93: Chapter 93 The Strange Luxury Car Downstairs in the Residential Complex: An Uninvited Guest

Section 1: The Mysterious Aura in the Ink-Colored Luxury Car

The sunset at the training hall had just washed over the bluestone slabs when Chen Wu's phone suddenly received a message from an unknown sender. There was no number, only a screenshot of a location—parked downstairs at his old residential complex was an ink-colored Maybach he had never seen before. Its body shimmered with dark silver light, and the windows were made of a special material that blocked Qi Energy, which even Lin Mo's tactical tablet could not penetrate for scanning.

"This is no ordinary luxury car," Lin Mo's fingertips danced across the virtual keyboard, beads of sweat from his forehead dripping onto the touchpad. "The System detected 'Mystic Water Patterns' on the car's body—the insignia of the hidden 'Xuanshui Pavilion'! They are the mortal enemies of the Qijue Sect. During the 'Chaos of the Hidden World' back then, the Xuanshui Pavilion once helped your Great-grandfather." A 3D model suddenly popped up on the tablet; the droplet-shaped pattern at the car's emblem perfectly matched a pattern on a bronze pendant from Grandpa Wang's camphor wood chest, except there was an additional dark gold trace of Yijin Energy in the center.

Chen Wu's peace lock suddenly grew hot. As he walked quickly toward the complex, blue-gold Qi Energy condensed in his palm. When he was ten meters away from the luxury car, the window slowly rolled down, revealing the sharp-featured face of a middle-aged man. He wore a Tang suit with dark patterns and a black jade thumb ring on his left hand. The "Mystic Water Pattern" on the ring was resonating with the peace lock. "A descendant of Chen the Tomb Guardian?" The man's voice had a metallic quality, and his Qi Energy fluctuations were like a calm lake, yet they hid unfathomable power. "I am Su Chen of the Xuanshui Pavilion. I have come to discuss something with you."

Grandpa Wang's dry tobacco pipe made a muffled thud against the complex entrance. The old man hurried over leaning on his cane, the pipe bowl tapping against the luxury car's wheel hubs. "These are the Xuanshui Pavilion's 'Sunken Water Wheels,' made of Millennium Ebony, capable of absorbing surrounding Yin-Cold Energy." He suddenly leaned closer to Su Chen. "Your father guarded the tomb with me back then. In 1943, when the Qijue Sect caused trouble, he used Mystic Water Energy to save your Great-grandfather's life!" A bronze pendant suddenly flew out of the camphor wood chest and landed in Su Chen's hand. It joined with his black jade thumb ring, perfectly forming a complete "Water" character, as dark silver Qi Energy spread along the seam.

In the Flower Girl's basket, the leaves of the inheritance grass suddenly turned a faint blue. Dewdrops rolled on the leaf surfaces, reflecting the scene inside the luxury car—a red sandalwood box sat on the passenger seat, with the words "Mystic Water Array Solutions" carved on it. A tablet computer next to it displayed surveillance of A-Ming's younger sister's hospital ward, with Grey Shadow's marks flickering in the corner of the screen. As the young girl mixed the juices of Snow Lotus and Mystic Ice Grass, a drop of the light blue "Warning Dew" fell onto a leaf, causing it to vibrate violently. "Elder Zhou said this is a 'Water Energy Warning'," she tapped the dewdrop with her fingertip. "People from Grey Shadow are tailing this car; they want to steal what's inside the wooden box!"

The armored vehicle of the Special Incident Response Department braked sharply at the entrance of the complex alley. The Chief of the Execution Division rushed in holding a thermal imager. The screen showed three blurry figures around the luxury car, their Qi Energy fluctuations perfectly matching Grey Shadow's "Spirit-Devouring Energy." "They are remnants of the Qijue Sect who joined Grey Shadow to specifically track hidden world forces," the Section Chief suddenly attached a miniature jammer to Chen Wu's collar. "The wooden box might contain key clues to the underground palace. The Xuanshui Pavilion is the only power that knows how to break the 'Mystic Water Array'!" The Section Chief's tablet showed Zhang Hao rushing toward the complex; his Iron Arm Power could temporarily withstand the Spirit-Devouring Energy, and extra SWAT guards had been stationed at A-Ming's younger sister's ward.

