Yuan Beidou, worried that Xue Zhongyue would cause trouble, quickly took out his phone and called acquaintances in the Xue family to intercede for Long Xiao and the others.
Hua Xianfeng also made phone calls to ask for leniency for Long Xiao and his group.
Seeing them making calls, Long Xiao did not stop them. He took out his short knife and began to craft magical artifacts.
Xiao Ming didn't understand how to make magical artifacts. It was already dark and he hadn't eaten. He took out the last roasted duck from his backpack and ate it by himself.
Luo Tianshui picked up the magical artifacts carved by Long Xiao. He looked at them, but he couldn't figure out what kind of spiritual runes were carved on them.
Long Xiao continuously carved fifteen small pieces of jade. Then, from the jade on the ground, he picked a larger piece of not-so-good quality jade and carved over a dozen spiritual runes on it.
Carving spiritual runes consumed too much five-elemental qi. For the antique objects, Long Xiao drew the spiritual runes with a cinnabar pen.
After all twenty magical artifacts were made, Yuan Beidou ordered food from the school cafeteria.
After eating, Long Xiao and the others took the magical artifacts to the small grove and began to set up a hidden grand formation.
Luo Tianshui and Xiao Ming kept watch around the area. Yuan Nandou and Yuan Beidou dug pits at the positions designated by Long Xiao on the outer perimeter of the grove. Hua Xianfeng and Li Tianshu followed Long Xiao into the grove and dug pits inside.
Soon, five antique items were buried in the grove, and the fifteen pieces of jade were buried outside the grove.
After everything was ready, Long Xiao buried the last large piece of jade next to the ancient tomb.
As soon as the large piece of jade was buried and the ground was camouflaged, a faint mist rose around the grove.
A few minutes later, the mist dissipated, and the flow of qi around the grove completely returned to normal.
"Principal Yuan, check it with your compass again," Long Xiao said, pointing to the grove.
Yuan Beidou took out his compass. The compass stopped spinning wildly and had completely returned to normal.
In his knowledge system, any grand formation affected the magnetic field. After the formation was set up, the magnetic field would change, but the disordered magnetic field would not completely disappear.
Now, the compass showed that the abnormal geomagnetic field in the surroundings had completely disappeared, and the grove had completely returned to normal.
Yuan Nandou and Hua Xianfeng also took out their compasses. Li Tianshu even walked into the grove to observe carefully. He found that everything inside was also normal. The ancient tomb in the middle of the grove was gone.
If he hadn't known the situation of the grove, he would have thought it was an ordinary grove.
"How did you do that, Long Xiao? The ancient tomb disappeared," Li Tianshu said in surprise.
Long Xiao nodded and said, "The grand formation has been activated. This place will return to normal in the next few years. If we don't come to take the things from the ancient tomb, no one should be able to find it."
"Long Xiao, if students come here again, will they be in trouble?" Yuan Beidou asked.
Long Xiao nodded and said, "They can come as they please. You can't see anything unusual here, and neither can the students."
After dealing with the matters in the grove, Long Xiao and the others stayed at the school for another night. The next morning, Long Xiao, Xiao Ming, and Luo Tianshui loaded all the jade into the car and prepared to return to Donghai.
As the car reached the school gate, a BMW drove towards them.
Seeing Long Xiao and his group, Xue Hu, driving the BMW, shouted, "Young Master Long, wait a moment. My brother needs to see you."
The two cars stopped on the side of the road. Xue Lianxing and Xue Hu got out of the car.
"Young Master Long, it's been a while. How have you been?" Xue Lianxing said with a smile.
Xuanxiao Group had invested in two of the Xue family's pharmaceutical factories, so Long Xiao and the Xue family were now business partners.
Seeing Xue Lianxing, Long Xiao stepped forward and shook his hand, saying, "I'm doing alright. A lot of troublesome things, but nothing too serious."
After a few pleasantries, Long Xiao asked, "Young Master Xue, why are you looking for me? Is it about what Xiao Ming and the others did to your Xue family members yesterday?"
Xue Lianxing shook his head and said, "That's nothing. My second uncle is greedy for money and deserves a beating. I'm here to ask if you're selling your jade. I have a jewelry store, opened with my and Xue Hu's pocket money."
"Does Young Master Xue need to buy jade? Other than that Imperial Green piece, which I want to make into a bracelet for my wife, I'll give you the rest."
