Ch. 1881..1890
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 1881
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s Persephone’s Folly Bridge could transcend the people’s souls. These college students, who had been assimilated with the Netherworld Blood Poison, had their souls contaminated by the assimilation as well. Once they died, their souls would disintegrate from existence, so Alex couldn’t bear to let that happen.
He was a healer who had the benevolence of a doctor. On the other hand, Persephone’s Folly Bridge was a divine artifact that could transcend any kind of abnormal soul, be it human, animal or even demons. All of them would be able to cross River Styx under Persephone’s Folly Bridge and reveal their true selves, returning into the reincarnation cycle.
However, the use of Persephone’s Folly Bridge required divine powers.
Alex wasn’t sure if the divine power from his golden core was enough, but he didn’t care about it. No matter what, he still needed to try.
“Persephone’s Folly Bridge, hurry up and come out!” Alex roared.
The vigorously spinning golden core directed the divine power inside towards Persephone’s Folly Bridge in his mind palace. Persephone’s Folly Bridge instantly sucked in that little bit of divine power, and a faint blood ray of light flashed across the bridge’s mottled surface.
And then… There was no more to it!
“What?!”
Alex’s divine consciousness stared at Persephone’s Folly Bridge as he roared furiously, “You’ve devoured my divine power, but you f*cking refuse to do anything! What’s the point of having trash like you?!”
Alex did not know if there was any tool spirit within Persephone’s Folly Bridge.
Just then, Persephone’s Folly Bridge seemed to be irritated by Alex’s words for stating that it was trash and useless. What blasphemy!
“You’re the one who’s too weak, and you’re blaming me? That little bit of divine power is not even enough for me!”
A girl’s childish voice carried over to Alex’s divine consciousness.
She continued angrily, “You actually said that I’m useless trash. You tiny brat, I’ll show you who’s the useless one here!”
Alex was instantly stunned. Not only did Persephone’s Folly Bridge have a tool spirit, but it was also an unweaned little girl.
At this moment, the said little girl let out a yell. “Forgotten River by the side of Persephone’s Folly Bridge!”
“There is no right or wrong in life, no merits or demerits in death!”
“Bridge, come forth!”
Whoosh!
The shocked Freya next to him discovered that the space around them started to tremble with the appearance of countless vertical and horizontal cracks. In the next second, a bloodied bridge burrowed out of the spatial cracks. It was stained with blood, old and mottled. There were also countless marks made by blades and axes, and it was clearly worn, showing the vicissitudes of time.
The world seemed a little more desolated from the blow of the chilly wind.
There were also faint cries of ghosts in the flutters of the wind.
Meanwhile, there was a vast river under the bridge, with yellow water flowing into the distance.
“What is this?”
Freya was astonished. At the sight of an ancient, bloodied bridge, the tremendous shock ran all the way into the depths of her soul, and she couldn’t look at it directly. It wasn’t only her, Martiny was also stunned. If she hadn’t been sitting on the ground, she would have jumped in shock.
Alex also stared blankly at Persephone’s Folly Bridge. He had seen it once in Ksitigarbha’s memories, but now that he was seeing it for the second time, he still felt the deep shock in his soul.
However, at this time, the little girl suddenly said, “Oh no!”
And the huge Persephone’s Folly Bridge slipped quickly back into the void, as though some force was tearing it down.
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“Brat, I already said that you’re not capable enough. You want to drive Persephone’s Folly Bridge with so little divine power? And you dare to lay the blame on me?!”
“River Styx’s water, go!”
Only the bridgehead was still looming in mid-air at this moment.
However, a stream of River Styx’s water that rushed out brushed past Phia’s body, washing her soul and dragging it out of her physical body immediately. It didn’t stop there, the water from River Styx immediately rushed through all the Grovel Demons’
bodies like a waterfall. In an instant, all the Grovel Demon, whose souls had been washed away, fell to the ground with splashing blood. The souls of all the victimized Long Beach University students were all swept towards the bridgehead of Persephone’s Folly Bridge and disappeared.
“So strong!” Alex whispered in surprise, then turned his gaze towards Mariah.
Mariah was shocked beyond words.
She jumped up suddenly and started to shout at the top of her lungs, “That’s Persephone’s Folly Bridge! Why is Persephone’s Folly Bridge of that d*mned monk, Ksitigarbha in your hands?!”
“D*mn it, d*mn it! Hasn’t Buddhism been destroyed?! Isn’t Ksitigarbha dead?! Where the hell did you get that?!” Mariah screamed furiously.
