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Chapter 1417 - 1007, Bronze Key_2

Chapter 1417: Chapter 1007, Bronze Key_2

"The Divine Stone is the Five-Colored Stone!" Bella was the first to react, "That Bronze Key was indeed forged using it!"

Three pairs of eyes immediately turned to the Lady.

The matter of the Five-Colored Divine Stone was brought up by her.

The Lady shook her head, "It must have happened after my death, and I’ve never heard of this person."

Wu Heng nodded, this likely occurred in the dynasty following the Lady’s death.

From the information he possessed, it seemed highly probable that the Five-Colored Stone was used to create this Bronze Key.

Bella looked again at Wu Heng, "Don’t you know about this person?"

"I don’t know much about history. I’ll have Li Yahong check it out when we get back," Wu Heng said, taking out his phone to photograph all the inscriptions on the bone piece.

Then, his gaze shifted back to the remaining artifacts: the rusty arrowheads, the faded Jade Cong, and the broken turtle shell. He scanned through them but found nothing related to special items or history that interested him.

"Let’s go, let’s head back," Wu Heng took one last look at the bone piece, then turned to leave.

Returning to the office.

Li Yahong looked up, "Finished browsing? Did you find anything interesting?"

Wu Heng sat down beside her and sent the photos from his phone, saying, "Investigate which dynasty this artifact was unearthed from, if there are any records of a Yanshi from that dynasty, and which city Long City was in ancient times, especially the sites dedicated to Nuwa!"

"Understood!" Li Yahong quickly jotted down notes, "Should we keep these artifacts here for now, or send them back to the museum?"

"Send them back!"

"Alright."

At noon, Xiao Xiao hummed a song and skipped back, her hair braided into two ponytails, delighted, "Uncle, I’m back."

Wu Heng held her hand, "Let’s head back to the prison side first."

"Sure."

They boarded the off-road vehicle and returned to the prison, then headed back to Gold and Silver Island.

...

Gold and Silver Island.

Afternoon sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows into the hall. Minnie was directing two stacked skeletons to clean the crystal chandelier. Hearing footsteps, she turned back hurriedly, "Master...".

Before she could finish speaking.

Xiao Xiao, with her two ponytails, slid down the banister, "Minnie Sister, do you think my braids look nice?"

"They look nice." Minnie smiled.

Xiao Xiao immediately dashed to the training room, shouting, "Robey Sister, let’s play badminton!"

Minnie’s gaze shifted from Xiao Xiao back to the matter at hand, "Master, Lilith Leader called this morning."

Wu Heng sat on the sofa, "Did she say what it was about?"

"She didn’t say, and I didn’t dare to ask much," Minnie replied with a slightly embarrassed smile.

Lilith was usually quite stern, so the maids in the house, except for Xiao Xiao, were very cautious around her.

"No worries, I’ll return her call," Wu Heng picked up the phone and dialed.

Minnie brought over tea and sliced fruits, placing them on the coffee table.

The call connected; Lilith, seated in the study, spoke directly, "The headquarters approved your proposal, a fifty-fifty split. The association will handle the venue and personnel, while you provide the equipment and footage."

As expected, it was about this matter.

Currently, the reputation of the Snake Badge Consortium is rapidly growing, so the association must be feeling the pressure.

Under no circumstances would Hadara allow the consortium’s prestige to surpass the association’s during his tenure.

"I’ve prepared the equipment, and I’ll send it over through the association shortly. You know how to operate it, so guide them when the time comes," Wu Heng stated.

Lilith nodded, "Agreed!"

The two continued chatting for a while. Xiao Xiao ran past, saw Lilith on the screen, and stopped to yell, "Lilith Sister, why haven’t you returned yet?"

A smile appeared on Lilith’s usually stern face, "Your uncle arranged work for me, so I need to wait a bit longer."

"Become a leader and still have to work like a horse?" Xiao Xiao sat down in front of the sofa.

"What’s ’like a horse’? A new phrase?"

"It means having to work."

Seeing the two chatting, Wu Heng said to the screen, "You talk to Xiao Xiao; I’ll go deliver the equipment to the association."

"Go ahead!"

Wu Heng stood up and left, using the Teleportation Technique to head to the association.

...

Yeko Kingdom Capital, Chelu.

The last strands of setting sun dipped below the city walls.

The residents of Chelu City gathered in small groups on the street, gazing at the newly erected metal poles.

The poles glimmered with a cold, iron-gray hue, with diamond-shaped glass cases embedded at their tops.

These metal poles crowded the main streets of the city, with guards closely watching over them to prevent vandalism.

"What kind of array are they setting up in the city?"

"I’ve heard that caravans from the south call these ’street lamps’, magical props for lighting at night," commented a shop owner.

Beside him, a young craftsman scoffed, "Nonsense! After such a long civil war in the kingdom, where is there money for such things?"

"Exactly! It’s good enough if they don’t raise taxes; who expects them to build something like this for ordinary folks?" someone else chimed in.

"Precisely!"

More and more people agreed.

The shop owner, who claimed these were street lamps, was overwhelmed by the retorts and couldn’t argue back.

Alone, he couldn’t out-debate so many.

As the sky grew darker.

Click~!

A crisp mechanical sound rang out abruptly.

It seemed as if an invisible hand ignited the glass cases atop the iron poles, and the street lamps lit up one by one down the lane.

Warm white light cascaded from the glass cases, illuminating the cobblestone road in detail, even casting the old moss in the roadside drains in an emerald hue.

The crowd fell into silence, all residents astonished by the illuminated street.

Only the previously contradicted shop owner loudly exclaimed, "They’re street lamps, right? These street lamps appeared in the south and are meant for night-time lighting."