CHAPTER 630: CHAPTER 498: FIRE SPIRIT

"An Earth-level Spiritual Artifact, Grandma certainly doesn’t fancy it. Surely the young master of the Hong Residence wouldn’t be unable to produce anything decent." Ye Lingyue sneered.

After Ye Lingyue finished speaking, Hong Yulang’s complexion turned ashen.

He had nearly forgotten that Ye Lingyue had obtained the Heavenly-grade Spiritual Artifact, Yi God’s Void-breaking Bow, so how could she possibly be impressed by an Earth-level Spiritual Artifact?

Zhuge Yi was at a loss for words; among the Spiritual Artifacts he had refined, the Earth-level ones were already considered good.

"What else could there be in the Hong Residence? When it was raided, everything was taken by the court." After escaping from the Heavenly Prison, Hong Yulang indeed sent word back to the Hong Residence.

The vast Hong Residence had long been emptied.

"Wait, there is one thing, perhaps you might be interested." In his urgency, Hong Yulang pulled out a small item from his bosom, which looked like a wooden carving.

This object was found by Hong Yulang when he snuck back to the grand mansion of the Hong Residence, in a small courtyard where his grandfather Hong Qingyun had been in seclusion for many years.

The courtyard was very secluded, not much different from where the servants lived, so Lan Yingwu and his soldiers, who were responsible for the raid, didn’t search it too meticulously.

Hong Yulang paid attention to this object because when he was a child, he once sneaked into Hong Qingyun’s room, and finding the wooden carving amusing, he played with it. As a result, when discovered by Hong Qingyun, he was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall for three days and three nights.

It wasn’t until he fainted from hunger that he was carried out by his tearful, sobbing mother.

After obtaining the wooden carving, Hong Yulang also inquired with a few pawnshops in the city, but unfortunately, no one could see its significance.

Reluctant to throw it away, he always carried it on his person.

Had it not been for Ye Lingyue’s blackmail, he probably would not have thought of it for quite some time.

When Ye Lingyue saw the wooden carving, her eyelids gave an almost imperceptible twitch.

The wooden carving was out of the ordinary. She stayed calm, seemingly casually glanced at the carving.

"You even dare to offer such a chilling thing. This trinket isn’t worth much, you’ll have to add that Earth Grade Spiritual Artifact of yours on top for me to give you the Detoxification Pill," Ye Lingyue said with an indifferent, take-it-or-leave-it expression.

Hong Yulang gritted his teeth, tossed over the wooden carving, the Earth-level Spiritual Artifact, and his point card to Ye Lingyue.

Only then did Ye Lingyue toss them each a Detoxification Pill,

"After you take the Detoxification Pills, you must not circulate your spiritual power for two hours. But rest assured, the illusion formed by my Ghost Smoke can last for more than two hours." Ye Lingyue then handed Long Baobao to Housekeeper Huang.

"Sister Hei, where are you going?" Since being saved by Ye Lingyue, Long Baobao had remained silent, seemingly holding some resentment towards her.

But seeing that she was leaving, he couldn’t help asking.

"I have friends out there, I must go help them. Little Steamed Bun, remember this, true friends are those you can trust to have your back." Ye Lingyue looked at Long Baobao, feeling somewhat guilty towards him.

She had exploited Long Baobao’s sympathy to get the point card; initially, he wouldn’t have had to experience such a bloody, cruel night.

However, Ye Lingyue did not regret her actions, because what Long Baobao would face in the future would be far crueler than what he had to face this night.

Long Baobao seemed to understand yet did not, all he could do was watch Ye Lingyue disappear into the Siamese Ghost Smoke.

"Grandpa Huang, am I very useless?" Long Baobao felt a sourness in his nose.

His grandpa told him, boys should protect girls.

But it has always been Sister Hei Yue who has been protecting him.

Just now, Sister Hei Yue had used him, and he felt very uncomfortable, but he still liked her very much.

"Little Master, you are still young. Miss Hei Yue is a smart person, and perhaps she can help us resolve the great crisis of the Long Clan this time." Housekeeper Huang had been silently observing Ye Lingyue’s actions just now.

He had never expected that this unremarkable Hei Yue actually had such formidable methods.

Maybe, through the hands of Miss Hei Yue, the Little Master could take back everything that was his.

After Ye Lingyue came out of the Siamese Ghost Smoke, the assassins from before had indeed disappeared.

She quickly took out the wooden carving she had obtained earlier from Hong Yulang.

This wooden carving looked no different from sandalwood, with a dark purple exterior.

Due to its age, it appeared very worn out; in shape, it resembled a cloud or perhaps a flame.

Testing it with Star Saliva, the incredibly sharp Star Saliva Dagger scraped against it forcefully, but not even a mark was left.

Ye Lingyue then infused her spiritual power into the carving. As soon as the spiritual power entered, it vanished like a stone sinking into the sea without any response.

Could it be that this wooden carving was just an Ordinary piece, and her previous suspicions were wrong?

Ye Lingyue felt somewhat frustrated; moved by a thought, she infused the recently emerged star power in her body into the carving.

At the instant the star power entered the wooden carving, Ye Lingyue felt the piece in her hand suddenly become scalding hot.

What is this?!

Ye Lingyue was overjoyed. Inside the wooden carving, there was a terrifying power, like a volcanic eruption.

This feeling was very similar to when she had previously obtained the powers of the Water Spirit and the Wood Spirit.

Inside the carving, surely there was an abundant supply of the Fire Spirit’s power.

Earlier, when Ye Lingyue tamed the Jade Rabbit, she discovered a weak presence of the Fire Spirit inside it, so she suspected that the Hong Residence might possess the Fire Spirit.

Just when Ye Lingyue was about to further investigate what was inside the wooden carving, Little Zhiyo in her arms suddenly bared its teeth and grimaced towards the west.

"You really weren’t trapped. If I’m not wrong, you must be the leader behind this assassination attempt." Ye Lingyue slowly looked over, and the boy from earlier stepped out.

"Good eye power, it’s a pity your luck isn’t great, encountering me." The young boy laughed, revealing ghastly pale teeth.

He had also miscalculated. According to the information he had earlier, the strongest members of "Emperor’s Slaughter" and "Blood Drink" were supposed to be the team leaders of the two squads.

Hence, he had arranged most of his men to entangle those few, never expecting that this troublesome female mercenary would emerge halfway.

With that said, the young boy began to transform, his clothes bursting as he suddenly expanded from about Ye Lingyue’s waist height to nearly two meters tall.

This person had actually used the Bone Shrinking Technique, forcibly altering his physique to that of a small child.

After his transformation, his cultivation level also soared dramatically.

Numerous swirling streaks of the Power of Reincarnation—water, wood, metal, fire—twirled around him like Spirit Snakes.

"The Reincarnation Fourth Path?"

Although Ye Lingyue had long known the strength of this assassin leader was extraordinary, she did not expect him to be an expert of the Reincarnation Fourth Path.