The head of the Lin family naturally recognized that this was the longevity lock that Lin Leyou had worn since childhood.

He didn't know how this thing ended up in Fan Li's hands, but he didn't dare to ask too much. He just answered whatever the immortal asked.

"My Lord, this is Youyou... my aunt gave it to me when I was three years old. As for where she found it, I don't know."

"Where is she?" Fan Li glanced at everyone, his tone a little anxious.

Patriarch Lin said sadly, "My dear Immortal, my sister passed away a year ago."

Fan Li was slightly startled.

I feel a little disappointed to get this answer.

She stroked the longevity lock, which felt cold, and an indescribable sour feeling arose in her heart.

The head of the Lin family secretly observed Fan Li's expression, and seemed to have noticed something. After thinking about it carefully, his eyes lit up.

He said quickly, "My sister came back from Jiangzhou to visit my mother who was seriously ill. I think she also brought this little thing from Jiangzhou. I remember that she said she saw it in a pawnshop and thought it was quite exquisite, so she bought it."

"Jiangzhou?" Fan Li searched for the place name in his mind.

Li Changyu leaned forward slightly and said softly: "Senior, Jiangzhou is three hundred miles away from here, which is not far."

They all saw that Fan Li cared a lot about the longevity lock, and guessed that the longevity lock might have a great origin.

The head of the Lin family has no other special abilities, but he is very good at seizing opportunities.

He said earnestly, "How about this, Immortal, stay at the Lin family for a while, and I will send someone to rush to your brother-in-law's house overnight to find the pawnshop owner from that year, and bring him to the Lin family by noon tomorrow at the latest."

Fan Li: "Alright."

After getting Fan Li's nod, the head of the Lin family immediately arranged for personnel.

Everyone in the Lin family started to move.

Li Changyu stood up.

"It won't take that long. I'll take you there. If everything goes well, you'll be back in two hours."

Li Changyu grabbed the head of the Lin family by the shoulder. The head of the Lin family was stunned for a moment. The other party did not give him a chance to think at all, and whooshed him up into the sky.

At his old age, Patriarch Lin experienced the feeling of heaven for the first time.

"You all should get out now."

Fan Li sat in his original position without moving. His voice was not loud, but everyone could hear it clearly.

The Lin family members quietly retreated from the lobby, and soon, Fan Li was the only one left inside.

She came under the lamp and looked at the longevity lock.

"I was wondering why it looks more and more familiar..."

A sneer flashed across Fan Li's lips.

If she remembered correctly, she had seen this thing on Song Xixi several times.

Of course it was in the previous life.

Song Xixi treasured the longevity lock extremely much. In the past, she would intentionally or unintentionally take out any good things she had to show off, but this longevity lock was the only one that Fan Li was not allowed to touch.

Fan Li always thought that this thing was given to her by Yunmeng Zhenren. After all, the longevity lock is usually a gift from elders to younger generations, implying longevity and good health.

At the moment, it seems that this longevity lock has nothing to do with Master Yunmeng.

If that’s the case, why does Song Xixi regard this thing as so important?

Fan Li has determined that this is just an ordinary longevity lock, without any magic power, and is of no benefit to cultivating immortals. This does not fit Song Xixi's style at all.

Therefore, it is definitely not that simple. The longevity lock must have uses that others don’t know about.

There seemed to be a layer of fog in front of him. Fan Li tightly grasped the longevity lock in his hand, eager to see the truth behind the fog.

Fan Li circulated the Wuxiang Heart Sutra in his body, and after his mind was completely calm, he sorted out the timeline in his mind.

Fan Li didn't know whether Song Xixi had been to the Lin family in Shui County in her previous life, but she was sure that the longevity lock appeared on Song Xixi's body two years after she entered the family.

Before this, what Song Xixi had hanging on her chest was not a longevity lock, but something else.

Of course, she doesn't wear it all the time, but only on certain occasions.

In his previous life, Fan Li was solely focused on how to please his fellow brothers and never noticed that there was anything wrong with this. Now that he thinks about it, it’s really strange.

It seems like it was worn on purpose for someone...

Who is it?

Fan Li intuitively felt that this direction of thinking was correct, and that this person was the key to solving the mystery.

But she just couldn’t remember!!

Fan Li slapped her forehead in annoyance. If she had focused her mind on other things in her previous life, she wouldn't be so stupid.

Fan Li suddenly had an idea and thought of another suspicious point.

Song Xixi treasured this longevity lock so much, but in the end she casually threw it at the foot of the mountain. Fan Li picked it up by accident and thought she had lost it accidentally, so he kindly returned it to her.

But Song Xixi had a very gloomy expression and reluctantly took it back. Fan Li then realized that she had lost it on purpose.

So many things happened in her previous life that Fan Li had long forgotten such trivial matters. It was hard for her to still remember them now.

