Chapter 617
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Chapter 617 Soul Stone!
This is a modern villa yard, where a man stands outside, waiting for a while before entering the building.
Soon, purple flames spread throughout the entire villa.
“This is in Xidu, in the Northwest region, the Cheng family’s footage. Similarly, this man killed everyone in the Cheng family and took away a gemstone that their family had collected,” Huai Xu said.
After that, the content of the footage changed again.
This time, there wasn’t just one person in the footage, but two.
They did the same thing as before.
“This is the most recent incident, which happened just seven days ago. This time, the family that was exterminated was the Hong family from the Southwest region, a well-known martial arts family with considerable heritage. This is probably why two people were dispatched this time. In the end, the Hong family was also wiped out, and a gemstone was stolen as well,” Huai Xu said.
Fang Yu watched the footage, his eyes growing increasingly cold.
He could basically confirm that the two people in the footage were remnants of the Purple Flame Palace!
“These three pieces of footage span about three months, roughly once a month,” Huai Xu said. “Three families were exterminated, three gemstones were taken.”
“Obviously, the killings were just incidental. Their target was those gemstones.”
“Afterward, I sent my subordinates to investigate. Although we still don’t know the purpose of these gemstones, we found out where they came from.”
Fang Yu stared intently at Huai Xu.
“There are four of these stones in total. They first appeared at a large auction. At this auction, these four gemstones didn’t receive particularly high attention and were auctioned off as ordinary collectibles.”
“Later, they were purchased by four different people: the previously mentioned Huang family, Cheng family, and Hong family.”
“The last gemstone was purchased by a businessman named Ji Dongshan from the Jiangnan region,” Huai Xu said calmly.
Ji Dongshan!?
Hearing this name, Fang Yu was startled.
Isn’t that Ji Rumei’s father?
Ji Dongshan… the Ji family!
These two Purple Flame Palace remnants’ next target must be the Ji family!
Fang Yu’s eyes sharpened.
“Judging by these two people’s pace, they haven’t discovered the auction lead,” Huai Xu said. “Otherwise, they should have been able to collect all four gemstones quickly, without taking so much time.”
Now, the situation was very clear.
Fang Yu only needed to wait at the Ji family’s home to catch those two Purple Flame Palace remnants!
“Thank you, Huai Xu,” Fang Yu stood up and said.
“You never need to thank me, this is what I owe you,” Huai Xu said. “If I were to die now, my only regret would probably be not being able to repay the kindness you’ve shown me.”
“There you go again,” Fang Yu shook his head and raised his right hand, activating the Void Ring.
“Next time you come, let’s play a game of chess before you leave. We’ll skip it this time,” Huai Xu said.
“No problem.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a light emanated from Fang Yu’s body, and he disappeared from the wooden cabin.
Huai Xu stood up, hands behind his back, walked to the door of the cabin, looked at the green, vibrant mountains outside, and sighed heavily.
…
Fang Yu didn’t return to Nandu, but teleported directly to Jiangcheng.
Since the college entrance examination, he hadn’t returned here.
Fang Yu stood at the entrance of the Ji family home and called Ji Rumei.
“Mr. Fang?” Ji Rumei’s tone was somewhat surprised, because Fang Yu had never called her before.
“Are you at home now? I need to see you about something,” Fang Yu said.
It was just before 8 AM, very early in the morning.
Ji Rumei had just woken up and hadn’t gotten out of bed yet.
“…I’m at home. May I ask what Mr. Fang wants…” Ji Rumei replied.
“I’m at your front door right now,” Fang Yu said.
“Ah!? I… I’ll come let you in right away,” Ji Rumei immediately jumped out of bed upon hearing this.
Fang Yu waited at the Ji family’s entrance for about five minutes before seeing Ji Rumei, wearing a military coat, rushing over.
“Mr. Fang, I’m sorry to have kept you waiting,” Due to the urgency, Ji Rumei had only managed to quickly wash up. Under her military coat was still a nightgown, her hair wasn’t even combed, let alone makeup.
“Did you just wake up?” Fang Yu glanced at Ji Rumei’s face, then immediately shifted his gaze, saying.
