Ch. 2071..2080
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 2071
Alex Rockefeller was in so much pain that his vision turned dark.
He first put his daughter down nearby before glancing at the tomb… This tomb was a little small. In fact, it was much smaller than the ones nearby. Moreover, there wasn’t even a tombstone above it. There was only a small slope.
Alex retrieved his Dragon Bone and started digging right away. After digging for about three to five minutes, he managed to dig out a stone coffin.
He was dumbfounded when he opened it. There was actually a pretty, lively-looking woman inside.
She wore a flaming red, long, classic robe. Her facial features were intricate, and her long hair reached her shoulders.
Her eyes were still open.
“D*mn. Could she still be alive?”
After looking at the woman for a long time and making sure that she wasn’t moving at all, Alex finally relaxed.
Meanwhile, the Chaos Three had already discovered something that made it incomparably excited. It was a lump of mud in one hand of the woman in the tomb.
‘What kind of mud is this?’
How was it able to make the Chaos Tree this excited?
The Chaos Tree retracted its projection and extended a branch from Alex’s mind palace to swoop the lump of mud away.
Alex, on the other hand, noticed a red string around the woman’s wrist. There was a piece of purple divine jade attached to it. Although Alex couldn’t quite tell what it was, he could sense that it was definitely something good with his divine consciousness. It was a kind of treasure that emitted a holy light. Upon taking a closer look, Alex noticed that there was an ancient alphabet within the purple jade.
However, he couldn’t see it clearly.
“Leaving a treasure behind in this dark place is such a waste.”
“I’ll help you find a new owner for it in the human world.”
Most of the corpses buried in Gods’ Tomb were prominent figures. Therefore, the items buried with them ought to have all been decent. Alex closed the woman’s tomb up and buried it with soil again.
After that, Alex thought of opening other tombs to have a look.
He found the tomb of Heavenly King Krishna from the Yadav divine tribe… After fiercely digging for a while, he heard a sound.
Clang!
This tomb couldn’t be moved at all. It seemed to be protected by a kind of mechanism. Digging forcefully caused vibrations that nearly killed Alex. Alex tried opening a few other gods’ tombs, but the results were similar.
This meant that only the woman’s nameless tomb could be dug up.
It was all thanks to the Chaos Tree. Otherwise, how could Alex have found it?
***
Outside Gods’ Tomb were people from the Undying Clan hunting Alex down. On the contrary, the safest place was inside this tomb. Alex decided to settle down here to think about how to escape before returning to earth.
Unexpectedly, Alex actually heard someone crying.
It sounded different from the crying of resentful spirits from before. That was on a mental level. However, the crying Alex heard now belonged to a real person. It sounded like a familiar woman’s crying sound…
Crazy Crone!
Alex was stunned and pleasantly surprised when he saw Crazy Crone appearing in Gods’ Tomb with her messed up hair. Seeing a real human being in the Undying Clan’s base was practically like seeing a friend from his hometown.
“Elder, we meet again!” Alex immediately approached Crazy Crone.
Crazy Crone oddly rolled her eyes and stopped crying. Instead, she stared at Alex with dead-looking eyes. After two full minutes, she started crying again. While she wept, she mumbled to herself. “The end of all gods lies in God’s Tomb. There are neither paths to heaven nor hell. Sob… Sob…”
“Elder?” Alex asked.
However, Crazy Crone glanced at Alex’s daughter. Suddenly, Crazy Crone snatched her away.
“Ahh-? Elder, this is my daughter. Return her to me!” Alex was greatly shocked.
However, Crazy Crone quickly ran outside with Alex’s daughter in her arms.
With a single step, she arrived outside Gods’ Tomb.
Alex was both shocked and angered. He quickly ran after Crazy Crone. Fortunately, he had managed to learn some skills from his master sneakily. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to catch up. After that, Alex grabbed on tightly to Crazy Crone’s arm while he tried to snatch his daughter back.
Crazy Crone started going crazy. She neither let go nor pushed Alex away.
Instead, she cried while she started running in a certain direction.
Her speech was unimaginable, and she was significantly faster than Alex.
Alex could cross a mile in a single step at most, but she could cross at least a few hundred miles with a single step. This went on for nearly half an hour. After that, Alex was terrified to discover that Crazy Crone had torn open a void rift before an ancient wasteland.
She dived in headfirst.
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“D*mn. Did you just rip open a void rift and force yourself through it?”
“Old hag. Oh, no. I mean, Elder, are you trying to kill my daughter and me? Stop! Quickly, stop!” Alex Rockefeller yelled.
He was nearly scared out of his wits. This was way too terrifying.
Alex had only just passed through a previously opened passageway to get into the Undying Clan’s base. He nearly died in the process. Now, he was forcing his way through a void rift that didn’t have a passageway. The space compression he needed to experience was a hundred times stronger than before.
