Thomas and Pisces were seated in front of the computer in Food and Medicine Hall as they checked the latest news report.Despite the police’s best efforts to suppress the issue in order to avoid unwanted panic in the community, Lord Vedastus was an asshole and immediately spread the news of Benson’s death.Not only that, but he even posted a photo of Benson’s mutilated body.Benson was a well-known entrepreneur, and all of Celandine City was in chaos. Everyone was speculating the cause of his death.Many people assumed it was Lord Vedastus who had done it because he was the one who had the most conflict with Benson.Unfortunately, Lord Vedastus had absolutely nothing to do with this issue.“He’s using Benson as an example, and now that Benson is dead, other members of the association will of course be terrified and will do anything to protect themselves. We have to be careful, Commander,” Pisces said. As they were talking, Blake entered the room with an angry expression. “Wha
In such a difficult circumstance, conveying messages was practically impossible.Just as everyone was feeling down, Blake spotted a Buddhist prayer necklace hanging from Phoebe’s neck and asked, “What’s that?”Phoebe pointed to the necklace and said, “Oh, this? My dad got this from a monastery and told me to put it on. He said that it would keep me safe.”“Oh?” Blake was a little skeptical about the situation. “As far as I’m aware, Blake was never a Buddhist.”“You’re right,” Phoebe replied with a nod. “Dad has never believed in something like this before. I’m not sure why he suddenly wanted me to put this on today.”“Phoebe, take off the necklace and let me have a look at it please.”“Okay.”Phoebe removed the necklace and handed it over to Blake. Blake observed the necklace continuously and felt each bead on it. Finally, he discovered that one of the beads was hollow and that it could even be twisted open!Everyone’s eyes lit up in surprise. Blake twisted open the bead an
Harmony Monastery was Celandine City’s largest, oldest, and most historically significant temple. Every year, a large number of people would come to visit it.Thomas was paying it a visit and of course, he did not come empty-handed. He must not come empty-handed since he needed to borrow something from the monastery.Before Thomas reached the monastery, he had already contacted and informed them that he wanted to make a ten-million-dollar donation!Ten million was definitely an enormous amount. Who does not love money, right? Even monks found it difficult to remain unaffected by money. To operate such a large monastery, they needed a huge amount of funding each year, so they were actually desperate in need of the money.After Thomas arrived, he was personally welcomed by the abbot of the monastery. In the reception hall, Pisces placed the ten-million-dollar check in a box and handed it over to the receptionist. Even the old abbot, who had seen a lot of things in his time, smi
Thomas was not in a hurry to ask questions. He just stood by the side and waited. He knew that the old abbot would definitely elaborate.Sure enough, after waiting for a minute, the old friar cleared his throat and said, "Master Mayo, although the rosary is right before us, I cannot lend it to you."Thomas then asked, "Why?"The old abbot explained, "You see this tree, right? The reason is because of this tree.”Speaking of this tree, it was old and was roughly the same age as Harmony Monastery itself. When the construction of Harmony Monastery was completed, the backyard was empty. The abbot of the time planted a sapling within the monastery.After hundreds of years, the sapling had grown into a big tree, and the monastery grew into a famous monastery. It could be said that the tree and the temple were one.The tree was respected by all of the monks at Harmony Monastery, and every time they saw it, it was like seeing the monks and abbots before them.But something unexpected
"Are you willing to let me save you?" Thomas asked quietly in his heart.He received an answer.He saw that the ancient tree completely withered and blended into the ground, followed by the emergence of a fresh new seedling from the soil.As the saying goes, if the old one did not go, the new one would not come.The withered ancient tree had been revived!In an instant, Thomas opened his eyes, looked at the ancient tree in front of him, half smirking, and said, "I see what you mean."With that, he turned around and walked to the old abbot's side and said, "Abbot, if I have a solution to revive the ancient tree and bring it back to life, would you be willing to lend me the rosary for a while?"What?Everyone stared with wide eyes.Those novice monks shook their heads like waving a rattle-drum. It was not that they were unwilling to lend Thomas the rosary. It was because they did not believe that Thomas would be able to revive the ancient tree.Many experts and professors had a
"Just like this?" The old abbot as well as the other novice monks were all confused.It appeared as if various patches had been sewn to a worn-out garment, and the whole tree looked unchanged except for the grafting of some new saplings.And then Thomas told them that it was done. Who was he trying to fool around with?If it had been other folk, they would have broken out in curses. The old abbot was a very cultured person, and in such a situation, he still said politely, "Master Mayo, I don’t have any doubts about your skills, but..."The old abbot looked at the ancient tree and did not know how to put it in words.The novice monk was much more straightforward and said, "This is simply nonsense! If grafting a few saplings can cure the ancient tree, then the previous experts and professors have already settled it. Abbot, in my opinion, this man is just fooling around! He just wants to swindle us out of the rosary!"The old abbot squinted at him, "Don't hurt people with your words
The old abbot looked back as he was grinning. He then said with a smile, “You have superb skills, Mr. Mayo! To be honest with you, I did not believe that you could cure the ancient tree yesterday. It seems that I was blind, as I did not recognize you as the saint that you are!”Thomas waved his hand. “You’re embarrassing me, old abbot.”“Come now. Why are you feeling embarrassed? Know this, Mr. Mayo, I’ve invited over hundreds of experts and professors before you to treat the tree. But all of them failed! I was on the verge of giving up! Mr. Mayo, you truly are the benefactor of Harmony Monastery!”The old abbot would have thrown himself on the ground before Thomas if not for his old age. Thomas was scared out of his wits and held the old abbot up to avoid any awkward situations from happening. The old abbot took a few breaths and asked, “May I know how you did it, Mr. Mayo?”Thomas smiled as he answered, “It is a simple but yet hard feat to achieve. First of all, we needed to lo
Sincere Technology was one of the top ten companies in the field of smart home technology.The director — Peter Stefano, had voted for Thomas in the recent election, allowing Thomas to take over the presidential seat without any issues.He thought that everything would be as smooth as butter from then onwards, but now, he was regretting his decision.Peter paced back and forth in his office while having a severe headache. That was because his partner in crime — Benson, had been murdered.It was not that he was sympathizing with Benson’s death, nor was he planning to avenge him. He was merely sad about losing a comrade. Since Benson was now dead, would he be the next one to die? The thought of that made him feel restless.“If I knew this was going to happen back then, I would rather follow Lord Vedastus.“Although they will continue draining my resources, at the very least, I will still be alive.“Benson was killed in his own house. And the murderer is still roaming free out th
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