A carefree soldier king in the city

Chapter 13 The Jade Pendant That Can Talk

He quickly focused his mind and sent a message, asking, "May I ask your esteemed name, senior? Would you be so kind as to come out and meet me?"

"Hehe, kid, stop yelling. I'm right here on your chest."

"Huh? On my chest?"

Chao Bufan's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked down at his chest, but there was nothing there except an ordinary jade pendant of Guanyin.

This ordinary Hetian jade pendant was something Falcon bought from a jewelry store after completing a mission. The store was having a promotion at the time, offering all items at half price, and Falcon happened to be there, buying this ordinary piece for just over a hundred yuan. He quickly took the pendant out and examined it carefully, but couldn't find anything special about it. Just as he was wondering, the voice rang out again: "Kid, I'm inside this jade pendant. You might as well take another closer look."

Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan was startled and quickly examined the jade pendant in his hand. The pendant was small, no bigger than a thumb, and Chao Bufan couldn't discern anything special about it. Suddenly, his pupils contracted sharply, and he exclaimed in surprise: "Huh? It turns out... there's something inside this jade pendant, something much smaller than half the size of a sesame seed." He looked closely and finally saw what the tiny thing was. It was a jade pendant shaped like a butterfly, and its color was almost identical to the pendant's; it would have been very difficult to spot without careful observation.

No wonder I hadn't noticed it before!

"Hehe, now you know who I am!"

The voice rang in his mind once more. Chao Bufan raised his eyebrows. Having lived two lives, he already possessed a courage and composure far beyond that of ordinary people. He asked in a deep voice, "You are... the jade pendant... among the jade ornaments?"

"hehe."

The laughter that echoed in my mind meant that the voice had recognized my identity.

A jade pendant, a talking jade pendant!

Chao Bufan was deep in thought, his brows furrowed, when suddenly his eyes lit up. He immediately remembered that in his previous life, before his death, his father had placed a jade pendant on his chest. That jade pendant seemed to be exactly the same as the one inside the jade pendant. Could it be...?

Once the thought popped into his mind, he could no longer suppress his excitement and transmitted his voice, "Senior, I remember now, it was you who helped me reincarnate, right?"

"Hahaha, kid, you finally remembered."

"Mmm, senior, what's your voice..."

His voice was deep and weak, as if it came from the mouth of an old man who was terminally ill and about to die.

"It's all because of that time I saved you. It exhausted all my energy. Now I'm severely injured and don't even have the strength to speak."

"Oh, senior, thank you so much!"

"No need for thanks. I just happened to run into you when I woke up. I guess I'm just unlucky!"

"Um... senior, is there anything I can do to help you?"

"With your pitiful cultivation level now, how could you possibly help me? Unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless you possess primordial power."

"Huh?" Chao Bufan was taken aback, then gave a wry smile and said, "Senior, please don't make such international jokes with me. The power of the primordial chaos is a completely fictitious thing."

"You're wrong. The power of the primordial chaos is not a figment of imagination, but a powerful existence that truly exists in the primordial universe."

"Really?" Chao Bufan looked on with suspicion.

"Of course it's true, but it's pointless to tell you now. You'll find out eventually."

Chao Bufan seemed to understand but not quite, and simply said "Oh".

"I'm too weak to talk to you right now, so you'd better watch out! Oh, and watch your right side."

Wait, what did he say? Watch out on the right?

Chao Bufan was slightly startled and quickly looked to his right. For a moment, he was stunned and dumbfounded. Then he realized what was happening and cursed under his breath: "Damn, who the hell has such a big entourage? They even brought the army here."

Less than a hundred meters from where Chao Bufan stood, hundreds of armed police officers were crawling forward. Looking ahead, there were more; looking behind, there were more. Without a doubt, Chao Bufan and Tang Qianqian were already surrounded by over a thousand armed police officers.

But at this moment, Tang Qianqian was still tightly hugging Chao Bufan from behind, looking terrified, completely unaware of what was going on.

"Miss Tang, if you don't let go soon, we'll probably all turn into a beehive."

Upon hearing this, Tang Qianqian quickly released her grip, and her originally snow-white face immediately changed color, turning slightly red.

As soon as Tang Qianqian let go, Chao Bufan immediately grabbed her hand, preparing to go back into the house. Suddenly, countless red dots appeared on their bodies; hundreds upon hundreds of armed police officers had simultaneously aimed their laser guns at them. Then…

"do not move!"

A deep shout suddenly rang out behind Chao Bufan, followed by two pistols pressed against his temples, and even Tang Qianqian's waist was pointed at with a gun.

Three men in military uniforms suddenly appeared on Chao Bufan's left and right sides and behind him. One man pointed a gun at Tang Qianqian, and the other two pointed guns at Chao Bufan.

Upon hearing the voice, Chao Bufan was slightly startled. That voice… why did it sound so familiar? Could it be…? He then smiled naturally, and then said something that was sure to shock: “Hey, is this how you treat your brothers?”

Huh? Bro?

The three men were slightly startled. Their first reaction was: Why does this voice sound so familiar?

Chao Bufan chuckled, then said jokingly, "Mountain Eagle, Crouching Dragon, Cheetah, if you don't put your guns away, don't blame me for being impolite."

"Huh?" The three were startled; that voice—

"Ah, you are—you are Falcon!"

Suddenly, Mountain Eagle let out an excited cry. Almost simultaneously, Mountain Eagle, Fulong, and Cheetah appeared in front of Chao Bufan. Upon seeing him, the three were overjoyed and extremely excited. Mountain Eagle hugged Chao Bufan tightly, and suddenly tears streamed down his face: "Cheetah, I—I thought you really—haha, hahahaha, I knew your body wouldn't just disappear for no reason, I knew you were lucky enough to be alive."

Tang Qianqian was immediately confused by this sudden scene, feeling like she couldn't quite process what was happening. However, when she saw that these people were all HX soldiers, she showed a calm expression, because she knew in her heart that she was finally safe.

Not only Mountain Eagle, but also Fulong and Cheetah were in tears, their faces filled with excitement.

"Ahem! Ahem!"

Chao Bufan coughed three times in a row, then smiled and said, "Mountain Eagle, if you don't let go, even if you don't shoot me to death, you'll strangle me to death."