Moreover, void rifts were very unstable.
If Alex wasn’t careful, he could end up dead.
Alex saw Crazy Crone unleashing an energy ball filled with ancient runes, and it covered her and Bubbles Rockefeller. However, she didn’t care about Alex. Only his hand was covered.
When those void rifts collided against the energy ball, they all backed away. Alex watched with his eyes and mouth wide open. His feeling of awe toward her skyrocketed.
However, when those void rifts that could cut his body open at any moment came rushing toward him, he could think about nothing but vulgar words. ‘You terrible old hag! Can’t you make the energy ball slightly larger? At least cover my head inside!’
Seeing how a large patch of up to a hundred void rifts came charging over, Alex shamelessly tucked himself between Crazy Crone’s legs.
The energy ball Crazy Crone created was round-shaped, and it did an excellent job of protecting Alex’s daughter. Unfortunately, Alex could only temporarily tuck himself in the space below his daughter. However, his legs couldn’t make it inside the space.
Shuffle!
Alex suddenly felt a painful sensation in his exposed legs. After that… He felt as if something was missing. He looked down…
‘D*mn! My legs are gone.’
Alex’s legs had been chopped off by the void rifts and brought to an unknown place.
‘It hurts!’
Alex was also bleeding profusely. He quickly used his Chi energy to cover up his wound and stop the bleeding.
Alex still could accept losing his legs as long as he didn’t lose his life.
***
They traveled through the void for an unknown amount of time. It could’ve been a long time, but it also could have been brief.
However, Bubbles… Pooped.
The little kid wasn’t wearing any pants. Her original pants were used as a medium to get into the Undying Clan’s base. After that, her pants turned into dust. Later, Alex was too busy escaping to put diapers on for her. Great. Now, she had pooped all over her father’s neck
“Ahh!”
“You really are my biological daughter!” Alex exclaimed.
Just as Alex felt incomparably depressed, Crazy Crone finally moved. She… Accurately located a void rift in a particular location and charged toward it. That rift was very different from other rifts. It had an obscure light around it that made it look like thick, frosted glass.
Alex knew that it was a relatively weaker area of space. After Crazy Crone rushed over, she made a slashing motion with her hand.
Another fissure appeared in the void. They were able to see sunlight outside.
However, right then, Alex suddenly saw a gigantic monster that looked like a combination of a fish and a dragon in this area of the void. It let out a roar and charged at them… That sound vibrated through the entire universe, and it was soul-stirring. In fact, it even burst the energy ball that Crazy Crone had constructed.
“Void beast!” Crazy Crone blurted. Her facial expression seemed to have become normal again.
“You two, leave!” Crazy Crone waved her hand and sent Bubbles through the void rift passage she had opened.
When Alex saw this, he wanted to say a few polite words at first. However, the old woman immediately kicked him out of the void too. After that, she turned around and charged toward the void beast.
As soon as Alex’s body made it out of the fissure, terrifying energy washed over him from behind. However, only half of the energy came through before the spatial passage closed forcefully.
Boom!
Half a pillar of energy knocked forcefully against Alex’s body. He immediately spat a mouthful of blood.
If the Chaos Tree hadn’t conjured chaos Chi energy to block the impact for Alex at the crucial moment, he would have perished.
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“What is a void beast?”
“Isn’t it way too strong? Can the old woman handle it?” Alex thought out loud.
While Alex Rockefeller thought about this, he quickly searched for his daughter, Bubbles Rockefeller. Only then did he realize that this was no longer part of the Undying Clan’s base. Instead, they were at the edge of a small forest. In addition, there was a large road over a hundred meters away.
Right then, the sun was shining brightly in the sky.
Alex’s daughter, Bubbles, had fallen on a tree ten meters away. She was stuck among the branches, and she cried loudly.
“Bubbles, I’ve lost my legs, and I’ve been wounded all over. I really can’t reach you. You can cry for now. Let me rest for a bit!” Alex said helplessly.
He then retrieved some pills from his storage ring and swallowed them. After that, he started healing himself.
Both his legs were chopped off by the void rifts. However, with the peculiar powers of the Ultimate Book of Medicine, the dead could be brought back to life, and one could regain lost flesh and bones. So Alex only needed some time to let his legs grow again.
However…
Once his legs were back, everything would be fine!
“Crazy Crone, you’re a good person! If you’re dead, remember to let me know. I’ll visit your grave and burn incense for you on your death anniversary!” Alex said.
Alex thought that Daya Stormier and Jade Benmore were definitely worried sick about him right now. So he quickly took his phone out and called Daya’s number. However, he soon discovered that there wasn’t any signal at all in this place.
After a while, Alex heard sounds from the main road. There was a car approaching.
Alex felt joy in his heart. It would be great if someone passed by. They could bring Alex and his daughter to the hospital. Most importantly, it wasn’t right for Bubbles to not drink milk for such a long time. He needed to buy her milk powder… Oh, right. He also needed to get diapers.
