I Can Infinitely Synthesize Transcendent Genes

Chapter 511: 【386】Defense System Optimization! (Second update for monthly ticket and recommendation)_1

“Three days ago, the Chairman encountered an assassination attempt…” Zhong Xuan spoke hurriedly in a low voice.

“Who did it?” Pei Jinye slowly raised his head to look.

Although that was his nominal “eldest son,” after all, it was the eldest son who openly helped him block the storms; proper concern was necessary.

“The investigation is still ongoing. Da Peng City has already dispatched an Investigation Team. It is suspected to be the work of an external organization,” Zhong Xuan reported, bowing, “The Chairman only injured his arm, and there are no other serious issues.”

“Have him come over tomorrow morning.”

Zhong Xuan was startled for a moment, then quickly agreed.

Before long, the maids appeared, carrying medicinal dishes, this time including some fresh novelties.

Zhong Xuan introduced by the side, “This is a fruit produced in Nan Du City called pear fruit. The Chairman specially brought it from Nan Du.”

Pei Jinye reached out to take a piece of fruit that resembled a combination of a white pear and a fig. It was slightly cool to the taste, with a hint of sweetness and plenty of juice, making it very suitable for quenching thirst.

He nodded in approval, “Not bad.”

Seeing this, Zhong Xuan happily said, “If you like it, the Chairman said he will lease the orchard on the other side. From now on, they will pick them exclusively for you.”

“Distribute the excess,” Pei Jinye waved his hand dismissively.

It wasn’t a Spirit Fruit after all.

Suddenly, he paused.

With so many Spirit Stones… if I were to use the Giant Stone Formation to condense Spiritual Energy and plant it in Spirit Soil, could these mundane fruits evolve into Spirit Fruits?

Pei Jinye was just musing on a whim.

He then ordered someone to transplant a portion of the trees.

The Jiang family carried out Pei Jinye’s orders without fail.

That night,

Before Zhong Xuan left, he suddenly noticed someone arriving and quickly bowed to greet them.

The visitor had a cold look in their eyes as they stepped into the room.

Pei Jinye calmly lifted his head to look.

“How are your wounds?”

“Much better already. I appreciate the family head’s concern,” stated Jiang Xinrun, his gaze steady.

…

…

The middle-aged man extended his hand to be bandaged, then sharply inhaled.

Despite the pain, he didn’t make a sound.

The woman opposite him wore a worried expression: “You don’t have to push yourself so hard.”

“Since father entrusted it to me, I naturally have to do it properly, to be worthy of his old man,” said the middle-aged man, his face pale but smiling.

He was clear in his heart.

Though he was now the Family Head of the Jiang family, the real power still lay in the old man’s hands.

If Su Hu hadn’t died back then…

There probably would have been no place for him by now.

His nephew was even more favored by the old man than he was.

A phone call came through.

The middle-aged man’s demeanor shifted, ecstatically saying, “Great, great! I’ll go to the ancestral home to wait for the old man first thing in the morning.”

After hanging up the phone,

The woman fetching water beside him didn’t know what had happened.

But the middle-aged man could hardly contain his joy, “Father has heard of my injury and finally wants to see me.”

The woman was taken aback for a moment.

The middle-aged man got up and paced back and forth in the room, “Do you understand? This is the first time this year that father has agreed to see me. It means that my injury was not in vain! Father has seen everything clearly!”

He muttered to himself.

Deep within the back mountain of Jiang’s family, well over ten kilometers away,

Jiang Xinrun knelt on one knee, “Please, family head, grant me guidance.”

His understanding of swordsmanship had deepened significantly compared to before, and his once soaring confidence had been continuously shattered by outsiders.

He was somewhat confused.

He hoped the family head would take pity on him once more and provide some guidance.

Pei Jinye looked at him and said slowly, “Your sword is too slow, too merciful, not ruthless enough.”

Jiang Xinrun, not understanding, lifted his head to look, “I’m still… not ruthless enough?”

Within the Jiang family, he was known for having killed the most people.

Yet even so…

Was he still not ruthless enough?

“Qingfeng Sword Technique emphasizes the breath of qi. It moves unrestrained like the wind, silently nourishing things. When your qi explodes, you must follow through decisively, without hesitation,” Pei Jinye extended his hand, pointing a finger forward.

Clearly, there was no sword.

But in Jiang Xinrun’s perception, it felt as if a sword was piercing toward him.

He instinctively wanted to flee.

But he bore it.

Quickly realizing this was the family head imparting swordsmanship to him!

He struggled against his instinctive fear, sensing the breeze, feeling the sharp Sword Intent within the wind, feeling the despair of death…

“Ah!”

Jiang Xinrun suddenly let out a loud cry and fell seated on the ground.

Once he recovered his senses,

He knelt in front of Pei Jinye, his face full of shame.

“I’m sorry, I… I…”

He was at a loss for words.

To be frightened to such a state by just a finger extended by the family head…

Pei Jinye slowly withdrew his hand, not minding his words of shame, and quietly asked, “Did you perceive it?”

“I…” Jiang Xinrun recalled the earlier ‘sword strike’, and the guilt and various emotions on his face naturally dissipated quite a bit.

“I seem to have discerned something.”

“Then follow me.”

Pei Jinye led Jiang Xinrun to the forest in the back mountain.

Ever since this place became the Jiang family’s forbidden area, Jiang Xinrun had never appeared here again. After a long absence, he was somewhat astounded upon seeing the lush trail through the woods, feeling as if he had stepped into a vast wild landscape.

He felt a hint of trepidation deep inside,

As if some fierce beast was lurking nearby.

However, Pei Jinye’s voice drew his attention, leaving him no time to mind anything else.

“What did you just say?”

