Yann felt glad that Gerald didn’t blame him much. He had been shocked just now, thinking that Gerald would be very angry with him.“Alright, I will head home first. You keep in touch with Tye Lamano. Inform me of the time of departure in advance. I will go back and get ready for it!”After that, Gerald reminded Yann.“Okay, sure, Gerald.”Yann nodded and responded obediently.Having said that, Gerald left the house and returned to his office.Soon, he was back in his office.When he walked inside, Rey and Yrsa were studying at the table, and Juno was playing with her phone beside them.“How is it? How is your progress?”Gerald asked them as he walked in.“Brother Gerald, you’re back!”When Rey saw Gerald, he stood up and smiled at him.“Brother Gerald, Miss Zorn taught us some basic knowledge about the spiritual world. I learned everything about the spiritual world, souls, and ghosts.”Rey reported his progress to Gerald immediately.After Gerald heard that, he nodded in
“Negative, you just stay here this time. I’ll be heading there with Yann!” replied Gerald as he looked at the trio. “But… Mr. Crawford-” “Look, I know you want to come with me to see and learn more of the world, Rey, but not this time. After all, none of us know what dangers await us at Mount Dakriont. There are simply too many risks involved! With that in mind, please just stay here and train with Miss Zorn for the moment!” replied Gerald before Rey could even finish his sentence. In the end, Rey was still an ordinary person, which meant that his capabilities were vastly different compared to Gerald’s. With that in mind, Gerald had only said all that earlier since he truly was worried for Rey’s sake. Besides, staying here to train with Juno would undoubtedly be more beneficial to Rey. By taking the time to properly train and learn about being a cultivator, Rey would definitely be able to solve problems together with Gerald—instead of simply being a sidekick—in the future. Re
Regardless, since he made sure to pack early, Gerald was able to turn in earlier that night. After all, the more rest he got, the better shape he would be once he got up… It was early morning by the time he finally got up again, and after a simple breakfast, Gerald then patted his backpack before driving off to the highway’s entrance… It was nine sharp when Gerald finally met up with Yann, Tye, and the others. Just as they were about to greet each other, a loud ‘bump’ could suddenly be heard coming from Gerald’s car trunk, followed by a loud, “F*ck!” Raising a slight brow, Gerald—along with several others—immediately went over to investigate… And upon opening the trunk, Gerald was shocked to see Rey lying inside, his arms wrapped around a luggage bag! “…What are you doing here, Rey?” asked the rightfully stunned Gerald. Chuckling awkwardly in response, Rey then sheepishly grinned as he said, “I… well, I just really wanted to come along! So please let me come with you…!” “Wh
Naturally, that statement made both Juno and Rey rather surprised. Even so, Juno was quick to recover and simply went with it. Rey himself hadn’t expected Gerald to take his side instead of ratting him out. With that, after Gerald ended the call, Rey couldn’t help but look at Gerald for a while before muttering, “…Um… Mr. Crawford-” “There’s no need to say anything. You’re already here anyway so let’s just make the most of it. Regardless, please hold your tongue as much as possible once we get there. And please listen to my orders if I give any to you!” replied Gerald, not even waiting for Rey’s sentence to finish. “G-got it, Mr. Crawford! Don’t worry, I’ll be extremely obedient!” declared Rey as he nodded rapidly. At that moment, Yann—who was still driving—couldn’t help but smile as he said, “You know, you have a rather fine disciple, Gerald. After all, he’s worried enough about you to sneak over!” “Hah! He’s just someone who makes me worry all the time!” scowled Gerald in
Whatever the case was, after parking the car, Gerald and the others immediately headed to the ticket counter to officially enter Mount Dakriont. While a single ticket cost sixty dollars, Tye was the one paying, so Gerald and his party didn’t have to worry about the entry fee. Upon entering, rather than anxiously getting straight to business, the first thing the group did was to find a spot to relax in instead. After eating some of the rations they brought along—to replenish their energy—Tye cleared his throat before saying, “Alright, listen up, everyone. We’ll be staying the night here, but we set off at the break of dawn, understand?” Hearing that, everyone simply nodded in agreement. After all, it wouldn’t be long before night came, and traveling in darkness was never a good idea. Aside from obviously being more dangerous, one could easily lose their bearings as well. With that in mind, it was objectively a better choice to set off once morning came. With that out of the way,
“Just let the boy be, Gerald. I, for one, appreciate his liveliness since all there is out here is miles upon miles of boring scenic views…” said Yann. Upon hearing that, Gerald could only sigh in agreement. After all, it was estimated that at least two hours were needed before the group would be able to cover five miles and finally arrive at the Officer Viewing Deck. With that in mind, Gerald had to admit that Rey’s childishness would—at the very least—keep the trek amusing… Regardless, it was almost noon by the time the group arrived at the Officer Viewing Deck. The Officer Viewing Deck was located quite high on Mount Dakriont, and it allegedly got its name due to the fact that an officer used to come up here to enjoy the view, many centuries ago. While that was the formal name of the viewing deck, it was also colloquially known as the cloud viewing platform. As the name suggested, all sorts of clouds could be seen from up here as well. Whatever the case was, upon arriving, T
