Ch. 1141..1150
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“This sheepskin map looks very ancient!” said Cheryl as she took a close look at the map.
As a result, she realized that she did not know any of the words on it. “It’s weird. What kind of texts are this? I can’t recognize them at all.”
Alex took over the map and looked at it but he could tell the difference. “This isn’t sheepskin. This is dragon skin.”
“D-dragon?” Cheryl was stunned. In her impression, such creatures like dragons belonged to myths and legends. Could it be that dragons really exist?
“The texts on it belong to the ancient texts of the golden era,” Alex continued but soon he shook his head. “This map is not complete. This is just a part of it.”
Cheryl asked, “Do you know the ancient texts too? What kind of texts are they? Are they the Olmec hieroglyphs?”
Alex shook his head.
He learned these texts through the legacy of the Ultimate Book of Medicine too. For example, the texts formed in the art of Zharvakko were ancient texts and the many runes on the Zharvakko talismans were in fact of these ancient texts.
This meant that this map was probably passed down from the ancient times.
Unfortunately, he did not recognize the names of the places marked on the map at all.
Then, he put the map and documents into his backpack. Alex looked at Cheryl and said, “It’s almost done. Let’s go!”
Then, he took a glance at the things put in the chamber. While feeling slightly reluctant, he grabbed a few pieces of jade that had essence and used the Force to absorb the essence on the spot.
Unexpectedly, the absorption speed was extremely fast this time.
Within a short moment, the essence inside the jades was completely absorbed. After the absorption, the fine jades turned into grayish white jades, with their values dropping drastically to rock-bottom. They were no different from stones.
Cheryl was extremely shocked to see such a scene. However, she did not question further for the reason. Instead, she stood at the side and waited quietly. Until Alex had absorbed all the jades in the chamber, only then did she ask with a smile, “Are you done yet?”
“It’s done. Let’s go!”
***
At the lobby of the inn, Hubert Gordon and Thea Stone were sitting at the corner on a bamboo couch. Hubert was worried about Alex’s safety. He wanted to look for him at the Golden Tower again but Tlrea stopped him in the end.
“Let me tell you, I don’t know what kind of dumb luck that guy had. He won the grand prize in stone gambling and cut out a few pieces of emeralds. Tire raw stones that he bought all contained jades and the biggest piece was worth more than a billion dollars!”
“What? More than a billion dollars?” Hubert was stunned at once.
His family mission was to earn a billion dollars by himself. If he could also earn a billion dollars from stone gambling, would he not finish his mission in one go?
However, on a second thought, he felt that it was unreliable.
He knew about the stuff of stone gambling. The chance of cutting open the stone into a stone of higher value was very small. To cut out a one billion dollar jade was even harder than reaching the sky. On the other hand, his family wanted to test his ability to get things done.
What did stone gambling mean for him even? If he were to earn a billion dollars from stone gambling, let alone the position as his family’s next patriarch, he might even get scolded.
At this moment, Thea said, “That Alex refused to give up those jades in the Golden Tower and entangled with the people there. The Golden Tower is now in a mess. After the death of Boss Winn, his subordinates will surely be competing over his position and fighting over his assets. Who would still talk about the rules? He’ll die without knowing how he dies for stupidly bringing his girlfriend with him in there!”
However, as soon as her voice fell, a pair of young men and women walked in from outside: they were Alex and Cheryl.
“Ah! Alex, you’re finally back!” Hubert immediately stood up.
Thea was slightly upset when she saw Alex coming back intact. She thought, ‘How is this guy fine at all? You should at least come back with a swollen face so that I’ll feel slightly better!’
Then, she saw a few subordinates of the Golden Tower following behind Alex.
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They were carrying a few boxes respectfully. When Alex and Cheryl stopped walking, they also stopped at once and carefully waited.
“Oh, we got delayed by an urgent matter!” Alex said with a smile, “Are you okay? You should get some rest soon!”
Thea pursed her lips and said, “Hubert was very worried about you. Good for you, do you think it’s fine by saying a few simple words? What’s in these boxes?”
Cheryl let out a grunt.
If it weren’t for Alex to rescue Hubert, it would be hard to say whether he could come back safely!
However, it was really a waste of breath to argue with this woman, so she did not even deign to explain to her. Other than that, Alex seemed like he did not want to reveal the matter of his murder.
Alex said, “Didn’t you see them before? These are all my jades. ”
Then, he turned to the people behind him and said, “Alright, send them up for me! Room 206 on the second floor!”
