174 Ending
How to make a Thousand Knots
Facing everyone's strange looks, Mrs. Han didn't take it to heart at all. She took a few steps forward without changing her expression, lowered her eyes and locked the door.
Then she turned around and walked quickly towards the entrance of the courtyard, her every gesture revealing her pride and dignity. As a noble lady of the Han family and the joint head of both the Han and Li families, she was destined to be superior from birth. In her eyes, others were just the difference between one ant and another.
Everyone followed her for the time being until they were about to pass through the garden in front. Qi Qiuxue stopped and turned back when Mrs. Han didn't notice.
In order to prevent innocent servants from being tortured, Qi Qiuxue took a shortcut and hurried back to Mrs. Han's residence as quickly as possible. There were no other servants there for the time being. She used the last remaining lock-picking tool to unlock her room and went straight to the bedroom.
She couldn't be sure whether Mrs. Han's treasure was really hidden here, so they agreed on two plans before coming. One was a conservative approach, which was to search her room first. If they couldn't find it, it meant that the treasure was most likely on her.
They had no choice but to resort to the second method, which was to snatch it by force.
Qi Qiuxue didn't want things to develop to this point. Based on her previous experience in fighting Li Yichuan, these NPCs were temporarily unkillable. Facing such an NPC with an immortal setting, the chances of winning were low and the risks were great.
Qi Qiuxue quickly checked the dressing table and found no trace of the treasure.
Under the pillow, no.
On or under the bed, no.
There is still nothing inside the suitcase for storage.
Qi Qiuxue frowned and cast her gaze towards the last area that had not been checked yet—
bookshelf.
Mrs. Han seemed to be a person who loved reading. The huge bookshelf was filled with various books from ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign. In addition, there were some small potted plants, ceramic bottles, and exquisite jade ornaments.
There are also some photo frames, which contain photos of different contents, including Mrs. Han's own photos, children's growth photos, family photos of five people, and some photos taken when they go out. Everyone has a smile on their face, perhaps some of them are true feelings, and some are pretending to be happy. The few of them have always maintained such a relationship, and have spent year after year with love, hatred, dependence, and exploitation.
There was a photo placed in the corner of the bookshelf. Qi Qiuxue leaned over and picked it up. It was a photo of three people. Mrs. Han in the photo looked young and immature, completely different from her current state. At that time, she had a bright smile and was innocent. The two people standing next to her had eyebrows and eyes very similar to her. They looked like her parents.
Qi Qiuxue carefully felt the weight of the photo frame. Compared with other photo frames, the one in her hand seemed heavier.
There might be something inside.
Qi Qiuxue opened the photo frame without hesitation. When she separated the photo from the baffle at the back, a packet of medicine powder fell out.
Before lowering her eyes to pick it up, Qi Qiuxue first saw the words written on the back of the photo -
【You said you love me, then give me everything you have. 】
It's Mrs. Han's handwriting.
Qi Qiuxue didn't know what kind of mood the other party was in when he wrote these words, nor did she know what had happened between the three of them before.
But she noticed one detail.
There is a small drop of water above the word "love", maybe it is sweat, maybe it is tears, or maybe it is something else.
It’s a pity that so many years have passed, things have changed, and the world has changed. More details are only known to the parties involved and there is no way to find out.
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Qi Qiuxue lowered her eyes and picked up the medicine bag. The system prompt sounded at this moment.
[Congratulations to the player for obtaining the treasure: Han Mingyue's medicinal powder, and completing quest x1.]
[There are still two treasures that have not been found yet. There are four days left. Please continue to work hard and complete the task as soon as possible.]
Fog gathered outside the window again, and this place was about to be swallowed by the thick fog.
Qi Qiuxue put the medicine bag into her pocket and left quickly before the fog gathered completely. Then she tried to re-enter, and the system prompt appeared again.
The same sentence: [There are no more clues to collect here, players no longer need to set foot here again.]
Liu Ge and others returned here a little later.
"Axue, you successfully obtained the treasure, right? We have all received a notification from the system." Wu Shanyue said excitedly.
"Yeah." Qi Qiuxue nodded. "How's the situation over there?"
"Don't worry, everything went smoothly." Liu Ge smiled. "Shan Yue deliberately prolonged the identification time and never clearly pointed out which servant it was. Although Madam Han was a little annoyed, she couldn't say anything."
"Later, we received a system notification saying you had found the treasure. Due to the dungeon settings, Madam Han disappeared in an instant. The trembling servants were stunned for a moment, and then, as if their memories had been suddenly drained, they forgot the purpose of their gathering and quickly dispersed."
"We're just missing two treasures." Bai Shien looked into the distance and murmured, "I wonder how Li Yiqing is progressing..."
She hadn't finished her words yet.
The system prompt sounded clearly in everyone's mind again -
[Congratulations to the player for obtaining the treasure: Li Zhinuo's Eyeball and completing quest x1.]
[There is still one treasure that has not been found yet. There are four days left. Please continue to work hard and complete the task as soon as possible.]
"What?" Su Wen was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed in amazement, "Does this mean Li Yiqing also managed to collect treasures?!"
"Yes." Wu Shanyue nodded and said in surprise, "That's great. I didn't expect that Ah Qing's side is also progressing smoothly."
"Axue." She glanced sideways at Qi Qiuxue beside her, but before she could say anything else, she was quickly interrupted by the system.
Unlike the previous times, this time, the system has a new prompt -
[Also, as the quest is nearing its final stages, the method for crafting the Thousand Knots has been made public. Once players have gathered all the treasures, they must gather them together and burn them together. The necessary silk thread can then be obtained from the ashes.]
Unified incineration?
The smiles on everyone's faces froze, and they all turned their gazes to Qi Qiuxue.
Everyone knew what Li Yiqing's treasure was. It was not some lifeless dead object, but Qi Qiuxue, a living person. Even though everyone had prepared themselves in advance, they still felt a palpitation when they heard the word "burn".
Only Qi Qiuxue, the person involved, remained calm: "After making the Thousand Knots, what should we do?"
System: [Presented on Madam Han's birthday.]
This means that no matter when they collect all the treasures, they must wait until the last day to successfully leave the copy.
"knew."
After a while, Qi Qiuxue nodded gently.
【Author’s words】
Guess if there are other clues qwq
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