Chapter 50 (2/2)
“What can you tell, this outer layer is formed by smelting and condensing the jade essence. It would be scary if you could see through it.” As he spoke, the smiley old man lifted his hand and took the round ball from Ren Jie’s hand. He examined it extremely carefully and extremely agitatedly.
“After all that, what exactly is going on?” Seeing that the smiley old man hadn’t gotten to the main point after all that talk, Ren Jie could not help but pursue.
The smiley old man said with the pearl in hand, “Even the average person knows. When one enters the True Qi Realm, he can use an inferior-grade spiritual jade for cultivation. In the Divine Power Realm, it would be best to use a middle-grade spiritual jade. A superior-grade spiritual jade is extremely precious, only the powerful at the Yin Yang Realm have the right to possess and use it. And above the superior-grade spiritual jade, there’s the ultimate-grade spiritual jade. One piece of ultimate-grade spiritual jade is equivalent to a thousand pieces of superior-grade spiritual jade. If converted into jade coins, a piece of ultimate-grade spiritual jade is worth a million jade coins, and that’s only in theory. In reality, it’s impossible to buy an ultimate-grade spiritual jade using jade coins. Everyone knows this, but in actuality, above the ultimate-grade spiritual jade, there’s still jade essence, the essence of jade. Its value is difficult to measure, and this pearl has been made by someone compressing and condensing jade essence to form it.”
Ren Jie wasn’t someone like Yan Zhenfei, neither was he some saint. Earlier on, Sun Zhu handed this pearl to him, clearly because he’d wanted to entrust the child to him. However, the moment he heard that this thing was actually even more precious than an ultimate-grade spiritual jade, Ren Jie’s first thought was, F*ck, this must be able to sustain the video for a long time.
“Hmph, don’t think that you’ve prospered…” The smiley old carefully checked the condition inside and said, “A jade essence is not something that mortals can possess at all. Even I only know the way to use a jade essence, but I have no way of smelting, condensing and re-compressing it. Below the Yin Yang Realm, even if you have jade essence you won’t be able to use it, just like how people who’ve yet to reach the True Qi Realm have no way of using spiritual jade. You totally won’t be able to move the huge amount of energy in it. As for this jade essence pearl that has been re-condensed and re-compressed, even I have no way of checking what’s in it. The only odd thing, that rascal was such a trashy True Qi Realm cultivator, how could he have recognized this jade essence pearl. Oh, this is…”
The smiley old man was naturally referring to how Yan Zhenfei could recognize it. Usually, even a cultivator at the peak of the Divine Power Realm or even at the Yin Yang Realm and had condensed their Yin soul might not recognize the jade essence. Hence, he examined it carefully while finding it odd. All of a sudden, his expression changed slightly, because he’d abruptly found an indistinct mark at the top. It was faint. If one didn’t pay attention to it, he might just think it was a black cloud, but the smiley old man faltered.
Then, he squatted down directly and searched Yan Zhenfei’s body swiftly.
Seeing the smiley old man’s actions, Ren Jie knew there must be something. However, regarding the smiley old man’s comment that he wasn’t able to use the jade essence, Ren Jie was very confident inside. He wasn’t in the True Qi Realm. Previously, he’d used the video in the laptop in his consciousness to absorb energy and could do the same this time. He believed it was no problem for jade essence too. This thought only flashed across his mind. Ren Jie suddenly realized that the little girl called Sun Rui still had her eyes fixed on Yan Zhenfei.
“Your grandfather is already dead and your family has been avenged. Come with me first.” Filled with bloodshed and murder, even Ren Jie, an outsider, couldn’t take it after coming in, what more for a seven, eight years old little girl who had witnessed it with her own eyes. Ren Jie wanted to take Sun Rui away. Initially, Ren Jie had been thinking, if the little girl struggled too hard, he would find a way to put her to sleep and bring her back. Unexpectedly, the little girl gave her hand to Ren Jie, then her other hand reluctantly let go of Sun Zhu.
Mm!
Ren Jie first faltered, then realized. This graceful looking Sun Rui who was still trembling in her pajamas had kept her eyes fixed on Yan Zhenfei all the way.
“Sure enough. I was saying that with this good-for-nothing in the True Qi Realm, how was it possible that he could recognize the jade essence. Turns out, he’s indeed Broken Soul’s man. There’s a mark left by the powerful people of Broken Soul back then. It seems like this person can at the least condense his Yang spirit and also use superior-grade and above spiritual artifacts to be able to leave a mark on this jade essence, only it seems like a rushed job.” The smiley old man found a unique black little token shaped like a cloud from Yan Zhenfei, then stood up and murmured to himself.
As he went on, the smiley old man also had all sorts of feelings in his heart.
If this had been someone else, he probably would have had the thought of seizing this long ago. Because the preciousness of the jade essence was enough to move him. To him, ordinary wealth was totally useless, only such treasures were of use to him.
Yet, of all people, it had to be in Ren Jie’s hands. Damn it, too detestable.
He thought of all a sudden and his divine sense found that there was a battle around here. He thought it was suitable for Ren Jie to witness the tragedy of family extermination. To the smiley old man, even if Ren Jie refused to go down, he would’ve thrown him anyway, since he was also haughty previously. The smiley old man, who had failed twice, planned on using this chance to train him.
In the end, he actually charged down on his own initiative, killed the fellow, and even got a jade essence pearl. Gosh, what bullsh*t!
Jade essence. Back then, for a piece of jade essence, he had fought in a ruin, stuck in one place for several years without leaving. And this was a pearl that was condensed using jade essence, there even seemed to be something sealed in it. If this jade essence was only a case, the smiley old man really didn’t dare to imagine what could be sealed inside.
Upset, too damn upset.
Infuriating, so infuriating he was about to explode.
If they went on like this, this rascal would certainly be the death of him.
He’d participated in thousands of battles, killed countless people. Why hadn’t he encountered something like this? Damn it, it couldn’t be that he was doomed to let the father and son have him by his short hairs in this lifetime. He could even meet an incident like this.
“Keep it well. However, never ever think of touching this jade essence. It’s not as simple, and there seems to be something inside. Also, don’t expose it. Otherwise, even the Ren family cannot protect you. Something that the Broken Souls have their eyes on, even the emperor has to return it. Keep it carefully, do not ever let anyone see it, understand. I really wonder what I owed you, father and son, in my previous life. Actually… damn it, giving it to you… you… you…” The smiley old man was about to hand the jade essence pearl to Ren Jie, only then did he truly look at the graceful Sun Rui who was holding Ren Jie’s hand but still staring at Yan Zhenfei’s body.
“What’s with you again, someone stepped on your tail?” Ren Jie had wanted to ask if he’d seen a ghost, but seeing that he was looking at Sun Rui, he did not say that. Only, Ren Jie found the smiley old man’s continuous abnormal behavior odd. He wouldn’t be like this just because he couldn’t bear to part with the jade essence, right?
The smiley old man abruptly stuffed the jade essence pearl into Ren Jie’s hands, squatted down, and looked at Sun Rui who was staring at Yan Zhenfei’s body with a hollow gaze, covered in blood and trembling in her pajamas.
“Native… soul. Gosh, it’s really a native soul. Such a constitution stated in the legends really does exist, haha. And I actually encountered it.” She wasn’t just a native soul, she had a thread of intelligence line between her brows. “Could this be… the legendary native intelligence mark. This… a small town, how is it possible to have such a child… this…” The smiley old man looked at Sun Rui a hundred times more shocked than he saw the jade essence.