However, her voice was not that of Mariah’s, but a hoarse, male voice.
Alex looked at Mariah, and finally realized. It was no wonder Mariah suddenly had such powerful strength. It turned out that she was possessed as well. Unexpectedly, this person could identify Persephone’s Folly Bridge and also knew that it was Ksitigarbha’s Persephone’s Folly Bridge. It’s obvious that there were some antecedents to it.
Then, he heard the tool spirit of Persephone’s Folly Bridge’s cold snort cold. “It turns out that this is the enemy who escaped by chance, what a coward!”
“You will die on Persephone’s Folly Bridge!”
Whoosh!
Persephone’s Folly Bridge shot out a black lacquered iron chain with rust stains and dark blood stains from the pitch-dark bridgehead, fiercely wrapping around Mariah’s body.
The tool spirit’s childish voice rang out. “Infernal Hell welcomes you!”
Roar!
Mariah roared in desperation, struggling frantically.
But it was useless. Although the iron chain was covered in rust stains and looked like it could break at any given time with a tug, Mariah could not break free no matter how much strength she exerted. It became tighter instead. In the end, not only the man’s voice, but also the woman’s piercing scream could be heard.
Mariah kept begging Alex for mercy. “Alex Rockefeller, please, have mercy. Don’t kill me, don’t kill me! I’m your second aunt, we’re relatives! I have watched you grow since your childhood, you can’t do this to me! You can’t!”
An indifferent expression was on Alex’s face. “You’re asking me to show you mercy, but have you ever thought of showing the same to others? I’m asking you now, do you have the antidote to the poison that you’ve put in those ordinary people?”
Mariah didn’t want to die. In order to survive, she shouted continuously, “Yes, yes! I do have it! But, it’s not on me, it’s with my daughter!”
“Where is your daughter?”
“She… She went to Japan. T-To find someone called Blood Witch.”
She was being dragged closer and closer to the bridgehead. Seeing that she was about to enter Persephone’s Folly Bridge, Mariah shouted loudly, “Alex Rockefeller, save me! Save me…”
Alex said, “You don’t have the antidote. Why the heck would I save you? Go into Infernal hell, and have a taste of torture as punishment for your sins!”
“Alex Rockefeller! Alex Rockefeller! Ahhhh!”
Whoosh!
Mariah was dragged into Persephone’s Folly Bridge. The void that Persephone’s Folly Bridge had broken through closed up once more at this moment. Persephone’s Folly Bridge also disappeared, as though it had never been there.
At the same time, Alex found that the divine power in his golden core had increased greatly. When he counted it, it was about five hundred points.
‘There’s so much more?’
‘Does it count as a windfall?’
As a result, the tool spirit of Persephone’s Folly Bridge called out disdainfully, “Brat, now you know how great I am, right? Remember, if you don’t have one million points of divine power next time, don’t bother me. Hmph!”
Then, she was silent.
Alex was dumbfounded. It cost one million points for one use? That was daylight robbery!
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It had been half an hour!
Martiny jumped up after she had done sitting on the ground to regain her blood. Her whole face was radiant and her power was completely restored. There wasn’t a hint of fatigue on her face.
She immediately rushed over and pulled Alex to check him from head to toe, with an expression exactly like a mother-in-law looking over her son-in-law. She said, “Oh my, Alex, you’re so amazing! You can actually control such a killer tool, as expected of my son-in-law.”
“I can rest assured if my daughter, Freya, follows you in the future. You both are really a talented, ideal couple, a match made in heaven! Your father was right, this is a destined match…”
Freya felt a burst of embarrassment. “Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? I… I’m not.”
Alex also blushed with shame. He had long known Freya’s identity from Luna. Freya was Luna’s half-sister with the same father, and her father was Flying Eagles Academy’s Principal Henderson.
After having that kind of relationship with Luna, he was already distressed. More importantly, even the Fairy Doctor had already forced herself on him, and the Fairy Doctor was Principal Henderson’s godsister! This relationship was really a mess, how would he dare to provoke Freya?
He was also worried that Principal Henderson would want to settle the score with him once he came out from the Dragon King’s Grotto!
Now that Jade Benmore had become useless, he couldn’t depend on her!
“Aunt, let’s not talk about this sort of nonsense in the future. My wife is pregnant, and she gets jealous easily. This… If this reaches the others’ ears, it will also affect Freya’s reputation.”