Alex stopped healing himself and struggled to get up. He looked in the direction where the sound came from. Upon glancing over, Alex suddenly felt as if he had drunk dichlorvos.
“What is that?
“Is that… A boat?”
Alex rubbed his eyes, and he made sure he didn’t see it mistakenly. On the other side of the large road that was a few ten meters wide, there was actually a boat approaching.
The design of the boat was bizarre. There were piles of crates on the boat. It slowly moved forward.
“D*mn. A boat is actually on the road. What principle is this? Where is this place?”
Alex’s eyesight was definitely not faulty. Soon, he saw people on the boat. The clothes they wore were not of the current times. Instead, their clothes looked like traditional clothing. However, it was a little different. There was a quirky quality to it.
“Did I time travel?” Alex asked himself.
***
Just as Alex examined them, the people on the boat also noticed him… And his daughter. Mainly, it was Bubbles’ crying sound that attracted their attention.
“Where is that child’s crying coming from?” a woman in the cabin asked.
“Ms. Khloe, there’s a kid in the tree,” a man outside the boat said.
“Hmm..?”
Once the door’s curtain was pulled aside, a woman wearing a veil walked out. She wore blue attire from head to toe. Her body was great, and she had curves in all the right places. There was also a lively sparkle in her eyes. However… Even with a veil over her face, one could still tell that there was a scar on her face.
The large scar was on her forehead. It looked like an omelet that had been overcooked. When the woman saw Bubbles on the tree, she immediately extended her hand. “Stop!”
The land vessel, which was already moving slowly, slid forward for a short distance before gradually stopping.
The woman was light on her feet. She jumped off the boat that was five meters in height. Soon, she rushed over to the tree and looked at Bubbles, who was crying loudly. “Who are your heartless parents? How could they leave a young girl like you in the tree? Aren’t they afraid that you might get hit by thunder?”
“Her father is here!” Alex’s weak voice could be heard from behind.
“Who are you?” The woman asked in surprise.
“I’m her father!” Alex said.
“Why are you so short?” The woman looked down.
“I don’t have legs…” Alex said.
“How could you have a daughter if you don’t even have legs?” she asked.
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Ms. Khloe was very surprised.
Wasn’t it costly to get a wife these days?
Without ten thousand spiritual stones as a betrothal gift, one shouldn’t even think about marrying a wife… Unless it was a matrilocal marriage.
‘Which girl would be willing to have a matrilocal marriage with a legless man?’
‘This guy must have gotten lucky!’ Ms. Khloe saw that Alex Rockefeller had lost his legs from the calf onward. A feeling of sympathy surged in her heart. Perhaps, it was better described as a feeling of empathy for being in a similar situation. However, she couldn’t help but feel a little curious.
Alex’s legs were broken in a strange way. The lengths and angles were unequal.
“Why is your child hanging on the tree?” Ms. Khloe asked.
“Eh, she…” Just as Alex was unsure of how to answer the question, Ms. Khloe suddenly started speaking. “I get it. You’ve been robbed, haven’t you? This road is relatively smaller, and very few people pass by. There are also more bandits along the way. From your accent, you aren’t local. Did you come from a foreign land?” Ms. Khloe asked.
Alex looked at the large road that was over thirty meters wide. ‘Is this road even small?’ He wondered.
‘You must not have seen a small road, have you?’ Alex thought.
Alex had a feeling that Crazy Crone might have taken him away from earth. Did she?
“Ehh… Yes, I’ve been robbed!” Alex nodded and said.
“Young lady, you’ve got good eyes. Can you… Can you bring my daughter down? ” he asked.
Right then, a few other people got off the boat. There was a girl dressed like a maid with a bow behind her and two people who looked like guards.
“Miss, be careful of tricks! There are many bandits around here!” The maid pointed at Alex with a bow and shouted.
“It’s fine!” Ms. Khloe waved her hand. “He’s just a legless, handicapped person who bumped into bandits here.”
‘Uhm…’ Alex felt a little uncomfortable.
This young woman seemed to lack emotional intelligence. She was saying the most awful things, and she didn’t care whether other people were fine with it.
Finally, Alex’s daughter was brought down from the tree. However, she was still crying loudly.
“What’s wrong with her?” the maid asked.
“She wants to drink milk!” Alex said.
The maid looked down at herself. “I don’t have any, and neither does Ms. Khloe.”
Ms. Khloe glared at her maid briefly. “Where do you live? We can take you home.”
Alex didn’t say anything. He shook his head.
“Hey? Ms. Khloe is talking to you. Where do you live? Why can’t you talk?” the maid yelled angrily.
“Ms. Khloe, I think this fellow spells trouble. He’s dressed oddly, and he speaks oddly too… I think he might be a child trafficker. Don’t you think so?” the maid added.
