“Ring ring…”
Suddenly, a sharp and urgent cell phone ring pierced the air. Chu Miaoyi quickly picked up her phone and saw it was a call from Captain Lin.
“There’s an emergency. Get to the crossroads in the north of the city immediately—Wang Yong is in trouble.” As soon as Chu Miaoyi pressed the answer key, Lin Captain’s urgent voice came through.
Before Chu Miaoyi could fully react, he had already hung up.
Clearly, Lin Captain was in a hurry to notify others.
Chu Miaoyi immediately relayed the news to Lin Xue, who, upon learning of the urgent task, quickly turned the car around and sped northward.
“Brother Shui, where did they go?”
Chen Bing had been chatting idly with Shui Miao when he suddenly noticed the police car turning around.
Shui Miao frowned slightly, “Maybe… they have a mission. It doesn’t matter anyway—it’s probably better they don’t follow us.”
“Oh…”
Chen Bing didn’t seem to mind.
Money makes the world go round. Shui Miao bought two packs of cigarettes and asked the factory security guard to fetch Chen Xiang. Originally, Chen Xiang had planned to visit Shui Miao before dark, but now seeing that Shui had woken up and even come in a car, she was both surprised and delighted. After chatting in the car for a while, Shui Miao mentioned his idea of taking Chen Xiang to open a shop in Zhonghai City.
Shui Miao had assumed Chen Xiang would be eager to join him.
To his great surprise, however, Chen Xiang shook her head and said, “Brother, I won’t go. The factory’s doing well, and my salary has increased. I’m living comfortably now. Besides, I don’t want to leave. If I just left like this, my mother would be heartbroken. I’m relieved knowing you’re doing well.”
…
Shui Miao was stunned, feeling it was very unexpected. Why had Chen Xiang’s attitude changed so much?
Chen Xiang smiled gently and softly said, “Brother, don’t worry about me. I’m grown up now. I work during the day and rest at night. My job isn’t tiring, and I’m doing just fine. It’s you who needs to take good care of yourself when you’re out there alone.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Bing quickly responded, “Hey, don’t forget about me! I can look after Brother Shui.”
“Haha, Brother Chen Bing, then I’ll leave my brother in your care.” Chen Xiang smiled again at Chen Bing. “Oh, I still have work to do. You two go ahead and do what you need to. Just give me your phone number.”
“Alright then…”
Shui Miao reached out and took Chen Bing’s phone. “Chen Bing, I’ll buy you an identical one later. Let’s give this one to Chen Xiang for now.”
“Sure, no problem.”
After Chen Bing realized what was happening, he nodded quickly and handed over the charger as well.
Chen Xiang had originally wanted to refuse the phone, but after some persuasion from Shui Miao and Chen Bing, she eventually accepted it.
Watching Chen Xiang leave, Shui Miao thought to himself that it made sense—Chen Xiang was doing well now. If he took her away, could he really guarantee she would be happy? It would be better to wait until he had made some money and then return to provide a good life for everyone.
Holding the phone, Chen Xiang felt warmth in her heart.
Now that her brother was doing fine, she could feel at ease.
In fact, the reason Chen Xiang had changed her mind and decided to stay was because she had fallen in love. The factory’s director, Mr. He, had introduced her to a boyfriend who was a teacher. The young man was honest, kind to her, and his family owned two houses. They also looked very well-matched together.
As Shui Miao drove away, his phone suddenly rang.
It was a call from Wang Yong.
He pressed answer, but it was his grandfather’s voice that came through, “Shui Miao, Wang Yong has gone mad with the power. The police are here now—you must not come over. Stay away, or you’ll get caught up in something you can’t explain.”
“Mad with power!” Shui Miao was shocked. “What exactly happened?”
“Beep beep beep…”
Grandfather Xiong hung up the phone.
Shui Miao’s eyebrows furrowed. How could this be? Could his godfather Wang Yong really have gone mad so quickly after starting to cultivate energy?
Could it be that Grandfather had harmed Wang Yong in an attempt to seize the spiritual energy within the jade?
No, I must go see for myself.
As these thoughts raced through his mind, Shui Miao immediately turned the car around and headed back.
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Zhao Qiang, who had been assigned to monitor Wang Yong, suddenly noticed Wang acting erratically in the yard, smashing things around. He quickly called Captain Lin to report.
Captain Lin arrived with his team and entered the courtyard, attempting to subdue Wang Yong, but Wang struck out with one arm and sent Lin flying.
Wang Yong not only had lost his mind but had also become incredibly strong.
Meanwhile, Xiong Ying was hiding upstairs. After circulating the spiritual energy in his body, he immediately called Shui Miao.
