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  This jade ring was brought back by Cha Wenbin from Zhuangyuan Village. On that trip to the mine, Baozi has been missing until now, Ye Qiu lost and found again but forgot everything, Cha Wenbin is the only one of the three who returned safely, and when he woke up, this jade ring appeared in his hand out of thin air. Gu Qinghe also went with them that time, but like me, he was squatting on top and didn't go down to the bottom. Talking about this past event really makes people sigh.

  He carefully examined the jade ring, turning it over several times and said: "It's similar, really similar. I dare say that this jade ring and the original photo I saw were made by the same person. The only difference is the direction of the dragon carved on this ring, which is opposite to the one they found."

  Zha Wenbin said: "This thing is what was found in Zhuangyuan Village that time."

  "Ah?" Mr. Gu took the jade ring and treated it as a treasure, carefully examining it from left to right before confirming again: "No mistake, it's this thing, its workmanship is extremely exquisite, it's absolutely impossible to replicate with modern industry, Old Zhang, you've made a big discovery!"

  "What's the use of it?" I asked.

  Mr. Gu reluctantly returned the jade ring to Cha Wenbin and said, "For now, it's unknown, but it's said that they've also formed an expert group specifically to study the pair of jade ornaments, especially the headless, limbless, tailless turtle. With the help of modern instruments, someone discovered inscriptions on it, but these inscriptions have not been deciphered yet. I'm just telling you what Old He told me, he's a leading scholar in ancient Chinese characters."

  Cha Wenbin muttered to himself: "I hope he comes soon, I have something to ask of Old Gu."

  "You said."

  He said: "If anyone knows any information about this jade ring, could you please tell me? If necessary, I am willing to donate this jade ring."

  When he said this, I saw a glimmer in Old Gu's eyes, just a glimmer, and soon he regained his composure. He said to Cha Wenbin: "Brother Cha, it's hard to say how valuable this thing is, because no one knows what story is behind it. But in my eyes, it's a national treasure, priceless. You have such a broad mind, I really admire you. If there's any news, I'll be the first to tell you. After all, I'm also very sad about that brother's affair."

  "Then thank you." Zha Wenbin made a fist and said: "Trouble you."

  I looked at the tomb mound and said, "Alright, you two can stop being so pretentious. This is where you wanted to come, now that you've seen it, what do you plan to do? You're the ones who dragged me here, you'd better think of a solution."

  "It's easy to avoid trouble, my intention is not to touch it for now and look back later." Zha Wenbin seemed to be asking Ye Qiu's meaning, unexpectedly that guy nodded in agreement, isn't this going to get me killed?!

  Zha Wenbin turned around and said to me: "Don't worry, I guarantee you'll be fine within three days. Give me your hand."

  "What's wrong?" I subconsciously withdrew my hand, he didn't have good intentions, and as expected, he forcefully pulled it over to the sword blade and wiped it, instantly causing my fingers to start bleeding. This guy immediately bent his leg into a makeshift desk, placed a white paper on it, and used my finger as a pen to draw on the paper, scribbling away without even looking at what he was writing.

  After finishing writing, he folded the paper and attached it to his body, then grabbed a handful of yellow earth and lightly sprinkled it on my head, just like washing with flower water. Before I could scold him, he shouted: "The true dragon treasure hole is wide, the purple gold coffin is buried in the broken soil; The former sage left behind the Fengshui land, the tomb is located at Wòlóng Tān! The dragon's whiskers flow through the good water, and the thousand-year-old legacy comes to the upper world; The deceased becomes a righteous way in the Western Heaven, and now there are old friends inviting you!"

  He suddenly pressed my neck to the ground and kicked me in the back of the leg, I was in pain and immediately knelt down, just like that unclearly knocked my head, he shouted loudly: "Blood oath, three days limit, Three Pureness blesses good fortune, peace in the underworld!"

  Before I could react, that guy had already ignited a ball of paper and threw it into the river nearby. He scooped up some water from the river and handed me a bowl saying: "Drink this bowl of river water and we'll be friends. Within three days, I won't bother you again. But after three days, you must come to apologize with gifts: one catty each of gold, silver, and ingots, seven pairs of incense sticks, thirteen plates of meat dishes and wine. You'd better remember!"

  I immediately stood up and said: "What's the big idea? I'm still friends with him, why don't you go call him brother?"

  Before I could even finish complaining, my mouth was covered by someone and the force was so great that tears were about to come out. Then I saw Cha Wenbin holding the bowl and pouring water into my mouth, a big gulp was forced down my throat. When Ye Qiu let go of my face, he calmly poured the remaining water in the bowl onto the ground and bowed his head as if nothing had happened, completely disregarding the fact that I almost choked to death.