Officer Zhang's body camera was pointed at the luxury car's license plate. The old officer pulled up the vehicle registration System and found that the plate was engraved with the hidden world's "Mystic Water Script," which translated to "Tomb Guardian Pact." "In 1943, your Great-grandfather and Su Chen's father made an agreement." The body camera suddenly switched to slow-motion mode, and the Mystic Water Pattern on the tablet collided with the Qijue Sect's previous snake pattern on the screen, producing a faint blue ripple of Qi Energy. "The Xuanshui Pavilion is responsible for guarding the underground palace's water veins, while the Qijue Sect is responsible for the land routes. Now that the Qijue Sect has betrayed us, the Xuanshui Pavilion is our only ally!" The body camera's playback function suddenly activated, and footage of Su Chen repelling Grey Shadow mercenaries near Mount Song last night flashed on the screen. His Mystic Water Energy poured out like a waterfall, freezing the black Qi Energy into blocks of ice.

When Chen Wu's fingertips touched the red sandalwood box, the peace lock suddenly resonated with the Mystic Water Pattern on the box. The dark gold Yijin Energy and the dark silver Mystic Water Energy intertwined at the point of contact, forming a rotating taiji diagram. The lid popped open automatically, revealing a roll of yellowed silk cloth inside. It was a map of the underground palace's "Mystic Water Array," with every water vein node marked with "Yijin Energy Induction." Next to it was a handwritten note from Chen Wu's Great-grandfather: "Mystic Water and Yijin complement each other; both are indispensable."

Section 2: Ancestral Origins in the Jade Pendant Resonance

Su Chen's black jade thumb ring suddenly glowed with a dark silver light. When he placed the ring and Chen Wu's peace lock together, the two types of Qi Energy suddenly erupted, forming a massive water pattern on the open ground of the complex. Lin Mo's tablet showed that this was the Xuanshui Pavilion's "Master-Recognition Ceremony," which only a Tomb Guardian and a Xuanshui Pavilion successor could trigger. "Your Great-grandfather saved my father back then," Su Chen's voice softened slightly as he took a brocade box from his robe, containing half of a jade pendant. "This is the 'Mystic Water Jade Pendant.' The other half is with your Great-grandfather. He said, 'If the Chen Family descendants need to enter the underground palace, the Xuanshui Pavilion must assist'."

Grandpa Wang's dry tobacco pipe tapped out a brisk rhythm on the brocade box. The old man pulled out the "Tomb Guardian Log" from 1943. The yellowed pages recorded the conversation between Chen Wu's Great-grandfather and Su's father: "The core of the Mystic Water Array is at the 'Water Eye,' which requires Yijin Energy to activate and Mystic Water Energy to suppress." The pipe bowl pointed to the Water Eye's location on the silk cloth. "Back then, they jointly set up this array to prevent the Qijue Sect from stealing the Muscle Tendon Change Classic. Now Grey Shadow wants to use the Qijue Sect's remnants to enter the palace through the Water Eye." The bronze pendant in the camphor wood chest suddenly resonated with the Mystic Water Jade Pendant, and dark silver Qi Energy spread along the bronze patterns, drawing a water vein route leading to the underground palace on the ground.

In the Flower Girl's basket, the leaves of the inheritance grass suddenly unfurled like flowing water. Dewdrops rolled on the leaf surfaces, reflecting a real-time image of the Mystic Water Array. Grey Shadow's technicians were cracking the Qi Energy codes of the water vein nodes, and black Qi Energy polluted the faint blue Mystic Water Energy like ink. The young girl mixed "Warning Dew" with the juice of the ming jin orchid. When a drop of the light blue "Silt-Clearing Dew" fell on a leaf, the polluted water vein suddenly became clear. "Elder Zhou said this is 'Water Vein Cleanser'," she tapped the dewdrop. "It can restore the purity of the Mystic Water Energy, but someone needs to infiltrate the underground palace and inject it into the Water Eye."

