In the borderlands of the Tangshan Dynasty, in the village of Hanshan.
The sun was setting, and it was time to light fires and cook meals, but now the entire village was gathered, looking from afar at a dilapidated tiled house.
Outside the tiled house, besides the yamen runners from the prefecture, there was a young man, a young man with several steel knives held to his throat.
The young man's name was Yun Ze. He had lived in Hanshan Village since childhood. Both his parents were escorts, and he could be considered to come from a martial arts family.
But he never used his strength to bully others. Instead, he often helped his neighbors with tasks within his capabilities.
The villagers also liked this child very much. When the Yun family couple left home, they took good care of him.
How could such a kind child provoke a powerful figure from the prefecture?
Bang!
A muffled sound exploded, and a wooden table was smashed out, shattering into pieces in front of Yun Ze!
This force was definitely not something an ordinary person could possess.
"Where are the things!"
A young man in fine brocade robes strode up to Yun Ze, grabbed his neck, and said, "Hand over the things! Quickly!"
Yun Ze's hands were bound, and besides a hand around his neck, there were several steel knives. He could not resist at all, and could only force out a few words from his throat.
"I... I don't know what you're talking about!"
"The jade pendant! Your ancestral... no, the jade pendant that your ancestors stole from our family!"
The young man in brocade robes became more agitated.
This was a rumor he had accidentally heard. It was said that an ancestor of the Yun family had saved an immortal hundreds of years ago. In return for the favor, the immortal had given him a jade pendant, which was said to contain a celestial destiny! httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
But after hundreds of years, no one in the Yun family had been able to obtain the celestial destiny from it, yet the jade pendant had been passed down.
He had originally thought it was just a legend, but by chance, he found the Yun couple escorting a convoy. He trapped them and threatened them with the life of Yun's wife.
For the sake of his wife's life, the Yun man finally revealed the matter of the jade pendant and promised to hand it over if their entire family was spared.
What a joke, how could that be possible!
I am going to inherit the celestial destiny! If the immortal knew that I was snatching the celestial destiny from his benefactor's descendants, wouldn't that be bad?
So, after obtaining the information that the jade pendant truly existed, he sent the Yun couple to the Yellow Springs.
Now, the Yun family in Hanshan Village was within sight, but he had searched the entire house and had the boy stripped naked, yet he couldn't find the legendary jade pendant!
The only possibility was that this boy had hidden it.
"Hand it over!"
The young man in brocade robes roared again, "Hand over the jade pendant!"
Jade pendant?
So you're looking for the jade pendant!
Yun Ze frowned, almost unable to breathe, and could only say, "Okay! Let me go, and I'll give it to you!"
"Good!"
The young man in brocade robes let go, and with great disgust, wiped his hands on the yamen runner, as if he had touched something filthy. "Boy, I warn you not to play any tricks. You can't escape from here."
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Yun Ze coughed twice and looked up at the young man in brocade robes. "You won't find that place. Let me go, and I'll take you there."
"Hmph!"
The young man in brocade robes snorted. He believed that the other party would not pose any threat to him. He waved his hand and told the yamen runners to step back.
He then drew a steel knife and held it to his neck again. "Boy, you only have one chance.
If you can't find the jade pendant, I'll kill all those people and turn this entire Hanshan Village upside down to search slowly!"
"Believe me, I can do what I say!"
Yun Ze did not answer, but walked forward silently.
When he reached the door of the tiled house, he stopped and turned to look at the young man in brocade robes. "Where are my parents?"
The story of the jade pendant was widely circulated, and in the past, many people seeking immortality had come to their house to look for it, but none had found it. The Yun family ancestors had always said it was a legend.
As time went by, fewer and fewer people came looking for the jade pendant.
Now that someone suddenly appeared, he must have received some news. Coupled with the fact that his parents had not returned for so long, Yun Ze naturally thought of them.
Perhaps... they had met with misfortune.
"They are doing very well in the prefecture!"
The young man in brocade robes said casually, "Quickly return the jade pendant to me, and I'll take you to the prefecture to reunite with them!"
Prefecture? It's probably the underworld!
Yun Ze had already guessed his parents' fate. He clenched his fists, his anger burning, but he could only suppress it!
It wasn't time yet!
If he didn't produce the jade pendant, all the villagers of Hanshan Village would probably accompany him to the afterlife. At least they were innocent.
He squatted down, easily removed the threshold in front of him, dug down a few inches, and revealed a wooden box buried in the ground!
As soon as he saw the wooden box, the young man in brocade robes excitedly said, "Quick! Take it out quickly!"
He did not reach out to take it, for fear that there might be any traps or powders on the wooden box.
Now that he was only one step away, there was no need to rush.
Yun Ze lifted the wooden box, and a round jade pendant, swirling with mist, appeared before the two of them!
The flowing light shone on their faces, and even the yamen runners around were attracted, their hearts filled with greed.
Immortal Jade! It's really Immortal Jade!
The young man in brocade robes was instantly captivated by it. He wanted to reach out and take it, and the steel knife in his hand unconsciously lifted, leaving Yun Ze's neck.
But before he could touch the jade pendant, Yun Ze seized it and took it away.
He flashed to the side of a stone mill, holding the immortal jade high, and smashed it hard against the corner of the stone mill!
Crack!
A crisp sound echoed in everyone's ears. The immortal jade fell onto the corner of the stone mill, instantly splitting into two halves and falling to the ground.
The original swirling mist of light all dispersed into the sky, and the immortal jade turned into a piece of crystal-clear stone.
Everyone's eyes were filled with regret and disappointment. Even the villagers watching from afar shook their heads and sighed.
Such a good piece of immortal jade had now become scrap.
Only Yun Ze.
His eyes were filled with determination and disgust!
What ancestral immortal jade? What celestial destiny of longevity?
This was clearly a death warrant!
If that immortal truly wanted to repay a favor, why would he give a jade pendant that looked good but was useless! What use was it other than bringing disaster to his Yun family!
Yun Ze had heard his father say that the Yun family, although not wealthy, had lived comfortably, with a house and land.
But it was after saving that immortal that, to avoid others, his ancestors had to sell their ancestral property and flee to a distant land. After several turns, they came to Hanshan Village and finally became villagers of the mountains and fields.
If there was truly a celestial destiny, it would be fine, but this was just a jade pendant that looked good but was useless, and now it had caused my family to be broken and my parents to die!
Repay a favor? I think it's more like repaying a favor with enmity!
Who cares about immortal jade! To hand it over is death, and not to hand it over is also death!
Since it was death either way, why should I fulfill the wishes of my parents' killer? Why should I keep this root of disaster in the world!
"Don't you want the immortal jade?"
Yun Ze smirked and looked at the stunned young man in brocade robes in the distance, kicking one of the broken pieces towards him. "The immortal jade is here, come and pick it up!"