Chapter 2448: What a scammer

Upon hearing Lin Wan'er's words, the old man hurriedly asked, "Miss, does that person know he failed?"

Lin Wan'er shook her head: "Of course he doesn't, otherwise, how could he have let us go so easily?"

As she spoke, Lin Wan'er added: "He also uses a very powerful form of hypnotic suggestion. Fortunately, I successfully diverted his attention away from you. Otherwise, if he had used that hypnotic suggestion on you at the time, we would have been exposed."

Hearing this, the old man felt a lingering fear and couldn't help but exclaim: "It seems that no matter how superb the methods are, they are of no use against you, Miss."

Lin Wan'er sighed desolately and said wistfully: "My father didn't leave me many skills, and this is one of them. If only he could have taught me some self-defense techniques, I wouldn't be so passive right now."

Having said that, she waved her hand and said to the old man: "Forget it, go and pack your things. Keep only the essentials; discard everything else."

"Understood, Miss. This old servant will take his leave!" The old man said respectfully before turning and leaving the study.

After the old man left, Lin Wan'er took a small wooden spirit tablet from the desk drawer. On it were written eight large characters: Spirit Tablet of My Late Father, Lin Zhulu.

Lin Wan'er examined the spirit tablet carefully and whispered to herself: "Father, your daughter is unfilial. The ring you died to leave me has been given away by your daughter. It is not that your daughter did not want to protect it, but my ability was truly limited. If that Ye Chen hadn't suddenly appeared today, I fear your daughter would have already fallen into the hands of thieves. I see that Ye Chen does not have the face of a bad person, and he possesses great divine powers. In his hands, the ring should be able to unleash its true efficacy."

As she spoke, Lin Wan'er added: "By the way, Father, Ye Chen and we share the same enemy, and it seems he is currently still in the shadows. Perhaps, in the future, he will be able to kill our common enemy with his own hands and fulfill your last wish!"

Immediately, Lin Wan'er fell into silence.

She couldn't help but recall that the ring had actually emitted a sword-like chime in Ye Chen's hand. That chime was crisp and melodious, truly fascinating.

Thinking of this, she secretly made a decision, then packed the spirit tablet and the nine copper coins on the desk into her backpack, and stepped out of the study.

Outside the villa, the old man was packing things.

He dragged out some unnecessary items from one of the cars and finally organized two large trunks.

Seeing Lin Wan'er come out, the old man hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Miss, you shouldn't need to bring your blue and white porcelain, right?"

Lin Wan'er hesitated for a moment, then sighed lightly: "Better bring it. After all, it is a piece of Huaxia's heritage. If left here, it might be destroyed by those who don't understand it."

As she spoke, she added: "Take all the blue and white porcelain that has already been packed. After returning to Huaxia, we can find an opportunity to donate it to a museum."

"Return to Huaxia?!" The old man asked, full of surprise: "Miss, aren't you going to the Russian Far East? We have stable and safe industries there. Going there is less likely to be tracked than returning to Huaxia."

Lin Wan'er shook her head and said indifferently: "Not going to Russia anymore. I am going to Huaxia to find that Mr. Ye from today. This person must be very interesting."

The old man couldn't help but say: "Miss, in the vast Huaxia with its 1.4 billion people, where are we going to find this Mr. Ye you speak of?!"

Lin Wan'er said: "Mr. Ye's Mandarin is very good, clear and articulate, and his pronunciation is accurate; one can hardly detect any trace of an accent. Therefore, I speculate that he is most likely a Northerner, and most likely from Yanjing or the provinces and cities surrounding Yanjing. We will fly to Yanjing first and look for clues there."

"Understood!" The old man nodded: "Then we go to Yanjing!"

At this time, after Ye Chen returned to Bergen Airport and retrieved his car, he returned to Helena's palace along the same route.

Along the way, his mind was constantly on that strange ring.

Therefore, he held the steering wheel with his left hand and kept clutching the ring with his right, constantly rubbing it in his palm and releasing small amounts of Qi into it, trying to fathom the true purpose of this object.

This ring had a strong mutual attraction with Qi, but the strange thing was that the Qi channeled into it did not undergo any actual transformation, which made Ye Chen feel very surprised.

According to the law of conservation of energy, energy is something that cannot appear out of thin air, let alone disappear out of thin air.

It is like a basin of hot water placed outdoors; even if it eventually cools down, that heat does not disappear into thin air, but is released into nature through the air and other objects.

It is just that the heat of a basin of water is negligible compared to the entire natural world.

But no matter how negligible, it is still a tangible existence.

However, the Qi that Ye Chen had been channeling into the ring disappeared as if it had sunk into the sea, without receiving any response.

Ye Chen felt increasingly strange. In his view, the principle of a magical artifact was equivalent to an electrical appliance; it was just that a magical artifact required Qi to drive it, while an electrical appliance required electricity.

Sending electricity to a water heater converts it into thermal energy; sending electricity to a motor converts it into kinetic energy; sending electricity to a light bulb converts it into light energy; sending electricity to electrolysis equipment converts it into chemical energy.

It is like sending Qi to the Thunder Command, which can be converted into lightning descending from the sky; sending Qi to the Soul-Piercing Blade can convert it into an invincible sharp blade. But this ring had swallowed so much of his Qi, yet only converted it into a few buzzing sounds.

For a ring to emit a sound similar to a sword chime is itself very strange.

This phenomenon is as bizarre as turning on an electric fan, where the fan blades don't turn and no wind is generated, but it inexplicably emits the sound of blowing wind—it is inexplicable.

While puzzled, Ye Chen, like a gambler who has lost his mind, kept channeling Qi into the ring as if throwing chips onto a gambling table.

Until half of the Qi in his body had gone down the drain, Ye Chen still hadn't received any feedback other than the buzzing sound.

He felt a bit unwilling to give up.

Taking advantage of the fact that he hadn't reached his destination yet, he simply took out a Soul-Nourishing Pill, pinched it between his fingertips along with the ring, and then, gritting his teeth, forcibly channeled nearly ninety percent of the Qi in his body into the ring.

He felt that since he had channeled the vast majority of his Qi into it, this damn thing should at least give him some different feedback.

But to his surprise, the ring remained like a black hole for Qi; after swallowing so much of his Qi, it still didn't undergo any changes.

Ye Chen was helpless. To fill the void of Qi in his body, he could only throw a Soul-Nourishing Pill into his mouth. As the surging Qi spread rapidly, he channeled nearly half of his Qi into the ring again, but the result still left him extremely disappointed.

At one moment, Ye Chen wished he could take out another Soul-Nourishing Pill and fight this ring to the end.

But reason eventually overcame his impulse.

Soul-Nourishing Pills are precious; there was no need to waste all his pills on such a scammer of a ring.

In the current situation, cutting losses in time was the wisest choice.

Therefore, he could only sullenly put the ring back into his pocket.

Although he hadn't figured out what was so magical about this ring, his subconscious told him that this thing was definitely not simple.

You must know, this was something that even that mysterious Lord was desperate to obtain. The fact that such a high-and-mighty person would rack their brains to get this thing proved that it must have some value he didn't yet know about!

Therefore, this ring must be kept safe; it might be of great use in the future.

Moreover, this thing had swallowed more than one Soul-Nourishing Pill's worth of his Qi. With such a large investment, he must find an opportunity to make it spit it all out with interest! ===== CHAPTER 2449 =====