Jiang Wanwan found a chain hotel. The hotel looked nice, and she didn't care about the details. Her goal was simply to find a place where she could cultivate in peace.
"There's a small amount of spiritual energy here. Time waits for no one, I must cultivate!"
Jiang Wanwan crossed her legs, closed her eyes, adjusted her breathing, and entered a meditative state.
At the same time, Elder Xia also began a new round of herb farming, carefully tending to each medicinal herb.
Perhaps because Yuncheng is mountainous and less polluted, the spiritual energy here is purer and richer than in other places. After a night of cultivation, Jiang Wanwan's previously stagnant cultivation level actually broke through! She successfully advanced to the third level of Qi Refining, and even advanced two levels in one go!
The next day, in Yuncheng Village, Jiang Wanwan found the Luyuan Jade Processing Factory at the address provided by Li Chengfeng.
Jiang Wanwan was about to step into the factory to look for someone.
"Hey! What are you doing? I'm talking to you."
Jiang Wanwan looked up and saw a security guard shouting at her from not far away.
"Brother, I'm looking for someone. Do you have a man named Li Shan around here?"
Jiang Wanwan blinked her big eyes and looked at the security guard with a sincere expression.
The security guard, a young man, blushed under Jiang Wanwan's gaze and stammered, "Wait here, I'll go and call someone for you. Strangers aren't allowed into the factory."
Not long after, a middle-aged man with a stubble beard came out, and upon closer inspection, his eyes were bloodshot.
It seems he must have learned of his daughter's death from the authorities!
"You're looking for me?" Li Shan looked at the incredibly beautiful girl in front of him, who didn't seem like someone he knew at all, and asked with a puzzled expression.
"To be precise, Li Chengfeng sent me to find you!"
"Ah Feng? You know Ah Feng?"
"Hmm... She disappeared on her way home for winter break. No one in her family reported her missing to the police station, and no one at the school cared about it either. You must have heard about that shocking case that happened at Qingshan Middle School a while ago, right? Li Chengfeng asked me to pass on a message to you and your wife."
Li Shan's face was filled with pain and regret. He kept blaming himself for not bringing his child with him and for not going home to visit more often.
"Li Chengfeng asked me to tell you not to leave your younger brother alone at home anymore. She doesn't blame you!" Li Shan's voice was slightly choked up when he heard Jiang Wanwan's words.
Li Shan finally broke down in tears, and Jiang Wanwan then noticed that the man, who was only in his early forties, already had half of his hair turned white.
"She will be very happy in her next life!"
Master Xia said that the spirits who have been saved by the Rebirth Mantra will have priority in choosing their next reincarnation.
"I'm sorry, I lost my temper! Why don't you come to my house for a while? We've already brought Ah Feng's younger brother to live with us, and we'll send him to a local school in a while."
"Uncle, no need! I just want to ask you something!"
"you say!"
Where do people usually buy raw stones?
“There are relatively few rough stones here in Yuncheng. There are a few large mines near the border, and there’s a fairly large jade gambling market.” Li Shan thought for a moment, then kindly added, “That market is next to a no-man’s-land, with a complex distribution of power and a mix of all sorts of people. It’s best if you don’t go there. If you only need a small amount, I can get you in touch with our boss.”
"Does your factory source all its jade from over there?"
"Yes! Our boss has a fixed supply chain. Every time he goes there to pick up goods, he has to hire mercenaries to escort him, otherwise he can't get out of that area."
"Thank you, Uncle. I understand. I was just asking!"
After parting ways with Li Shan, Jiang Wanwan returned to her hotel, first calling to let him know she was safe, and then continuing her meditation to solidify her cultivation.
The next day, Jiang Wanwan woke up from her meditation.
“Master, let’s go check out that no-man’s-land. Maybe there’s a spiritual vein in that large mineral vein.”
“The jade does indeed contain a lot of spiritual energy, and it is very likely that it has a spiritual vein.”
After a long and bumpy bus ride, we finally arrived in Damian Town.
"Wow, you have such great skin! Are you here to apply for a live streamer job too?"
Jiang Wanwan looked at the girl in front of her. She looked like she had just come of age, but she was dressed very maturely. Bright red lips, chestnut wavy hair, a red short skirt, and 5-centimeter high heels were completely out of place on the muddy ground.
"Apply for a job?" Jiang Wanwan asked curiously. What kind of job could one apply for in such a desolate place?
"Yes, I saw on the internet that this jade club is hiring jade commentators and live streamers. I happened to be majoring in this in college, so I came here to give it a try."
"ah?"
"I never imagined that a place where jade is produced wouldn't even bother to fix the roads properly, how could it attract people!"
The girl in red took out a pair of flat shoes from her bag and put them on while complaining and making a phone call.
Jiang Wanwan felt that things were not as simple as the girl said. She spread her divine sense and saw that several men around her were secretly looking in their direction.
"Don't you think it's a scam?"
"What?" The girl had just finished telling the person on the other end of the phone her location when a group of tall, burly men surrounded her.
A group of people first surrounded the two, roughly snatched the phone from the girl in red, then carried Jiang Wanwan and the other girl into a van, all in less than three seconds.
Jiang Wanwan was really curious whether these people were in cahoots with the people from Qing Shi Middle School, so she gave up resisting.
"Aaaaaah! Who are you? What do you want?" the girl in red screamed, struggling as she went.
The man with a long scar on his face slapped the girl in red hard, then pinched her chin with one hand and looked at her repeatedly.
"You're pretty, but be obedient, or you'll suffer a lot!"
The girl in red's face instantly swelled up, and tears streamed down her face. She began to regret not being smart enough to listen to the advice of her family and friends.
"Scarface, this one is the real deal!" the henchman holding Jiang Wanwan's wrist exclaimed.
"Good job! Liangzi, I'll promote you to team leader when we get back."
The man called Scarface was the one with a scar on his face. At this moment, he was staring at Jiang Wanwan with shining eyes, wondering who to sell such a good piece of goods to.
"Wang Liang, it's you! It really is you! You lied to me?" The girl in the red dress glared resentfully at the person next to Jiang Wanwan.
"Haha! Who told you to be so gullible! Ye Xiaoxiao, now that we're here, as your old classmate, I have a piece of advice for you: be smart, or I can't guarantee you'll be alive tomorrow."
"Wang Liang, you refused to date me in the first place, so why are you trying to kill me like this?"
The men in the car immediately started jeering and whistling.
"Hey! You two have a history!" Scarface joked in a good mood, then added casually, "Liangzi, this woman is yours tonight. You know what to do!"
The henchmen standing nearby were green with envy, planning to have a good talk with Wang Liang later. Even if they couldn't have the meat, they could at least have some soup!
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