“Strike at me with your sword,” Pei Jinye said calmly.

Jiang Xinrun paused for just a moment, not putting on airs, simply taking a deep breath to suppress the rebellious feeling in his heart.

“Master, I’ve arrived.”

He swiftly drew his sword, recalling the feeling he had just experienced, and thrust with a single stroke.

Pei Jinye raised his hand to block, engaging in a bare-handed fight.

Jiang Xinrun felt his sword being attracted by a suction force, and in the blink of an eye, it was slapped away by Pei Jinye’s palm.

If Pei Jinye hadn’t held back, that palm would have been strong enough to injure his internal organs.

“Again,” Pei Jinye said.

Jiang Xinrun quickly got up and charged again.

He felt the suction force once more.

In fact, he didn’t know that Pei Jinye was trying to make the Space·Vortex’s application hidden.

The way the Niu family member used it was too conspicuous.

For a speed-type assassin, it would have been entirely possible to avoid the vortex.

Given Pei Jinye’s temperament, he naturally disliked such overt moves.

Therefore, how to conceal it was his current research topic.

Jiang Xinrun thrust his sword once again, and this Extraordinary Second Rank young man, while not as talented in extraordinary abilities as Jiang Suhu, indeed possessed exceptional perseverance.

This stroke had a bit of the Qingfeng Sword Technique’s essence. Pei Jinye, barehanded, hid the Space Vortex beneath his arm, not opening and closing it dramatically like the member of the Niu family, but condensed it into tiny, scarcely noticeable black dots, which collided with and devoured the harm.

Turning the vortex into countless small points.

This was not achieved overnight.

In their first engagement, Pei Jinye didn’t even manage a second before the black points spontaneously dissipated.

In the second engagement, Pei Jinye learned from the experience and didn’t condense too many black points at once; this time the vortex dots lasted over three seconds but soon dissipated due to instability.

The third time…

The fourth time…

A sword cry rang out from beneath Jiang Xinrun’s sword.

This time he had broken through his own limitations.

Jiang Xinrun was pleasantly surprised.

He seemed to have realized something.

But then his expression dramatically changed.

In his vision, Pei Jinye faced his sword not with avoidance but by reaching out and directly seizing the blade.

This scene made Jiang Xinrun’s heart tense up.

He knew all too well the power of his sword; it could easily sever someone’s hand.

Yet the Family Head just grasped it directly.

Before he could hurriedly retract his sword,

the blade emitted a crisp sound.

Jiang Xinrun was taken aback.

Was it seized?

He couldn’t help but look.

But he didn’t see the bloody sight he expected.

Amidst his shock and doubt,

he was suddenly thrown out by Pei Jinye.

“Master…”

He quickly got up and looked worriedly.

But Pei Jinye’s palm was completely unharmed.

“Have you figured it out?” Pei Jinye asked.

Jiang Xinrun gathered his thoughts and nodded, “I’ve figured it out. I’m confident that in half a year, I’ll step into the Third Rank!”

“Then go. There’s nothing much to do lately; concentrate on your cultivation,” Pei Jinye beckoned.

He had finally found a stable way for his vortex black dots; with a triangular fixation, the endurance of the vortex dots could be manipulated at will.

Coupled with the damage immunity from the Indestructible Sword Body, his defense system had once again been vastly optimized.

“What about those Spirit Stones from Sun and Moon Mountain…” Jiang Xinrun asked worriedly.

Pei Jinye just shook his head, not saying much.

Jiang Xinrun bowed and departed.

Before dealing with the people from Savage Mountain City, Pei Jinye had already arranged for the Fierce beasts of Sun and Moon Mountain to be relocated.

Because there were too many of them, they couldn’t leave the mountain range.

So the pangolin opened the way, the elephants led the formation on the ground, the leopards and tigers were responsible for trailing… in one night’s time, it was enough to transfer all the Spirit Ores away.

He used over forty times the Earth Elements for the aftermath.

For this, he used up more than two-thirds of his Attribute Points.

However, the resources plundered from Savage Mountain City were not insignificant; it was an unexpected gain.

Under the cover of night,

Jiang Xinrun left the back mountain.

Pei Jinye stood alone in the woods, with a Bluebird perched on his palm, chirping and talking about something.

It seemed somewhat indignant.

Pei Jinye chuckled, “It’s not bullying you; such a large creature can’t help but be a bit noisy. You also shouldn’t take your underlings to bully it.”

Upon hearing this, the Bluebird directly pressed its head into Pei Jinye’s palm and rubbed against it like a spoiled child.

Pei Jinye continued to laugh lightly, “Keep a close watch on the outsiders these few days.”

The bird didn’t take long to take flight and leave.

Pei Jinye shifted his gaze.

From within the woods, a pair of eyes was fixed on him.

Pei Jinye beckoned.

The bushes trembled.

The Giant Python quickly appeared in front of Pei Jinye, looking at him somewhat timidly.

“Worried it’s speaking ill of you?”

As Pei Jinye spoke, the Giant Python hesitated for a moment before nuzzling his leg with its head; if Pei Jinye hadn’t been stable, it could have knocked him over.

Pei Jinye couldn’t help but laugh.

“You’re just unskilled with words… How can you still be so clumsy after gaining intelligence?”

The Giant Python flicked its forked tongue and slowly wrapped Pei Jinye in its coils.

Pei Jinye allowed it to express its affection.

“Get along well while I’m gone. I’ll have to introduce some new companions to you later.”

The Giant Python hesitated slightly.

Meanwhile, there was a disturbance from afar.

The sound of a dog barking arose.

Pei Jinye and the Giant Python both looked up.

Outside the fence, a dog’s head repeatedly popped up, eagerly scratching at the wall, looking for Pei Jinye.

[Where is he? Where is he?]