“Yes… I’m very sorry,” Ji Rumei’s face reddened as she lowered her head.
She knew that without makeup, she probably didn’t look good right now.
Little did she know that in Fang Yu’s eyes, she looked even more like Leng Xunshuang from years ago.
Afterward, Fang Yu followed Ji Rumei into the Ji family villa and sat on the sofa in the living room.
“Did your father once purchase a gemstone? I need to see this gemstone,” Fang Yu said.
“A gemstone?” Ji Rumei’s eyebrows slightly furrowed as she said, “I’m not clear about this… I’ll have to ask my father, he’s currently on a business trip abroad.”
“Please ask him, this is very important,” Fang Yu said.
“Alright, Mr. Fang, please wait a moment.” After pouring Fang Yu a cup of tea, Ji Rumei immediately called Ji Dongshan.
Due to the time difference, the country where Ji Dongshan was located was in nighttime, and both his phone and his assistant’s phone were turned off.
“He seems to be resting…” Ji Rumei said.
“That gemstone should be a collectible. Do you know where he usually keeps his collectibles?” Fang Yu asked.
Ji Rumei’s eyes lit up as she said, “Mr. Fang, please follow me.”
Ji Rumei led Fang Yu to the basement, and only after opening three password locks did they enter the room.
Inside the room were several safes, while the rest of the space displayed various luxury collectibles like ceramics and gold items.
On the floor, there were even several bundles of cash.
“Your family is really wealthy,” Fang Yu commented.
“Mr. Fang, please don’t tease us…” Ji Rumei said embarrassedly.
She knew very well that in the eyes of a powerful person like Fang Yu, money had no value whatsoever.
“Mr. Fang, all of my father’s collectibles, except for a few displayed outside, are all here. If you know what the gemstone looks like, you can definitely find it here,” Ji Rumei said.
“I’m not quite sure of its appearance, but most gemstones look similar, right?” Fang Yu said as he released his divine sense.
Soon, he could see all the items in the entire room.
Gemstones…
In various boxes around the room, there were certain amounts of gemstones.
Among them were sapphires, rubies, and crystal-clear diamonds.
But one gemstone caught Fang Yu’s attention.
This gemstone was oval-shaped, mostly red, but in the center, it emitted a faint golden light like flames.
This gemstone radiated a wave of soul power.
“A gemstone with soul power… could this be… a Spirit Origin Stone?” Fang Yu’s eyes narrowed.
The four gemstones that the Purple Flame Palace was looking for… were four Spirit Origin Stones!
The purpose of Spirit Origin Stones was to repair naturally deficient souls, achieving soul completion!
But achieving soul completion wasn’t very useful for cultivators.
So, in the ancient cultivation world, Spirit Origin Stones were mainly used to treat people with damaged souls. No one thought about collecting all four Spirit Origin Stones.
Now, why were the Purple Flame Palace remnants collecting Spirit Origin Stones?
Fang Yu’s eyes turned cold as he walked to the corner of the room.
There was a safe here, and that Spirit Origin Stone was inside it.
“Do you know the password for this safe?” Fang Yu asked, looking at the extremely complex password lock.
Ji Rumei stepped forward, shook her head, and said, “Only my father knows the passwords to these safes.”
“Then I’ll just open it directly,” Fang Yu said.
“Yes, go ahead,” Ji Rumei nodded.
Fang Yu extended his right hand and grabbed the password lock.
“Bang!”
The titanium alloy door of the safe was instantly penetrated by Fang Yu and forcibly opened.
That Spirit Origin Stone was on the second layer inside.
Fang Yu took it out.
Looking at the Spirit Origin Stone, about half the size of a fist, Fang Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.
According to what Huai Xu had said earlier, the Purple Flame Palace remnants didn’t know about the auction lead.
Therefore, their method of finding Spirit Origin Stones must be through some kind of magical tool or technique.
And the reason these tools and techniques could locate Spirit Origin Stones must rely on the special soul power emitted from the stones.
In other words, now Fang Yu only needed to carry this Spirit Origin Stone with him, and the Purple Flame Palace remnants would automatically come to him.
“This time… I will root all of you out.”
Fang Yu gripped the Spirit Origin Stone tightly, emanating killing intent.
