Ye Tian: "Haven't looked yet. If I don't need it, I'll return it."
Ren Ping smiled: "Alright."
Ye Tian closed the coffin again and turned to leave. As he walked out of the plastic greenhouse, Ren Tian carried the animal skin bag. All the staff were his people, and no one said anything. Da Feng Novel Network.
Getting into the car, Ye Tian deliberately sat in the back. He opened the bag and found seven jade plates inside, nothing else. The mouth of the jade gourd was sealed, so he didn't open it.
Ren Ping asked: "What is it?"
"Seven jade plates, seemingly containing hidden mysteries. I'll study them later. If they're useless to me, I'll return them to those archaeologists."
Ren Ping: "I hope they help you."
In his opinion, since it was the tomb of an immortal, there might be something beneficial to Ye Tian inside.
Ye Tian: "Thanks, Old Ren."
Ren Ping smiled: "No need for thanks. Just keep me alive as my bodyguard."
Back at Ren Ping's house, Ye Tian went straight to his room without eating, intending to continue studying the seven jade plates. He took out one of them and observed it carefully with his divine sense. Upon closer inspection, he indeed discovered a clue: the jade plate was layered, composed of hundreds of thin jade pieces pasted together. Separating these jade pieces would be a troublesome task, so he put it away for now, to be dealt with when he had time.
He then took out the jade box. Inside the jade box was a dried medicinal herb, which he had found on the first underground level. He had felt it was extraordinary at the time but hadn't had a chance to study it.
As he flipped through the jade box, he noticed that the material at the bottom of the box was slightly different, somewhat soft. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be sealed with some kind of material. He took out a short knife and gently sliced it open, revealing a shallow hidden compartment. Inside the compartment lay twelve irregular objects, the size of soybeans, of various colors, emitting dazzling brilliance under the light.
These items exuded a peculiar aura, which was precisely what had attracted him and led him to choose this jade box.
"What is this?" He reached out and picked up one of them. It felt soft, like gummy candy.
He brought it to his nose to smell it, but there was no scent. He naturally didn't know how to handle unknown things, so he could only put them away and continue meditating and practicing, opening up his meridians.
Thus, he continued to protect Ren Ping for three days, spending most of his time cultivating. Lin Ziyi had returned to Hai City the day before, as a pile of company matters awaited her.
At noon one day, Ren Ping's secretary brought in a cup of coffee. Just as Ren Ping was about to bring it to his lips, Ye Tian smelled a trace of abnormality in the coffee's aroma. He immediately snatched the coffee, sniffed it, and his expression changed drastically. "It's poisoned!"
Ren Ping looked at the secretary, whose face turned pale: "Boss, I brewed it myself, there shouldn't be any problem."
Ren Ping sighed softly: "I've always felt there was a mole in the house. Today, I must find him!"
The two went to the coffee machine. After Ye Tian's examination, he discovered that the coffee beans had been tampered with. He asked the secretary: "Where did you buy the coffee beans?"
Secretary: "I bought them myself at the supermarket, there shouldn't be a problem."
Ren Ping: "Who has access to the coffee machine?"
Secretary: "This coffee machine is exclusively for the boss. Besides me, only the cleaner does."
Ren Ping thought of something and turned to walk out.
He went to the cleaner's room and found the door ajar. The person was long gone.
"Where is he?" he asked his subordinate in charge of security.
The subordinate said: "Boss, the cleaner just went out."
"Issue a pursuit order!" Ren Ping gritted his teeth.
Returning to the office, Ren Ping's expression was grim. He said: "Yong Ye is relentless!"
Ye Tian: "I don't think it's necessarily people from Yong Ye. It might be the person who wants to harm you."
Ren Ping considered for a moment and said: "The cleaner is a clue. I must find that person!"
Half an hour later, a tall man walked in and said: "Boss, the person has been caught, but he's been poisoned, paralyzed, and can't speak."
Ren Ping's first reaction was to look at Ye Tian and ask: "Is there a way?"