Wilhelm grabbed a handful of banknotes. “Vera, if you are willing to be with me, all this money will be yours!”Vera’s eyes were red with anger. She felt insulted because Wilhelm thought that she agreed to marry Aries for the sake of money.Hence, she said, “I am sorry, but please put away your money. I chose to marry Aries not because of the money he has, but it is because I am in love with him. Love is not something you can buy with money.”What she said made Wilhelm furious.Love cannot be bought by money?Heh!Money was omnipotent. There was nothing that could not be bought with money in this world!Wilhelm threw the banknotes at Vera. “Why are you pretending to be pure? Money is not omnipotent? Bah.”He continued throwing bundles of banknotes at Vera.The bundles of hundred-dollar bills hit Vera’s body but it did not hurt her physically, instead, she felt humiliated.Aries clenched his fist and was ready to teach him a lesson.A helicopter flew over and hovered right ab
Wilhelm got a few broken ribs from that kick. He lay right below the stage and screamed frantically. Several medical staff immediately rushed over and carried him away.The chaos for today was finally over.Under the eyes of tens of thousands of people, Aries held Vera’s hand, hugged and kissed before they stepped down from the stage.Thomas was clapping as hard as he can, being happy for Aries “This guy who worried me so much has finally settled down. Hopefully, he will be with Vera for good and live happily ever after.”Thomas was jealous of them.At the same time, his wife — Emma Hill, who was currently in the Southland District was all he could think of.It had been eight months since he had left Southland District. Not to mention, his wife was giving birth soon.As a man, Thomas wanted to accompany his wife.In the remaining two months, he had to get rid of the Gomez family no matter what it takes. Only then would he be able to head back to Southland District, back to hi
It was a sunny, cloudless day.The weather was akin to Thomas’s mood, cheerful and happy.He had been invited to Georgia’s ‘coronation ceremony’.Today, Georgia would be crowned as the head of the Diaz family, and Thomas would be gaining Prosperous Star Pavilion, which belonged to Issac.Although it was already firmly in their grasp, they had to go through the formalities. Those who were present in the Diaz family meeting today were all high-profile individuals in Central City. The dignitaries from various upper-class societies were present as well.All the people present were extraordinary, none of them were whimsical. Everyone was well equipped with jewelry.Thomas wore a formal suit today. Accompanying him was Diana and Aquarius, one of the Twelve Golden Zodiacs.Since Aries and Vera had just settled down, they had matters regarding their marriage to attend to. Not to mention the media regarding them had to be handled as well. Hence, Thomas gave Aries a long break to deal
Georgia listened to Tarek, smiled, and said, “It is very simple. Without his help, Lyla or I would not be alive today. He saved both of our lives. If he asks for it, both of us will gladly hand over the Diaz family, not to mention Prosperous Star Pavillion alone!”The way she said it was really domineering.However...Tarek said disdainfully, “How can you simply give away a company left by the ancestors? I do not mind you being the patriarch of the family, but I firmly disagree with Thomas taking over the Prosperous Start Pavillion.”Georgia smiled and asked, “Then what do you think, uncle? Who should be taking over the Prosperous Star Pavillion?”Tarek placed his hands behind his back, lifted his head up high, and said confidently, “He is right here under your nose. I, Tarek Diaz, am the best candidate! According to seniority, I should be the one taking over Prosperous Star Pavillion.”Him?Heh!The audience laughed. It seemed like he was here to reap some benefits.Lyla stoo
Georgia was not happy with Thomas’s decision. From her point of view, Thomas had fallen into Tarek’s trap.If Tarek was already in cahoots with Stellars Jewelers, what can be done?Was he not throwing himself into the trap?The staff of Stellar Jewelers might be selling the jewelry to Tarek at half price or even one-third of the price, while Thomas would be at a disadvantage.What more could be done?The more she thought about it, the more she grew afraid. Georgia went to Stellar Jewelers with them out of worry.At the same time, in the Gomez family’s mansion.Nicholas received a report from his spy and learned that Tarek had followed his plan and was currently heading to Stellar Jewelers. He was delighted.Dominic, not understanding the situation, asked, “Why are they not heading to our family’s jewelry shop, Grandpa? If they are, we will be able to earn the money from the Diaz family, right? But now the money will be spent at Stellar Jewelers and we are going to pay them two-
Diana finally understood why Thomas would instantly agree.It turned out that Thomas had the say in Stellar Jewelers.So, why should they still compete against him?Diana was already worried about Tarek’s future. This old man must still be feeling proud now. He must be thinking that he had successfully enraged and framed Thomas, right?However, he did not know that he had set himself up.The car soon stopped, and they arrived before Stellar Jewelers.As Thomas was about to go in, Georgia scurried over from the back and anxiously said, “Mr. Mayo, you don’t have to do this. Since the competition hasn’t started yet, you can still turn back. Shall we think about other methods?”Before Thomas answered, Diana gave her a mysterious smile and said, “Ms. Diaz, oh wait, I should be more respectful to you since you’re the head of the Diaz family now. Mdm. Diaz, please believe in Mr. Mayo’s ability. He will win today, he will not lose.”Georgia looked helpless.Was there any business deal
