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The next moment, Xiu Xiu had a small copper mirror in her hand. The clear yellow surface was absolutely pure copper, which was rarely seen these days. She looked up at the sky and then compared the angle of sunlight. After a while, the reflected light from the copper mirror shone on the paper, revealing the blank spaces that were densely filled with tiny golden patterns. They were extremely small characters, but the strokes were too small to be discernible.
Xiu Xiu said: "After my grandparents were imprisoned, it was likely that they were not allowed to meet or talk, and could only communicate through handwritten notes. Every sentence they wrote was monitored, so they came up with this method. Your grandfather had a relationship with my grandmother when he was young...so it's no wonder that your Wu family's carving is also familiar."
This should be a kind of micro-carving, which can be said to be the unique skill of Chinese people. Those foreigners still don't understand it today. On a piece of jade as wide as two fingers and half a finger long, unearthed from the General's Tomb in Henan in 1982, more than 2,000 characters of funeral oration were carved with micro-carving. It is impossible to observe with the naked eye, even in modern times, it must be observed with an ultra-magnifying glass.
But the micro-engraving on General's Tomb should be a masterpiece of micro-engraving, while the micro-engraving that has been passed down to modern times is no longer worthy of the name "micro-engraving", and has become a miniature text that can be clearly seen with just a magnifying glass.
I stared for a while, and in front of me was only a piece of golden characters flowing. I said, "Is there a magnifying glass?" Xiuxiu handed me a palm-sized medical magnifying glass, and I started to carefully examine the text on it. The text wasn't much, starting from July 21st, but because there were some key points in between, I recorded them as follows:
Huò: They've taken everything from us, now everyone is in their hands, what can we do?
Wu: I've decided to agree with them for now, in these times, it's not up to you or me.
Huo: Then let's drag it out a bit, how is your investigation of the location of the Seven Star Lu Wang Palace going?
Wu: No leads yet, but from the tomb of Wushan Xiangzi, I found some clues on a map that was engraved there, in the vicinity of Kunlun Dragon Vein.
Huo: Are you saying there's also a ghost seal over there?
Wu: It's very likely that the ghost seal from the Wu Mountain tomb was stolen by them. I don't know what they want to use it for, could it really summon the vengeful spirits? This is really unlucky.
Huo: What's going on with Zhang Dafoye? What does the organization behind him want to do? Are they really trying to summon ghost soldiers to fight against the devils or what?
Wu: Nonsense, stop daydreaming. You've been practicing martial arts for a long time and still believe in these things. Listen, I divided the map of Kunlun into two parts and hid them. One part is under the big locust tree in your backyard.
Huo: You... when did you sneak into my home?
Wu: It's just on the way... nothing else. Never mind that, what did they talk to you about?
Huo: Not much to say, but they're looking for someone, a person named Zhang Qiling. It's said that... he has lived for many years already, and... it's said that he crawled out from a door.
Wu: Damn it, telling ghost stories! Is Zhang Qiling even human? What are they looking for him for?
Huò: It seems to be about longevity, you know, when people have everything they want, of course they would think about living forever.
Wu: "Damn it, I'll stall them here. You go cooperate with them first. That map must be kept safe, no matter what the reason is. Since they want the Ghost Seal so badly, I'll deliberately sabotage their plans."
Huo: They seem to be unaware of how many Gui Xiang there are, so they didn't ask me about Gui Xiang.
Wu: I met that lama back then, and before he died, he gave me a tomb map. It's said that collecting the three ghost seals from the tombs can open up a divine land. At the time, I didn't believe it, but after many years of searching, only two tombs were left - the Casket Tomb and the Heavenly Spring Coffin. Who would have thought... the people behind Zhang Dafoye are also looking for the ghost seals. Now that they've obtained them from me, I'm afraid they won't let me off easily. Listen, at the time, the lama told me that the Heavenly Spring Coffin is in the North Dipper's Ghost Shadow area on the north side of Kunlun. If you have the chance, you must collect the ghost seals. Now I believe what the lama said - that divine land is probably something extraordinary.
