Chapter 1799 - 2101: Soul Stone (4)
"I’ve found out where He Honggang is."
"Where is he?"
Ling Chen pulled out his phone and sent over the address Tian Xiong had sent him to the two of them.
"This is... Yangcheng?"
"It’s more than just Yangcheng." Ling Chen said in a low voice, "The address up there is the Jiang Family in Yangcheng."
"The Jiang Family?" He Ziyun was startled, and said, "Wasn’t the Jiang Family wiped out? Last time you told us, it seemed like the Jiang Family was exterminated by people from Netherworld Snake. So why would people from the Dark Pavilion show up there?"
"I find it strange too. Maybe Netherworld Snake and the Dark Pavilion have reached some sort of cooperation."
"What are you planning to do now?" Tong Zhentian asked, "Do you want us to go to Yangcheng with you?"
Ling Chen shook his head and said, "This isn’t easy to handle. Even if we go, it’s useless. The old bro isn’t here, and just with the few of us, even if we find He Honggang, what if he refuses to hand over the thing? We can’t just go head‑to‑head with him."
"Where did Mr. Ling go?"
"How would I know." Ling Chen felt a bit of a headache. His own old ancestor always drops the ball at critical moments, it was really speechless.
As he was thinking, Ling Chen’s gaze suddenly fell on those two members of the Guardian Clan. That’s it! His eyes lit up. He didn’t have enough strength to clash with He Honggang, but the Guardian Clan people did. As long as they could get that body and the Soul Stone back, Du Yunzhi should be willing to provide some help.
Thinking of this, he immediately took the two tagalongs and rushed to Du Yunzhi’s place.
After he explained the situation, Du Yunzhi thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "All right, I can help you, but you have to give me two days to prepare. I still need to transfer some people over from Qiu Nanshan."
"No problem." Ling Chen was secretly overjoyed. As long as Du Yunzhi was willing to make a move, all the problems could be easily solved.
...
At this moment, in the secret laboratory located in the Jiang Family estate in Yangcheng, He Honggang was standing outside the lab constructed of transparent glass, watching the busy researchers inside, a hint of excitement in his eyes.
A few of those researchers were wearing gloves, carefully holding a piece of dark green stone, then slowly placing it into a machine.
Once the dark green stone was set in place, one of the researchers immediately activated the machine. Instantly, a beam of light rapidly condensed inside the machine, like a laser, shooting onto that stone. At the same time, data kept popping up on the electronic screen beside them.
After quite a while, the beam gradually faded. A researcher took the freshly recorded data, examined it carefully, and a trace of excitement appeared on his face.
"Mr. He." The man looked at He Honggang outside the glass and said, "This thing is incredible. According to the data, this tiny stone actually contains a tremendous amount of energy."
"Do you know what it is?"
"We’re not sure yet. I still have to analyze its material. And I’m not clear on the components of the energy it contains; we need to do further research."
"No need to waste time." Just then, a voice came from behind He Honggang.
He Honggang turned his head and saw Chen Younian walking up from the back. The man came up to the front, stared at that dark green stone, and said, "If you want to know what that stone is, I can tell you."
"You know?" There was clear surprise in He Honggang’s tone.
Chen Younian smiled, and on his own took out a delicate box from his pocket. As the lid opened, a dark green stone immediately appeared before He Honggang’s eyes. This stone was clearly the same type as the one in the lab, only the size and shape were different.
"Where did you get this thing?" He Honggang couldn’t help asking. He remembered clearly that when they escaped from Qiu Nanshan, only he had carried out a corpse; Chen Younian hadn’t stolen any bodies from the burial complex.
"I took it from the Jiang Family." Chen Younian said, "The Jiang Family kept this stone for many years. They’d always been secretly researching it, but didn’t make much progress. Later, one of the Jiang Family members joined Netherworld Snake, and it was from her that I learned about the existence of this stone. However, I only knew this stone was extremely mysterious; I didn’t know how it formed. But from the previous dissection experiments, this kind of stone should be produced in the human body."
"In the body?" He Honggang’s heart stirred; he seemed to have guessed something, and a look of realization appeared on his face.
"After this stone came into my hands, I’ve been studying it, trying to uncover its secret. Later I discovered that as long as you carry it on you and then circulate your Cultivation Technique, you can draw power from inside it and enhance your own strength." As he spoke, Chen Younian gripped that dark green stone and took a deep breath.
In an instant, his eyes actually started to take on a faint green hue, looking extremely eerie.
Seeing Chen Younian’s transformation, He Honggang was shocked on the spot and exclaimed, "Isn’t that the same change as Du Yunzhi?"
"Exactly!" Chen Younian nodded and said, "I already found it strange when I fought her that day. It wasn’t until you dissected that stone out of the corpse that I confirmed my suspicion was right. Mr. He, if every corpse in that burial complex has this kind of stone, just think..."
"I get it." He Honggang laughed heartily, looking very pleased. "Seems my judgment was spot on. That burial complex really does hide a lot of secrets." Pausing, he then asked, "How much power does this stone contain?"
"That I don’t know. I don’t want to waste all the power inside it for nothing; after all, I only have one. If we had more of these stones, then we could use them for experiments."
"Looks like we’ll have to make another trip. Mr. Chen, what do you say?"
The two exchanged a glance, and knowing smiles appeared on both their faces.
If they wanted to find more stones, they’d have to go to Qiu Nanshan again. More than ten corpses were buried in that burial complex; if they could extract all the stones inside, it would be a huge windfall for them.
"We definitely have to go to Qiu Nanshan. But if we run into that guy from last time again... what do we do?" He Honggang asked worriedly. The man they’d fought in the cave that day still left him with lingering fear. With his strength, he hadn’t been able to shake the other party in the slightest, which showed just how terrifying the man was.
"That is indeed a problem." Chen Younian nodded. After thinking for a while, he seemed to have an idea and said, "Ling Chen was captured by that group, wasn’t he? We can go find Ling Gengqiu and tell him we’ll help rescue Ling Chen."
After listening to his suggestion, He Honggang couldn’t help but laugh. "That’s actually a good idea."
"But last time, the three of us went and still took a big hit. Just relying on the strength of a few of us is far from enough. In my opinion, we should bring in Su Cheng’en. What do you think? Let those two draw the fire, and you and I slip into the burial complex. As long as we get the stones, we immediately pull out and leave them there to tangle with the Guardian Clan. Even if they get caught, it won’t drag us down."