The shopkeeper’s expression changed drastically. Four burly men lunged from the back room, but Mu Feng preemptively overturned the counter. The moment the silver pot hit the ground, the pagoda lid shattered, and jade beads rolled out, refracting a miniature projection of the city of Chang'an under the sunlight.
In the ensuing melee, Mu Feng snatched back a jade bead. The projection showed that the positioning of the Big Dipper coincided perfectly with the current Line 7 of the Xi'an Metro, with the terminus pointing directly at a construction site beside the ruins of Taiye Pool.
Three hours later, the site was cordoned off by police. Mu Feng stood at the edge of the excavation pit, watching the archaeological team brush the dirt from a bluestone slab. A depression in the center of the slab fit the jade bead perfectly.
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