Martiny said, “Your wife is pregnant, that doesn’t affect you taking my daughter as your wife though? Jeez, what does it matter for a man to have wives and concubines? I’m telling you, you’re a man, as long as you’re unyielding, even though your wife will be mad, there’s nothing she can do in the end once what’s done is clone Of course, you have to be smarter in this matter. Is your EQ high? I can teach you, my husband is a master in this aspect.”
Alex was stupefied.
Freya covered her face in shame. “Mom, how can you be like this? If you continue like this, I will be too embarrassed to meet anyone.”
Martiny said, “What are you shy about? This is your destined husband. Even if you’re not husband and wife now, you will eventually be, sooner or later.”
Alex interrupted her and asked, “Aunt Martiny, didn’t you both go looking for the Witch Cult? What happened after that?”
The moment he brought up the Witch Cult, Martiny got angry and said, “We had found them at first, but remnants of the Witch Cult would rather die before revealing the headquarters’ location and blew themselves up. We both almost couldn’t make it back.”
After a pause, she continued, “Moreover, I feel that there’s a big difference between the current Witch Cult and the past one.”
Alex didn’t know much about the Witch Cult, so he couldn’t say much about it.
However, he immediately took out a bottle of pills from his storage purse. “Freya, this is the antidote to the pill of seven poisons in your body. I had long since refined it, but I hadn’t been able to contact you. It’s good that I can give it to you now.”
He could tell at a glance that the poison in her body had not been removed yet.
Freya took the antidote, looked at him and said, “Thank you!”
In fact, they came here this time because the temporary detoxification pills that Freya had were almost used up. Freya would die if the toxins in her body couldn’t be suppressed.
“You can take it now, I’ll lend my strength and help you.”
“Okay…”
Freya took the antidote. Alex stood behind her and landed his palm on her back. The spiritual power from his golden core poured into her like a tide, immediately catalyzing the rapid decomposition of the antidote pill in her body. It entered the source of the poison and completely neutralized the seven poisons that had been forced into one place in her body.
Ten minutes later, Freya opened her mouth and spat out a mouthful of black blood, it was the residue of the corroded toxin that the antidote had neutralized.
After spitting that out, Freya’s poison issue had been resolved.
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It had been half an hour!
Martiny jumped up after she had done sitting on the ground to regain her blood. Her whole face was radiant and her power was completely restored. There wasn’t a hint of fatigue on her face.
She immediately rushed over and pulled Alex to check him from head to toe, with an expression exactly like a mother-in-law looking over her son-in-law. She said, “Oh my, Alex, you’re so amazing! You can actually control such a killer tool, as expected of my son-in-law.”
“I can rest assured if my daughter, Freya, follows you in the future. You both are really a talented, ideal couple, a match made in heaven! Your father was right, this is a destined match…”
Freya felt a burst of embarrassment. “Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? I… I’m not.”
Alex also blushed with shame. He had long known Freya’s identity from Luna. Freya was Luna’s half-sister with the same father, and her father was Flying Eagles Academy’s Principal Henderson.
After having that kind of relationship with Luna, he was already distressed. More importantly, even the Fairy Doctor had already forced herself on him, and the Fairy Doctor was Principal Henderson’s godsister! This relationship was really a mess, how would he dare to provoke Freya?
He was also worried that Principal Henderson would want to settle the score with him once he came out from the Dragon King’s Grotto!
Now that Jade Benmore had become useless, he couldn’t depend on her!
“Aunt, let’s not talk about this sort of nonsense in the future. My wife is pregnant, and she gets jealous easily. This… If this reaches the others’ ears, it will also affect Freya’s reputation.”
Martiny said, “Your wife is pregnant, that doesn’t affect you taking my daughter as your wife though? Jeez, what does it matter for a man to have wives and concubines? I’m telling you, you’re a man, as long as you’re unyielding, even though your wife will be mad, there’s nothing she can do in the end once what’s done is clone Of course, you have to be smarter in this matter. Is your EQ high? I can teach you, my husband is a master in this aspect.”
Alex was stupefied.
Freya covered her face in shame. “Mom, how can you be like this? If you continue like this, I will be too embarrassed to meet anyone.”
Martiny said, “What are you shy about? This is your destined husband. Even if you’re not husband and wife now, you will eventually be, sooner or later.”
Alex interrupted her and asked, “Aunt Martiny, didn’t you both go looking for the Witch Cult? What happened after that?”
The moment he brought up the Witch Cult, Martiny got angry and said, “We had found them at first, but remnants of the Witch Cult would rather die before revealing the headquarters’ location and blew themselves up. We both almost couldn’t make it back.”