The leader of those subordinates immediately replied, “Yes, Mr. Rockefeller!”
Thea thought that those few people seemed a bit familiar to her. In addition, they were all wearing the same outfit, they were none other than the subordinates of the Golden Tower. She could not figure it out at all. Why would the people treat Alex with somuch respect and they even personally helped him to send the jades over.
Why did they not snatch those jades, knowing that they were such valuable treasures?
Were they idiots?
However, if she were to find out that these people would even kneel down to lick Alex’s shoes with just a word, it was unknown if she would faint on the spot.
After sending the jades to Room 206, the subordinates of Golden Tower put them down. After seeing Alex waving his hand at them, they were immediately relieved, as if they had heard the good news of amnesty. They hurriedly retreated with great gratitude, even their footsteps became much lighter.
“Alex, Thea said that you won a piece of one billion dollar emerald in stone gambling. Is it true?” Hubert asked in an extreme amazement. He wanted to find out the accurate answer from him as well.
“Worth a billion dollars?” Alex nodded his head. He kicked one of the boxes. “You must be talking about this. This emerald is of good quality. Indeed, it should be able to be sold for more than a billion dollars if it is auctioned.”
The box was kicked open, revealing the true appearance emerald inside it.
Hubert was stunned. “So, it’s actually true?!”
Whereas, a strong sense of envy and jealousy flashed through Thea’s eyes. Even though she was now Hubert’s girlfriend, she could not even expect to get one billion dollars. One hundred million dollars was considered a huge amount of money for a lady from families of average income like her.
However, Alex did not take it seriously at all.
After that, he remembered something all of a sudden and said to Hubert, “Hubert, I happen to have something to tell you too. Previously, you said that your family used to sell Mr. Winn’s cosmeceutical products, but now I’ve noticed a problem.”
Hubert replied, “What problem is it?”
“The cosmeceuticals are poisonous!”
“Huh?”
“Nonsense. Where did you hear the rumors from?”
Thea immediately scowled. “I’m using this brand of cosmeceutical product too. Moreover, I’ve used all of their products before and they are all great, so where did the poison come from? I think you just hate to see that Hubert is doing good, so you even dare to say such hypothetical things.”
Hubert asked, “Alex, how did you know about it?”
Alex replied, “I saw a document in Giovanni Winn’s safe keep. It was the core technical component in the cosmeceutical products. It’s a new venom that could make people’s human skin dependent on it. If the product is not used for a period of time, the skin will fester. Moreover, psychologically, it will also create a strong sense of dependency, just like taking those stuff.”
“No way?” Hubert’s expression changed abruptly.
It was because he suddenly remembered that some people did have such side effects. However, after they continued using the product, they were fine again.
At this time, Alex smiled. “But, don’t you worry. There’s a type of antidote that can detoxify the poison, that’s Lush Cosmetics.”
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“Lush Cosmetics?”
When Hubert and Thea heard the name, their expressions became weird.
Hubert said, “Lush Cosmetics is very popular right now but they don’t export their products at all. To be frank, I wanted to act as the sales channel for Lush Cosmetics at first but it didn’t work! They rejected my offer right away. According to the information I got, Lush Cosmetics now only provides the products to two salons in California. But, within the two salons, the members queuing for reservations of the products alone have reached more than thirty thousands. We won’t get our turn at all.”
On the other hand, Thea angrily said, “Do you know how wicked Lush Cosmetics is? I went to Michigan personally to see their boss. The boss didn’t want to see me and even asked the security guards to drive me out. Hmph! This boss of Lush Cosmetics is truly short sighted. If I were the boss, I would’ve made it the best brand in the world.”
Alex glanced at her and said, “If he were you, it would end up in a failure.”
“What? What do you mean, Rockefeller?”
Alex said, “Do you know who is the legal-person of Lush Cosmetics?”
Thea said, “I don’t care who the hell is the legal person, okay?”
Alex grunted. “The legal person is Maya Howard! If you want the sales authorization from Lush Cosmetics, you can go and beg her.”
“What?”
Thea suddenly jumped up like a female cat whose tail got stepped on. She had an expression of disbelief. “How could Maya Howard be the legal person of Lush Cosmetics?”
“You don’t believe me? You can go look it up yourself. That’s all that I have to say. Thea Stone, you should know what to do now. It’s up to whether you can help Hubert to get over this tribulation! If you can satisfy Maya, it’s not impossible to get the sales authorization!”
