Yannan University.

As one of the top universities in the country, this university's literature and history majors are ranked among the best in the country, and it has also produced many well-known academic masters.

The Department of Archaeology is a major that no one likes.

If biochemistry, environmental materials science are tiankeng majors, then archaeology is the burial major, and everything has already been buried.

Those who apply for archaeology are either inheritors of the family business or are transferred here.

Cao Manwen is the latter.

At that time, with the idea that even if it was the Archaeology Department, it would be the Archaeology Department of Yannan University, he passed with the lowest score and entered this top university in the country.

At first, he thought about changing his major by taking an exam, but Cao Manwen made a miscalculation.

If you want to change your major in the top university, your competitors will all be top students who were admitted in the same university.

I can’t get past it!

After two years, Cao Manwen finally faced the reality.

I guess I can only stay in archaeology.

Fortunately, he found the content here easy to learn. Since there were few students and the teachers were gentle and patient, he could go to various museums from time to time to broaden his horizons. Later, he naturally studied for a master's degree and was preparing to continue to study for a doctorate. His goal was to find a job as a janitor in a museum.

That day, Cao Manwen received a task from his tutor in the morning, saying that someone was coming to see Professor Hu and asked him to receive and accompany the person.

Professor Hu is considered the treasure of the Archaeology Department. His father provided a lot of help when the Archaeology Department was first established and was also the earliest professor. He presided over the protective excavations of many ancient tombs and preserved many relics left by our ancestors during the war years.

He, following in his father's footsteps, also teaches here. Now he is over 90 years old. His biggest hobby is basking in the sun in the yard and walking his bird. He looks energetic and more vibrant than many young people.

Cao Manwen met the visitor in his office.

You don’t know until you see it. When you see it, wow, it’s actually Lu Ban.

As a young man who is not even 30 years old, Cao Manwen has naturally seen Lu Ban's movies. He had even boasted that if he could meet Lu Ban in person, he would find a way to punch him and avenge Amber.

But in fact, after meeting Lu Ban, Cao Manwen was timid and did not dare to speak casually.

He took Lu Ban to the yard to meet Professor Hu.

"Hello, Professor Hu, I'm Lu Ban. Your father and I are old friends. He should be the Seventh Master."

Lu Ban asked.

After hearing the first words, Professor Hu just glanced at Lu Ban. When he heard the name behind, he suddenly froze.

"Which lineage are you from?"

Professor Hu asked.

"I'm not a descendant of the Jiuliu clan, but I know you're from the lineage of moving mountains and seeking dragons. I contacted the Tang family, a lineage of corpse-stitchers, and found you."

Lu Ban said.

Cao Manwen, who was standing by, was listening to a man in his twenties and a man in his nineties talking, but he felt as if the two people's positions were reversed.

Lu Ban is more like the older man.

Moreover, what the two people talked about was strange. It didn't sound like some kind of archaeological exchange, but more like the content of an online novel.

What about moving mountains to find dragons, what about corpse sewing, and writing online novels here.

Lu Ban talked with Professor Hu for a while and roughly explained the purpose of his visit.

"My father used to regret it often. He said that he shouldn't have run away at that time, and should have shouldered the responsibility with others. He believed that he had betrayed the inheritance of the Nine Ranks. Therefore, he never dared to meet with others. It was not until later that he communicated with those fellow disciples through letters."

Professor Hu said as he recalled.

"Later, my father took me to see someone who might be able to help you too."

"who?"

"I don't know his name, I just know his last name is Zhang and he runs a stall near Panjiayuan."

Professor Hu said.

"He can't see. Is he blind?"

Lu Ban asked hurriedly.

"right."

Professor Hu nodded.

"But the last time I saw him was forty years ago. He's probably no longer around now."

Hearing this, Lu Ban suddenly had some ideas.

You have to know that Blind Zhang looked to be in his seventies or eighties at that time, and forty years ago, fifty years had already passed, so Blind Zhang was at least one hundred and twenty years old.

Lu Ban didn't think that a normal human being could reach this age.

Maybe Blind Zhang really has some special ability that can prolong his life?

He chatted with Professor Hu for a long time and filmed some footage before saying goodbye and leaving.

Cao Manwen was listening at the side, and the more he listened the more outrageous it seemed to him.

There was something about a supernatural power competition that took place at Jiangcheng Mountain decades ago, the inheritance of several people with supernatural powers, and the evil god that was sealed under the mountain.

It's exactly like the content in an online novel.

Professor Hu is quite patient and talked to Lu Ban for such a long time.

Considering Lu Ban's occupation, Cao Manwen thought that maybe Lu Ban was planning to make a movie about supernatural powers, so he sought out an old man like Professor Hu to explore past history and stimulate inspiration.

However, the instructor said that he had treated him well, so he drove Lu Ban back to the hotel.

"I want to go to Panjiayuan. You can just drop me off there."

Lu Ban said.

Cao Manwen found this quite funny. The old man that Professor Hu met forty years ago must have died by now. What could Lu Ban find there?

He was a little curious, so he parked his car near Panjiayuan and followed Lu Ban here.

This is the largest antique market in Yannan. Of course, there are also a lot of fakes, all kinds of stuff.

From dragon veins to misnumbered banknotes, you can find it all here.

Some sellers are smart and sell inferior products as good ones, fooling buyers.

Some sellers are honest and don’t understand the value of their items, so they are picked up at a bargain price by savvy onlookers.

Cao Manwen had been here several times before. After all, he was an archaeologist and knew a little bit about antique imitation and aging techniques. To be honest, some unfamiliar craftsmen might not understand them as well as he did.

Sometimes teachers would ask them to go shopping on Taobao in Panjiayuan during the summer vacation, and see who gets the most valuable item out of a thousand yuan.

Cao Manwen, who often reads novels, also knows that many protagonists with abilities such as clairvoyance, qi-sensing, and golden eyes usually come to this place to pick up bargains and earn their first pot of gold.

Lu Ban could naturally distinguish these.

But that's not his point.

There weren't many people in Panjiayuan in the afternoon, probably because it was a weekday.

Lu Ban turned around and soon saw an old man sitting in the corner.

The old man had a sparse beard and was wearing a coat that looked quite retro.

He was wearing sunglasses and carrying a cane, and looked to be about seventy years old.

Exactly the same as the Blind Zhang in Lu Ban’s memory.

Lu Ban came in front of the other party and saw that the things on display were all ordinary objects. At most, they were a bit old, but not valuable.

He squatted down, pretending to pick, and then asked.

"Old man, the things you have here seem quite ordinary."

Hearing Lu Ban's words, the old man slowly moved his head.

"Jiang Taigong fishes, and those who are willing will take the bait."

He said.

"Long time no see, Mr. Lu."