“Tsk…”
“He really does look like it. A group of beggars recently came to Starborn City. Each of them has a missing arm or leg, and they are even accompanied by children. It’s all a trick. Those children were kidnapped. Some of the children even had their limbs intentionally broken, and some lost their tongues too!” one of the servants said.
“Are they that cruel?” Ms. Khloe’s eyes widened.
“Indeed, they are!” The servant nodded.
Ms. Khloe pointed at Alex. “Kill him and bring the child back with us.”
“Hey, hey, hey..!” Alex panicked. He was severely injured now. Meanwhile, these people before him were all cultivators.
Although their cultivation wasn’t very powerful, it was more than enough to defeat an injured, disabled person like Alex. “Wait a second. Aren’t you taking a person’s life too lightly? You haven’t even done a proper investigation, and you’re going to kill me? She really is my daughter! If you don’t believe me, you can check our DNA!”
“What is DNA?” someone asked.
“Huh..?” Alex uttered.
‘Indeed, I must have traveled to the wrong place.’ Alex thought.
“A DNA test means verifying our relationship through a blood test!” Alex said.
“Liar! Blood tests were proven to be a fake method thousands of years ago. However, it’s very easy for us to find out if she’s your daughter. We can examine your gene structures,” Ms. Khloe said.
“Dory, bring me their hair. I’ll check them,” Ms. Khloe added after a pause.
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Alex Rockefeller was speechless. Weren’t gene structures the same as DNA?
Alex didn’t know how Ms. Khloe would carry out the examination, but she got out of the boat three minutes later. “The examination is done. These two are indeed father and daughter! Get in the car. Sam, help this disabled person out. I’ll carry the child. There is three horned deer’s milk in the car.”
“What milk?” Alex cried out.
Was that poisoned milk?
“Three horned deer’s milk! Three horned deer are level four demon beasts. Their milk is very nutritious. In fact, it’s much better than human milk,” Ms. Khloe said.
That meant this world also had artificial milk. Alex didn’t know what brand it was.
Upon getting onto the boat, Alex could see it clearly. This wasn’t actually a boat, but it just looked like one. There were wheels underneath it. In fact, spiritual energy was sprayed out continuously. That meant it was powered via a kind of spiritual energy.
“You stink. It smells like… You pooped in your pants,” Dory said to Alex.
“I didn’t poop in my pants. There’s poop on my neck. Give it a sniff if you don’t believe me!” Alex said truthfully.
The boat… Oh, no. The car started moving slowly.
Alex glanced at the forest and realized Crazy Crone still hadn’t come out. Feeling a little disappointed, he sighed in his heart.
‘Could she be dead?’
‘Why… Why did she snatch my daughter away?’
Crazy Crone was a lunatic person. Alex would never get an answer for this. When Alex looked at her daughter, who Ms. Khloe was carrying, he realized that this ugly lady seemed to be quite fond of children. She radiated a motherly glow, and she appeared as if she was looking at her daughter.
“Urgh. You really do stink!” Dory actually sniffed Alex’s neck.
“How did you poop on your neck?” she covered her mouth and asked.
“You’ll understand once you have your children…” Alex said.
Alex was able to relax now.
He was rapidly recovering from his injuries. The people in front of him all had average cultivation. Although Ms. Khloe was the strongest among them, she was only at Core Formation. Previously, Alex was still quite intimidated. But now, there was no reason for that.
Dory snorted. “Where did you two come from? Where are you headed to? To get in and out of Starborn City, you need clearance documents. If you don’t have any, you’ll have to stay outside the city.”
‘Huh!’ Alex was stunned for a moment.
“I don’t have any! To tell you the truth, we are refugees. Previously, we sneaked off a boat with a group of people. I’m not sure how much time had passed and how long we walked, but we eventually arrived at the city gates. When I realized we couldn’t get it, I carried my daughter and wanted to go somewhere else. That was when we bumped into bandits!”
“How did you walk without legs?” Dory asked.
“I had legs before! They were recently chopped off,” Alex said.
“Bullsh*t! It’s evident that your leg injuries happened a long time ago,” Dory said.
“I recover fast. Oh, I took this medicine. Here…” Alex took out a handful of medicine and put it into his mouth.
“Wait!” Ms. Khloe suddenly pounced at Alex and forcefully pried his mouth open to dig out the medicine he had yet to swallow in time.
“Hey! What are you doing?” Alex refuted.
“Are these… Rejuvenation pills?” Ms. Khloe sounded very shocked. “You have so many of these. You even wanted to eat all of this at one go… You really bring shame to your family!”
“These rejuvenation pills… They are of very high quality. Where did you get them from?” Ms. Khloe asked.
“Can I not tell you?” Alex didn’t want to say he was an alchemist. That was because this place was too strange. He was completely unfamiliar with it, and he was afraid he might get into trouble accidentally.
