“Abbot, you’re not dead?“That’s great! That’s wonderful!“Hold on, someone in the room was screaming for help just now. Who was it?”To protect Fred’s reputation, the old abbot told a white lie and explained, “I was talking to Fred in his room, but I was so exhausted that I fell asleep there. Fred didn’t have a place to sleep, so he went to my room to rest. Who would have known that this would happen! Sigh…” He did not tell everyone that Fred had started the fire for money and caused his own death in the end.The old abbot was kind.Everyone sighed.Someone said, “Maybe this is fate! Brother Fred protected the old abbot with his life. God bless him!”All the monks lowered their heads and prayed for Fred.At the same time, a group of people was watching the show on a mountain not far away.It was none other than Lord Vedastus and his gang!After they left Harmony Monastery, they did not rush back to Art Trading Corporation. Instead, they stayed and rested on the mountain ne
Lord Vedastus was stunned.He stared at Thomas and felt puzzled as he asked, “What did you say? The old abbot is alive and well? That’s impossible!”Thomas chuckled. “Would I joke around with you?”Lord Vedastus instantly had a bad feeling. Was Thomas telling the truth? The old abbot was still alive? The monk who worked for him was so useless. He could not even kill an old monk?To verify the truth, Lord Vedastus immediately called his subordinate at Harmony Monastery to get him to check on the situation.A while later, his subordinate replied.“Lord Vedastus, the old abbot of Harmony Monastery is not dead! Not only is he alive, but he’s also completely uninjured. He’s doing well! I even saw him praying for the deceased monk just now.”Beep! Lord Vedastus hung up.After Lord Vedastus listened to his subordinate’s report, he had confirmation that the old abbot was still alive and Thomas had not lied.Besides, there was no need for Thomas to lie.Lord Vedastus initially thought
Early in the morning at House of Vistaria, Dragon Claw enjoyed a delicious breakfast. He had a habit of eating meat for all of his meals.He just sat there during those early hours and ate steak. He did not care if it was bad for his health. His theory was: Life was short, so everyone should enjoy the moment.Even if he died right then, his life would be sufficient as long as he managed to enjoy it!While he was eating, Heron walked over. “Master, something bad happened last night. I need to report it to you.”“What is it?” Dragon Claw did not raise his head.“It’s Lord Vedastus. He did not inform us before he took action on himself. He wanted to burn the old abbot to death with fire.”Heron reported what happened last night in detail, and Dragon Claw laughed after he heard it. “What was Lord Vedastus thinking? He acted so recklessly. How could he get to his current position now? It looked like this brat can’t achieve anything after he lost Hayden.”Dragon Claw took a bite of
It happened a dozen years ago.Declan was on bad terms with Lord Vedastus at that time. After Declan saw how Lord Vedastus had controlled Celandine City using Heart Eater, he wanted to create a scary poison that could hold up against Lord Vedastus’ too.Therefore, Declan had arranged for Mr. Cole to study and develop it with another person, and that person was Abner Porter, also known as the “King of Snakes.”Abner studied snakes, especially venomous snakes!Mr. Cole had grafting skills, and Abner had knowledge of venomous snakes. After one whole year, the two of them utilized their skills to create a scary organism, the two-headed snake.The snake was highly venomous, and its venom was special.Once a person was bitten, he would not die immediately. Instead, he would experience mental anguish. He would recall all the bad things that had happened in his life, and he would keep praying.Then, he would die slowly as he was tortured by all that pain.Aside from Mr. Cole and Abner,
Declan was angry. “Are you suspicious of me?”“Of course! Who else should I suspect?” Dragon Claw spread his arms out. “So Declan, in order to rule you out, don’t go anywhere during this time. Heron will escort you back to your room, and you can think about how we should execute the plan. From now on, you’re not allowed to leave your room!”Declan could not express his bitterness.He was the head of the Mars family. As House of Vistaria’s owner, he was grounded in his own house by someone else. What the heck was this?However, he was helpless because his status was lower than that of Dragon Claw.While Heron accompanied him, Declan returned to his room. Some people would take turns guarding his room to make sure that he did not leave.Surveillance cameras had even been set up at all angles in his room, including the washroom.There were also signal jamming equipment inside. In other words, Declan would not be able to make outside calls, and external signals could not get in the
When Heron questioned him, Declan looked very calm and aloof. He calmly explained, “Demon is just demon. What’s wrong?”“Oh? Is there no special meaning?”“What else could it mean?” Declan said, “When Phoebe was naughty, I would scare her using demons. Then, she would obediently go to bed and eat. Demons are the same as the witches and big bad wolves that people use to scare kids.”Nothing seemed out of the ordinary.Besides, he just mentioned the word “demon,” and it did not seem to mean anything special.Heron calmed down and thought about it, but he did not find out anything.“Haha! Phoebe is a grown-up now, and she is still afraid of demons? She is such a kid.”Heron waved his hand, and two of his subordinates closed the door. They continued to ground Declan.Meanwhile, Declan calmly went back to his bedroom like nothing had happened. He took out a paper and a pen to plan his next step and how he should work with Dragon Claw.Naturally, it was just a show for Dragon Claw.
“Why?”Phoebe scratched her head and tried her best to recall. After a long time, she finally said, “I don’t remember many things clearly. I just remember that I was afraid of something when I was little, and it was like a demon. When I closed my eyes, I felt scared, and I would be too afraid to sleep at night.”“You were afraid of something? What was it?” Thomas asked again.“Um…” Phoebe tried her best to recall it. She closed her eyes to comb through her childhood memories.Slowly, something that was hidden in her mind rose to the surface. It was a red two-headed snake!“The two-headed snake!” Phoebe screamed.“Two-headed snake?” Thomas was stunned. He did not understand what it meant. What legend was that monster from?Phoebe said, “I remember it. When I was little, I went to look for Mr. Cole. Then, I saw a snake with two heads and a red body in his house! I was totally scared, and I just fainted. When I woke up, I was already sleeping on my own bed. I told Dad that I saw
At noon in the bamboo forest.The path was narrow and rugged, so the big cars could not pass through. Therefore, Thomas and Pisces rode on each electric bike and moved forward to the bamboo forest.On the way, they heard insects chirping and birds singing, and they could smell the floral scent. It really made them feel relaxed.Pisces said, “Commander, the environment here is quite good. There are bamboos everywhere. I once heard that a person can live without meat, but he can’t stay in a quiet environment like a bamboo forest. Being able to live in such a place means Abner is someone who doesn’t have any desires.”Was that true?That was not certain.If he truly did not have any desires, why would he study and create a monster like the two-headed snake with Mr. Cole in the past?Ultimately, he ended up being permanently disabled, so one could say that he deserved it.There were no broad roads in the bamboo forest, but there were a lot of small paths. There were paths everywher
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