Tarek took the piece of gold inlaid jade and walked to Thomas. He chuckled as he waved it and said, “Excuse me, I already bought a piece of jade. I’m on pretty good terms with the boss of this shop, so I managed to purchase it at one-third of the price.”Thomas chuckled. He smiled faintly as he replied, “Congratulations! You earned it.”“You’re welcome.”Tarek giggled as he walked to the side. He prepared to use the same trick to buy a few more pieces.While Tarek bought one piece of jade after another, Thomas could not just watch Tarek without doing anything. So, he casually walked to an information desk and asked, “Do you have any jades with better quality?” “I do.”“Please show me.”“Sure, please wait for a moment.”The salesperson took out a piece of jade and placed it before Thomas. It was as big as a duck’s egg. It had an irregular shape and a dull luster.It looked like a broken stone that had been picked up from the roadside.People around him also shook their heads
It seemed that the winner was already confirmed.While everyone watched, Tarek bought a lot of jewelry and jades. Every piece was extremely valuable and gorgeous. Their prices were also very cheap.The most expensive piece just cost him $500,000. He was not like Thomas who had spent $5,000,000 on one piece, which was extremely expensive.Tarek peaked at Thomas and secretly snickered. If this continued, he would definitely be the winner today.He secretly thought, “Nicholas didn’t trick me. He arranged everything for me. This time, I’ll definitely get the management rights to Prosperous Star Pavilion, and I won’t need to worry about my life anymore.”Tarek was already thinking about his life after receiving the money. He would definitely enjoy his life with women and gamble all the time. Of course, he would also be able to buy luxurious houses and yachts.None of them would be left out.The more he thought about it, the happier he became.“Sir, this piece of jade costs $200,000.
No one knew how far down the title Emperor of Luck was inherited.They had finally caught Luck.Following that, Eric leaped into action and reeled in his haul as fast as he could. With that, all the remaining accomplices of Luck were caught in one fell swoop!The two million innocent citizens were saved, as all of them took the antidote.Once again, Thomas saved the day.In order to express their gratitude, the citizens decided to erect statues of Thomas in Celandine City and many other cities as well.In the House of Vistaria.Phoebe ran towards her father hurriedly. She then smiled at him and said, “What did I tell you, dad? Thomas will definitely turn things around, right? I won!”Declan was so agitated, that he started tearing up.Thomas was really too amazing. He was capable of turning things around, even in such a predicament.At the same time, the curse that had plagued the Mars family for over a thousand years was finally broken. From then onwards, Declan was finally
Luck was dumbfounded. Why was Thomas still alive and kicking?“No need to doubt your own eyes. I am indeed still alive.”The crowd parted, making way for a very familiar figure. It was Thomas, the very Thomas whom the public watched him die.As he walked, he said, “Our previous research has already reached ninety-nine percent completion. But no matter how hard we tried, the final one percent remained out of our grasp. At that time, I thought that perhaps the only way was to drink the Ancestral Water and experience the poison itself, which would allow me to have a breakthrough for the final one percent.“And that was what happened. I managed to do it.“After drinking the Ancestral Water, I finally understood what the one percent was and successfully created the antidote for Ancestral Water. Now that the antidote has been created, it will sever your connection with the Ancestral Water.“You will not be able to kill anyone anymore.“You have lost, Luck.”Lost?Luck's eyes were wi
It was obvious that Eric could not afford to take a gamble this time. But he had no choice. His only choice was to listen to whatever the other party said and prepare a helicopter in twelve hours’ time.That was not all. He was also supposed to request for his superiors to help Luck get out of the country.The thought of it made Eric furious.“Damn it!”He left in anger to deal with the rest of the matter.The sky of Celandine City was covered with clouds.The patriarch, Declan, was in his garden in the House of Vistaria. He stared at the withered flowers as he grieved.His entire life was spent supporting Mr. Cole in hopes that he would be able to create an antidote to Ancestral Water. But at the end of the day, Mr. Cole accomplished nothing.His two disciples — Capricious Holy Hand Elliot, and Thomas — were both dead.There was no one in the world who was capable of creating the antidote for Ancestral Water anymore.“Alas...” Declan sighed. It seemed that it was impossible
