Ch. 3011..3020
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 3012
‘You’re actually going to turn me into a pig in my next life? You’re in charge of reincarnation, too?’
At that thought, Alex had already fallen into the Troop Raising Pond.
He recalled what the woman in white had said before. One could not enter the Troop Raising Pond upon exceeding certain cultivation. On the contrary he seemingly happened to be suitable. Moreover, the female statue escorted him all the way. She enveloped him in a layer of divine energy to prevent him from being corroded by the murderous aura in the Troop Raising Pond. He arrived at the location of the moon gate straightaway.
Alex was directly thrown into the opened gate.
“Take care of my stuff. I’ll take away a part front your body if something goes missing.”
The female statue transmitted that final voice to Alex. After that, she disappeared completely.
At that moment, the seed and his fifteen beauties were about to go insane. They were being suppressed by an inexplicable force, such that they almost knelt on the ground. Most importantly, that force was actually irresistible.
What did it indicate?
The opponent had used a power beyond the law.
Who was it?
Could a deity have stepped in?
Nobody thought that female statue had stepped in, and they wouldn’t possibly think of it… It was because that female statue would have been on their side if she were alive. However, they did not know that the seed’s speech had disappointed the female statue.
The old Genbu had worked hard and was highly meritorious, yet the seed showed him no respect. She was willing to grant Alex a chance if he could become the real seed… Moreover, she saw something in him through the battle between him and the seed earlier.
Potential, for instance!
“Ah! Who the hell is doing this?”
“What is he trying to do? Does he want us to be trapped here forever?”
“That brat… What on earth is that brat?”
Unable to move a muscle, the few who were trapped could only speak. However, that power quickly disappeared. This was because that wisp of mental strength from the female statue had left.
She wanted to kill Alex at first, but eventually, she stepped in and rescued Alex. Before she left, she gazed at the seed and seemingly muttered, “If you are incompetent, you still can undergo reform, but you will become a pig in the next life if you aren’t virtuous!”
It seemed she liked turning people into pigs in their next lives.
Wham!
The seed instantly scared and rushed toward the Troop Raising Pond before entering the pond, but Alex had long entered the moon gate, and it was closed. Standing in front of the gate, the seed tried pushing it several times, but he gave up in the end.
“D*nm it! I don’t believe you won’t come out!”
At the same time, Alex had entered the real core area of the Troop Raising Pond. Although a murderous aura and negative emotions filled the outside, it was relatively calm inside. On the contrary, all the murderous aura were absent and even negative emotions did not exist.
After looking at the direction of the gate, he walked into the depths for some distance before he came to a stop. After waiting for a while, he confirmed that no new dangers arose.
Only then did Alex’s consciousness return to the sea of consciousness. Shelly, the Mystic Maiden, and Ancestor Bodhi were present there.
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 3013
Shelly and the Mystic Maiden’s soul bodies were injured and were breathing slightly sluggishly.
“How is it going out there?” The Mystic Maiden asked when she saw Alex.
“It’s safe for the time being.” Alex checked her condition, only to find that she was severely injured. Her physical body had been ruined due to the previous injuries, but it was in bad shape this time. The seed’s strength was no joke. Although merely a mental body, it was an existence they couldn’t resist even after joining forces.
“It is safe? Didn’t the seed catch you?”
“He wants to do that, of course, but I’m afraid he can’t. I’ve entered the Troop Raising Pond. Each of them possesses a relatively high cultivation level, beyond the limits of the Troop Raising Pond. Lorelei wouldn’t have allowed me to retrieve the weapon, otherwise.”
Shelly was startled for a moment. “There were so many of them, yet you managed to do this. You’ve exceeded my expectations.”
Alex was dejected. “I may have to disappoint you then because I didn’t meet your expectations. I didn’t hide inside on my own. Someone kicked me in here.”
“What? Who kicked you into the Troop Raising Pond?”
“The female statue.”
“That’s really strange. What’s going on with it?”
Ancestor Bodhi asked. “At first, she pulled the strings by sealing the Ancestral Bodhi Tree’s root, so I had no way to transfer you out. I thought she came to take revenge after you stripped her, but I didn’t expect she would save you in the end.”
Alex said, “She listened to me and even gave me a warning since I wanted to become the real seed. She would turn me into a pig in my next life if I were to fail.”