“…Hey, come over! Hurry and have a look at all this!” called out one of Tye’s men who had earlier scouted ahead. Upon hearing that, everyone followed the source of the voice… and soon enough, they all widened their eyes in utter amazement. A little deeper into the cave, a bright light of sorts could be seen glimmering beautifully… What more, all sorts of natural jades and jadeites could be seen growing all over the place! “Holy cr*p…” muttered Rey as he rubbed his eyes in disbelief. He had never seen such pure and natural-looking jades and jadeites in his life! The sentiment was, of course, shared by everyone else there. To think that such a wondrous place existed here of all places… How truly magical! Quickly snapping out of it, everyone immediately began looking around the mystifying cave… Shortly after, Gerald was just in time to notice that one of Tye’s men had taken out a hammer! Knowing full well where this was going, Gerald immediately yelled, “Stop!” Hearing Ger
After a slight pause, Gerald then looked at Tye before replying, “…Fine. Regardless, if you wish to leave this place safely, I implore you to tell your subordinates to be more obedient. No more touching things at random! Trigger one more trap and we’ll probably end up stuck in here forever!” Knowing that he had made himself extremely clear this time, Gerald then turned around without saying another word. Whether or not Tye decided to listen was up to him… Momentarily staring at Gerald’s back—as the youth walked off to find another exit—, Tye couldn’t help but glare at the man who had caused all this. Had he not been so greedy, none of them would be trapped here! The man himself quickly lowered his head to avert his gaze, not even daring to look Tye in the eye… Huffing in response, Tye then looked at all his subordinates before declaring, “Alright, listen up! If any of you even dare to touch anything at random again, I’ll personally chop your hands off! Got that?” With how ste
Watching in fury as his black air blade dissipated, Daryl roared, “W-what power…!” As Daryl was too shocked to move, Gerald took the chance to yell, “Attack…!” And just like that, a blazing light momentarily lit the entire sky…! As surges of energy shot out in all directions, Daryl’s devilish formation was reduced to dust in a matter of seconds! “No…!” howled the anguished Daryl as the earth beneath him cracked and clouds of dust flew everywhere! It was chaos incarnate… yet moments later, everything fell deathly silent. Gerald himself had already vomited a pool of blood by now, and as he fell unconscious, he could feel his body freezing up… Fast forward to three years later, Mayberry Commercial Street was as lively as ever… “Darling, it’s your brother’s wedding day today… Shouldn’t we head over earlier? You’ve been dolling yourself up for ages!” “Fine, dad… Though, isn’t Second Uncle already there to help set things up? That aside, my brother’s gone through so many hardsh
‘Daryl’s been possessed by the Supreme Devilish Lord for ages, and the lord himself has been using your grandfather’s body to attempt his resurrection! This cycle has been repeating for years, and the Supreme Devilish Lord has already captured many people with Yin physiques but thankfully failed! This grew so out of hand that the Soluna Deus Sect, or Sun League as you call them, have actively been trying to force the Supreme Devilish Lord to show himself!’ ‘In order to further deter the Supreme Devilish Lord’s efforts, they’ve even been kidnapping people with Yin physiques! Do you see the entire picture now, boy?’ explained Finnley. ‘…So that’s the truth… Then, how’s Mila?’ asked Gerald. ‘She’s fine, but your reunion depends on whether we can destroy him this time!’ replied one of the white-robed ladies. That was relieving to hear… Still, as it turned out, the Sun League weren’t villains at all! They had simply been abducting people like his second uncle, Mila, and Leo for the
His chest felt like it was exploding, and it didn’t take long for blood to spurt out of his mouth. What immense devilish power…! Following a sneer, the Nirvadevil sect’s master scoffed, “I know you raised your cultivation level this high because you want to learn more about the Sun League, but you should understand that devilish cultivators will always be stronger! Did you really think that acquiring the angelic inheritance would give you absolute power? How laughable! Your Herculean Primordial Spirit won’t save you this time!” Furrowing his brows, Gerald retorted, “…Who on earth are you? How do you know me so well? In fact, how do you know about my Herculean Primordial Spirit?” Laughing in response, the master then said, “Oh, you’ll know who I am soon! But before that, allow me to snatch your Herculean Primordial Spirit! I need to destroy it so that the sacred Primordial Devilish Internal Pellet can reign supreme…!” Upon hearing that, Gerald couldn’t help but frown even more.
