Chapter 669: Chapter 669: The Great Demon’s Demon Bone, Eighty Million!
Scarlett Jennings felt a jolt of surprise, quickly suppressing it within a second.
The demon energy surging skyward, if left unchecked, could potentially draw all the demons in the vicinity over.
She cursed inwardly, wondering who would bury such a dangerous thing here?!
Definitely not Landon Lester.
Scarlett Jennings summoned the Peach Wood Sword, contemplating that if worse comes to worst, she might have to use it as a temporary suppressor for the demon bone.
However, as she pierced her fingertip and began the mantra, she saw the demon energy that originally scattered skyward suddenly shift direction, rushing towards her.
Scarlett Jennings’s heart tightened, quickly forming a seal with her hand to create a barrier with the Peach Wood Sword before her, attempting to block the incoming demon energy.
Unexpectedly, the demon’s energy was laced with countless strands of resentful energy and bolstered by the demon bone’s demonic power, rendering the temporary barrier ineffective.
With a cracking sound, the barrier before Scarlett shattered instantly, and the intense demon energy rushed towards her.
Yet in the next second, as if drawn by something, it abruptly seeped into the North Spirit Stone she wore on her chest.
The resentful energy mixed within the great demon’s energy was purified instantly upon entering the North Spirit Stone.
After her initial shock, Scarlett Jennings quickly took off the North Spirit Stone from her neck and tossed it into the void.
Simultaneously, she quickly formed a sealing mark,
"Heavenly Talisman Appearance, all energies formless, unite in prosperity, Three Realms Nine Abyss, all sealed, seal!"
With this command, the menacing demon energy and demonic power were all sealed within the North Spirit Stone.
Scarlett Jennings didn’t notice that when she threw the North Spirit Stone, a smear of blood remained on it, integrated with the demon power as it seeped into the stone.
After she retrieved the Spirit Stone embedded with the demon bone’s power, Scarlett Jennings felt a thin stream of demonic power seemingly passing through the stone into her palm.
She clenched her hand.
Suspecting her seal might not be thorough enough.
But it shouldn’t be.
On careful inspection, despite the North Spirit Stone’s unique material, all the demon energy was indeed sealed within it.
She couldn’t fathom why, but whenever she touched the Spirit Stone, a few threads subtly seeped through, entering her body.
"Is there truly a flaw in the seal?"
Scarlett Jennings muttered, noticing that the tiny bit of demonic power entering her palm seemed to transform into a gentle warmth within her body, not only causing no discomfort but... even felt somewhat pleasant?
Scarlett Jennings decided to ignore it for now.
Meanwhile, Dashiell and Jasmine Hamilton had been watching from afar, and as the situation turned dire, they wished to assist but were repelled by the rampant demon energy.
Seeing Scarlett Jennings apparently seal the demon energy within the stone, they approached.
"Scarlett! Are you alright?!"
Dashiell scrutinized Scarlett Jennings from head to toe.
If anything were to happen to her under his watch, Samuel Chalmers definitely wouldn’t let him off the hook!
Wait no! Even setting aside Samuel Chalmers, Scarlett Jennings was his good friend!
She couldn’t get hurt!
Though Jasmine Hamilton remained silent, she too regarded Scarlett with concern.
Scarlett Jennings had to reassure them, "I’m fine, it’s all sealed in here."
The two demons looked at the North Spirit Stone in Scarlett’s hand, their eyes seemingly drawn to it, reflecting a slight daze.
Scarlett Jennings had long known that the North Spirit Stone not only replenished Spiritual Power but also attracted the Demon Clan.
Ignoring the two demons, Scarlett Jennings decisively called the Security Bureau.
There were Great Demon bones beneath the villa; this matter couldn’t be concealed, so Scarlett Jennings decided to let the Security Bureau handle it.
Jasmine Hamilton, seeing her notify the Security Bureau, became anxious,
"Scarlett, if there are demon bones down there, it should be handled by our Mystic Regulation Office."