“Become a pig in your next life?” Shelly snorted. “You don’t have to wait for that! You’re already a pig in this one! A boar!”
Alex asked, “Why do your comments taste like a sour grape? Are you jealous?”
“Get lost, bast*rd!”
After that, they discussed the female statue’s origin.
“Since her statue is inside Yukon Sanctuary’s shrine, then she must be somehow related to Yukon!” Ancestor Bodhi said. “By my reckoning, she really wanted to kill you at the hand of the seed when she interfered with me! However, she learned how unreliable he was after witnessing his behavior. And, it just so happened that you said those words… So she wanted to give you a chance.”
“It’s very likely. Moreover, she is probably one of the planners in ancient times,” replied The Mystic Maiden.
The discussion was, in fact, quite pointless, and they put the matter of the female statue aside.
Alex healed Shelly and the Mystic Maiden’s injuries using divine power, the Ultimate Book of Medicine, and some suitable pills… Normally, wounds of a soul-body proved troublesome, but it was a piece of cake for Alex. It was recuperation after that.
After Alex’s consciousness returned, he immediately explored the surrounding environment. He found that it was extremely inconsistent with the rumors. The Troop Raising Pond contained weapons, but most of them were already decayed.
No matter how good they were, they were unable to withstand the erosion over the years.
Alex took a few steps and saw a simple, ancient, long sword. He was about to grab it casually but a lightning bolt struck down and almost hit him.
‘Is this a spell formation?!’
Alex checked it carefully, only to find that each weapon was surrounded by an extremely delicate spell formation. All he had done was touch the spell formation, and the lightning assault was triggered.
‘What kind of spell formation is this?’
Alex studied it for a few minutes. Eventually, he confirmed that the spell formation that comprised those symbols differed from normal formation patterns. Instead, they were some sort of cuneiform!
The symbols of ten thousand spell formation flags stored in his ring matched those symbols… Descriptions about such a spell formation were also present on that scroll. He then meticulously studied the symbols of the spell formation located in the interior of the Troop Raising Pond, trying it out as he looked at it.
Time passed silently.
Alex did not know how long he had been studying, but eventually, on a certain day, an epiphany enlightened him. He suddenly understood many previously incomprehensible things.
Alex couldn’t help cursing the woman in white, Lorelei, because he had understood the spell formation’s principle. If he had helped her retrieve the weapon, he would have lost all his cultivation the moment he acquired it. This spell formation specifically destroyed energy cores.
Five minutes later, the small spell formation around the weapon was broken.
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“What’s going on?”
“It has been seven days, and he has yet to come out. Did he die there?”
The seed… Oh, the seed has a name, Eustace Underwood. Eustace had been waiting outside the Troop Raising Pond for seven days, but there was no commotion. He was a little tired of waiting.
Most importantly, Alex had the Great Star Pill in him. That pill was too crucial. After consuming it, his cultivation level would improve by leaps and bounds… Furthermore, the Great Star Pill possessed the most important function, granting him the possibility of achieving supremacy.
However, he was afraid that the Great Star Pill would be gone over time.
Although Lorelei had concocted it with the other women, the materials of this pill were extremely precious, and there were many restrictions during the concoction, just because they had successfully concocted the first pill didn’t mean that they could get the second.
The fifteen women were next to him, but they could do nothing either.
At that moment, Eustace pointed at Lorelei. “Lorelei, you led the arduous concoction of the Great Star Pill. You must be unconvinced if you let that bast*rd take advantage just like that, right? Therefore, you should go in and find out if he is dead.”
The female statue had casually erased the collar around Alex’s neck. Hence, Lorelei couldn’t know Alex’s current condition through the collar. Presently, she was stunned after hearing Eustace’s words.
“Young Lord, the ominous Chi in the Troop Raising Pond is dense and my cultivation level has exceeded its limit. If I go there, I will become the target of the ominous Chi.”
Eustace said, “What are you afraid of? All of us will help you. Most importantly, don’t you want to help me get back the Great Star Pill? This is your responsibility. Even if it is a little dangerous, it should be worth it, yes?”
Lorelei grimaced as soon as she heard that. She certainly understood what the young lord’s meant. It was equivalent to saying it was worth exchanging her life for the Great Star Pill, even if she would die.
Of course, it disappointed her!
