Siheyuan: tomb robbing? I am serious about hunting.

Chapter 371: The promise of life and death

Su Yue shook her head, her eyes full of confusion and helplessness.

Chu Tian sighed. It seemed that Su Yue had really lost her memory. "So what are your plans now?"

Su Yue bit her lip and whispered, “I don’t know.”

Seeing Su Yue at a loss, Chu Tian felt a little pity in his heart. How confused and scared a woman who had lost her memory, alone and without any relatives, must be. "How about this, you stay at my house first, and make plans after your injury heals."

Su Yue raised her head and looked at Chu Tian gratefully. "Thank you, Chu Tian."

Chu Tian smiled and said, "You're welcome. It's just a small favor."

In the next few days, Su Yue lived in Chu Tian's house. Chu Tian went up the mountain to collect herbs every day and changed the medicine for Su Yue. Su Yue's injuries gradually improved, and her complexion gradually regained its rosy color.

As they got along, Chu Tian found that although Su Yue was taciturn, she was very gentle and considerate. She would help Chu Tian with laundry, cooking, tidying up the room, and keeping the house in order.

Chu Tian gradually got used to Su Yue's presence and even began to rely on her. Every day when he returned home and saw Su Yue's busy figure, he would feel inexplicably at ease.

One night, Chu Tian sat in the yard, watching Su Yue washing clothes by the well. The moonlight sprinkled on Su Yue's body, covering her with a layer of silver light, making her look even more beautiful.

Chu Tian couldn't help but said: "Su Yue, you are so beautiful."

Su Yue was stunned for a moment, her cheeks slightly flushed, and she whispered: “Don’t…don’t say that.”

Chu Tian walked to Su Yue and gently held her hand. "Su Yue, I like you."

Su Yue's hands trembled slightly. She raised her head and looked into Chu Tian's affectionate eyes. An inexplicable throbbing surged in her heart.

"I..." Su Yue opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Chu Tian held her in his arms and kissed her lips tenderly. Su Yue did not refuse. She closed her eyes and felt Chu Tian's tenderness and passion.

Under the moonlight, the two hugged each other tightly, like a pair of lovers.

However, good times are always short-lived. The next morning, Chu Tian woke up and found that Su Yue was gone.

He searched the entire village but couldn't find any trace of Su Yue.

Su Yue disappeared just like that, as quietly as she appeared.

Chu Tian was filled with confusion and loss. Who was Su Yue? Why was she in the ancient tomb? Why did she leave so suddenly?

Chu Tian couldn't find the answers to these questions.

He only knew that he would never see Su Yue again.

A month later, Chu Tian came to the ancient tomb again.

He wanted to find some clues about Su Yue.

However, he found a dead body in the tomb.

The corpse was Su Yue.

There were no wounds on Su Yue's body, nor any signs of poisoning.

She just lay there quietly, as if she was asleep.

Chu Tian looked at Su Yue's body, his heart filled with grief and confusion.

How did Su Yue die?

Just then, he noticed that Su Yue was holding a jade pendant tightly in her hand.

The jade pendant was emerald green all over and had a lifelike dragon carved on it.

Chu Tian picked up the jade pendant and looked at it carefully.

Suddenly, the jade pendant emitted a dazzling light.

After the light, the jade pendant disappeared, and a line of words appeared in front of Chu Tian:

"A thousand-year promise, life and death together."

Chu Tian looked at the line of words and became even more confused.

A thousand-year promise? Life and death together?

What exactly does this mean?

Just then, he heard a voice behind him:

"You finally came."

Chu Tian turned around and saw a man in black standing behind him.

There was a strange smile on the man's face.

"Who are you?" Chu Tian asked vigilantly.

"It doesn't matter who I am." The man said, "What matters is that I know Su Yue's secret."

“I know Su Yue’s secret,” the man in black repeated, with a hint of teasing in his tone, as if he were a cat playing with its prey.

Chu Tian clenched his fists and suppressed the anger in his heart, "What secret? Tell me!"

The man in black chuckled, "Don't worry, young man. Aren't you curious about why Su Yue was in the ancient tomb? Why did she suddenly disappear and then... die?"

Chu Tian's heart sank suddenly. Of course he was curious. These questions had been bothering him and making him unable to sleep or eat.

"Who are you? What do you know?" Chu Tian asked.

The man in black did not answer directly, but slowly walked to Su Yue's body, leaned down, and said in an almost gentle tone: "Poor Su Yue, she sacrificed a lot for you."

"For me?" Chu Tian was even more confused. Su Yue had no relationship with him, so why would she sacrifice herself for him?

The man in black stood up, turned around, and stared at Chu Tian with burning eyes, "A thousand-year promise, life and death together. Do you understand these eight words?"

Chu Tian shook his head. He had no idea what these eight words meant.

The man in black sighed, "It seems you don't know anything. Well, I'll tell you. Su Yue, she is not a human."

"Not a human?" Chu Tian was shocked. Could it be that Su Yue was... a ghost?

"She is a guardian spirit, guarding this jade pendant, or rather, guarding the secret in the jade pendant." The man in black pointed to the jade pendant in Chu Tian's hand. Although the jade pendant had disappeared, he seemed to know that it had been there.

"Guardian spirit?" Chu Tian murmured to himself. He remembered that when Su Yue first appeared, she walked out of the mural in the ancient tomb. He found it incredible at that time.

"That's right. She has been sealed in the mural for a thousand years. And you are the one who will unlock the seal." said the man in black.

Chu Tian was even more confused, "Me? How can I unlock the seal?"

"Because you are the chosen one." The man in black said word by word, "A thousand years ago, there was a prophecy that said a chosen one would appear a thousand years later. He would break the seal, obtain the power in the jade pendant, and save the world."

Chu Tian felt that all this was too absurd, "Saving the world? This is too ridiculous."

The man in black smiled and said, "Believe it or not. However, Su Yue paid the price of her life for you."

"What do you mean?" Chu Tian felt an ominous premonition in his heart.

"A thousand-year covenant, life and death together. Su Yue is a guardian spirit, and her life is bound to the jade pendant. Once the seal of the jade pendant is unsealed, her life will come to an end." The man in black said with a hint of regret.

Chu Tian was struck by lightning, and he finally understood that Su Yue’s disappearance and death were all because of him!

He staggered back a few steps and fell to the ground, his heart filled with regret and self-blame.

If he hadn't broken the seal, Su Yue wouldn't have died.