Chapter 521 - Outright Difficult to Deal with (1/2)

A farce concerning life and death unfolded.

Nan Rui sent some men as watchmen, while in fact, they were to spy on them.

The surrounding disciples began to disperse. In the absence of Qian Yuming, Du Zhong’s body was left lying on the ground.

In fact, it had become an insignificant ornament.

It was as if the series of waves created as a result of his death had nothing to do with him.

Lin Mengya turned to steal a glance at the body, not so much because she had pity on him. She wondered if he knew that he was merely one of his master’s chess pieces, would he feel sorry for himself?

It certainly did not feel good being scrutinized. Fortunately, these men remained polite because of Long Tianyu’s presence.

They had wanted to follow them in. However, a look from Long Tianyu made them uneasy and they eventually stay by the entrance.

Yu An thought to make things difficult for them but was finally stopped by Lin Mengya.

“They are not worth your attention. After all, no one would dare intrude since Long Tianyu is here. They’re merely watchdogs. Why be upset over them?”

Lin Mengya was surely aware that Long Tianyu’s reputation of being a noxious person had spread all over the Pavilion of Herbs.

However, Yu An believed that it was his negligence at that moment in time that gave Du Zhong the opportunity to act and this made him feel bad.

Immediately, Lin Mengya and her companions became suspects once again and they were detained. For this reason, Yu An wished he could do something in compensation.

Seeing how dejected he looked, Lin Mengya whispered something into his ear.

“Yes, I will do that right away!”

Keeping her eyes on Yu An’s back as he left, the corner of Lin Mengya’s mouth curled up into a meaningful smile.

As expected, the voices of an argument between Yu An and the men outside sounded in the air not long after.

“Is Yu An alright? Would he be put in an unfavorable situation?”

A restless Zuo Qiuyu, who was sitting down in the conference room, commented.

Nevertheless, Lin Mengya shook her head. She knew Yu An was very intelligent. If he could not even handle such a situation, it only showed that all his years of serving Zuo Qiuchen by his side were in vain.

“It’s alright. I only sent him to fetch me something. Oh yes, are there other items in the box apart from the key?”

Although Lin Mengya had only taken a few quick glances at the box, she had spied little notes in the box, apart from a key.

Upon hearing her words, Zuo Qiuyu tapped his head and drew out a bundle of small paper notes.

Before the eyes of the two people, Zuo Qiuyu carefully unrolled the notes.

To their surprise, the note which appeared to be as big as a thumb when rolled up ended up being a piece of paper the size of two palms.

However, the paper was as thin as the wings of cicadas that eventually, Zuo Qiuyu had to smooth it out on the table before the three of them began going through the contents of the note with curiosity.

The inscriptions were made up of some simple strokes and lines, but they did not look like maps, neither were the characters of a language.

At that moment, their minds were filled with many question marks.

What on earth was this?

“Could this… be a map?” asked Zuo Qiuyu, puzzled.

However, apart from a few simple lines, there was nothing else on that piece of paper.

There was not even any glossary. It appeared to be someone’s candid scribbles made up of lines.

“What do you think, Long Tianyu?”

Among the three of them, Long Tianyu could be said to be the most well-versed with maps.

After all, he had the experience of leading soldiers in battles.

After Long Tianyu focused his attention and took a close look at it, he shook his head at Lin Mengya. If even he thought otherwise, it was definitely not a map.

To make sure nothing went wrong, however, Lin Mengya scanned the note and saved it in her Shen Nung system.

Anyway, there was no limit to its storage space. It would be an added safety measure, just in case, it became handy.

The three of them continued studying and scrutinized the note for a long while.

Unfortunately, they did not know what to make of it in the end.

Lin Mengya pondered over and over. Finally, she flipped the paper over.

At that moment, sunlight was shining through the windows into the room and fell on the piece of paper. It was then that Lin Mengya had an inspiration.

Gently, she lifted the paper against the light. To their surprise, a line of characters which was invisible earlier appeared on the paper!

“The box with an abstruse secret would be given to the Chief Elder of the Pavilion of Herbs, the future generations must remember never to go against the teachings of the ancestors! Rong Hua.”

Rong Hua? Lin Mengya thought the name sounded very familiar.

She tapped her head as she pondered. Was ‘Rong Hua’ not the name printed on the first page of the music score for the green stringed instrument?

When Lin Mengya turned around, wanting to inquire about the identity of Rong Hua, she saw the worked up expression on Zuo Qiuyu’s face.

“This, this was the name of the first generation Chief Elder of the Pavilion of Herbs! So he, he truly existed!”

The first Chief Elder? Instantly, a thought came to Lin Mengya. Could the music score for the green stringed instrument, a monumental work in history, be written by the first generation Chief Elder of the Pavilion of Herbs?

However, Lin Mengya still felt that it was not likely so.

Apart from Rong Hua, there were a number of other names mentioned in the book. Perhaps Chief Elder Rong Hua was the one who initiated the production of this work and the people who came after continued to finetune and perfect it. Finally, this monumental work was completed.