The "soul stone" was only a vague concept in Jiang Ruan's mind. Although she didn't know it, she had a strong sense of familiarity with it.

"Are you sure she's looking for a 'soul stone,' and not something else, like a crystal or something similar?"

Jiang Ruan asked with some doubt.

Du Chong immediately rejected the idea, saying decisively, "It's definitely a 'soul stone' because I thought she knew some kind of sorcery or was just making things up. I paid more attention to her because she seemed too strange, so I definitely didn't mishear."

Seeing the seriousness with which Du Chong spoke, Jiang Ruan felt more certain. She believed it was true, but she didn't know his specific purpose.

After politely declining Du Chong's offer of a welcome dinner, Jiang Ruan packed her things and went to rest in the room that had been prepared for her in advance.

As night fell, the anti-corpse bell hanging outside rang softly a few times. Jiang Ruan squinted and tilted her body slightly as she saw the man in black slowly walking in.

The man was thin and slender, exuding a cold and intimidating aura. Even with a mask on, he possessed an imposing presence.

Sensing that she meant no harm, Jiang Ruan did not open her eyes. The person seemed to notice Jiang Ruan's actions and knew that she was pretending to be asleep, but was not in a hurry. She sat on the tea chair next to her bed and quietly watched her.

After half an hour of this stalemate, the person sitting down finally lost patience.

She muttered to herself, "How can this woman sleep so much?" Looking at Jiang Ruanlian's exhausted appearance, she couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.

However, she knew she couldn't let Jiang Ruan fall asleep again; that was not the outcome she wanted.

So she sighed softly, stood up, and carefully walked to Jiang Ruan's bedside. She hesitated for a moment, then finally reached out her elbow and gently nudged Jiang Ruan.

Jiang Ruan suddenly opened her eyes and immediately became fully awake...

"Who exactly are you? You must be the one Du Chong is talking about, the woman in black, the Soul Stone?" Jiang Ruan asked as soon as she came up, which startled the woman.

He then laughed and said, "If you say that, I'll think you care about me and are concerned about me. But we've never met, so I'm afraid I'll really misunderstand what you're saying."

Jiang Ruan was surprised that the other party would think in such a shameless way, and immediately felt bored.

He turned over and lay back down.

"Hey!" The woman, who was about to make a few more jokes, was completely confused by Jiang Ruan's actions and quickly changed the subject: "The Soul Stone was stolen, and the people above suspect that it was done by people from Dongzhou, so they called me over to check."

Seeing that she had gotten to the point, Jiang Ruan stood up and looked directly at her, saying, "Then why did you spread rumors about me, saying that I was dead? That's not funny at all."

The woman lowered her head, a hint of sadness flashing in her eyes: "Three days ago, someone told me that this method could quickly find the Soul Stone, so I came to you. I'm truly sorry for the intrusion. But what I really want is to cooperate with you, and through this cooperation, I hope you can help me find the Soul Stone."

The woman spoke with such seriousness that Jiang Ruan couldn't help but harbor doubts again.

Who is it?

"A man."

"A man? Do you know his name? Or where he's from?"

"I'm sorry, we parted so abruptly, I know nothing about it."

After a series of questions, Jiang Ruan realized that this person knew nothing at all.

Just as Jiang Ruan was thinking of another reason after the clues had run dry, the woman stood up and said, "Although I don't know this man, one thing is very clear to me: I came here for you, and you are the person I'm looking for."

"What?" Jiang Ruan felt that things were a bit outrageous.

"You should know who you are."

"This..." The woman hesitated for a moment, put her hands behind her back, and gazed out the window into deep thought.

It took him a long time to turn around...

"I can tell you, but you must promise me that you will help me find the Soul Stone, because only you can find it, in the whole world, only you can."

The woman spoke with such earnestness that it seemed to her almost fanatical sense of sacred worship.

"Me?" Jiang Ruan didn't quite understand when she had become so capable that she could find something she only had a vague impression of on her own.

“You have a spatial dimension, and Wen Yu is in your hands, right!” The woman pointed to Jiang Ruan’s neck, where there was a spatial mark from the past.

"You know?" Jiang Ruan didn't intend to hide it, because if the woman could clearly say Wen Yu's name, it meant that she knew.

Therefore, there's no point in hiding it.

"That's right, but I suppose Wen Yu wouldn't want to see me. It seems there's some conflict between us."

【Master, don't pay attention to her, don't believe her. She's lying. I have no conflict with her, she's just not a good person. Master, don't be fooled by her.】

江阮还没说什么，温玉就开始嚷嚷起来。