Had Scarlett forgotten, she was part of the Mystic Regulation Office too.
Shouldn’t favor the Security Bureau.
Scarlett Jennings thought it over and agreed,
"Then notify the Sea City branch of the Mystic Regulation Office, let them send someone here."
She paused, then said seriously,
"When they dig up the demon bones, both sides can bid on them to compensate me for the villa."
Initially, she was prepared for the villa costs to be wasted.
Now it seemed, she could manage to get reimbursed.
Jasmine Hamilton: ???
Excavating demon bones... requires compensation???
She remembered the villa was quite expensive, wasn’t it?
Regardless of the villa’s purchase price, upon hearing about the Great Demon bones, both the Sea City Security Branch and Mystic Regulation Office immediately dispatched personnel.
With intervention from both forces, the demon bones were swiftly excavated.
Almost half a villa’s worth of demon bones were neatly arranged on the villa’s open grounds.
Fortunately, Scarlett Jennings, sensing the demon bone aura earlier, had set up an isolation array around, preventing others from witnessing the massive demon bones and being shocked.
"These demon bones are the remains of a Great Demon! Our Mystic Regulation Office must take charge!"
The demons from the Mystic Regulation Office branch insisted.
These were the bones of a Great Demon elder; there might be a demonic power inheritance over them? The Mystic Regulation Office had to take them!
The Security Bureau personnel unyieldingly refuted the Mystic Regulation Office,
"Someone utilized the demon bones to establish an array on this land; our Security Bureau is obligated to investigate thoroughly!"
These were Great Demon bones, rare treasures that the Security Bureau had to study.
Unable to reach an agreement, both sides turned to Scarlett Jennings.
"Scarlett Jennings! You’re part of our Security Bureau, whom should the demon bones go to?"
"Scarlett Jennings! You’re part of our Mystic Regulation Office, whom should the demon bones go to?"
Scarlett Jennings maintained her calm demeanor, slowly pulling out a receipt for eighty million,
"Whomever reimburses me for the villa money, it belongs to them."
Security Bureau and Mystic Regulation Office: ...
Ultimately, the matter escalated to the headquarters of both sides, and exactly how Cassian Wolf and Simon negotiated (quarreled), resulted in the bones going to the Mystic Regulation Office.
After all, in terms of wealth, the Security Bureau couldn’t match entities that had lived hundreds or thousands of years.
How these demon bones were transported back to the Mystic Regulation Headquarters was no longer Scarlett Jennings’s concern.
The Security Bureau couldn’t seize the bones, so they brought Landon Lester in for questioning.
After all, the Serpent Demon bones were buried under the Lester Family villa, and any demon entering it would have their demon power forcibly drawn; whether Landon Lester knew or not, he was undoubtedly involved.
The main evidence being that after purchasing the villa, Landon Lester began passionately cultivating snakes, and it was after then his fortune improved substantially.
Landon Lester initially disregarded the Security Bureau until he discovered that his hired lawyer exerted all their connections yet couldn’t secure his release, prompting him to finally confess,
"I don’t know about any demon bone array; the villa was chosen by a Feng Shui Master who calculated the position for me."
Landon Lester, face scrunched with distress, said,
"He said I was born under the snake sign, my destiny tied to snakes, that nurturing snakes would boost me. So I followed his advice and raised those snakes in the chosen spot..."
After hearing Landon Lester’s words, Scarlett Jennings, considering the initial sensed array, remarked,
"Looking at it now, someone indeed used demon bones to form an array, siphoning demonic power and fortune.
But given the power of these demon bones, if all that fortune ultimately accumulated with Landon Lester, he wouldn’t have just achieved his current state.
Thus, I suspect Landon Lester’s improved fortune just skimmed some leaked fortune at the edge.
The real siphoned demonic power and fortune should have been transferred elsewhere through the demon bones."
Coincidentally, such a method felt eerily familiar to her.