She had done her best to concoct a Great Star Pill, and his bad treatment was the result. The sisters next to her were anxious as well.
“Young Lord, sis concocted the Great Star Pill in the first place. Even if it is gone for real, we still can concoct it again. There is no need to risk it, right? What should we do if something goes wrong?” a woman asked.
“What else could go wrong? Nothing will go wrong!” Eustace insisted, “Lorelei, hurry up and go! Do you intend to disobey my order?”
Lorelei took a deep breath. “Fine! I will go!”
“Sis, Young Lord…”
“You can’t go. It’s too dangerous inside.”
“Everyone, stop talking,” Lorelai said. “In the young lord’s eyes, the Great Star Pill is the most important right now. I have to get back the Great Star Pill even if I meet my demise because of this!”
She leaped into the Troop Raising Pond.
However, the Troop Raising Pond was experiencing an anomaly, the pond water was flowing downward and decreasing at a breakneck speed, visible to the naked eye.
“What’s going on?”
“The water is decreasing. It’s my first time seeing this in a few thousand years.”
Lorelei said, “No, no. This is… This is the sign that a great number of weapons in the Troop Raising Pond’s core area are being retrieved. In fact, the pond water will flow downward with every weapon’s retrieval. The amount should be negligible, but now…”
Eustace said, “It’s that brat! There are another three soul bodies with complicated origins in that brat. They have Persephone’s Folly Bridge and the Xavion Sword, which can probably block the ominous Chi inside. Lorelei, what are you waiting for? Why don’t you just go there now? The Great Star Pill is mine. If it is destroyed, would you bear the responsibility?”
Looking at Eustace, the women felt angry, but they couldn’t throw a fit. After that, they watched Lorelei enter the pond water.
“Let’s support her!”
Worried about their sister, the other women plunged into the Troop Raising Pond one after another and stopped before the moon gate.
However, as soon as the moon gate was opened, over a thousand streams of ominous Chi rushed out and turned into skull-shaped demon heads. They gathered at the entrance and roared at them.
Nevertheless, the moon gate was a barrier, and they could only reach the entrance.
Even so…
“Sis, are you really going to enter?”
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“H-how is this different from courting death?”
“The young lord is too…”
“Shh!” Lorelai, the eldest sister, cut her off. “I’ll probably last five minutes with my ability. I will come out as soon as I find that bast*rd!”
After saying that, Lorelei threw herself into the moon gate.
Buzz!
“Oooo… Oh..!”
In that instant, she sensed countless demon heads of ominous Chi rushing forward, biting her body and mental strength and trying to devour her blood essence. The woman was well-prepared, though. Resisting them forcefully, she protected her body with Chi before she rushed inside. However, she underestimated the ominous Chi in the Troop Raising Pond.
After experiencing the refinement of the Troop Raising Pond, it became way more powerful than ordinary ominous Chi. The ones at the periphery alone could become existences that honed their will, whereas the ominous Chi from the core area could, in fact, be no longer be described as ominous Chi. They had become refined Yaksha instead.
Crack!
An abnormally ferocious Yaksha bit through her defense, taking a bite on her mental body. Right there and then, the woman screamed in pain. While she resisted, she rushed forward and looked for Alex, but the scene before her made her doubt her existence.
Alex was inside safe and sound, surrounded by dozens of extremely ferocious and powerful Yaksha. Those Yakshas were not merely skulls, but they also had bodies.
Even so, Alex was unscathed. Those Yakshas did not attack him.
‘What a strange fellow. However, I managed to find him so quickly. How lucky am I?! I will take him right after I capture him!’
After making up her mind, Lorelei rushed toward Alex. It was then that the Yakshas surrounding him abruptly shook and doubled in height. They roared furiously as they simultaneously turned to face her.
‘What? These Yakshas are actually protecting him?’ Astounded, Lorelei was soon overwhelmed.
The roars from the dozen Yakshas had summoned the rest of them, surrounding the woman. They then rushed forward and bit her ferociously.
The woman screamed miserably.
She knew that the current situation was perilous and she would meet her demise soon, yet Alex turned out to be her only chance of survival. Her strength exploded. She rushed out of the encirclement toward Alex, ignoring her various injuries. However, what did she see at that moment?
To her surprise, she saw that Alex had broken a weapon’s spell formation and successfully grabbed the weapon without suffering any damage. Furthermore, that weapon was none other than the one she had ordered him to acquire.
