"Back then, I said that stone was the Chen family's future heirloom, and you even called me a stingy old man!" Chen Song said with a helpless smile as he recalled the past.
Chen Xinghuai recalled what had happened, then hurriedly took out a dark stone. He asked in confusion, "But this is just an ordinary stone."
"ha!"
Chen Song smiled and shook his head. He took the stone and said slowly, "If you had called me 'father' back then, I would have told you everything. But instead of hearing that, I was chased by the men you brought!"
"What do you mean?" Chen Xinghuai didn't understand at all.
"I named you Chen Xinghuai hoping you would have the world in your heart, but I never expected that you wouldn't even have the heart to care about family, let alone the world!" Chen Song said, withdrawing his right hand. Just now, he had been cut by the God-Slaying Spear and had two huge cuts on his hand while protecting Chen Xinghuai, and blood was flowing out continuously.
"Is this the Holy Blood Spirit Pearl?" Jiang Yuan was unsure. Although Chen Song's meaning was clear—this dark stone was the Holy Blood Spirit Pearl that the Holy Spirits wanted—even the Heavenly Eye could not identify its identity.
“That coffin buried an extraordinary person, and his possessions were extraordinary too! If I hadn’t buried him out of kindness, this bead might never have appeared!” Chen Song said, smearing his blood onto the dark stone.
This scene caught Jiang Yuan's eye; the stone flashed with a bloody light before returning to calm.
"Wait a moment!" Chen Song said calmly. More and more blood was flowing from his wound, until it gushed out. All the blood disappeared without a trace after touching the dark stone.
"That's really amazing!"
Jiang Yuan's Heavenly Eye noticed something amiss; the previously unremarkable dark stone was now exhibiting increasingly powerful energy fluctuations.
"This is the Holy Blood Spirit Pearl!" Chen Xinghuai was stunned. He said in a daze, "So you gave me your most precious thing all along, but..."
"I just didn't cherish it!"
Tears welled up in Chen Xinghuai's eyes.
Blood kept flowing, and Chen Song's face turned pale.
"Father, stop bleeding him! You'll die if this continues!" Chen Xinghuai finally noticed Chen Song's abnormal condition; his face was pale and his spirit was completely depleted.
"Shut up!" Jiang Yuan slammed the barrel of his spear into his chest and said coldly, "Didn't you always hope your father would die? Now that he's dead, wouldn't this Holy Blood Spirit Orb be just the right way to save your life!"
"This..." Chen Xinghuai was speechless for a moment.
"Stop pretending. All you want is to live. You don't need your father!" Jiang Yuan provoked.
"I have another secret you don't know. If I tell you, could you spare us for the sake of the Holy Blood Spirit Pearl?" Chen Xinghuai suddenly said excitedly.
Jiang Yuan said, "That depends on what kind of secret it is!"
"The organization that has approached me for cooperation this time is the Wuxiang Pavilion. I know where they are hiding!"
As soon as Chen Xinghuai finished speaking, the Holy Blood Spirit Orb appeared, and Chen Song fainted due to excessive blood loss.
"Continue!" Jiang Yuan grabbed the Holy Blood Spirit Orb and commanded.
Although Chen Xinghuai was worried, he knew that his father was still alive, so he could only continue talking.
After Chen Xinghuai finished explaining everything, Jiang Yuan flicked his finger and put a pill into Chen Song's mouth.
“You can live, but only if this matter is completely over before I let you leave!” Jiang Yuan pointed to the Nanguishan Pagoda.
Just as Chen Song and Chen Xinghuai were worried about whether Jiang Yuan would kill them to silence them, the air raid sirens suddenly blared throughout the southern part of the city.
"Air raid siren!" Ning Yanlan looked towards the north gate.
The urgent alarm sounded throughout the city in just a few seconds.
"Could it be another ninth-tier spirit beast attack?!"
Three days ago, the same warning was issued, and then the ninth-tier spirit beasts crossed the defense line and launched a devastating attack on the southern city.
"This is the alien race's revenge!" Chen Xinghuai looked at the fire-stricken area in horror. He recalled, "The alien race that asked me to find the Holy Blood Spirit Pearl said that it was a treasure worth attacking, and that they could only succeed and not fail!"
"A beast tide attack controlled by the Holy Spirit Clan?" Jiang Yuan frowned and pondered.
This is not impossible. The Holy Spirit Beasts belong to the Holy Spirit Clan, and those monsters are even more so. A single command from the Holy Spirit is enough to make them fight desperately, regardless of life or death.
“The alarm is blaring the most urgently at the North Gate. They must be under a lot of pressure there. Should we go and help?” Ning Yanlan asked worriedly.
After careful consideration, Jiang Yuan grabbed Chen Song and Chen Xinghuai, one in each hand, and flew straight to the tower.
"You two had better not try anything funny and just stay here. Otherwise, there are plenty of people outside who will kill you!" Jiang Yuan said solemnly.
"What about me?" Ning Yanlan gestured to herself.
"This situation is too dangerous. You stay here with Tianhuntong, I'm going to help!"
Jiang Yuan didn't want to take Ning Yanlan on any risks, and as for the Chen family father and son, she and Tianhun Tong were fully capable of handling the situation.
"I want to go too!" Ning Yanlan hesitated before refusing to stay.
"I've already informed Little Fatty and Leng Yue. This time I won't be acting alone. Little Fatty and I will head to the North Gate. You and Leng Yue stay here!" Jiang Yuan took out a ring. "This is a treasure for repairing the soul. You'll give it to her later!"
Seeing Jiang Yuan's decisiveness, Ning Yanlan pouted and remained silent.
"Alright, I promise to gather all the elemental veins as soon as possible. Then we'll ride horses and swords together, never to be separated again!" Jiang Yuan reassured him.
"That sounds nice, but you'll just leave me all alone again!" Ning Yanlan pouted, dissatisfied.
"How could I leave you alone? Leng Yue and Tian Hun Tong are both here!" Jiang Yuan said speechlessly.
"Alright, go ahead! Otherwise, who knows how many more civilians will die!" Ning Yanlan stopped being stubborn; she really couldn't help much if she went there.
Jiang Yuan nodded, "Okay, Leng Yue will be here in a few minutes. We can contact each other using the communication stone if anything comes up!"
"Let's give each other one last hug!"
Ning Yanlan stepped forward and gave him a tight hug. She subtly slipped something into Jiang Yuan's pocket before returning to the tower.
After walking five kilometers, Jiang Yuan smiled wryly and reached into his pocket, which he hardly ever carried.
"This girl is so clever and mischievous, what did she slip me?"
It has to be said that Ning Yanlan knows him very well. He has never had the habit of putting things in his pockets, so if she put something in there, he most likely wouldn't notice.
However, Ning Yanlan made a mistake. She didn't know that Jiang Yuan possessed a freakish ability like the Heavenly Eye, so it was actually difficult for her to hide such small actions from his perception.
"What's this?"
Jiang Yuan took out the object from his pocket. It was a badge with no other patterns on it, just a simple character for "saint".
"Could this be a talisman? But why would Yanlan give it to me secretly? Could it be that her words don't work?" Although Jiang Yuan had some doubts, he was overjoyed. It was a very happy thing to be cared for by the person he loved.
"Brother Yuan, are you seeing a ghost? Why are you standing at the crossroads grinning like an idiot in the middle of the night?"
A teasing voice rang out from behind.
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