Chapter 41: The Mysterious Crescent Moon Jade Pendant

  Out of curiosity, Lin San and Gu Jialan came to the place where the stone coffin was broken, and found that some gold and silver objects were scattered on the ground. The style is very ancient, and the color is also somewhat dull, which should be the burial objects of the ancients.

  "Huh?" Lin San suddenly exclaimed in surprise, bending down to pick up a pale green jade pendant from the ground. The pendant was crystal clear and translucent, with a crescent moon shape, feeling icy cold to the touch. On the front of the pendant was carved a landscape painting, while on the back were engraved several characters, unfortunately Lin San couldn't recognize a single one of them.

  "This jade has a good color, it's obviously a valuable treasure." Gu Jialan's family had collected many antiques, including some jade artifacts. Having seen many of them, she had gained some experience in identifying them. With just a glance at the moon-shaped jade pendant in Lin San's hand, Gu Jialan directly determined that it was a valuable treasure.

  "Baby?" Lin San turned the jade pendant over and over, examining it: "It looks like this jade pendant is very new, not at all like it has been eroded by thousands of years."

  "That's right, this jade pendant is well-preserved, having gone through thousands of years, with almost no discoloration, and its shape is still intact, without any damage. It's truly a rare treasure." Gu Jialan exclaimed, the most valuable thing about antiques lies in whether they are complete and undamaged, especially for fragile items like jade pendants, which can remain intact after thousands of years, it's really not easy.

  Lin San played with the jade pendant for a while, pouted his mouth, and reluctantly put the jade pendant back on the ground.

  "What are you doing?" Gu Jialan was taken aback: "How did you put the jade pendant back?"

  Lin San smiled: "This jade pendant is a burial object, it should be the favorite item of the owner of this stone coffin when he was alive, how can I take it for myself?"

  Gujalan curled her lip: "I didn't think your thinking would be so muddled. This jade pendant has accompanied its master for a thousand years, and the time is long enough. Today, the jade pendant can be found by you, it's a kind of fate. If I say so, then take the jade pendant away."

  "This... doesn't seem right." Lin San's heart was somewhat hesitant and indecisive.

  "What's wrong with this? I'm asking you, do you like this jade pendant?" Gu Jialan asked.

  Lin San glanced at the jade pendant on the ground and nodded: "I like it... I like it..."

  "This is settled then." Gu Jialan bent down to pick up the jade pendant and directly stuffed it into Lin San's hand: "From now on, you are the master of this jade pendant."

  Lin San wanted to say something more.

  "I'm saying, can't you just hurry up? A big man like you, why are you so slow?" Gu Jialan said discontentedly, pouting her small mouth.

  Lin San gazed at the crystal-clear jade pendant in his palm, feeling the coolness emanating from it, and after a moment of contemplation, said: "Alright, I'll take this jade pendant."

  "Exactly! Treasures are meant to be passed down through the ages, not buried underground."

  Lin San's last bit of worry in his heart, after hearing Gu Jialan's words, all dissipated. What Gu Jialan said was right, a treasure like the jade pendant should be passed down through the ages and well-preserved by people, not buried deep underground.

  Gujialan squatted down to examine the other burial objects on the ground, two gold plaques and several ceramic vessels, all of which were somewhat damaged. Gujialan patted his hand and stood up: "These things have faded and are incomplete, they're not worth much." In fact, what Gujialan said wasn't entirely correct. Although the gold plaques and ceramic vessels on the ground had indeed faded and were incomplete, they were still over a thousand years old (if the owner of the jade pendant was really from the Qin Dynasty, then these gold plaques and ceramic vessels would have existed for over 2,000 years). They had great historical value and should be worth a lot of money. However, considering Gujialan's wealth, he looked down on these damaged gold plaques and ceramic vessels.

  "Miss Guo, you've seen everything you need to see. It's getting late, let's leave this place." Lin San proposed.

  "Have you found a way out?" Gu Jialan looked up and examined the stone room.

  Lin San nodded and pointed to the cave entrance opposite: "There, that's the exit."

  "Where is the exit? How are you so sure?"

  "I bet, there's a faint wind flowing in the cave, it must lead to the outside world." Lin San guessed that while fighting with the giant snake in the cave, he felt the wind flowing inside and speculated that this cave entrance might be an exit.

  "What are we waiting for? Let's go." Gu Jialan didn't want to stay in the stone room for another moment, so she pulled Lin San and walked into the cave entrance.

  The cave was dark and damp, and after walking for a while, Gulan and Lin San's hair and clothes were wet from the water droplets falling from the top of the cave.

  Lin San held up his lighter and walked slowly in front.

  Gu Jialan reached out and pulled Lin San's arm, following behind him.

  The cave became wider and wider as we walked, the ground also began to become rugged and uneven, and the frequency of water droplets falling from the top of our heads also increased.

  "Ah!" Gu Jialan suddenly exclaimed.

  Lin San was startled and turned his head to look at Gu Jialan with a frightened face: "Miss Gu, what's wrong?"

  Gujalan's face turned pale, and he pointed forward with his hand: "Snake... snake..."

  Lin San looked up and saw that not far in front of him, a large snake was lying there, it was the same big snake that had attacked Lin San earlier. Lin San smiled: "Miss Gu, that big snake is already dead, don't be afraid."

