When Jiang Man heard me say that mummies could be used to make medicine, her expression changed immediately: "How can you really eat something so disgusting?"

"There are many medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine that you would find unacceptable, such as bat droppings, rabbit droppings, dog stomach stones, pig gallstones, and even a woman's placenta."

I scratched my nose: "If traditional Chinese medicine is this potent, then folk remedies are even more outrageous. I've even heard of an even more horrific one. If a tomb raider enters a tomb and gets injured by a trap containing corpse poison, he has to lie naked next to a fresh corpse and wait for it to slowly decompose, using this method to absorb the corpse poison from his body into the corpse. Just thinking about that smell makes me want to scream."

"Enough, stop talking!"

Jiang Man, being a girl, was disgusted by the method I described and quickly ended the conversation.

At this moment, the host on the stage continued, "Distinguished guests, we have now finished introducing the origin of this mummy. Next, we will announce its auction price! The starting price for this mummy is 50 million yuan. We will now proceed with the bidding process, with each bid increment being one million yuan!"

As soon as the words were spoken, people began to raise their paddles and start bidding.

Seeing the soaring prices, Jiang Man was speechless: "These people are insane. Is it really worth robbing a dried corpse?"

"To be honest, this mummified corpse is already overpriced, and the thing itself has no value. Like I just said, someone probably wants it to make medicine or something, or maybe to make pigments to supply some painting masters! These days, artists make money fast. A mummified corpse can be used as raw material to supply a paint factory for at least twenty years."

I speculated about the reasons why those people were scrambling for mummies: "Back in Europe, it was allowed to use mummies as raw materials, but in China, it would involve a series of crimes such as desecrating a corpse. As a result, the price went up! Just like when clivia was being hyped up in China, a potted plant could be exchanged for an apartment near Tiananmen Square. Can you imagine that?"

While we were chatting, the mummy was eventually auctioned off for 62 million.

Although the other group was unwilling, they did not rashly raise the price. It seems that the people sitting here are all shrewd and have a clear understanding of the value of the items.

Participating in an auction of this scale is like walking through the world's top museums; in fact, no other museum in the world could possibly have so many amazing items.

Previously, I had always had reservations about Fengmen Village being located underground and having strict rules.

It wasn't until I attended this auction that I realized this place truly deserved its reputation.

The auction on stage continued, and soon something caught my attention.

The host walked onto the stage and pointed to a photo of a bronze coffin, saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, our next item for auction is the coffin used when Yi Zhi was buried. It weighs three tons, is cut into twelve pieces, and can be assembled. The starting price is 300 million, and the increment is 20 million!"

As the host said, the bronze coffin in the photo was pieced together, with gaps everywhere, and the dragon inscription on it was severely corroded.

Looking at the bronze coffin cut into many pieces, Jiang Man asked me, "Who is this Yi Zhi that the host mentioned? Why is his coffin worth more than 300 million?"

"Yi Zhi was a minister of King Taiwu of Shang and the son of Yi Yin. His father helped Cheng Tang establish the Shang Dynasty and became a veteran of five reigns, outliving many Shang kings. Moreover, he was a very powerful courtier with absolute authority over the Shang kings. There was a Shang king named Tai Jia who was exiled to a distant place by Yi Yin for ignoring his advice. Only after Tai Jia reflected on his actions did Yi Yin welcome him back."

Yi Zhi inherited his father's title and became the prime minister of the Shang Dynasty. As a powerful figure, he was very interested in divination, which shows the Shang Dynasty's enthusiasm for divination.

That is why not only the Shang kings, but also their ministers, were often concerned with things they couldn't understand. The more they couldn't understand, the more they wanted to understand. If they really couldn't understand, they would find excuses and reasons to explain it.

The oracle bone inscriptions contain the phrases "戊陟" and "戊爻," which actually refer to the record of Yi Zhi, the son of Yi Yin, participating in divination. The Records of the Grand Historian, Volume 3, Annals of Yin, tells a story about a strange event that occurred in Hao, the former capital of Shang.

King Tang of Shang once prayed for rain in a mulberry grove, which led to the creation of the "Mulberry Grove Dance." However, these two types of trees later grew in the palace, which was considered an ominous sign. Moreover, disasters began to occur one after another in the palace, with demons causing trouble! Even a prince was devoured by a demon in full view of everyone!

The person who stepped in to suppress the demon was none other than the Prime Minister Yi Zhi. Under his guidance, the demon that was wreaking havoc in the palace was finally killed, and a palace was built to suppress the evil spirits! He also authored the book "Original Destiny".

For many fortune tellers and exorcists today, Yi Zhi's status is like that of Hong Kong gangsters worshipping Guan Yu, or those of us in the antique trade worshipping Fan Li—he's a patriarch! Therefore, it's clear his coffin must be a sacred object for warding off evil!

Jiang Man looked at me with a skeptical expression: "A sacred object? A demon hunter? Do monsters really exist in the world?"

“I once heard a strange story. In a city in the south, when they were building a bridge, red groundwater gushed out. After that, the workers on the construction site were sick all the time, and every time the bridge was erected, it would collapse. The developer saw that the construction period was approaching, so he listened to people’s advice and asked someone to perform a ritual!”

As a result, regardless of whether they invited monks, Taoist priests, or even a priest, everyone who went died—all of them died suddenly or violently! The construction site was left completely abandoned! Later, the developer somehow managed to contact the Four Gates of Fengtian. The person who handled the matter was Wei Qingzhong, the then-head of the Wei family, who was also Wei Shengnan's grandfather.

I didn't tell Jiang Man that I saw this in the Judge's Record, and continued: "When Wei Qingzhong saw the terrain, he cursed the developer for making a mess of things, saying that he had broken the dragon spine, and turned to leave! When the developer saw that someone could finally explain the situation, he immediately knelt down and grabbed Wei Qingzhong's thigh!"

Wei Qingzhong was entrusted by his friend. Seeing the other party's repeated pleas, he was moved with compassion and spent a lot of money to buy an ancient bronze coffin. After melting it down, he covered it with the bridge pier and carved a giant dragon. The principle was similar to the steel nails that were inserted after a bone fracture, which helped to fix the broken spine of the dragon!

I don't know if monsters exist in this world, but feng shui is indeed closely related to a person's fortune and destiny. Therefore, Yi Zhi's coffin is not just an antique, but a ritual artifact!