Chen Nan was taken aback.
He had only intended to find Zab Yongcuo, but he hadn't expected Basong Er's reaction to be so intense.
"Mr. Basong Er, could it be that Zab Yongcuo is your enemy? Your reaction is a bit too much," Chen Nan couldn't help but frown.
Before Basong Er could speak, Yang Ji said, "Brother Chen, Zab Yongcuo is my grandfather."
Basong Er's eyes turned bloodshot: "Speak, who exactly are you? Are you looking for my father because of that map? Were the people who kidnapped Yang Ji earlier your accomplices?"
Yang Ji said anxiously, "Father, it's not what you think. Brother Chen and I met by chance."
Basong Er said in a low voice, "Girl, people's hearts are unfathomable. What if he used this method to approach you?"
Chen Nan got straight to the point: "Do you know Jian Zhiping?"
Jian Zhiping was Old Master Jian's real name.
Basong Er looked at him suspiciously: "You know Uncle Jian?"
Chen Nan took out the address written by Old Master Jian: "Here, this is the address Old Master Jian wrote, asking me to find Zab Yongcuo according to this address."
Basong Er was still suspicious, but after seeing Jian Zhiping's handwriting, he believed Chen Nan's origin.
"What is your relationship with Uncle Jian?"
Chen Nan said, "His granddaughter is my girlfriend."
"So that's how it is!" Basong Er was full of apologies: "Please forgive my earlier disrespect, Mr. Chen. Get in my car, and we can chat as we go."
"Okay."
Chen Nan got into Basong Er's car.
"Father, is Grandpa's illness very serious?" Yang Ji asked impatiently.
"He's been waiting for you to come back," Basong Er sighed lightly, then looked at Chen Nan: "Mr. Chen, I know you have many questions. Please ask!"
"Who exactly have you offended?"
"If you trust me, you can tell me, and I can help your family resolve this crisis."
Chen Nan was naturally kind-hearted. Otherwise, he wouldn't have helped so many people on the road, nor would he have brought Yang Ji back.
Now that Zab Yongcuo's descendants were in trouble, he wouldn't stand idly by.
Basong Er shook his head: "We don't know who we offended, but the other party's intention is clear: they want the map my father personally drew."
"In fact, that map is a map of the jade mine inside Kunlun Mountain."
"With the map, one can easily enter those jade mines and find top-quality jade!"
"The other party had come to our family before, but my father refused them."
"Because of this, they thought of kidnapping Yang Ji to force us to hand over the map!"
Chen Nan was enlightened.
Jade was a highly profitable commodity.
The price per gram of top-quality Hetian jade could be tens of thousands, even over a hundred thousand.
It was enough to attract the attention of some unscrupulous individuals.
A moment later.
The group arrived at Basong Er's house.
Before the car had even stopped, Yang Ji jumped out and ran into her grandfather Zab Yongcuo's room with a panicked expression.
When Chen Nan entered, the grandfather and granddaughter were already exchanging last words.
Yang Ji was crying profusely.
Chen Nan could clearly see that Zab Yongcuo was at the end of his life, his internal organs failing. Unless it was a deity, even he couldn't save the man's life.
Basong Er said, "Father, this young friend is Yang Ji's savior. Uncle Jian Zhiping asked him to come find you."
Zab Yongcuo's face was full of wrinkles. Hearing his son's words, he slowly looked at Chen Nan, a faint smile appearing in his eyes: "How has brother Zhiping been recently?"
Chen Nan said, "He is in good health."
Zab Yongcuo sighed lightly: "I haven't seen him in over forty years. If he hadn't dug me out of Kunlun Mountain back then, I wouldn't be alive today."
"He is our family's benefactor!"
He paused and asked weakly, "You came to see me for something important, didn't you?"
Chen Nan got straight to the point: "Sir, I urgently need warm jade."
Zab Yongcuo smiled weakly: "A legendary item, why are you looking for it? Are you really sure it exists in this world?"
Basong Er and Yang Ji also showed surprised expressions.
Warm jade was too familiar to them.
They had heard of the magical properties of warm jade since childhood, but it only existed in legends.
Chen Nan's eyes were complex: "I don't know if it exists, that's why I came to ask you."
Zab Yongcuo said, "That thing... does indeed exist."
As soon as this was said.
Basong Er and Yang Ji felt their scalps tingle.
"Then do you know where the warm jade is located?" Chen Nan's eyes were filled with ecstasy.
Nangong Wan would be saved!
At this moment, he saw hope!
"Son, hand that map over to this young friend!" Zab Yongcuo showed a relieved smile: "Young friend, thank you. I thought I would never be able to repay my brother Zhiping in this lifetime. Now... I can also die with a smile!"
Saying this, he slowly closed his eyes.
"Grandpa!"
Yang Ji was heartbroken.
Although Basong Er was sad, he also knew that birth, aging, sickness, and death were the cycles of heaven.
He took a hand-drawn map from the safe beside the old man's bed. The map was about a meter long and half a meter high, showing the route into Kunlun Mountain, with even the surrounding peaks labeled.
Of course, the location of the jade mines was also marked.
And the quality of jade that could be mined from those mines was meticulously detailed.
Undeniably, this map alone was priceless.
As long as one mined according to the marked pits, they could certainly get rich overnight.
However.
There were eight jade mines marked on it.
As for which jade mine could yield warm jade, even he did not know.
If he searched them one by one, who knew how much time it would take.
"Young friend Chen, please keep this map. As for whether you can find the warm jade, it depends on your personal luck!" Basong Er said with a solemn expression: "Kunlun Mountain is very dangerous. Forget ordinary people, even my father, who followed his ancestors to mine jade from a young age, always entered the mountains with the mindset of never returning!"
"Of course, if you want to go into the mountains, I can find some people to escort you."
Chen Nan said, "No need to trouble you, I have people."
Basong Er frowned: "What do you mean?"
Chen Nan's lips curled up: "Few people know about the map drawn by the old man, right? Why did the news leak?"
Basong Er sighed: "We have a mole in our family!"
He knew about this.
However, there were more than a dozen bodyguards in the family.
There were also some servants.
Even he hadn't figured out the mole's identity.
"So, as long as you give me the map, the other party will definitely know, and might even come looking for me," Chen Nan continued. "As long as they come to our door, can't I follow them into the mountains to mine jade?"
Basong Er shivered and quickly said, "The other party is not to be trifled with. If you follow them into the mountains, the consequences would be unimaginable! You're practically walking into a trap, no, no!"
Yang Ji stopped sobbing, her eyes filled with admiration: "Father, Brother Chen's strength is immense. He is the incarnation of the mountain god."