In the tactical center of the Special Incident Response Department, the Director was giving orders in front of a holographic sand table. The SWAT team had set up a defensive line around the complex. The thermal imager showed that the three Grey Shadow members tailing the luxury car were hiding on the roof of the opposite building, holding "Spirit-Devouring Guns"—which could fire concentrated Spirit-Devouring Energy specifically designed to counter ancient martial Qi Energy. "Mr. Su's Mystic Water Energy can freeze Spirit-Devouring Energy," the Section Chief's holographic image cut in with some static as she pulled up an action plan. "Chen Wu, use your Yijin Energy to draw their fire. Mr. Su will launch a surprise attack from the flank. We will take out the snipers on the roof!" The tablet showed that a "Qi Energy Shield" had been activated in A-Ming's younger sister's ward, and Zhang Hao was practicing the Iron Arm Fist outside the ward to prevent a sneak attack from Grey Shadow.

As Su Chen's Mystic Water Energy condensed into a light blue water sphere in his palm, the Grey Shadow's "Spirit-Devouring Gun" suddenly fired. Black Qi Energy lunged at Chen Wu like a venomous snake, only to be frozen into ice the moment it touched the water sphere. The slow-motion replay of the live broadcast showed that the freezing speed of the Mystic Water Energy was three times faster than the System's prediction, and the Spirit-Devouring Energy inside the ice was being slowly purified. "This is 'Mystic Water Spirit-Freezing Energy'," Su Chen's voice was full of confidence as his water sphere suddenly split into countless tiny droplets, shooting toward the roof like bullets. "It can deactivate Spirit-Devouring Energy, making it even more suitable for dealing with Grey Shadow than your Yijin Energy."

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Chen Wu's Yijin Energy suddenly resonated with the water droplets.

The dark golden Qi Energy spread along the droplets, forming a rotating vortex in mid-air—each droplet transformed into a miniature Yijin Energy bullet, exploding the moment it hit the roof and shattering the Grey Shadow members' Spirit-Devouring Guns into fragments.

"This is the 'Yijin Mystic Water Bullet'!" Lin Mo's exclamation was filled with excitement, and the Qi Energy analysis chart on his tablet showed that the Fusion of the two types of Qi Energy increased their power by 50%.

"System Deduction shows that this move can break the 'Spirit-Devouring Water Barrier' within the Mystic Water Array!"

Tracking Grey Shadow Behind the Eavesdropping Device

As the Grey Shadow members were subdued by the special police, Su Chen's Maybach suddenly emitted a piercing alarm.

Lin Mo's tablet scan revealed a miniature eavesdropping device hidden at the bottom of the car body, with black Qi Energy spreading along the device's antenna, attempting to hack into Su Chen's private System.

"It's Grey Shadow's 'Spirit-Devouring Worm'!" The youth's fingertips danced across the virtual keyboard, beads of sweat from his forehead dripping onto the trackpad.

"This type of device can transmit viruses through Qi Energy; as soon as it touches Mystic Water Energy, it activates, stealing all data!"

The tablet suddenly popped up the decrypted file, containing Grey Shadow's "Underground Palace Operation Plan." They planned to detonate the "Spirit-Devouring Bomb" at the Water Eye three days later, while Chen Wu and Su Chen entered the Underground Palace.

Grandpa Wang's dry tobacco pipe tapped a muffled sound against the eavesdropping device.

The old man flipped out the "Qi Energy Anti-Theft Record" left by his grandfather. The yellowed pages recorded the method to crack the "Spirit-Devouring Worm": "Use Mystic Water Energy to freeze the device, then use Yijin Energy to inject it in reverse along the antenna."

He tapped the device's interface with the pipe bowl, "This will allow the virus to backfire into Grey Shadow's System, revealing the location of their lair."