After a pause, she continued, “Moreover, I feel that there’s a big difference between the current Witch Cult and the past one.”
Alex didn’t know much about the Witch Cult, so he couldn’t say much about it.
However, he immediately took out a bottle of pills from his storage purse. “Freya, this is the antidote to the pill of seven poisons in your body. I had long since refined it, but I hadn’t been able to contact you. It’s good that I can give it to you now.”
He could tell at a glance that the poison in her body had not been removed yet.
Freya took the antidote, looked at him and said, “Thank you!”
In fact, they came here this time because the temporary detoxification pills that Freya had were almost used up. Freya would die if the toxins in her body couldn’t be suppressed.
“You can take it now, I’ll lend my strength and help you.”
“Okay…”
Freya took the antidote. Alex stood behind her and landed his palm on her back. The spiritual power from his golden core poured into her like a tide, immediately catalyzing the rapid decomposition of the antidote pill in her body. It entered the source of the poison and completely neutralized the seven poisons that had been forced into one place in her body.
Ten minutes later, Freya opened her mouth and spat out a mouthful of black blood, it was the residue of the corroded toxin that the antidote had neutralized.
After spitting that out, Freya’s poison issue had been resolved.
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California, the Rockefeller family.
Martiny saw Jade, but at this time, Jade had fallen into a coma. There was just too much poison in her body, so her body function had reached its limit.
“Commander Benmore!”
Martiny called out to Jade in a more formal way. Jade’s life was worth the title after all. But now she saw Jade in this state, she looked like a completely different person compared to the high-spirited, self-reliant person she had been in the past.
Martiny couldn’t hold back the tears sliding down her cheeks.
Nora gave Alex an anxious look. “Rockefeller brat, weren’t you going to get the miracle doctor to give us a consultation? Where is the miracle doctor? My sister’s condition is getting worse. If this goes on, she will really die… No, I have to find Principal Lawlor. He might have a way to save my sister.”
Martiny shook her head. “You can’t enter the Dragon King’s Grotto. You’re just going to meet your demise if you do!”
“But, I can’t just look at my sister and…”
At this moment, Jade’s eyes opened suddenly. She looked towards Martiny and said, “Martiny, you’re here. That’s good, at least I can see a familiar face before I die. Now I can go without regrets.”
Martiny threw her arms around Jade, choked up and said, “Sis Jade, don’t say that! You can’t die!”
Jade shook her head. “You don’t have to be like this, In fact, I already knew that this day would come! Hasn’t Gilbert predicted this already? This is my fate, how can there be a person who doesn’t die on a battlefield? Have there been fewer deaths over the past years?”
She struggled to stand up.
“Some of our comrades don’t even have their bones left after death, and some of them don’t even have names! Compared to all that, I’m already pretty lucky!”
“Sis Jade, if you could have listened to Xerxes back then…”
Jade waved her hand. “He has his own ways, and I have my own thoughts. Even if I die, I don’t have any regrets!”
She beckoned for Alex.
Alex walked over. “Master!”
Jade spoke to Martiny, “This is the disciple that I have taken in. I have never owed anyone in my entire life, but this child has been dragged into my design for no reason at all! He has good talent, and has somewhat great potential. After I die, take care of him for me.”
Martiny was taken aback as she glanced at Alex.
‘This guy is considered to have ‘somewhat great potential’? Do you have some misunderstanding towards your own disciple? If you had seen the power of the bridge that he had summoned, you wouldn’t have said something like that! He’s someone destined for great things!’
Never did Alex expect that Jade would entrust her disciple to someone else at the end of her life. She wanted to entrust him to Martiny.
He shook his head and said, “Master, save your words! You won’t die, you don’t have to have any last words.”
Jade was stunned. “You’re telling me I won’t die in this state?”
“With me, the God of Medicine, here, it’ll be difficult for you to die even if you want to!” Alex said.
After a pause, he said, “All of you leave the room first, I’ll prolong her life!”
“What are you going to do?” Nora asked.
Alex didn’t answer her, but said, “Leave the room! I’m asking you!”
“I’m telling you to leave.”
Soon, only Alex and Jade were left in the room.
Alex looked at Jade, whose breathing was gradually growing weaker, and said, “Master, can you make a wish at me?”
Jade was surprised. “What would you want me to wish for?”
“Anything is fine, for example, wish for me to cure your disease, and wish that I can make you even more beautiful.”
“You’re insane!”
