Stepdaughter of a wealthy family? The little darling of a Beijing tycoon

She decided not to force herself anymore, and sat up abruptly. With a slight movement of her fingertips, she took out the piece of lightning-struck wood from her personal spatial storage.

Lightning-struck wood possesses the righteous energy of heavenly thunder, making it extremely effective in warding off evil spirits, suppressing malevolent forces, and exorcising resentment. It is a top-tier artifact for crafting weapons.

She then took out a delicate and small carving knife, intending to focus on crafting a magical artifact.

She was going to make a lightning-struck peach wood sword by hand, which was no ordinary object. She had to carefully carve the wood and inscribe unique metaphysical runes and evil-suppressing arrays on the sword, stroke by stroke. This was a task that tested her mental strength and required great care, and there was no room for carelessness.

While carving, Shen Jingshu suddenly stopped, as if she had just remembered something.

She had already spent a lot of effort carving a special protective wooden plaque for Lu Jingxing. The material was also rare lightning-struck wood, and it was reinforced with a protective barrier and disaster-avoiding runes to protect him from bloodshed and evil spirits. However, after it was finished, she was so busy that she completely forgot to give the wooden plaque to Lu Jingxing.

Shen Jingshu sighed softly, her fingertips continuing to caress the lightning-struck wood as she focused intently on carving it. A faint spiritual aura surrounded her, and she was completely immersed in the refining process, her mind calm and undisturbed.

Having been a wandering soul for decades, Shen Jingshu had become proficient in crafting various magical artifacts during her years of wandering. Her skills were so refined that she could do it with ease. In addition, the lightning-struck wood was of superior quality, making the carving process easy.

She spent only one night to completely forge the lightning-struck peach wood sword. The sword's pattern was neat, the runes were smoothly engraved, and it was surrounded by a faint aura of lightning. It was impervious to evil spirits and its spiritual energy was overwhelming.

As she looked out the window at the gradually brightening sky, with a faint hint of dawn appearing on the horizon, Shen Jingshu felt a wave of weariness wash over her and let out a soft yawn.

She raised her hand and pulled out a cleaning talisman from the Xuan Kong space. With a light flick of her fingertips, the talisman landed and flashed with spiritual light, instantly cleaning up all the wood chips on the ground. Then she cast a cleaning spell on herself, and all her fatigue and dust dissipated, leaving her refreshed and clean.

After doing all this, she lay down on the bed, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.

She slept until noon before lazily getting up and going downstairs.

In the vast mansion, both the Lu and Li families were out, leaving only the butler in the house. Seeing her come downstairs, the butler hurried forward, his attitude respectful and attentive: "Miss Jing Shu, lunch is ready. You haven't had breakfast this morning, please take your seat and eat."

Shen Jingshu nodded slightly, without asking any further questions about the whereabouts of the others.

Everyone was busy with their own lives, and she had no interest in getting involved. As for her mother, Lin Wanqing, she knew without a doubt that she had gone to find Shen Xinyi. She didn't care about it and was too lazy to bother with it.

After lunch, Shen Jingshu slung her backpack over her shoulder and walked straight outside.

Butler Li quickly stepped forward, bowed, and asked, "Miss Jing Shu, would you like a driver to take you?"

After a moment's thought, Shen Jingshu replied calmly, "Alright."

Soon, the Li family driver took her to the antique street in the city. Shen Jingshu casually told the driver to go back first, saying that she planned to stroll around casually and had other plans for the afternoon, and would return to the Li family later. The driver didn't ask any questions, respectfully agreed, and drove away.

The entire ancient street is lined with blue bricks and gray tiles, and the shops along the street all have an antique style. The street is not crowded, and the people coming and going are mostly middle-aged and elderly collectors. There are also many small stalls along the street, selling antique trinkets and old ornaments.

Shen Jingshu had a beautiful and refined appearance, and her elegant demeanor made her stand out in the crowd. Many vendors and passersby couldn't help but secretly observe her.

Many street vendors, seeing that Shen Jingshu was young and seemed easy to talk to, enthusiastically beckoned to her and greeted her repeatedly.

"Hey beautiful, come take a look! All the items in my stall are recent acquisitions of vintage goods, genuine and high-quality!"

"Young lady, look at these antique ornaments! They're all genuine old pieces—it's a great time to snag a bargain!"

Amidst the cacophony of hawkers' cries, Shen Jingshu remained calm and unmoved, her steps measured as she quickly scanned the various stalls, intently searching for old objects imbued with natural spiritual energy.

She came to this antique street in Beijing hoping to try her luck and find a few ancient artifacts imbued with spiritual energy. However, with the development of the world, the market is full of modern imitations, and truly old and spiritual artifacts are extremely rare.

This was her first time visiting the antique street in Beijing, both in her past and present lives. She wandered around aimlessly for a whole time, but all she could see were fakes and imitations. There wasn't a single genuine item imbued with spiritual energy. She couldn't help but feel a little discouraged, but she quickly let it go. It was all about fate, and there was no point in forcing it.

She didn't linger any longer, walked straight out of the antique street, hailed a taxi, and headed straight for the Li Group.

Standing downstairs in the magnificent office building, Shen Jingshu took out her phone and dialed her second brother, Li Beichen.

When Li Beichen learned that she had come in person, he couldn't hide his surprise and immediately instructed his secretary to go downstairs and personally escort Shen Jingshu to the top-floor president's office.

This was Shen Jingshu's second time entering Li Beichen's office. The space was spacious and luxuriously decorated, yet it was still shrouded in a faint, imperceptible aura of malevolence.

Li Beichen stepped forward, a hint of surprise in his eyes: "Jing Shu, you said you were going to prepare something to counteract the feng shui, and you've already prepared it so quickly?"

"Yes, I made it last night," Shen Jingshu replied softly.

As soon as she finished speaking, she appeared to take something out of her backpack, but in reality, she silently took out the lightning-struck peach wood sword that she had personally carved that night from her spatial storage. To avoid arousing suspicion, she had deliberately carried a large-capacity bag today to conceal her actions of retrieving items from her spatial storage.

Li Beichen looked at the small, simple, and unadorned peach wood sword, his eyes filled with doubt, and couldn't help but ask, "You think this little peach wood sword can break the feng shui arrangement targeting the company?"

"That's right." Shen Jingshu said firmly, without any further explanation.

She surveyed the entire office, accurately located the feng shui position, gently moved the jade ornaments on the counter, and casually placed the lightning-struck peach wood sword in the correct position. She slightly adjusted the angle so that the sword tip pointed straight out the window, directly towards the building opposite.

Just as the peach wood sword was placed in place, the seemingly ordinary wooden sword suddenly emitted a faint but not to be underestimated golden lightning light. The light disappeared in an instant and shot straight towards the two floor-to-ceiling windows of the opposite building, accurately targeting the double-horned ox feng shui evil that was secretly targeting the Li Group!

In the blink of an eye, the hidden malicious feng shui formation was completely destroyed by the thunderous spiritual energy!

The oppressive, gloomy, and decaying atmosphere that had been lingering in the office vanished instantly, leaving not a trace.

Although Li Beichen, being an ordinary person, could not see the flow of spiritual energy, he inexplicably felt a lightness around him. The original stuffy and oppressive feeling completely disappeared, and the entire office became bright and refreshing, with even the air seeming much smoother.

Shen Jingshu stood there, clearly feeling that her aura was completely regulated. Pure thunderous spiritual energy slowly diffused from the peach wood sword, enveloping the entire office and even gradually spreading to the entire Li's Building, warding off evil spirits, stabilizing fortune, and completely cutting off the feng shui tricks of others who were secretly causing trouble.