Hangzhou, Ji Huaichuan's home
Zhang Qiling was sitting in the yard, with petals scattered all around him. He had been back for two days and hadn't seen Ji Huaichuan. Zhang Qiling sighed silently, stood up and walked to the door, raised his hand and knocked on the door, but no one answered.
Just as Zhang Qiling was about to knock on the door again, he heard the sound of brakes coming from the gate. Zhang Qiling looked back and saw a flashy red sports car. Two people got out of the car. One looked very young, about twenty years old, with a faint smile on his face, and the other was Ji Huaichuan.
"Goodbye, Yunshu!"
After seeing off the red sports car, Ji Huaichuan seemed to be in a particularly good mood. He hummed a little tune as he walked into the yard. When he looked up, he saw Zhang Qiling. The curve of Ji Huaichuan's mouth visibly dropped, and he asked, "What are you doing here?"
Zhang Qiling looked at Ji Huaichuan, trying to imitate the smile of that person just now, but failed, then said softly: "Looking for you."
Ji Huaichuan didn't say anything. He looked at Zhang Qiling for a moment, then said awkwardly, "That man just now was Yaoqiong's boyfriend. I've been at Yaoqiong's place for the past two days. Today, Yaoqiong's boyfriend happened to be returning to school and dropped me off on the way. You...don't think too much about it."
Zhang Qiling's eyes lit up slightly after hearing Ji Huaichuan's explanation. Seeing that Zhang Qiling didn't say anything, Ji Huaichuan walked straight to the door, opened it, leaned sideways, and said, "Come in and take a look at our new home."
Without waiting for Zhang Qiling, Ji Huaichuan walked in on his own, changing his shoes while saying, "The house was renovated some time ago, but I haven't had time to see it. It's just right that I can take a few days off after this. I was planning to come back to find you after a while, but I didn't expect you to arrive early. I also said that I wanted to..."
"sorry."
Before Ji Huaichuan finished speaking, he heard a very light sound. Ji Huaichuan looked at Zhang Qiling in surprise, "What did you say?"
Zhang Qiling turned his head away and refused to say anything more, his ears turning red. Ji Huaichuan found it funny and reached out to pinch his face. "I'm not angry anymore. I haven't been back these past few days because Yao Qiong dragged me to pick out a gift for her boyfriend. Oh, and this is for you!"
As he spoke, Ji Huaichuan took out a large box. Zhang Qiling took a look at it, then took it and asked, "What is it?"
Ji Huaichuan raised his head and said in a rather proud tone, "I went to several stores before I found this. It's a seven-piece jade set!"
Zhang Qiling suddenly raised his head and looked at Ji Huaichuan. Ji Huaichuan immediately understood what he meant, smiled and said, "I got all this legally!"
After a while, Ji Huaichuan suddenly slapped his head and said, "Ouch! You can't take it out at this size. Forget it, just keep this at home. I'll give you another one tomorrow!"
Zhang Qiling nodded, then took out a jade ring from his jacket pocket and handed it to Ji Huaichuan, saying in a low voice: "I bought it when I came back. This is for you."
Ji Huaichuan happily took the jade ring and looked around carefully. Suddenly, as if remembering something, he asked Zhang Qiling, "Where did you get the money?!"
“…”
Zhang Qiling was silent for a moment and said, "I forgot."
"I don't believe it." Ji Huaichuan sat on the chair with his arms folded across his chest and stared at Zhang Qiling.
"real."
"I don't believe it."
In this way, the two men were deadlocked for the whole morning, and finally Ji Huaichuan compromised because he was hungry. At noon, Ji Huaichuan asked the waiter from Louwailou to deliver food. The two of them ate together and prepared to go find Wuxie to play.
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"Those objects are very similar to the jade figurines in the Queen Mother of the West's Palace, but they are also different. The surface of these jade figurines is green, and the texture is very similar to amber. Moreover, there are snakes inside the jade figurines that can drive mechanisms and can sense temperature."
"The mechanism you are talking about should be Miluotuo." Wu Erbai looked out the window and said slowly.
"Miloto?" Wuxie asked in confusion.
Wu Erbai turned around, looked at Wu Xie and said, "I also heard about this from your grandfather back then. There are snakes in the agency, called black-haired snakes. These snakes hibernate in low temperatures, but if the temperature rises, they will wake up. When your grandfather told me this, I thought he was lying, but I didn't expect them to actually exist."
Wu Xie felt a little guilty, pursed his lips and said, "If we hadn't lit the fire, those things might not have woken up."
"There's no ifs. Even if we don't light the fire, those things will be awakened by our body heat. There's no need to blame yourself for this."
Before he finished speaking, Wuxie suddenly stood up and looked outside the door, his eyes gleaming as he excitedly said, "Xiao Chuan'er, why are you here?"
Ji Huaichuan played with the jade ring in his hand and said with a smile: "I just returned to Hangzhou. I heard from Zhang Qiling that you guys are back too, so I came to see you."
"Oh..." Wuxie nodded, then asked, "By the way, Xiaochuan'er, what did you mean by that just now?"
"Misfortunes often bring good fortune. If those things hadn't woken up, we wouldn't have been able to find the exit. Besides, it's possible that the old immortal did it on purpose. Even if we do nothing, something will go wrong in the end." Ji Huaichuan comforted.
After saying that, Ji Huaichuan looked at Wu Erbai who was standing by the window, and smiled softly, "Mr. Wu Er, long time no see. I'm sure you've already met my master."
Wu Erbai smiled politely and replied, "I saw him in Banai, and he looks the same."
"My temper hasn't changed either." Ji Huaichuan continued.
The two of them smiled knowingly, not knowing what they were talking about. Wu Xie felt uncomfortable watching them, and couldn't help asking, "Xiao Chuan'er, you and my second uncle knew each other before?"
Ji Huaichuan nodded, "Yes, we are old acquaintances. That was before you were born."
"ah?!"
Wuxie was stunned, Wuxie was a little confused, Wuxie seemed to know something, Wuxie felt that he could accept it, Wuxie accepted it.
"So you are the same as the little brother!" Wuxie exclaimed.
Ji Huaichuan raised his eyebrows and smiled, but said nothing.
Wu Erbai continued, "These mechanisms must have been designed by the Zhang family to ward off invaders. Entering the underwater ancient building will trigger the hexagonal copper bell array, and being siphoned into the underground palace will expose you to attack by Miluotuo. The problem now is that the path you chose must be wrong. Otherwise, as a member of the Zhang family, having spent several days in there, I'm sure you'd find the entrance."
"Not necessarily. The entire underground palace is too large, with many branches, and not all of it was built by the Zhang family. If someone else intervened, and that person happened to be an immortal, he would be used to using some sleight of hand. Maybe the entrance is hidden in a corner of the underground palace, but we just missed it." Ji Huaichuan said.
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