  He patted me on the shoulder and said, "With this contract between you and it, it will obey. We have two days to climb to the top first, and then spend one day solving this matter."

  "Brother." I almost cried, I was sold out by these two like this: "I'm a person who never keeps my word, anyway."

  Cha Wenbin smiled and said: "The contract between humans and ghosts is witnessed by the Three Pure Ones. When the time comes, if you don't show up, even gods can't save you."

  What kind of mentality is this, and he's still smiling at this time. I hung my head and looked at Ye Qiu, it was that guy who pinched my mouth just now. Now I dare not speak out, and can only listen to fate. So I bowed to the pile of graves and said: "Seniors, uncles and aunts, grandfathers and grandmothers, brothers and sisters, three days later I will definitely come to serve you with good food and drink, please bless me on my way."

  After that, he took over Cha Wenbin's three incense sticks and respectfully inserted them into a pile of mud, then bowed three times. Only then did the crowd start to move forward. Because of this little episode, the mood in the group also began to relax a bit. No one looked back, but actually, the incense stick went out not long after we left...

  On the road, I heard Cha Wenbin say that the Yang and Yin realms can sign a contract. It is said that this was an agreement reached between Zhang Daoling, the Heavenly Master Zhang, and the underworld after he subdued the six great demons in Shu. According to Taoist historical records: In the past, there were tens of thousands of ghosts and demons in Shu, who would appear in broad daylight, spread diseases, and harm the people for a long time. After the six great demons were defeated, Zhang Daoling scolded the ghostly crowds, dispersing them to the desolate lands of the northwest, and made an oath with them: "Humans rule during the day, ghosts roam at night, yin and yang are separate, each has its own domain, those who violate this will be punished by law, and will surely be executed." From then on, the underworld and the human world were separated, and the people of Shu benefited greatly.

  From then on, the yin and yang realms did not interact with each other, each having its own management system. However, in order to communicate, Zhang Tian Shi and Min Jie reached another agreement that humans and ghosts could sign a contract. Once this contract was established, all three realms and six paths had to abide by it, and violators would be punished by heavenly law.

  As we climbed higher up the Lion Peak, the sky grew darker, and it was still noon. The sun above our heads couldn't penetrate this dense forest. It's unknown how many years or months it has been since anyone came here; there is no road anymore, only a path that can be cleared with machetes and wooden sticks, one step at a time. In some places, the underbrush was so thick that even dogs couldn't get through, and outside of that, giant trees grew, like in an ancient forest. This place really is as the villagers said: it's easy for one or two people to get lost because you can't tell which direction you're going; we just followed the mountain slope, winding our way up. In steep places, we had to use ropes to pull ourselves up. Especially with women and old people in our group, this greatly slowed down our pace.

  At noon, I munched on a few biscuits along the way. I really admire Gu Lao and Xiao Bai. One of them is so old, and the other was once a spoiled young lady. Neither of them complained at all on the road, eating and sleeping with us together. When we rested, I checked and found that there were nine leeches crawling inside my pants legs alone. My belly was swollen like a ball, already full of blood, and itchy to the point of being maddening. The others weren't much better off either. These mountain leeches are bigger than those in the water, as long and thick as thumbs. I said: "If we don't get out of here, by tonight they'll probably suck us dry."

  Zha Wenbin handed me a small bottle and said, "Come on, give it some effort, divide this among them to apply, it'll be of some use."

  I sniffed it, a pungent smell, like sulfur, so I mixed it with water and wiped down all the exposed skin, the smell was unpleasant, but this stuff really worked, after that, there were no more poisonous insect bites.

  When I crawled out of the woods, I had probably replaced four batteries. By then, it was already dark, with a starry sky above my head. The weather that night was not bad, and this mountain top was really good, open and spacious, with the mountain wind blowing so refreshing that I suddenly felt much more awake.

  "We are liberated!" I lay on the back of that smooth boulder and sighed: "Comrades, the Long March is over, we have won!"

  Suddenly a slap came down in front of me, and before I could understand what was happening, Cha Wenbin covered my mouth with his hand and said, "Shut up, don't make a sound!"

  He struggled with a few eyes, and he made a silencing gesture to me, pointing: "Look for yourself, what's that thing on your right?"

  What is it? I was quite moved when I first saw it, because it was a row of houses with lights on inside. But in an instant, I came to my senses - what kind of place is this? How could there be so many people living here while the people at the foot of the mountain are completely unaware of it?!

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