The bronze pendant in the camphor wood box suddenly resonated with the device. Dark silver Mystic Water Energy flowed in through the pipe bowl, and the device's indicator light suddenly turned from red to blue, beginning to transmit data in reverse.

In the Flower Girl's basket, the leaves of the inheritance grass suddenly glowed with a red light.

Dewdrops rolled across the leaf surface, reflecting real-time footage of the Grey Shadow headquarters—technicians were deleting data in a panic, and the Mystic Water Array map on their screens was being overwritten by the virus.

The little girl sprinkled "Purification Dew" onto the device. The pale blue light fused with Yijin Energy, forming a huge "Anti" character in the virtual space.

"Elder Zhou says this is 'Anti-Eavesdropping Light'," she said, her fingertips lightly tapping the dewdrops, "It can force Grey Shadow's System to expose all hidden files, just like installing a transparent shell on their computers."

Inside the tactical center of the Special Incident Response Department, the Minister was cheering at the reverse-transmitted data.

The Technical Department had decrypted Grey Shadow's Underground Palace map and discovered that they had planted 12 "Spirit-Devouring Bombs" around the Water Eye, each with enough power to destroy the entire Underground Palace.

"We must act in advance," the Chief of the Execution Division's holographic image cut in with static. She pulled up an equipment list.

"The Technical Department has prepared 'Qi Energy Bomb Disposal Suits' that can resist the erosion of Spirit-Devouring Energy. Mr. Su's Mystic Water Energy will be responsible for freezing the bombs, and Chen Wu, your Yijin Energy will be responsible for disarming the fuses!"

The tablet showed that the elders of the eight great ancient martial arts families had received the news, and Li Cangsong was leading the Xingyi Sect Disciples to the Underground Palace, preparing to assist in the bomb disposal.

When Su Chen's Mystic Water Energy froze the first "Spirit-Devouring Bomb," Chen Wu's Yijin Energy suddenly transformed into a stream of dark golden light.

His fingertips glided along the fuse, and the dark golden Qi Energy pierced in like a fine needle, precisely cutting off the transmission line of the Spirit-Devouring Energy—the slow-motion live broadcast showed the black Qi Energy inside the fuse slowly transforming into pale blue Mystic Water Energy under the influence of the Yijin Energy.

The two types of Qi Energy formed a rotating taiji diagram inside the bomb, completely disarming the detonation device.

"This is 'Yijin Spirit-Transformation Energy'!" Su Chen's voice was filled with surprise, "It can convert Spirit-Devouring Energy into harmless Qi Energy; it's more thorough than Mystic Water Energy's freezing!"

Lin Mo's tablet suddenly popped up the global live stream's comments.

The golden "Awesome" sent simultaneously by 18 billion viewers formed a wall of light in the virtual space.

A Disciple from the reclusive Xuanshui Pavilion left a message: "Pavilion Master Su has finally found the Tomb Guardian! Only by combining Mystic Water and Yijin can the Underground Palace's ultimate trap be broken!"

In the small window in the bottom right corner of the tablet, A-Ming's younger sister held up a drawing where Chen Wu's Yijin Energy and Su Chen's Mystic Water Energy were intertwined like a blue and golden dragon, with "Go for it" written crookedly on the side.

The Initial Fusion Realm of Mystic Water-Yijin Energy

When the last "Spirit-Devouring Bomb" was disarmed, a light interwoven with pale blue and dark gold suddenly erupted in the residential complex's open space.

Chen Wu's Yijin Energy and Su Chen's Mystic Water Energy formed a huge water-patterned taiji diagram in mid-air. The surrounding inheritance grass suddenly grew wildly, its leaf patterns perfectly aligning with the taiji diagram, drawing a water vein route to the Underground Palace on the ground.

"This is the prototype of 'Mystic Water-Yijin Energy'," Su Chen's voice was filled with excitement, and his black jade thumb ring and Chen Wu's peace lock lit up simultaneously.

