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  My eyes stung terribly, I took a deep breath and slowly let it out. The content of San Shu's letter was slightly different from my initial guess, but that didn't matter anymore.

  I looked at Second Uncle, and found him sitting on a wooden chair in front of the table, smoking. There was no shock, apparently he knew everything about Third Uncle's situation, but his expression was strange, even somewhat eerie. Just as I was observing him, Second Uncle suddenly stood up, took the letter from my hand, and said: "Your Third Uncle has made his own choice, let this matter end here."

  Obviously, Second Uncle knew more than I had imagined, so I tentatively asked: "Where did Third Uncle go?"

  The cigarette had burned to the end, he extinguished it without answering, his eyes looked at the letter again, and suddenly his expression solidified. I felt something was wrong, hurried over, followed Second Uncle's gaze, and also stared blankly, the date on the letter was a year ago.

  That is to say, this letter was written a year ago.

  I immediately thought of Third Uncle hiding in the underground tunnels, who had said that after everything was settled he would tell me the truth. I had been waiting for his letter, but it was taken away by someone who looked exactly like me.

  I never wanted to pursue it, who that person was who was exactly like me. Too many people have already sacrificed in pursuit of these truths, and I also vaguely feel that it's not a good answer, but now... That person has sent this letter to me again.

  He intercepted a letter from Third Uncle one year ago and now sends it to me. Who is he? What's his purpose?

  I thought I had a thorough understanding of the whole thing, I thought everything was over, but now it seems that some things have not ended.

  Ba Nai's mountain fire, Fatzi's return to Zhangjia Ancient Building, plus this letter now, makes me deeply feel that everything has not ended. This peaceful year seems like the calm before a storm, and now the storm seems to be coming.

  At this time, Second Uncle suddenly turned the letter over and saw a line of words on the back of the letter. This was obviously not Third Uncle's note, and the handwriting was still very new.

  There is only one sentence above: At Longshou.

  I was completely disoriented, what is Longshou? But looking at my uncle, he seemed to understand something, and almost violently crumpled the letter in his hand. He looked at me and said: "You don't need to worry about this matter."

  What can I say? At first, Third Uncle also told me not to intervene, and look what happened. Now Second Uncle is saying the same thing, am I, Wu Xie, really so stupid that I don't even have the right to know the truth?

  I sat back down, my eyes locked with Second Uncle's, and said solemnly: "I don't want to know about anything else, but I've had the closest relationship with Third Uncle since childhood, and I have great respect for him. This time, I only want to find him, whether he's alive or dead."

  My second uncle looked at me calmly and said, "What can you do? Haven't you caused enough trouble in these few years? I'm not your third uncle. What I say, I never take back. If you dare to interfere with this matter again, don't blame me for being impolite." In my impression, my second uncle's attitude towards me has always been indifferent, completely unlike my third uncle who dotes on me. His words, I have every reason to believe, he can really do it.

  But can I just leave San Shu unattended? I couldn't imagine that one day, San Shu would become like Huo Ling. Why did he have to risk his last life to go to the so-called final destination?

  My mood has never been so chaotic, it's clear that this matter hasn't truly ended yet. Although the organization was destroyed, the people involved back then haven't given up, they still seem to be holding onto something and haven't stopped searching. Third Uncle hoped that things would end here and didn't want me to get entangled again, but more than a year has passed since Third Uncle wrote this letter, is he alive or dead?

  Maybe he's trapped somewhere right now, waiting for someone to rescue him, and I can only stay in my shop.

  Second Uncle's attitude was resolute, he finished speaking and stood up, saying lightly: "I'll have Old Lei send you back, take good care of Third Uncle's estate, some things... aren't what you can handle right now. Your Third Uncle is doing this for your own good, just be obedient and don't let him worry again." I was momentarily speechless, Second Uncle walked out of the study with his hands behind his back, that letter had already been crumpled up by him and quietly placed on the desk.

  Lao Lei was still slowly picking at his rice, I don't know if he heard our conversation or not. He looked at Er Shu walking out of the study, put down his chopsticks, and gave me a faint glance before saying, "Let's go."

  Sitting in the car, I was completely dazed. When we arrived at the store, it was already past 9 o'clock at night and the shop had closed its doors. I opened the door and went inside, the store was very tidy, Zhao Wang did things with great care.

  Went upstairs, took a casual bath and lay on the bed, the events of the past two days kept replaying in my mind.

  The death of Zhang Qiling in the mountains, the whereabouts of Pangsuo, the life and death of San Shu, and the person who sent me a letter. I lay on my bed, sorting out my chaotic thoughts, and finally found that this so-called "they" had a very obvious purpose, which was to make me show up.

  Firstly, Fatso and Lao Jiu's matter have no direct relation. All along, Fatso's involvement was more or less a coincidence, even for my sake. They suddenly finding Fatso is obviously related to me as well. The person who sent the letter to me, if they are also one of 'them', then their purpose is very clear - they want me to show up!

