tight-fitting robe adorned with intricate designs of dragons and fierce beasts.
Storage number: 00026 Bronze Standing Figure: Excavated from the sacrificial pits of the Sanxingdui village, over seven hundred ritual items made of bronze, gold, jade, stone, and ivory were unearthed from two pits, with the most distinctive being the bronze heads, face masks, gold face covers, and gold staffs. Later, during a routine inspection, it was found to emit energy fluctuations and was thus stored in the collection.
On reading this introduction, Shao Zifeng felt a surge of excitent.
Sanxingdui, huh.
Relics unearthed from sacrificial pits, huh.
With this, isn’t the task complete!
Imdiately after, he couldn’t wait to check the properties of this bronze figure.
[Na]: Ancient Shu Bronze Giant Standing Figure
[Attribute]: Unknown
[Quality]: ★★★★★
[Status]: Key item missing
[Function]: Sacrifice: Acts as a dium between heaven and earth, conveying good wishes to the gods worshipped.
Heavenly Punishnt: As a dium for sacrifice, after communicating with the gods, it stores the residual power, which can be unleashed as a heavenly punishnt in tis of crisis.
??:???（Key item missing）
[Description]: The Ancient Shu, which has left no trace in the long river of history, is shrouded in mystery, and the Bronze Giant Standing Figure, due to its special image, is called ‘Leader of the Priests’.
Heavenly Punishnt.
This is so damn powerful.
No wonder it’s an item titled ‘Leader of the Priests’.
It’s just a pity that the key item is missing.
He planned to go out and ask Nuwa Ling if She knew anything about this.
After marking the Bronze Giant Standing Figure as one of the sacrificial items and uploading it, Shao Zifeng looked eagerly at the several dozen items.
All these were sacrificial offerings from the Sanxingdui sacrificial pit site!
Thereafter, Zifeng stayed in the treasury for about two days, looking through pretty much every item that could be inspected.
Apart from a large number of heritage items, he reported all the items related to the sacrificial ritual, treating them as the offerings for this sacrificial event.
No matter what…
There’s got to be one that’s suitable, right?
Besides, there were so items that captivated him, and he noted down their numbers, planning to apply for them when he had the authority.
Having explained everything that needed to be explained, Shao Zifeng went back to the dormitory to catch up on sleep.
…
“ow~”
In the dormitory, Shao Zifeng lay on the bed, emitting gentle snores.
A fluffy little head peeked out from beside Shao Zifeng. Its soft tail swept over the face of the sleeping Zifeng, then retreated back.
A mont later, the little furry head ca out again, its tail tentatively sweeping over Zifeng’s nose.
“Stop it~”
Shao Zifeng murmured in a daze, turning over to lie flat and continued to sleep.
Seeing this, Beibei’s small face lit up with excitent. It deftly jumped onto Shao Zifeng, happily squinting its eyes at the soft sensation beneath it.
It kneaded the blanket with its paws, savoring the pleasure unique to a kitten’s kneading.
The more it kneaded, the happier it beca, its long tail rising high uncontrollably.
Shao Zifeng opened his eyes groggily, just in ti to see a pink * right in front of him, with a high-raised tail swinging back and forth. He subconsciously reached out to grab it.
“ow!”
Beibei froze as if electrocuted, pausing the movent of its paws. As it turned its head, its eyes were filled with a mixture of stupidity, emptiness, and confusion.
With an expression like a confused little fool, it seed to be asking Shao Zifeng why he had grabbed its tail.
While looking into its eyes, Zifeng gradually woke up and realized what that pink * was.
“Ew~”
He picked up Beibei with a look of disgust and glared at it resentfully, “Couldn’t you use your tail to cover that up?”
“ow?”
Beibei looked puzzled, letting Shao Zifeng hold it upside down, swinging back and forth.
“Stop pretending; co et an… ancestor with .” After saying so, he tossed the Mirage Cat onto the bed as he got dressed, muttering, “Let tell you, that ancestor has a terrible temper, she might even hit cats!”
Beibei’s ears twitched, and his gaze held a trace of wariness.
Soon after, a thick white fog erged from the surface of its body.
Once the fog had cleared, a white toad appeared on the bed.
