Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 1602: Chapter 1586: Golden Spirit Pearl

Huo Sining extended her hand, and the young girl seemed to sense someone’s approach, instinctively wanting to avoid it.

But Huo Sining lightly commanded, ”Don’t move!”

The girl was taken aback and really didn’t move, perhaps sensing that the person in front of her posed no threat.

As Huo Sining’s hand touched the girl’s forehead, a look of understanding flashed in her eyes.

The moment Huo Sining’s hand touched the girl’s forehead, a golden bead suddenly appeared before Huo Sining’s eyes, spinning rapidly and radiating a strong golden light.

Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth—could this be the last of the Five Elements, the possessor of the Golden Spirit Pearl?

The Golden Spirit Pearl also seemed to sense the presence of the Ice Spirit Bead, exuding a strong sense of joy. With Huo Sining’s touch, the girl unconsciously showed a look of enjoyment and intoxication, and even Huo Sining felt a sense of indescribable comfort welling up from within her.

Huo Sining also had a vague understanding in her heart: the mutual nurturing of the Five Elements refers to the mutual support and complementarity of things.

Within the Five Elements, Wood generates Fire, Fire generates Earth, Earth generates Metal, Metal generates Water, and Water generates Wood.

Her Ice Spirit Bead belongs to Water, while this girl’s spirit bead belongs to Metal. Metal generating Water means that Metal and Water have a mutual promotion or enhancement effect.

Thus, the moment she came into contact with this girl, a reaction occurred.

This also explains why, after she and Gu Xu used the Invisibility Spell to enter the room, the girl detected them so quickly.

Because spirit beads interact with each other, the owners of the spirit beads can see each other’s spiritual energy. Just like when Qibao and Miss Yue use their spiritual energy, ordinary mortals can’t see it, but Huo Sining can. She needs to use the Spirit of Azure Pearl when using the Invisibility Spell, which is why the girl was able to detect them.

In other words, her Invisibility Spell only works on ordinary people and is ineffective against those possessing spirit beads.

Huo Sining was a bit surprised. She hadn’t expected that after this investigation, she thought she had uncovered the secrets of Old Mr. Zhong, believing that capturing him would solve the mystery, but she never expected such a twist in the end.

Investigating around, she ended up discovering another person like herself; this girl turned out to be her kin.

Huo Sining didn’t know what to feel; she already had a Qibao in her hands, and a sharkman egg of uncertain situation, and now another discovery—what kind of luck was this?

Over there, Gu Xu and Old Mr. Zhong were still entangled, Old Mr. Zhong had discarded the long-handled net and had somehow grabbed a whisk, starting close combat with Gu Xu.

Old Mr. Zhong was dressed in robes, had gray hair and beard, and now, with a whisk in hand, he truly resembled a Taoist old man.

For some reason, at that moment, several images flashed through Huo Sining’s mind. She couldn’t help but think of the messy dreams she had been having, featuring that Taoist old man and the little Taoist who looked remarkably like Gu Xu, all so vivid.

Huo Sining silently questioned herself, realizing she was just obsessing over a dream—what’s there to dwell on?

With this thought, Huo Sining prepared to reveal her presence and confront Old Mr. Zhong. However, just then, during the scuffle between Gu Xu and Old Mr. Zhong, something caused an intimate item worn around Gu Xu’s neck to pop out.

That item, composed of several beads, was dark brown with a total of six beads linked by a gourd-shaped bead of the same color, each bead intricately carved with various patterns.

Huo Sining had seen this before and had asked Gu Xu about it, learning that it was called the Seven Stars Flow Pearl, meant to symbolize the North Star with surrounding stars—a gift given to him at his birth banquet by a taoist priest.

The taoist priest claimed that the Flow Pearl was a nianzhu talisman, a magical artifact for exorcising evil spirits and protecting peace, so Gu Xu had always worn it closely.

At this moment, upon seeing the Seven Stars Flow Pearl hanging around Gu Xu’s neck, Old Mr. Zhong froze in place, looking like he’d seen a ghost, forgetting to continue attacking Gu Xu. After a long pause, he finally regained his composure and asked, with a shocked expression, ”Where... where did you get this thing?”

Gu Xu was puzzled: ”This? Are you asking about this Seven Stars Flow Pearl? My grandfather requested it from a taoist priest.”

Old Mr. Zhong, full of bewilderment, turned back to see a woman suddenly standing by the pool, near his daughter, who had always been stone-faced to strangers, now cheekily affectionate with the woman as if extremely familiar.

Seeing this, Old Mr. Zhong’s eyes nearly popped: ”Who are you people, and how did you get in here?”

Huo Sining and Gu Xu exchanged a glance, knowing that today’s matters needed clarity, or they’d be charged with trespassing.

”Greetings, Old Mr. Zhong, my name is Huo Sining, and this is my husband, Gu Xu. Actually, we received a mission from the Special Operations Division of the Cultural Investigation Bureau, specifically to come see you.”

Saying this, Huo Sining pulled out an ID from her bag and handed it to Old Mr. Zhong.

After glancing at the ID, Old Mr. Zhong’s face turned stern: ”Cultural Investigation Bureau? Is that the Cultural Relics Investigation Bureau? What do you want with me? I don’t recall causing you any trouble.”

Huo Sining smiled: ”Here’s the situation. Two years ago, the Taicheng Museum’s crown jewel—a Yue Kiln Secret-Color Porcelain Bowl—got swapped, and at that time, many experts from Taicheng couldn’t tell if it was real or not.”

”Coincidentally, I identified that bowl during the Taicheng Ancient Tomb event. Later, when they couldn’t figure it out, they had to call me back.”

”After another identification, I found something wrong. Although the bowl had no defects, I noticed a simplistic ’Zhong’ engraved on the bottom.”

As she spoke, Huo Sining watched Old Mr. Zhong, trying to discern his reaction.

But Old Mr. Zhong’s expression remained unchanged, his response detached: ”What does this have to do with me?”

Seeing this, Huo Sining continued, ”I don’t know if it’s connected to you, but later, while investigating at the H Province Museum, I found a Famille Rose Porcelain Zun, which was flawless except for another simplistic ’Zhong’ on it.”

”Coincidentally, around that time, I met an Old Granny, whose grandson pawned a Tortoiseshell Folding Fan at a pawnshop I owned. After getting acquainted, she wanted to retrieve the fan, bringing us closer.”

Hearing this, for the first time, a change appeared on Old Mr. Zhong’s face.