After that, Hubert and Thea left Room 206, heading back to their Room 218.
Whereas, Alex took out the document about the venom from his backpack and looked through it again. After that, he listened carefully to Soraya Melvis’s room next door to find out if she had returned to her room. As a result, there was no sound inside it at all.
He gave Anna Coleman a call.
“Master, why aren’t you asleep at this hour yet? I just took off my clothes and was about to take a shower. You really do know how to pick the time.” Anna’s crisp voice came through the phone.
Instantaneously, the image of Anna in the bathroom appeared in Alex’s mind.
He kept getting the suspicious feeling that this tigress was trying to seduce him.
“Cough. I have something to ask you. Recently, is there anyone in Divine Constabulary having a mission in Morro, Puerto Rico?” Alex asked.
Anna replied, “This is a tough question for me. Divine Constabulary has nine divisions and the number of operation teams in every division is different. Just Alaska alone has seven teams. So, I really don’t know.”
Alex felt stupid for asking that question as well, so he said, “Do you know about a venom that is related to a place named Golden Tower located in Morro, Puerto Rico?”
“Venom?”
Anna was stunned for a moment. Then, she replied, “From what you said, I actually remembered an incident. A while ago, a public mission was posted in Divine Constabulary. It seemed to be about the venom. Hold on, I’ll check it now.”
Alex replied, “Alright.”
After a moment, Alex heard an exclaim from Anna. He immediately asked, “What is it?”
As a result, Anna replied in annoyance, “I hate you so much. I’m naked now and I haven’t closed the window. What am I supposed to do if someone sees me naked? You’re going to take full responsibility if I can’t get married.”
“How can you blame me for this?”
“Is it my fault then?”
“Fine, my fault then!”
After that, Alex heard the sound of her turning on the computer.
“Master, why are you investigating this?” she then asked.
“I’m in Morro, Puerto Rico right now. I went to the Golden Tower earlier and found out that a team from Divine Constabulary was fighting Giovanni Winn from Golden Tower. The team was almost wiped out.”
“What? What a coincidence, are you okay?”
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Anna exclaimed.
Alex said, “I won’t be calling you right now if something happened to me. I killed Giovanni Winn. In addition, I also killed about twenty gangsters from the Golden Tower.”
“Splendid work, Master! So, did you rescue the operation team from Divine Constabulary?”
“I only managed to rescue the captain. The rest are all dead.”
“Oh my goodness!”
Anna was shocked beyond words. Well, the operation of Divine Constabulary usually consisted of six people working together. Of course, the missions were also divided into huge or small sizes. Several teams would cooperate and move together for huge missions. As for the missions that deployed one or two people, those would not be called missions, but patrolling.
“How many died?”
“Five!”
Anna went silent. How could she be happy when five of her comrades from Divine Constabulary died at once?
Two minutes later, she shouted again, “Master, you’ve hit the jackpot this time. The person whom you rescued is most likely the granddaughter of Divine Constabulary’s president, Soraya Melvis! The president would probably promote you as a gratitude for saving his granddaughter!”
“Soraya Melvis?”
Alex shook his head gently but something else was in his mind.
The senior executives of Divine Constabulary were looking for the key in Caesar’s tombstone. Was that the president’s idea?
Then, Anna continued, “Master, the reward for this public mission is very great. Since you’ve killed Giovanni Winn, then hurry and find if there’s any clues about the venom, okay? Catching Giovanni was half of the mission at first, but killing him is fine too. The other half is to find out the recipe for the venom. In addition, there’s even another related mission to find out the venom’s production site and destroy it in one go. The total reward points for these two missions added up is 800 points! Besides, you can even get the first class merit twice, which will be added into your file.”
Alex was shocked. “Isn’t that a lot?”
Alex had specifically learned about the reward system in Divine Constabulary before.
This rewarding system was for any member of Divine Constabulary. Every point was very valuable. There was a relatively intuitive incentive policy. For every hundred points earned, the members would be able to exchange them for a thirty million dollar villa in Alaska.
According to such a calculation, every point was tantamount to the worth of three hundred thousand dollars.
Of course, exchanging the points for a property was the least cost effective. For a martial artist, cultivation resources were more valuable.
“I found two documents in Giovanni Winn’s safe box. One of them is about the chemical components of the venom and a detailed description of the extraction steps.”
“Really? Snap a photo and send it to me immediately. I’ll process it, and the four hundred points will belong to you, Master!”