"The Fusion that your Great-grandfather and my father couldn't complete back then, we have achieved today!"

Grandpa Wang's dry tobacco pipe tapped a lively rhythm against the camphor wood box.

The old man flipped to the last page of the "Tomb Guardian's Journal." The yellowed paper depicted a complete "Mystic Water-Yijin Energy" diagram, which was identical to the taiji diagram currently in the air.

"Your Great-grandfather said, 'Mystic Water is the pulse, Yijin is the bone; only when bone and pulse are connected can one enter the Underground Palace'," he tapped the center of the diagram with his pipe bowl, "The 'Mystic Water Array' at the Water Eye requires the two of you to join forces and use the fused energy to activate the array eye to open the secret chamber of the middle volume of the 'Muscle Tendon Change Classic'."

The bronze pendant and the Mystic Water pendant in the camphor wood box suddenly merged into one. Dark silver and dark golden Qi Energy spread along the pendants, forming a complete "Tomb" character on the ground.

In the Flower Girl's basket, the leaves of the inheritance grass suddenly bloomed with blue and gold flowers.

The petals formed a miniature model of the Underground Palace. As dewdrops rolled through the flower stamens, they reflected real-time footage of the secret chamber—the holographic projection of the middle volume of the "Muscle Tendon Change Classic" flickered inside, surrounded by intertwined Mystic Water Energy and Yijin Energy forming a protective shield that only fused energy could penetrate.

The little girl mixed "Purification Dew" with "Evil-Warding Dew." When the pale blue-gold "Fusion Dew" dripped onto the leaves, the model suddenly lit up.

"Elder Zhou says this is a 'Fusion Catalyst'," she said, her fingertips lightly tapping the dewdrops, "It can increase the speed of your Qi Energy Fusion by three times, just like adding lubricant to gears."

A helicopter from the Special Incident Response Department hovered over the residential complex.

The Chief of the Execution Division walked over quickly, holding a metal box containing two sets of "Underground Palace Protective Suits."

"These are specially made by the Technical Department based on Mystic Water-Yijin Energy," she said, suddenly opening the box. The patterns on the protective suits were identical to the taiji diagram in the air.

"They can absorb the surrounding Mystic Water Energy and Yijin Energy, allowing you to maintain your best state underground."

The tablet showed that Zhang Hao and Love were already on standby in the helicopter. Their Iron Arm Power and Taiji Power could temporarily withstand the residual Spirit-Devouring Energy of the Underground Palace, buying time for Chen Wu and Su Chen.

As Chen Wu and Su Chen walked side by side toward the helicopter, the setting sun stretched their shadows long.

Dark golden Yijin Energy and dark silver Mystic Water Energy formed a rotating water-patterned taiji diagram behind them, perfectly overlapping with the luxury car downstairs and the patterns of the inheritance grass—the final image of the global live stream froze at the moment the two boarded the aircraft, with the light of the peace lock and the Mystic Water pendant intertwining in mid-air like a band of light spanning generations.

When the System's final prompt popped up, all the screens at the Grey Shadow headquarters suddenly went black.

The reverse-transmitted virus completely destroyed their database, and the Underground Palace Operation Plan went up in smoke.

Chen Wu suddenly understood that this strange luxury car was not a threat, but a guardian left behind by his ancestors—a true Legacy is never about fighting alone, but that when needed, there are always allies who come down from the sky, carrying the promises of the ancestors.

In the global live stream's comments, a line of neat text suddenly scrolled by: "Mystic Water and Yijin combine, the Underground Palace gate opens."

This message was lit up simultaneously by 18 billion viewers, like a river of light spanning time and space, flowing forever over the residential complex, illuminating the new journey to the Underground Palace.

As the moonlight washed over the residential complex, the Mystic Water Patterns on the luxury car and the blue-gold patterns of the inheritance grass were slowly merging, forming a brand new "Unity" character, as if telling an eternal truth: true strength is never about shining alone, but standing side by side with companions, letting different lights intertwine into an even more dazzling galaxy.