Power and wealth bring fragrance

Wei Yuan walked out of the ward with a frown.

In his hand, he held a dark blue box.

The box was half-open, and on the luxurious red velvet lay a pale yellow jade pendant stained with blood.

At first glance, the jade pendant appears simple and elegant, with smooth lines and exquisite texture, making it a high-quality antique jade pendant.

Although expensive, it wasn't particularly outstanding.

However, from Wei Yuan's perspective, the situation is completely different.

Under the watchful eye of destiny, thick black malevolent energy continuously surged from the pale yellow jade pendant, slowly but steadily dissipating in all directions.

The intensity of the malevolent energy was immeasurable.

Anyone who gets their hands on the jade pendant will be invaded by its dense corpse yin energy, and will experience the same thing as Old Chen.

However, it was ineffective against Wei Yuan.

On the contrary, the continuous stream of malevolent energy was absorbed by Wei Yuan, and chilling currents surged through his body, constantly stimulating Wei Yuan's physical fitness and martial prowess to continuously increase.

The range of Tongtian's hearing also expanded outwards inch by inch, and the feeling was more than just a pleasant sensation.

However, Wei Yuan did not indulge in pleasure. Instead, his expression became somewhat solemn, and his gaze kept sweeping over the jade pendant.

Upon hearing Elder Chen mention the jade pendant, Wei Yuan was immediately reminded of Chu Xinrou's ordeal.

Antique jade pendants, with an ominous aura, cannot be said to be exactly the same, but at least 90% similar.

The only difference is that the antique jade pendant that Chu Xinrou collected contains the Yin-Yang Harmony Sha, which only disrupts Yin and Yang, and does not have the insidious Corpse Yin Sha.

If things had stopped there, it would have been nothing more than a coincidence, and Chu Xinrou and Old Chen would have been unlucky.

However, one of Wei Yuan's discoveries completely changed the mood of the whole affair.

When Wei Yuan, out of curiosity, obtained the jade pendant that caused Old Chen to fall into a coma, he discovered a shocking fact!

Wei Yuan gently picked up the jade pendant from the velvet, his fingertips gliding over the ancient and elegant engravings.

In places unseen by ordinary people, a large swath of black corpse yin energy surged up and was immediately swallowed into Wei Yuan's body.

Wei Yuan ignored the chilling sensation of the murderous aura entering his body, focusing instead on the engravings on the jade pendant, his brows furrowed tightly.

The engraving technique is exactly the same as that on Chu Xinrou's jade pendant!

In other words, these two jade pendants, each containing a different kind of malevolent energy, were actually made by the same person!

Is this a coincidence, or a conspiracy?

Wei Yuan slightly curled his fingertips and forcefully tapped the jade pendant.

"bite."

A melodious and clear sound rang out, and layers of sound waves rushed into Tongtian's ears, allowing Wei Yuan to hear it clearly.

Wei Yuan's brows slowly relaxed, but his eyes grew even colder.

Now he was sure.

This is no coincidence.

This is a complete conspiracy.

The all-hearing ear can discern the texture of different objects through sound wave reflection, and similarly, it can discern the age of the same object through sound wave reflection.

For example, jade pendants.

Although old jade and new jade are made of the same material, due to the erosion of time, the vibrations produced when they are struck are very different in subtle ways.

A few days ago, Wei Yuan had nothing to do, so he experimented with some of the antiques in Chu Xinrou's antique shop.

The antique jade pendant that was swallowed, whether it was its warm and smooth feel or the blood stains on it, would be unmistakably an antique even to the most renowned antique experts.

However, Wei Yuan only needed to tap it once to determine that it was a fake jade pendant made from new jade!

And that's where things get interesting.

If it is indeed an antique jade pendant tainted with the evil spirits of a corpse, then it is actually quite plausible.

It's nothing more than that the ancients mistakenly buried the child in a yin cave, and they also liked to use jade pendants as burial objects. By chance, this antique jade pendant, tainted with the yin energy of the corpse, was created.

