A terrifying aura of assassination intent erupted in the room.
Not only Lin Songbai, but Su Luo as well!
Even the killing intent radiating from Su Luo was stronger than that of Lin Songbai´s.
But even so, Su Luo was not so overwhelmed by hatred that he´d lost his rationality.
He remained clear-headed and asked, "Old Master Lin, what is the Jade Ruyi that Geng Zhenwu mentioned?"
"The Jade Ruyi..." Lin Songbai said, "I don´t know what secrets lie within it either. I only know that there seems to be something hidden within it."
"After I acquired it, I never figured it out, and eventually, I just stored it away. It´s been at least ten years since I´ve taken it out."
After Lin Songbai finished speaking, he immediately looked at Su Luo and said, "Little Friend Su, I´m going back to Lin Mansion to get the Jade Ruyi and then head to Jiangnan."
This trip to Jiangnan could bring fortune or disaster, and he didn´t plan to take Su Luo with him.
After all, it was his family´s issue, and he didn´t want to involve Su Luo and put him in danger.
"No, I´ll go with you to Jiangnan," Su Luo said.
"But..." Lin Songbai frowned.
Su Luo insisted, "Miss Lin was kidnapped right before my eyes. No matter what, I must contribute my own strength. Otherwise, I will not be able to forgive myself."
A look of admiration flashed in Lin Songbai´s eyes.
He felt increasingly that if Su Luo could become his grandson-in-law, nothing could be better than that.
But before that, he needed to successfully rescue Lin Ruoxi.
Later, Su Luo followed Lin Songbai back to Lin Mansion. Lin Songbai took the Jade Ruyi, and Su Luo changed into a set of clean clothes before rushing off to Jiangnan immediately.
As for the strand of Lin Ruoxi´s hair, Su Luo did not discard it but took it with him instead. He decided to use it once they arrived in Jiangnan to better locate Lin Ruoxi´s position.
...
"Little Friend Su, this is the Jade Ruyi," Lin Songbai said.
On the way to Jiangnan in the car, Lin Songbai took out the Jade Ruyi and handed it to Su Luo.
Su Luo looked at the pure white Jade Ruyi with his Divine Sense sweeping across it but found nothing unusual.
This puzzled Su Luo.
He thought if there was a secret in the Jade Ruyi, maybe it was hidden inside, and maybe his Divine Sense could discover it upon investigation.
But clearly, that was not the case.
However, Su Luo instinctively felt a sense of affinity with the Jade Ruyi.
This feeling was very strange.
Yet no matter how Su Luo searched, he could not find anything special about the Jade Ruyi.
"I can´t see any secret inside it either," Su Luo said honestly, returning the Jade Ruyi to Lin Songbai.
Even if he felt an affinity with the Jade Ruyi, it was intended for rescuing Lin Ruoxi, and Su Luo would not contemplate usurping it.
...
After several hours of high-speed travel, Su Luo and Lin Songbai finally arrived in Jiangnan.
It was already evening when they reached the vicinity of the Geng Residence in Jiangnan.
"Little Friend Su, you hold on to the Jade Ruyi and wait for my message here," Lin Songbai said. Concerned for Lin Ruoxi´s safety, he handed the Jade Ruyi to Su Luo before planning to visit the Geng Family.
But Su Luo stopped him.
"Old Master Lin, please wait a moment," Su Luo said.
"What is it?" Lin Songbai looked at Su Luo.
Su Luo took out that strand of Lin Ruoxi´s hair, snipped off a small section, and gently pinched it between two fingers. The small section of hair started to burn.
Simultaneously, Su Luo forced a drop of blood from his fingertip and merged it with the hair.
Soon, the burning hair combined with Su Luo´s blood and pointed out a direction in mid-air.
"What kind of method is this?" Lin Songbai was astonished.
It looked like something that those street sorcerers would do, but Su Luo was clearly a Martial Artist and was unlikely to resort to such tricks at this time.
"Old Lin, the Geng Residence is in that direction, and Miss Lin is in this direction... This means that Miss Lin is not inside the Geng Residence," Su Luo said in a grave voice.
"Are you sure?" Even though Lin Songbai trusted Su Luo greatly, he couldn´t help but doubt at this moment.
"Positive!" Su Luo nodded. This was a Spell from The Cultivation World that could track a person using their hair or blood.
Of course, this wouldn´t work on powerful Cultivators.
Lin Songbai´s brow furrowed slightly.
"Little Friend Su, you go and find Ruoxi according to your judgment, and I´ll go to the Geng Family!" In the end, Lin Songbai made a decision to act on both fronts.
"All right," Su Luo agreed without any hesitation.
Lin Ruoxi had been kidnapped for half a day, and Su Luo was extremely worried. Even though the kidnapper said they were a woman and Lin Ruoxi would not be in harm’s way within a day, Su Luo couldn´t really rest easy.
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