‘How… Is this possible? He could actually dispel the spell formations here?’
Suddenly, a huge Yaksha King rushed out of the place the weapon was drawn, blocking the path right in front of Alex.
Smack!
The Yaksha King slapped Lorelei, knocking her to the ground right away. After that, dozens of Yakshas pinned her firmly on the ground.
Alex waved the weapon in his hand. It felt pretty handy. He then walked over slowly and said with a smile. “Fairy, we meet again. How have you been?”
“Let go of me. Do you have a death wish?” Lorelai roared.
Alex lifted the weapon and slapped the woman’s butt hard.
Smack!
The sound was loud and clear. Alex smiled smugly. “Fairy, what did you just say?
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“Ah!!!”
The woman in white felt like she was going insane. This was the first little she had ever been spanked by a man, and it was simply too humiliating. Moreover, this was the very man she had captured to be their janitor.
“You… How dare you hit me at that spot?! I’ll…”
“You’ll what?” Alex raised his weapon and spanked her again. The slap was so hard that it echoed through the air and tore the woman’s pants.
Lorelei bit down on her lower lip, tremendously furious. Oblivious to what would happen next, she was about to lose her mind. The one thing she wanted to do most at the time, was to kill this bastard of a man.
“D*mn you! I will kill you! You hear me? I’ll kill you!”
“How are still so stubborn when I’ve captured you? Do you want to die? You should know that it’s unwise to show such a bad attitude. If anything, it’s just plain stupid to behave this way, because you’re just making me want to kill you. Got it?”
Alex swung his sword and cut off the fabric that was covering her back, revealing the fair skin underneath. The woman in white turned around to look at him as color drained from her face.
“Just kill me then!”
“Kill me now if you can!”
Alex smiled. “Having a death wish already? Oh little fairy, you have such little resilience. I’m not even using my actual strength!”
He then threw his weapon away and squatted down in front of the woman.
“Do you know that I own Yukon Sanctuary? I came to my own land, yet you thought of me as a janitor? You even said I was lazy, for crying out loud!”
“And when it comes to you? You’ve been living here for aeons, but this place is so filthy you might as well call it a pig’s sty. It seems you’re the lazy one!” Alex said as he slapped her again on the very same spot.
Lorelei let out a loud shriek, her voice quivering with pain. There was a great contrast between using a hand a weapon. The feeling itself was drastically different.
After that slap, Alex left his hand there. “Hey fairy, it’s pretty bouncy. Is it actually real? Have you injected it with collagen or something?”
With clenched teeth, she kept cussing Alex in her mind. She couldn’t struggle her way out, no matter what she did, not to mention that there were ten or so Yakshas holding her down. She couldn’t possible move an inch.
Besides that, there was a Yaksha King staring right at her, its eyes filled with greed. She knew that she was doomed at this point.
‘How could this be?’ She just couldn’t understand how Alex made them obey him.
“I know I have no way out of this, but can you tell me how you got the Great Star Pill?”
“Oh and, how did you make these Yakshas listen to you?”
“Do you really want to know? Sure, I’ll let you know, but you’d have to be my slave!” Alex replied.
After all, it was an opportunity he didn’t want to miss. ‘This woman has very high cultivation, so she’ll definitely be a great fighter… It’d be perfect if I could have the other fourteen women on my side too.’
“Dream on!”
“Should I, now?”
Alex grinned slyly and placed his hand gently on the woman. “To be honest, you’re quite pretty… It’d be a waste to just kill you!”
“You know, there’s this thing that’s trending in the outside world, it’s called a video… Kind of like a Memory Crystal. But a video is much easier to spread to the public. With just one click, it’d be shown to millions of people in an instant!”
“Say… I could just str*p you n*ked, or find you a man… Oh, in fact, I can just do it myself! Then I’d record a video, and upload it to the internet. You’d be famous like that… Oh right, many of those other worldly outsiders like this stuff, too. It’s been three thousand years, right? Some of them might actually know you.”
Lorelei was stunned, not expecting him to come up with such cruel punishment.
‘I can’t even rest in peace after I die. Am I supposed to allow people to keep tarnishing my image after my death? And he doesn’t look like he’s lying!”