“Hey, you are an ungrateful person. Ms. Khloe just saved you and your daughter! Can’t you tell us where you got these pills from?” Dory uttered.
“About that… An old woman saved us earlier. She forbade me to tell anyone!” Alex said.
“An old woman? Is she someone with a head full of silver hair in her sixties and carries a walking stick around?” Ms. Khloe asked.
“Uhm, It seems like it… Yeah! ” Alex said.
“You really are lucky. You have bumped into the Great Alchemist, Madam Mona. That explains why that person was so generous,” Ms. Khloe said.
“You snuck off a boat to get here. That probably means you’re a refugee who escaped from North Cali Magnum City! Sigh. Magnum City was hit by waves of beasts. It’s probably gone now. Is my guess accurate?” she added.
“You are indeed smart. You have my respect!” Alex said.
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Ms. Khloe looked at the rejuvenation pills in her hand that had Alex Rockefeller’s saliva on them. In the end, she still returned them to Alex. “Madam Mona’s rejuvenation pills are all priceless. Moreover, its medicinal effects are powerful. You’re an ordinary person without much cultivation. If you take so many at once, I’m afraid you might die.”
“Oh… In that case, I’ll take them one at a time!” Alex said before swallowing a pill.
Two seconds later, he swallowed another pill. Another two seconds after that, he swallowed another one.
“Are you crazy? Are you trying to kill yourself?” Dory snatched the remaining rejuvenation pills in Alex’s hand away.
“My legs have been chopped off. So I’m just trying to grow new ones with these pills,” Alex said.
“You’re not crazy. To me, it looks like you’re retarded. How could your legs grow after being chopped off unless you’re an expert above the Immortalization stage,” Dory said.
“Hmm. You can’t take too many rejuvenation pills. If you do, your veins will rupture and result in death. Hence, I’ll keep these pills safe for you!” she added after a pause.
Dory wanted to have the pills for herself, but she seemed to be slightly embarrassed about it.
Alex looked at her. He didn’t mind.
Soon, the large boat-like vehicle arrived in front of Starborn City’s main gate.
Alex was shocked to discover that Starborn City’s gate was actually up to a hundred meters tall. It was humongous. This was practically a city for giants!
“Without clearance documents, you can’t enter the city on your own. But you’re in my vehicle, and that means you’re exempted from an examination. So once we get into the city, I’ll let you get off. Do you have a problem with that?” Ms. Khloe asked.
Alex nodded gently. “Thank you!” he said.
Indeed, when the guards standing by the city’s gate saw a token hanging on the vehicle, they immediately nodded respectfully and let them in.
“Ms. Khloe is from the Yggdrasill family in Starborn City. Although the Yggdrasill family isn’t among the noblest families, it’s quite reputable in Starborn City’s business realm. Alchemist Angel Tower, ranked third on Starborn Business Street, belongs to the Yggdrasill family,” Dory gloated proudly.
Alex nodded in agreement.
After the vehicle entered the city, Alex saw many ancient looking buildings. He felt as if he had traveled back in time to ancient society. However, it was different from the ancient period he knew of. There were also some seemingly modern objects here. For example, Alex saw a huge advertisement screen even more advanced than the huge screens in the world he came from. It even had 3D effects.
“This… This is too magical, isn’t it? Where exactly is this place?” Alex said in awe.
“Beautiful lady, can I ask you something?” Alex couldn’t resist asking Dory.
“What do I get out of it?” Dory asked.
“You can have the pills from earlier,” Alex said.
Dory was so happy that she jumped up and down. “A man can’t go back on his words. Ask away. I won’t hold anything back as long as I know the answer. Even if you ask me about the color of Ms. Khloe’s underwear today, I can tell you.”
“Dory!” Ms. Khloe’s face darkened.
“I was just giving an example. But, to be honest, I don’t know what color Ms. Khloe’s underwear is either,” Dory said.
“The place I lived in was rather backward and rural. I don’t know much about the outside world. Can you tell me which country Starborn City belongs to? Or perhaps which continent does it belong to?” Alex asked.
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Dory seemed shocked. “No way? You don’t even know this. That means you really did live in a very rural area! This question is simple. Every part of this world is called America,” Dory said.
“W-what..?!” Alex Rockefeller stammered.
This entire world was called America. This was way too shocking.
Dory continued speaking. “As for the continent, this isn’t very clearly categorized. Before the Undying Clan’s invasion, I think there were outer America and inner America. But, later, outer America was sealed away. Now, it’s named Wasteland. The Undead Sea now separates it. Nobody knows what things are like over there! Meanwhile, there are four main regions in inner America, namely Eastern Plain, Western Desert, Southern Peak, and Northern Ocean. The place we’re at belongs to Southern Peak. As for the country… Such a concept doesn’t exist because the regions in this world are too large. The largest administrative unit is a city. However, all cities are governed by various sects. For example, the Plenilune Sect governs Starborn City. However, there are still a considerable number of small sects in the surrounding area. What do you think? Do you think this answer is worth your rejuvenation pills?” Dory said.
