“We are the descendants of the guardians of the snow mountain,” the old village chief Batu’s voice became low. “Our ancestors swore a blood oath to protect a sacred object deep in the snow mountain with their lives.”
"A sacred object?" Qin Ye pressed.
"Yes," the village chief nodded, a complex emotion flickering in his cloudy old eyes.
Su Tang and Qin Ye exchanged a glance. Could the so-called sacred object that the village chief mentioned be the so-called divine medicine that the girl named A Yun had been trying so hard to obtain?
"This legend has been passed down for over a thousand years. But the sacred object is both a blessing and a curse." The old village chief's voice was filled with sorrow.
"That girl named Ayun, I don't know where she heard about our village's secret. She's like a hungry wolf eyeing a lamb, lurking here, just to force us to hand over the whereabouts of the sacred object."
"But no matter how they threatened, bribed, or even tortured our people, I did not hand over the sacred object to them."
As the old village chief finished speaking, his thin chest straightened slightly, a gesture that represented the last vestige of dignity for a guardian.
Ayun probably thought that this sudden avalanche was a godsend, and that she could take advantage of the chaos in the village to force them to hand over the secret.
But she didn't expect that Su Tang and Qin Ye would suddenly appear and interrupt her plans.
At this point, the old village chief suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to Su Tang and Qin Ye once again.
This time, he bent his waist even lower and his posture was even more devout.
“My Lord, I have thought this through carefully. Keeping the sacred relic in our hands will only bring more disaster and more wolves like Ayun. The blood of Langcuo Village cannot be shed any longer.”
His gaze became unusually firm:
“Since the mountain god sent you to save us, it means that this sacred object should be disposed of by the mountain god! This is the will of heaven!”
Su Tang's heart skipped a beat. This village chief was a real shrew; he managed to pass on this hot potato so quickly and accurately.
However, she was indeed curious about the so-called "sacred object".
The fact that even someone as skilled as Ah Yun would flock to it, even at the cost of causing a bloodbath, meant that this thing was definitely not simple. She even had a suspicion that the sacred object was not the Thousand Mountain Snow Lotus at all, but just an excuse to trick those hardened criminals into working for her.
Before Su Tang could speak, Village Chief Batu had already taken action.
He sat back on the stone bench and, in front of the two of them, took off his thick yak leather shoes, which were worn so worn that their original color was no longer visible.
He carefully used a small knife he had dug out of the rubble to cut open the tough inner layer of the yak leather shoe. Inside, there was a hidden treasure!
He took out something wrapped in layers of oilcloth from the hidden compartment. The oilcloth was so black it shone, clearly indicating that it had been kept close to his body for many years.
Finally, the oilcloth was completely untied, revealing a roll of map, no bigger than the palm of your hand, with curled and yellowed edges, made of some kind of animal hide.
The map's leather has hardened with age, and intricate mountain and river formations are depicted on it using ancient Tibetan script and strange totems.
"This is a map passed down through generations of our guardian clan, recording the only path to the holy land."
With his wrinkled, slightly trembling hands, Village Chief Batu solemnly handed the palm-sized map to Su Tang.
"Divine messengers, we beg you... to go deep into the snowy mountains and retrieve what rightfully belongs to the gods!"
At this moment, Su Tang and Qin Ye truly looked at each other in bewilderment.
This is something you can't decide whether to accept or not.
Anyone with eyes to see knows that this map is a huge problem.
Did you accept it?
Su Tang and her companion may be drawn into a bloody conflict as a result.
Not answering?
If this map remains in the hands of Village Chief Batu, that Ayun will definitely not let it go, and the village will likely face another deadly disaster.
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