Chapter 11 Royal Cat Huang Dongdong Cat is online
"Not dwelling on the past, but looking to the future?"
"Yes, although it takes some time to regenerate the spirit of the weapon, once this reconstruction is completed, it will look more historical even without the spirit. But there is one thing I must remind you in advance."
Jia Wenyan: "What's the matter?"
"The recreated artifacts may carry a trace of their predecessors' obsession."
"Is it the obsession caused by the shattering of the previous body?"
"Yes, the life of a vessel spirit should end with the erosion and weathering of nature, but some vessel spirits die young in their prime, and their dissatisfaction and obsession are attached to the remaining vessels."
"So what I felt earlier was not the soul of the weapon spirit that had not yet dissipated, but its remaining obsession."
Shi Fengdan: "Yes, so if you want to get this benefit, it depends on whether you can enlighten and purify his obsession."
Jia Wenyan: "Is there any way to know what obsession is stored in this fragment?"
"This is beyond my ability."
Shi Fengdan waved her hand apologetically after hearing this:
"Although I am worshipped as the master by the porcelain here, my ability is to protect through the barrier. I don't have the ability to see through the past of cultural relics. If you want, you can go to the Beilin Museum in the north to find Grandpa Zhong Jingyun. He should be able to help you solve your problems."
"Zhong Jingyun, is it referring to the Jingyun Bell, which is known as the best bell in the world?"
"Exactly."
Jia Wenyan wanted to continue asking questions, but Shi Fengdan had already sent her out of the spirit space.
Jia Wenyan, who had regained her senses in the Xian'an Museum, looked at the fragments in her hand with an inquiring eye.
Although she really wanted to ask Shi Fengdan for more details, after checking the time on her phone, she decided to go to the Beilin Museum to find out more before the museum closed.
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The distance from Xian'an Museum to Xian'an Stele Forest Museum is not far, but Jia Wenyan came to nothing here because she did not find any traces related to the spirit of the artifacts inside the Stele Forest Museum.
Perhaps a more accurate statement is that as soon as she opens her golden eyes of time, she will be repelled by an invisible force.
She couldn't open the Golden Eyes of Time in the museum, and if she opened it outside the museum, there would be an invisible barrier preventing her from entering.
The Jingyun Bell has always been known as the best bell in the world. Judging from Shi Fengdan's description, the spirit of the Jingyun Bell should be an old man of high moral character and prestige.
Given her friendship with Shi Fengdan, if this Grandpa Zhong was a difficult person, Shi Fengdan would not have failed to remind her.
And her Golden Eyes of Time had never failed in the Xian'an Museum, so why were they rejected by the entire Beilin Museum here?
Could it be that she herself did not master the craftsmanship of bronze ware?
That shouldn't be the case. She had seen other spirit objects with bronze as their original forms in the Xian'an Museum before.
"Senior Zhong Jingyun, I know that my rash visit may be offensive, but I learned from Sanwang Hu Shi Fengdan that Senior Zhong Jingyun has the ability to see through the obsession of weapon spirits, so..."
[No matter how much you pray there, it's useless.]
"who?"
【Look at your feet, meow.】
"Meow?"
"Are you talking?"
Jia Wenyan lowered her head and looked at the orange cat that had come to her feet at some point.
[Hello, young cultural relic restorer, I am Huang Dongdong, the guardian of the Beilin Museum. ]
"Can you speak?"
[Of course, you are the heir of the museum who has awakened his spiritual roots, but you don’t even know the museum’s guardian cat.]
[Come, let Mr. Huang give you a good lesson today. ]
Huang Dongdong said this and jumped onto a stone pillar beside him.
That was the first time Jia Wenyan wanted to use the words "dignified and majestic" to describe an orange cat. However, just when she thought Huang Dongdong was going to tell her some earth-shattering secret, he suddenly waved his hand impatiently and said:
[How can you be so ignorant of etiquette, kid? You came to me for advice but didn't even prepare some consultation fees for me. ]
"Oh, dried fish, right? Do supermarkets around here sell them?"
【The third stall to the north sells grilled squid. Remember to ask the store to chop it for you. 】
"Oh, I see."
When Jia Wenyan heard this, she hurried to the supermarket nearby.
Although she didn't know why a cat would ask to eat squid, when she saw the uncle who grilled the squid took the initiative to bring a red plastic cat bowl as soon as he heard that she wanted it to be chopped up, she instantly felt a sense of déjà vu of team management.
She carefully placed the chopped squid in the bowl in front of the cat.
Huang Dongdong stretched his back and said:
[You are quite sensible. Tell me where you want to start. Is it the reason why the Beilin Museum rejected you, or the existence of our Royal Cats? ]
"Let's start with the Imperial Cat. You just said that the Imperial Cat is the guardian of the museum, but I didn't see anything like it in the Xian'an Museum?"
[That’s because the Xian’an Museum is a modern museum that was built in the last few decades. This kind of modern building influenced by the West is not only relatively new, but also not suitable for the presence of our royal cats.]