Ms. Khloe snorted softly. “Dory, your information undoubtedly comes from Regional Magazine. You’re a young girl who has never even stepped foot in Starborn City. What do you know? A single spiritual stone will get you ten copies of Regional Magazine. Each of the rejuvenation pills you took earlier can be exchanged for a thousand spiritual stones. Why don’t you hurry up and give them back to him? He has to look after his daughter. He doesn’t have it easy.”
“Oh!” Dory looked like she was about to cry.
Alex blinked several times. “Dory, my daughter and I are new to this place. We don’t know the area well. How about this? You can keep the pills. In return, make identity documents for us. After that, help us look for a place to stay. It would be best if we could have a maid or something to help around the house. Without legs, many things are inconvenient,” Alex said.
After hearing that, Dory repeatedly nodded. However, she then looked at Ms. Khloe.
Ms. Khloe remained silent for a while this time. “Dory, give them more spiritual stones!” Ms. Khloe.
“Yes, Ms. Khloe!” Dory said.
***
Soon, someone helped Alex to get out of the Yggdrasill family’s car. Dory carried his daughter and got out of the car with him.
“You’re lucky. Previously, I accomplished something for Ms. Khloe, and she gave me a house in the city center. That’s a huge house. It’s up to five hundred square feet! The renovation is luxurious, and it has everything you need. Now, it’s yours!” Dory said.
“However, having taken your rejuvenation pills, I did indeed benefit more from the exchange. I’ll give you another thousand spiritual stones. That’s all the money I have,” she added.
Alex chuckled.
Now that Alex didn’t have legs, walking felt very strange. People he bumped into on the road even pointed at and talked about him.
Alex also looked at those people curiously.
“Keep the spiritual stones. I don’t lack any,” Alex said.
“Aren’t you lacking in spiritual stones? Where did you get any?” Dory asked.
“About this… Do you think I must be poor just because I’m a refugee? However, in reality, my wife is wealthy and powerful. We were only separated. When I escaped, I brought some money with me,” Alex said.
Dory looked at Alex and sighed. “Magnum City is already gone. Your wife… Sigh! However, I can tell that you’re a decent person. So, from now on, you can come and look for me at the Yggdrasill family’s place if you ever need help.”
Finally, they arrived at Dory’s house.
After going inside, it was indeed a luxurious house. There was a classic touch to it, and there was even a courtyard on the inside. Moreover, it had three floors. It was practically a luxurious villa.
It must have cost a lot of money!
However, on their way over, they didn’t see any tall buildings. Instead, there were quite many villas like this.
After walking through the doors, Dory handed Bubbles Rockefeller over to Alex. “I’ll bring you your identity documents in a few days. As for the maid, I’ll look for one for you after I leave. Do you have any other questions? If you don’t, I’ll take my leave now,” Dory said.
“No, I don’t. Go ahead! Thank you!” Alex said.
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As soon as Dory left, Alex Rockefeller sighed in relief. “That means this place is still Earth. It’s within the ancient boundary, but there’s a place called the Undead Sea in the middle.”
“I wonder if there’s a usable teleportation circle that could bring my daughter and me back to the other side?”
Everything was unknown. There were many things that Alex needed to comprehend properly. However, as long as he was still alive, there was hope.
“Daya, don’t worry. I’ll bring our daughter home. Now, the most important thing is to make my legs grow back quickly.”
After making up his mind, Alex looked around inside the villa. In the end, he discovered that, although this was a classic world of cultivation, nearly everyone he saw on the way here possessed cultivation. However, this wasn’t purely an ancient society.
Some lifestyle ideologies were still quite advanced here… For example, the bathroom designs Alex saw weren’t that much different from contemporary bathrooms. In fact, some of them were even more advanced than those in Wasteland. For instance, the bathtub Alex was looking at was an object that possessed spiritual energy.
Hence, it meant that this world had incorporated spiritual energy into various appliances in daily life long ago.
Soon, Alex took off all his clothes and his daughter’s clothes. Then, they took a bath in the bathtub that used spiritual energy to massage them. Bubbles’ name fit her very well. She was particularly fond of taking baths. While playing with water in the bathtub, she laughed loudly.
After taking a bath for half an hour, the two were squeaky clean.
Once Alex had fed Bubbles some Spring Water of Life, she fell into a deep sleep.
Alex looked at her daughter, who was sound asleep on the bed. Suddenly, he felt a multitude of emotions…
There were still four other children waiting for him at home, as well as the woman who worried about him and loved him. Hence, Alex needed to find a way back home as soon as possible. Alex took out another handful of healing pills and ate them like candies. After that, he drew out a Zharvakko Talisman formation and sat inside it to start his healing process.
