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Even with the elixir of immortality lingering on his life, the ruler of Xun Country had not yet passed away in an instant, but his time was indeed running out, and what would happen next, who knows?
So Li Fan waited until the next day, switched to another intelligence point, and ran to the alley behind a pastry shop. Behind a piece of bluestone brick, he indeed found the jade pendant that had been toured around the royal palace and returned.
Extracting a piece of silk from the jade pendant, which seemed to be torn off from some inner garment or Luo skirt, he found writing that read,
'The pomegranate flowers of May shine brightly before the eyes, among the branches occasionally the initial fruit is seen.'
