Chapter 179: Mysterious Letter

Ji Haoyue did not stay long at Lingyun's place before leaving in a hurry, seemingly because he had other matters to attend to.

After Ji Haoyue left, Chen Jing was silent for a moment, then asked Lingyun: "Lingyun, is Haoyue really beyond saving?"

"If my strength were a bit stronger, I could save him, but right now, my strength is insufficient!" Lingyun shook his head slightly. "The thing inside his body is truly too tricky."

"Stronger? To what extent?" Chen Jing asked.

Lingyun spoke slowly: "Two major realms! And even then, it would only be to the extent of suppressing it temporarily so it doesn't endanger his life."

"Two major realms?" Chen Jing's breath hitched. "That's a bit exaggerated, isn't it!"

Lingyun's current strength was at the Earth Tier; wouldn't raising it by two major realms make him an Innate Expert? If it took an Innate Expert to suppress the curse on Ji Haoyue to a point where it wouldn't endanger his life, the power of this curse was truly astonishing.

"If it were purely about lifting the curse, I could solve it right now. But if we are talking about destroying the source of the curse, unless I take action, even those who have surpassed the Innate level might not have a way!" Lingyun saw what Chen Jing was thinking and explained.

"The source of the curse? What is that?" Chen Jing was stunned.

"That kind of thing, better not to speak of it. This friend of yours is no ordinary person either; if he were an ordinary person, he would never have survived for so many years under this curse." Lingyun waved his hand. "Saeko and the others are back, I'll go see what groceries she bought. You should focus on consolidating your current cultivation."

Watching Lingyun's departing back, Chen Jing clicked her tongue slightly: "Fine, don't tell me then, acting all mysterious for what."

In the kitchen, Busujima Saeko placed the groceries she had just bought into the refrigerator one by one, then pulled a letter from her pocket and tossed it behind her without even looking.

"What is this?" Lingyun, who had walked into the kitchen, caught the letter Saeko threw.

"I don't know either. This letter was delivered by a little girl while I was buying vegetables. The other party placed a hypnotic suggestion on her; after delivering the letter to me, the child lost that memory, so I have no way of knowing who the person who sent us the letter is." Busujima Saeko closed the refrigerator door.

"The other party is very cautious; it seems they don't want to expose their identity!" Lingyun said with a frown, while simultaneously opening the envelope.

The moment the envelope was opened, Lingyun felt an inexplicable force spreading from within, which seemed to be a form of mental suggestion.

"Using little tricks inside the envelope, then?" Lingyun smiled faintly; this kind of minor mental suggestion had no effect on him.

But Busujima Saeko beside him had a serious expression. If the other party could use such methods to place mental suggestions on Lingyun and the others this time, they might do something even more dangerous next time.

"Don't worry, there are no tricks in this letter." Lingyun waved his hand and took another letter out of the envelope. "Is this asking me to hand the letter to Chen Jing?"

"A letter for me?" A trace of confusion appeared on Chen Jing's face, and she took the letter from Lingyun's hand.

The content of the letter was simple, but for Chen Jing and the others at the moment, it was the most important information, as it detailed the purpose of William and Daisy's arrival in Beijing.

"So it really was that mysterious Crystal that drew them here!" Chen Jing put down the letter and frowned slightly. "The Pope's Great Prophecy is truly a strange thing. I don't even know what that mysterious Crystal looks like, yet he says I will encounter it."

Lingyun raised an eyebrow. The Insight Crystal was something he had condensed from his insights into various laws at his peak, and it possessed the power to shield against heavenly secrets. The Crystal on Luo Yexi had even been sealed by him; how could that so-called Pope, with his half-baked Great Prophecy, predict the location of the Crystal? Could it be that he had overlooked something?

"Master, don't forget that there is another Crystal on Shui Yunyue!" Just as Lingyun was thinking, Luo Yexi's voice rang in his ear.

"Shui Yunyue?" Lingyun raised an eyebrow. If Luo Yexi hadn't reminded him, he really might have forgotten this. The Insight Crystal on Shui Yunyue did indeed consume a significant amount of power while maintaining the connection between her soul and body; in such a state, it was not impossible for it to be captured by the Pope's Great Prophecy.

"Ye Xi, you should still have a way to contact Shui Yunyue. Find a time to tell her about this in a discreet way and let her be careful lately!" Lingyun transmitted his voice to Luo Yexi.

Luo Yexi, standing to the side, nodded slightly to indicate she understood.

"Regardless, that old guy still has some ability. A Prophecy might not be accurate, but a Great Prophecy has never failed. This means that the mysterious Crystal will definitely appear near me; this is no small matter!" Chen Jing sighed. "I must go talk to the Elder about this so we can be prepared!"

In the Villa where William and the others were staying.

Daisy looked at William in front of her with a playful expression: "Didn't you say that with your charm, it would only take a few days to make Chen Jing infatuated with you and lose all reason? Now, aren't you being slapped in the face?"

William said nothing, but secretly gritted his teeth. If this woman didn't have the Array personally set by the Pope to shield his innate charm ability, she would have long been lying obediently in his arms, instead of acting so arrogant before him.

"If we can't get closer to that woman, we won't be able to grasp her real-time movements. In this situation, we might miss out on that mysterious Crystal! But we cannot alert the enemy; the people below have been acting too frequently lately, causing the other side to be on guard against us. If we approach rashly, it might trigger a backlash!" William said.

"Get closer to that woman?" Daisy glanced at William. "Why don't we use the identity of that Qian Sheng to propose to her? With our current status and his relationship with her, she shouldn't refuse! And with Qian Sheng as the matchmaker, I assume the forces behind that woman won't refuse either!"

Just as Daisy was feeling smug about her scheme, William poured cold water on her: "Saintess, this plan of yours is absolutely unfeasible, and it even carries the risk of infuriating the other party!"

"What do you mean by that?" Daisy looked at William with displeasure.

"Has the Saintess forgotten a detail mentioned in our intelligence? Chen Jing left her family directly when another family came to propose marriage because she was dissatisfied with her father arranging a marriage for her without her consent. This means she is extremely repulsed by such arranged marriages! If we do this, I fear there will be no benefit at all."

"Looking at you, you have a plan in mind?" Daisy narrowed her eyes.

"This is also something I just found out: there is a person named Lingyun by Chen Jing's side, and their relationship is quite good. No, I should say their relationship has already vaguely exceeded the scope of friends. If we can start from him, we might get unexpected results." William said.

"That boy named Lingyun?" Daisy also remembered Lingyun, the only boy in the whole class who was indifferent to her, and she couldn't help but lick her lips. "Interesting, then I shall go and see this unique boy for myself!"