Heretic Apothecary Genius

Chapter 51: Broken Souls

Ren Jie only understood why the smiley old man had forgotten himself as he listened from the side. Although he had a smile covering his face, Ren Jie could sense his agitation.

Earlier, he only had a vague sense of feeling especially close to Sun Rui when she saw her. He felt that she carried a gracefulness that didn’t belong to the countryside or even the secular world. Ren Jie was suddenly reminded of a saying from his previous life. It was said that “women are made of water”. At this moment, little Sun Rui gave the feeling that she was made of the cleanest, purest water in the world.

Like just by looking at her, they’d feel so much love and protective towards her, even their mood would become better.

Hearing the smiley old man say so now, little Sun Rui was clearly exceptional.

“Let’s get out of here before discussing further, this isn’t the place to talk. Also, do me a favor and bury them all.” At present, a gust of wind blew and a strong bloody scent filled the entire Sun family mansion. Then, seeing Sun Rui, such a delicate little girl staring fixedly at Yan Zhenfei’s body, Ren Jie’s heart sank and he suggested to the smiley old man.

“Yes, yes, yes, staying here is no good for the child.” As the smiley old man spoke, with a lift of his hand, a pure white feather instantly appeared beneath Ren Jie and Sun Rui’s feet. This feather became more than ten meters long at once and the two of them floated up like they were seated on a thick feather bed.

F*ck!

If it wasn’t for Sun Rui beside him, Ren Jie was really tempted to give the smiley old man the middle finger. The difference in treatment was too damn big. Every time he would simply grab him and zoom away, then directly throw him out. Now, he was so nice.

There was also a layer of warm energy around the feather as protection, they wouldn’t be swept down by winds when they entered the air. At this moment, the smiley old man also flew into the air, staying there as his hands moved with his chants.

“Boom!” An exceedingly huge surge of spiritual Qi condensed instantly in the air, then the smiley old man pressed down in the air and a huge palm appeared before pushing down with a loud noise.

Right then, Ren Jie realized that little Sun Rui’s hand, who had been looking down emptily, suddenly tightened around his. At the same time, her body started trembling intensely.

“Don’t let that jerk be buried with her family!” Ren Jie immediately realized what was wrong and abruptly shouted.

The huge palm pressed down from the air slowed down slightly when it heard Ren Jie. Following that, Yan Zhenfei’s body was thrown into the air by some force.

“Boom!” In the next moment, the entire Sun family mansion below disappeared under the ground with a rumble, and a bottomless pit appeared in its place. Everything of the Sun family was totally destroyed by the smiley old man using energy, sinking into the ground after being reduced to grain-like particles. Then, water continuously flowed out from under the ground and a lake was gradually formed.

Ever since coming to this world, he’d truly witnessed the remarkable ability of almost moving mountains and filling up seas this time. Powerful, really a force that was beyond imagination.

This was something he totally dare not imagine back on Earth. Such a force was even more sensory and satisfying than using the aid of technology.

“Boom!” Yan Zhenfei’s body that had been thrown into the air was caught by the smiley old man subsequently exploded and disappeared into the universe.

“Since I created such a huge stir, it will definitely draw people here,” the smiley old man said and landed on the feather. In the next moment, the feather had become a white light and flew away.

While the feather flew swiftly, the smiley old man turned and looked towards Sun Rui again, like a drunkard seeing alcohol and a miser seeing treasures.

“Isn’t this feather great? If you acknowledge me as your master, I’ll gift it to you. You’d be able to use this to fly into the sky as long as you reach the Divine Power Realm. And also the divine power that I used earlier, as long as you acknowledge me as your master, I’ll teach you everything. In the future, you’ll be undefeated in the world and become a true peerless powerhouse.” Looking at Sun Rui, the smiley old suddenly blurted on eagerly.

Upon hearing this, Ren Jie almost fell off the feather.

F*ck!

Why was this manner so similar to human traffickers in his past life who used candy to deceive children!

Sun Rui hid behind Ren Jie, refusing to spare the smiley old man a glance.

This embarrassed the smiley old man, who was squatted there excitedly and agitatedly asked her questions. Given his level of cultivation, if he’d wanted to take anyone in as his disciple, even emperors, ministers, generals and scholars would rush forward endlessly without a care for anything else, but this little girl wasn’t even paying any attention to him.

“Calm down. She’s only a child, and you know what she has just gone through.” Seeing that the smiley old man still wanted to round past him and continue with his questions, Ren Jie raised a hand to stop him.

The smiley old man instantly slapped his forehead. “I forgot, I forgot. How could I have forgotten about that? Having just gone through such an incident, the child has been terrified.

“Rascal, you must take good care of her. Do you know, she’s a Connate Soul.” The smiley old man looked towards Ren Jie solemnly. Although there was a smiley mask between them, his tone was extremely serious. “About such constitution that only exists in the legends, it is said that other than those special beings birthed by the universe that can have Connate Souls occasionally, if humans want a Connate Soul, firstly, the parents must both become beings written in the legends, and a certain amount of luck is also required. In short, this is almost a legend. Moreover, she has a Connate Intelligence mark. Fortunately, she had been living in this small town with no one knowing. Otherwise, she’s enough to set off a bloody scramble.”

