The two incomplete jigsaw puzzles, viewed individually, do not reveal the complete content.
But if you put them together, all the difficulties will be solved.
Nan Xian asked for a phone and took a picture of the painting on the rock wall, carefully observing the composition of the patterns and not missing a single small detail.
At this moment, she was very grateful for the good memory she had inherited from her parents. She still remembered the approximate locations of the blank spaces on the animal skin painting, and matched them one by one with the patterns on her phone—
Soon, a magnificent and mysterious ancient story slowly unfolded in her mind.
What she couldn't understand, see through, or touch before, transformed from a hazy mist into a tangible reality, becoming round and lovely pearls.
A pair of skillful hands picked up these pearls, strung them together with fine silk threads, and wove them into an exquisite and gorgeous necklace.
Nan Xian suddenly understood.
She seemed to know what she was in her past life...
A red fox, no, it should be said, a red fox that has obtained a great opportunity.
In the beginning, when the world was still in chaos and the six realms were not completely torn apart, gods, demons, monsters, humans... lived on the same land. For their own interests, they constantly fought for territory and slaughtered each other until rivers of blood flowed.
This newborn fox cub, whose eyes hadn't even opened yet, was left behind by her careless mother during their escape.
She was certain to die, but just as she was on the verge of death, a strange phenomenon appeared in the sky—
The ancient war god Fu Hua had his chest pierced by the spear of the new king of the demon realm, and a drop of divine blood containing immense spiritual energy fell from his heart.
That drop of blood, by sheer coincidence, fell into her mouth.
She came to life, and the moment she opened her eyes, she was no longer an ordinary fox.
The divine blood granted her intelligence and magical powers, giving her the immense ability to easily crush mountains.
However, the way of Heaven is not entirely generous; everything is like a game of chess, and she is just a small pawn.
When Heaven bestowed life upon her, she accepted it and thus tacitly entered into a contract with Heaven and Earth.
She became the only guardian demon in the six realms.
What we are protecting is not just a mountain or a lake, but half of China.
She made a pact with heaven and earth a thousand years ago; she sacrificed herself to suppress the demon, and a thousand years later, she would be free.
She cultivated alone in solitude for a thousand years, and was just one step away from shedding her demonic form and ascending to immortality.
But when the millennium came, she suddenly disappeared.
When she returned, her spiritual energy had completely dissipated, and she could no longer maintain her human form, so she could only transform into a red fox once again.
It was just a red fox with its tail broken.
The reason for the broken tail is not mentioned in the animal skin painting, nor is it recorded in the mural.
Nan Xian had a feeling that these paintings were like the soul of the mountains, recording what had happened here in a unique way.
Then, through cause and effect and fate, I reaffirmed this to myself.
Nan Xian felt a sense of disorientation. Her emotions were very complicated at the moment—she felt as if she had been hit by a huge surprise, and was extremely excited, yet she also felt uneasy as if she knew she had embarked on a more mysterious and dangerous path.
She slowly stood up, her legs still feeling weak, as if she were walking on cotton, light and unreal.
Lang Zhuo's call pulled her thoughts, which had soared to the heavens, back to reality.
"Xiao Nan, why do you look like that? Did you figure something out?"
She blinked, and her expression gradually returned to normal.
Without hesitation, she pointed to a corner of the mural where the pattern was missing due to the peeling of the rock surface.
"The key to unlock it is right here!"
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