97: Chapter 97 The Stone Tablet for Divining Good and Bad Fortune

After Liu Bowen retired to his hometown, for a very long time, he did not concern himself with political affairs again.

He spent his days drinking and playing chess, never mentioning his own achievements, living a life like a carefree cloud or a wild crane.

However, after several full years had passed, Liu Bowen, who had already retired, was suddenly slandered by the Left Prime Minister, Hu Weiyong.

At that time, Liu Bowen was already in poor health, yet he still insisted on returning to the capital to plead guilty.

After returning to his hometown, Liu Bowen's health deteriorated day by day.

Yet, after Zhu Yuanzhang found out, he sent Hu Weiyong, the very man who had slandered Liu Bowen, to visit him.

At the same time, Hu Weiyong also brought Liu Bowen a medical prescription.

Logically speaking, Liu Bowen must have been aware that Hu Weiyong had slandered him.

Hu Weiyong's malicious intent was glaringly obvious, yet Liu Bowen seemed completely oblivious, following the prescription to decoct the medicine.

Sure enough, there was something fishy about Hu Weiyong's prescription; not long after taking the medicine, Liu Bowen died.

Liu Bowen was so brilliant and calculated, not only adept at grasping the situation on the battlefield but also having accomplished many great feats during his time in office.

He understood the deceit and intrigue of the officialdom with unparalleled clarity.

How could he have failed to notice Hu Weiyong's evil intentions?

Furthermore, the person who slandered Liu Bowen and convicted him was the Left Prime Minister, Hu Weiyong.

Zhu Yuanzhang could not have been unaware of the relationship between the two.

It was even less likely that he would send Hu Weiyong to visit Liu Bowen when he was terminally ill.

There were far too many irrationalities in this.

Therefore, in Ye Xiao's view, the death of Liu Bowen back then was filled with suspicious and strange circumstances.

Thus, according to Ye Xiao's conjecture, this corpse, bound by countless chains, was very likely the remains of Liu Bowen.

For a moment, Ye Xiao could not help but turn his gaze back to the central large screen, a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes.

"Why would Liu Bowen be here?"

After pondering for a moment, Ye Xiao's pupils contracted, and he suddenly raised his head.

"Could it be for the sake of suppression? Does a... Wicked Dragon really exist within this Sea Eye???"

Meanwhile, the Archaeological Team members below the tomb had passed through the narrow wooden bridge without any danger, arriving at the cliff face on the opposite side.

Throughout the journey, everyone was sweating, watching this scene with worry.

According to Professor Zhou and the others, after crossing this suspension bridge, everyone was very likely to have arrived at the location of the main tomb chamber.

And this place was generally the most dangerous area in the entire tomb, with the most traps.

Everyone was afraid that they would suddenly trigger a trap, causing the suspension bridge to break and leading to an accident for the Archaeological Team.

Fortunately, although the wooden planks of the suspension bridge were somewhat rotten along the way and sometimes one would accidentally step into thin air, there were no casualties within the Archaeological Team.

After walking onto the cliff and stepping onto solid ground, sensing the familiar feel, everyone could not help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Until this moment, many people suddenly realized that their legs had already gone weak due to the tension just now.

While walking on the suspension bridge, everyone's heartstrings were stretched to the limit. Only at this moment did they finally relax.

Sensing the mental state of the group, Professor Zhou hurriedly gave the order for the Archaeological Team to rest in place for a while.

If their mental state remained so tense, it would likely be extremely easy for something to go wrong once they truly arrived at the main tomb chamber.

So immediately, the Archaeological Team members hurriedly moved away from the edge of the cliff, leaning against each other in twos and threes to rest and resupply.

The Bodyguard Team members stood by with guns, observing the surroundings for any danger, protecting the Archaeological Team.

Suddenly, a member of the Bodyguard Team seemed to have discovered something and shouted aloud, "Come and look, everyone, there seems to be a stone tablet here!"

Upon hearing this, the Archaeological Team members, not even having time to swallow the food in their mouths, hurriedly scrambled to their feet and followed the sound.

Two Archaeological Team members also hurriedly helped Professor Yang to the front of the stone tablet.

In an instant, the Archaeological Team members were all gathered in front of the stone tablet.

"Professor, there is actually a stone tablet here! Could it be engraved with the Tomb Owner's epitaph?" one of the Archaeological Team members said, full of surprise.

The other team members could not hide their inner excitement at this moment. They all looked at each other, their hearts filled with joy.

Having experienced so many life-or-death situations in the tomb, the archaeological work finally had some progress.

The fatigue on Professor Yang's face was also swept away; he took out a magnifying glass and began to observe the content on the stone tablet.

"Don't be anxious; the writing on this stone tablet should just be ordinary seal script, and it can be deciphered very soon!" As he spoke, Professor Yang began to decipher the stone tablet.

In the Seminar Hall, many experts, like Professor Yang, also began to decipher the content on this stone tablet.

At first, as deciphered by the experts present, this stone tablet seemed to only be engraved with some interpretations related to astronomical phenomena.

But slowly, the experts began to notice something wrong. What was engraved on this stone tablet did not seem to be just ordinary interpretations of celestial stars and phenomena.

It seemed to be more related to astronomical divination.

"Zi Kui combined with Jia Shen, Tan Lang travels the path. Ren Mao, Yi Wei, Kun, these five positions are Ju Men. Qian, Hai, Chen, Xun, Si, connected with Xu is the name Wu Qu. You, Xin, Chou, Gen, Bing, the celestial stars speak of Po Jun!"

When Professor Zhou deciphered this passage, the shock in his eyes could no longer be concealed.

Clearly, what was engraved on this stone tablet was not an epitaph, nor was it a record related to astronomical phenomena. It was... a technique for divining good and evil using stellar astronomy!

A stormy sea had already been stirred up in Professor Zhou's heart. He had never expected that such a record would be engraved on this stone tablet.

Meanwhile, the other experts were stunned for a moment as they looked at the series of chants on the paper.

Upon reacting, everyone gasped.

"Why is this stone tablet engraved with chants for stellar feng shui and divination of good and evil?" one of the experts could not help but ask in confusion.

The rest of the experts were equally confused at this moment.

Upon hearing this, Professor Zhou slowly shook his head and then said, "That is not the case!"

The other experts all looked at Professor Zhou in confusion upon hearing this. But immediately, Professor Zhou's next words caused everyone to gasp again.

"This stone tablet is clearly engraved with a complete set of astronomical divination theories! This is simply... something engraved by a master of divination!"

Once these words were spoken, the breathing of everyone present involuntarily hitched.

Although they were all archaeological scholars and engaged in scientific research, being in this profession, they had all dabbled more or less in things like divination, geomancy, and feng shui.

The Tomb Raiders they had caught were almost all knowledgeable about feng shui and geomancy.

Now that they saw that what was engraved on the tablet was actually a complete treatise on stellar feng shui and divination, no one could remain calm!