“What’s a Connate Soul and Connate Intelligence mark.” Ren Jie had been reading a lot recently but had never heard of these.

“This is no longer something that can appear in the average man’s world. Connate Souls are beings that innately have souls. Once born, they are able to absorb spiritual Qi from the universe by themselves, which also means, at birth, she was already able to absorb spiritual Qi for spiritual Qi cultivation like those in the Divine Power Realm. Are you able to imagine the difference? Damn it, I really wonder how much virtue the ancestors of the Ren family accumulated. You could even encounter something like that. Didn’t you realize that her cultivation is already at the eighth level of the Body Refinement Realm, and this is only because she has been living in such a remote countryside?

“As for the Connate Intelligence mark, it means that her intelligence bloomed when she was in the womb. Hence, she is much more intelligent than the average person. The Connate Intelligence mark is still okay, it’s mainly the Connate Soul. Legends say they are beings almost destined to become peerless powerhouses, their potential is unlimited.” The smiley old man’s tone was very agitated at the mention of Connate Souls.

That was why. No wonder the smiley old man was so worked up. All of a sudden, Ren Jie was reminded of the situation when Sun Zhu held Sun Rui as he retreated in fear. Using his divine sense to probe out, in front of Sun Rui’s chest, there was a pretty bag. Its size was just nice and was probably used to hold the jade essence pearl. Then, thinking of the smiley old man’s expression of shock towards Connate Souls…

“Does this belong to you?” At this thought, after listening to the information from the smiley old man, Ren Jie turned, squatted down, took out the jade essence pearl and looked at little Sun Rui.

Sun Rui shook her head and lifted her fingers to point at Ren Jie. She meant to say that it belonged to Ren Jie.

“No, what brother meant is, have you been wearing this ever since you were young, or do you know if your mother has been wearing this before you were born?”

Although Ren Jie didn’t know much about the jade essence pearl and Connate Souls, he could sense their unusualness. He knew it was probably because his realm of cultivation wasn’t enough, so he couldn’t see through them so clearly. He would be able to once he got a little stronger.

However, Ren Jie had a nagging feeling that this pearl wasn’t just a jade essence pearl. In reality, even the smiley old man had said that something could be sealed inside. This allowed Ren Jie to link it to Sun Rui’s situation.

Whatever Ren Jie asked, though Sun Rui wouldn’t open her mouth to answer, she would nod or shake her head. Although it took a long time, Ren Jie finally made clear of the situation. Sun Zhu said that this pearl had a strong connection with her since she was young, apparently because when her mother had been pregnant with her, this pearl had had abnormal reactions. Hence, Sun Zhu took it out from a pile of items. Subsequently, it was worn by her mother until she was born and it was given to her.

When asked if this pearl had been given to the child to play with when her little brother was a month old, Ren Jie saw Sun Rui’s pupils dilate and her expression became one of extreme fear. As her entire body trembled, Ren Jie quickly stopped.

“You rascal do have some wits. You were able to get even this out of her. It seems like the mysteriousness of this jade essence pearl far exceeds our imagination. If you haven’t figured it out, don’t let anyone know about it and do not unseal it either. Otherwise, it might really bring a heinous disaster. Not to mention others, just the organization of killers, Broken Souls, is enough to turn the entire Jade Capital upside down.” Hearing him, the smiley old man also realized the gravity of the situation.

“Broken souls?” Ren Jie looked towards the smiley old man doubtfully. He had heard him mention it earlier.

“Just know that they’re an organization of killers. The mark on the jade essence pearl is a mark of their organization. This pearl was probably possessed by an ultra powerhouse of their organization previously. Anyway, remember to never provoke them. And more importantly, don’t let anyone know about tonight’s incident. Damn it, take good care of my disciple. If anything happens to her, you’ll see how I’ll deal with you.” Just them, Ren Jie felt the area beneath his feet become stable—turns out they’d already landed. With another look, he realized that the smiley old man and the feather under their feet were nowhere to be found.

Only the jade essence that was in his hands right now and the trembling Sun Rui who was holding his other hand reminded Ren Jie that tonight hadn’t been a dream. Although his Mighty Realm was good enough and his state of mind was also strong enough that he wouldn’t be terrified or suffer any side effects from killing someone for the first time or witnessing such a scene, it was his first time encountering such a situation, after all. On top of that, he’d killed personally. Together with his wounds, he felt especially tired right now.

“Damn it, this is not right. This should be the rascal’s first time killing someone, first time witnessing such a cruel massacre. Why is he able to remain so calm? He could still calmly analyze the situation. He clearly wasn’t a bloodthirsty person, then could it be that his mental state is really strong too?” After leaving, the smiley old man came back to his senses from the jade essence pearl and Connate Soul and thought of his repeated failures and Ren Jie’s abnormality.

Regardless of how he thought of it, it was too odd. In the end, he’d even frustrated himself with his thoughts, thinking to himself, This rascal has never been normal. Perhaps, him being like this is normal. If he was normal then it would be abnormal.