After leaving Treasure City, Lu Yuan rushed back to the hotel without stopping.

After returning to the room and locking all the doors and windows, he immediately went into the Beast Taming Space.

As soon as they entered the space, they started shouting and yelling.

"Lingye! Lingye! Come out quickly!"

Upon hearing Lu Yuan's call, all three of the little ones, except for Chi Yu who was still unconscious, ran over.

Ling Ye, whose name was called, was the first to rush over, her expression very serious.

"What happened?!"

"Look what this is!" Lu Yuan handed it the jade pendant fragment he had just acquired. "Is this jade pendant fragment related to the previous one?"

The three little ones, who had thought Lu Yuan was in trouble, breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and then curiously surrounded Lu Yuan, looking at the jade pendant fragment in his hand.

When Lu Yuan made the contract with Ling Ye, Chi Lin and Xiao Yi were both present.

Both of them had witnessed the peculiarity of that ancient inscription.

only.

Even now, looking at the jade pendant fragment in Lu Yuan's hand, they still cannot sense anything.

Lu Yuan didn't have much hope for them either. After all, they hadn't been able to sense anything from that ancient jade back then, and now, facing this jade pendant fragment, they probably knew nothing either.

But Lingye is different.

If Lingye was able to accurately detect the aura of the ancient jade on his body, then if this jade pendant fragment is related to that ancient jade, it would definitely be able to detect it immediately as well.

really.

The moment Ling Ye saw the jade pendant fragment, his eyes lit up.

"Where did you get this fragment?!"

"How is it?!" Lu Yuan looked at it excitedly. "Doesn't the aura of this fragment resemble that of the ancient jade?"

“That’s right!” Ling Ye nodded, his gaze fixed intently on the jade pendant fragment. “The spiritual energy contained in this fragment is exactly the same as that ancient jade from back then!”

"Can you absorb it? Just like you absorbed that ancient jade back then?"

"sure!"

Ling Ye responded, then threw the jade pendant fragments under his feet and stomped on them hard.

The jade pendant fragments he had just bought for 500,000 yuan were crushed into powder. An ordinary person would have been furious, but Lu Yuan's eyes were burning with excitement.

And at the very moment the jade pendant shattered.

Countless bolts of lightning-type spiritual energy, radiating a dark purple light, overflowed from it and rushed rapidly toward Ling Ye.

Immediately afterwards.

A shocking scene unfolded before Lu Yuan.

An endless stream of dark purple spiritual energy swirled around Ling Ye, forming a vortex like ocean waves. Ling Ye, as if starving, devoured this spiritual energy in large gulps.

It didn't take long.

The surging lightning-type spiritual energy was completely absorbed by Ling Ye, and the surrounding atmosphere returned to calm.

"it's over?"

Lu Yuan looked at Ling Ye with a puzzled expression.

Even though the lightning-type spiritual energy within the jade pendant fragment had been completely devoured, why didn't he notice any changes in Ling Ye?

As if seeing through Lu Yuan's doubts, Ling Ye explained, "I have already absorbed all the lightning-type spiritual power within this fragment, but because my level has increased too quickly recently, I have compressed the spiritual power within my body and will continue to increase it after my foundation is more stable."

After listening to Ling Ye's explanation, Lu Yuan suddenly understood.

Then a sense of paternal pride welled up within me.

I never imagined that my own child would learn to think so much without me even noticing!

"In that case, you should focus on consolidating your foundation for now! We'll give you other items to improve it later."

Speaking of this, Lu Yuan remembered the elixir that Lu En had just given him.

"Little Yi, here's a magic pill for you."

Feeling the immense spiritual power contained within the elixir, Xiao Yi immediately held it in her hands with great joy.

"Eee?"

She looked at Lu Yuan with a questioning gaze.

It seemed as if they were unsure whether such a valuable item was for themselves.

Seeing this, Lu Yuan gently patted her head.

"Don't worry, this is for you. We need to take an exam in a month, and you'll be needed to participate, so you need to quickly improve your level and strength."

Upon hearing this...

Xiao Yi nodded solemnly.

Then, he threw the elixir into his mouth and swallowed it.

...

It was evening.

Lu Yuan felt a rumbling in his stomach, so he left the Beast Taming Space and went downstairs to the hotel to get something to eat.

Looking at the delicious food, Lu Yuan felt his mouth water and was about to devour it when the phone suddenly rang urgently.

Upon seeing the incoming call information displayed on his phone screen, Lu Yuan immediately answered the call.

"Old Mu?"

"Young Master Lu, something terrible has happened! The Wu family is in trouble!"

Mu Ruxing's slightly anxious voice came through the phone, clearly indicating that she had encountered a very difficult problem.

Lu Yuan frowned and said in a deep voice, "Don't be anxious, tell me what happened."

Mu Ruxing took a deep breath and then slowly recounted what she had investigated.

"The Wu family has been keeping its doors closed to visitors for some time now, refusing to see anyone who comes to visit, and even ignoring the company. Just recently, the Wu family had several very important contracts to negotiate, but Wu Qiushan, the representative of the Wu family, has not shown up. Finally, a shareholder couldn't stand it anymore and went directly to their door."

"When they broke down the Wu family's door, they found that the house was empty. Not only was Wu Qiushan nowhere to be seen, but even the housekeeper and maid were nowhere to be found."

After Mu Ruxing finished explaining everything, Lu Yuan asked in a deep voice, "Where is Wu Mingxu?"

"Nothing was found either." Mu Ruxing's tone was slightly somber. "It's as if everyone in the Wu family has vanished into thin air. The whole thing is extremely strange."

After hearing Mu Ruxing's words, Lu Yuan fell silent.

Seeing that Lu Yuan hadn't responded for a while, Mu Ruxing spoke again on the other end of the phone.

“I’ve already had someone investigate this matter, and I believe we’ll have new information soon. But because Wu Mingxu’s identity and talent are quite special, that’s why I’m calling to tell you everything.”

“You did the right thing.” Lu Yuan knew what Mu Ruxing was thinking and said in a normal tone, “Wu Mingxu’s time-related talent is very special. If he can be nurtured, he is very likely to grow into one of the important members of the Divine Pavilion.”

At this point, Lu Yuan paused for a moment.

"The entire Wu family has mysteriously disappeared. There will definitely be many people investigating this matter. Keep a close eye on which forces are paying the most attention to this issue."

Mu Ruxing, being an old hand who had followed Lu Yuan, immediately understood the meaning behind his words.

"Understood, I'll take care of it right away."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yuan sat in his chair and remained silent for a moment.

The last time he met Wu Qiushan was when they were fighting off the beast tide. Given the strength Wu Qiushan displayed at the time, it was impossible for anyone in Yandu to take him away silently. Something must have happened that he didn't know about.

After much deliberation, Lu Yuan picked up his phone and booked the earliest flight back to Yandu.