Chapter 135: Mysterious Jade Tablet

  Long'er's expression was very natural, as if he had never thought of hiding anything from Luolin. Upon hearing Luolin's words, he slightly nodded: "Your question is quite overbearing. You should know that as a member of the Tianyan organization, leaking the organization's secrets without authorization will have consequences."

  Lorraine, however, did not think so: "This so-called leak can only be said to be because I told the secret to someone who couldn't keep it confidential, and that person spread the news. Now let me ask you, do you think I'm the kind of person who can't keep my mouth shut and disregard your position?"

  Long'er smiled slightly: "On the premise that my stance doesn't conflict with yours," before he had even finished speaking, he slightly shrugged his shoulders, "Alright, I'll tell you, if the secret leaks out from your side later on, I'll drag you down as a scapegoat even in death."

  "Haha, I'm so scared." Lorraine said bluntly, without even bothering to put on an act.

  Long'er ignored Lorrin's reaction and immediately stated the content of this assassination mission, roughly explaining how the python betrayed the organization.

  Lorraine listened carefully, and when Long'er had finished speaking, he raised an eyebrow: "That's it?"

  "That's all."

  "Is that all?"

  "That's it, what else do you want to hear? Just killing the employer and partner is enough for an internal manhunt order from the organization. This is a principled betrayal, with a very vicious nature."

  Upon hearing this, Lorraine secretly let out a sigh of relief in her heart. At this moment, Long'er didn't seem to be lying at all, which means she really didn't know about the ancient jade slip and cowhide paper on the python's body. From what Long'er just described, it seems possible that the ancient jade slip and cowhide paper were stolen by the python from its employer? This makes sense; the ancient jade slip is no ordinary object, and even if one had only seen it once, they would fall in love with it and not want to let go. Not to mention a powerful being like the python who pursues strength.

  Fortunately, the only goal of this organization is to hunt down the python and retrieve what their employer lost. They don't seem to care about that ancient jade strip, probably because they have no idea it exists.

  So much the better, then Lorin could safely take possession of the treasure.

  "What's on your mind?" Long Er's eyes were extremely sharp, and with one glance, he noticed Luo Lin's slightly dazed expression, and immediately asked.

  Lorraine played Tai Chi with a very casual attitude, and smiled: "I think that we two lonely men and women are in the wilderness, if we don't do something, won't it be a waste of a good opportunity?"

  Long'er heard this and her heart skipped a beat, the faint blush on her cheeks vanished in an instant. She couldn't quite put her finger on the feeling that welled up inside her - was it nervousness? Excitement?... She couldn't quite say. But what she could say was that whenever she played different roles for work, many men would make flirtatious remarks to her, which always left a bad taste in her mouth. Yet when Luolin said something like this, not only did she not feel any disgust, but on the contrary, she seemed to rather enjoy the feeling.

  She suddenly smiled a thousand times, and gently scolded Lorraine: "What are you doing? You touch me, then I'll chop your hands and feet off?"

  "Look where your mind has gone." Lorin made a slightly surprised expression at this time, "Long'er, I didn't expect your thoughts to be so unhealthy. What I mean is, why don't we take advantage of the beautiful scenery and have some wine, drink while singing, recite poetry and compose couplets?"

  Long'er had long expected that Luoluo would say such strange words, and she didn't have much of a reaction. She didn't directly answer his question, instead changing the subject: "You're only staying in Balang City for about a month this time, right?"

  "Uh-huh." Lorin nodded as he successfully changed the subject, "Then I'll go to college in Yenching City."

  Long'er heard this and suddenly burst out laughing: "Going to college, huh? Little brother, you've finally grown up! After you go to college, be sure to work hard and study diligently, and try to reduce some of the burden on our family."

  Lorraine smiled helplessly, what can he do? His young age was his Achilles' heel. But he didn't want to either, who made him a reborn freak? Most of the women around him were older beauties, and occasionally being looked down upon because of his age was also something he couldn't avoid...

  "What about you? Is your task considered complete now? The next step should be to go back and hand over the task, right? And then, where to?" Lorin flicked the cigarette butt to the ground, lightly trampled it out, and asked slowly.

  "I don't know yet..." Long Er sighed somewhat wistfully, "The organization wants me to go undercover, and I'm hesitating... To be honest, at times, being an insider feels more comfortable. Look at my situation now - both identities are real, but there's a lot to guard against and pay attention to. Most importantly, I have to be on high alert all the time, and absolutely can't let anyone know about my killer identity, not even my own family members. This life is exhausting. It's actually more relaxing being an insider, at least mentally."

