Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Chapter 817 World 365

The woman laughed: "Young lady, you may not have noticed, but the room seems brighter when you come in."

Shen Ru ignored her flattery and waited for her own answer.

The woman then said, "These are the clothes the young lady is wearing."

“My great-grandfather left behind a painting, and the clothes worn by the person in the painting are very similar to what you are wearing.”

Shen Ruyin looked up at her: "Is the person in the painting your great-grandfather?"

The woman shook her head: "He is someone who has been kind to my family."

"Young lady, did you come here because of the mountain pattern on this jade pendant?"

This time, Shen Ruyin nodded: "Yes."

The woman's eyes lit up: "Young lady, do you know where this mountain pattern depicts?"

Shen Ruyin replied, "It's my sect."

The woman was relieved: "After more than a hundred years, I can finally fulfill my benefactor's request and complete a major family matter."

The woman recounted the story in detail: "My elders said that more than a hundred years ago, a demon appeared in the area where my family lived. It liked to eat human flesh and blood. The local people were terrified and wanted to escape, but they found that everyone was trapped in the area."

"Once you leave the town, there is a fog outside. After those who enter the fog scream, all that is thrown back are their bones."

"The people in the town dared not go out anymore, but the evil spirits harmed people every day. The number of people in the town dwindled, and the remaining people had no choice but to rely on human lives to create an opportunity and meet their benefactor."

"Our benefactor defeated the demon, but he was also seriously injured and could not be cured. Before he died, he gave us this mountain pattern and asked us to return his belongings."

“But my ancestors searched for the place their whole lives but could not find it. So before they died, they made this jade pendant so that future generations could continue the search.”

The woman sighed: "More than ten years ago, my family suffered a disaster, leaving only my mother and me. This jade pendant was then passed down to me."

She paused for a moment, then continued, "Being residing in the backyard of the Prince's residence, I cannot uphold the wishes of my ancestors. Therefore, I can only offer it to Your Highness, hoping that more people will be able to see it."

"Fortunately, my expectations were not in vain, and I was able to meet the girl."

Then the woman told Shen Ruyin where she had hidden her benefactor's belongings and asked her to retrieve them.

Upon hearing this, Shen Ruyin left her courtyard, and Yu Xing jumped down from the rooftop and landed in her arms.

[Xingluo, should we go look for this disciple's belongings next?]

Shen Ruyin thought for a moment and said, "Let's go and take a look around first. So many years have passed, who knows if what she said is true or false."

Yu Xing nodded: [Yes, we need to be careful. It's written in storybooks that some bad people pretend to be good to deceive others. Who knows if she is?]

Shen Ruyin smiled but didn't say anything.

The woman was neither good nor bad; she was just an ordinary person.

Although she tried her best to hide it, Shen Ruyin could still tell that she harbored resentment.

As for the reason... if she is telling the truth, then her family for generations has tried their best to fulfill their benefactor's last wish, which inevitably led to some neglect of their own family life.

The woman gave the jade pendant to the tenth prince, perhaps hoping that more people would see it, or perhaps she wanted to take this opportunity to completely get rid of the burden that had been dragging her family down for over a hundred years.

Shen Ruyin left with Yu Xing, just as the Tenth Prince was being escorted back to his residence in a grand manner.

The Tenth Prince's wife led the children of her family out to greet them.

They saw that the person had been carried back, and none of the familiar guards were there. The whole family was in tears, full of heartache. Only the girl they had seen with the woman earlier stood at the back, looking timid and afraid to step forward.

Shen Ruyin paused, finding it quite interesting.

However, she had other things to do, and this play wasn't very interesting, so there was no need to stay any longer.

Shen Ruyin flew out of the capital on her sword. Following the direction indicated by the woman, she found herself back in the valley where the Tenth Prince had encountered danger.

At this moment, the people who were supposed to intercept the Tenth Prince and his party had not yet received any news from the capital and were searching around at the bottom of the cliff.

The promise to see the person alive or dead has now become an empty word.

There wasn't a single person in this area, not even a trace of blood.

"Boss, such a high cliff fell down, could the Tenth Prince still be alive and hiding?"

The leader smacked him on the head: "Try falling off such a high cliff. You might as well say you got caught on a tree on the cliff."

“Oh,” the man scratched his head, “then what should we do? If he’s really hanging on the cliff, should we go and rescue him?”

"Save him? Don't you value your own life?" the leader ordered. "Go find some huge rocks and push them down the mountain. Even if he's hanging in a tree, you have to find him, dead or alive."

This person is so ruthless.

Yu Xing complained to Shen Ruyin: "This shows they didn't intend for the Tenth Prince to live."

Fortunately, we rescued them. Now that the Tenth Prince has arrived in the capital, all these people are doing useless things.

I wonder what their expressions will be when they finally learn that the Tenth Prince is alive in the capital after all their hard work.

Shen Ruyin thought about it seriously: "Given their intelligence, they would probably try to escape."

Seeing that these people had already gone to look for stones, Shen Ruyin did not delay any longer and carefully flew to the rock wall to search.

According to the woman, her elders placed her benefactor's belongings in a cave on a cliff, where no one could reach them.

Yu Xing, with her sharp eyes, pointed her little paw at the tree where they had saved the Tenth Prince: "Xing Luo, do you see a gap behind that tree?"

Shen Ruyin moved closer and found that it was indeed true.

The tree that saved the tenth prince grew from the soil at the entrance of the cave.

Having grown for a hundred years, its outstretched branches almost completely block the entrance to the cave, making it difficult to spot unless you get very close.

No wonder she discovered that the Tenth Prince was not destined to die when she was calculating; it turns out that this was the reason.

However, it's also her fault for only considering that saving the tenth prince would benefit her, without paying attention to her surroundings. As a result, she ended up back here after going around in circles.

Shen Ruyin knew that those villains were going to move the large rocks, which would inevitably damage the plants on the rock face. So she used a talisman to protect the plants before using her spiritual power to brush away the branches that were blocking the view.

After confirming that there was no danger in the cave, Shen Ruyin led Yu Xing inside.

The entrance to the cave is not spacious, and the inside is not large either, but there is a small path leading into the interior of the mountain.

Shen Ruyin first looked around the entrance but found nothing unusual, so she continued inside.

It must be said that the woman probably knew too little about her ancestors. Perhaps her ancestors lived on this cliff for a period of time, otherwise there wouldn't be a house here.

Shen Ruyin found a portrait in the innermost room, with a box placed in front of it.

Shen Ruyin saw the talisman on the box and immediately lost the desire to open it.

Let's see if there's anything else.