The spiritual energy here was at least ten times denser than that in America. The Zharvakko Talisman formation was also highly effective here.
However, Alex discovered that there was still remnant spatial energy in the wounds caused by void rifts. Moreover, if he didn’t thoroughly remove such spatial energy, his injury couldn’t completely heal. It also prevented new bones from growing. So now, he needed to cut off both his legs that still contained spatial energy.
Hiss!
Alex retrieved his Dragon Bone Sword, closed his eyes, and slashed himself forcefully.
“D*mn! It f*cking hurts!”
***
Meanwhile, at the Yggdrasill family’s place in Starborn City.
At first, Dory wanted to find a few temporary maids at the Yggdrasill family’s place and bring them to serve Alex.
There were two types of maids in the Yggdrasill family. One was the residential type, and the other was the non-residential type. The non-residential maids were the equivalent of contract workers in modern society. In fact, there were even some who would only come and help when they were needed. Otherwise, they didn’t have to come. These were considered temporary workers.
As soon as Dory entered the courtyard, she saw Uncle Kavan and a few guards waiting for her by the door.
“Dory, I heard that you recently obtained seven rejuvenation pills made by Madam Mona. I happen to need them. So give them to me!” Uncle Kavan said.
“Huh..?” Dory was greatly shocked when she heard this. She frantically backed away. She had exchanged these pills with her house. How could she give them away so easily?
“Uncle Kavan, these… These pills are… I exchanged my house for them. You can’t have them!” Dory’s face turned pale.
Uncle Kavan’s full name was Kavan Yggdrasill. He had always had a bad reputation. Not only was he greedy, but he also hit and scolded his subordinates. He was a very fierce man.
It was terrible that he had set his sights on the rejuvenation pills.
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 2079
Indeed, Kavan Yggdrasill snorted coldly. “Isn’t that house of yours a gift from the Yggdrasill family? Can’t we take it back whenever we want? Don’t forget your place. You’re just a maid in the Yggdrasill family. You were brought up by the Yggdrasill family. Never mind the rejuvenation pills in your hands, even your body belongs to the Yggdrasill family! Do you understand?” Kavan said.
Dory took several steps backward. Tears nearly rolled down her cheeks. “Uncle Kavan, I… I’m going to go and look for Ms. Khloe.”
“Humph! Have you grown resilient? Do you think that ugly monster can protect you? If it’s something I want, even Ms. Khloe has to give it to me, ” Kavan said.
“Somebody, hold this b*tch down and search her body!” he ordered.
“No…” Dory cried out loudly. However, her cultivation was limited. She was no match for the Yggdrasill family’s high-level guards. They immediately pinned her to the ground. In fact, due to her struggling, she was even slapped twice.
Right then, Khloe Yggdrasill walked in.
“Ms. Khloe, help me!” Dory shouted.
“Stop!” Khloe ordered. “What are you doing? Uncle Kavan, why are you doing this to Dory?” she asked.
“Your grandfather hasn’t been feeling well recently. I heard that your maid somehow got ahold of Madam Mona’s rejuvenation pills. So I asked her to give them to your grandfather. In the end, she actually refused. This girl isn’t loyal to the Yggdrasill family. So why should we keep her?” Kavan said.
“Has my grandfather been unwell? Why haven’t I heard about it?” Khloe asked.
“By the time you find out, he’d be dead already! Humph! Keep searching!” Kavan said.
“Wait!” Khloe called out.
Khloe and Dory had always been close. Khloe couldn’t allow her to be treated in such a harsh manner. “Dory, give me the rejuvenation pills. I’ll compensate you later. I’ll give you seven thousand spiritual stones according to the market price.”
Since Khloe already said so, Dory didn’t have a choice. Soon, Khloe brought seven rejuvenation pills with Kavan to meet the head of the Yggdrasill family, who was also her grandfather, Shawn Yggdrasill.
Shawn’s face was glowing, and he seemed energetic. It didn’t look like he was sick at all. At one glance, Khloe knew that Kavan was lying to her.
However, when Shawn heard about the rejuvenation pills that Madam Mona personally made, he also became slightly interested. But, after taking a look at the pills, he instantly frowned. “These aren’t Madam Mona’s rejuvenation pills,” he said.
“Huh?”
“How is that possible?”
“Then, what are these?”
Shawn was shocked after taking a closer look and sniffing for a long while and even licking the pills with his tongue. “These aren’t rejuvenation pills! Instead, these are major rejuvenation pills! I once saw a major rejuvenation pill in the governor’s residence. Although the sizes are different, I’m sure these are major rejuvenation pills.”
Kavan and Khloe were both stunned.
“There aren’t any major rejuvenation pills in Starborn City at all. A single pill… Would cost up to ten thousand spiritual stones,” Khloe said.