  "I don't recommend you to go inside." Lorrin's expression turned serious at this time, "After all, that would restrict your personal freedom. As an outer member now, you still have some choices and the quagmire is not deep, thinking of quitting is possible to quit. After all, whoever becomes a killer for life will more or less have some psychological distortion in their heart."

  "Who are you calling mentally abnormal?" Long Er was taken aback by Luo Lin's description, and pretended to be indignant.

  "Oh, I was just making an analogy." Lorrin hastily waved his hand and smiled, "Besides, don't you feel lonely? Now that I, a great handsome guy, have recognized you as my confidante, what else can't you open up about? Listen to my advice, try not to join the inner circle. That's extreme behavior, if possible, slowly withdraw from the Tiān Yǎn organization in the future and live the life you want."

  Long'er listened very seriously, and when Luolin's voice fell, she unknowingly became slightly distracted. After a brief daze, she recovered her original charming smile: "Alright, it's getting late now, let's part ways here, we'll talk again next time."

  Lorraine already knew what she wanted to know. Long'er should be going to hand in his task now. He nodded immediately: "Alright, see you next time."

  Two people waved goodbye, one east and one west, parting ways from the pavilion without looking back, each walking straight to their own path. The sky was very dark, the night was a bit cool, the crescent moon hanging in the sky seemed like the mocking smile of the heavens, savoring the impermanence.

  …………

  Lorin did not return to school, nor did he go back to his uncle's house. Instead, he opened a room in a slightly remote hotel and then casually bought some new clothes at the clothing stall downstairs. He returned to the room, took a hot bath, changed into new clothes, and Lorin tightly closed the door. Then, he sat cross-legged on the bed and pulled out the ancient jade slip wrapped in a white handkerchief and cowhide paper from his pocket. The hotel was located in a remote area with few guests, but it was clean and simple, making it suitable for Lorin to rest.

  After last night's battle, Lorraine felt a hint of violent energy in his heart, just because he had taken in the souls of the dead. This hidden violent energy made Lorraine feel uneasy. He calmed down and started to operate the steady breath in his dantian, gradually calming himself from the inside out. His heartbeat and breathing became rhythmic, with a more stable frequency. Only then did he begin to carefully examine the ancient jade slip and cowhide paper.

  Unfolding the ancient jade tablet, he saw a large number of obscure and ancient characters in seal script. These were not the ancient characters of the Han people, but rather seemed to be an internal script used by a minority ethnic group in ancient times. Fortunately, they still bore some resemblance to ancient Chinese characters, so Lorin was able to recognize some of them. Comparing them with the records on the cowhide paper, he was delighted to discover that the text on the cowhide paper was a translation of the seal script characters on the jade tablet.

  Great!

  Lorraine temporarily put down that ancient jade slip, narrowed her eyes and began to silently read the words on the cowhide paper.

  "Close your ears, concentrate your breath, focus your spirit, circulate through your skin, swell your flesh, and fill your bones..."

  Lorin muttered to himself, his brow furrowing deeper as he read on. The more he read, the more bewildered he became. At first, the words seemed straightforward enough, but as he progressed, he found himself completely lost. One thing was certain, however - this had to be a secret manual for cultivating one's inner potential. It started with internal cultivation and then moved on to external practices. Towards the end, there were descriptions of various creatures in the vast world, seemingly discussing techniques or styles.

  Since his rebirth, this was the first time Lorin felt that his brain wasn't enough.

  After translation, the cowhide paper had less than a thousand words, but Lorrin spent more than an hour carefully reading it, and only then did he vaguely finish reciting it. Among them, what he could barely understand was no more than twenty percent, and the rest were like heavenly books to him. When he saw the end of the cowhide paper, Lorrin found that it seemed to be a broken sentence. He picked up the jade slip again for comparison and found that the text on the cowhide paper had not translated all the content on the jade slip!!!

  Judging from the number of words and the feeling, there should be about 20% more content on the Jade Simplified that has not been translated yet.

  Lorraine pondered for a moment, thinking that since the python could see the extraordinary nature of this jade slip, it must know the subtleties within. She suspected that the cowhide paper was his own translation, although she didn't know how he recognized the seal script on the jade slip. At least one thing was certain: he wasn't entirely familiar with these strange ancient characters either.

  After about half an hour, Lorrin gathered his emotions and began to comprehend the contents on the cowhide paper from scratch. Fortunately, he had been persisting in practicing Tai Chi, and his internal energy was exceptional, making it much easier for him to comprehend.

  "Close your ears, concentrate your breath, and focus your spirit..."

  Luoling silently recited in her heart, and the breath inside her body quietly flowed like a thread being pulled out, quietly wandering through each part of her body...