  But what can I do for them? Or rather, what can I bring to them?

  They probably entered Zhang's old house and also attacked the fake 'Zhang Qiling', apparently chasing after something. What does the last sentence mean in Longshou?

  In the midst of confusion, I picked up the corner of clothing left behind by Pangzi, repeatedly studying the floral pattern on it, still unable to make sense of anything. Feeling annoyed, I inadvertently brought the cloth closer to my eyes, still unable to see anything, but my nose caught a familiar scent.

  This smell is very light, not unpleasant, even a bit fragrant, but this smell is one that I never want to smell again. It's the same as Chen Wenjin's body odor, more precisely, it's the smell of a widow.

  I was startled and sat up in bed, staring at the fabric in front of me, then brought it to my nose again to smell, and indeed it was coming from the fabric.

  At that moment, the hairs on my back stood up, and my hand holding the fabric trembled slightly. It seemed that the piece of cloth left by Fatty didn't have anything special about it; what he wanted me to notice was this smell!

  But Bana is obviously not possible to have a forbidden mother, so who else has this taste?

  As far as I know, there is only Chen Wenjin left who has this taste.

  Could Chen Wenjin still be alive? If the oil bottle could survive for over ten days in that meteorite, she might have survived too. What has she been doing all this time? Why did she look for Fatso?

  The more I think about it, the farther away I feel, and in the end, I find myself a bit ridiculous. The probability of Chen Wenjin still being alive is too small. At that time, if he hadn't come out of the meteorite with the oil bottle, without me and Baozi waiting for him below, with his physical strength and mental state at the time, it would have been impossible for him to walk out of the Western Queen's country alive.

  Wen Jin stayed in the meteorite for a longer time, without any food. Even if she could get out of it, how would she leave the Qaidam Basin? It seems that Chen Wenjin's chances are slim, so the remaining... is only San Shu.

  But San Shu had been missing for a whole year, how could he appear in Banai, and he had no reason to find Baozi.

  It's all messed up, completely messed up, what on earth happened?

  I lay in bed, staring at the ceiling for a long time, my mind gradually calming down. Now I somewhat understand why the oil bottle likes to stare at the ceiling so much.

  The current situation is that I am in the dark, but it's clear that someone has already set their sights on me. There are two methods now: one is to wait. Since 'they' have made it clear that they want to lure me out, if I don't take action, they will definitely make another move. Two is to take the initiative to attack, but the information I currently hold is too little, the whole event is mysterious and confusing, I have no idea what their purpose is, which makes it very difficult.

  If I just wait like this, I'm not sure if something will happen to Fatso, and even now, I'm not sure if anything has happened to him. He simply disappeared mysteriously, whether he's alive or dead, I have no idea.

  Third Uncle once said, taking the initiative can give you a greater grasp.

  I immediately opened my computer and searched for it, listing out all the information I had at hand.

  One is an address, the address where Third Uncle sent letters at that time, which proves that Third Uncle once lived there for a period of time and may have left some clues.

  One is the three words after faith, I typed on the computer in Longshou, and the information that came out was not much. Most of it was information about a place called Longshou Mountain, mainly introducing its terrain and tourism information. Immediately afterwards, I flipped back more than ten pages, suddenly saw a title: Vast Expanse, China's Dragon Head.

  I clicked in and found it was a brief introduction about the Kunlun Mountains.

  This introduction itself doesn't have anything special, but it made me think of another layer.

  The Kunlun Mountains are the main trunk of the western mountain range, spanning Xinjiang, Qinghai and Sichuan. It is said to be the gathering place of heavenly gods and has been known as the Chinese dragon vein since ancient times. The Kunlun Mountains are also known as the dragon head, or the first dragon.

  The Kunlun Mountains stretch for three million miles, from ancient times to the present, it has been a place of longing for people. Its entrance is located at the end of Chaidamu, separated by a deep gorge, and so far, there is only one canyon that can be traversed upwards. Except for scientific expeditions and adventure teams, almost no one has set foot here.

  Kunlun Mountains are also known as Kunlun Xu, where "Xu" means infinite and endless. Legend has it that this is the place where heaven and earth converge, divided into three layers. Climbing to the first layer can make one immortal, the second layer can gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the third layer can become a fairy. Of course, these are just legends, but when I think of the Queen Mother of the West and the Zhang family who never age, I couldn't help but associate them with this place.

  Is what they call Longshou referring to what they are looking for in Kunlun Mountain?

  First, he showed me San Shu's letter and then told me about Kunlun Mountain. What San Shu was after was the secret of the Zhang family's longevity and eternal youth. Did San Shu really go to Kunlun Mountain?

  My heart is racing wildly, but all of this is just speculation and can't be confirmed. If Third Uncle really went to Kunlun Mountain, it's already been over a year since then, and I'm afraid the chances of good news are slim. Thinking about this, my heart feels icy cold, and it wasn't until the second half of the night that my body couldn't take it anymore and I fell into a daze, drifting off to sleep.