Rebirth of the Innkeeper's Wife: She's Not to Be Messed With

Chapter 75 The Glowing Stone

Huan Yuechu replied without batting an eye, "I don't understand what you're saying."

But at this moment she realized that this was the spirit pearl that came from Grandpa Zhang.

Taking advantage of the man's shock, Huan Yuechu rushed towards him, wanting to seize the opportunity to force him to reveal the truth.

The man reacted hastily, and the two clashed again.

After a few moves, Huan Yuechu seized the opportunity and ripped off a jade pendant from the man's waist.

The man hurriedly reached out to snatch it back, shouting, "Give me back the jade pendant!"

Wow! It seems this jade pendant is quite important to you. That makes things easier!

I held the jade pendant high and warned, "Tell me the truth, or this jade pendant will be destroyed."

The man kept his eyes fixed on the jade pendant, as if afraid I would break it. He then put away his hostility and said slowly, "Perhaps things are not as complicated as I think."

"You'd better explain yourself clearly." I held the jade pendant in my hand, watching the man warily.

The man sighed, his eyes becoming complicated. "This spirit pearl was originally a treasure guarded by my family, but it mysteriously disappeared. I followed the clues here and was almost there when you interfered."

Huan Yuechu raised an eyebrow. "So what? Once this thing is in my hands, it's mine. I can't possibly give it to you."

The man shook his head helplessly. "I don't mean to take it by force, but this spirit pearl is of great importance, and I must get it back."

I was shocked; I hadn't expected this spirit pearl to have such a powerful effect. "Then why did you try to find it that way before? Do you know that because of your actions, you almost caused a family to be destroyed?"

The man looked ashamed. "We thought we had fallen into the hands of bad guys, and we were afraid of alerting them, so we came up with that desperate measure."

"I don't think it's as you say. It didn't fall into the hands of bad guys! It's clearly a greedy bunch of you trying to rob and seize it!"

When Huan Yuechu said this, her beautiful eyes flashed with anger and dissatisfaction.

In an instant, she shouted angrily, "How can you treat human life like dirt? It's utterly inhuman!"

Faced with Huan Yuechu's accusations, the other party showed no remorse whatsoever, and instead responded with self-righteousness.

"This matter is of great importance. If we can exchange a few lives for huge profits, then it is worth it."

"Besides, where did this spirit pearl come from? It must hold some unknown secret and immense value!"

Huan Yuechu frowned. "This spirit pearl was given to me by an ordinary person. How could you let something so important be lost? Besides, he would never steal anything."

Seeing that he feared the other party might destroy the spirit pearl if he didn't explain clearly, the man had no choice but to reveal the truth. "The spirit pearl was stolen by a traitor and taken away. It was lost during the pursuit, and the situation has become critical recently, so I had to..."

"How can you prove that this spirit pearl is related to you?"

The man looked at the jade pendant in my hand and said, "This jade pendant is a symbol of my family's identity and has some connection with the Spirit Pearl."

Huan Yuechu was skeptical. She opened her palm to look at the jade pendant and found some strange symbols engraved on it.

The man stepped forward, pointed to the jade pendant, and said, "These symbols might be the key to unlocking the truth." He then added, "Could you take me to meet the person who found the jade pendant?"

After thinking for a moment, I said, "Let me take you to find out the truth!" The truth of the matter still needs to be verified by Grandpa Zhang.

When we arrived at Grandpa Zhang's house, as soon as we explained our purpose, Grandpa Zhang's face turned somewhat pale.

After a long while, Grandpa Zhang slowly spoke, "Back then, my grandfather accidentally found the Spirit Pearl, but he didn't know that so many things were involved behind the scenes. It seems that it's time to make everything clear."

Grandpa Zhang slowly walked into the inner room, took out a worn-out notebook, and handed it to Huan Yuechu and the man.

"This notebook records everything that happened after the Spirit Pearl was found." Opening the notebook, one finds a detailed account of how Grandpa Zhang's grandfather found the Spirit Pearl.

It turns out that Grandpa Zhang's grandfather saw the spirit pearl emitting a strange light and picked it up out of curiosity. Later, he discovered that the spirit pearl seemed to have special abilities, such as making the surrounding plants grow rapidly...

After reading it, the man frowned and said, "My family guards this spirit pearl because it was originally the key to sealing a place of evil spirits. Now that it has been taken out, it may be in danger."

Huan Yuechu was startled, not wanting one problem to be solved only to be solved by another. "Then what needs to be done?"

Just then, a sudden gust of wind arose outside, and the sky darkened.

The man said solemnly, "It's probably because that evil spirit sensed the location of the spirit pearl."

Huan Yuechu gripped the Spirit Pearl tightly, her heart filled with regret. If she had known it would turn out this way, she would never have brought the Spirit Pearl with her.

The man was anxious but his expression remained unchanged. After a while, he calmed down and said slowly, "Don't panic. Since the spirit pearl is the key, there must be a way to reseal it."

Grandpa Zhang was so anxious that he kept stamping his feet. He never expected that this spirit pearl would involve so many things.

The man carefully studied the records in the notebook, and suddenly his eyes lit up. "It mentions here that the power of the spirit pearl can be suppressed when it is near a special stone. Perhaps if we find that stone, we can stop the evil spirits from breaking the seal."

Huan Yuechu hurriedly asked, "Where is it? What does this stone look like?"

The man pointed to the distant mountains, saying, "Legend has it that the rocks there glow."

After saying goodbye to Grandpa Zhang, we headed into the deep mountains.

Along the way, howling winds and evil spirits constantly challenged their will.

After finally getting into the mountains, they searched everywhere for that special stone.

As dusk approached and we still couldn't find it, just when we were almost in despair, Huan Yuechu spotted a glowing stone next to the tiger in the distance.

Huan Yuechu pointed to the stone and whispered to the man, "Look, could this be it?"

The man looked in that direction, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. "Very likely."

But a ferocious tiger stood in their way, glaring menacingly at them.

The man whispered to Huan Yuechu, "I'll distract the tiger, and you can take the stone while you're at it." After saying that, he rushed out to attract the tiger's attention, and the tiger roared and pounced on the man.

Huan Yuechu seized the opportunity and rushed towards the rock.

Just as she was about to get it, a crack suddenly appeared beneath her feet, and a powerful suction force pulled her away.

Huan Yuechu gripped the thick tree root beside her tightly, as if it were her last lifeline.

I was extremely anxious, and spiritual energy kept surging from my palms in an attempt to resist the powerful suction.

But every wisp of spiritual energy seemed to vanish instantly, as if thrown into a bottomless abyss, completely ineffective, like hitting soft cotton.

At this moment, the mysterious suction force grew stronger, like a ferocious beast opening its blood-red maw, ready to devour him mercilessly.

Huan Yuechu hurriedly shouted, "Help me!"