“…This formation. It feels… familiar,” muttered Sanchez. “Same thought here. I think it’s the Septelic Perishment Formation of the ancient Black Dragon Sect!” replied Gerald. “Ah, no wonder it felt so familiar… Though, wasn’t this formation lost to time ages ago? How did you learn of it?” asked the surprised Sanchez. The formation had been a legendary one that, as Sanchez had said, had been lost at the end of the ancient era. Just from its name alone, one could imagine that this immensely powerful formation had been used against the people of the Deitus Realm. In the end, however, the allies of the Deitus Realm still managed to destroy the Black Dragon Sect, thus leading to the destruction of all the sect’s other mysterious and bizarre formations… Naturally, they had made sure to obliterate all of them to ensure that nobody in the future would be able to threaten them like that again in the future… Whatever the case was, Gerald was quick to reply, “I read about it somewhere. Ho
Upon hearing Gerald’s question, Lord Ethern was prompted to reveal a few samples of the herbs they were locating… and it wasn’t long before Gerald felt his eyes twitch. After all, those samples were herbs inherited by the ancient witches… In other words, they were the ones he was for as well! Naturally, Marcel recognized them as well, and he was quick to say, “…These…” Noticing how the two were looking at the herbs, Darkwind muttered, “…I take it that the herbalist they’re looking for really is Ms. Phoebe, Mr. Crawford?” “…Well, it’s hard to say if she is since Marcel already said that the timing wasn’t right… Regardless, this is an important clue. Lord Ethern, was it? Could you elaborate a bit more on your master?” muttered Gerald as he turned to face the man again. “I really can’t say…! Look, Master always appears before us in a shadowy form, so none of us have ever seen his face!” replied Lord Ethern while shaking his head. “…Is that the truth?” “I swear on my life!” exc
“Flaxen, you bloody traitor…!” roared the three other lords who grew so angry that their faces went red!However, they had no time to remain angry since the Blancetnoir Double Lords and Sanchez had already made their move! As one would expect, it only took a single round for all three of the lords to crumble to the ground.With his eyes wide open, Lord Ethern stuttered, “Who… Who the hell are you people…?!”“You don’t need to know that information. That aside, tell us what you four are planning to do already,” scoffed Gerald as he slowly approached the three defeated men.“…Who the hell do you think you are? What makes you think I’ll comply so easily?” growled Lord Ethren.Upon hearing that, Gerald raised his hand… and within a split second, Lord Ethern let out a bone-chilling wail. The Blancetnoir Double Lords had just snapped both of the poor man’s arms!“If you want your other limbs intact, don’t make me repeat the question,” growled Gerald.Now terrified, the agonized man replied,
From what Gerald could tell, all of them were devilish cultivators. After all, their auras were way different compared to regular cultivators like Gerald and demonic cultivators like Sanchez. Though he had read about devilish cultivators before in one of Uncle Zeman’s books, this was his first time actually coming across them. It was a while later when the frowning Sanchez muttered, “So, they want to ambush some herb lady… Is she the one we’re looking for?” Sanchez, for one, had pretty much been frowning throughout his journey with Gerald. His only hope at the moment was for Gerald to find the person he was looking for as soon as possible. Otherwise, who knew how long that boy would continue controlling his life! Regardless, Marcel was quick to add, “I had the same thought, Mr. Crawford. After all, Phoebe excels not only in pharmacology, but also in all sorts of special techniques and formations!” Watching as Gerald nodded, the Blancetnoir Double Lords couldn’t help but scoff,
There were two straightforward purposes of the trip. The first was to find Phoebe, the descendant of the ancient witches. Only by finding her would Gerald have a chance to locate Daryl’s hideout… Hopefully the Yinblood pellet—that was now in his hands—would aid with that effort… As for the second goal, he was hoping to retrieve the inheritance according to the Zearl’s instructions. After all, he’d only stand a fighting chance against Daryl and the Soluna Sect after getting the inheritance. While it was true that Gerald’s cultivation level was currently one of the highest in all of the cultivation realm, the fact remained that Daryl practiced devilish cultivation, and those from the Soluna Deus Sect were already in the Deitus Realm. In other words, he was merely an ant to them, which was why he was making sure to fully prepare himself before confronting them. Though he now had Sanchez and the Blancetnoir Double Lords under his command, he still felt that he was underprepared… Re
Now that all three of them had been subdued with the Nineraid Band, the other big shot cultivators couldn’t help but stare enviously at Gerald, knowing full well that they’d never be able to obtain his angelic artifacts. After all, if he could take down the Blancetnoir Double Lords and Sanchez, then what chance did they have? By this point, Sanchez had managed to get to his feet, albeit with quite a bit of difficulty. Naturally, he no longer dared to make any rash moves on Gerald. Instead, he was prompted to resentfully say, “You’re really something else, Gerald…! It makes me wonder why you still need our help. After all, not only are you the sole person who knows the secrets of the general’s tomb, but you also possess those angelic artifacts!” “Oh, don’t you worry about that. With how powerful you three are, I’m sure you’ll become indispensable assistants as we head to the North Desert in search of a certain someone! Speaking of which, if you’re already thinking about killing me t