Chapter 25: The Entwining of Kurogiri's Keys

  Ye Qīxuě had once told her, "The name Ye Yuèjìn suits you well. Although it's a surname given by the organization, it's still your memory, and inside it contains not only painful and sad memories but also happy ones."

  She said that she liked the name Ye Qi Xue very much, but the surname made her disgusted. This drew a clear line between Ye Qi Xue in the organization and Mu Shu Zhen in ordinary life. They were the same person yet lived in different worlds. She wanted to own all the memories of this name, which would remind her of what she had endured as Ye Qi Xue, all that she had protected. Sometimes she felt grateful because as Ye Qi Xue, she could do things that Mu Shu Zhen couldn't, like protecting her family, even if it was just a small effort.

  "Thank you, I'll go to Artux myself." After finishing speaking, Yexue Jinna was about to get off the bus.

  "Hey, are you sure you want to dress like that?"

  Ye Yuexin stopped moving, and Mu Shu's eyes had been fixed on her for a long time. She didn't even care about what she was wearing anymore, still dressed in this disheveled attire!

  Ma Houping shook his head, "Let's go, there's a clothing store across the street." He took off his own jacket and handed it to her. Ye Yuexin nodded in acceptance and put it on before getting out of the car. "I can handle this myself," she said as she ran over. Less than a minute later, she came out wearing new clothes. Although it was already March, Xinjiang was still quite chilly.

  Return the clothes to him, nodded slightly and walked in the opposite direction.

  Ma Houping shrugged and shook his head helplessly, then drove away.

  Yue didn't leave by car, instead she went to a hardware store and bought a bunch of tools. She removed the miniature dialogue chip and started repairing it. This chip was something she had made herself, so fixing it wasn't difficult.

  "Sister Xue."

  "Yuè Jìn, is everything okay with you guys?"

  "Hmm, I'm fine now, but Xu Fan seems to have been taken away by a woman."

  "It's okay, you go to Artux first, we'll look for Xu Fan later."

  "Good!"

  "What should we do now?" Mu Shu asked Ge Yu Feng.

  "Yueyue and Xudun are fine now, Xu Fan should be too. Besides, if it's the organization you're talking about, Xu Fan shouldn't have been taken away."

  "Let's go, find Xu Fan, Zhou Xiao and the others have completed their tasks too, we'll meet at Artux."

  "Leng Gege, let's go meet up with A Tu Shi and Xue Jiejie now." Zhou Xiao looked at Xiao Huan who had just escaped from the tribe and Yan Hui who was calm, "Huan Jiejie, what will you do next?" Yan Hui glanced at them and then quickly left.

  Xiao Xin Meng didn't even have the chance to call out, she could only stare blankly in the direction where he had disappeared. Zhou Xiao looked at Xiao Xin Meng's distressed face and said: "Xin Jie Jie, why don't you come with us to Artux?"

  "Good morning!"

  Zhou Xiao's body trembled and she looked at Leng Hao with a shrunk head, saying bravely: "But Xiang Jie is so pitiful, she has nowhere to go."

  "Have you forgotten what Ye Yuexin and them said?"

  "No, Moon sister said don't easily believe others, don't stir up trouble, and don't interfere with other people's business, but..."

  "No buts! Let's go!"

  Zhou Xiao looked at Leng Hao who had boarded the plane and Xiao Yanming who was sitting on the ground in a daze, and said firmly: "No way! Snow sister also said that when we meet people in trouble, we should help if we can! If we don't let Sister Yanming go with us, I won't get on the plane either!"

  He was so angry he really wanted to start the plane right away. He rubbed his aching temples and said, "Come on!"

  Zhou Xiao immediately flashed a dazzling smile, turned around and pulled Xiang Yinmeng saying: "Yin sister, you can be with us now, aren't you eager to come out and take a look at the outside world?" Xiang Yinmeng's mouth curled up into a smile, yeah, she should be happy about coming out! As for Yan Hui, they were never people of the same world anyway! Don't think about him anymore!

  "Uh-huh."

  Yè Yuè jìn arrived at ā Tú Shí, and there were about three hours before nightfall. "Lěng Huò, do you know what the Hēi Tóng key looks like? Or does it have any special features?"

  "Black key shape."

  The moonlight dripped down from the top of his head, and Mu Shu said: "The black t'ung key is in the Han Dynasty Buddhist cave 'Three Immortals Cave'."

  "How did you know?"

  "I obtained a book about the Blue Jade Gemstone Crystal and clues to the key, regarding the approximate location where fragments may appear. As for the key and lock being placed in specific locations by humans, the Black Tongue Key is inside the Three Immortals Cave."

  "The lower entrance of the Three Immortals' Cave is 12-13 meters away from the riverbank and 13-14 meters away from the top of the cliff. There are no cloud ladders, so it's very difficult for ordinary people to enter. The stone walls between the caves have been carved through by humans, and after carving, the small holes should be passable. However, you need to be careful as it is quite steep and dangerous."

  Ye Yuexin listened to the explanation while taking a taxi to Sanxian Cave. Ye Yuexin followed Mu Shu's words and entered through a small hole in the cave, which just fit her slender body. Inside Sanxian Cave, there were many murals on the ceiling. Ye Yuexin was not interested in these murals, where was the black locust key?

