Chapter 177 They were old acquaintances (1/2)

Ruan Tang couldn't understand it.

The spiritual energy in this world is as dry as a desert. Where can we find other energy to fill this gap?

She blurted those words out without thinking.

"Brother, are there any other powers in this world that we can use?"

"Moreover... I always thought that this key was the key to opening the secret room in the artificial hill of the Ruan family."

As she spoke, she frantically rummaged through the original owner's jumbled memories, but couldn't find anything useful.

"When I was at the Ruan family's house, I went through the two boxes that the original owner always carried and found this jade pendant. I just assumed that it was the key to the secret room in the artificial mountain."

And what was the result?

Her family's professional treasure-hunting mouse didn't even give the key a chance to be used; it completely destroyed the artificial mountain, including its foundation.

Looking back now, this "key" was never used in the right place from beginning to end.

Perhaps she was wrong from the very beginning.

"The original owner had absolutely no recollection of this jade pendant."

Ruan Tang's brows furrowed into a small knot, and she leaned limply against Yan Yu's chest, her voice lowered, carrying a dependence she herself was unaware of.

"It's as if this thing just appeared out of thin air."

Yan Yu didn't say anything, but simply pulled her closer to his chest so she could lean against him more securely.

He gently rubbed his chin against the top of her head, offering silent comfort.

"Squeak!"

On the table, Little White, who had been puffing out his little chest waiting for praise, suddenly became upset when he saw that his little master ignored him for a long time and instead looked at a broken stone with a gloomy expression.

It darted to the jade pendant with a "whoosh," stretched out its tiny mithril claws, and poked the transparent auspicious cloud jade with its fingertips in disgust.

Then, it turned its head toward Ruan Tang, and pushed outwards with its two front paws, making a "throw it away" gesture.

Bad stuff!

This naughty thing is making its little owner unhappy!

Ruan Tang was both annoyed and amused by its lively antics, and the heavy feeling in her heart dissipated a little.

She put away the jade pendant, rubbed the little white fluffy head, but her thoughts drifted away again.

"Brother, why would Jia Ximei, a person from Haicheng, travel all the way to this freezing Jilin province? Just for the jade pendant in Shen Yishan's hand?"

This whole thing seems really strange no matter how you look at it.

"What exactly is that jade pendant used for?"

The more Ruan Tang thought about it, the thicker the fog became in her mind.

Suddenly, a previously overlooked image exploded in her mind, and she sat bolt upright.

"I remember now! When I was watching Jia Ximei's memories, I saw a scene!"

Her voice was a little strained, and her almond-shaped eyes were frighteningly bright.

“In a very dark room, Jia Ximei knelt in front of a shadow. The shadow was speaking in a language I had never heard before, with a very strange pronunciation.”

She tried hard to recall that gloomy tune, and awkwardly imitated the pronunciation of the shadow in her memory, managing to produce a few syllables.

"The Ruan family's... token... activated..."

Her imitation was clumsy and awkward; even she felt it was neither fish nor fowl.

But as soon as she finished speaking, she clearly felt the warm and firm chest behind her suddenly tense up like a block of iron.

Yan Yu's arms, wrapped around her waist, instantly hardened.

"Tangtang, say it again."

The voice was low, rolling out from deep in his throat, making the surrounding air feel colder.

Ruan Tang was startled by his reaction and felt a chill run down her spine, but she forced herself to calm down and repeated those strange syllables.

This time, she heard it much more clearly.