After leaving the restaurant, he had brought Wang Yong back and instructed him to cultivate energy.
Eager to gain power, Xiong Ying had Wang Yong directly take out the jade. Wang inhaled the spiritual energy intensely, causing it to scatter chaotically and rush straight to his head, instantly confusing his mind and making him go mad. Rather than trying to help Wang Yong recover, Xiong Ying selfishly focused solely on cultivating the energy for himself.
Xiong Ying was thrilled to have obtained the spiritual energy.
However, he didn’t know how to use it properly.
He remained hidden upstairs, hoping the police would come and take Wang Yong away.
But Wang Yong fought harder and harder, even managing to match Lin Xue blow for blow!
Strangely enough, although Wang Yong initially suffered from an intense headache, after expending much energy in the fight, he gradually felt better—his mind clearing, his strength growing, and he couldn’t stop fighting.
Lin Xue was sweating all over as the two continued their fierce struggle within the courtyard, while others stayed far behind the door.
Shui Miao arrived in his car.
Chu Miaoyi welcomed Shui Miao into the courtyard. Seeing Wang Yong’s condition, Shui Miao shouted loudly, “Godfather, you’ve messed up your energy cultivation! Don’t stop now—if you stop, the energy will gather in your brain and you’ll risk going mad. Listen to me now, follow my method to circulate the energy while moving your body, and I guarantee you’ll soon restore balance.”
Shui Miao shouted loudly.
Wang Yong heard clearly.
Shui Miao didn’t fully follow the method his grandfather had taught for guiding the energy. Instead, he taught Wang Yong a very simple energy-gathering technique based on his own understanding.
Xiong Ying, listening from upstairs, actually felt relieved. He shook his head with a slight smile, muttering to himself, “Wang Yong, it seems you’re destined to suffer this calamity! But perhaps it’s better this way—if you don’t die, you’ll come back for the spiritual energy, and what would I have left to give you? Hehe… Still, I will be grateful. I’ll burn plenty of paper money for you.”
Xiong Ying believed Wang Yong was doomed.
However, after following Shui Miao’s method to circulate the energy, Wang Yong quickly felt the energy flowing smoothly, gradually gathering in his lower abdomen and settling down.
“Bang!”
Wang Yong punched a hole in the courtyard wall!
“Crash!”
A flowerpot shattered under Wang Yong’s kick.
Wang Yong grew increasingly powerful, like a descending deity, his strength infused with spiritual energy, unstoppable and indestructible.
Lin Xue couldn’t keep up, dodging left and right, never having looked so disheveled before.
“Shui Miao, I feel like I can control the spiritual energy freely now!”
Wang Yong suddenly shouted excitedly.
“Spiritual energy!”
At those two words, everyone was momentarily stunned.
Shui Miao felt frustrated—his godfather shouldn’t have said those words. He had deliberately referred to it as “qigong” earlier, but now Wang had let the cat out of the bag.
Lin Xue and Chu Miaoyi were also surprised, because Shui Miao had previously told them about cultivating spiritual energy. Now, seeing it with their own eyes, they believed his words even more.
Captain Lin and his team thought immediately of the antique containing spiritual energy.
Hearing Wang Yong speak coherently again, Xiong Ying was even more shocked.
“Alright, no more talking—adjust your mood, control your emotions, start running on the spot, and gradually calm down. If you can control the energy, draw it back into your lower abdomen.”
After instructing Wang Yong on how to contain the energy, Shui Miao turned and walked toward the house.
Seeing this, Captain Lin signaled Chu Miaoyi to follow inside.
As they reached the foot of the stairs, Shui Miao suddenly stopped.
Because he had sensed a pure spiritual energy permeating the air.
Shui Miao, who had no intention of cultivating, found his body automatically responding to the spiritual energy as he inhaled it.
“Shui Miao, what’s wrong?”
Seeing Shui Miao stop, Chu Miaoyi curiously asked.
Shui Miao’s mind raced. Without answering Chu Miaoyi, he quickly stepped back a few paces.
“Ahh!”
Suddenly, Xiong Ying upstairs let out a scream.
“Grandfather…”
Shui Miao’s heart tightened. Without thinking, he rushed upstairs.
In reality, however, Xiong Ying had faked the collapse to save face and avoid future confrontation with Wang Yong.
As Shui Miao rushed upstairs, he saw his grandfather lying on the floor, legs flailing, trembling all over. He quickly grabbed his wrist to feel his pulse, only to discover that his grandfather’s pulse was perfectly normal—meaning he had been faking it!
Grandfather, why have you become this kind of person?
At that moment, Shui Miao stood frozen!
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