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Molting the Mortal Coil - Chapter 747

Published at 29th of March 2024 06:05:20 AM


Chapter 747: Ancestor

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Chapter 747: Ancestor

Sage was instantly taken aback. Standing in front of him was not a projection, but an actual person. A person that was supposed to be trapped in a jail cell.

You? How did a slippery piece of feces like you get here?

Before Sage had come to terms with what he was seeing, the Ancestor had already spoken out. The slippery fellow turned out to be that pseudo master of his, Guan Zhenyan. The man in question didnt seem to be affected by the insult and laughingly took a few puffs from his pipe. He blew out smoke with a vivid green tint to it and smiled at the casket before speaking, To think the great Huang has fallen to such a degree. We really are quite a pair, arent we?

At that instant another figure appeared in front of Sage. It was a young boy with white hair and a large belly. He let out a grumble and glared at Guan Zhenyan while lifting one hand into the air. Sage felt a sudden surge of law energy gathering around them. It swirled and concentrated around the man, but just as it was on the verge of collapsing around him, the ancestors voice spoke out, Tao Ba. Let him stay for a moment.

Guan Zhenyan bowed his head in thanks to the casket and didnt even bother to say anything to Tao Ba before continuing where hed left off earlier, As I was saying before, I can smell a full pocket and a great opportunity for business. For an old friend Ill be giving you the biggest discount and my full guarantee of quality goods.

Hah, a guarantee from you? Just like that time when you sold me weapons strong enough to break the armor you just sold to another customer?

Thats right! You paid extra for my highest level of customer service after all. You should be pleased, barely anyone ever pays for my highest level of service. As one of my most regular customers, the price for information about you is extremely high.

How reassuring. So, what is it youve got on offer?

You know me, a little bit of this, a little bit of that. Just off the top of my head, I have a Blood Silver Mirror, Dark Rebirth Milk, Sapphire Swamp Grass, Windstorm Boots, Ethereal Mammoth Bones, Asuras Inferno Ring, Divine Iron Raindrop, and even a Frozen Shadow Lance.

He waved his hand and the smoke coming from the tip of his pipe took on a mind of its own. It flowed through the air and formed into a column around Sage. The smoke thickened and obscured Sages vision and hearing. After a moment he was mostly cut off from the outside world. He could still see blurry figures through the smoke but he could no longer hear anything. Tao Bas body language included some stomps and waving arms, so he seemed perturbed, but Guan Zhenyan was still standing nonchalantly in the same place so that must mean the Ancestor hadnt been as offended.

If I kept my mouth shut I might have learned more. Damn.

Trapped as he was, Sage tried every method he could think of to circumvent the smoke barrier short of brute force. He wanted to eavesdrop upon the conversation, but the Spirit Sense, Qi, and Spirit Power he sent out were all blocked by the smoke wall. He felt pretty confident he could shatter the smoke with brute force, but he would instantly be discovered and would gain nothing but to annoy Zhenyan a little more. With how the man had left the Universe Ring with his physical body, Sage wondered if the guy had been faking it this whole time.

Didnt somebody mention looking for him in the past? Is his disappearance related to why I was targeted by so many groups at once?

Sage never had any conclusive proof as to why he was the victim of so many assaults. He was certainly not rich enough to have such a high value attached to taking him out and there was no way that hed believe Hei Bai, that witch, was able to rally so many groups to ally with her to chase after him. Hed always suspected it was some great power pulling the strings and coming after him because of his Seal Mastery. The practice was basically banned in this Kingdom as well as those around it, so he always thought it was some sort of black ops strike aiming to take him out without having to be directly involved.

Eventually, the smoke wall around him faded away just after Guan Zhenyan threw something onto a shelf and a small bag flew to his hand in exchange. Sage had no idea what transaction had just been conducted, but he cautiously walked out of the fading smoke. The column was disappearing on its own, but he just felt better not standing in the same place hed just been trapped. He consoled himself by thinking that Zhenyan might have just made the smoke transparent and it might be easier to capture him again if he stayed upon the same spot.

Sage was on guard against Zhenyans next move especially because of the relaxed expression he wore. Yet, just as he felt the tension building to a peak, he was surprised to see Guan Zhenyan and Tao Ba disappear into thin air. Of course, his right pupil was already glittering with a field of stars and he saw this event happening in advance. He quickly altered his intent to attempt to change the future, but only one solution appeared.

Wait.

The simple declaration was all it took to make Guan Zhenyan stick around. Sage wasnt sure what to say next as hed always found that establishing intent with language was not only difficult to do, but he also couldnt hear the future, only see it. Unfortunately, he couldnt properly gauge response so he couldnt really cheat his way through a conversation. Still, hed bought himself an attempt at the least so he chose to say something unusual, How can I help you?nôvel binz was the first platform to present this chapter.




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