The man frowned slightly. "I didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the palace, but you don't seem like bad people, so perhaps I can be of some help."
As he spoke, his gaze fell on the jade pendant in Chu Chenxiao's hand, and his expression changed slightly. "Where did you get this jade pendant?"
Chu Chenxiao's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly asked, "Young Master, do you recognize this jade pendant? Is it related to some important secret?"
The man was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "This jade pendant was left by a mysterious master back then. It is said to be related to a treasure that can change the course of the world. Many years ago, I heard about a strange fire in the palace, and then there were rumors that the treasure had appeared in the world. I never expected to see this jade pendant today."
Chu Chenxiao and Ning Yuyuan exchanged a glance, both secretly delighted; it seemed they had found the right direction.
At the man's invitation, the three of them went to his dwelling in the mountains.
This is a simple yet elegant bamboo house, surrounded by all kinds of exotic flowers and plants, filled with a faint fragrance.
The man took the jade pendant and examined it carefully, muttering to himself, "The symbols on this seem to be some kind of ancient script. I have seen a similar record in an ancient book, which requires a special method to decipher."
With the man's help, they began to try to decipher the symbols on the jade pendant.
Meanwhile, in the Ruifeng Dynasty, Ning Ci, Yin Yuyao, and Yuwen Li were also intensifying their investigation into the sealing of an ancient family, but they encountered obstruction from the family's experts, leading to a tense standoff between the two sides.
Meanwhile, Chu Qiaoling and the others from Jinglan Dynasty were trying to find the token to open the secret room, but they found that every clue seemed to have been deliberately hidden or destroyed, and their progress was very slow.
Only the Zhaoxi dynasty made some progress.
In the days that followed, the man, with his extensive knowledge and research into ancient books, gradually deciphered the meaning of some of the symbols on the jade pendant, which seemed to point to a mysterious relic hidden deep in the mountains.
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