Five minutes later, Anna had processed it successfully. The status of the public mission in Divine Constabulary’s mission system directly changed to complete. The completer of the mission was, Alex Rockefeller from Divine Constabulary of South California!
Meanwhile, Soraya had just returned to the inn. Earlier, she had contacted one of the four Great Guardian of Divine Constabulary, Shaun Baker, through the phone and told him everything that had happened. Shaun comforted her and promised her that soon he would bring people to Morro personally and complete the remaining task.
Soraya felt sad and blamed herself.
She went back to her room listlessly. However, at this moment, she received a notification from an application in her phone: [The mission you applied for has been completed by other team mernbersl]
That application was indeed Divine Constabulary’s application for internal assignment.
‘What?’
‘Completed?’
Soraya was very shocked. Because of this mission, she lost her subordinates and almost got herself killed as well. How could someone else take the credit?
She immediately opened up the notification.
‘Alex Rockefeller from South California. Who the hell is this?’
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Soraya remained perplexed despite much thought. Unfortunately, she was unable to look up for more details about the mission completed by the other person.
At this moment, her phone rang. At a glance, it was a call from Shaun Baker, one of the four Great Guardians of Divine Constabulary.
“Bro Shaun!” Soraya picked up the phone. She sounded like she was about to cry.
In fact, at Shaun’s age, it was more than enough for him to be her father. He was even older than her father. However, as the saying went by, which girl didn’t want to be loved? There were only a handful of such young Grandmasters from Divine Constabulary in the entire America. Numerous young women liked him.
Meanwhile, Soraya was also one of the members. Moreover, she was better than other women.
Shaun said, “Soraya, I just heard about the news. The mission you accepted has been completed by the other person. What is going on?”
Soraya said, “Bro Shaun, I just received the notification too. I don’t know what is going on either! The notification showed someone named Alex Rockefeller from the South California division has completed it. But, Giovanni Winn is an Earth-ranked martial artist. There are many skilled people around him and the Golden Tower is filled with all kinds of traps. Who from the South California division is capable of completing this mission?”
After a pause, she said, “It’s not that I want the mission points. But, we’ve worked so hard to track this mission until now that we’ve lost five team members. Didn’t they die in vain now?”
Shaun frowned and said, “Soraya, take it easy for now. I’ve never heard about this Alex Rockefeller too, but maybe I could look for Zachary Xavier and ask about him since the South California division is his region! Please tell me first, was there any anomaly and any special places before this?”
Soraya thought for a while and said, “I was trapped in a room previously and an ordinary man let me out. At the time, I asked him about the situation but he wasn’t so sure either. I’ve checked the corpses outside. They were all cleanly cut like they were cut by cutting machines. The cut wounds were neat and fatal.”
“Alright, I know what to do! I’ll ask Zachary Xavier first. You should get a good rest. I’ll reach Morro by tomorrow morning.”
“Thank you, Bro Shaun!”
“You’re one of my people, why are you being so polite?”
Those words were very useful toward Soraya. It was as if all of her grievances were swept away by those words.
Soon, Shaun gave Zachary a call.
Zachary was much older than Shaun. Before Zachary’s incident and his cultivation was not demoted yet, he was like a big brother to Shaun. He had helped him a lot. At that time, Shaun used to call him “Bro Xavier”.
However, after Zachary’s incident, his attitude toward Zachary gradually became cold and there was no more respect as before.
“Guardian Xavier, do you know about a person named Alex Rockefeller from the South California division of Divine Constabulary?” Shaun asked straightforwardly.
Zachary was slightly stunned. His eyes suddenly gleamed.
Alex was his secret weapon whom he was prepared to use him as his killer weapon during the yearly ranking battle in Divine Constabulary.
When the time came, he hoped that Alex would take over his place. Moreover, he would be one step closer in becoming the president of Divine Constabulary.
Meanwhile, Shaun was the one that harbored the most unfathomable motives and ambition among the Four Great Guardians.
He was very close with Soraya at normal times. Everyone could tell that Soraya admired and adored him exceptionally. However, Shaun was nearly thirty years older than Soraya. He was now in his fifties and was almost sixty years old. According to normal people’s way of handling things, one had to explain the situation to Soraya in advance, so that she would not fall deeper in the relationship. It was great for him. He played dumbed and let Soraya call him “Bro Shaun” as a matter of course. He even enquired solicitously about her well-being and gave her extra attention.
‘What was this all about?’
