"How long has it been since the soul jade was shattered?" Chen Shen interrupted before the second uncle could finish speaking.
"I don't know for sure! But at least I'm sure that it was intact an hour ago."
Chen Xiaohai said truthfully: "I have a habit every night before going to bed, which is to let the profound energy in my body travel for a large circle. This is to consolidate my cultivation and to check whether the body's texture is poisoned or hidden."
"
"About ten breaths ago, I finished my exercise and was about to go to bed. Unexpectedly, I lowered my head and found that the soul jade your grandfather left for me before going on the expedition was cracked! Then I went straight to you and almost forgot about it.
Wear a mask.”
"Hmm...that means it took at least ten breaths for the soul to split?" Chen Shen frowned slightly, thoughtfully.
"Oh, I said, how long has it been? Do you still have the heart to ask this? Is the length of the jade crack so important?"
Chen Xiaohai looked a little displeased, thinking to himself, how could he, a grandson, be so confused about the importance? If the soul jade breaks, your grandfather and father will both die!
"Second uncle, don't worry, the time when the jade cracks is of course important." Chen Shen explained: "If you think about it, the soul jade is still cracked but not broken after ten breaths, which means that he is at least temporarily out of danger."
"Otherwise, how could those who could seriously injure my grandfather not kill him even after ten breaths? This is unreasonable."
Hearing this, Chen Xiaohai's anxious expression finally eased slightly: "That's reasonable, but I, the uncle, have misunderstood you."
"It doesn't matter, second uncle, you are also concerned about the chaos." Chen Shen sighed softly: "Of course, there is another possibility for the soul jade to be broken but not broken, but... my nephew really doesn't want this to be the reason."
Chen Xiaohai was startled and asked tremblingly: "What do you mean?"
"Second Uncle, do you think there will be any quality issues with this soul jade?"
"Ah? This, this shouldn't be possible..."
Chen Xiaohai pondered for a moment and replied: "At least the one he gave me will be fine. As early as the first day when my father became the clan leader, he had already poured 10% of his soul energy into it.
A piece of soul jade, please leave it to your elder brother for safekeeping."
The eldest brother in his mouth refers to Chen Shen's deceased father: Chen Xiaotian.
"After the battle fifteen years ago, my eldest brother unfortunately died in the battle, but I managed to survive. Since then, my father has put this soul jade into my hands."
"When it comes to quality issues...it is more likely to occur if the two pieces are handed over to the Great Elder and left in the Shenwu Palace."
"Oh? In addition to the piece of soul jade left by grandpa, in your hand, King Daxia and Chen Jinyang also have one each?" Chen Shen was a little confused.
He could still understand if it was given to the King of Great Xia, but why did even the Great Elder give one?
Chen Xiaohai nodded slowly: "Whenever there is a war, the generals on the expedition will temporarily make a soul jade and store it in the Shenwu Palace, and give the other one to the person in charge of the clan, so that both the country and the family can know about it.
The feelings of one's own life and death are the rules established for generals."
"Originally, your grandfather wanted to give the Liujia Soul Jade to you. But you kid couldn't find anyone. In desperation, he had no choice but to hand over the Soul Jade to that old guy Chen Jinyang to take care of."
"After all, he is the head of the elders. If you, the young master, are not here, you should hand the soul jade into his hands due to both emotion and reason."
Chen Shen was still a little confused: "Then why did the second uncle say that the other two may have quality problems?"
"Because it is temporary, the soul power that goes into it is far less profound than mine, and the quality of the jade is not something that can be chosen from thousands of people."
Chen Xiaohai explained: "The purpose of leaving soul jades for the generals in their home and country before they go to war is to prove life and death."
"And once the battle is over and after returning in triumph, the general will immediately destroy the two soul jade in public to prevent it from falling into the hands of the enemy's spies or people with ulterior motives, who will use time to release false news to confuse people and cause trouble."
"So, every time there is an expedition, the soul jade left by the general is temporary, and it is far less reliable than the one your grandfather gave me."
"That's it!" Chen Shen suddenly realized.
He looked at the soul jade on the table. It still hadn't exploded. He couldn't help but feel a little more relieved: "We have been chatting for a while, and the soul jade is still the same. I think my grandfather should have escaped, maybe... he was rescued by the Qian family.
Gone."
Chen Shen had already told his second uncle the plan of forming an alliance with Qianjia and asking him to surrender to the King of Huainan openly, but secretly to help Chen Zangfeng.
Therefore, when Chen Xiaohai heard this, he was not surprised and only nodded slightly: "I hope so!"
"By the way, Second Uncle, you also have a piece of soul-carrying jade here. Do other clan members know about it?"
"No. They all probably thought that after their eldest brother died in the battle, the soul jade was also destroyed."
Chen Shen couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. Otherwise, if Chen Jinyang thought you were living in his shabby house and went to get the soul jade from you for verification, your disappearance would be exposed."
"Don't mention it to anyone yet, not even Ling'er or Mr. Shun, about the fact that the soul is broken but not broken."
"Well? You have to hide it even from the two of them?"
"Well, it's not that I can't trust them, I'm just worried that if they know the truth in advance, they won't know how to act, and others will notice." Chen Shen raised the corner of his mouth slightly.
"Acting? What do you mean?" Chen Xiaohai became more and more confused as the nephew talked about it.
The young man talked eloquently: "Since there is also my grandfather's soul jade in the palace, seeing that it suddenly cracked, the King of Daxia will definitely find someone to verify with the person in the Chen family who holds another soul jade."
"As you said before, our soul jade is only cracked but not broken, but the same may not be true for what they have in their hands."
"If the other two soul jade explode and break, or even one of them breaks, it may cause King Daxia and Chen Jinyang to believe that my grandfather is dead."
"At that time, Chen Jinyang, as the great elder, will definitely take the opportunity to make some big moves, and the King of Daxia will definitely take action as well."
"We might as well take advantage of the situation and confirm the fact that Sui Yuren is dead. On the one hand, we can save my grandfather and make the Tai Kou and the King of Huainan think that he is dead and take it lightly. On the other hand, we can also take the opportunity to see the face of the King of Daxia clearly. Look.
Let’s see if he is worthy of our Chen family’s wholehearted following!”
"That's it..." Chen Xiaohai suddenly said: "So you are worried that Mr. Shun and Ling'er will not behave well enough after knowing the truth and arouse suspicion?"
"That's right." Chen Shen nodded: "This is a big matter, so no details can be careless."
"I understand, I will do as you say... Huh? You want to leave?"
"Well. After the King of Great Xia learns about my grandfather's death, he will definitely contact our family members as soon as possible to determine the status of the other soul jade. As the young master, I failed to appear in the clan, at least I should be there
Show your face in the school so that the King of Great Xia can find me."