Published at 3rd of December 2019 10:41 am

Chapter 168 The Mystery

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Seeing that Zhang Yunyan was a little dissatisfied, the old woman signed helplessly.

She smiled bitterly and said, “Yunyan, don’t ask too much. In fact, we are not strangers and I have already met you. There is something I shouldn’t tell you, but listen, I have met you thousands of years ago and we have contacted with each other. Even though it was remarkably short, we were friends that were ready to die for each other, which was extremely unforgettable.”

Once again, she heard something about thousands of years ago and friendship of life and death. Zhang Yunyan could not believe it. Though she didn’t see what the old woman really looked like, the same words and the similar voices made her feel more certain that this person was the old woman in the past.

The old woman added, “Yunyan, you and I were so intimate, which was truly memorable. Unfortunately, we have never met again since we parted last time. It was so short… Oh, never mind. Those things were thousands of years ago. Now they have all changed greatly. However, the friendship between us is deep in my mind and will never be forgotten.”

Hearing this, Zhang Yunyan was surprised and astounded. She could hardly know when all these started.

She had never known this old woman in her lifetime, not to mention the old woman who was from thousands of years ago. How could there be deep friendship and hurried parting between them? It was absurd.

Yunyan had been to the Tianyue Country only once thousands of years ago and the only one she knew was her sister Samuume. She had never been to other ancient times and it was impossible for her to know another person from that time.

Thinking of her sister Samuume, Zhang Yunyan’s heart trembled and she immediately asked, “There is another thing that I’d like to ask. Is your name Samuume?”

The old woman paused for a moment and said, “Samuume? Who is Samuume? I’ve never heard of her. I only know few people and there is nobody called Samuume among them. You got confused.”

“I’m not talking about the present. There was a sika deer elf named Samuume who lived in the Tianyue Country thousands of years ago. Are you her?”

The old woman smiled bitterly and shook her head, “Yunyan, I have told you that I am not Samuume and I don’t know a woman named Samuume either. Don’t get confused.” She signed and continued, “My child, I should go. The world is sinister. You have to be careful and protect yourself.”

After saying the words, the old woman disappeared instantly with the flash.

Zhang Yunyan was surprised. Was she a monster or an immortal? Since she wanted to renew our friendship, why did she leave so quickly? Was this because the old woman was incapable of answering her question?

Just then, a voice came from the air, “Zhang Yunyan, you may not believe what I said, but it doesn’t matter and you can regard it as a joke. Maybe someday you will understand.”

The voice in the air faded and soon died away in the darkness.

The sky was inky black with twinkling stars and a curved moon.

Zhang Yunyan felt more puzzled at those confusing words. No one from ancient times knew her except Samuume. In this case, how could she talk about their acquaintance thousands of years ago? This was total nonsense.

She was only 19 years old and never left the time in which she was born except once she came to the Tianyue Country by taking the Tongtian Precious Carriage. She was sure that she hadn’t been to other times, let alone knowing anyone there, including the old woman.

She had never seen the old woman, even in her dream. How could she mention their friendship of life and death? And how could she mention the deep affection of each other?

This was too weird to imagine. Even ghosts wouldn’t believe such a load of nonsense.

Perhaps the old woman was like the man who made millennial covenant with her, living in another ancient era. Yet Yunyan hadn’t been there and knew nothing about this old woman, so everything could only be a mystery.

Maybe she would finally go to another ancient era someday, and made the acquaintance of them.

As for when she could go to another era and how to travel thousands of years to get there and meet those ancient people, all of these were unknown. She could only solve this mystery later.

These were all her imaginations, which couldn’t be taken carefully. She could make no guess about what strange things would happen in the future and had to let it go.

Zhang Yunyan was puzzled by the old woman who claimed herself to be a half an immortal and couldn’t forget her. She was not sure but felt the old woman was most likely to be the woman in the air in the past.

If these two women were not the same one, then who were they? What was the relationship between them?

Not knowing what tricks the old woman was playing, Zhang Yunyan was nervous and suspicious. She came here when strange and horrible things happened in the terrible night, which seemed to involve an ulterior motive.

The old women who claimed herself to be a half an immortal said that she came here as requested and had done something ulterior.

That was to say, the old woman and the person who asked for the woman’s help came for her, and the woman must had done something related to her, otherwise she wouldn’t call her name and told her expressly.

Zhang Yunyan recalled the man who made millennial covenant with her once again and doubted whether the one really existed or it’s just a mirage by magic?

The millennium message also professed their acquaintance thousands of years ago, and that they were friends of life and death with great age difference. She had always been skeptical about this but she could only be suspicious since she couldn’t check the fact.

