Thomas looked at Declan and said, “Mr. Mars, I’ve brought the Five Elements back. Please do me a favor and help me with getting the Ancestral Water.”“Okay!”Declan immediately agreed, but there was a meaningful flash in his eyes.It seemed that there was still a catch before he could obtain the Ancestral Water.Thomas naturally noticed it and cautiously kept his guard on.Everyone else stayed in the room, while Declan led Thomas to the Temple. It was the same as the last time he visited it. There were still five pillars, and there was a burning flame atop each pillar. At the same time, there was a bead in each pillar, and they were Ancestral Eyes!Only the Five Elements could restrain the Ancestral Eyes and completely put out the burning fire. Then, they could obtain the Ancestral Water.That was what Declan had said when they went there previously.At this time, Declan pointed at the pillar on the right and said, “Starting from this pillar, you’ll need metal, wood, water, f
Thomas successfully used the Five Elements to suppress the five Ancestral Eyes and put out the fire on the five pillars!He had succeeded!Thomas could hardly hide the happiness in his eyes. Even though he tried not to show his emotions, he could not help but look excited, with his huge success. It was normal human nature.“Congratulations, Thomas,” Declan said. “The Ancestral Water is now yours.”As soon as he said that, he saw something like a display screen appear above the Temple. Then, an ancient creature like a black dragon flew around on the screen.So, that was the so-called Luck?After Declan saw Luck, he lowered his head and knelt down on one knee. He was sincere.“Wow!“Someone has taken the Five Elements and opened the ‘seal.’ You have the right to talk to me now.”The voice was coming from the display screen.It looked like a real dragon was talking. But actually, everyone knew that somebody else had to be talking behind the scenes. Right then, the real mastermin
It was completely unfair based on the advantages and disadvantages that Luck had presented.The benefits were little, while the disadvantage was huge.If Thomas drank the Ancestral Water, he would be handing his life to Luck. Thomas would never accept that price no matter what!Slowly, the machinery on the ground was activated. A table rose from the ground, and a glass of water was on the table.There was nothing strange about it.Luck said, “I’ve told you about the advantages and disadvantages. It depends on you whether you want to drink it or not.”Was this the Ancestral Water?Was this the thing that Thomas had been trying so hard to get?Before it was in his possession, he had risked his life to get it. But by the time he actually got it, he realized how unreliable it was.Thomas took a deep breath and asked, “Luck, can you give me further clarification? Why should I obey your orders after I drink the Ancestral Water? Why can’t I betray you?”That was a bold question.Bu
It was a warning.He could refuse to drink it, but if he did not drink it, he could forget about Lord Vedastus, and he would just have to leave.Otherwise, Luck would not spare him.Luck sounded so overbearing!Thomas scoffed. Then, he said something that shocked Luck.He slowly raised his head, looked at Luck, and said, “I’ll definitely bring Lord Vedastus down. If you’re ignorant enough to insist on helping him, I’ll take care of you as well!”He was fearless! He was truly bold!Nobody had ever dared to speak to Luck like that. Even though Lord Vedastus was arrogant, he was still as obedient as a dog before Luck.Thomas refreshed their memories of him once again.When Luck heard what he said, he was dumbstruck for a few seconds before he laughed.“How arrogant of you!“You’re so disrespectful toward me.“Thomas Mayo, I’ll make sure you realize how ignorant you are. You’ll learn what the real fear is very soon!”The conversation was a display of Thomas’ defiance against
What could it be?Thomas followed Declan without any hesitation.Declan opened a steel door. The two of them walked into the room in succession, and Declan locked the door. “The room’s sound insulation is great, and there’s an anti-eavesdropping system.“If we talk here, no one but us will know the content of our conversation.”Declan gave Thomas assurance.Then, he said, “Thomas, I was really impressed with your performance just now!”Declan wore a bright smile and laughed fearlessly. He did not feel unhappy with what Thomas had done earlier. Instead, he was over the moon.That confused Thomas. Was Declan not on the same side as Luck?Thomas said, “Mr. Mars, your reaction is puzzling. House of Vistaria is Luck’s spokesperson in Celandine City, and you, Mr. Mars, are a loyal supporter of Luck. Shouldn’t you be on the same side as him? Why are you happy with my actions from earlier?”Declan did not answer. He just stared at Thomas and looked around as if he was thinking about
What Declan said surprised Thomas a little. Thomas did not expect there to be a story like that behind the Ancestral Water.Thomas never expected the extravagant-looking House of Vistaria was actually miserable either. Every House of Vistaria head would be killed by Luck once they were sixty years old.It was none other than the Ancestral Water that would be their end!Declan chuckled in resignation and said, “I’m sure you want to know who Luck is, right? I’m revealing Luck’s true face to you right now.”He had to look far into the past to talk about that.Their story took place about one thousand years ago during the rule of Edward I!Back then, the king was incapable. A new power had inexplicably appeared in the kingdom. They wanted to bring the king down and change the government.This group of people hid in the dark and called themself Luck!Luck created a special kind of poison that had no antidote, and they named it the Ancestral Water. They used the Ancestral Water to co
Declan added, “The Ancestral Water was like a curse that has been bothering the Mars family. In the end, one head of the family could not bear it anymore. He chose to betray and ended up being sentenced to death immediately. Besides, it also made Luck tighten their restrictions. Every head of the family could only live until sixty years old as a result!”At this time, Thomas finally understood the relationship between Luck, the Ancestral Water, and House of Vistaria.The king’s uncle had wanted to be the king by using the Ancestral Water in the past. However, he was exposed, so he ran away with the help of General Mars.Then, he continued to work on Luck, while General Mars established House of Vistaria to support him. The two of them cooperated so well that they earned a lot of wealth.Unfortunately, their descendants got into trouble.Luck did not trust House of Vistaria, so they chose to use the Ancestral Water to “tie” House of Vistaria up.House of Vistaria naturally could n
That was meaningful to Thomas. After all, compared with the Ancestral Water, Thomas was actually more concerned about Heart Eater because his daughter had been poisoned with it.The purpose of Thomas’ visit to Celandine City had been to create an antidote for Heart Eater.“Wait, let me straighten this out,” Thomas slowly said. “This means Heart Eater is actually a failed by-product of the Ancestral Water? It came about through a combination of the Ancestral Water and grafting!”Declan nodded. “Everything you’ve said is correct. You’ve briefly mastered the grafting technique, and you already have the Ancestral Water. If you want to produce the antidote for Heart Eater, it’s just a matter of time.”When Thomas heard that, he was happy and impressed.It also indicated that his daughter would be safe and no longer be tortured by Heart Eater.But… Thomas stared at Declan and said, “Actually, now that I’ve gotten what I wanted, I can just make the antidote. The conflict and grudge be
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