I bought a secret manual of the Hehuan Sect for ten yuan.

"Xiaofei, could you please ask Qin Ge? I really have something very important to ask him."

"It's no use. He already instructed me to just pass on his message; trying to act as an intermediary for you is futile!"

"He even anticipated this?"

Jiang Chaoning remained silent.

After a long while, she took out the stone that Qin Ge had given her. "Then please help me return this to him, and tell him that I am waiting for him here, hoping that he can meet me."

"A stone?" Le Fei reached out and took it, examining it carefully from all angles, but found nothing special about it.

"Miss, is this really Qin Ge's?"

"Are you sure you want me to give this thing to him?"

What decent person would go around giving away a broken rock like that? Miss Jiang, could you have been fooled by Qin Ge?

Or does this stone have special significance, perhaps as a token of love?

That's not right either. What decent person would use a broken stone as a token of love?

"Xiao Fei, you don't work for the Jiang family anymore, so you don't need to call me that."

"This stone is indeed Qin Ge's, but it has changed a little."

"Just relay what I said to him, he'll understand. Thank you."

After Jiang Chaoning finished speaking, he noticed that Le Fei's curious eyes were looking at him. He immediately looked away and felt uneasy.

"It's alright, I'm used to calling you that, and I don't want to change!"

Le Fei grinned. "Miss, I've noticed you seem a little different than before, that feeling..."

"How can I describe it? I can't quite put my finger on it, but I feel more humble and more..."

She didn't continue, because those weren't pleasant words, and she was afraid that the speaker might not mean anything by them, but the listener might take them to heart.

"I know what you want to say. I used to be a frog in a well, and there was nothing I couldn't say."

"I'm so glad I saw a different world, and it's not too late."

Jiang Chaoning smiled wryly. Having witnessed Qin Ge's strength and his unpredictable methods, he would be a laughingstock if he didn't realize his own limitations!

"Miss, please don't say that. Actually, Qin Ge..." Le Fei didn't dare to continue, afraid that Qin Ge would punish her.

"Wait here for a moment, I'll go talk to him!"

Le Fei took the stone and left.

"I'm telling you, you should go see Miss Jiang. You can tell she's really anxious!"

Qin Ge stared blankly at the Xuan Yuan Black Jade in his hand, his brain almost being shaken smooth by Le Fei.

He laughed and scolded, "Are you ever going to stop? Wouldn't it be better to save that energy for something more important?"

"Your Miss Jiang is so inconsiderate!"

"How is Miss Jiang being so stingy?" Le Fei blushed slightly and blinked. "Don't be so petty!"

"If you agree to see her, I can work even harder!"

Qin Ge was both amused and exasperated. "Just say what you want to say, instead of using others as an excuse!"

"Let her stay here for now. Your young lady is too arrogant; she's being disrespectful to me if she's not disciplined!"

"Besides, if she can see me whenever she wants, does that suit my status as a superior person?"

He casually tossed the Xuan Yuan Black Jade aside. Now the stone had become dull and lifeless, devoid of any spiritual energy, and was no different from an ordinary stone.

According to Qin Ge's calculations, Jiang Chaoning only needed to absorb one-tenth of the spiritual energy within the spirit stone to defeat Misako, but who knew that she would absorb it all.

There couldn't possibly be that much time for her to do this on the arena, so there's only one explanation: she absorbed all the remaining spiritual energy in the spirit stone after the arena battle!

lost heavily.

However, it's not a big problem. It has now been confirmed that Jiang Chaoning can indeed cultivate spiritual energy just like him!

Consider it an investment; the more Jiang Chaoning takes today, the more he will have to pay back in the future.

"You did this on purpose?!" Le Fei exclaimed in surprise. "You bastard, are you making fun of me again?"

"I knew something was wrong with you!"

"But aren't you afraid that Miss Jiang will just leave?"

"She used to be incredibly arrogant. Don't think you can so easily crush her pride; she's not some delicate rich girl!"

"Don't worry, she won't leave!" Qin Ge said confidently. "Even if she leaves now, she won't escape my grasp."

"I've invested so much; if she runs away, who will compensate me for my losses?"

"Loss?" Le Fei glanced instinctively at the broken rock. "You don't mean this thing, do you?"

"What is this? Why would Miss Jiang go to the trouble of bringing you a stone, and even claim it as yours?"

"Could this stone be a transformation of your kidney?"

Qin Ge's face darkened. "Can you please stop having such a vivid imagination? Can kidneys turn into stone? Do you think I'm a dinosaur?"

"This stone is a token of our love, priceless!"

Le Fei stood there dumbfounded. Had she guessed right?

She had barely left when Zheng Qiuyi arrived. "Jiang Chaoning is here?"

"You turned her away?"

"Isn't her coming here exactly what you wanted?"

"I really don't understand what you're thinking!"

"Why are you asking so many questions?" Qin Ge's gaze was intense as he circled Zheng Qiuyi. "That's strange. I remember you and Jiang Chaoning weren't very close, were you?"

"I can understand Le Fei speaking up for Jiang Chaoning, but why are you doing this?"

"I..." Zheng Qiuyi was stumped by the question.

Yes, why am I doing this?

"I just went and chatted with Deng Ximing and the others for a while."

If they couldn't figure it out, they simply changed the subject: "After they encouraged netizens to switch their focus to Qingyin, the situation improved dramatically!"

"More and more people are joining the team, and more and more people are learning about Xu Xiaoluo's story."

"But there are also some outrageous things. Do you know what the most outrageous one is?"

"The incident clearly happened in Mocheng, but according to feedback from netizens, the vast majority of people in Mocheng are unaware of it and have never even heard of it!"

"There really are people in Mexico City who can control everything!"

"Now we are united in our hatred of the enemy, determined to tear open the darkness of Mo City and bring forth the sun!"

"More and more people are paying attention, and some influential figures have come forward to speak out for Xu Xiaoluo. I believe the truth will soon come to light!"

Zheng Qiuyi spoke at length, becoming more and more excited as she spoke, her eyes filled with hope.

"Don't blame me for being blunt, but you're really too optimistic."

"If things were really that easy to resolve, would Deng Ximing and his group have resorted to such a foolish method as hanging banners in Beidu out of desperation in Mexico City?"

"To put it bluntly, if they hadn't been lucky enough to run into us, their actions would not only have been completely ineffective, but they might have vanished by now!"

"And Qingyin, you'd better not have too high hopes; it's uncertain how long she can hold out."

Qin Ge never placed his hopes on public opinion; whether the matter could be resolved depended on Cai Qingyi and the others!

Chu Hongxiu, who is far away in Jiangcheng, is indeed under tremendous pressure right now.