Fan Li really had no idea what the longevity lock would end up like in the end.

Thinking of this, Fan Li felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

Li Changyu came back very quickly.

The good news is that he brought back the pawnshop owner from that year.

The bad news was that the pawnshop owner was old and had a poor memory. He stared at the longevity lock for a long time but couldn't tell what it meant.

Is this a wasted trip? Li Changyu was getting anxious.

"Old man, please think about it carefully."

Several pairs of eyes were staring at the pawnshop owner, and he felt very pressured.

"I, I really can't remember." The pawnshop owner wanted to cry but had no tears.

Although his pawn shop is a small business, the items he has handled over the years have accumulated to thousands of items, large and small.

He has more than a dozen longevity locks. He is just a businessman and doesn't remember the origins of the items.

Time passed by little by little, and the pawnshop owner still had no clue.

Fan Li had already given up hope.

Patriarch Lin suddenly had an idea.

He ordered someone to bring a portrait of his sister, hoping that the pawnshop owner would be able to recall something from it.

I didn't expect this method to be so effective.

“I remember now!”

The pawnshop owner, with a mouth full of gold teeth, said, "This is a sad story. Well, I'm a little thirsty. Could you give me some tea?"

"Yes, yes, yes, the tea will be here soon." Seeing that he remembered, the head of the Lin family was delighted and poured him tea personally.

There was a muffled thunder in the sky above the Lin family, and soon the sound of dripping rain could be heard.

The pawnshop owner narrowed his cloudy eyes and looked outside the door. He recalled the scene of the past through the hazy rain and said slowly:

"It rained that day, too, just as suddenly. But that time the rain was much heavier, there were loud thunder, the sky was dark, and the streets were empty very quickly."

"The weather was bad, and I thought there wouldn't be many customers, so I planned to close the door, but suddenly two little beggars, soaking wet, came in."

When the pawnshop owner said this, he changed his address again.

"No, you can't say beggars, you should say refugees."

Patriarch Lin caught the key words and seemed to remember something, and hurriedly said, "Could it be that he came from the north?"

The pawnshop owner nodded: "That's right. The governor of Jiangzhou was kind-hearted and took in those refugees."

Fan Li couldn't help but interrupt: "What refugees?"

Patriarch Lin explained, "You may not know, Immortal, Jiangzhou is close to the border of Jing State, and next door is Yue State. That year, Jing State was at peace, and the people were safe and sound, but Yue State was tragically destroyed, and the people were living in misery."

Patriarch Lin narrated this history calmly, but it made Fan Li's heart skip a beat.

No one noticed Fan Li's abnormality.

"Those refugees fled to Jing State at that time. They were really pitiful." said the head of the Lin family.

Fan Li seemed unwilling to listen to this heavy history and brought the subject back.

"What about the two children? What do they have to do with this longevity lock?"

The pawnshop owner said with a rather loving tone: "Those are two siblings, and the longevity lock is on the little girl."

Fan Li: "She wants to sell the longevity lock? Why?"

Pawnshop owner: "To exchange money to save lives."

"Whose life are you saving?" Fan Li asked, holding the handrail tightly.

"Of course it's her brother's fate."

"What happened to her brother?"

The pawnshop owner hesitated, "Maybe he's sick."

"What do you mean by should?"

"His body was half cold and half hot, like ice and fire. I have never seen such a strange disease. I have only seen it once in my life."

Under Fan Li's guidance, the pawnshop owner's memory gradually became clearer, and the scene of that day emerged in his mind.

The little boy was lying on the bed, his body stiff, his breath weak, and his skin as white as a dead person.

The little girl held her brother's hand the whole time and was surprisingly strong. She didn't cry or make a fuss and was very quiet.

It makes people feel very distressed.

He accepted the longevity lock and kindly found a doctor for the two siblings.

But after taking the patient's pulse, the doctor either expressed amazement or shook his head with regret, saying that the patient would not live long.

He is a businessman and doesn't want anyone to die in his store. He has done the best he can do.

I gave the two siblings a little more money and let them go when the rain stopped.

In my memory, the little girl was so small and weak, and she just carried her brother, who was taller than her, on her back and walked away step by step.

He felt a little regretful that he didn't ask the names of the two siblings that day.

The pawnshop owner blew the tea leaves in the cup and sighed, "This is the origin of the longevity lock. I just don't know what happened to the two brothers and sisters later."

Fan Li had a complicated expression and looked down at the longevity lock in his hand.

She couldn't help but worry, is the little boy still alive?

The pawnshop owner said it was so serious, so I guess there's no chance of a miracle happening...

Suddenly, the pawnshop owner slapped his thigh and remembered something important.

"By the way, a young man came to my shop later and said he wanted to redeem the longevity lock!"