“Just make one! Didn’t you say you owe me? Make a wish, and you won’t owe me anymore.”
“What the heck are you playing around? What the heck will that do?”
Alex naturally wanted to test the effect of wishing on his divine power. Ted Summer’s wish had become his seeded player. After that, as long as Ted killed any special demons, it would increase his divine powers.
Jade was a supreme warlord. He just wanted to give it a try.
Finally, after Alex’s wheedling, Jade made a wish to him. “I wish that you can make me eighteen years old!”
“Uh…”
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This wish was a little difficult!
However, Alex could feel a thick beam of golden wish power that had appeared in his golden core. If Ted Summers’ wish power was the size of a pigeon feather, then Jade Benmore was the size of an ostrich feather, a hundred times bigger than Ted’s.
“F*ck!”
“Such a big amount of wish power, once it converts into divine power, it must be very powerful. Wishing to be eighteen again, alright, I’ll grant it!”
Alex desperately wanted to earn more divine power, and with a chance like this, he obviously wouldn’t let go of it. On the other hand, he felt it was strange. What was the law and rules about how big or small the wish power was?
“Is it done?” Jade asked.
She didn’t have any more strength now and had closed her eyes once she spoke with Alex and fell on top of him.
Alex placed her on the chair and looked as though he had made up his mind. He cleared up an area of the ground, then swiped a finger down his wrist, a gush of blood flowed out.
He started writing and painting on the ground with the blood, drawing out a sizeable Zharvakko formation.
In the Ultimate Book of Medicine, there was a method called ‘borrowing life’!
In other words, the God of Medicine would lend their lives to others. This method was not usually used, but it can be regarded as a remarkable, godly ability in some unavoidable circumstances.
Half an hour later, the formation was completed. Alex placed Jade into the formation and said, “Master, I’m going to connect our lives temporarily. My life is also yours!”
Jade’s eyes snapped open, and she looked at him in surprise.
“No need, my current lifeforce is being consumed too quickly, and it will damage your lifespan. It’s not worth it.”
“Haha…”
Alex burst into laughter, his eyes gleaming. “Master, why didn’t you listen to your ex-husband’s advice last time? You lay your life down for others, you fought on a battlefield for the general public, and you gave your life for them. Why can’t I lose a little of my lifespan for the sake of prolonging yours? Don’t worry, my lifeforce is tough. Just take all you need.”
“Zharvakko Life Borrowing, come!”
Whoosh!
Streams of blood energy started to form within the formation.
The blood energy here was different from the ones from the Blood Shuras. It was filled with peace, warmth, and vitality. The blood energy meandered and circled the two of them like little snakes, weaving in and out of their bodies. Countless primitive runes circulated them, and all of them were from the ancient Zharvakko Talisman Formation.
Jade could feel her own life had formed a mysterious connection with Alex at that moment. They were bounded together, for better or worse. Jade glanced at Alex. Her eyes were soft and tender.
Life was mysterious. She had tricked Alex into being her disciple, but here he was, willingly sharing his lifespan with her. Was he a fool?
It had been a long time since she felt touched. But now, she felt touched because of Alex. As for Alex, because he was desperate to get the divine power from Jade, he pushed himself as hard as he could.
Roar!
“I’ve made you eighteen years old, just as you wished!”
Jade suddenly felt more of Alex’s life force pouring into her, the power of life surging through her like the sea.
“Alex, what are you doing? Stop, stop quickly!”
However, Alex was the master of the Zharvakko Life Borrowing formation, and Jade could only watch helplessly, even though she wanted to resist. She watched as Alex turned white at his temples, and his face aged as she got younger and younger.
Finally, the life borrowing was over.
Jade reached out to touch the white hair by his ear and said, “Foolish boy, why are you so stupid? I will repay you a hundred times for today’s gift.”
Swoosh!
The wish power within Alex’s golden core had turned into divine power. When he took a look inside, his heart was shaken immediately.
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‘Holy Sh*t, I’ve gained so much divine power? How much did I gain?!’
Alex was stunned by what was happening before him.
The divine power that Ted Summers had converted previously, if calculated according to points, was ten points. When it fell into his golden core, it was just like some water stains, just a sputter. Later, when Persephone’s Folly Bridge had appeared and purified dozens of Grovel Demons, as well as dragged Mariah Hamilton into Infernal Hell, the divine power that he gained from that was only about a few hundred thousand points. It was considered to be just a little bit of water in a measuring cup when filling Alex’s golden core.
