The Daughter Of Destiny Broke Off The Engagement? I Married Her Sister Instead.

"The old man has a request, which is my lifelong wish."

He said, sounding very sincere, as if he was pleading.

Chu Qianqiu hesitated for a long time and could only let the latter explain the situation first, promising to do his best afterwards.

"Ah, this is the treasure that the snake demon gave me, saying it is her important possession and must not be lost."

"At that time, she sent me to Clear Pond Town, and then she completely disappeared, leaving no trace."

"Ten years later, Clear Pond Town began to take shape, and I settled down and lived a peaceful life. Because of my accumulated virtues and good deeds over the years, many girls in the neighborhood secretly admired me."

"But I couldn't forget her figure and always wanted to enter the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts to see her again."

"Later, I really went there and almost died in the dense barrier."

"She appeared in time and saved me. We met again after ten years."

"She, in human form, was no different from ten years ago, but I had a few more white hairs."

"We didn't spend much time together. She only talked to me about some things, and then we separated again."

"At that time, she said that I was the most simple and trustworthy human she had ever met."

"I felt the same way. Although she was a great demon in my eyes, her eyes were purer than the mundane world when she was in human form."

"She must have stayed in her own territory all year round, completely unaware of the dangers of the outside world."

"During the short time we were together, I could tell that she had encountered some problems, but she didn't confide in me."

"It wasn't until we were about to part that she gathered up the courage to give me this snake tooth, saying that I should keep it for her and return it to her after a year."

"She said that this thing was very important to her, but she no longer trusted anyone around her, so she could only trust me."

"I held this snake tooth and watched her leave quickly."

"That time, she didn't even send me off, she was just in a hurry to solve something."

"Afterwards, I went to the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts many times. With this snake tooth, I never suffered attacks from demonic beasts. The wild beasts would keep their distance when they saw me."

"But she disappeared here, for fifty whole years. I went to the designated meeting place countless times, but I could no longer find any trace of her..."

As Old Mu finished speaking, his eyes were filled with deep sadness.

Chu Qianqiu supported the old man and noticed the old scars on his body, most likely from his youth when he went to the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts. He didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Child, I have always been a man of my word. Returning this snake tooth to her is my lifelong wish."

"But I can no longer fulfill it. I have let her down and betrayed her trust. I am sorry for her."

"But you are a cultivator... Your lifespan is longer than mine."

"You will definitely be able to see her again. I hope you can convey my greetings to her on her behalf."

"With this snake tooth, she won't harm you."

At this point, Chu Qianqiu could no longer refuse.

He nodded and promised to fulfill Old Mu's wish.

The cloudy determination in Old Mu's eyes completely disappeared, leaving no regrets.

"That's good, I can close my eyes now..."

"Thank you, child. You are a good person."

...

On the way back, Chu Qianqiu kept observing the snake tooth, lost in thought.

After listening to Old Mu's story and considering the properties of the snake tooth, he felt that the snake demon was most likely dead.

However, in order to fulfill the old man's wish, he would still try to find her.

But now, he was weak and entering the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts would still be dangerous.

Old Mu was lucky, and he hadn't gone deep into the forest. Chu Qianqiu was afraid that he wouldn't be so lucky.

Moreover, to find a great demon, he would have to venture deep into the mountains.

In this case, it seems that there is no turning back, and I can only consider it when my strength improves.

"By the way, I may have made some misjudgments earlier."

"Before, I thought that Mu Lao always carried the black bead with him and was not affected by evil energy because he had enough righteousness in him."

"Now I realize that it's not the case. This snake fang is the real hero."

"Indeed, how can ordinary people resist such a sinister object?"

"These snake fangs, black beads, and sheepskin scrolls should be connected. I need to go home and examine them carefully."

With these words, Chu Qianqiu gradually returned home.

He temporarily put aside his alchemy career and began to investigate the three newly acquired items.

First, there was this snake fang.

The origin of the snake fang was already quite clear. According to Mu Lao's introduction, this thing can drive away monsters and scare away wild beasts.

In this case, the monsters must be very afraid of this snake fang, or rather, they are afraid of the aura on the snake fang.

"So this snake demon must be extraordinary in the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range."

"Could it be that the snake fang carries her aura, like some kind of treasure?"

"Perhaps she encountered danger before, and someone wanted to take the treasure from her, which is this snake fang?"

"And the intruder was very powerful, she couldn't defeat them, and for some reason, she didn't want to escape."

"Finally, the snake fang ended up in Mu Lao's hands, and Mu Lao passed it on to me?"

"That's probably it, no need to think about it."

Chu Qianqiu quickly reached a conclusion and put the snake fang into his storage ring.

He began to examine the other item, the black bead.

This bead was initially dark purple in appearance, with no overflowing spiritual power, but cultivators could clearly feel the presence of spiritual power inside the bead.

In addition, it was extremely cold and filled with a heavy yin and evil energy, which ordinary people couldn't perceive, only relying on the keen perception of cultivators to observe.

After studying it for a while, Chu Qianqiu found no further discoveries.

"Among the things Mu Lao gave me, this is the most mysterious one."

"I think when he obtained this thing, it was together with a sheepskin scroll. I should examine the contents of the sheepskin scroll to get some clues."

After putting away the black bead, Chu Qianqiu took out the old sheepskin scroll and carefully examined it.

Although the paper looked like sheepskin, upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the outer skin of some kind of monster.

Due to the long passage of time, this layer of skin was still preserved, but it had turned yellow and had cracks and creases.

"Is this a map that records a treasure location?"

After being suspicious for a while, Chu Qianqiu was overjoyed.

It turned out to be a treasure map, and it didn't look simple.

Based on the geographical features depicted on it and some descriptions in ancient characters.

Chu Qianqiu could roughly determine that it was a record of a treasure location in the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range.

As for why he could only make a rough judgment, it was because he couldn't fully understand the content on it.

The text on it was from the ancient era, a time when his ancestors hadn't even been born yet. There were rumors that there used to be ten suns in the sky, and Hou Yi shot down nine of them.

At that time, people's way of life, cultivation methods, social systems, and even languages were completely different from today.

Therefore, this was an artifact left behind by a cultivator from the ancient era, an era so distant that it was difficult to trace.

But it was precisely this thing, which recorded the location of a treasure, that had fallen into his hands.

Doesn't this mean that the treasure that the ancient cultivator coveted so much has still not been obtained to this day?

"What kind of treasure could it be... to be protected until today?" Chu Qianqiu pondered, and a cold sweat broke out.

He dared to bet that with his current strength, trying to follow the markings on the treasure map to the treasure location would be a pure suicide.