It was already past one in the morning when we returned to upper Manhattan.
As early as when he purchased an office location for the KY investment fund, Yang Jing also purchased an apartment at the same time. This was a high-end apartment with an area of more than 500 square meters, and the selling price at that time was 8.9 million US dollars.
Although investing in real estate in the United States at this time is not as appropriate as investing three years later, since KY Investment Fund is about to step forward, as the boss of KY Investment Fund, Yang Jing also needs to have a high-end enough apartment in Manhattan, so he bought such an apartment at the beginning of the year.
If such an apartment is available in 30 years, you won’t be able to buy it without 15 million US dollars. Although the rate of increase in US housing prices is far slower than the rate of depreciation of the US dollar, such high-end apartments in Manhattan will be scarce resources in 30 years. In many cases, you may not be able to buy an apartment in such a good location even if you have money.
After returning to the apartment and taking a shower, Yang Jing took out the other half of the Lu Ban Box that he found in the treasure of the last Tsar from the space.
You wouldn’t know until you put these two halves of the Lu Ban box together, and you can immediately tell that they are definitely a set.
However, compared with the half Lu Ban box found in the treasure of the last Tsar, the half Lu Ban box preserved by the Mellon family is in better condition. Presumably, this half Lu Ban box has been well taken care of in the Mellon family over the years.
The Mellon family also said at the auction that this Luban box was made of silver mixed with other metals, which was different from the Luban boxes commonly used in Chinese history. In China, the Luban boxes made by the ancients were mostly made of hardwood.
Maybe because they are mixed with a lot of other metals and have been oxidized for so many years, the two boxes have completely lost the silvery white color and are now gray and inconspicuous.
But Yang Jing was extremely excited at this moment. He spent more than 100 million US dollars to get these two halves of the box. They were probably the most valuable things in Yang Jing's collection. However, if there were really clues about the treasure inside, it would be really worth it.
The two Luban boxes were about the same size and had similar appearances. However, Yang Jing used his perspective skills to look at the two boxes and realized that although the two boxes looked similar, their interiors were very different.
The half-broken Lu Ban box found in the treasure of the last Tsar is filled with mechanisms, and the only bulge is the key to making these mechanisms work.
As for the half Luban box bought from the Mellon family, there is something hidden inside, but this box cannot be opened by a mechanism, but by a "key". The Mellon family has been trying to open this box for a long time because they lack the most critical "key". But now, the "key" is in Yang Jing's hand.
Yang Jing aligned the two halves of the Lu Ban box, activated his perspective skill, then aligned the bulge on the left box with the depression on the right box, and slowly but forcefully pushed it inwards. Suddenly, the two halves of the Lu Ban box came together seamlessly.
With the help of perspective, Yang Jing saw that after the protrusion was inserted into the depression, it touched some part. Then, this half of the Luban box immediately made a slight "click" sound. The originally densely packed mechanisms began to operate rapidly. One by one, the metal bars were either raised, lowered, or rotated. Anyway, with the movement of the mechanisms in this half of the box, the protrusion that was originally less than one centimeter long magically began to extend.
As the bulge continued to extend inward, some mechanisms in the depression were triggered one after another, and the mechanisms in the other half of the Lu Ban box also began to move.
Finally, with a crisp "click" sound, the two boxes were tightly combined together, but the box was still not opened.
Yang Jing pondered for a moment, then stretched out his hand and twisted it. With a "pop", the top cover of the half of the box containing the silk suddenly popped up to one side, revealing the silk inside.
Yang Jing suddenly remembered that this box was most likely very well sealed, and the silk inside had not been in contact with the outside air for an unknown period of time, so Yang Jing almost subconsciously reached out and put the silk into the storage space.
Sure enough, not long after the silk was put away, the metal inside the box exposed to the air began to change color very quickly.
Yang Jing was startled, then he let out a long breath and whispered: "Fortunately, my hands were quick, otherwise this ball of silk would be in jeopardy!"
I immersed my consciousness into the storage space. Fortunately, the silk ball did not change at all in the storage space without any air.
He gently opened the ball of silk with his consciousness, and what appeared inside immediately made Yang Jing ecstatic.
This is a painting, or more precisely, a map.
The most eye-catching things on the map are the eight words - "Receive the mandate from, and live long and prosper."
The appearance of these eight words made Yang Jing completely relieved. At least the $100 million was not wasted. This map was just as he imagined. It was a map related to the legendary Heirloom Seal, or a clue related to the Heirloom Seal that had been lost for more than a thousand years.
The status of the Imperial Seal in China is unquestionable. No matter from which aspect, the Imperial Seal is the well-deserved first place. Since the First Emperor, this Imperial Seal has been regarded by the Chinese as a symbol of succession, otherwise it would not be called the "Imperial Seal".
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