Forty years old, awakening attribute panel

Chapter 299 Extra 023
Time passed to the afternoon of Xingfu Garden. Jiang Sheng hurried back and went to the Western Suburbs Cemetery with Zhou Weiping, who had been waiting for a long time. There, a family memorial service was about to begin. In addition to the families of Zhou Weiping and Zhou Weishan, the eldest sister Zhou Jialing and her husband Tang Zhenfu had also returned. In this solemn occasion, the interaction between Jiang Sheng and Zhou Weishan and his wife was particularly subtle. Especially Wu Yanni, her disgust for Jiang Sheng was beyond words, and Jiang Sheng did not seem to care about it and responded with the same indifference. However, this indifference did not spread in the atmosphere of the cemetery. Everyone maintained due restraint and avoided any possible language conflicts.

As the incense and paper money burned in the air, emitting a faint smoke, Jiang Sheng's eyes quietly wandered among the crowd, looking around. This cemetery is located in a basin of a hill, surrounded by the vast sea, covering a vast area, with stone roads crisscrossing, pine and cypress trees on both sides verdant and tall, and artificial hills in the distance are green and full of vitality. Despite this, even at noon in early June, the sun could not completely dispel the gloomy atmosphere here, as if nature was also mourning for the deceased.

Just as Jiang Sheng's thoughts were wandering, a faint and strange groaning sound came from a distance, intermittent, sometimes absent, like the wailing of a wounded beast, and also like a call for help. Every time it sounded, people couldn't help but feel pity. The sound was so subtle that if Jiang Sheng didn't have a keen hearing, I'm afraid even ordinary people would not be able to detect it. He cast his eyes to the hills in the southwest, where there was a steep cliff, surrounded by dangers.

As the family memorial ceremony was drawing to a close, Jiang Sheng's thoughts had already flown to another world. He thought of the small world hidden in the void, and the stone spirit in it. Perhaps because of the real hurt, the stone spirit had stopped responding to his calls in the past few days, as if it had fallen into a deep sleep. Without the guidance of the stone spirit, Jiang Sheng felt unprecedented confusion. He didn't know how to find the mysterious small world, and he couldn't get the elixir and magic book in it, all of which were crucial to improving his cultivation. At the junction of reality and fantasy, Jiang Sheng's heart was full of desire and helplessness.

Finally, as the last wisp of incense burned out, the three families expressed their grief to the mausoleum and completed the sacrificial ceremony. The air was filled with a faint sadness and memories, and everyone's heart was filled with nostalgia for their deceased relatives. Jiang Sheng, with the unsolved mystery, quietly left the cemetery, but new hopes and challenges had been planted in his heart. In the days to come, how will he solve the secret of the stone spirit and find the lost little world? All of this will become the most fascinating chapter in his life journey.

In this ancient land of China, there is a unique cultural phenomenon, that is, through weddings and funerals, relatives and friends gather together to share food and talk about life. It is not only a remembrance of the deceased, but also a celebration of life, reflecting the Chinese nation's deep family concept and human touch. When the family memorial ceremony ended, everyone drove to a nearby restaurant to enjoy a hearty lunch. However, in this laughter and joy, Jiang Sheng chose to stay alone, with an unusual concern hidden in his heart.

Arriving at the gate of the cemetery, Jiang Sheng cleverly made an excuse to leave and asked Zhou Weiping to leave the scooter with him, and decided to meet them later. Zhou Weiping left with his eldest sister Zhou Ailing in a car. When the shadows of the two cars gradually disappeared from the end of the field of vision, Jiang Sheng quickly turned the direction of the motorcycle and drove back into the cemetery, with only one thought in his mind - to find the source of the faint cry for help.

He drove straight to the hill in the southwest, parked the motorcycle steadily, and then quickly climbed up. Below the hill was a sea area that seemed calm but was actually full of dangers, and the call came from here. Jiang Sheng carefully looked down and saw a lonely figure lying on the reef below the cliff with a drop of about 15 meters, swaying with the ups and downs of the waves, and the situation was critical.

Without hesitation, Jiang Sheng took a deep breath and resolutely jumped from the hill. At the moment when he was about to touch the bottom of the cliff, he used his agility to lightly touch the protruding part of the cliff. With the help of the reaction force, his body miraculously bounced up a few centimeters, and then with a beautiful turn, he landed steadily on the reef revealed after the tide receded. At this moment, the unidentified woman was close at hand, and her life was hanging by a thread.

Jiang Sheng squatted down, gently patted the woman's shoulder, and asked with concern: "Hey, are you okay?" The woman was wearing a black sportswear, and her face looked pale and weak due to being immersed in the sea water for a long time. There were many small wounds on her forehead, cheeks, and chin, which had been eroded by the sea water and turned white. The scene was heartbreaking. However, the woman showed extraordinary tenacity. Her first reaction to Jiang Sheng was to smile, and then she said with difficulty: "I... My name is Lin Wei, and I am the daughter of Lin Shixun, chairman of Yongjian Group."

Faced with such a situation, Jiang Sheng experienced a fierce struggle in his heart. "Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda", this ancient saying echoed in his heart, but at the same time, he also knew that human nature is complicated. If he saved a person with ulterior motives, it might cause greater disasters. So, he calmly put forward a condition: "I can save you, but you must tell me the truth, who are you? Why are you here? What happened?"

Hearing this, Lin Wei grabbed the smooth reef and tried to support her body. She gasped and revealed a hint of determination: "I... I was hunted down." She slowly told her story. It turned out that as the daughter of the chairman of Yongjian Group, she was betrayed and hunted down by her relatives because she knew some unspeakable secrets of the family business. During one of her escapes, she accidentally fell into the sea. Fortunately, she was washed to this reef by the waves and was able to save her life temporarily.

Zhou Weiping was amused by Jiang Sheng's honesty. He put his arm around Jiang Sheng's shoulders affectionately and replied with a smile: "Okay! As long as you have the ability, it's up to you to choose any school. Dad has no objection." Hearing this, Jiang Sheng smiled, patted Zhou Weiping's shoulder with his backhand, then pushed open the car door and stepped into the battlefield that belonged to him.

At 8:15 am, candidates began to enter the examination room one after another by scanning their faces, and Jiang Sheng was assigned to Class (two).

(End of this chapter)