His intention was very obvious and known to the others, he wanted to use his relationship with Soraya to get closer with the constabulary’s president and even become the president’s grandson-in-law.
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In this way, it would be logical for him to become the next president of Divine Constabulary. Hence, Zachary would never reveal Alex’s identity to this person.
He was able to protect Alex’s identity now, even his files were kept secret. Without his permission, nobody could look at his information, including the president of Divine Constabulary.
“Cough, Shaun Baker, why are you suddenly concerned about the members in the South California division? Is there any particular person that piques your interest and you want to poach the person? But, I’ve never heard of the name that you mentioned before… Sigh, I’m getting old recently and my memory has become worse. Sometimes, I don’t even remember the things that I’ve mentioned the day before. I can’t deny the fact that I’m old already!”
Shaun frowned. He was not here to listen to nonsense. “So, you also don’t know who this Alex Rockefeller is?”
“Mm, I don’t know. How about I’ll ask Sky for you?”
“Sure! I’ll wait for your news then.”
After the call ended, Zachary sneered.
How could he release Alex’s information to Shaun? So that he could prepare ahead of time?
He immediately gave Sky a call.
“Sky, Shaun Baker called me to ask about Alex’s information just now. Do you know what Alex has done recently? He actually caught the guy’s attention.”
Sky just heard about the Golden Tower and venom incident from Anna. He immediately chuckled as he said, “Uncle Xavier, I’m afraid that this Shaun Baker tried to ask about Alex’s matters on behalf of Soraya. It seems like his relationship with Soraya is getting closer than before! He is probably meeting Soraya at Morro soon! If he were to meet Alex now, I’m afraid that there might be some issue and Alex’s identity might be exposed in advance. So, Alex has to leave Morro first.”
“What is he doing in Metro?”
“I don’t know about that.”
“Alright then. Tell Alex about this and ask him to leave first to avoid him! I’ll deal with Shaun on my side by saying that I also joined the mission as well.”
Soon, Alex received a call from Anna. He was not bothered by Zachary’s advice at all.
Even if Shaun came looking for him, he could handle him as well. However, for the sake of avoiding the trouble, he nodded his head in agreement.
***
When Cheryl came out of the shower, she noticed Alex sitting on the chair while using a needle to carve something on a piece of emerald that had been cut open. Of course, it was not any ordinary needle but the dragon bone needle from the Dragon’s Bane of Thirty-Six.
After gathering his spiritual powers, he could easily carve something on the jade’s surface. He was carving a formation blueprint on it.
The effect was similar to the pearl that his father gave to Susan Hunter.
It could ward off evil spirits and protect its owner as well.
This was the best that he could do at this point after deducing and completing the first sword of Dragon’s Bane of Thirty-Six, the Sword of the Universe. Of course, this was to be given to Cheryl.
He would be leaving for the rainforest early in the morning tomorrow. On the way, they would encounter many snakes, insects, rats, and ants, and there may be some other accidents. It would be much better to wear a jade pendant for protection. At least poisonous insects and mosquitoes would not dare to get near them.
“What are you carving?” Cheryl walked over and sat on the table next to Alex.
She was wearing a black camisole nightgown with a very short hemline.
Her thighs were perfectly exposed when she sat down. Her snow-white skin was less than ten centimeters away from Alex’s fingers. It was a deadly temptation!
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Alex was focused.
He ignored the luscious thighs that were within his reach while carving the jade bit by bit using the dragon bone needle in his hand that had gathered his spiritual powers in his hand, as if the dragon bone needle was as heavy as a thousand pounds.
At this moment, the only thing that was in his eyes was the jade and the formation blueprint in his mind.
This was a process that had to be completed in one go. During the period, the spiritual power must not be broken and the coherence had to be maintained.
When Cheryl noticed that he was not giving any attention to her. In that instant, she was slightly angry.
‘Is my charm so terrible? I’ve taken the initiative to sit right in front of you. Even my bottom is barely covered up, yet you’re unconcerned?’
‘Alright, I’ll move in closer.’
She moved herself a little closer. Her skin touched Alex’s hand as well.
Alex immediately moved her hand to the side and said, “Don’t move!”
Cheryl bit her own reddish lips as she felt that she had received ten thousand points of critical damage. After that, she seemed to understand Alex’s intention. ‘Could it be that this guy doesn’t want to step up in the relationship with me because he is afraid to be responsible. Then, he uses a method like this to divert his attention, right?’
