Back in the woods where he just lived, Xiao Hei found a cave. He found some firewood to make a fire, and also found some wild mushrooms that were roasting.

Ye Lan opened the bag, took out the contents and placed it on the stone platform.

"It\'s a box!"

In the weak firelight, the iron box on the stone platform faintly emitted a strange blue light.

The whole body of the box is black and gold, and the surface is embossed with strange patterns. It is said that it is a pattern, not to mention some incomprehensible inscriptions, but these words are combined so cleverly that they can outline a picture.

Each side of the box has a different painting.

There is a god of death on the front. She is sleeping on the tree of rebirth. The long curved sickle goes deep into the ground from the tree.

On the left side are some exotic flowers and plants growing in the swamp. A woman with a human head and a snake body is hanging in the thick fog of the swamp. Although it is a relief painting, the beautiful face of the woman is unobstructed.

Ye Lan looked to the right, there was a cat engraved on the iron surface, the cat\'s eyes were lifelike, she stared at it for a while, and she felt that she had been captured.

Whether it is the crane on the top of the box, the toad on the back, or the cricket below, the carvings are so strange, which is very different from normal objects.

Ye Lan said, "These patterns are really strange!"

What was even more strange was the box itself. Ye Lan checked it for a long time and found that the box was not locked.

No lock, no key?

I can\'t open the box without the key...

Or...the box has never been opened since it was cast?

Ye Lan was puzzled, she looked at Xiao Hei, "Do you recognize these patterns?" Xiao Hei stared at the box for a while, then shook her head.

Seeing Ye Lan fiddling with it for a while, he asked in amazement, "Why hasn\'t my lord opened the box yet?"

"This box is not locked..." Ye Lan frowned slightly, "There is no key."

She thought about it for a while, and then said: "The decoration of the box is weird and weird, and the way to open the box is also unusual."

"Would you like to split it with a sword?" Xiao Hei stepped forward and handed Ye Lan a bunch of roasted mushrooms, while he pulled out his sword, "In ancient times, there was an expert who solved the \'Nine-Nine Link\', and it was also a sword to go down, a quick knife Cut the mess!"

"No!" Ye Lan stopped Xiao Hei, "If you are so reckless, you will definitely hurt the contents of the box."

Xiao Hei pouted and whispered, "I just don\'t want to see you frown..."

"What did you say?"

His voice was too low, Ye Lan didn\'t hear it, Xiao Hei breathed a sigh of relief, he didn\'t respond to Ye Lan, shook his head lightly, and sat on the side like a piece of wood roasting mushrooms again.

"Little girl! Are you in trouble?"

"Old man..." Ye Lan transmitted a voice in his heart and asked, "Can you open this box?"

"It\'s true, it\'s true." The old man meditated in the void in the ring. He stroked his beard and sent a voice transmission to the outside world, "Little girl, listen carefully, you can do what the old man says."

"Gather the spiritual power of the whole body on the index finger of the left hand, and bite the finger!"

Ye Lan did as she did, and after biting her finger, the spiritual force flew up with blood droplets. When Xiao Hei saw this, he just watched silently and did not speak.

He had seen this way of opening the box - offering blood sacrifices.

"And then, old man, can you finish it all at once!"

"Hey, what\'s the hurry for the young man!" the old man muttered: "See the picture of the god of death on the front of the box, and pour the blood into the tree of death!"

Before he finished speaking, Ye Lan had already spilled blood on the tree of death.

In an instant, the iron-carved tree came alive, and its lush branches were like a golden river, stretching along the inscription loop on the surface, covering the entire box.

"Crack..."

The box opened, and streaks of white light burst out from the box.

The white light dissipated, Ye Lan took a closer look, and saw a velvet blanket on the bottom of the box, embroidered with a picture of three cranes flying together, and a jade pendant on it.

Ye Lan took out the jade pendant and looked at it carefully. The texture of the jade was smooth and soft, and it was carved into the shape of a leaf. The tassel attached to the jade pendant was made of red stamens.

She twisted the tassel buckle and shook the jade pendant in front of Xiao Hei, "Do you know what kind of jade this is?"

Xiao Hei shook his head and replied, "However, looking at the quality of this jade, it is definitely not owned by Fengtian Continent."

"It\'s not something from the mainland... Where would it come from?" Ye Lan thought, and put the jade pendant in his arms.

"Lord, there is a letter in the box."

Xiao Hei handed over the letter, Ye Lan opened it, and it turned out to be her mother\'s masterpiece - Lan\'er, who saw the letter like a face.

When you read this letter, your mother must be dead. Don\'t be too sad, my mother will always be watching you in the sky, Lan\'er will not be alone.

Being able to open this black gold box means that you also know your bloodline, but this bloodline is extremely dangerous.

Lan\'er, the Ye family you are in is not your real family. They are very ambitious, so you should be more careful.

As for your background, because of your special status and weak strength, it is easy to be killed. It is temporarily inconvenient to know your background. For your safety, your mother will not tell you.

One day, when you reach the peak, you will know that this leaf-shaped jade pendant is a symbol of your identity.

I wish you all the best, my daughter.

In the next life, we will be mother and daughter.

The mother-in-law is perfect.

After Ye Lan read the letter, she felt an inexplicable loss in her heart.

She whispered: "Mother, don\'t worry, Lan\'er will live well, wash the Ye family bloody, and avenge you!"

The woman beside the fire made this determination secretly, her eyes were dark, and the reflected firelight and the color of her eyes complemented each other.