CHAPTER 828: CHAPTER 825: MAGNETIC ESCAPE

On the road, the two women saw a stream of rosy light in the sky heading straight north. Ruan Hongzhuang was the first to take out her phone and started dialing.

"What are you doing? Who are you calling?" Taozi asked curiously.

She looked up at the sky, wondering if Si Yuan could receive a phone call while up there.

"I’m calling my investment advisor. With so many high-ranking members of the Four Seas Group dead, do you think their stock price will plummet?" Ruan Hongzhuang retorted.

Then she stopped talking to her. The call had already connected, and Ruan Hongzhuang instructed on the phone with an extremely serious tone. Clearly, the financial advisor had professional financial advice, but Ruan Hongzhuang stated firmly that she wouldn’t listen and demanded the other party to operate according to her instructions.

The financial advisor had no choice but to agree.

After hanging up the phone, Ruan Hongzhuang immediately called Ruan Xiangqian and Jiang Yingxue, and after explaining the situation, she borrowed a sum of money from each.

Adding her original funds, plus the bank leverage, this time Ruan Hongzhuang was determined to make a big haul.

Luckily, the Four Seas Group was listed in Hong Kong. If it were listed inland, it would indeed be troublesome. The first issue is that since it’s currently the Spring Festival break, by the time the market opens, everything might be too late.

Although the Hong Kong stocks also take a break during the Spring Festival, the duration is much shorter; it’s already the fifth day today.

Beside her, Taozi followed suit, starting to invest all her personal savings.

Although her family background was decent, it was just in comparison to ordinary people and nowhere near as wealthy as Ruan Hongzhuang’s family. However, she had earned quite a bit following Ruan Hongzhuang over the years, and since she didn’t spend much herself, this money had been quietly sitting in her account.

Of course, she dabbled in stocks as well, though only short-term trades, not caring too much whether she made or lost money, adopting a very laid-back attitude and relying on passive gains.

But this time, she chose to go all in. Though she was personally not adept at managing such operations and didn’t have her own financial manager, she had no trouble; she simply handed her funds over to Ruan Hongzhuang, with no need to worry about it.

"If I lose it all, you’ll have to take care of me," Taozi put away her phone and said.

This time, she had invested all her money. If she lost it, she’d have to go back home and rely on her parents.

Ruan Hongzhuang side-eyed her and said with a hint of annoyance, "Do you really need me to take care of you? If you run out of money, can Si Yuan let you starve?"

"But he doesn’t have any money either, he’s poorer than me." Taozi replied stupidly and adorably.

"He’s not poor; money is easily obtainable for him, so he’s lost interest in it. Otherwise, with his abilities, how could he not get whatever amount he wanted?" Ruan Hongzhuang said.

"Yeah, yeah, you’re the smartest," Taozi knew this reasoning well, and was merely saying it casually.

"Then let’s hurry and drive; Uncle and Auntie are still waiting for us at home, we can’t delay too long," Ruan Hongzhuang urged.

However, she didn’t put her phone down, constantly looking down, seemingly sending messages to someone.

"You just love to boss me around," Taozi muttered discontentedly, but nonetheless started the car again.

Watching Ruan Hongzhuang as she continued to text with her head down, Taozi said nothing more and drove on, occasionally glancing through the car window at the rainbow piercing the horizon.

After about ten minutes, Ruan Hongzhuang finally put her phone down and exhaled a long breath of relief.

"Were you discussing with the financial advisor? Is the operation that complicated?" Taozi asked casually.

"No, I was chatting with my parents. After learning the whole story, they decided to invest a bit, too," Ruan Hongzhuang said.

"Uncle and Auntie are getting involved? Then the Four Seas Group is doomed," Taozi said with some schadenfreude.

"What nonsense are you talking about? The Four Seas Group is so enormous. Even with our operations, it probably won’t harm its roots. The real threat is likely the power struggle and infighting triggered by the sudden disappearance of so many top executives," Ruan Hongzhuang explained.

She had another thought she didn’t voice. Even though a fallen tree causes monkeys to scatter, the roots of the Four Seas Group are so deep that even if it were to collapse, it might not truly impact its core foundation. However, if those above truly plan to use Shen Siyuan to eliminate the Four Seas Group, only then could it be entirely uprooted.

Ruan Hongzhuang looked through the car window at the rainbow spanning the sky, feeling a deep excitement and pride.

"It’s really beautiful," she couldn’t help but mutter.

Driving, Taozi glanced at the sky and smiled as well.

Shen Siyuan’s immense power gave them a strong sense of security.

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Although Yue Province and Qiong Province are adjacent, the distance is not at all close, especially since Bin Hai is located at the southernmost tip of Qiong Province. To fly from Bin Hai directly to Yangcheng in Yue Province covers nearly seven hundred kilometers, taking over an hour, almost two hours by plane.

But the Magnetic Escape that accompanied Shen Siyuan’s practice of the "Five Elements Primordial Magnetic Sword" was much faster than an airplane.

The magnetic field equals the speed of light in a vacuum, about three hundred thousand kilometers per second.

Of course, Shen Siyuan couldn’t reach such exaggerated speeds yet, but he was still incredibly fast. He covered nearly seven hundred kilometers in just over half an hour and reached Yangcheng.

Such speed had already surpassed the speed of sound, and perhaps nobody would believe that a person could reach such speeds unaided.

Of course, it wasn’t because Shen Siyuan’s physical body was that strong. Instead, it was the nature of the Five Elements Primordial Magnetic Sword forming a magnetic shield around him to protect him from external factors and harm.

In reality, he was like riding in a human-sized magnetic shuttle, merely needing to control his direction and harness the omnipresent magnetic fields in the air. Without much effort, he could instantly travel a thousand miles.

Calling it an Escape Skill is more akin to gliding within the Earth’s magnetic field.

The Five Elements Primordial Magnetic Sword included Five Elements and Earth Primordial Magnetism, thus incorporating the Five Elements Escape Technique and Elemental Magnetic Escape Technique. However, the only Escape Technique Shen Siyuan had currently "mastered" was the Elemental Magnetic Escape Technique.

"Mastered" was taking a shortcut, as magnetic fields are everywhere, and being within them was like a fish in water, offering numerous benefits.

Still, Shen Siyuan seldom used magnetic escape for traveling because the technique was too flashy.

That was also due largely to his shortcut. When he entered the "Magnetic Sea," his magnetic field collided with the surrounding magnetic fields, creating stunning colors. Calling it a rainbow, it might be better described as an aurora.

Shen Siyuan had yet to reach Yangcheng when news of Yu Donghai’s death had already spread back.

The Yu Family was furious, feeling Shen Siyuan was quite ungrateful, and his methods were too ruthless.

As a result, certain members of the Yu Family’s second generation started discussing how to retaliate and control Shen Siyuan.

They were also stunned by Shen Siyuan’s methods and worried he would come for them. Some began to hide, staying in contact only by phone to avoid being wiped out by Shen Siyuan.

However, unbeknownst to them, no matter where they hid, they couldn’t escape Shen Siyuan’s tracking.

When Yu Donghai died, those watching saw the rosy light pause slightly before soaring again. It wasn’t due to Shen Siyuan feeling discomfort over his first kill. Instead, he not only captured Yu Haidong’s soul into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner but also took some of his blood.

His legacy from the Jiuyou Demon Lord included various techniques of the Demon Path, making soul searching routine and bloodline tracking a breeze.

As long as they remained on this Earth and shared the same bloodline as Yu Donghai, they couldn’t escape Shen Siyuan’s tracking.

Sometimes, techniques of the Demon Path were really handy.