However, now, the conversion of wish power from Jade had shot into his golden core, forming a pool of divine power.
At a rough calculation, it was at least 100,000 points of divine power!
Not only that, he had only been paying attention to Jade’s wish power previously, but in fact, there were three more golden wish powers that had to appear at the side. It was weaker than Jade’s but stronger than Ted’s. Alex focused and realized that it was the wish power from the three women standing outside the door.
Martiny Mayer, Nora Stewart, and Freya Mayer.
After successfully converting Jade’s wish power, those three wish powers had also contributed and entered the pool of divine power.
There was an extra 20,000 points of divine power from them, mainly from Martiny and Nora.
Alex couldn’t help but want to laugh. With so much divine power in his pool, as long as he didn’t summon that black-hearted doll, Persephone’s Folly Bridge, it was more than enough for his use. Also, he would be able to collect more divine power as time passed, and it was nothing short of a profit.
Seeing the splitting grin on Alex’s face, Jade became concerned. Had she consumed too much of this kid’s lifeforce and had broken his brain?
“Alex, how are you feeling? Are you alright? Are you too tired? Do you want to take a rest?”
Alex hurriedly returned to normal and said, “It’s okay, I’m fine! Master, do you want to make another wish?”
Jade rapped a knuckle on his forehead. “Wish again? Wish your head! Hurry up and sit down, have a rest.”
Alex shook his head, then grabbed a handful of pills from his storage bag and swallowed them.
“Master, I’ve shared my lifeforce with you, but according to the amount of toxins in your body, it won’t last long. The most urgent thing to do right now is to find the true source. I’ve gotten a clue before this, and the poison in your body should be related to the Blood Cult!”
Bang!
The few people who were waiting outside came rushing in.
“So, what you’re saying is that Colton’s people planted the poison in my sister’s body?” Nora said.
As soon as she finished speaking, she glanced at Jade’s current appearance and exclaimed immediately, “Oh my! Oh..?!
Are you my sister? Or could you be my sister’s illegitimate daughter?”
As Jade now looked very much fairer, her skin smooth and tender. It was an incredibly youthful appearance. She had been restored to her appearance when she was eighteen years old.
Jade wasn’t aware of it herself yet, and when she heard those words, she said, “Nora, what are you shouting for? What illegitimate daughter are you talking about?”
“Sister, is it really you?” Nora said. “This is too shocking. How did you become like this? Has the poison been flushed out?”
“No, what have I become?”
“Y-You… You’ve reverted to being so young!”
Freya had found a mirror at this time and placed it in front of Jade.
Jade took a look in the mirror and was also shocked. “Oh my god, is this me..? Really..?!”
“Alex, y-you… You’re seriously… Are you crazy?”
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“Alex was the one who made you so young?” Nora said.
“That’s amazing! What uncanny workmanship and extremely magical! Alex, hurry up, do it to me too. I also want to be eighteen years old.”
Women would never resist the temptation of becoming younger. Even Martiny Mayer was looking at Jade Benmore with the intentions clear on her face.
Jade said, “Nora, don’t speak such nonsense. Did you think that this can be done just by taking some medicine or surgery? The cost is high. Look at how Alex looks right now. He shared his life force with me.”
Everyone has been so focused on Jade’s transformation, they forgot to look at Alex, whose back was facing the door.
When they looked at him, it was to see his hair had all turned white, and he looked to have aged several decades.
“This…”
“Alex, how did you become like this?”
“Alex, oh dear, my future son-in-law. Don’t scare your mother like this!”
Jade’s gaze shifted to Martiny and Freya at that, stunned.
As for Alex, he waved his hand and said, “I’m fine! But, we need to hurry and drop by Japan as soon as possible. The poison is related to the Blood Cult! There is a Blood Cult branch in Japan, and I highly suspect this poison is connected to Carol Rockefeller. She has perhaps become an important figure in the Blood Cult! More importantly, she has gone to Japan to look for the Blood Witch, so this poison may come from the hands of the Blood Witch! If the poison in Master isn’t cured, then our life force will be consumed quickly, and it will run out soon.”
“Then, let’s leave right away,” Nora said immediately.
“I have to round up a couple of masters to go with me,” Alex said. “It was already difficult when we encountered Mariah. I’m afraid Carol is even more powerful than her.”
“That bridge of yours is so powerful. What are you afraid of?” Freya asked.
Alex shook his head. “That was a one-time consumable item. It’s useless after that one use.”
If the tool spirit of Persephone’s Folly Bridge heard that, she would probably jump out again.