As she pondered on that thought, her enthusiasm earlier was gone at once.
She was heartbroken.
“I’ll go to bed first!”
She dropped that sentence and climbed onto the bed by herself.
The air conditioning was quite cold. She immediately got under the covers and even took off the bath towel on her. When she saw Alex was still sitting in front of the table in a very calm manner without worldly passions and carving that emerald in his hand, she was so angry that she took the bath towel in her hand and threw it with a whoosh. It just happened to cover Alex’s head.
However, he did not even move his butt for a bit.
She was sad. She was really sad!
Chery laid underneath the covers as her delicate body trembled slightly. Unconsciously, tears clouded her eyes.
She asked herself, ‘What is my status in Alex’s mind? Could it be that my feelings are fake? Love is really elusive, and that is why I don’t dare…’
Meanwhile, Alex finally carved the final stroke of the formation blueprint in his mind onto the emerald’s surface.
At the moment when the formation blueprint was formed, a faint yellow light shone on the jade pendant. Waves of essence flowed and formed a closed loop. In that instant when Alex activated the formation blueprint with his spiritual power, the word “Rei” from an ancient text appeared on the jade pendant.
This was the core of the formation blueprint that Alex had carved earlier, it was a piece of defensive amulet.
“It’s done!” Alex let out a long breath of relief as he put the dragon bone needle back into the mind palace.
Only then did he take off the bath towel covering his head. He put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it. There was an enticing aroma at once. He took a glance at Cheryl who was underneath the covers. “Are you asleep?”
Chery’s eyelashes fluttered but she was silent.
Alex looked at her for a few seconds and he scratched his head. He also did not know what to do with the situation. ‘Isn’t it too shameless to sleep straight through?’
So, he simply picked up another piece of emerald jade and started carving again.
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Cheryl did not even remember when she fell asleep yesterday. The sky was already bright when she woke up. She looked at the other side of the bed. Nobody was there at all.
Then, she looked at the chair at the end of the bed. Nobody was there either.
Where was Alex?
She sat up and let out an exclaim immediately afterwards after realizing that she was not wearing anything on her. She immediately looked for her clothes and put them on. At first, she thought Alex was in the toilet but when she walked up to it, the toilet was so empty that not even a shadow was inside. At that moment, she got nervous.
‘Alex?’
‘He couldn’t have run away in advance, right?’
Just when she was flustered and was about to take out her phone to call Alex, he walked in from outside.
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“Where did you go?” Cheryl looked at him angrily. “I thought you left me alone and ran off!”
“Um… I went to check out the room and picked up some breakfast on the way. We are in a hurry today, so we’ll be leaving after the meal.”
Most importantly, he received a call from Anna Coleman to avoid Shaun Baker as much as possible.
Cheryl was still slightly angry in her heart. After washing up, she ate her food quietly.
Soon, the two people left the inn room.
“Do you need to inform your friend?” Cheryl asked when they reached the ground floor.
“No need for that. I’ve already informed the inn receptionists. They’ll help me to inform him. It was an occasional encounter anyways. We’ve already met with an unnecessary issue yesterday, hopefully everything goes well on today’s trip,” Alex said as he shook his head.
However, just as they walked out of the inn, they encountered Soraya Melvis.
Soraya glanced at them coldly and brushed past them.
She still did not know that the man before her was the person who rescued her yesterday. Moreover, he was Alex Rockefeller from Divine Constabulary of South California whom she wanted to look for so badly.
“Hold up!” She suddenly turned over and shouted out to Alex.
In fact, if Zachary had not strongly requested him to hide his identity temporarily, he did not have to avoid her at all. At this moment, he turned his body slightly. “Yes, anything?”
Soraya took a close look at Alex and Cheryl for a moment. She realized that they did not have any fluctuation of inner force in their bodies, which meant that they were mere ordinary people and could not possibly be related to yesterday’s killing. So, she asked, “Which room is your friend staying in?”
Alex frowned and said, “Why are you looking for him?”
Soraya said, “He did me a big favor last night and I want to thank him personally.”
“206! But, I suggest that you visit him at a later hour so that you won’t interrupt his morning exercise.”
“What morning exercise?”
Soraya was stunned for a moment Immediately afterwards, she reacted. “Ugh! You’re such a pervert! Compared to your friend, you’re so far behind! Some people should really open their eyes wide open when looking for a boyfriend. Don’t get cheated by his looks only. Guys with good outer appearance tend to have to be ill intentioned.”