Shao Zifeng’s lips twitched, “Get down from there!”
After leaving the dorm, he found the underground base shrouded in darkness, peaceful like an out-of-the-way small town under the simulation of the starry do above.
Beibei, transford back into a Mirage Cat, had its deep blue eyes twinkling curiously as it examined its surroundings.
“ow~”
The sound of rushing water rang out, and Beibei instantly pricked up its ears.
When Shao Zifeng entered the small park, he was awestruck by the sight before him: the previously empty square next to the fountain was now piled with all kinds of objects.
Shantou Stones of the sa size, Yangqi Stones, and Serpentine Jade Stones were spread across the square, and a giant bronze figure stood opposite the statue of Nuwa, surrounded by unearthed Sanxingdui artifacts—the only ones found in the Great Xia—such as gold scepters and masks, each one a ritual object he had uploaded before.
Other jade artifacts related to the Priest were strewn everywhere.
Looking at the jade bi under his feet, with more than 2000 years of history, Shao Zifeng was sowhat speechless.
It was just like they weren’t even human; even such relics were used to pave the ground.
Before going to sleep, he had only said that the more items related to Priest, the better. But waking up to this scene…
It felt downright absurd.
At that mont, the Mirage Cat’s attention was caught by a round object. It curiously scampered over and circled around the rotund item.
Then it approached, sniffed to make sure there was no danger, and couldn’t resist poking it with its little paw.
Clang.
The round object wobbled, suddenly flipped over, and two hollow eyes gazed at Beibei.
“ow!!”
The Mirage Cat was so frightened its white fur puffed out, and it quickly scrambled onto Shao Zifeng, burying its little head deep in his arms, trembling severely.
Shao Zifeng was startled, thinking sothing unexpected had happened.
In the end, he realized it was a ritual skull from an ancient tribe. Annoyed, he tugged at Beibei’s small ear, “See if you’ll be naughty now.”
Holding the craven Beibei, Shao Zifeng took a walk around the square before sitting down next to the giant bronze statue.
With so many things around, there must be sothing that the old granny could use, right?
Looking at the various ritual items placed around him, he thought to himself, ‘With so many offerings, surely granny won’t be mad now?’
With that thought, he closed his eyes, feeling quite justified.
In the void of his perceptual vision, Shao Zifeng opened his eyes.
He saw the deep green lines in his arms gradually outline an unfamiliar form, a creature with a long body but no claws, big eyes that looked sowhat dazed, two cute bumps on its head, fins behind its ears, and he would have mistaken it for a snake if not for these features.
Shao Zifeng was sowhat stunned; he had grown accustod to Beibei’s myriad changes, but this was the first ti he had seen the little fellow’s true form.
It was indeed a dragon, but the only color representing its emotions was dark green, which left Shao Zifeng a bit disappointed.
“Beibei?”
He called out in his mind.
Beibei first looked around curiously, then realizing it had reverted to its true form, began struggling in a panic, “Let go, let go!”
The childish voice echoed in his mind, filled with alarm.
“It’s , I’m Shao Zifeng.” Shao Zifeng tried to communicate, “So this is what you look like, isn’t it quite cute?”
Beibei looked towards Shao Zifeng, still just an outline of lines, with wide eyes, “I’m not, I didn’t, you’ve got the wrong one.”
After that, its body slumped, resorting once again to its traditional art.
Playing dumb.
After several attempts at communication, with Beibei showing no response, Shao Zifeng had no choice but to give up.
He then expanded his perceptual vision in the direction of where Nuwa’s spirit was located.
Mists began to reappear; Shao Zifeng tensed up, fearing that Nuwa’s spirit might bestow another daunting celestial might upon him.
However, after a while, Nuwa’s spirit did not appear from within the fog.
Duang~
Just as he was about to expand his perception further, a sudden intense pain struck his head, causing Shao Zifeng’s spirit to stagger and fall to the ground.
Through the blur, he saw a small figure squatting on top of him.
Nuwa’s spirit twisted her little fist triumphantly, looking down at him with delight.
“Disobedient descendant, try running again!”
(PS: I’ve been a bit busy these past few days, so updates will only maintain, but once I finish up with busy stuff in a couple of days, I’ll resu normal updates, sorry.)
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