Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 1546: Chapter 1530: Jadeite Egg

This discovery left Huo Sining feeling shocked.

The nautical chart was placed together with Shen Wansan’s Moonlight White Agate Wine Cup, so Huo Sining could be certain that the nautical chart belonged to Shen Wansan.

Now, this piece of puzzle rice paper found by Huo Sining was also discovered inside a lampstand from the early Ming Dynasty, making her suspect that the lampstand might have also been used by Shen Wansan.

This piece of rice paper was cut into so many pieces and embedded inside the lampshade, with a clear intention from the original owner to conceal the painting on the rice paper.

What secret does this painting contain that it’s worth such an elaborate effort to hide?

Huo Sining’s gaze was fixed on the painting. As more and more yellow wine was sprayed, the painting revealed its enchanting colors. The smoke grew denser, but suddenly it seemed to be absorbed in an instant, revealing a towering mountain peak amidst the vast waters, with more things gradually emerging.

Human-bodied and fish-tailed Jiaoren, Kunpeng in the water, and Blue Birds in the sky—this fairyland-like scene in the painting gave an indescribable ethereal feeling, making one yearn for it.

Seeing this, Huo Sining was speechless for a long time.

She had previously suspected that the legend of Shen Wansan possessing a Cornucopia might have other hidden truths, and now, seeing this painting, Huo Sining was more convinced of her suspicion.

It was highly likely that Shen Wansan was the owner of the Spiritual Pearl.

His exile to Yun Province, this plot twist, might not have been Zhu Yuanzhang’s intention. It could have been a deliberate choice, or a strategic move to avoid the limelight temporarily.

Back in the Ming Dynasty, Shen Wansan might have experienced a similar transformation as hers, prompting him to seek out others like him. He retreated to Yun Province to escape Zhu Yuanzhang’s watchful eyes and keep the secret hidden.

Huo Sining stared at the painting for a full half-hour. The room’s heating caused the yellow wine to evaporate quickly. When the wine dried up, the rice paper returned to its original state. Without the empty yellow wine bottle as evidence, Huo Sining might have thought it was a hallucination.

The text on the nautical chart was identical to that on this rice paper, and even though Huo Sining couldn’t understand what it meant, it was clear both belonged together. It’s highly possible that the nautical chart and the scene that appeared on the rice paper are connected and point to the same location.

For now, the clues are still too few. Shen Wansan might have deliberately scattered the clues marking the location separately, resulting in them being lost and scattered.

The nautical chart and rice paper Huo Sining held might not be the final clues. At this point, she still couldn’t decipher anything significant from them.

The key lies in the translations of the text. If the text is deciphered, the secret will be within reach.

However, deciphering these texts is no easy feat. The Yan Elderly Couple spent over ten years researching them with no progress, and it’s unlikely they’d be solved quickly.

Thinking this made Huo Sining a bit discouraged, and she could only put everything back into her storage ring.

After placing them back, her gaze unconsciously fell on the small colorless glass-type stone she brought back from Las Vegas.

Taking out the stone gambling piece and placing it on the table, Huo Sining inspected the jadeite again, carefully.

In Las Vegas, due to the special circumstances, she only managed a quick glance. Now, upon closer inspection, her intuitive reaction was even stronger.

Inside this jadeite stone, there really was an egg. Inside the egg was a creature curled up like a fish, and it was breathing and its heart beating extremely slowly.

Huo Sining took a deep breath. After some thought, she fetched a grinding machine and, with meticulous care, brought the sanding wheel close to the stone’s surface and began gently polishing it.

Using the Heavenly Eye felt somewhat unreal. She hoped to clean the stone’s surface to see the jadeite’s interior more clearly.

Soon, she had opened a window on the stone’s side.

This piece of jadeite was a pure glass-type little colorless, with transparency far higher than the green glass-type imperial green she typically saw, making the jadeite meat appear entirely transparent like glass.

As the side opened further, the object inside became clearer, especially with the window widening, revealing a pale blue eggshell, causing Huo Sining’s heart to race.

Stone dust filled the air as the grinding machine rasped in the basement, but fortunately, the soundproofing prevented disturbing anyone sleeping in the guest rooms.

Time slowly passed, and Huo Sining gradually polished away the stone’s surface.

After the last bit was removed, she used clean water to wash away the dust, revealing a completely transparent piece of colorless glass-type jadeite.

In the bright basement light, the entire piece shone brilliantly, with an egg the size of half a soccer ball embedded inside.

The eggshell appeared extremely hard, and while she was tempted to cut open the glass jadeite to extract the egg, she dared not.

Eggs are naturally fragile and can shatter easily. If she used a stone cutting machine or hammered the jadeite, she risked breaking the egg inside.

The creature inside this egg was alive. If she accidentally shattered the eggshell, killing the creature, she’d regret it immensely.

After all, this creature might be biologically similar to her. Even though she didn’t fully understand the situation, she couldn’t act rashly.