Shawn sneered. “Have you misunderstood major rejuvenation pills? This type of pill is not only capable of bringing a dead person back to life, but it can even regrow one’s flesh and bone, as well as increase one’s lifespan. A single pill would cost at least 100,000 spiritual stones. You can’t even buy it anywhere! Even Madam Mona can’t make it! Khloe, tell me where exactly these major rejuvenation pills came from,” he said.
Khloe explained how she rescued a man and his daughter on her way here.
After hearing this, Shawn slammed the table and stood up.
“Idiot!
“Even Madam Mona would be exhilarated upon seeing a major rejuvenation pill. So why would she simply give it to someone without any cultivation?”
“Besides, even if these were rejuvenation pills, do you think Madam Mona would simply give them to a stranger? Even up to twenty of such pills at that? Do you think these are candies?”
“Go and capture that man and his daughter right away! No, wait. I’m afraid this person might have a tough background. Let’s not alert our enemy. Khloe, find a way to get close to him and solicit information. Find out exactly where these major rejuvenation pills came from. Hurry up. Don’t let him get away,” Shawn said.
Khloe was dumbfounded. “But wouldn’t this be too immoral for us to do?”
Shawn was enraged. “Bullsh*t. This is a huge matter for our family. Do you still want to manage Alchemist Angel Tower? If you ruin this, I’ll marry you off to that fool from the Shad dot family. You’ll never return to the Yggdrasill family again.”
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 2080
Buzz…
Chi energy fueled the twelve ancient runes of the forbidden spell in Alex Rockefeller’s golden core, making them spin rapidly.
Alex felt that most of the injuries inflicted upon him when he charged out of the void rift and was made by the void beast had generally recovered. However, his broken legs still needed a little more time to regrow.
If he had ascended beyond the Immortalization stage, growing his broken limbs would have been very easy. However, Alex was still far away from the Immortalization stage. In fact, he suspected that he might never become a fairy. That was because his cultivation had remained stagnant at Peak-Core Formation ever since the twelve runes of the forbidden spell established roots in his golden core.
However, Alex was incomparably shocked to discover that, ever since he acquired a slab of mud from a woman’s coffin in Gods’ Tomb at the Undying Clan base, the Chaos Tree in his mind palace grew rapidly like it had been given steroids.
Previously, it was only a tiny tree that was a few meters tall. Now, it was over fifty meters tall. There were also many new bright green leaves.
It had suddenly transformed into a giant tree. Moreover, it was still growing.
The most significant change was the soil beneath the Chaos Tree. It emitted a holy light.
With that, the Chaos Tree continuously released chaos Chi energy to replenish the Chi energy in Alex’s body.
‘Could that slab of mud be the legendary soil left behind by Gaea when she created the universe?’
‘If it is, who is that woman in the coffin?’
While Alex thought about these questions, he retrieved the red string and purple jade initially tied to the woman’s corpse. He believed that these weren’t ordinary objects. While rushing away previously, Alex saw a blurry alphabet inside. However, there seemed to be a kind of hidden law that prevented Alex from seeing it clearly.
After thinking for a moment, Alex activated the spiritual power in his golden core and channeled it into the purple jade. Not long after, the alphabet in the purple jade seemed to be affected in some way. It began to activate.
“There’s a door!” Alex increased the flow of spiritual energy.
The results were impressive.
The purple jade seemed to have developed self-awareness. It started forcefully absorbing the energy within Alex’s golden core. It was even doing it at a breakneck speed.
Within three seconds, Alex’s golden core became empty.
“D*mn! This is even more impressive than a supreme juicer!”
Alex felt afraid in hindsight.
When Alex looked inside the purple jade again, he realized that the alphabet could already be seen clearly. It was the alphabet ‘R’. However, in the instant that he saw this alphabet clearly, the alphabet scattered like ink. It turned into a woman’s shadow.
Wham!
Suddenly, the purple jade exploded. Alex cried out pitifully. The shattered pieces of the purple jade nearly blinded him.
After rubbing his eyes for a while and tearing up for quite a bit, the pain in his eyes finally lessened. However, the purple jade blew up without reason.
‘A woman?’
‘Who is this woman? Could this be an imprint of the woman in the coffin?’
Alex sighed. Looking at the purple jade that had exploded into pieces, Alex started cursing.
After all that hard work, it even sucked all the energy in his golden core. In the end, it didn’t even leave anything behind for Alex. However, Alex himself didn’t notice an extremely dark shadow lurking within his golden core, hidden among traces of his ancient forbidden spell.
Knock, knock, knock…
“Is anybody there? I’m coming in!” Dory’s voice could be heard outside the door.
Alex kept the shattered purple jade in his storage treasure. With that, he made his way out without legs.
Now that Alex’s cultivation had been restored, he was much more capable of protecting his own life.