Cheryl said, “You should be thanking him.”
“What should I thank him for?”
“Because I told you my friend’s room number,” Alex said as he took over the conversation. Then, he waved his hand and pulled Cheryl to leave the inn.
Not long after they left the inn, a helicopter landed on somewhere not far away. Shaun rushed over while bringing along two highly skilled members of Divine Constabulary.
Even Alex, who was on the path in the small town of Morro leading to the western rainforest, could see the descending helicopter and Shaun who jumped off from the helicopter.
‘No wonder he’s a Grandmaster!’ Alex did not stop after taking a glance. He took Cheryl on the jungle path.
Chery asked, “Why didn’t you tell that woman just now that you were the one who saved her yesterday?”
Alex replied, “There’s no need for that!”
Soon, the narrow path under the two people’s feet was getting less obvious. It had become a rugged grassy road, with bushes and branches sprouting everywhere. From time to time, they could even see snakes and rats being startled, causing Cheryl to shriek in fear repeatedly.
Alex opened up the hand drawn map, which was given to him by James Coney before he left, and took a look. He identified a direction but it was getting harder to walk until the point that there was nowhere to put their feet down. He squatted down. “Let me carry you on my back!”
“It’s fine. I can walk on my own!”
As a result, she stubbornly took a few steps forward, only to see an arm thick flower spotted snake. She was so frightened that she fell down and sat on the ground. Then, she hurriedly jumped up and jumped back to Alex’s side.
Alex smiled. “I already told you to let me carry you. What are you doing?”
Cheryl glared at him and said, “Can’t you tell that I’m angry?”
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“Huh? You’re angry?”
Alex was dumbfounded. He looked at Cheryl with his eyes widened and an innocent expression. “You… Whom are you angry with? Is it because of Soraya Melvis?”
Cheryl was speechless at that moment. ‘Are you thick in the head?’
‘I’ve already expressed my anger so obviously, yet you still couldn’t notice it. How did you even get along with your wife back then? Is your EQ on the negative spectrum?’
“You, it’s you! I’m angry with you. Can’t you feel it?”
Alex was even more dumbfounded now. He said, “Why are you angry with me?”
Cheryl felt her entire body going weak. “There’s no reason!”
‘I can’t just tell you that I’m angry with you because you didn’t want to sleep with me last night. How embarrassing it would be!’
At this moment, Alex suddenly remembered that he had not taken out the made amulet to give it to her. He immediately took off the backpack from his back After opening it up, there were a total of eight jade pendants for self protection, it was the result after spending a busy night yesterday.
He casually took one out. “Put this on.”
Of course, Cheryl recognized that stuff. “Is this… What you carved last night? What is carved on it?”
“A formation blueprint! This is an amulet that can ward away evil spirits and protect its owner. The energy on it can probably withstand three attacks from a Grandmaster!”
“Is that so powerful?”
Even though Cheryl did not know how powerful a Grandmaster was, she had heard from her grandfather that they could not be compared with ordinary men. They were the kind of existence that could break a rock in one smash. Since the tiny jade pendant could actually withstand three attacks from a Grandmaster, this pendant was really powerful. “Does that mean that this jade pendant will not break from falling?”
Alex had a speechless expression.
This was a mystical tool.
If a Grandmaster could not even break it, it certainly would not break from a fall.
However, he knew that it was hard for her to understand even if he explained it. He just grabbed her left hand. With a poke from the dragon bone needle, he squeezed out a little blood on her finger and wiped it on the jade pendant.
In the next moment, a golden light gleamed on the jade pendant and a large word “Rei” appeared.
“Alright. This jade pendant has been activated now. Wear it every day, so that the snakes, insects, rats and ants won’t dare to approach you. You should be fine even if you get knocked by a car. The ghosts and foul creatures will not dare to get to you as well.”
“Huh? This… This is too exaggerated, isn’t it?”
“You’ll know once you wear it.”
The jade pendant had been threaded with a string. Once Cheryl put it on, she could feel a breeze of cool relief from the summer heat. It was extremely comfortable. To her surprise, it could even prevent mosquitoes. It was really too great.
Just when she was thinking about it, Alex squatted down again. “Get up. There’s no more road in front. If you’re really going to walk on your own, we won’t reach our destination before the sun goes down.”
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Cheryl laid on the back of Alex.
Seeing him walking through the complex jungle terrain as if he were flying, she once again remembered the annoyance of his indifference when he faced her seduction.
