Urban Most Awesome Dad-Chapter 432 - - Medicine Cauldron Corpse Money_1

Chapter 432 -432: Medicine Cauldron Corpse Money_1

Xu Fan’s eyes narrowed into slits…

If these items were indeed just unearthed, they had to be taken seriously. The appearance of the items could be ignored for now; their historical value was what mattered.

Old-fashioned abacuses, dark yellow wine jars, and yellowish-white bracelets—these objects clearly had some age to them. If they were normally excavated, selling them for a hundred thousand or so wouldn’t be a problem.

However, Xu Fan had no interest in collecting and didn’t lack this amount of money. Spending the effort to resell these items for a profit was less appealing to him than watching a cartoon with Tongtong.

Thus, what truly caught Xu Fan’s attention were the bronze coin and that particular ding.

The bronze coin appeared inconspicuous. Not only was it corroded, but it was also severely worn with small pits and depressions on its surface, giving the impression that it was about to be discarded. But in reality, it contained a dense undead energy. Even under the sunlight at that moment, the undead energy remained concentrated and undiminished.

Xu Fan guessed it must have been held in the mouth of a deceased person before seeing daylight again.

Why was it in the mouth of the corpse?

As Xu Fan understood, ancient burial customs were meticulous: placing bronze coins or jade stones in the mouths of the deceased served to press the tongue down, so that upon arriving in Yama’s Palace, they wouldn’t speak out of turn. It was also meant to bribe the underworld minions to suffer fewer beatings.

Most importantly, it was to prevent corpse transformation. Since bronze coins and jade stones were frequently handled by living people, they harbored a strong yang energy. Thus, by placing them in the mouth of the deceased, a breath of yang energy could be preserved within the body to avoid corpse transformation.

This was not a baseless claim; it was an important aspect of tomb studies. Many historical figures—whether they believed in it or not—abided by this convention. Empress Dowager Cixi, for instance, passed away with a glowing pearl in her mouth, achieving ultimate bliss.

This bronze coin had absorbed the dead energy of the deceased and was naturally very ominous. If kept at home or carried on one’s person, it could easily affect the owner. Setting aside dubious claims about possession and seeing ghosts, just the harm that the undead energy could do to the body was unbearable. Even going to the hospital would be futile, as the cause of illness couldn’t be determined.

Xu Fan surmised one might only last several months before heading to another world.

However, even though the bronze coin was heavy with undead energy, Xu Fan wasn’t concerned. What was greatly feared by ordinary people was, for Xu Fan, an excellent treasure containing pure energy.

Ever since his rebirth, Xu Fan had been pondering a question. Although he possessed experiences from his previous cultivation and knew many cultivation techniques and secrets…

Without rice, even the cleverest housewife can’t cook. The paucity of nature’s spiritual energy in this world could not support him walking too fast or too far on the path of cultivation.

To move quickly and far, one must find alternative pathways, utilizing external forces and objects.

And undead energy, as one of these forms of energy, could be well-absorbed and refined by Xu Fan.

Of course, undead energy’s contribution to increasing cultivation levels wasn’t significant; its role was to enhance Divine Sense.

The importance of Divine Sense to a cultivator was even more critical than cultivation levels; hence, it was something Xu Fan needed even more.

Then, there was the bronze ding about the size of a human head, with three legs, a round belly, and two ears. Its surface was carved with very abstract, simple patterns, as well as some ancient symbols and scripts.

It looked to be very ancient.

In ancient times, dings were used as vessels, mainly for cooking meat.

However, as history progressed, dings came to symbolize more than their practical use. They were seen as a state’s treasure, signifying national authority, denoting noble status, family and nation, temple heritage, and so on.

Among all the legends and stories regarding dings, the most famous is Great Yu casting the Nine Cauldrons to manage the floods, suppress Jiuzhou, repel demons, and elevate human destiny.

The ding Xu Fan was looking at naturally had nothing to do with Great Yu, but it shouldn’t be underestimated either. While it appeared to be made of bronze, it was actually infused with Heifeng Metal.

In Chinese mythology, the phoenix was a divine beast. The Phoenix is adept at the art of space, and its descendants, the Golden-Winged Roc and the Peacock Bright King, also inherited space-related abilities—one excelling in high-speed flight, the other possessing a five-colored divine light. Anything touched by that divine light would be instantly absorbed into the Peacock Bright King’s body, no matter the treasure.

Heifeng Metal, associated with the term “phoenix,” indicated its connection to the element of space.

In fact, Heifeng Metal is a material used for refining space magic artifacts, although it’s of a low grade, nothing compared to Xuankong Jade Stone or Myriad Demon Gold Stone, Xu Fan felt a great sense of accomplishment rather than disappointment when he found this on Sea Blue Star.

After all, having something is better than nothing at all.

Moreover, a lower grade material also means it’s easier to refine.

Besides, Xu Fan made another discovery. The bronze ding he found was engraved with an array, although the array patterns were quite simple, and its effects were ordinary, to the point of being ineffective due to the passage of time, this still came as a pleasant surprise to Xu Fan.

Because this array was mainly for heating, to raise the temperature limit, it seemed like it was used for making elixirs.

Of course, regardless of whether the ding was used to make elixirs in the past, Xu Fan was going to use it to make elixirs.

Furthermore, it confirmed something for him—he originally thought that no one in this world knew how to make elixirs, but now, he wasn’t so sure.

Even though making elixirs is a “science” within higher-level cultivation systems, the history of Sea Blue Star wasn’t short. There were bound to be talented and remarkable people who would somehow figure out how to make elixirs.

One shouldn’t deny the people of this world just because their cultivation system is backward compared to others.

They’re weak, not because they lack intelligence, but because nature’s spiritual energy limits their cultivation path, forcing them to divert and light up the tree of technology instead.

This thought flashed through Xu Fan’s mind as he refocused on the ding.

Using this ding to make elixirs should yield an acceptable outcome, right? At the very least, it would be much more reliable than an electric stove!

Since it was blended with Heifeng Metal, the capacity of the ding wasn’t small. With the heating array, it could also improve the efficiency of making elixirs and reduce the loss of spiritual energy.

Indeed, as they say, when it’s time to sleep, a pillow arrives.

Xu Fan once again felt that his luck was incredibly great!

The stall owner wore a black, wide-brimmed hat like an old farmer, leisurely puffing away at a dry tobacco pipe, which also looked like an antique.

He didn’t seem to care about business, not even bothering to call out or retain customers, embodying the attitude of Great Grandfather fishing—willing to wait for those who took the bait.

This resulted in many people passing by his stall, but hardly anyone asked for prices.

Xu Fan was naturally pleased with this.

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So, he wasn’t in a hurry to deal with the stall owner, and patiently waited as Tongtong blinked her big eyes while watching the performance of the ladies in Hanfu.

As for Hanfu, Xu Fan didn’t have much of an opinion on it.

Those who like it genuinely appreciate it, and good-looking people genuinely look good in it.

Although it’s not in line with modern trends, the Hanfu community is actually gradually expanding.

Once you wear Hanfu on the street, let’s not mention anything else, it absolutely grabs people’s attention.

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After the group of men and women in Hanfu left, the crowd that had gathered there also dispersed gradually, and Xu Fan was ready to get down to business.

However, as soon as he turned around, he noticed two customers at the stall, a young man and woman.

The man had a rugged face and thick eyebrows, while the woman wore a tight miniskirt in leather, cascading black hair that fell past her waist, beautiful features, and fair skin.