The Amazing Son-in-Law [The Charismatic Charlie Wade] (Chinese name) Chapter: 6898

Charlie Wade was not a selfish person, but he felt truly upset about losing his spiritual energy.

This time, the loss was more significant than ever. All the spiritual energy in his body, the energy from his hand seals, and the five Peiyuan Pills he took were completely gone. Losing this energy felt worse than losing ten billion dollars.

Lin Wan’er was surprised too. After giving Charlie five pills, she saw that all the spiritual energy had vanished. She exclaimed, “Master, this… this energy shouldn’t just disappear, right? Could it be taken by the ring again?”

Charlie shook his head, looking defeated. “No, that’s not what happened this time. I tried to guide all the spiritual energy into the ring, but the energy from the hand seals was out of my control. It seemed to have a mind of its own. My spiritual energy rushed into my sea of consciousness, and I lost control. Then, as you kept giving me pills, it felt like the energy realized there was new energy in my Dantian. It turned around and struck back, taking more than I had. I think it was a trap all along. It gave me a little boost at first, making me think my energy had doubled, but really, it just wanted what I had.”

As he remembered the five pills, he covered his face and sighed. “It’s like being forced to sell at a loss and then being pushed to take five times the risk. This feels just like the stock market, where they lure people in.”

“Kill? A dog farm for retail investors?”

Lin Wan’er whispered, “It’s just the energy created by the master’s hand seals. This energy can’t think for itself. How can it be so clever?”

Charlie Wade shook his head. “I don’t understand it either. It doesn’t make any sense.”

Lin Wan’er asked, “Since you know the ring didn’t take the energy, could something else have?”

“Something else?” Charlie replied, shaking his head again. “Besides the ring you gave me, I also have a medicinal cauldron that I took from the head of Taizhen Tao. I didn’t get anything else. I have some other magic tools, but they aren’t rings and definitely not the cauldron.”

Lin Wan’er pondered, “But even your body might not hold such a large amount of spiritual energy. Why did it vanish completely when it reached the sea of consciousness? The Nu family was with you and didn’t sense anything unusual. It’s strange for the energy to just disappear without a reason.”

“You’re right…” Charlie said as he sat up slowly, feeling frustrated. “It’s like someone trying to eat several times their weight in one meal. It sounds impossible, yet that energy reached the sea of consciousness and then just vanished.”

Lin Wan’er added, “Master, have you thought about why, when we stood under the aurora in Northern Europe, the lights changed into that form?”

**Charlie Wade and Lin Wan’er Discuss a Trap**

“Could the handprints mean that someone has been trying to trap the master all along?” Charlie Wade asked.

Lin Wan’er nodded and replied, “Yes, it seems that someone might have asked Ji Guang to teach you the hand seals to trick you into losing your spiritual energy.”

Charlie frowned. “So, you’re saying someone planned this from the start? They wanted to deceive me?”

Lin Wan’er continued, “Let’s think this through together. If this is a trap from beginning to end, then the person behind it could either be a human or an object. But, considering the Nu family, it’s unlikely to be a person. Even if there were masters hiding nearby when we saw the aurora, it’s hard to believe they would follow us all the way to Aurous Hill and into this basement.”

She paused for a moment and added, “Unless it’s something supernatural, like a ghost, but that’s just a rumor and hard to believe.”

Charlie agreed. “It does seem unlikely that a person or a ghost is involved. If it were a person, they would need to be able to hide themselves perfectly, like in magic stories. And as for ghosts, we have no proof they even exist, plus they can’t absorb spiritual energy.”

Then Charlie thought of something. “Miss Lin, you mentioned that monks who fail their transitional tribulation can become loose immortals. Are loose immortals like ghosts? Can ordinary people or those without cultivation not see or touch them? If that’s the case, could a loose immortal be targeting me?”

Lin Wan’er explained, “The idea of loose immortals comes from unofficial histories the Nu family found. But the Nu family doesn’t have any confirmed evidence about them.”

“Is there any real evidence of its existence?” Lin Wan’er asked, her voice laced with doubt. “The chances of surviving the tribulation are only one in a hundred. The other ninety-nine times, it usually ends in failure. Even if someone does fail, the odds of breaking their soldiers into scattered immortals are probably even lower. We shouldn’t expect to get lucky and encounter one, right? According to the records, even though Sanxian was forced to surrender, his power was only second to those who successfully overcame the tribulation. He’s called Sanxian because he’s an immortal stuck in the mortal world.”

Lin Wan’er turned to Charlie Wade, speaking carefully. “Master, I don’t mean anything by this… But if we do come across Sanxian in Northern Europe, he probably won’t think much of the spiritual energy you possess.”

Charlie Wade nodded, understanding her concerns. “Meng Changsheng has practiced for a thousand years and still hasn’t managed to transcend the tribulation. This shows just how powerful monks in that stage are. It’s likely that even Meng Changsheng has reached the threshold of the tribulation. If I don’t have the discernment of someone like Sanxian, I stand no chance.”