Quanyi's pupils shrank, and he quickly scanned his surroundings.
After confirming that no one was around, he put on his gauntlets and picked up the object from the still-warm ashes.
It was a bone-like object that shimmered with a jade-white light. Its shape resembled a skull, but it didn't give off a sinister feeling. Instead, it looked more like a jade artwork.
Moreover, Quanyi could also sense Soul Power fluctuations emanating from it.
A Soul Bone.
The term flashed through Quanyi's mind. It matched the descriptions of Soul Bones he had read in books.
Realizing this, Quanyi quickly stored it in his Blazing Sun Heart.
At that moment, the sound of rapid hoofbeats came from a distance.
"Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da..."
"Young Master, we're here!" followed by the coachman's voice.
Quanyi looked up in the direction of the sound and saw four or five large carriages speeding towards him.
The lead carriage was driven by the same coachman from before.
The carriages stopped in front of Quanyi, and dozens of strong men armed with weapons and equipment stepped down.
Leading them was Yuan Blacksmith.
"Young Master, are you alright?" Yuan Blacksmith asked anxiously.
"I'm fine. Yuan Blacksmith, why are you here too? What about the Blacksmith Shop?"
Before burning the body, Quanyi had instructed the coachman to return to the Blacksmith Shop and bring some people to handle the scene.
But he didn't expect so many people to come at once, and with such a battle-ready stance.
Quanyi couldn't help but smile wryly.
"I heard that Young Master was assassinated and feared that you might be in danger again, so I brought people over. I've also left some people to guard the Blacksmith Shop. You don't need to worry about that."
Yuan Blacksmith was relieved to see that Quanyi had no injuries.
"There should only be this one enemy. You guys clean up the street, and then we'll go back."
The group quickly cleaned up the street and returned to the Research Institute.
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In the afternoon, the usually bustling Blacksmith Shop was silent, without the familiar sound of hammering. The entire shop was eerily quiet.
Inside the Blacksmith Shop, fully armed men could be seen guarding every corner.
The entire shop seemed to be in a state of alert, and everyone's expression was solemn.
Quanyi sat in the main seat of the hall, his eyes fixed on the Silver Soul Arena Badge in his hand.
Name: Xu Ke
Martial Soul: Claw Blade
Age: Forty-one
Address: Xu Family Village, Leilia Province
This information was likely unreliable, Quanyi couldn't be sure.
But the Soul Arena Badge also contained other information, which was relatively reliable.
That was the battle record.
Each Soul Arena Badge recorded the individual's battle record below their personal information.
Accumulated Points: 1123
Soul Grandmaster, Silver Soul. His talent and strength were only average, nothing particularly outstanding.
Quanyi remembered that his Soul Ring configuration wasn't optimal, and his first Soul Ring was even a white, ten-year Soul Ring.
However, Quanyi noticed that this person's points had suddenly soared in recent years.
Moreover, most of them were accumulated rapidly through winning streaks.
But looking back at his previous records, although he had participated for many years, he had generally lost more than he had won.
This indicated that he was an ordinary Soul Master who had frequented the Soul Arena for many years, but in recent years, his strength had improved by leaps and bounds, and he had quickly advanced to Silver Soul.
Moreover, more importantly, from the man's words, it could be inferred that he didn't know Quanyi very well.
"Are you Fire-attribute?"
The man had looked very surprised when he saw Quanyi using Propulsion Mode.
The other party had carried out the assassination without conducting a thorough background check.
He didn't seem like a professional assassin.
However, this person's timing was excellent.
He chose the moment when his mother left his side.
This was no accident.
Even Quanyi himself only learned at noon that his mother had chosen today to replenish Gunpowder.
Therefore, this person must have been in the Soul Fight Arena at the time, and had been monitoring him for a long time.
But how was that possible? He was just a Soul Grandmaster, while his mother was a Soul King, and their strengths were vastly different. How could he have monitored them for so long without being noticed?
Quanyi couldn't figure it out.
"Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi!"
Su Ling'er's anxious voice came from outside the Blacksmith Shop.
"It's mother. Quick, open the door."
Quanyi retrieved the Silver Soul Arena Badge and ran out of the hall.
As the two guards at the door were about to open it, a scarlet figure jumped in directly from above the gate.
At this moment, Su Ling'er was fully transformed into a lion, exuding a powerful aura. She seemed a little out of breath, but when she saw Quanyi, her figure turned into a red lightning bolt and rushed towards him.
Su Ling'er hugged Quanyi tightly, and then began to check his body.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine," Quanyi said with a smile, because he didn't want his mother to worry about him.
"You're still smiling? Do you know how worried I was?"
On the way back, Su Ling'er saw scorched marks and wreckage, and she also smelled blood.
Realizing that something was wrong, Su Ling'er rushed back as quickly as possible.
Sure enough, when she returned to the Blacksmith Shop, the gate was unusually closed. In her urgency, she jumped over the gate and came in.
"Tell me, what exactly happened?"
Before answering, Quanyi glanced at everyone, knowing that this matter should not be known to too many people.
"Everyone, continue to be vigilant."
"Yes."
After dismissing everyone, Quanyi told his mother about the attack.
When Su Ling'er heard about Quanyi's perilous situation, she began to blame herself. If she hadn't left Quanyi, he wouldn't have encountered such a thing.
Su Ling'er lovingly touched Quanyi's head.
"Mother, this incident was not accidental. This person seems to have been planning it for a long time. Even if it wasn't today, he would definitely find another time to assassinate me." Seeing his mother's disappointed expression, Quanyi comforted her.
"Planning for a long time? How do you know he was planning for a long time?" Su Ling'er asked in surprise.
Quanyi explained his reasoning to her.
After speaking, he also took out the Silver Soul Arena Badge, the facial sketch, and the Soul Bone.
"This is!" Su Ling'er was also extremely surprised when she saw the Soul Bone.
She took the Soul Bone from Quanyi's hand and began to examine it carefully.
"This should be a Head Soul Bone that is over a thousand years old. Only the person who has absorbed it would know which Soul Beast it came from." After looking at it for a while, Su Ling'er had Quanyi put it away again.
After retrieving the Soul Bone, Quanyi asked his mother with some confusion.
"Mother, what exactly is this person's goal?"
Quanyi couldn't deduce at all what this person's purpose was.
"Combining your reasoning with this Soul Bone, I have a guess," Su Ling'er said after pondering.
"What is it?" Quanyi asked.
"His goal should be to obtain the Soul Bone," Su Ling'er explained.
"Soul Bone?" Quanyi was instantly a little surprised.
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