Chapter 1 Synopsis
A thousand-years-old camel-skin scroll that came from the hands of the Chief Shaman of Mongolia – according to his prophecy, whoever who holds this scroll will rule the world! What is the secret of this scroll? Does it hold the secret of the legendary treasure, or does it hold the secrets of the universe?
After a thousand years, a small piece of the precious camel-skin scroll appeared. However, it was used to wrap a piece of Jade Cicada from the Han dynasty. Is its value not known, or is it bait?
Xuanguang Pavilion obtained the Jade Cicada for less than a thousand yuan. Not 20 hours later, its value rose more than ten thousand times. Is this a windfall or a pre-set trap? If it is indeed a trap, someone must be after something that is worth a thousand times more to be willing to use such a valuable item as bait. What is he after?
The fiancée of major appraiser of the antique field was found murdered on Dog’s Graveyard Hill. Both the victim and the murderer are baffling to the mind. The murderer wasn’t after cash nor revenge. What was his motivation? The victim’s background is filled with blanks. The only person who saved her from the brink of death more than ten years ago has disappeared, and now no one knows her family, nor the secret her family guards, not even herself. The forensic scientist searched for clues deep within No Man’s Land, under Dog’s Graveyard Hill. However, the mastermind of the conspiracy has already turned his sights on Crimson River… All the conflicts points towards the thousand-year-old camel-skin scroll – a secret that has been kept for a thousand years - what could it be?