C2 (1/2)

My name is Chen Sanjin, and I was given this name by grandfather. The reason I chose this name was because it implied the five elements, or perhaps it was also because the people here have a saying that metal is the bane of jade, so grandfather helped me choose this name.

My family owns a jade business in a city in the south. My grandfather usually bought and sold jade sources in Myanmar, and I became a nominal shop owner with the Heaven Punisher Fourth Uncle, learning to sell jade.

The thing that made the most money in the jade business wasn't buying and selling jade, but scattering jade!

The so called Scattered Jade was to help some Jade Picker exchange jade pieces they got from unorthodox channels into real gold and silver. From that, the Rogue Cultivators would take out 30% of the jade pieces, which was similar to washing black money.

Other than having a lot of connections and face, one had to have a good relationship with him. Those who did not have the ability to do so would not be able to eat like this, and Chen Family and jade drops were always handled by his grandfather's last disciple, Xing Sihai.

The second disciple, my father, the son-in-law of the Burmese jade tycoon, has nothing to do with Chen Family anymore. The third disciple is the best with my grandfather and works hard on everything, but a year ago, he mysteriously suffered a strange disease, his body was covered with white hair, and he looked like an ape. His body became thinner and thinner, and like a bag of bones, he finally died on the wall of the shop.

The state of death was extremely miserable. It was as if clothes had been hung on the wall to dry, causing the wind to blow, making them look like paper men!

After the death of the third disciple, the medical examiner had examined the corpse. Apart from a blood-red circle imprint on the body for no reason, there were no other symptoms. The medical examiner suspected that this red circle was the source of the illness.

But my grandfather knew that this imprint was the Zimu Jade's curse, he thought that since he had lost three children, the debt should have been paid off, but he never thought that the curse would be endless, and might even affect his own disciple, causing his personality to change greatly. He travelled around the world everyday, and heard that he had found a way to remove the curse, because he was worried that the curse would affect me as well.

When I asked the Heaven Punisher Fourth Uncle why did his personality change so greatly the moment he saw the red circle imprint, the Fourth Uncle told me about the Wild Mountain and Zimu Jade!

I thought it was ridiculous when I heard about the Zimu Jade, because I've never seen it at home before. Furthermore, the curse is too illusory, let alone such a strange story as the Zimu Jade turning into a spirit.

Although there were many strange things happening in the jade circle, there was a saying that jade could raise people and hurt people, but when it involved curses, it felt too fake!

I scoffed at the words of the curse and told my grandfather that it was all feudal superstition and there was no need to be bothered about it. The old man simply ignored me and continued to search for a way to remove the curse.

The thing that really changed my mindset was that after the curse, something unbelievable happened. It was precisely because of this that my life was completely turned upside down and I embarked on a strange and dangerous path.

At eleven o'clock that night, I closed the door of the shop and was about to go home to shower and sleep. As I passed the entrance of the alleyway, I suddenly felt two eyes staring at me from behind, but I couldn't see anything when I turned around.

The address of my store is rather remote and there are many alleys with broken streetlights and no surveillance. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but speed up my pace.

However, just as I turned the corner, a hand suddenly reached out from behind and grabbed my neck. The hand was very cold, like the hand of a dead person.

My body was strong, and I had learnt a few more moves before I was about to turn around and fight back. I didn't expect the person behind would have such a strong strength, so he grabbed onto my neck and instantly suffocated me, while at my waist, I felt something sharp and hard. It should be a dagger.

I hurriedly relaxed. In my heart, I was panicking for a while but feigning calmness on the surface. ”I have some cash in my pocket. You can take it all away. There's no need to kill me.”

I looked up to see who it was, but he was standing in the shadows behind me, and I couldn't see anything. I could feel his body was cold and wet, and his hair was dripping with water.

”Where's Chen Yihuo?” An indistinct voice came from behind him.

So it was to find the old man. I heaved a sigh of relief and said, ”He left half a month ago and hasn't returned yet.”

The lordmaster had left half a month ago to continue searching for the antidote to the curse, and he still hadn't returned as if he had been possessed.