  The night moon took out her phone and checked the murals in the Three Immortals Cave. In the front chamber of the east cave, on the top of the vertical scroll, there was a celestial map pattern with a red round moon at its center, surrounded by faintly visible stars. Outside the moon and stars, there was a pale blue square frame, and outside the frame, there were white light flames. The flames were surrounded by four pale green half-arcs that formed a flower shape. Around the flower shape, there were Buddhist images wearing reddish-brown robes, sitting in lotus positions on lotus platforms. From the relatively well-preserved Buddha images on the south and north sides of the dome, on the right side of the seated Buddha on the north side, there was a standing Buddha image, standing on a lotus platform.

  On both sides of the standing Buddha, there is one or two small statues; on the south side, to the left of the seated Buddha, a standing Buddha statue is painted, in a lateral standing position. On the right side, another small Buddha statue is painted, sitting on a lotus platform, with a small statue on its right side, under the Bodhi tree. Behind each Buddha statue and at the back of their necks, there are deep red, green, yellow, white and earth-red colored light wheels, about 14 in total. In addition, in the top corners of the cave, wisteria patterned border decorations are also painted. On the east wall of the rear chamber, on both sides of the door frame, seated and standing Buddha statues are also painted. The painting on the east wall is more vivid, with a seated Buddha sitting in the middle on a lotus platform, hands placed flat on his chest, legs crossed while sitting, soles facing upwards, calm and serene, with a beautiful posture.

  Ye Yu'e narrowed her eyes, as if she sensed something was different. She slowly walked to the east cave's Tian Xiang Tu An Zao Jing (Heavenly Image Diagram) and saw a black halo on the flower-shaped design. Ye Yu'e reached out to touch it, but "Bang!" she was shocked back! Ye Yu'e's face showed joy, this must be the Black Tongue Key!

  "Snow sister, the black t'ung key is in the mural, how can we get it out?"

  Mushu sat on the plane flipping through a book, which said that to take out the black t'ung key, it must be attracted by the disk of light, and the black t'ung key will come out automatically and change into the pattern on the disk of light. Disk of light?

  "Yuè Jìn, we need a Fu Pan, but we still don't know what a Fu Pan is. It seems that it can't be obtained for now. However, since we already know the location of the Hei Tong key, finding the Fu Pan later and going there then won't be too late."

  "Let's go." Yè Yuè Jīn gazed at the mural with a look of regret, so close yet unable to grasp it. Yè Yuè Jīn had a strange feeling, dazed and confused, as if... Suddenly, she opened her mouth wide, thinking of something.

  "Musu, do you know what color the imperial seal is?"

  "What's wrong with white and having tiger patterns on it?"

  Yè Yuè Jìn held the mysterious man's Nirvana in her palm, and the mural suddenly emitted a dazzling white light. Yè Yuè Jìn couldn't bear to open her eyes until the light dimmed slightly. This was... The Black Tortoise Key was indeed black, surrounded by a faint white glow, and it suddenly merged into the disk, becoming one of its patterns. No one could have guessed that the Black Tortoise Key was inside this Nirvana!

  "It's done! I was injured in a plane crash and was saved by a mysterious man who gave me a white Nirvana, never thought it would be the one!" Ye Yue Xin's heart was overjoyed, finally found one!

  "Now that you've found it, stay in the Three Immortals' Cave and wait for us to regroup. Zhou Xiao, Leng Hao, you two take a rest today as well. Tomorrow, go back to the Three Immortals' Cave and we'll head out once we find Xu Fan."

  Xu Fan had already activated the micro-transceiver chip, but Leng Yu was following him closely, and he didn't have a chance to send out any messages. Actually, there was a way to send coded messages without speaking, but Ye Yue Qin forgot to tell him.

  Ge Yufeng stroked the crystal chip and said, "If there's no light, it means Xu Fan is fine. Since he's fine but hasn't contacted us, there are two possibilities: first, his communication chip is broken; second, the woman who saved him is by his side, and he can't send messages."

  "Mu Shu said, stroking his chin: "If the person who blew up the plane was from the organization, then Xu Fan wouldn't be alive, and the woman who saved him couldn't be from the organization either. That means it wasn't someone from the organization... I think there's one person." Mu Shu gave Ge Yu Feng a sideways glance."

  Ge Yu Feng calmly spat out two words, "Leng Yu."

  "At that time, after getting on the boat, I didn't notice and let her escape."

  Ge Yu Feng looked at her with raised eyebrows and teased, "I remember the reason she escaped that time was because someone got angry?"

  Mushu chose to ignore him, her ears deafened, she thought that Geyufeng was still a bit cold, but recently why did he feel like his personality had changed greatly?

  "If it's Cold Jade who is nearby, then we'll send him a message." As he spoke, Mu Shu pressed the crystal chip and it suddenly enlarged, producing ten small saws. His fingers nimbly tapped on them lightly.

  "This is a coded message, the ten buttons represent ten digits and letters on top of them can be automatically combined into a sentence, but whether he can understand it or not is his problem. Don't worry, this code will directly input into his brain center. Sometimes I really admire the organization, this chip was made by Yuè Qìn, but if not in the organization, wouldn't have learned these things."

  Xu Fan and the others had no car, and this place was so remote, they could only walk. As for why Leng Yu, who saved him, didn't have a car either, it was because she had sneaked out to save Xu Fan, and in order not to let the organization's people discover her, she destroyed the vehicle.