Inexplicably, these people and things were from different times and places, while they all said the same words. Why was that?

Besides, Zhang Yunyan heard the words from the air after she escaped from the closed cave. That invisible woman also claimed that she had seen her thousands of years ago, which was incredible.

The words said by the man and the two women were the same. What was the relationship among these three people? Why did they trouble to lie to her?

Yunyan was very nervous. The more she thought about it, the more frightened she felt. It seemed that she had been tailed by a group of invisible demons and monsters and didn’t know how they would hurt her.

Those guys must be riddled with deep dark secrets and intended to do that step by step. They would have no mercy.

This night was not quiet. In such troubled times, she was frightened and scared.

In the darkness, Zhang Yunyan saw the old woman who claimed herself to be a half an immortal, and experienced the mysterious and weird things one after another…

In short, everything was so horrible and weird that she was terribly bewildered and deeply shocked.

Fortunately, despite these, Yunyan hadn’t been affected so much. At least she was still fine now.

These things were just like mysteries one after another, which couldn’t be understood and she was forced to think more. She was disconcerted but had nothing to do with that. Looking at the darkness and the foggy mountains, she could only make guesses, unable to figure it out but to let it go.

In the quiet mountains with intermittent chirpings, Zhang Yunyan looked around carefully and hadn’t found anything strange or horrible.

However, the fear in her heart couldn’t be eliminated. She wanted to leave this strange and unpredictable place as soon as possible, so she immediately urged Black Tiger to go downhill to avoid any danger.

Black Tiger ignored her and stared at the mountains, barking. It looked tense but was eager to try.

Zhang Yunyan sighed secretly. What happened to Black Tiger tonight? Why was it so weird? And why was it so interested in Qinglong Mountain?

The Black Tiger didn’t know how dangerous it was and how frightful the mysterious old woman was. It had no idea about the cruel demons and monsters but insisted in waiting here. Apparently, something dangerous was about to happen.

Yunyan was helpless and didn’t want to desert her animal friend. Therefore, she had no choice but be pulled by the invisible “rope” that tied herself to Black Tiger. As for the consequence, she was unable to take it into account.

Zhang Yunyan noticed the vigilant gaze of Black Tiger, and was even more nervous. Deep in her heart, she didn’t want anything weird happen again.

Suddenly, she remembered that she was halfway up the Qinglong Mountain. Was this the location of Devil’s Cave?

In the night, Yunyan looked around nervously, and could not confirm whether it was this place.

Her experience of visiting the immortals and exploring the treasure last time was so frightening that she was horrified all the time. It was so dark at night that she couldn’t remember and recognize where the crack was.

After she escaped from Devil’s Cave, she ran down the mountain in a hurry. How could she spot the scary place?

Though she couldn’t confirm, she also got a sense of ominousness. Even if the Devil’s Cave was not here, it wouldn’t be far.

Looking at the black dog who was extremely alert, she couldn’t stop being nervous and suspicious. She was thinking about how to deal with it anxiously.

Black Tiger was full of agility and strong perceptivity. It seemed that it had perceived something or something happened on the Qinglong Mountain. Maybe it had sensed the Devil’s Cave.

Yunyan turned to follow the black dog’s gaze, and found everything was tranquil except the sound of insects. There was nothing suspicious.

Frowning, she felt puzzled. What on earth had happened that made Black Tiger so vigilant?

Zhang Yunyan was pulled by an invisible rope which connected her with Black Tiger, so she couldn’t make decisions by herself but to move with it and didn’t know what kind of danger was waiting for them and whether there was a horrible disaster.

Suddenly, there were low and muffled sounds coming in succession, which was frightening.

When she felt nervous and helpless, she was shocked again and got up to watch. This was a sigh of the appearance of “immortals”. Was the old devil really going to show up?

In the silence, Qinglong Mountain hadn’t changed a bit.

Black Tiger was also looking around, nervous and restless.

Jiuyou Sage! It must be him!

The hideous face of the old devil flashed in Zhang Yunyan’s mind. She was startled and her eyes were wide open. Looking around hastily, she didn’t see anyone.

The low and muffled sounds were familiar, and she had already heard it outside the Qingshan Village. At that time, she was very nervous, confused and didn’t know how to do, so she forgot it later.

Now as Yunyan heard the sounds once again, she couldn’t stop being nervous and panicky.

It was very likely that the sounds came from someone unusual and might bring horrible danger. It was possible that the Devil’s Cave was about to open, and Jiuyou Sage would show up soon.

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