94: Refining negative terms

Jiang Lei had voiced this conjecture before, but the enforcers clearly didn't care.

He had nowhere to express his bitterness.

Now that he met Su Yuan, he spilled everything out like beans from a bamboo tube.

"Blood... ritual..."

Honestly, Su Yuan somewhat agreed with Jiang Lei's idea.

Setting aside the ritual for now, the Mastermind's methods are still unknown.

But the vanished blood is indeed a suspicious point!

Such a large amount of bleeding, yet no bloodstains were found at the scene.

Where did all that blood go?

The most likely possibility is that the killer took it!

"After knocking Jiang Lei unconscious, cut open his wrist to take blood, then use unknown methods to plunder his Physique through the blood."

A very reasonable guess!

Thinking of this, Su Yuan couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

He felt like he was getting closer to the truth.

"These are two gray negative Physique talents I just acquired,"

Su Yuan took out the Scar Constitution and Easy-Fat Constitution from his space.

Jiang Lei's eyes lit up, and he quickly took the talents.

But then he immediately reacted.

"'Easy-Fat' and 'Scar'? You want to find the Mastermind with just these two talents?"

Jiang Lei was a bit exasperated.

He had thought they would be incredibly alarming negative effects, but it turned out to be just this.

It was just a minor inconvenience, neither painful nor itchy.

The Mastermind would probably die laughing if he knew.

Su Yuan was also a little embarrassed; these two talents indeed weren't very useful, but he still argued:

"How is it useless? If he suddenly gets fat, wouldn't he be highly suspicious!"

"There are many people who suddenly get fat. Are everyone suspicious? Can you investigate everyone?" Jiang Lei visibly became despondent again.

Su Yuan was speechless for a moment, then said after a long pause:

"These two talents are indeed neither painful nor itchy, but they can at least cause some trouble for the killer... Causing some trouble is better than doing nothing at all, right!"

He sighed helplessly, "I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush yet. Don't worry, I'm currently buying gray talent fragments across all platforms. I've already gathered six or seven fragments, and another six or seven are on their way via express delivery. We'll definitely synthesize a suitable talent."

Hearing this, Jiang Lei finally calmed down. He looked at the two gray talents in his hand.

"Alright, then I'll refine these two first. You help me!"

Jiang Lei sat down cross-legged.

He held one of the talents.

His spiritual power in his body had long since dissipated, so he needed assistance from others to refine the talent.

Su Yuan stood beside him and poured spiritual power into his body.

He guided the spiritual power to refine the talent and integrate it into Jiang Lei's body.

After a moment, he repeated the process.

Finally, both talents were refined.

It was only then that Jiang Lei remembered to ask, "By the way, when your sister refines talents, can't the Mastermind also plunder them and get the same effect? So why did you come to me?"

This question stumped Su Yuan. Should he honestly say he was afraid the talent might return then?

"Uh, my sister has already refined two. I wanted you to try too." Su Yuan found an excuse.

Jiang Lei clearly didn't believe him: "It must be that your sister is afraid the talent won't disappear and she'll get fat and have scars then. Hmph, women are just troublesome. I'm not afraid!"

He glanced at his panel, where only the Scar Constitution and Easy-Fat Constitution talents remained.

He said through gritted teeth, "According to my experience, these two talents should disappear by tomorrow!"

"Alright! Let's exchange contact information. Tell me when the talents disappear, and if they don't, tell me too so we can think of other methods." Su Yuan instructed.

"Mm!"

Jiang Lei nodded.

Su Yuan stood for a while longer; they had nothing left to talk about.

Just as he was about to leave,

He heard Jiang Lei say again, "I know you, Su Yu's younger brother, Su Yuan. You also have a gold talent, but it's a useless gold talent. Your family situation isn't good, so logically you shouldn't have so much money to buy talent fragments!"

He looked up at Su Yuan, "Did you awaken a good talent later, which allowed you to earn money?"

His face was filled with anticipation.

Su Yuan was startled to hear this. He hadn't known what Jiang Lei was trying to say at first,

But hearing the latter part, he somewhat understood.

So he nodded, "Yes, for people like us whose initial talents are very Advanced, we will also awaken very Advanced talents later. Once the Mastermind is dealt with, you will also draw Advanced talents again!"

"That's good! That's good!"

After Su Yuan finished speaking, Jiang Lei's expression was a mix of crying and laughing, and his voice was choked with emotion.

Su Yuan sighed.

He understood Jiang Lei's current feelings—being a burden to his family, the pressure was too great.

His sister had also been in this state, and had once thought of ending it all.

But now there was hope.

The Mastermind was not far away!

Su Yuan didn't linger any longer and left Jiang Lei's room.

He politely declined Old Mrs. Jiang's invitation to stay for dinner.

Su Yuan returned home, where his mother had already prepared dinner.

Although his mother no longer had the obstacle of No Further Progress and had resumed Cultivating,

And with the combined effects of A Thousand Miles in a Day and Doing More with Less,

Her Cultivation speed was even faster than Su Yuan's Emperors Bearing!

But his mother still balanced family and Cultivation very well, taking care of three meals a day in addition to Cultivating.

Su Yuan had suggested several times whether to hire a nanny,

But his mother had refused every time, so he could only give up.

Today's meal consisted of three dishes and one soup: stir-fried exotic beast meat with chili, exotic beast bone stew, and two other dishes.

His mother served the last soup.

The three of them ate and chatted.

"Why are you home late today?" Jiang Pei asked.

"I went to Jiang Lei's house and had him refine two negative Physique talents!"

Su Yuan didn't hide anything.

Revenge was a family matter, and he didn't hide any of his actions from his family.

"Oh, how is that boy doing?" Jiang Pei asked worriedly.

"He's doing well, playing games at home!" Su Yuan didn't want to say more.

"Oh, that's good then. He has a pretty good mindset, unlike your sister who was so dramatic back then!" Jiang Pei scolded her daughter.

"Mom!" Su Yu pouted.

"Mom has an idea!" Jiang Pei said, getting to the main point.

"What is it?" Su Yuan and Su Yu both looked up, listening carefully.

"Mom was thinking about whether we should buy a new house. This current house was an investment given by the company when they signed a contract with Xiao Yu. They've always wanted it back before. At the time, we had no choice but to shamelessly live here."

Jiang Pei said, "Now Xiao Yuan is earning money. The first time he sold a talent, he gave me three hundred thousand, and then another hundred thousand when the scholarship was issued. It's enough to buy a small apartment... Maybe we should return this house to the company."

Jiang Pei looked at the siblings, seeking their opinion.

Su Yuan frowned, "The renovation of this house was all paid for with our money... Did someone from the company come to cause trouble again?"

"No, they didn't!"

Jiang Pei waved her hand, "Only one person came, saying they wanted to transfer your sister's contract to you, and they want you to work for them for three years after you graduate."