However, this is a fake antique made of new jade, so its nature is completely wrong!

This can only prove one thing!

Someone deliberately took a new jade and pretended it was an antique, then placed it in a corpse-raising yin cave to taint it with the evil spirit of the corpse, and gave it to Old Chen, intentionally causing him to fall into the trap!

By analogy, the jade pendant that caused Chu Xinrou to fall victim to the scam must also have a serious problem!

The identical carving technique proves that the two jade pendants were made by the same person.

If the Corpse Yin Sha jade pendant was intentionally made, then the Harmony Sha must also have been deliberately created in the same way!

In doing so, a chilling and astonishing truth suddenly came to light.

"Is someone deliberately mass-producing antique jade pendants tainted with malevolent energy and releasing them into the market?"

Wei Yuan muttered to himself in a low voice, his eyes somewhat cold, yet also filled with doubt.

If someone deliberately manufactured this kind of malevolent jade pendant and released it into circulation, it would be a deliberate act of poisoning innocent people, and they deserve to be killed.

But everything requires motivation. Why did they do it?

Are you so bored you have nothing better to do?

Chu Xinrou...

Old Chen...

Wei Yuan pondered the differences between the two.

But after thinking it over, it seems that these two people have nothing in common except for their wealth and extraordinary family background.

One is old, and the other is young.

One man, one woman.

Even the evil aura they were exposed to was completely different. Could it be that the two of them being forced to fall victim to it was just a coincidence...?

wrong!

Wei Yuan's pupils contracted slightly as a flood of information rushed through his mind, finally settling on a single point!

It's no coincidence that two people contracted the virus!

It was precisely because both of them were extremely wealthy and had extraordinary backgrounds that they fell victim to this scam!

The target buyers for these antique jade pendants are actually very small; only those who are wealthy and have plenty of free time, or those who specialize in buying and selling antiques, are likely to be able to acquire them.

Ordinary people don't have the capital, and they certainly wouldn't be so bored as to play around with this kind of thing.

Those who fabricated these fakes probably did so specifically to target this point, which is why they made these menacing jade pendants and released them to wealthy people to buy and sell!

However, there was still one thing Wei Yuan didn't understand.

What are they trying to achieve by doing this?

Resentment of the rich?

After thinking for a long time without finding a solution, Wei Yuan shook his head.

There are too few clues; I can't figure it out.

The only thing we can do is remind others to avoid getting infected.

Moreover, those people wouldn't have only made these two jade pendants; there must have been other jade pendants with malevolent energy circulating among them.

If we meet again later, perhaps we'll be able to figure out their purpose.

Wei Yuan didn't dwell on it. He glanced back at the Chen family members laughing and joking in the ward, then turned and left.

He still needs to go to the funeral home.

After leaving the hospital, Wei Yuan took a taxi to the funeral home.

Although it was late at night, the funeral home was still brightly lit.

Qin Xiao was quite efficient; he used money to pave the way and rented a mourning hall to set up a mourning shrine.

They called over another group of underlings to keep vigil, burning piles of paper money, making the entire mourning hall filled with smoke and creating a lively scene.

Lin Wanxing, who had changed into mourning clothes, knelt by the fire pit. In the firelight, her small face was delicate and pretty, but it was full of loneliness and fear that she could not hide.

From this day forward, she will be all alone in this world.

Upon realizing this, Lin Wanxing couldn't help but feel a surge of sorrow and began to sob softly.

Just then, a warm, large hand suddenly covered her shoulder.

Lin Wanxing turned her head to look.

Wei Yuan squatted beside her, his handsome face flushed slightly in the flickering orange flames, yet he exuded a calming power.

The fear, sadness, and loneliness in Lin Wanxing's heart seemed to melt away instantly like ice and snow meeting the sunlight, and she spoke softly.

"Brother, you've come."