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Just as everyone was discussing this matter, Dorothy and the others returned.
A group of women walked right into the room, and it was a group of stunningly beautiful women.
For a moment, Nora and the others were all stunned. It was unexpected that the first person to pounce on Alex would turn out to be Beatrice Assex.
“Brother-in-law, why have you become an old man?
“Oh my god, which a*shole was the one who made you like this?
“Are you alright?”
The little girl held nothing back and displayed all her true feelings, and the words she said almost made everyone faint on the spot. Claire Assex pulled her daughter back and said in a low voice, “Why does it concern you? Your sister hasn’t even asked yet, and you just keep going on and on.”
Then, Waltz and Maya looked at the state Alex was in, and their heart ached even more than the wounds they had.
Finally, ten minutes later, all the women understood the situation and calmed down.
Brittany was depressed when she learned that her son had shared his life force with another, but once she knew Jade’s identity, there was nothing more to say about it. She only hoped that they would be able to get rid of the poison in Jade’s body as soon as possible.
“Sister, Alex,” Nora said. “The current situation you’re in isn’t suitable for long-distance travel. How about this, Old Jim and the others are now in California. They’ve all retired from Flying Eagles anyway, so they have a lot of time on the hands and are being a pain in the a*s. We’ll simply take a trip with them to Japan, and even if we need to dig three feet underground, we’ll find Carol Rockefeller.”
“Japan isn’t within our borders,” Jade said. “And so we need to be more mindful of international influence.”
Nora snorted, “The ancient boundary is also right in front of Japan. If it wasn’t for the fact that we’re fighting with all our might, how would Japan still exist? We’re going to look for a criminal right now. If they don’t want to cooperate, are we supposed to sit back and watch? It’s fine, Sister. Don’t worry about it.”
“I will follow you to Japan too,” Martiny said. “I’ve been there a few times, and I know some friends.”
As for Alex, he suddenly thought of someone.
It was Jayden Flemming, the one who had signed a soul contract with him. He had already infiltrated the Blood Cult by taking on the appearance of one of their messengers. He wondered what had happened to the man now.
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Alex gave Jayden Flemming a call.
It was a coincidence he… Alright, it should be her right now, Snow Whitney. She was currently in the Blood Cult branch, and after months of lurking in there, she had also received a lot of information about them. But when Alex asked about the Blood Witch, she could not give him any information, stating that she hadn’t even heard of the name before.
Either way, she was there to provide support, which could also facilitate the actions of Nora and the others. Alex currently isn’t able to go to Japan with his condition right now.
On the one hand, after going through lending his life force to someone else, his body was experiencing a certain degree of continuous aging. If it weren’t for the fact that he had Neela from the Benares Dragon in him, the aging process would probably be more serious. Those from the Benares Dragon tribe had long lives.
Neela’s lifeforce and Alex’s were connected, but Alex was still human in the end, and his cultivation base was not very high. He couldn’t gain all of Neela’s life force.
Jade’s cultivation base was much higher than his, and the loss of her life force needed to be compensated by Alex’s. It wasn’t a one to one exchange. For every year Jade might lose, she needed to use ten years of Alex’s lifespan to replenish. Therefore, he needed to minimize the consumption of Jade’s life force.
On the other hand, it was useless for Alex to head to Japan right now. It was better to leave it to a professional like Nora.
There was no time to lose. Nora and Martiny took eight other masters who had retired from Flying Eagles and headed straight for Japan.
***
At night, Alex and Dorothy slept in the same bed, not doing anything more than that.
Alex did want to do something, but Dorothy was unwilling and pressed him down with all her might and said, “Do you want to die? You’ve already become an old man. I don’t want to do that with an old… Cough. Are you stupid? It isn’t like that master of yours treats you well or anything, yet you still share your life force with her. If anything were to happen to you, what would you have me do? What about our four children? Do you want them to become posthumous children?”
Alex held Dorothy’s belly and planted a soft kiss on it. Then, he smiled and said, “I won’t. I’ve already used the Zharvakko talisman and formation, as well as the Limit Breaking Pill to suppress as much of the toxin as possible in her body, so the loss of life force wouldn’t be too fast! Cheryl is also studying the poison to make an antidote. The problem isn’t as serious as you think it is.”
“Humph, you’re not allowed to do this again. It’s not that I’m selfish. It’s just that you have heavy responsibilities right now.”