At that moment, the general public was suddenly dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning. Everyone was down in the dumps.Many of those with poor psychological strength directly collapsed on the ground.They believed Thomas' death could be exchanged for their own safety, but who knew, in the end, they got nothing, and Luck, as usual, used their lives as a bargaining chip to force the authorities to listen to His Majesty's words.No antidote to Ancestral Water would ever be created by chance.The lives of people were still in His Majesty's hands.Whenever luck wanted them to die, they would die without any ability to resist.However, this was not the most frightening part. What was even more frightening than this was that the only person who could create the antidote to Ancestral Water had been forced to die alive by them.It would be impossible to create the antidote to Ancestral Water without Thomas.Mr. Cole and Elliot had all died, Thomas was the last person who mastered the
Eric sighed deeply, "Thomas, even though things have reached this point, you still remain so kind.""I have nothing to say except to choose death because the research failed." Thomas let out a long breath. "Before I die, I want to talk to my family on the phone."Originally, Emma and the others came to Celandine City because they wanted to be reunited with Thomas.Who knew it had turned into a life and death situation?The world was like a chess game; everything was unpredictable.When Thomas was video calling with his family, Emma was already bathed in tears at the other end. She was crying and shouting at Thomas to not be impulsive, and saying perhaps there was still room for things to turn around.That was what she thought, but it was not the case.Every minute Thomas dragged on, more people perished as the result of Ancestral Water, and the crowd’s fear and rage grew.Thomas’ life no longer belonged to him."Honey, take care of the baby."I love you."Those were Thomas’
For such demanding research, half a day was really too short.Thomas had recruited the best doctors and researchers he could find to work on a detailed study of Ancestral Water.In the past, it was difficult to achieve breakthroughs in the research on Ancestral Water. That was because figuring out how to create an antidote for the Ancestral Water was challenging. On the other hand, it was also because obtaining the Ancestral Water was incredibly difficult. Because they only had a few samples, the results were underwhelming.However, it was different now. Because the entire city's water supply had been turned into Ancestral Water, they were able to collect the samples at their convenience. This made it much easier for Thomas and the others to get the materials.With Thomas in charge, hundreds of researchers were conducting a massive study in just half a day. Unfortunately, things did not go according to plan.Thomas still failed. “We almost got it.“We were so close to makin
How sinister. “All we want is nothing but—safety.“As long as we’re safe, we definitely won’t make it difficult for everyone. If we’re safe, no one will die.“Now then, I have a small request to make to ensure everyone’s safety.“I demand that Thomas drink Ancestral Water immediately! This person is a real hassle for His Majesty, and we must keep him under our control for our own protection. Please forgive us for the inconvenience.“We'll only give everyone half a day to consider this. The emperor will begin killing people if Thomas does not step forward and drink Ancestral Water by this afternoon.“Okay. I've said everything I wanted to say. Goodbye.” The TV screen went dark, and so did Eric's face.He kicked the trash can over and said fiercely, “What is this? You're the only person in the world who can create an antidote for Ancestral Water’s poison, Thomas!“Once you drink Ancestral Water, you’ll be controlled by them!“Won't you have to obey Luck's every command by the
After listening to Thomas’ description, Eric also displayed a look of shock and said two words, “As expected.”What did he mean by, as expected?Was it possible that Eric knew that Luck was behind it from the start?“Thomas, follow me.”Eric took Thomas into an empty ward and locked the door. The two sat in the corner of the ward.He whispered, “There is a piece of news that I haven’t announced to the public, that is, besides Celandine City, there are more than ten cities that have problems. Do you know which cities they are?”Thomas’ eyes lit up. He already knew what Eric wanted to say.At the previous meeting, Eric had clearly stated that more than ten cities across the country had been controlled by Luck. Now, there happened to have more than ten cities where residents had been poisoned.Was there such a coincidence?Thomas said, “The residents are poisoned by Ancestral Water. Over ten cities are all under the control of Luck’s forces, so it is almost a certainty that Luck
“I didn’t. I saw the news early in the morning and was shocked. I haven’t dared to drink a sip of water until now.” Pisces took a deep breath and said, “Is this a natural disaster or a man-made disaster? It’s really terrible.”No matter whether it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, it was no small matter.Soon, Thomas drove to the hospital.Eric had been waiting here for a long time. As soon as he saw Thomas coming, he quickly let him enter the ward.He saw a patient lying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed, and his body was trembling. Although it was very hot, he was as cold as if he had just been lifted out of the freezer.A doctor walked over and said, “Mr. Mayo, let me tell you the general overview of the current situation.”The virus was spread through water sources.After drinking water with the virus, the virus would lurk in the human body.However, lurking did not mean that it would cause an outbreak.At present, over one hundred thousand people had b