Chapter 353 - 233: Weak Spatial Affinity

Chapter 353: Chapter 233: Weak Spatial Affinity

Ma Pei didn’t seem to care. "It’s for the best if you have that kind of skill!"

He was just curious about the other party’s methods. At this stage, he wouldn’t dare take these two treasures even if they were given to him. Cheng Jinlong could sever the connection between the four treasures, but he couldn’t.

Before leaving, Cheng Jinlong asked, "What’s the name of that prodigy who came?"

"Yu Fei!"

"Yu Fei?"

Cheng Jinlong stopped in his tracks. The name seemed to stir a distant memory: the Illuminati, Di Yunliang... Dust Sacrifice...

"You know him?"

Ma Pei asked curiously.

Cheng Jinlong flatly denied it. "Someone of our status, how could we possibly know a person like that? Heh heh..."

But he took a hard drag from his cigarette, smashed the butt on the ground, and then turned and leaped into the boundless night. As he ran, the cultivation of the Inner Qi Realm was on full display.

Meanwhile, Yu Fei followed close behind like a ghost. With his Illusory Sword Intent concealing him, there was no way the two could discover him.

’This person clearly knows me. How strange. I’m pretty sure I’ve never dealt with people like this before!’ he thought as he watched Cheng Jinlong’s figure, his memory drawing a complete blank.

His mind raced. Shenhan University was practically a closed-off environment; he had almost no contact with Martial Artists from the outside world. ’If I ever crossed paths with trash like this... could it be the remnants of the Illuminati?’

’It has to be!’ He focused his senses. Cheng Jinlong’s footwork was clumsy, and his foundation reeked of a foul, bloody stench—the kind that only came from cannibalistic blood sacrifices.

Yu Fei’s killing intent began to rise, but he continued to follow, hoping to catch the person pulling the strings from behind.

Cheng Jinlong didn’t head for the place Ma Pei had mentioned. Instead, he kept changing his destination, finally entering a bubble tea shop in a dark alley.

The bubble tea shop was interesting. Its menu was extremely limited, offering only pearl milk tea. The only options were to add ice or sugar, and there weren’t even different cup sizes.

Pearl Milk Tea: 30 yuan. Add Sugar: 3 yuan. Add Ice: 3 yuan.

’Who would buy this stuff?’

Following Cheng Jinlong to the second floor, he discovered more than a dozen private rooms of various sizes. Each one had a mahjong table, and the rooms were even soundproofed. Very professional.

This hidden mahjong parlor was full of ordinary people, with only a single Inner Qi Realm Martial Artist in the very back.

Cheng Jinlong entered the rearmost private room on the second floor and found a world-weary man with graying hair. This was the sole Martial Artist.

"Manager, I’m back!"

His attitude was extremely respectful!

"Did you get the items?" Although no one was sitting at the mahjong table with the Manager, he had neatly arranged tiles for a four-player game, playing all four hands himself and clearly enjoying it.

"Manager, because I only got the Vast Sea Pearl and the Void-Breaking Jade Pendant, the other party only gave me one million merit points—just half. They said they’ll give us the other million after we get them the Cyan Cloud Ice Platform and the Chaotic Heaven Jade Bell.

They also want me to deliver the two items I have to Xiling City right now."

After a pause, Cheng Jinlong continued.

"I didn’t agree, because that wasn’t part of the original deal. So I demanded an extra 200,000 for the trouble. Manager, the money is all here!"

As he spoke, he transferred the merit points to the Manager. Hiding nearby, Yu Fei noticed that the personal terminal this guy had just taken out was completely different from the one he’d used to receive the payment earlier. He must have swapped them at some point.

The Manager heard the notification that the funds had arrived but showed no reaction. Cheng Jinlong, taking the hint, smartly opened his personal terminal and showed him the transaction history.

Only then did he get up, satisfied, and pat Cheng Jinlong’s shoulder.

"Long, my boy, you’ve got a good head on your shoulders. You didn’t have to report this extra 200,000, but since you’ve been so honest, the organization will remember your loyalty."

Then, he accepted the entire transfer from Cheng Jinlong, before sending 150,000 back to him.

"Full-fledged members of our Night Owl Mansion get a fifty percent cut from missions. But you’re still on probation, so you only get a ten percent share. That should only be 120,000, but I’ll make an executive decision and bump it up to 150,000 for you."

Cheng Jinlong was immediately moved to tears of gratitude. "Manager..."

"No need for all that between brothers. By the way, you said they want you to deliver it to Xiling. Do you know why?"

"Apparently, a prodigy from one of the Seven Greats is here to investigate the matter. They’re probably trying to lay low."

The Manager’s expression turned serious. "Then we can’t delay. You should leave immediately. Don’t come back anytime soon. We’ll meet up directly in Jiangzhou. Once you’ve delivered the items, get out of there. We’re not taking any follow-up jobs on this one!"

Cheng Jinlong feigned confusion. "Manager, are these prodigies really that terrifying?"

The Manager heaved a long sigh. "Sigh, the prodigies themselves aren’t the worst part. The key is that they’re definitely bringing some old geezers along with them, and every single one of them is shameless! It’s best to avoid them if we can."

Cheng Jinlong looked like he wanted to say something but held his tongue. He remembered the blood-red dragon apparition that had shattered the rain-filled sky over Tianning County. ’Looks like I can’t stay with this Night Owl Mansion anymore,’ he thought. ’I’ll leave right after this. I’m not going to Xiling to deliver anything, I’ll just disappear.’

At this thought, Cheng Jinlong cursed himself inwardly. ’If I had known, I never would have given that guy the 1.2 million.’

"Oh, right. Take out that... what was it, Vast Sea Pearl and that broken Jade Pendant. Let me have a look. I want to see what kind of things these relics of a Martial Saint really are!"

The Manager couldn’t hide his curiosity. A low-level Martial Artist like him rarely had the chance to come into contact with such things.

Cheng Jinlong wasn’t afraid. No one but him could sever the connection between the Four Treasures of Jade Refinement. He nonchalantly pretended to pull the items from his pocket.

At that moment, Yu Fei, still hiding, held his breath and focused his senses, unwilling to miss the slightest fluctuation.

Finally, he detected an extremely faint spatial fluctuation that seemed to emanate from Cheng Jinlong!

’This...’ Yu Fei’s pupils contracted!

With his abilities, Yu Fei could see right through Cheng Jinlong. When he was in the third realm, he had clearly cultivated using the lowest-grade method of condensing acupoints and clearing meridians. He should have had no hope of ever advancing to the Inner Qi Realm.