The outer room seemed to be a living room, complete with a stone table, stone benches, stone cabinets, and stone vats.
Chen Hong observed carefully and found that the material of these stone tools seemed to have been taken from the cave. She wondered what tools the owner used to make them, as the inner and outer walls were unusually smooth.
It looks like it was cut, polished, and machine-made; it's simply a masterpiece. I don't know how many years it's been, but apart from some moss growing from the dampness, it's completely undamaged.
Chen Hong was very disappointed. Although the stone artifacts were exquisite, they weren't worth much money. She had gone through so much trouble, and this was all she was supposed to get as a reward? This was simply outrageous!
Clinging to a last shred of hope, Chen Hong entered the inner room, and this time, she breathed a sigh of relief. It was completely bare again; there was nothing there!
Aside from an exquisitely carved stone bed, there wasn't even a wooden chest or dressing table like those described in novels. A bedside table would have been fine too; I wouldn't mind.
After a lot of hard work and pointless searching, Chen Hong hadn't found anything. Dejected, she took out a rubber mallet and started hammering around the room, trying to find a few more secret passages or mechanisms.
Even the ceiling was thoroughly searched; a ladder was taken out from the space, and Chen Hong climbed up and tapped it with a rubber mallet. She also carefully searched the three walls and the floor, but found nothing.
Suddenly, Chen Hong felt a pair of eyes watching her. She was startled and looked carefully before realizing that it was the lifelike phoenix carved on the headboard of the stone bed, as if it were looking down at her.
Chen Hong found it interesting. It was too amazing and unreasonable that a stone sculpture could have such a chilling look in its eyes. It was extremely abnormal.
Chen Hong walked over, put the rubber hammer into her spatial storage, and gently stroked the stone phoenix inch by inch with both hands. Its five long tail feathers were slender and graceful, and its figure was elegant and naturally domineering.
Its eyes seemed to be constantly watching anyone who entered the stone chamber, able to follow the movement of the light.
Turning, it will turn, Chen Hong suddenly realized, and pointed her index finger at the phoenix's eye. Suddenly, the stone bed board "click, click, click" moved inward until it stood against the stone wall.
It turns out that this was cut from a single stone slab.
When the stone slab moved, Chen Hong was so frightened that she hid in her spatial dimension. Getting to this point was not easy, so she must not get accidentally injured.
When she heard the sound of the mechanism stop, Chen Hong came out of the space. The bed board was already standing upright on the wall inside the bed.
It turns out that the actual storage space was here, a 1×1 meter square stone hole cut out from the bottom, inside which was placed a square wooden box.
The wooden box has no patterns or carvings on its exterior; it's bare and unremarkable.
Chen Hong knew that regardless of whether there was anything in the box, her trip had not been in vain.
This is a box made of Phoebe zhennan wood. It has been many years, but you can still smell the special fragrance of Phoebe zhennan wood.
Better safe than sorry. Chen Hong put on gloves and carefully carried the wooden box out. She then tapped inside the cave, but found nothing else hidden.
Chen Hong put the wooden box into her spatial storage, intending to examine it carefully when she got home. It was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and she hadn't done anything yet.
After leaving the inner room, just as he was about to walk out, he thought for a moment, "It's not easy to come all this way. These stone artifacts are quite nice. I'll take them home and put them in the front yard. In the summer, I can build a small pavilion there, where I can drink tea and cool off."
Following the principle that a thief should never leave empty-handed, Chen Hong began scavenging stone artifacts. She collected the stone jars; they would look good with a few lotus plants in the yard. She also collected the stone cabinets; they would look even better with a few koi carp under the gazebo.
I bought four stone benches. A set like this would cost at least several hundred or even a thousand yuan now, so I saved money.
The stone table is gone. It's so smooth and round, it's truly rare. Hmm? Why is there a book between the tabletop and the legs? Is it the legendary useless book used to prop up the table legs?
Even if it's useless now, after all these ages, it should be considered an antique. I don't know if it's a classical romance novel or a travelogue; I'll take a closer look when I get home to learn about the daily lives of people in ancient times. I put it away, and also put away the table legs.
Chen Hong ran back the way she came, scolding Black Tiger as she ran: "What's the use of bringing you here? Other people's dogs can find good things for their owners."
All you do is pee to mark your territory, you haven't brought me anything else!
The black tiger barked several times, and Chen Hong understood what it meant.
"You say there's no smell? Why don't you look for other clues? Look how amazing I am! I found both of these mechanisms!"
Black Tiger barked again, "I've never seen any kind of mechanism before?"
Chen Hong laughed in exasperation, "You're still not convinced? I've never seen a mechanism before! A brain is a good thing; use your brain more when you're working."
As soon as Chen Hong entered the bamboo forest after leaving the cave, she discovered something valuable and quickly called out to Black Tiger:
"Black Tiger, come back. Smell this mushroom. Go and look carefully in the bamboo forest. When you find it, come back and call me. This is a good thing. Pick it and take it home to make soup for Yu Yang."
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