[We, the Imperial Cats, are guardians inspired by the atmosphere of history and culture. Just like cultural relics can give birth to artifact spirits, in every garden-style ancient monument, there will be an Imperial Cat with spiritual energy activated.]
[And after each generation of royal cats dies, our memories will be passed on to the next generation of successors along with the inheritance of the royal cats. For this reason, each royal cat is an encyclopedia that knows all the corresponding ancient monuments.]
Jia Wenyan: "What about the artifact spirits here? Why can't I find them when I get here? Even the Golden Eye of Time is suppressed by the Stele Forest Museum."
[That's because the spirits of the weapons here are all asleep. ]
"Sleeping?"
[Yes, they are sleeping. The leader of the artifact spirits in the Beilin Museum is Grandpa Jingyuan Zhongzhong. He has used his ability to set up a ban for the entire Beilin Museum. The artifact spirits here can cultivate themselves by sleeping under the protection of the ban. And today is the day when all the artifacts in the Beilin Museum are sleeping and cultivating.]
"I see. Then how long will they last in this deep sleep?"
[Unless there are special circumstances, it will probably take three days. But if you are here just for the fragment in your hand, I can help you.]
"What method?"
【Meow! 】
Upon hearing this, Huang Dongdong immediately raised his hand and made the gesture of a lucky cat.
Seeing this, Jia Wenyan held her forehead with her hand and said helplessly: "You know, five grilled squids, right? As long as you can help me solve the problem, I will never let you down."
【Then follow me. 】
The chubby orange cat jumped down from the stone pillar after saying this, and after quickly finishing the remaining squid in the plastic basin, it turned around and walked towards the backyard of the Beilin Museum, shaking its big round butt.
"here it is?"
【The centerpiece of the Beilin Museum. 】
[The so-called garden museum is definitely not just a museum rebuilt from ancient monuments. Each ancient monument has its own Feng Shui planning when it was built. The ability and characteristic of our Beilin Museum is time. ]
[Although I can't let you talk to the spirit of the weapon that once existed in this world like Grandpa Zhong did, I can let you see the past of that spirit of the weapon through the time array eye of the Forest of Steles Museum.]
[Although your fragment may not be able to reproduce the complete memory, since it still retains the obsession, it means that it should still contain the most unforgettable past. ]
After Huang Dongdong finished speaking, he yawned and let out a meow with a full sound of clips.
As the meowing continued, the fragments in Jia Wenyan's hands began to glow with a sky-blue halo again, and the scene around Jia Wenyan began to change as the rhythm of the halo and the meowing continued to overlap.
[This is the fifth year after the Ru kiln was opened during the Northern Song Dynasty.]
The fifth year? Jia Wenyan listened to Huang Dongdong's words and unconsciously looked away.
The history of Ru Kiln is very short. Historically, Ru Kiln was an official kiln established during the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song in the late Northern Song Dynasty. However, unlike other official kilns that represent the pinnacle of Donghuang porcelain craftsmanship, Ru Kiln only existed for a short period of two or three decades.
But in the past two or three decades, Ru Kiln, as an official kiln, has almost become a representative of the highly inward-looking porcelain craftsmanship in history.
As an official kiln monopolized by the imperial court, Ru kiln made wares at almost no cost. The use of agate in the glaze, with a moist and soft glaze surface as pure as jade, is the biggest feature of Ru kiln wares. There is even a saying that nine out of ten kilns fail.
Its representative azure color has been the favorite of countless antique lovers in Donghuang for many years. And unlike other porcelains that emphasize flawless finish, Ru kiln porcelain has another very important factor to consider: its crackle.
The crazing of Ru kiln porcelain is caused by the different expansion coefficients of the body and glaze.
The cracks of Ru porcelain will become warm and shiny under the nourishment of tea.
The color, which looks like the blue sky after the rain, and whether the Ru porcelain kiln is open or not, are closely related to rainfall, which affects the humidity of the air.
This accumulation of time, which seems to be the result of the right time, right place and right people, has made Ru kiln porcelain a symbol of destiny in the hearts of countless people.
Such innate conditions have led many literati and poets to particularly admire Ru porcelain with crackles.
In their eyes, the cracked Ru porcelain represents a future chosen by destiny, with the sky clearing away the clouds after the rain.
This was a very beautiful symbol in that era, and many people loved the crisp sound made by Ru kiln porcelain when it cracked after the rain.
But what they saw before them was a piece of Ru porcelain that was extremely well preserved, without even a single crack.
After realizing that this was the past of the porcelain piece, Jia Wenyan, who was holding the porcelain piece in her hand, hurriedly looked up and down at the sky-blue color in front of her.
It was a spacious and bright study. Inside the study, a young man in official uniform was constantly drawing various traditional or trendy porcelain designs on the manuscript paper in front of him.
This man is called Li Liang, and he is the head of Ru Kiln porcelain. His daily job is to design and burn exquisite porcelain for the government. At this moment, on the bookshelf beside him is the first touch of azure when the Ru Kiln was successfully opened for the first time.
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