Everyone was fascinated by Alexander’s singing, and they clapped to praise him. It was totally worth it to hear Alexander sing live!But, Johnson was not happy no matter what.Alexander was invited by Lucas. The better he sang, the more Lucas shone, and the worse Thomas appeared.This dinner was held so that he could show off Thomas, but Lucas stole the thunder. What the heck was going on?Therefore, even though Johnson liked Alexander, he could not get happy no matter what.Twenty minutes later, Alexander finally finished his performance. He got off the stage and went to rest.The loud applause showed the audience’s enthusiasm and their affection for this first-class celebrity. At this time, Lucas looked at Johnson with the ghost of a smile, and he asked, “How’s the performance, Uncle Johnson?”Johnson scoffed. “Not bad.”“Not bad? Haha, Uncle Johnson, you sound so arrogant, don’t you? Mr. Kaufman is the best opera singer in the world. Is he just ‘not bad’ for you?”Johnson
Everyone in the room was shocked. All of them just stood and watched. Nobody dared to sit down.Even if the people could not respond quickly, they were also able to recognize the opera singer on the stage. But, all of them were puzzled as to why Mr. Hill Sr. would come.Everyone knew that Mr. Hill Sr. and Johnson were father and son, but their relationship was extremely bad.It was not as if they could not reconcile. They just did not want to get along with each other as both of them did not want to see each other.With that sort of relationship, why would Mr. Hill Sr. set aside his dignity and come over?But Johnson was the one who was the most surprised. He was so stunned that he got up. When he saw his father on the stage, he seemed to be slightly dazed, as if he was dreaming.This was impossible. Why would his father come over?This was surreal.He rubbed his eyes, and he confirmed what he was seeing was real, not his hallucination.As he watched, his eyes became a little
Richard chuckled. He gently moved his lips and said, “Happy birthday.”The two simple words had such a strong impact that it struck Johnson’s heart, making his tears fall.“Dad…” He had not called his father “Dad” for at least twenty years, right?Perhaps it was longer than that.Nevertheless, it was better late than never. Richard was able to hear Johnson call him “Dad” again now, and it was better than not being able to hear it ever again.Richard had always been a tough man, but now, he was so excited that his hands trembled.Without saying anything, he walked forward and hugged Johnson. Meanwhile, Harvard led everyone to clap for them.While everyone witnessed, the father and son who had feuded with each other for many years finally resolved their conflicts and got back on good terms again.Actually, they were a family, so it was not hard for them to reconcile.While everyone shouted happily, Emma turned around, looked at Thomas, and whispered to him, “Thank you, Dear.”
The next morning, Thomas was awakened by the ringing of his phone. He rubbed his eyes before he casually picked up the call.“Hello, who is this?”“Hi, Mr. Mayo. I’m Elior Salvatore, the chairman of North Desert Jewelry. I signed a contract with you before. I wonder if you still remember me?”North Desert Jewelry? Elior Salvatore?Thomas shook his head. He seemed to remember it slightly, but he had signed too many contracts, so he did not remember it very clearly at the moment.He asked, “Mr. Salvatore, is there anything I can help you with?”“Oh, a batch of rough stones arrived in my company, and we need to choose ten of them. May I know if you’re free to handle this for me?”As the nominal purchasing manager, when the boss called him, it would be inappropriate if he said no.After all, he took the pay.“Sure, please send me the time and location. I’ll go over there.”“Okay, thank you so much, Mr. Mayo.”After Elior ended the call, he immediately sent the time and locatio
Normal people could only try their luck. Even an experienced worker like Bobby could only keep two to four rough stones. When he had terrible luck, there would also be a time that he was unable to keep any good one.“Mr. Mayo, all the rough stones are here. Please show us your capability.”Thomas smiled faintly. “Okay.”He walked to the pile of rough stones, and he felt the response of the Breath from the rough stone one by one.The stronger the Breath, the higher the quality of the rough stone.“This is not bad.” Thomas casually threw a rough stone into the basket.Bobby and other staff looked at each other, and they did not understand what technique Thomas used.It seemed that he did not carefully observe the rough stone, and he also did not use any special method. He just went forward and took a look. Could he distinguish between the good and bad rough stone like that?No matter how they looked at him, he looked like he was just mystifying. “This is also not bad.” Thomas p
Bobby was interested as he stared at the secretary. He asked with the ghost of a smile, “When did you become so smart without me realizing? What method do you have? Tell me.”The secretary looked around before he moved closer to Bobby and whispered, “Thomas is really capable, and he chose ten precious rough stones. Who knew?”As soon as he said that, Bobby immediately knew what he should do.His initially wrinkled face smoothed out, and he nodded happily. “Yes, this idea is amazing. I didn’t hire you for nothing. You’ve really helped me during this critical time!”After Bobby spoke, he immediately ordered his subordinate to handle subsequent matters.At the same time, he did not forget to order his secretary, “This has to be handled flawlessly. Let the buddies keep their secret. We mustn’t leak any news. Otherwise, you and I will not be able to survive in North Desert Jewelry.”“Don’t worry, Mr. Jefferson. I understand,” the secretary said seriously.Time passed very quickly.H
He spent nearly $1,000,000 every month to hire Thomas. In the end, this was how Thomas rewarded him?“What did Thomas Mayo do?“Is he toying around with me?”At that moment, Bobby came forward and said, “Ahem, I don’t think Thomas was toying with you, Mr. Salvatore. I observed him very carefully when he was choosing the rough stones. He was really serious when he chose the rough stones.”“Very serious? But why didn’t he pick any presentable rough stone?”“Mr. Salvatore, I think he might truly know nothing. He is a dunderhead.”“Dunderhead?”Elior narrowed his eyes. He did not quite believe it. All jewelers knew the classic case of Stellar Jewelers cutting 100 rough stones in a live stream in the past.This did not make sense.Bobby said, “I did some digging. Thomas was in the army a few years ago, and he entered the jewelry industry only in the past two months. How can a newcomer, who has just been in the industry for two months, have professional judgment?”That made some se
Thomas listened to the call with a dazed expression. He did not even have the time to ask any other questions before the other party hung up.From that moment on, North Desert Jewelry’s contract ended completely.He put down the phone and smiled bitterly.Emma brought a plate of fruits over and sat beside Thomas. She asked, “Thomas, what’s wrong?”Thomas said truthfully, “I lost a contract.”“Why?”“Sigh, I want to know why as well.”Indeed, Thomas did not know what had gone wrong. Although things had been a little unpleasant when he went over in the morning, he still did his job well.Logically speaking, there should not be a problem.When Elior said that Thomas was incapable of occupying his position, it was even more baffling.Emma took a guess and said, “Could it be that something was wrong with the stones you picked?”“I don’t think so.”Thomas was very sure of this. He had interacted with the rough stones through Breath, so he would not make a mistake.He would not m
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