Chapter 72

As Ferren approached Dai Yan's table and sat down, the applause gradually subsided.

Shi Yiran led the cheers, saying, "Brother Ferren, you did such a great job all by yourself, that’s not very nice!"

Ferren was taken aback and looked at Xie Yixin and Qiu Zhaqiang, the implication was clear: what did he mean by his individual achievement? What about the two of them? They must have contributed something, right?

Xie Yixin quickly waved his hand to explain, "I really didn’t help much, so it’s normal that I didn’t get any credit. Qiangzi got a little credit, and with his previous contributions in other departments, he should be eligible for a promotion."

Qiu Zhaqiang scratched his head and said, "What credit did I get? If it weren’t for Sir Ferren’s quick thinking and bravery, we wouldn’t have solved the case, and we might have been left at the crime scene!"

Ferren waved his hand and said, "That’s not surprising. I’ve said before that those robbers were professional soldiers or killers. Their combat style was absolutely professional, not like ordinary criminals... Qiangzi, you did a great job at the time."

Xie Yixin was a bit embarrassed and remained silent. Ferren felt the atmosphere at the table was a bit oppressive and quickly changed the subject, "Let’s not talk about it anymore. Let’s order food and eat. This meal is on me!"

Li Lidong and Shi Yiran responded and asked about everyone’s preferences, then went to buy the food.

Mo Wanning asked with concern, "Sir Ferren, has your gunshot wound on your back healed?"

Mentioning the gunshot wound, Xie Yixin was a bit embarrassed again, but Ferren didn’t mind and smiled, "It’s all healed. In fact, Zhaqiang’s arm injury was much more serious. Qiangzi, are you okay now?"

Qiu Zhaqiang looked fearful, "A large piece of flesh was gone, but it didn’t damage the nerves or bones. It was a stroke of luck. Unfortunately, the colleagues responsible for the escort weren’t as lucky."

"By the way, how did the higher-ups console the families of the fallen colleagues?" Since the topic came up, Ferren asked out of concern.

Dai Yan said, "What else could they do? They followed the rules and provided compensation and other allowances to the families."

Xie Yixin glared at him and said, "It’s not bad. I heard that the compensation alone will amount to nearly 40 million!"

Ferren was a bit unimpressed. Seventeen colleagues, each life worth only a couple of million, was really a bit stingy. However, he didn’t comment on it and instead asked, "Have the two stolen jewels been found?"

"The camouflaged man you described in your report hasn’t been found, so the two jewels have also disappeared," Xie Yixin said. "However, the British side doesn’t care much about those two jewels. They said they were small items and just had the insurance company pay out a few hundred thousand pounds to settle the matter."

Ferren was a bit surprised and really wanted to take out the two metal jewel boxes and open them right away, but he managed to hold back.

Soon, Li and Shi returned with the food, and everyone started eating. They stopped talking about work and chatted about trivial matters and family affairs.

In recent days, with the resolution of the jewel heist, based on Ferren’s report, colleagues from other teams finally identified the victim in the half-mountain corpse case as a chemistry professor from the mainland who had been missing for half a month. The travel agency had already reported the case. The horse death case was also attributed to the jewel robbers. After all, the nino and the bodies of Qiangwo and Luo Le, found in the Kwun Tong workshop, all died from botulism, and the genetic material of the botulinum spores in their bodies matched the DNA of the spores extracted from the horse called Jin Deli.

After lunch, they chatted in the office for a while. Ferren then invited everyone for afternoon tea. After writing two reports, it was already time to leave work.

"Ha, another day without incident, it’s already five o’clock!" Dai Yan looked at his watch and called out to Ferren, "Allen, how about going to Happy Hour?"

Ferren politely declined, "No, I won’t go. I just got out of the hospital and want to rest at home for a couple of days."

Dai Yan understood such an explanation and didn’t insist.

Xie Yixin also declined Dai Yan’s invitation. After Dai Yan and the others left, Xie Yixin came to Ferren and said, "Allen, aren’t you going home? Can I give you a ride?"

If it were any other day, Ferren would have agreed, but today he planned to deal with the camouflaged man’s body, so he immediately refused, "No, my Ferrari is still in the garage. I can go home by myself."

Xie Yixin was silent for a moment and pouted, "Your wound just healed, can’t I give you a ride, my savior?"

"Cough... cough..." Ferren didn’t expect Xie Yixin to bring this up. He coughed lightly and said sternly, "Since you know I saved you, are you not going to listen to your savior?"

Xie Yixin was so frustrated that she could hardly speak, and after a long pause, she said, "Pfft... I don’t care!"

After getting rid of Xie Yixin, Ferren drove to the pet food factory in Yuen Long. Just like last time, he turned the camouflaged man into dog food. As for the color-changing camouflage suit, he burned it completely to avoid any trouble, especially from that Death. Moreover, American arms dealers could probably make such a suit. Ferren could just place an order and spend a little money, rather than taking the risk of wearing a dead man’s clothes.

Ferren also placed the small Teflon plastic ball containing the liquid from the ice bullet in a small paper boat and put it in a stagnant pond near the pet food factory. He then found a high spot, assembled the sniper rifle he got from the foreigners, attached a silencer, and shot the ball.

"Whoosh—Boom!!"

