The Tomb-Raiding Underworld: The Jade-Touching Talisman

Tomb Raiding, Treasure Appraisal, Suspense, Comeback, Expert Appraiser, Satisfying Read, The Underworld

To save his mother’s life, poor Northeastern boy Zhao Tiezhu steps into the treacherous world of tomb raiding. Here, old-school experts adhere to the ancient principles of observation, listening, questioning, and examination, while tech-savvy newcomers bring drones and endoscopes. In the tombs, thousand-year-old “zongzi” hunt for lives; outside, human schemes are even more perilous.

Zhao Tiezhu expects to barely escape with his life, but unexpectedly awakens his family’s heirloom Jade-Touching Talisman. One touch can reveal whether an ancient jade is genuine, and one glance can uncover the secrets behind a mechanism.

From a greenhorn who could be pushed around by anyone to the heart of the team that solves the Soul-Suspending Ladder and braves a witchcraft tomb; from being bewildered at his first sight of Tang Sancai to becoming the “Iron-Eyed Appraiser” who can judge a treasure and sway the whole scene. Betrayal by a brother and the brutal death of his mentor teach him one thing: more frightening than ghosts and gods is the unfathomable human heart.

An immortalized general sitting up in the middle of the night in a Liao Dynasty tomb, foreign treasures Zheng He brought back to a royal mausoleum beneath the waters, and thousand-year-old dark arts entwined with Miaojiang gu poison... One astonishing mystery after another comes to light.

Watch Zhao Tiezhu wield his iron fists and a divine talisman to appraise rare treasures, unravel bizarre mysteries, and brave strange tombs. In the 21st-century world of tomb raiding, where old and new collide, he’ll make a name for himself and uncover the ultimate secrets of ancient tombs and the truth about the human heart.