“My master has pledged her life for the country and its people,” Alex said, “If I don’t save her, I will feel uneasy! Whatmore, the left-wing troop of Flying Eagles has completely fallen in the Blood Cult’s hands, and the position of commander has fallen into the hands of the major families in the country. Without a commander like my master in Flying Eagles, I’m worried that something big will happen soon… If she doesn’t die, she can still reconstruct Flying Eagles in the future. If she really did die, then everything is over, and we won’t have any more peaceful days in the future.”
Dorothy slapped Alex on the head. “I suddenly thought of a formation.”
“What formation?”
“The Hourglass of Time.”
Alex furrowed his brows. “Why haven’t I heard of it?”
Dorothy sat up and said, “The Hourglass of Time is a time attribute formation. It can change the speed of time and can slow down time within the formation. You can place your master in the formation, and it will greatly reduce the consumption of her life force.”
Alex was silent, then said, “A time attribute formation which follows the law of time is difficult to draw up, and it requires an understanding of the time attribute runes. Currently, I’m far from reaching that level.”
“I know how to do it!” Dorothy said.
“You do?”
“That’s right! In the inheritance that I received, the Hourglass of Time is one of them. In my previous life, I seemed to have had special feelings towards the law of time. It seems there was a time when I fell into a place called the Time Ruins and was stuck there for a couple hundred thousand years.”
“What?!” Alex was stunned.
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‘A couple hundred thousand years, what concept was that?’
In other words, Dorothy was some extremely talented big shot in her past life. Would someone like that go crazy when they wake up to find that they were married with children?
Dorothy seemed to know his worries and smiled and comforted him, “Don’t worry too much about it. I have a feeling during this time, even if I wake up with my previous life’s memories, I won’t do anything to you. The bond with the children is a kind of magic. As long as she’s using my body, the blood connections between us will continue.”
Alex’s eyes flickered. He was thinking of how to seal her past life again.
He had obtained Ksitigarbha’s inheritance. He held a killer artifact, Persephone’s Folly Bridge, in his hands, which could transcend any kind of soul. Could be possibly transcend the soul of Dorothy’s past life?
That was why he needed to prepare one million points of divine power in advance.
The moment Dorothy’s past life showed signs of awakening, he would immediately drag her into Persephone’s Folly Bridge and get her into the reincarnation cycle.
Alex didn’t want to think about the fact that the person had already survived for thousands of years and could reincarnate with the reincarnation soul and that it was possible she wouldn’t be afraid of Persephone’s Folly Bridge. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he would have to try.
The next day, Dorothy and Alex were in Rockefeller Manor, setting up the formation for the Hourglass of Time.
At the same time, Alex also planned to arrange a formation over the entire manor to protect his family. He also referred to the study he did on the Fairy Doctor’s warm jade bed and sketched out a Spirit Gathering Array in the manor.
In the future, the women who practiced the Eight Desolated Killing Formation would no longer need to go to the uninhabited island. They could cultivate faster in the manor and would be able to better protect the people around them.
In the blink of an eye, the fifth day arrived. There was still no news from Nora Stewart.
On the other hand, Cheryl’s progress was relatively slow, and more bloodline poisoning patients were being admitted, with no signs of slowing down. This indicated that there were still people who were secretly carrying out the poisoning.
This matter also alarmed the Flying Eagles Academy. The academy immediately sent the Fairy Doctor out to take care of the matter.
The Fairy Doctor had grown into a real woman now and had felt that the three days of not seeing Alex were as long as three years. When the matter came to the Flying Eagles Academy’s attention, she went straight to the registrar’s office to offer herself out to settle the case. Then, she rushed to Long Beach without any stops.
She called Alex, “Alex, where are you?”
When Alex answered the call, he was with Dorothy and Beatrice. His heart thumped heavily in his chest for a moment, and he hurriedly answered, “Instructor, I’m at home.”
“Then, guess where I am now?” the Fairy Doctor asked in a clear, cheerful tone.
Alex glanced at the Assex siblings, then said, “Are you out of the academy? I’m with my wife and her family right now. Do you want us to pick you up?”
He was trying to tell her in advance that his wife was nearby so that she wouldn’t spew any nonsense. Dorothy had a sharp ear, and saying things through the phone was no different from broadcasting it aloud.
Sure enough, the Fairy Doctor felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured over her and said, “No need, I’m handling a case in Long Beach. I heard that many people had been poisoned recently, and I’m rushing to Mercy Hospital right now. If there’s a need, I’ll call you to come over to help.”
Alex was taken aback. Didn’t that mean that she was going to meet with Cheryl?!