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The man's words kept echoing in his ears, "You'd better never know the secret of this land." Those words were like an invisible chain that bound him tightly, making him unable to ignore them no matter what.

He didn't want to be bound by this fear, and although the alertness deep in his heart made him want to give up this land, he still knew that he had no other choice. Either give up all hope and let the predicament continue to devour himself and his family, or bravely meet this unknown challenge, even if this road is full of uncertainty and danger.

Li Xiangqian took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. His wife was still preparing dinner in the house. Li Xiangqian did not go back immediately, but walked to the yard to tidy up the abandoned land. He did not intend to tell his wife what happened just now. At least for now, he did not dare to let her worry. The inexplicable fear made him not know where to start, and even he himself did not dare to fully believe this sudden conversation.

However, when he walked next to the land, a strange feeling swept over him again.

He squatted down, and when his fingers touched the surface of the soil, he felt that the soil seemed to be colder than he remembered, and even had a hint of moisture. This feeling was not common in this land, especially in this kind of weather, usually the soil would be a bit dry and hard to dig. But now, the soil here was unusually soft, as if there was an inexplicable vitality lurking in it.

Li Xiangqian's heart skipped a beat and he stood up quickly, his eyes unconsciously scanning the surroundings, as if he was afraid of being stared at by something invisible. Even the faint sound of the wind made him feel uneasy. Could it be that, as the man said, this piece of land had some kind of power that he could not understand?

He forced himself to calm down and decided to dig the land himself to see what was hidden inside. He grabbed the shovel and thrust it into the soil. The moment the shovel blade entered the soil, his heartbeat almost accelerated to the limit - the soil was turned up, revealing a layer of something unusual. It was not ordinary underground soil, but a grayish-white, stone-like substance with a smooth and hard surface.

Li Xiangqian's eyes widened slightly. This land seemed not only barren, but also hiding unknown substances. He squatted down and carefully examined the gray-white things. He found some strange symbols mixed in them, like some ancient words or symbols. His heartbeat accelerated, and he even began to wonder if he was in some kind of hallucination. The symbol was too strange, as if it did not belong to this world.

He reached out his hand and touched the surface of one of the symbols with his fingertips. He immediately felt a slight vibration. Although the vibration was slight, it startled him. This was not a normal soil reaction, but the effect of some external force. He quickly pulled his hand back, and the feeling of uneasiness in his heart was magnified again.

"What on earth is this?" Li Xiangqian murmured to himself in a low voice, but there was an uncontrollable fear in his heart.

Just then, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"what are you doing?"

Li Xiangqian turned his head suddenly and saw his wife standing at the gate of the yard, holding a wooden bucket full of water in her hand, with a puzzled look in her eyes. She obviously noticed that something was wrong with Li Xiangqian.

"No, nothing." Li Xiangqian stood up hurriedly, trying to remain calm, "I just... want to clean up this area."

His wife's eyes were delicate, and she seemed to notice that Li Xiangqian was a little unnatural. She paused, then slowly walked closer and said, "Did something wrong happen to you? Tell me, don't be alone."

Li Xiangqian hesitated for a moment, but finally shook his head. "It's okay, I just feel that the soil here is not right, there may be something special."

The wife did not ask any more questions, but walked over and handed Li Xiangqian the bucket. "Drink some water, don't get too tired."

Li Xiangqian took the bucket with a hint of gratitude in his eyes, but his doubts were still there. The land still gave him a strange feeling, as if it didn't belong here, or even as if it was artificially arranged.

After dinner, Li Xiangqian still did not mention the mysterious man during the day. He knew that once he started to mention it, the depressing atmosphere would make everything more complicated. Although his wife did not continue to ask, Li Xiangqian could feel her potential uneasiness.

At night, the courtyard was quiet, with only the occasional sound of wind blowing gently across the roof. He lay on the bed, opened his eyes and looked at the dark ceiling, replaying the scene of the day in his mind - the words of the strange man, the strange land, and the inexplicable symbols. The more Li Xiangqian thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, as if he was caught in an unpredictable vortex, and everything around him began to become blurred.

"What on earth is hidden in this land?" Li Xiangqian whispered to himself, his eyes becoming more determined. "I have to find out."

But he couldn't help wondering, if this was really a place with deep secrets, how should he face the unknown? These symbols were obviously not puzzles that could be solved casually, and might even be closely related to the nature of the land itself.

The next morning, Li Xiangqian got up early and walked towards the land again with a shovel. Although he felt a little uneasy, he knew that if he did not take action, the doubts in his heart would not be eliminated. And the uneasy feeling would only become heavier as time passed.

He decided not to simply turn the soil over, but to thoroughly clean up the abnormal layer of soil to see what was hidden underneath. Li Xiangqian inserted the shovel into the soil again, and this time he was more cautious than before. He knew that what he touched was not only the land itself, but also the secrets buried deep in the soil.

Li Xiangqian slowly pulled out the shovel, and the sound of the soil being turned up was particularly harsh in the quiet morning. He squatted down and stared at the hard object, his heartbeat speeding up. The appearance of this object was a bit strange, like some kind of natural stone, with mottled cracks all over the surface, as if it had experienced countless years of wind and rain, but it was not completely broken. Li Xiangqian's fingers involuntarily stretched out to it, touching the cold and hard surface, and suddenly a strange chill spread from his fingertips to his whole body.

He quickly withdrew his hand, frowning, and the uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger. Could this be the secret that the strange man mentioned? Li Xiangqian had already vaguely felt that this land was far more complicated than he had imagined. His intuition told him that this place was by no means simple.