  Gujalan shook his head, his body still slightly trembling. Although the big snake was dead, it still looked a bit frightening.

  "Let's hurry over there, if we can't see it then it doesn't matter." Lin San reached out and grabbed Gu Jialan's arm, heading forward.

  As she passed by the giant snake, Guliran's back broke out in a cold sweat and her lips turned pale with fear.

  "Alright, now we can't see the big snake anymore." Lin San stopped in his tracks and laughed.

  Gujalan turned back and looked around, but the big snake was nowhere to be seen: "Hiss... I was really scared to death just now. Lin San, let's hurry up and leave this place. When I think of a big snake behind me, my whole body feels weak."

  "Good." Lin nodded and led Gu Jialan forward.

  The cave was inclined upwards. The two of them walked for half a day and turned a corner, when suddenly a ray of light appeared in front of them.

  "Ah! We've finally reached the end." Lin San's face lit up with joy.

  "We're going fast." Seeing the light, Gula was very happy and let go of his feet, quickly running towards the light.

  Lin San followed closely behind him.

  After running for over a hundred meters, the two of them arrived at the entrance of the cave.

  A ray of dazzling sunlight shot into the cave and shone on Lin San and Gu Jialan, warm and comfortable.

  Lin San leaned forward and took a peek outside the cave, his face suddenly turning ugly.

  "What's wrong?" Gu Jialan asked curiously.

  Lin San stood up straight and looked at Gu Jialan with a crooked mouth: "I found that we are really unlucky."

  "Huh?" Gu Jialan was taken aback, and she leaned in to take a look outside the cave entrance. Her eyes widened instantly as she didn't expect the entrance to be located halfway up the mountain, at least several dozen meters above the ground.

  "We can only climb down along the cliff if we want to get out, this cliff is very steep and has some danger." Lin San said with a frown.

  "No matter how dangerous it is, we have to climb down!" Gu Jialan gritted her teeth: "We've come this far, there's no other choice."

  "But..." Lin San wanted to say something more.

  "We'll be careful, it should be okay. I just looked and found that there are still many protruding rocks on the cliff that we can climb." Gu Jialan interrupted Lin San's words.

  Lin San nodded after a moment of contemplation: "Alright then, you can stay close to me. If anything happens, I'll be able to take care of it."

  The two of them rested for a while in the cave and then began to climb down from the entrance.

  The rocks on the cliff were very slippery, and from time to time a strong gust of wind blew over, making it difficult for Lin San and Gu Jialan to open their eyes.

  No ropes, no rescue tools, just relying on a pair of hands to climb down from the tens of meters high steep cliff, the difficulty can be imagined, for the human nervous system, it is also a kind of stimulation and challenge, life is in one's own hands, persisting means survival, failing to persist means going to hell...

  After crawling for more than two hours, Lin San and Gu Jialan finally arrived at the ground, panting heavily. As soon as they stood on the ground, both of them lay down, gasping for air in big mouthfuls. It was really too exciting just now.

  In the process of climbing down from the cliff, the two also encountered some dangers, but in the end they both persevered and turned danger into safety.

  Once a person has gone through the test of life and death, they will cherish their present life even more.

  "I'm never going mountain climbing again," said Gu Jialan, lying on the hard rock and gazing up at the azure sky.

  Lin San let out a breath: "I won't climb mountains again either."

  The two of them lay on the ground for more than half an hour before they caught their breath.

  "Come on, let's go find something to eat." Lin San got up from the ground.

  "Yes, I'm starving now. It's really unbearable." Gu Jialan stood up and started looking for food with Lin San.

  After searching for half a day, the two of them finally found some wild fruit on a hillside. After eating the wild fruit, their spirits lifted greatly.

  "Lin San, look! There's that stone pedestal ahead!" Gu Jialan suddenly pointed and exclaimed.

  Lin San looked up and saw that not far ahead, there was a huge stone platform with a giant bronze bell on it. In front of the bell were two pillars, each tied with a black stick. Lin San suddenly laughed: "After walking around for half a day, we're back here again."

  Lin San and Gu Jialan crawled out of the cave entrance, which was right in front of the stone platform.

  "This stone pedestal is an ominous thing, let's keep a distance." Gu Jialan had just gone through a life-and-death experience and was really wary of the pedestal.

  "Let's go, let's leave this place." Lin San didn't have a good impression of Shi Tai either, and led Gu Jialan in the opposite direction.

  Three days have passed.

  Lin San and Gu Jialan stood on the beach every day, expecting a ship to pass by. However, from dawn till dusk, and then from dusk till dawn again, not even a shadow of a boat was seen.

  "It won't work, we can't keep going on like this, we have to think of a way to leave this deserted island ourselves." Lin San said with furrowed eyebrows.

  "Have you thought of a way?" Gu Jialan looked at Lin San, after these days of wind and sun, Gu Jialan's skin had obviously become somewhat darker, not as fair as before.

  Lin San nodded: "We make a raft ourselves, and when the east wind blows, we'll use the wind to leave this small island."

  "That's a good idea." Gu Jialan's eyes lit up.

  Think of it and do it, Tian Lin San used a sharp stone piece to chop in the forest for a whole day, finally cutting down several small trees, removing branches, and tying them tightly together with well-made grass ropes.