life and death deed

Chapter 230 Bamboo Talisman Inscription
Wu Manzhu's words made my originally firm thoughts waver.

Yes, if I don’t dig it, someone else will!

I can't stay in front of these two hidden tombs forever.

If there are really my parents' ashes and coffins down there, rather than being trampled on by others, it would be better for me to remove them first.

In addition, I am not willing to lose the qualification to go to the Tongtian Jungle. The Tongtian Jungle is too important to me.

"You decide for yourself, either give me the Tongtian Token you found yesterday, or dig these two hidden tombs." Wu Manzhu said again.

Her words made me finally give in.

"Dig." I said.

Just when I was about to start digging the graves, Wu Manzhu spoke again. She said, "Don't do anything about these two hidden tombs. Just watch from the side while I dig them."

Hearing this, I nodded.

Digging the graves of parents is considered unfilial.

After that, I sat on the edge and watched Wu Manzhu and Shangguan Jin working.

I never laid my eyes on them, and there was still a lingering feeling of guilt in my heart.

I wanted to relieve these feelings by diverting my attention.

They were women, so they were not able to dig the graves very quickly. They worked for a whole night before digging the two hidden tombs to the bottom.

"Did you finish digging?" I looked at Shangguan Jin who was walking towards me.

Shangguan Jin's face was covered with sweat and his hair was wet.

"After digging, there is nothing underneath, only two Tongtian Tokens, and..." Shangguan Jin said this, and Wu Manzhu walked over.

Shangguan Jin immediately stopped talking.

"These are the other two Heavenly Orders, one for me and one for you. The one I found yesterday belongs to President Shangguan." Wu Manzhu also looked tired.

After working all night, both of them were clearly overdrawn.

At this time, Shangguan Jin stopped talking, as if he still wanted to say something.

My attention was not on Shangguan Jin at the moment, so I didn't have time to think too much, but said, "There are really no ashes or coffins of my parents underneath?"

With that said, I came to these two hidden tombs.

The place below is indeed empty, just like Wang Qing's hidden tomb.

Seeing this, most of the guilt in my heart disappeared.

Fortunately, it was a fake tomb.

The two girls came to my side, and Wu Manzhu said: "I told you that the two tombs do not belong to your parents. If you still don't believe it, if you really listened to you, we would have lost these two Heavenly Tokens in vain. "

Anyway, although today's process was a bit bumpy, at least the result was good.

I refilled the two hidden tombs and said: "Now that we have obtained the three Heavenly Tokens, let's set off to Tianchi now."

"Chen Nian, I can't. I'm too tired. I need to take a rest." Shangguan Jin said tiredly.

"We have been digging soil all night. If you still have the strength, go to Tianchi now. Wait until tomorrow. I also need to rest." Wu Manzhu said to me angrily.

Only then did I realize that I had been resting all night, but they were all working, so naturally they didn’t have the energy to leave for Tianchi and the Tongtian Jungle now.

"Okay, let's go back to Aunt Miao's house to rest first." I nodded.

Although I was very anxious and wished I could go to the Tongtian Jungle now, I still restrained myself.

After descending from Changbai Mountain, it was already morning when we returned to Aunt Miao's house. Wu Manzhu and Shangguan Jin were already so tired that they were about to collapse.

I was not very tired because I had been resting around last night. They went to the house to rest, and I was chatting with Aunt Miao and her son Li Wei in the yard.

We started talking about the scenery on the northern slope of Changbai Mountain to the scenery on the southern slope. After the conversation, Aunt Miao even introduced me to the eastern slope of Changbai Mountain in the Northern Dynasties.

The day passed quickly.

At night, the two of them were still sleeping in the room.

I was also ready to pack up and go to rest.

But when I was about to enter the room, Shangguan Jin walked out of the room.

Judging from her appearance, she seemed to be resting well.

"Chen Nian, come over here."

Shangguan Jin suddenly whispered to me.

I was taken aback and said, "What's wrong?"

"Come to my room, I have to tell you something." Shangguan Jin said seriously.

Seeing this, I walked to her room without hesitation.

"What's the matter? Tell me." I said.

"In those two hidden tombs, she and I not only dug up two Tongtian Tokens." Shangguan Jin closed the door first, and then said.

I was shocked and immediately asked: "What else did you dig up?"

"There are two more bamboo talismans with inscriptions!" Shangguan Jin said.

"Inscribed Bamboo Talisman!" I was startled, and then said: "Where is it? Show me quickly."

The bamboo talisman with inscriptions is not a treasure, it is something to record the information of the owner of the tomb.

Generally speaking, there will be this thing in some Warring States tombs.The names on the round stone will be worn away, but the bamboo inscriptions in the tomb must be well preserved, and the information about my parents must be recorded on them!

"Those two bamboo talismans are not with me, they were taken away by her." Shangguan Jin said.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" I looked at Shangguan Jin with a bit of complaint, how could I delay talking about this until now.

