A mysterious jade pendant of unknown origin

Jiang City.

Street 105 of the City.

Qingshan Orphanage.

Inside the orphanage… Su Bai gazed at the jade pendant in his hand, his heart filled with complex emotions.

So—

This was the origin of his name!

He remembered often wondering when he was five or six years old:

Grandpa Director’s surname was Jiang, and Xiao Yan, the little sister he adopted, also had the surname Jiang. But why… was his own surname Su, not Jiang?

It turned out, it was because of this jade pendant!

It turned out, his birth parents, whom he had never met—

Had placed him at the orphanage entrance only after deciding on his name.

So—

They… actually had their own difficulties?

Clutching the jade pendant in his hand, Su Bai’s brows furrowed:

“Su… Bai… Surname… Su?”

“Su… Su… Su… Family?”

“Does Jiang City… have this Family?”

He was very confused.

Because—

In his previous life and this life, he seemed to have never heard of any Su Family!

At least, Jiang City did not have such a Family.

At most, there were some small, insignificant families with the surname Su.

Jiang City definitely had no prominent Family named Su!

And with his Eighth Stage Mid-level insight, he could tell at a glance—

This jade pendant was made of very, very precious Materials!

So precious that he completely couldn’t discern its essence.

He only knew—

Even a Great Emperor might not be able to leave a mark on it!

Since one could possess a jade pendant of this level, then—

The Su Family was definitely the most top-tier prominent Family in Huaxia!

Noticing his emotional fluctuations, Jiang Muyan looked a little worried:

“Su Bai Gege…”

Su Bai took a deep breath, trying to calm the turmoil in his heart.

Only then did he turn to look at Jiang Muyan, asking urgently:

“Xiao Yan, did Grandpa Director say where he was going? Or… did he leave anything else or any other clues?”

Jiang Muyan shook her head, a hint of helplessness flashing in her eyes:

“Su Bai Gege, Grandpa left very suddenly. He only said he had to go handle some matters. He didn’t tell me where exactly he was going.”

“Su Bai Gege, Grandpa only said that this jade pendant is very, very important to you! He told me to tell you to definitely, definitely protect it well!”

“Grandpa said… if this jade pendant breaks…”

“Su Bai Gege… you… you might… ”

“Might… might… you might… die!!!”

Hearing Jiang Muyan’s words, Su Bai’s heart trembled slightly.

His brows immediately furrowed even tighter.

“Die?” he repeated in a low voice, his fingers unconsciously caressing the surface of the jade pendant, feeling its cold and hard touch.

This jade pendant actually… was connected to his life and death?!

At this moment, countless thoughts flashed through Su Bai’s mind.

Although he had spent nearly ten years in his previous life to Cultivate to the Eighth Stage Mid-level Realm, possessing extremely rich experience, he had never heard of anything that could directly determine a person’s life and death.

Because, even those legendary SSS-grade, or even Chaos Level Divine Artifacts, absolutely did not have such a miraculous effect.

But this jade pendant could actually make him… die?!

His Chaos Level Divine Artifact—the judgment of fate—

Didn’t have this effect, right?!

At most, it was Soul-bound.

But this jade pendant was actually bound to his life and death?!

Too strange!

Oh, right!

He remembered Xiao Yan saying earlier—

Grandpa Director knew he would return!

Could it be—

Grandpa Director… knew through this jade pendant?!

Hiss~~~~

The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it became!

Seeing the shifting expressions on his face, Xia Qingyan softly called out:

“Su Bai…”

She was very worried.

But there was nothing she could do.

She had heard Su Bai and “Xiao Yan’s” entire conversation.

She also felt that this matter was very bizarre.

Su Bai took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

He knew that now was not the time to panic.

Since this jade pendant might be connected to his life and death, he had to quickly figure out its origin and the secrets behind it.

“Xiao Yan, think carefully again. Did Grandpa Director mention any other information about this jade pendant? Even just one sentence.”

Su Bai’s voice was a little hurried, but he tried to keep it gentle.

Jiang Muyan frowned, trying hard to recall.

A moment later, she shook her head and said earnestly:

“There really isn’t any more, Su Bai Gege…”

Hearing this, Su Bai remained silent.

Seeing him like this, Xia Qingyan felt a little distressed.

So she proactively bid farewell:

“Xiao Yan Meimei, Su Bai and I have something to do, so we’ll be leaving first.”

After speaking, she pulled Su Bai’s hand and walked towards the door.

Leaving Jiang Muyan standing foolishly in place by herself.

Gazing at Su Bai’s retreating figure, she softly murmured a sentence:

“Su Bai Gege, Xiao Yan, I wish you happiness…”

...Jiang City.

Street 105 of the City.

Qingshan Orphanage.

At the orphanage entrance.

Su Bai and Xia Qingyan walked out of the orphanage’s main gate. The afternoon sun shone on them, but it couldn’t dispel the gloom in Su Bai’s heart.

He looked down at the jade pendant in his hand, only to find that—

At this moment, on this jade pendant, the two characters “Su” and “Bai” seemed to emit a faint rainbow-colored glow under the sunlight.

At this moment, Xia Qingyan gently squeezed his hand and said softly:

“Su Bai, don’t worry, we will definitely find the answer.”

Su Bai nodded, forcing a smile:

“I know. I’m just… a little uneasy. The secret hidden behind this jade pendant might be far more complex than we imagine.”

Xia Qingyan comforted him:

“No matter how complex it is, I will face it with you.”

“How about… we go home first?”

Su Bai took a deep breath and nodded:

“Okay, we… will go back first!”

However, just as Su Bai was about to activate his Holy Sense to teleport back to the Xia Family in the Demon Capital, a word suddenly came to his mind—

System!

He had actually forgotten that he still had a System!

Generally speaking, Systems were omnipotent!

Even if it couldn’t directly find out the origin… it could at least find out the Material of this jade pendant!

Su Bai’s eyes lit up, and he immediately called out to the System in his mind:

“System, are you there? Check this jade pendant in my hand.”

Unexpectedly, the System had no response!

Dozens of seconds later, the cold mechanical voice slowly sounded:

“~Ding, detection failed! Warm reminder: The System is upgrading, related functions have been disabled! Please try again after the System upgrade is successful!”

“~Ding, detection failed! Warm reminder: The System is upgrading, related functions have been disabled! Please try again after the System upgrade is successful!”

“~Ding, detection failed! Warm reminder: The System is upgrading, related functions have been disabled! Please try again after the System upgrade is successful!”

Hearing the notification sound, Su Bai finally couldn’t hold back:

“F*ck!”

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