Chapter 180 What is Sealed (1/2)

Ruan Tang felt the hairs on the back of her head stand on end.

A chill ran up my spine from my tailbone.

She suddenly looked up, grabbed Yan Yu's arm, her throat was so dry that her voice was trembling.

"Brother, this...this is too much of a coincidence!"

Yan Yu's gaze never left her face.

He watched as the smile on her face gradually froze, watched as she stretched out her fair fingers to arrange the jade pendants in a row, and watched as the bloodshot in her beautiful almond-shaped eyes slowly faded.

He couldn't even be bothered to examine those broken stones closely.

What treasure? What secret?

All of them combined are not as important as a single strand of his little girl's hair.

But these things made her uneasy.

That's enough.

Hearing Ruan Tang's trembling voice, Yan Yu finally turned his gaze to the five pieces of jade.

He reached out and picked up the mountain-shaped jade pendant that exuded a cold, hard aura.

It feels cool to the touch and has a sharp edge.

Yan Yu slowly stroked the edge of the jade pendant with his long, slender fingers, his movements frighteningly steady.

The atmosphere in the room changed instantly.

The wind howled outside the window, and the firewood inside the kang (a heated brick bed) crackled and popped, the sound so clear it was frightening.

Xiao Bai also sensed that something was wrong.

It dropped its smug "praise me!" attitude and obediently squatted on the kang (heated brick bed), its fluffy tail drooping down. Its dark purple eyes darted back and forth between Ruan Tang and Yan Yu, and the whole mouse exuded a clever tension.

After a long while, Yan Yu finally spoke.

The voice was low and deep, like a stone thrown into a bottomless, icy pool. It didn't cause any ripples, but it made the whole atmosphere sink.

"What they want is not the jade pendant."

Ruan Tang's heart skipped a beat, and she blurted out, "What is that?"

Yan Yu looked up, his dark eyes staring straight into hers, devoid of any emotion, only a cold, all-seeing chill.

"It's a key."

He spoke slowly and deliberately, as if drawing a conclusion.

"Five keys with different attributes are used to open a place that requires the power of the five elements to open."

These words were like a bolt of lightning, cleaving away all the fog in Ruan Tang's mind.

That cave!

That's the cave that almost drove Ruomu crazy!

The auspicious cloud jade pendant in her hand is the master key, and these five jade pendants representing the five elements are the sub-keys that are inserted into different locks!

Jia Ximei, and the enemy agents behind her!

They went to such great lengths, chasing us from Haicheng to this icy and snowy Northeast, not for money, but for that enormous secret deep within Mao'er Mountain!

And what was the result?

By a twist of fate, all the keys are now in her hands!

Ruan Tang's mind raced, countless clues colliding wildly.

A thought that she had always taken for granted suddenly surged from the depths of her heart with an undeniable force.

Why did she come to Kyrgyzstan?

How could a pampered young lady from Haicheng end up in this godforsaken place to work in the countryside?

She always thought it was fate.

But in this world, how many coincidences are there?

She grabbed Yan Yu's strong collar, her small face pale as she looked up, but her almond-shaped eyes shone brightly.

"Brother, I remember now!"

Her voice was urgent and strained, with a tremor she herself didn't even realize she was making.

"Why did I come to Jilin Province...? Out of so many places, I chose this one at first glance... It wasn't my choice!"

"It's Ruomu!"