The conversation ended here, and I stared at the notes in a daze for a long time. It turned out that there was still a third ghost seal hidden in the vast Kunlun Mountains, and the reason why Laojiu Gate was involved was likely related to Grandpa and Huo Xiangu. When was this diary written? Why did it circulate in such a strange way? This is the diary of the first batch of Zhang Qiling plan implementation, so at least it's been fifty years ago.
Grandpa had been searching for the Seven Star Lu Wang Palace all along. So, fifty years ago when Grandpa excavated the bloody tomb, it was probably not as simple as what was recorded in his notes, and he didn't go there just to get rich, but rather with a purpose to find the Lu Wang Tomb.
I looked at the half map in Xiu's hand and said, "You want to use this half map to find the Tianyuan Coffin?" In my heart, the only purpose of the Ghost Seal was to open the bronze door under the Cloud Top Palace, collecting three Ghost Seals was completely unnecessary. Was the so-called divine land referring to the world inside the bronze door?
But why did Xiu Xiu think of going to find the Tianyuan coffin, not to mention whether there is a ghost seal or not. Even if there is, does she know the use of the ghost seal? In this world, apart from Chen Wenjin who has passed away, probably only herself and Pangzi know the purpose of the ghost seal. Others may think hard but won't know the true purpose of the ghost seal.
Xiu Xiu said, "We're looking for the Ghost Seal." I was startled in my heart and asked calmly, "What's the point of finding the Ghost Seal? Are you thinking of going to that so-called Immortal Realm?" Xiu Xiu shook her head and said, "Originally, I didn't want to get you involved in this matter, but you also have a Ghost Seal in your possession." I knew she was referring to the one we had snatched from the New Moon Restaurant, so I shook my head and said, "That Ghost Seal was taken by Little Brother."
Xiu Xiu furrowed her brow and said, "Where is he?"
I smiled and said, "He's not my wife, how would I know where he went? You're so concerned about Gui Xian... it can't be because of this old notebook, right?"
Xie Yu Hua heard my words, closed her phone cover, looked up at me with narrowed eyes and smiled: "You've grown up, your words are quite smooth now." I thought to myself that anyone who has gone through these things would have some growth, Wu Xie may not be a great person, but he's not stupid either, unless my brain is messed up.
Xiu Xiu said: "If it's just because of this notebook, at most it only explains that there is an oil lamp in the Kunlun Mountains, but when I was studying this map with him, we saw a person." As she spoke, her eyes suddenly revealed some fear, and her black eyes stared straight at me.
"Who?" I asked.
Xiuxiu said in a low voice: "Chen Wenjin."
My hand holding the notebook trembled, and my breathing began to quicken. After a long while, I finally managed to speak, my voice somewhat hoarse: "You're not joking, are you? You've never even seen her." There was another sentence I didn't say - Chen Wenjin had already died in the Western Queen Mother's country, so how could she appear here?
In an instant, the corner of clothing left by Paozi flashed in my mind, and I felt a chill all over my body. That taste... Could it be that Chen Wenjin really came back? She, she's actually still alive?
Lian Jieyu's face changed color, staring gloomily at her phone, her fingers paused on the keyboard, her lips pursed in thought.
Xiu Xiu slowly let out a breath and said, "To be precise, what I saw was just a black shadow, the shadow of a woman... She was like a spider, rummaging through my grandmother's room. When we discovered her, she asked, 'Where is the Ghost Seal?' How could my grandmother have the Ghost Seal? The one she got when she was young had already been snatched away by Zhang Dafo's people. She hid in the darkness, and I couldn't see her clearly, but she admitted it herself. She said she was Chen Wenjin, the leader of He Ling's team back then. And she also said a sentence..."
Not only was my home turned upside down, but even Xiuxiu was stolen, and the thief even admitted his identity. The spot on my temple jumped up suddenly, could Chen Wenjin really still be alive? Then what is her purpose in searching for Gui Xiang?
Suddenly, a white light flashed in my mind, as if something important had been overlooked. I lowered my head and stared at the green grass on the ground, with several questions flashing through my mind. What did Fatso, Xiuxiu, and I have in common? We all came into contact with Guiyin, and were the most likely to possess it. If we didn't get what we wanted from each other, would she go to Kunlun Mountain to search for the third Guiyin?