Shangguan Jin paused and said: "After discovering the bamboo talisman with inscriptions, she quickly took it away. She didn't seem to want us to know that there were bamboo talismans with inscriptions in the hidden tomb. She also seemed to think that I didn't have it." See those two bamboo talismans with inscriptions."

After listening to Shangguan Jin's words, I fell silent.

When Wu Manzhu came down the mountain, she didn't take the initiative to mention the bamboo talisman at all. I think that no matter how tired she is, she will definitely not forget such a key thing, so the only possibility is that as Shangguan Jin said Generally speaking, she didn't want us to know that there were bamboo inscriptions in the tomb.

So the question is, why did Wu Manzhu hide it?

Even if my parents' information and names are really written on it and I know it, what does it matter?The tomb has been dug, there is no way I can put the Tongtian Order back.

"I understand. When Wu Manzhu wakes up, I will ask her face to face." I nodded to Shangguan Jin.

But Shangguan Jin said: "You can't ask her."

"why?"

"She doesn't want us to know about the bamboo talisman with the inscription, so even if we ask, can you guarantee that she will tell the truth honestly?" Shangguan Jin said.

Only then did I remember that she was Wu Manzhu, and she had many reasons to hoodwink me.

"So what you're saying is that if I want to get the bamboo talisman with inscriptions, I can't alert the snake, I need to get it secretly?" I said.

"Yes, that's what I mean." Shangguan Jin nodded slightly.

Thinking about it, I planned to secretly look for the bamboo talisman with inscriptions later while Wu Manzhu was still sleeping.

Although this bamboo inscription is not very important now, I still want to be 100% sure whether the hidden tomb belongs to my parents.

"Thank you. I was so tired last night. You should rest for a while."

I looked at Shangguan Jin with a little gratitude. Fortunately, I had her, otherwise I would have been kept in the dark by Wu Manzhu again.

"Which one of us is following which one? Do you think so?" Shangguan Jinmei said with a smile.

Seeing this, I quickly rushed out of the door, fearing that if I stayed a little longer, this woman would tease me again.

Returning to the place where Wu Manzhu and I slept, I stepped lightly and prepared to look for the bamboo talisman with the inscription.

However, before I started looking, when I glanced at the bed, I was stunned.

Then, without caring about anything, I immediately turned on the light in the room!

The bed was empty, there was no one except the quilt.

Wu Manzhu, no, missing!

I immediately scanned the whole room again, there was no figure, and there was no sign of her clothes!

At this moment, my mind is confused.

I clearly remember that she went back to her room to sleep. How could she be missing?

In addition, Wu Manzhu was so tired during the day, she must not have the energy to go anywhere else!

Or did she sleep for a while and then left the room?
Don't look for any bamboo talismans with inscriptions now. The bamboo talisman with inscriptions must have been taken away by Wu Manzhu. The top priority now is to find Wu Manzhu!
Thinking of this, I quickly went to Shangguan Jin's place.

"Have you found the bamboo talisman with the inscription?" Shangguan Jin asked aloud when he saw me leaving and returning.

I shook my head and said, "Wu Manzhu is missing!"

"Gone?" Shangguan Jin's pupils shrank, and she said, "I'll go take a look."

Shangguan Jin came to the room where Wu Manzhu and I slept, and was speechless for a long time.

"She probably left after waking up." I said.

"How come you didn't even know she was gone?" Shangguan Jin asked me.

I'm a little embarrassed that this is indeed my problem.

"Forget it, go find her quickly. She has a Tongtian Token on her body. Maybe she has already gone to Tianchi to prepare to go to the Tongtian Jungle first." Shangguan Jin said again.

I nodded, and I thought so too. If Wu Manzhu disappeared, the only possibility was that she went to Tianchi and prepared to go to the Tongtian Jungle before us!

Afterwards, I left Aunt Miao’s house with Guan Jin, and headed to Tianchi in Changbai Mountain under the cover of night!
The road to Tianchi requires a long journey, and it was extremely cold at night, so I couldn't keep up with Guan Jin fast enough.

After a few hours, we finally arrived at Changbai Mountain Tianchi, which is surrounded by sixteen peaks.

The Tianchi water has been completely frozen, and its white color is extremely eerie, like white pupils embedded in the mountain peaks.

This is my first time to Tianchi. Even though I came at the wrong time, I was still shocked by the sight before me.

Immediately afterwards, I looked around and found that there was no one around, and I couldn't find Wu Manzhu.

"She is not here, she may have gone to the Tongtian Jungle." I said out loud.

At the same time, I couldn't help but murmur in my heart, this Wu Manzhu is really impatient. Is it necessary to leave without saying a word?

"Chen Nian, look what that is!"

Suddenly, Shangguan Jin exclaimed.

I looked in the direction she pointed.

I saw four bloody characters written on a huge rock not far away.

——Nanpo save me!
(End of this chapter)