A thought she had forgotten about suddenly exploded in her mind like a thunderclap.
It's that cave!
The first time she and Yan Yu went deep into the mountains, to that cave that almost drove Ruomu, the little sapling, crazy!
At that moment, Ruomu's frantic desire almost overwhelmed her consciousness, and she desperately tried to get her inside.
She assumed it contained some rare and precious materials, which were the nutrients that Ruomu desperately needed.
But now, all the clues suddenly match up.
Ruan Tang suddenly looked up, grabbed Yan Yu's shirt, her voice tight, with a tremor she herself didn't even realize.
"Brother, I remember now! The cave in the back mountain!"
She spoke very quickly, as if afraid that if she slowed down even a little, that spark of inspiration would vanish.
"It's the one we found, the one with signs of artificial excavation, and it's even emitting cold air! Ruomu reacted extremely strongly at the time, like he went crazy!"
Yan Yu tightened his grip on her arm suddenly, his muscles taut like stone.
Of course he remembers.
That remote cave, abandoned for over a hundred years, was empty except for the marks left on the ground from the large boxes that had been there for so long.
Most importantly, Ruan Tang's Ruomu tree reacted to that place with unprecedented intensity.
A hidden place that requires a key to open.
And his little girl happened to have a strangely shaped "key" in her hand.
The two things, like two separate puzzle pieces, were forcibly pressed together by an invisible hand at this moment.
Yan Yu lowered his eyes and looked at the little girl in his arms with her frighteningly bright almond eyes. The fog in his heart was neatly cut open.
His voice was low, but it carried an undeniable determination: "I'll give it a try."
He always acts on his word; the moment he had a clear idea in his mind, he was already getting ready to get up.
He had to go and confirm the key and the cave immediately.
"Wait!" Ruan Tang grabbed him tightly.
She shook her head, her delicate eyebrows furrowed, and there was an indescribable solemnity in her watery eyes.
"Not now."
Her voice was soft, but incredibly firm.
“I have a feeling… that’s really strange.” She tried to describe that vague premonition. “Even if we go there with the key now, we can’t open it. Something seems to be missing there. I can’t say when it will open, but it’s definitely not now.”
This is not just a guess.
This was a natural sensitivity to timing and danger that she developed after embarking on the path of immortality.
Yan Yu stopped in his tracks as he was about to get up.
He looked at the serious expression on Ruan Tang's face, but didn't ask why, nor did he have any doubts.
He simply stretched out his large hand and gently stroked her furrowed brows with his rough fingertips, as if trying to completely smooth out her worries.
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
His trust in her was never based on reason.
His little girl said no, so he'd wait. Even if the King of Heaven himself came, it wouldn't work.
Looking at him, Ruan Tang's anxiety was instantly soothed by his simple four words.
She carefully put away the jade pendant that had been put back together, then tilted her head up and gave him a quick kiss on his firm chin.
"Let's go out first."
Yan Yu hummed in agreement, put his arm around her waist, and the two of them swayed back onto the warm earthen bed.
The wind and snow outside seemed to be getting heavier, howling and pounding against the paper windows.
The room was warm and cozy, with a heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed) inside.
The tension from discussing secrets in the space earlier has mostly dissipated.
After emerging from the pile of storage bags, Xiao Bai lay sprawled out on the kang (a heated brick bed), feeling as if its entire rat life had turned gloomy.
Recently, that fat orange cat has been secretly eating something delicious and is about to break through. It's currently occupying a spot in the space for spiritual eye cultivation and won't allow anyone to disturb it.
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