“So? What’s it going to be? Be my slave, or have everyone watch you do indescribable things? To be honest, I’d prefer the latter. You really are tempting me, you know? Especially this area of yours. So bubbly
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Alex’s hand landed on her butt once more, causing her to shudder and goosebumps to sprout.
She pondered for quite a while. However, she gave in as soon as Alex started tearing her clothes. “I’ll be your slave!”
Since she was much stronger than him, she figured that she could take down this man once she had the chance. After all, she was merely restricted right now. When the time came, she would be sure to give him hell.
“Hehe…”
“Good. Now relax, I have to mark you.”
Alex wasn’t stupid, hence he naturally wouldn’t believe her this easily. In reality, his divine eye and perceptive skills could see through her lies. The woman froze but was actually suppressing her excitement.
Alex’s cultivation level was much lower than hers hence she thought she had a chance at striking back. ‘You, of all people, want to restrict my soul? Just you wait. I’ll make you cry and beg for mercy once I retaliate.’
“Hmph! I never thought too highly of you, so I never even thought of letting you plant a soul restriction on me”
“But I’ve changed my mind!” The woman nodded and relaxed her mind, waiting for Alex to make his move.
Once Alex’s mental power entered her mind, she could follow that energy flow and counterattack, thus gaining control of him. However…
Alex’s mental power didn’t enter her mind at all, even after quite a long wait. Instead, he seemed to be tracing some kind of mysterious symbol with his fingers. Lorelei was shocked, unfamiliar with such symbols. “What is that?” She was slightly terrified, sensing danger.
She then closed off her mind, stopping Alex from taking control of her. Yet Alex stepped on her back and said, “You chose the latter? Alright then, I’ll make sure you know what a man like me can do.”
Lorelei was extremely embarrassed after being stepped on like this. What’s more humiliating is that she found herself oddly excited.
It felt like the sudden euphoria of a modest girl doing something bad and had gotten caught, tarnishing her image. Despite being obedient her whole life, she was actually rather pleased after doing something naughty.
“Stop!” Unable to get past herself, she yelled out to Alex.
Just then, Alex inserted the mysterious symbol into her mind. With the help of the Yakshas, she couldn’t even fight back. These symbols were not ancient runes but the Cuneiform, which Alex had just learned. Cuneiform was much harder and more mysterious than ancient runes as it included Dao energy.
Alex was implanting these very mysterious symbols into Lorelei. Its effects were similar to the necklace that she gave him, but Cuneiform was more overpowering.
“What have you done to me?” the woman asked.
Alex replied. “You’ll know when the time comes.”
“Then can you have them let go of me now?”
“Sure!” Alex waved dismissively.
The Yakshas immediately followed his orders and backed away. It was then that the woman abruptly attacked Alex by swinging her palm towards him. However, before it could reach him, her hand retreated, and she slapped herself harshly instead.
“What… What is this?”
Alex huffed coldly. “Why would I want a disobedient slave? Would you believe me when I say I have the ability to make you dance while you strip for me?”
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The woman was utterly shocked.
‘What kind of trick is this? I’ve never even heard of it.’
What’s worse was that she actually felt the urge to remove her clothes… Her fingers were even slowly moving towards her chest. She was reluctant to do it, but her body reacted against her wishes.
“You… You devil!”
“Aren’t you going to stop?” The woman screamed and kept fighting back with all her might. She didn’t want it to be like this.
Alex stared at her. “What are you supposed to call me? Go on…”
“Ahhh…”
Whoosh!
Her beautiful shoulders and collarbones were exposed, revealing her silky smooth skin.
“Sir, Sir, please stop! Please!” The woman’s face was flushed. She had never been this embarrassed before. “Sir? Wrong… Have you forgotten your place?”
Her clothes were about to fall off, and with the last button unbuttoned, the woman clenched her teeth and cried, “Master, Master! I was wrong. Please forgive me!”
Alex nodded. Suddenly, the urge to strip her instantly faded.
***
The woman looked towards the Yakshas and the Yaksha King standing next to them. Completely baffled by their nature, she decided to ask about them.
“What was with the Yakshas? Why would they listen to you?”
“There are some things that you shouldn’t pry, so don’t. It won’t do you any good,” Alex replied.
He then asked, “Is that seed really the seed Grand Emperor Rowan chose back in the ancient times? Does that mean he had been training here for the past three thousand years?”
