It lay on the ground, struggling for a couple of times, then it stopped moving.

A pool of crimson liquid, spread slowly across it...

“Qing’er, are you alright?”

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Luo Fengtang rushed over, dropped the bow and arrow in his hand, and held her shoulders with both hands.

A pair of shoulders was even more nervously examining each other up and down.

Yang Ruqing laughed nonchalantly: "A joke, how could I possibly have anything to worry about? Your elder sister is someone who slays gods and demons!"

Luo Fengtang gave her a helpless look: "You little girl, you were so dangerous just now! Didn't you know?"

Especially when she slid past that leopard, he nearly broke out in a cold sweat.

“Hee hee, don't worry, I never do anything I'm not sure about!” she said.

Luo Feng Tang nodded and tightened his grip on her hand.

"What are we going to do with this leopard?" she asked, gesturing to the dead leopard on the ground.

Luo Fengtang said, "No need, this year for the New Year, I don't want to bring this dead thing back to the village."

"Alright, then let's get going and head to the cave Old Yan mentioned," she said.

"Well, come with me!"

The two of them crossed the mountain ridge and finally arrived at a cave mouth.

The entrance to the cave was truly well-hidden, nestled in the middle of a steep cliff face that resembled a mirror.

On the cliff, thick vines hung down.

The vines were intertwined, thicker than an adult's arm, trailing down to the ground.

"Qinger, you wait up top, I'll go down and look for something." Luofengtang said.

Yang Ruqing glanced down, eager to try.

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"I also want to go down and take a look. Who knows, I might even be able to enter some underwater grottoes!" she said.

Luo Fengtang said: “It's too steep…”

"It's nothing, with so many vines, it's like a ladder. Besides, I'm agile and capable!"

Luo Fengtang knew he couldn't win against her, so he had to let her come down.

Two people grabbed onto vines and fell downward. Then, the vine swayed.

The two of them, like on a swing, really swung into a cave.

After steadying herself, Yang Ruqing looked up.

"Wow, I've been back and forth so many times, and I didn't even know there was such a great place hidden in the mountains!"

She was surprised and walked towards the hole.

"Secret realm, secret realm indeed!"

As he was looking, his eyes lit up.

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Outside was a desolate winter scene and climate, but inside this cave, it was like spring.

The entrance wasn't large, but the deeper you went, the more it became dark and spacious.

There are flowers, grass and water.

There were many bushes, half a person's height, bearing some wild berries she couldn't name.

The red and black

are really cute.

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Luo Fengtang followed and, seeing the cave, was also very surprised.

"Why is it different in here compared to outside? While it's winter outside, it's spring and autumn in here." he said.

Yang Ruqing smiled slightly. This was probably due to the microclimate.

“Let's treat this as a fairy cave for now, let's look for something first, and we'll appreciate the beautiful scenery later.” she ordered.

"Well, alright!"

He responded and walked forward.

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According to Yan Huai'an’s clue, our great-grandmother hid the thing under the biggest stone in this cave.

The two people circled around inside the cave, compared many stones before finally settling on their target.

"That one up front!"

Yang Ruqing raised her hand and pointed.

Two people hurried over. This big rock is really huge, placed in the corner of this stone wall.

The stone was covered in moss, and weeds grew along the edge.

It's very hidden, the average person wouldn't think to find anything behind this stone if they stumbled into this cave by accident.

"Ching'er, let me go!"

Luofengtang pulled Yang Ruqing, who was eager to try, aside and rolled up his sleeves.

Then, he moved the stones aside.

Yang Ruqing was quick-witted and nimble. With a swift hand, she reached in and pulled a bundle of cloth from within.

"There really is something!" she exclaimed with delight.

Two people came to the side, sat down cross-legged, and Yang Ruqing opened the package.

For decades, a thick layer of dust has coated the wrapping. Brush it off.

Inside is a wooden box, with a faint scent of pinewood.

"This box is made of pearwood, which is moisture-proof and insect-proof. Frankincense can also keep it dry," Luo Fengtang said.

Yang Ruqing nodded and immediately opened the box.

Inside the box, wrapped in a piece of red silk cloth, was a pair of fish carved from ivory.

Yang Ruqin held the strange fish in front of her eyes, scrutinizing it carefully. She found that the fish's body was engraved with some characters she couldn't understand.

Perhaps it's the script of the tribe where grandma lives?

She thought to herself.

"Qing'er, look, there's still a piece of paper down here."

Luo Fengtang's voice pulled her thoughts back.

She carefully pulled the paper out from between the cracks of the box, then spread it out.

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The first thing that catches the eye is the crimson, messy handwriting.

Some places are thick, some places are thin, it's obviously written in a very rushed situation.

A faint smell of blood, even after decades, has not dissipated.

"Oh dear me, all this ink I've had in my belly seems to have gone to waste."

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Yang Ruqing stared blankly at the densely written blood book in her hand.

It's all in the writing of some obscure minority group that she couldn't understand, just like the ones on the object fish.

Luo Fengtang also scratched his head, looking anxious.

"It's nothing, nothing. We don't know it, Yan Huai'an definitely knows it. Let's take it back to him later." he said.

Yang Ruqing nodded, "That's all we can do."

"When are you going back?" Luo Fengtang asked.

Yang Ruqing glanced around: "I'm a little thirsty, let me have some water and sit for a while before we go back. My mother told us to go back early for dinner!"

Luo Fengtang glanced around: "The water is from a spring, and drinking it will cause stomach ache. When I came over just now, I saw many wild fruits on the other side. Let me pick some for you to quench your thirst."

"Well, alright!"

Yang Ruqing happily responded with a giggle, burying her head back into the "Character-Filled Heavenly Scripture" she was studying.

Luo Fengtang then got up and went over to pick wild fruits.

Soon, he came back, his broad palm holding many wild fruits.

"Wow, there are so many! They are so colorful and beautiful!"

Yang Ruqing's eyes lit up immediately. These wild fruits were so fresh and juicy.

The temptress is dead.

“It's all washed, let's eat.” Luo Fengtang said.

He shoved all the wild berries in his hand into hers.

Yang Ruqing smiled: "Oh, I'm not a pig, I can't eat so much..."

"If you can't finish it, take it back and eat it slowly..." he said.

"Come on, help me finish this!"

She said, tossing half to him.

The two people sat face to face and started eating wild fruit.

As she ate, she held the fish with its sharp teeth, pondering what symbolism these minority groups might have attached to it...

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After a while, she suddenly realized that she had been talking to herself all along.

Before, Luo Fengtang could still respond, but later he gradually fell silent.

She was taken aback, her gaze immediately shifting to the man sitting opposite her.

That's when she realized he had turned away, his back facing her.

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