"Ah? A divine relic of the ancestors!"
At the Maya merchant's words, joy showed on Puapu's face, and his heartbeat quickened by a beat. The old Militia blinked, his face barely changing.
"Uh, this fellow water won't seep into and oil won't splash through—he can't be planning to follow me the whole time, can he? What a headache."
Looking at the leisurely old Militia, Tikalo's eyelid twitched, though a smile still hung on his face. In a voice full of temptation, he spoke of legends buried deep in history.
"A hundred and thirty li southwest from here lie the ruins of the First Ancient City in the jungle! The First Ancient City was founded more than three thousand years ago, the first powerful city-state of the Rubber People! Even today, myths about it have still been passed down. In the First Era, it was the first resting place of the god-men who walked out of the jungle. It sat on fertile riverside soil, vast in area, with no city walls. And among the ruins of the ancient city, there are dozens of magnificent stone carvings of gods. The tallest are five or six men high, gathering the divinity passed down over thousands of years!"
The ruins of the First Ancient City were in what is today San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán, Veracruz, Mexico. It was the oldest known Olmec city-state, and also the first flame of Mesoamerican civilization.
"In the First Ancient City, the ancient divine relics produced there are all sorts of small stone human figurines! And true divine relics can grant your descendants the talent of the carved figure. Think about it—if you could obtain the sculpted divine relic of a warrior, your son could become a powerful warrior! And if you obtained the sculpture of a priest, he would