Capítulo 1205: Chapter 1205: Dark Descent (Part 25)
“What’s wrong with this Jade Pendant?”
On the way back, Ji Lin couldn’t help but wonder why she would go through so much trouble to snatch it back.
But thinking about her previous habit of collecting ‘cheap’ luxury items with Crystal Cores…
Ji Lin fell silent.
“This belongs to Jiang Rushuang.”
“I know, I heard you say it. I’m asking, what’s special about it?”
Chuzheng suddenly fell silent, seemingly not intending to answer his question.
Ji Lin was curious, but he wasn’t the type to pester. He asked once, and when Chuzheng didn’t answer, he sensibly didn’t ask again.
Jiang Rushuang was groggy and was pulled up by Chuzheng, speaking imdiately, “Xiao Chu… Are there zombies? Do we need to run?”
Chuzheng shoved the Jade Pendant over.
“Huh…”
Jiang Rushuang’s eyes brightened, “Xiao Chu, where did you find it? I thought I lost it…”
The Jade Pendant was lost before the apocalypse, though it was sothing Jiang Rushuang acquired by accident. She had it appraised, and it wasn’t anything precious or valuable.
So when she lost it, Jiang Rushuang didn’t care much. She never expected to see this Jade Pendant again.
“Gu He stole it.” Chuzheng stated truthfully.
“Gu… He?”
Jiang Rushuang froze in place.
At that ti, Chuzheng was unconscious. Gu He and the others’ choices, though hard for her to accept, were ultimately about survival.
So Jiang Rushuang didn’t hold much hostility towards Gu He. Even when Chuzheng dealt with her before, there was a sliver of sympathy, wanting to plead for her.
But Chuzheng’s aura was too strong, causing Jiang Rushuang not to dare speak.
Now Chuzheng told her Gu He stole her Jade Pendant?
This Jade Pendant…
Jiang Rushuang murmured after a long while, filled with confusion and strangeness, “This Jade Pendant isn’t valuable, why would she steal it?”
Chuzheng crossed her arms, standing in the dark, said indifferently, “The Jade Pendant has a space, try and see if you can enter it.”
“Eh?”
She could understand the words separately, but what on earth did they an together?
She knew about Spaces, Chuzheng had one, capable of storing many things.
But this Jade Pendant having a space?
Ji Lin imdiately understood, that Gu What’s-his-na snatched the Jade Pendant must be for this space.
So the question was…
How does she know this Jade Pendant has a space?
Did she see Gu He use it, or did she sense it because she has a space too?
Jiang Rushuang’s understanding was a bit slow, but in the end, she could piece things together. The problem was…
“Xiao Chu, how do I try it?”
“How would I know, it’s not mine,” Chuzheng blurted out.
“…”
Jiang Rushuang examined the Jade Pendant, finding it no different from her mory, even the impurities on the pendant were exactly the sa.
Chuzheng ca up with a conventional thod: “Try dripping blood on it?”
That’s what they always write in TV shows.
Shouldn’t be a problem.
Hmm!
Jiang Rushuang: “…”
Isn’t this too cheesy?!
With good intention, Ji Lin handed over a knife.
Jiang Rushuang: “…”
After handing over the knife, Ji Lin raised an eyebrow and voiced his concern, “If it’s as you say, this Jade Pendant should have already bonded with its master. Would her blood work?”
According to TV shows and novels, once it’s bonded through blood, it’s too late for anyone else.
“I don’t know.”
Holding the knife with a look of despair, Jiang Rushuang asked, “So…should I still try?”
“Try.”
“Try.”
Chuzheng and Ji Lin spoke in unison.
Jiang Rushuang swallowed nervously, “O-Okay.”
She took several deep breaths, holding the knife but hesitating, “Xiao Chu, why don’t you do it, I’m a bit scared…”
Getting accidentally injured and self-harming are two completely different things.
Chuzheng took the knife, made a cut on Jiang Rushuang without pause, moving through the actions effortlessly.
As Chuzheng dripped blood onto the Jade Pendant, Jiang Rushuang belatedly felt the pain.
Blood dripped onto the Jade Pendant without much reaction, lying quietly on the Jade Pendant without any sign of absorption.
“Xiao Chu…is it not working?”
“…”
Well, this stumped !
According to fantasy tropes, you’d need to first sever the link between the Jade Pendant and Gu He, the previous owner, but this isn’t a fantasy world, the trope might not apply.
Chuzheng pondered for a mont, “Try dripping so more.” It wasn’t her blood, she didn’t feel the pinch.
Jiang Rushuang looked at her still-bleeding finger, resigned to the thought that dripping a bit more was no different, and dripped more blood onto the Jade Pendant.
No reaction.
“Drip more.”
Still no reaction.
“Keep going.”
Still no reaction.
Finally, when the blood nearly flooded the Jade Pendant, in the dim light, it looked like a scene from a horror movie.
Ji Lin disdainfully stood further away, sitting on the armrest of the sofa. Lele was sound asleep on the sofa, his little belly exposed and bobbing rhythmically as he breathed.
“X-Xiao Chu, there’s a reaction!!”
Ji Lin looked up.
The blood on the Jade Pendant started disappearing, as if the excess blood had annoyed the pendant, prompting it to absorb it all.
Is that even possible?
This Jade Pendant lacks professional ethics!
And in the next mont, Jiang Rushuang disappeared from where she stood.
Ji Lin was startled, “Where did she go?”
“She probably entered.”
“…” Running through the chaotic settings of fantasy in his head, Ji Lin finally asked her, “Can your space be entered too?”
Chuzheng: “…”
I honestly never thought about that.
After all, that device belonged to the Bastard, and she forced a bind… Being able to bind items, these worlds must really be like those in a ga?
Chuzheng sneakily chanted in her mind to enter the space.
[Don’t bother chanting, young lady, you can’t enter.] King’s Account rcilessly dashed her hopes.
Chuzheng: “…”
Worthless tool!
[…] Keep attacking like this, and I… I… I might just cry!!
“What are you thinking about?” Ji Lin waved a hand in front of her.
Chuzheng returned to her senses, coolly uttering two words, “Can’t enter.”
Ji Lin raised an eyebrow in a rogue manner, said nothing, and after a few minutes, looking at the spot where Jiang Rushuang had disappeared, wondered aloud, “Why hasn’t she co out yet? Does space transmission take ti?”
Chuzheng: “…”
I think she just doesn’t know how to get out.
–
Jiang Rushuang only found a way out the next morning, the space was quite large, but only stocked with supplies Gu He had stored, nothing else.
However, seeing the stash of supplies Gu He accumulated left Jiang Rushuang dumbfounded.
Many items should have been bought before the apocalypse.
She recalled Gu He’s family not being particularly wealthy, unsure how Gu He managed to afford so many supplies.
Now all these supplies belonged to her.
Yet Jiang Rushuang felt no joy.
Instead, her heart felt heavy.
“Xiao Chu, isn’t this a bit wrong of ?” Jiang Rushuang felt a prick of conscience over the massive supply hoard…
“Gu He didn’t think like that when she snatched your Jade Pendant.” Chuzheng was having breakfast, not even looking up as she replied.
“…”
“This was yours all along.” Chuzheng added, “You’re just reclaiming what belongs to you.”
“…” I didn’t even know.
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