Xue Lianxing quickly waved his hand and said, "No need. Business is business, and friendship is friendship."
"Alright, as you say. The jade is all in the car. Move it over now, and you can give me the money as you see fit," Long Xiao said with a smile.
He moved all the jade from the trunk to Xue Lianxing's car. Xue Lianxing looked at the jade and directly transferred three hundred million yuan to Long Xiao. These jades were of good quality and large in quantity. After processing them, they would be worth at least over a hundred million yuan.
This time, he made a profit of 150 million yuan and also obtained a lot of ice-type Imperial Green jade for free.
After the transaction was completed, Long Xiao took out a perfectly square piece of ice-type Imperial Green jade from a bag in the car and asked, "Young Master Xue, do you have a knife in your car?"
Xue Lianxing nodded. Xue Hu opened the car door and pulled out a military knife from under the seat.
Long Xiao took the military knife and began to quickly carve on the jade.
Five-elemental qi was injected into the military knife. With a crackling sound, jade fragments flew everywhere. In a few minutes, a spiritual rune appeared in the center of the jade.
Long Xiao handed the military knife to Xue Hu and the jade to Xue Lianxing, saying, "Young Master Xue, this piece of jade should be enough to make a bracelet and a pendant. Don't damage the spiritual rune in the middle. The pendant can protect you once."
Xue Lianxing excitedly looked at the jade and said, "Thank you so much, Young Master Long. Next time you come to Jingcheng, call me, and we'll have another good gathering."
Xue Lianxing and Xue Hu watched Long Xiao and his group get into the car. After they left, Xue Hu said, "Brother, this Long Xiao is a really good person."
Xue Lianxing nodded and said, "He has immense strength and superb medical skills. I suspect Long Xiao is Ouyang Tuo. Xue Hu, no one can know about this, not even anyone in the Xue family. When Long Xiao needs help, we must do our best to help him."
Xue Hu nodded and said, "I understand, Brother."
Long Xiao and his group returned to Donghai safely after midnight. Fearing he would disturb others by returning to Mangshan No. 1, he and Luo Tianshui went directly to Xinglin Caotang.
The next day, Long Xiao called Ji Yuelan and asked her to find him a place to process jade.
Before nine o'clock in the morning, Ji Yuelan took Long Xiao to a large jewelry store not far from the city center.
This jewelry store was owned by the Ji family. Ji Yuelan handed the jade to the best master in the store and asked him to personally handle the processing of these jades into bracelets and pendants.
After everything was arranged, as the three of them came out from the back and were about to leave through the sales hall, Long Xiao felt something was wrong.
"Brother Long, those two people are very strange," Xiao Ming whispered.
Long Xiao looked back and said, "It's not two, it's four. They're all wearing human skin masks."
As soon as Long Xiao finished speaking, the two walking behind suddenly pulled out five-shot hunting rifles from their backpacks and shouted, "Robbery!"
There were many people coming and going in the sales hall. With this loud shout, everyone was stunned and stared at the two people holding guns.
Ji Yuelan's expression changed slightly, and she was about to make a move. Long Xiao stopped her and said, "With me and Xiao Ming here, you don't need to do anything."
Xiao Ming took out a cleaver from his backpack. One of the robbers saw Xiao Ming about to make a move and turned his gun to fire.
Xiao Ming stepped forward and instantly appeared in front of the robber. As the robber's finger moved, his hand was cut off by Xiao Ming.
As the other robber turned his gun, Xiao Ming brought down his cleaver, leaving only the wooden handle of the hunting rifle in the robber's hand.
The other two robbers standing not far away did not move, and Long Xiao did not move either. He wanted to see what these two robbers were planning to do.
Xiao Ming quickly retreated and returned to Long Xiao's side. Long Xiao whispered, "Xiao Ming, take Yue Lan away from here."
Xiao Ming put away his cleaver and led Ji Yuelan out of the sales hall.
The jewelry store manager inside the counter secretly pressed the alarm. The customers in the jewelry store, seeing the robbers injured, all fled towards the exit in fear.
The two uninjured robbers walked out with the fleeing crowd, appearing like ordinary customers.
Long Xiao walked towards the two injured robbers. As he brushed past the two uninjured robbers, the two robbers suddenly drew their knives and stabbed Long Xiao in the ribs.