Lorelei was silent.
“Unwilling to speak are you? Then, strip!”
“Fine, fine! That’s right He’s the seed, the secret weapon to defeat the Undead clan. With enough time, he’ll very likely exceed the Supreme Gods. When that happens, the Undead wouldn’t be able to wreak havoc anymore.”
The woman explained quite a lot about the seed after Alex threatened to strip her. It was almost as Shelly had predicted.
Alex said, “Your young lord is a selfish prick. I don’t expect him to save the universe at all. You didn’t risk your life to capture me because of how much you hated me, right? Even though you could’ve been gobbled up by a Yaksha, your young lord still forced you to come.”
Hearing this, the woman’s mood immediately became foul. No one would be happy about being abandoned, after all.
“Don’t even think about the Great Star Pill. I’ve already eaten it, and it’s digesting in my stomach now,” Alex said. “Too bad that your alchemy skills are too limited. Your Great Star pill was just acceptable, but its grade was too low.”
“It’s wise you follow me, you know? I’ll make a 100% pure Great Star Pill and show it to you.”
“You’re an Alchemist?” the woman asked.
“Wrong…”
“Then why are you talking about alchemy? You should know that not everyone can become an alchemist.”
“I’m a Grandmaster Alchemist.”
“I’d have to be an idiot to believe you,” she scoffed. “Your cultivation skills are indeed weird, but you can’t lie about your age. You’re thirty, at most! Saying you’re an apprentice is fat-fetched enough, but a Grandmaster Alchemist?”
“I am your master, so who are you to assume my abilities?” Alex asked in return.
Lorelei rolled her eyes. ‘If it weren’t for the Yakshas’ help, how could you even plant a soul restriction in my mind?’
‘What a joke!’
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Alex had put quite the effort to make this woman follow him without causing trouble, or with doubt in her heart… More importantly, it’d be difficult if he was alone here. He needed strong teammates.
“Not only am I a Grandmaster Alchemist, but I am also a Grandmaster Doctor. You seem to have some issues. I can help cure that.”
“I have issues? What do you mean?”
“You’ve probably forgotten, I suppose. I’ll explain then. You have congenital heart disease. Since you have high cultivation, you can suppress the symptoms.”
“But that’s exactly why your cultivation skills are not improving. Even if you were given another three thousand years, this is all you can do if you don’t cure it.”
The woman was surprised because Alex was absolutely right.
“You can cure me?”
“Mhm!”
“Then do it right now!”
Alex shook his head. “Not now. You have to show some sincerity! To be honest, I can tell you one more thing. Your goddess gave up on your previous young lord and made me the seed instead.”
“Else, why would I even have the courage to fight you guys? Just look at my current cultivation level! Do you know how I got the Great Star Pill you made? Your goddess stole it from you and gave it to me.”
Alex started lying, first by bringing the goddess statue into his story.
As expected, the woman was stunned. “The goddess you mentioned… Is…”
“The one in the sanctuary. Don’t tell me you don’t know her?”
This time, the woman was truly frozen in shock. “She… She showed herself?”
“Of course she did. You guys simply didn’t know it happened!”
“What… Did she say?”
“She was definitely disappointed with the current seed. Do you know what a hero the Great Genbu was? Yet he called him an old turtle!”
“Your goddess might’ve known the Great Genbu, you know? How do you think she’d react after hearing the seed say such insulting words? Thus, I’m saving you by asking you to be my slave.”
Lorelei was still very surprised after Alex’s explanation. ‘The goddess statue… Came alive?’
‘That person is still alive?’
“So that powerful force back then was her?”
“What do you think?”
Alex smiled. ‘It seems she believes me. Look at her face!’ he thought. ‘But if the statue finds out I’m using her name to lie… Oh well, I did it anyway. It doesn’t matter. I’ll just deal with it when the time comes.’
“Oh right. What’s your name?” Alex asked.
The woman rolled her eyes. “Lorelei Arley.”
***
There were quite a few other weapons within the Troop Raising Pond. It was a rather odd place, with every single weapon sealed in a formation. The Yakshas lived within these formations as well.
With every formation broken through, retrieving the weapon meant releasing the Yakshas as well. Hence, these Yakshas recognized him as their owner, but they were restricted to within the limits of this Troop Raising Pond. Save for that, they would’ve made quite a powerful troop.
