Chapter 1407 - 421: [The Formation Amid the Mountains]

Chapter 1407: Chapter 421: [The Formation Amid the Mountains]

Chapter 421 [Mountain Array]

The finger bone was indeed picked up by Wu from the remains of Xie Jiuyan’s body.

This point matched Chen Yan’s suspicions.

But Wu’s explanation was more detailed.

According to Wu, he cremated Xie Jiuyan’s body at the time, and it took a long time under the fire before Xie Jiuyan’s body was finally turned to ashes.

But...

This finger bone was left behind!

Because... it couldn’t be burned by the fire.

The body had already been cremated, yet this finger bone remained intact.

When Wu discovered this while tidying up the ashes, he was filled with astonishment.

He was an ABC, but at heart a Dragon Country person, an Asian.

Because of this bloodline and cultural imprint, from a young age, he naturally heard some legends similar to "Shariputra."

Adding to this was his firm belief that Xie Jiuyan was an "Immortal."

Naturally, this piece of finger bone made him think of something akin to "Shariputra."

So, after spreading Xie Jiuyan’s ashes, he took the finger bone back with him.

A simple and straightforward logic was: a relic left by a powerful Immortal would surely be extremely precious. 𝑓𝑟ℯℴ𝓂

This logic was fine.

But the problem was, Wu didn’t know what this "Shariputra" was for.

He knew it was certainly precious, but what exactly its value was, he didn’t understand.

For this reason, Wu made some attempts of his own.

This thing couldn’t be damaged by fire and was very hard!

Its hardness was something Wu tested himself; he had thought of taking a sample for testing to analyze its composition.

So Wu had once thought of cutting a tiny part from it to send for testing.

But this step failed.

He couldn’t cut it with a knife, then he tried a saw—yet the teeth were worn down and couldn’t cut through it!

He then went further and tried hammering it with nails.

But after bending more than ten nails, he couldn’t leave even the slightest mark on it.

Finally, he tried drilling it with a handgun drill.

He broke three drill bits, yet the finger bone remained intact.

Wu became even more certain of this thing’s extraordinariness, believing it to be extremely precious!

But... similarly, he was still stuck on the question of "what exactly is the use of this thing."

After multiple attempts to uncover the secret of this "Shariputra" without success, Wu tried secretly to cultivate the Cultivation Technique left by Xie Jiuyan, but failed and coughed up blood.

Wu gave up on the idea.

He understood that he had no potential to cultivate Immortal Spells.

So, he grew indifferent.

He didn’t keep the Shariputra at home; instead, he treated it as part of Xie Jiuyan’s remains.

Back in the mountains, he scattered the ashes into the stream. As for the Shariputra, he considered it a part of Xie Jiuyan’s body and bought a burial plot to inter it.

It must be said, Wu might have had true affection for Xie Jiuyan...

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Wu began to inquire about Angie’s whereabouts after regaining consciousness.

As a former assassin with many secretive information channels, his current status as a fugitive wanted by the police—how serious could that be?

The two were hiding in an abandoned factory. Under the effects of the Bone Pill, Wu’s injuries healed within two days, but his body became weaker than a few days before.

Even after drinking several bags of blood-replenishing potions, he couldn’t immediately regain his vigor; it would require waiting for his body’s abilities to recover to accelerate his hematopoiesis.

Wu also clarified the situation of the previous attack on the safe house.

His judgment was: it must have been those former colleagues who came looking for him.

If it were the Mayor’s case escalating, then the attackers on the safe house shouldn’t have been a mysterious group of gunmen; it should have been a SWAT team.

"After the New York case escalated, I inquired about information through certain channels, and the channel I used was compromised, with some intermediary information vendor divulging my location."

Wu sighed, looking a bit helpless: "These middlemen who sell information have no stance; they’ll sell information to whoever pays. It was my carelessness, my fault."

He paused, then gave a wry smile: "I thought after so many years, they wouldn’t pursue me so vigorously anymore. I didn’t expect that as soon as I showed a hint, they sent people to eliminate me immediately."

Chen Yan looked at Wu, thought for a moment, and said: "What kind of deal did you pull off back then that they still want to silence you after all these years?"

Wu chuckled: "Every trade has its own path; you’re not in this line, so you don’t understand the tricks of our trade."

Ordinary people might think the so-called assassin just takes the client’s money and goes to kill the target.

Logically correct, but the question is... who do you kill.

The lowest level assassin might be hired by a businessman surnamed Zhang owning a company stolen from the Li Family, leading the Li Family to hire someone to eliminate Zhang, solving competition physically.

The words are correct, but things aren’t that simple; they are much more complicated!

Business issues aside, then... what about political figures?

Political rivals?

The fights among tycoons?

Just like that task Wu had when encountering Xie Jiuyan.

He went to assassinate a small warlord occupying a piece of territory with armed forces.

Why? Because the warlord’s territory had mines, and he refused to cooperate with international jewel merchants, leading them to pay for his assassination.

Moreover, there were even more complex issues, like conflicts between countries, or internal political struggles.