“You didn’t sleep for the entire night because you were making this?”
“Yes!”
“Fine, I’ll forgive you then.”
“…”
“But, just now I thought I saw you have made many?”
Those were certainly to be given to other women. For example, Dorothy Assex, Waltz Fleur, Michelle Yowell, Brittany Rockefeller, and Maya Howards… Even though his EQ was not particularly high, it was not low enough for him to be stupid as well. He just said, “Amulet is a consumable item. Once the energy on it is depleted, it would become useless. I just happened to have the materials, so I just made a few more! Whenever yours is broken, you can change for a new one.”
“I thought you were going to give them to other women.”
“Um… This…”
Alex pondered for a while. Alright, some things had to be made clear. Otherwise, he would be deceiving her feelings. “There are a few of them. Indeed, I wanted to give them to someone else.”
Cheryl kept quiet.
Alex was quiet for a while as well. He said, “Cheryl, how much do you hate your father?”
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Cheryl’s expression turned cold. “Don’t speak of that person.”
Alex said, “I’m just trying to say that I’m essentially the same kind of person like your father.”
“What do you mean?”
“I’m not a very devoted person in a relationship.”
“You… what are you trying to say?” Her body trembled slightly, as if she knew what he was about to tell her. Since the conversation had reached this topic, Alex simply opened up with her and said, “You know about Daya Stoermer, right? She’s the endorser of Lush Cosmetics. She had posted an Instagram post a few days ago. Have you seen it?”
“I saw it! So, that husband that she was talking about is you! Are you both married?”
“We aren’t married but she is indeed my woman.”
She was silent.
After a while, Cheryl nodded her head. “I understand.”
Alex was dumbfounded. He turned around and looked at her while having a slight worrying frown. “There is also the current CEO of Thousand Miles Conglomerate, Waltz Fleur!”
Cheryl said, “I saw that during the last medical exchange.”
“Dorothy Assex…”
“What? You haven’t broken up with her yet?”
“It can’t be broken! We’re just faking our divorce!”
“I… F*ck!”
The beautiful, dignified and virtuous doctor let out a cursed word after hearing it. She was really at her wit’s end. “Haven’t you suffered in the household of the Assexes? I even got slapped by your unreasonable mother-in-law! I got slapped for nothing!”
“Hence, compared to me, your father’s character may be slightly better than mine.”
“What actually are you trying to say here? Are you trying to say that you don’t want to hold any responsibility for hugging and kissing me yesterday?”
“I just want to tell you that I’m not a good person! I’m not a good match for you! I’m afraid I would drag you down and may even cause greater implications such as death threats!”
Three seconds later, Cheryl bit his shoulder.
Then, she angrily said, “What’s the point of you telling me all these now? Anyway, I’ve not thought of marrying you! And I don’t want to! There’s nothing good out of the men in this world!”
Alex felt much less guilty after saying the words hidden in his mind. Although Cheryl was a rare beauty who would also be a great wife, he was a man with a wife and mistresses after all. All kinds of contacts previously were already very dangerous, he did not want to harm a good woman like her. They were not people of the same world.
As he thought about it, his mind was clear.
Although there would be regret in his heart, it would still be better than hating him because of love in the future.
Swoosh!
He walked even faster and his figure was like a bolt of lightning while continuously moving around on the tree branches. It was because there were no more roads in front.
He had no choice but run up the tree to look for a way.
And, Cheryl was amazed by such an experience. Her heart throbbed continuously. Which woman would not like heroes? She was no exception. The strong and overbearing character of a man, the mystery of a man, and all sorts of a man’s performance surpassing the mundane were like a woman’s poison.
Once one was caught up by it, it’s incurable.
“We’re almost there!”
Alex stood in the canopy of a large tree while looking down on the mountain valley.
That was the place that James Coney mentioned. It was the former site of Ganoderma that was opened up when the people of Ganoderma escaped from the turmoil at the time and helplessly hid in the depth of mountains and forests.
However, at this moment, he suddenly realized that someone was in the valley.
“This is weird!”
“Did your grandfather ever tell you that there are people living in Ganoderma?”
Cheryl shook her head. “My grandfather said that it’s impossible. This former site of Ganoderma is very hidden and it’s inconvenient for communication to the outside world. Who would live in such a place?”
Alex said, “I’ll go in and explore. You wait here.”
Cheryl clung on his neck tightly. “I don’t want to. I’m afraid of heights and I’ll fall.”