Alex proceeded to break through thirteen other formations in front of Lorelei before taking out the very last weapon.
In reality, there weren’t many that were still useful. Most had been corroded with time… The weapons weren’t oxidized, however; their current state was caused by the concentrated ominous Chi within the pond. The ones of poor quality had turned into a pile of useless metal, especially after their time was up.
While Lorelei was helping Alex hold his weapons, the rest of the women were extremely worried on the other side of the moon gate. Their hearts sank to the bottom of the ocean.
Their big sister had mentioned that her current cultivation could only allow her to be in there for an hour. However, she hadn’t come back even though an hour had passed.
“Our sister… Did she…”
“No, Big Sister is very powerful. And her soul stone hasn’t shattered yet.”
“Then, is she trapped? We have to go save her!”
A woman in red replied. “I’ll go borrow the Umbrella of Destiny from the young lord. It’ll buy us a lot of time.”
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“What? You want to borrow the Umbrella of Destiny?”
Eustace was instantly infuriated by the woman’s request. “Do you know what the Umbrella of Destiny is for? Now that Lorelei is trapped in the Troop Raising Pond, can you ensure that you won’t end up with the same fate? Who’s going to be responsible if the umbrella is left in there?”
The woman knew that Eustace was a cruel man, but she didn’t expect him to be this cruel, especially when her sister had been so considerate of him, to the point of total devotion. Yet now, he was spewing such harsh words despite them just requesting for a tool and not asking him to go in there to save her.
“Young Lord, my sister is still in there. She might be waiting for us to save her. The umbrella is honestly just a tool. Do you have to be so cruel? Are you really not going to save her when she needs help?”
“What did you say?” Enraged, Eustace slapped her right across the face. “Are you trying to commit treason? When did you get the courage to speak to me so disrespectfully?”
“Lorelei was the one who lost the Great Star Pill, so she’s the one responsible for finding it for me! And this is the Umbrella of Destiny we’re speaking of! It carries the will of the Gods! If you lose it, you and the lives of all your sisters wouldn’t be enough to redeem your sins!”
In the end, the woman could only return to her sisters gloomily.
“The young lord is not willing to lend it to us?”
“Ugh. To be honest, I’d already figured that that was the case. There was no way he’d lend it to us.”
“Whatever. We have more important matters at hand! Let’s go and save Big Sis.”
“Third Sis, Fourth Sis, follow me. If… If we can’t get out either, the rest of you shouldn’t try saving us. That will be all.”
***
Whoosh…
The moon gate opened once again, but no Yakshas rushed out this time. The three looked at one another and dashed in.
Inside, Alex sensed something and looked towards the gate. He then turned to Lorelei. “Looks like the seed hasn’t given up on the pill yet. He sent another three of your sisters.”
Lorelei looked over as well, but the mist was too thick. The fog here was even thicker than outside. She was shocked. “How did you know there’s three of them?”
Alex replied dismissively. “I saw it.”
“You saw it? But… The ominous Chi mist… Can you see through it?”
“Huh? Of course not. I mean that I sensed them. It’s one of my powers, similar to divine consciousness. I can learn some basic information from it.” Alex immediately changed his narrative, or he would be obviously telling her that he had seen their naked bodies when he first came here.
Lorelei had her doubts, but she believed him anyway.
Just then, Alex said, “Do you want to save your sisters? Let’s have them join me. They can abandon their wrong ways and do good from now on.”
“You want me to commit treason? That’s impossible.”
“Then I’ll just have to use my previous method.”
Lorelei was speechless.
A short while later, Lorelei saw that her sisters had come, and she quickly shook her head at Alex. “They are my second, third, and fourth sisters. You can’t use that method on them.”
“Why not?”
“That’s because they are extremely devoted to the young lord, especially my second sister. She had signed a soul contract with him, so there’s no way she’ll betray him. If she does, all that awaits her is death.”
“Can I kill them?”
Lorelei’ s eyes were filled with rage. “It’s not like they’ve offended you! If you do that, I’ll make sure you pay, even if I have to die for it!”
Alex chuckled coldly. “Don’t worry, you can’t make me pay even if you die! But it’s fine. I’ll let them go since they’re so pretty. But if they come looking for trouble, you can’t possibly blame me for defending myself.”
He wouldn’t let such great potential go to waste.