The liquid inside the ball not only corroded the paper boat but also reacted violently with the water, causing an explosion.

Ferren was familiar with this scene and cursed, "Damn, it’s fluoroantimonic acid! Looks like none of those jewel robbers were simple!"

It turned out that Nino had secretly prepared a batch of special fluoroantimonic acid ice bullets, planning to use them to eliminate his companions and keep the loot for himself once the jewels were sold. However, he was poisoned by Cesong first.

Fortunately, the stagnant pond was in a remote area, and the explosion didn’t attract anyone. Ferren calmly packed up the sniper rifle, waited a bit to ensure no one came, and then left.

Driving back to his home in Shallow Water Bay, Ferren took a shower and went straight to the training room. The hidden locks on the two metal jewel boxes were quite difficult to open. Without the key, Ferren used tools and his long-unused, now weakened to the spirit level, lock-picking skill, and it took him a full seventeen seconds to open them.

One box contained a silver ring. The inscription on the ring suggested it was used in an early British royal wedding. Apart from its historical significance, it had little value.

The other box, the one that attracted the Wu Sha Xuanjin Qi, contained only a blood-red amber embedded in a foam mold.

The amber was small, not much larger than a soybean, but its color was pure and blood-red. After seeing it, Ferren felt disappointed but also had an urge to swallow it whole.

Ferren was puzzled by this and pinched the amber between his fingers, holding it up to the light.

"Huh? This is..." Ferren was surprised to find a tiny drop of liquid moving inside the small blood-red amber. If the angle wasn’t right, and without Ferren’s laser-like vision, it would have been impossible to notice.

"Could the Wu Sha Xuanjin Qi be attracted to this liquid?" Ferren muttered to himself, uncertain. "Damn, what is this liquid? Is it an elixir that grants longevity or a poison that takes lives?"

After hesitating for a moment, Ferren decided to follow the Wu Sha Xuanjin Qi’s desire and take a bold step. However, before trying, he summoned one of the three life-saving light balls from his hidden ring as a precaution.

After preparing everything, Ferren hesitated no longer and threw the blood-red amber into his mouth. With his crocodile-like bite strength, he instantly crushed the amber, and the liquid inside flowed down his throat.

"Boom—"

A powerful, terrifyingly dense bloody energy instantly surged into Ferren’s body. The Wu Sha Xuanjin Qi in his dantian began to expand and contract,疯狂地运转起来，尽情地吸收和转化这股庞大的能量，甚至开始带上了丝丝血色。

Ferren欣喜若狂，全神贯注地控制着Wu Sha Xuanjin Qi，开始疯狂吸收！然而，很快问题就来了，在海量能量的灌注下，Ferren全身的经脉很快就被能量充盈，再增长下去，恐怕会将经脉撑爆。幸好Wu Sha Xuanjin Qi具有渗透性，他赶紧放开，让Wu Sha Xuanjin Qi能够自由透出经脉，渗入五脏六腑和身体的每一块肌肉骨骼。

不得不说的是，这股浓密的血腥能量无论从能量的级别还是质素来说，都比Wu Sha Xuanjin Qi高出一截，所以别看只有一丁点入体，但转化的过程是漫长且可怕的。即便Ferren放开了身体，任Wu Sha Xuanjin Qi最大限度地吸收血腥能量，但体内能量的增长仍可以用飞速来形容。

心肝脾肺肾……头骨，颈椎，胸腔，脊背，髋，四肢……Ferren的脏腑和骨骼很快被血色的Wu Sha Xuanjin Qi填充和洗礼了个遍。Ferren能清晰感受到自己的飞速提升，真气充盈给他带来了绝妙的舒爽感觉，他甚至想如果一直这样下去，该多好啊！

然而，世上的事从来就没有“顶好”一说，当Ferren觉得体气充盈之际，问题来了，血腥能量仍在不停转化，但仅只两层的Wu Sha Xuanjin Qi已无力再吸收，释放出的多余能量便开始冲击Ferren的皮膜毛孔，企图逃离Ferren身体这个大闷罐。

问题是，Ferren之所以能让Wu Sha Xuanjin Qi渗透全身，那是因为他正在按照《玄金功》的方式行功，真气及于体表却不会因毛孔开放而泄，这样才能产生金钟罩的效果。

血腥能量虽强，但还没办法突破《玄金功》最基本的功法原则，因为这个基本原则从《玄金功》第一层到最后一层都必须遵守，如果血腥能量可以冲破的话，那岂不是说它已经能够破得了十二层相当于A级的金钟罩了？

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However, the world never has a "best" state. When Ferren felt his body was fully charged, the problem arose. The bloody energy continued to convert, but the two-layer Wu Sha Xuanjin Qi could no longer absorb it. The excess energy began to impact Ferren’s skin and pores, trying to escape from his body, which was like a large sealed container.

The issue was that Ferren could only let the Wu Sha Xuanjin Qi permeate his entire body because he was practicing according to the principles of the Xuanjin Gong. The true qi reached the surface of his body but did not escape through the open pores, thus creating the effect of a Golden Bell Cover.

Though the bloody energy was powerful, it couldn’t break through the fundamental principles of the Xuanjin Gong. These principles must be followed from the first layer to the last. If the bloody energy could break through, it would mean it could penetrate a Golden Bell Cover equivalent to A-level, which was impossible.