After leaving some money for Old Bachelor, we departed.
Next, I had Anzi lead us to someone who had witnessed the Golden Dragon Coiling the Pillar.
"There's no need to see him. Even if you did, you probably wouldn't get anything out of him. That man went crazy right after witnessing that supernatural anomaly! It's been over twenty years now!" Anzi said, shaking his head.
Crazy? And more than twenty years ago?
Anzi's words instantly ignited an urgent impulse in me to meet this person. Twenty years ago was a crucial turning point. I had been investigating what exactly happened back then all this time, yet no one could give me a precise answer. Twenty years ago, the anomaly of the Golden Dragon Coiling the Pillar had manifested. This meant that the Han dynasty tomb beneath Anzi's maternal grandfather's family ancestral grave was very likely robbed and excavated twenty years ago as well. Perhaps this person had witnessed some events that took place back then.
"Let's go, Anzi. You must take us to see him!" I urged anxiously.
Anzi wore a puzzled expression, but he didn't refuse, leading us toward the east end of the village. Upon reaching a dilapidated, crumbling old house at the eastern edge of the village, Anzi said, "Crazy Liu is inside!"
I peered into the old house. It was pitch black, making it impossible to make out what was inside. However, the things in the courtyard were clearly visible.
To my utter shock, right in the middle of the run-down courtyard sat an iron basi…
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