Now that they had finished eating, Song Shutian could finally get down to business with Jiang Qiao. "Jiang Qiao, where are you staying now?"
"I'm staying in someone else's nurses' dormitory. What, you found me a nice place?"
Song Shutian nodded. "Dad, I'll take you back. Jiang Qiao, come with me. Sister-in-law, you stay here with my brother. I have things to do, I'll come back tonight."
Song Zhanguo didn't ask his son what the specifics were, since they weren't in the same department and it involved confidentiality, so he didn't want to make things difficult for his son.
Jiang Qiao went to the guesthouse with Song Shutian. "You can stay here for now. I've booked a room for you so it will be easier for you to get things done. Just tell the nurse later. Come in and let's talk."
Once inside, the two closed the door. Jiang Qiao looked at Song Shutian with a serious expression and asked, "Tell me, have you discovered any traces of the enemy?"
Song Shutian took two photos out of his bag. "Take a look at these. Have you ever seen them before?"
The first one is the same symbol as the one on the jade plaque, and the second one is another jade plaque.
"This? Don't tell me this symbol and jade tablet were found in that valley?"
Jiang Qiao really didn't believe it. To be honest, Lei Jiao had just finished talking about the whereabouts of the jade pendant when this photo appeared. It was impossible for it to have come from the valley.
Song Shutian sighed and sat down opposite Jiang Qiao. "This symbol was found in a tomb in the valley, while this photo was sought on the black market."
Jiang Qiao put down the photo, looked up at Song Shutian with a serious expression, and said, "Tell me properly, what exactly is so strange about this valley? Did you go in?"
"It took a lot of effort to get in. To be honest, there are some things I'd only dare to say to you. It's really unbelievable."
Later, it was only through the efforts of sorcerers that the formation was broken. They said that a powerful spirit-gathering formation had been set up in the valley. They heard that if the formation were intact, even all the people they had gathered might not be able to break it. Isn't that ancient person incredibly powerful?
Jiang Qiao frowned and muttered to herself, "Damaged? How did a perfectly good formation become damaged?"
Song Shutian couldn't explain the reason either, "I heard that something that was supposed to be the key to our formation was taken away, so there were some loopholes in the formation, which gave us the opportunity to get in."
Jiang Qiao suddenly thought of the jade pendant and diamond she had found before. Could it be that these things were meant to provide some kind of protection?
She can't even describe how she feels now. It was fate that she became the successor of the Heavenly Medicine Sect, and then she encountered that thing again.
"So, did you discover anything later?"
Song Shutian sighed, "The formation is broken, and the snakes inside are in complete chaos. To be honest, some of them are almost demons."
Inside, we really didn't find anything useful. The only thing we saw was a symbol carved on a stone tablet, along with a few words. The experts took the words back to study, and no one can say for sure what they mean yet.
So I'm puzzled. Why are those enemy agents so desperate to get in? But we really didn't find anything.
No, that's not quite right. We can't say we didn't find anything. The species inside are quite diverse, and the medicinal herbs are very old. We took some out, and we'll leave the rest for you.
The prescription already states that you need to go back and have the medicine prepared. Although it can't be mass-produced, it can at least be supplied to certain special departments. This place is currently under temporary surveillance; we'll discuss it further when you return.
Jiang Qiao pressed again, "Is there really nothing else found in the valley?"
Song Shutian continued, "That's not it. There are some everyday items inside, and they all look like antiques, from a very long time ago."
Almost nothing else has been preserved, and as for which dynasty it belongs to, the experts are still studying it.
I was thinking that the story you told Sato back then might actually be true. He said it was an old sage, but I have a feeling that maybe that place was the place where the ancestor of the Sato family met lived.
As for graves, none were found. They've probably turned to dust long ago; even if there were graves, they'd be long gone. But the owner of this place was truly a remarkable person.
The photograph you have happens to have the same symbol as the stone tablet on the mountain. This is definitely not a coincidence. I strongly suspect that this enemy agent has other motives.
Jiang Qiao got up and poured herself a glass of water, drinking it while thinking about how to explain this to Song Shutian.
"Brother Song, do you know that I also encountered something during my trip south?"
"What's up?"
In Song Shutian's view, if Jiang Qiao considered it a big deal, then it was definitely not simple.
"I've seen this jade pendant before. It was left to me by my master. He said it was a token of his sect. As for what this jade pendant is for, he didn't say."
As for this master, to be honest, he was already dead when I met him. It was just by chance that I obtained the medical book he left behind, as well as this jade tablet.
The book also mentions the name of their sect, the Heavenly Physician Sect, but it doesn't explain why it's called that.
Song Shutian looked at Jiang Qiao in surprise, "You mean to say that valley was the location of your sect back then?"
Jiang Qiao nodded. "Unfortunately, the place mentioned in the book is located there."
"Let me finish. Back then, our grandmaster was said to be very powerful. He founded the Heavenly Medicine Sect and took in three disciples, each with exceptional skills. The youngest disciple stayed by his master's side, while the eldest and second disciples went down the mountain, each serving their own master and fighting each other to the death."
Seeing that Jiang Qiao remained silent, Song Shutian pressed on, "And then what happened?"
Jiang Qiao took a sip of water and continued to recount, "Later, I didn't write about those two fellow disciples. The lineage I inherited should be that of my youngest disciple."
Moreover, as far as I know, Sato should have obtained the medical books passed down from these two fellow disciples, but I don't know how much he managed to steal.
It is said that the Japanese put a lot of effort into this back then, meaning that one of the jade tablets was in their hands.
Do you understand what I mean?
Song Shutian pondered for a moment, "You mean to say that the medical books the Japanese had were incomplete, that the old Japanese soldier was later brought back to his original form, and that they were trying to improve their prescriptions, and that these prescriptions were most likely related to the Tianyi Sect?"
So, initially, they were focused on the valley side, and later released this photo to try and find the other two inheritors?
Jiang Qiao gave a thumbs up. "You guessed right, that's what I was thinking too."
Thinking of Jiang Qiao's legacy, Song Shutian eagerly asked, "Then is the medicine you used on my elder brother written in that medical book you inherited?"
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