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Chapter 2148
“Y-You’re a demon?”Miguel’s eyes widened, and his face was full of panic. James said calmly, “It doesn’t matter what I am. I’m giving you one more chance. If you don’t answer, I’ll let you feel the full force of my wrath.”Demonic Energy seeped out from the black lotus and engulfed Miguel.Miguel was shaken to his very core. He knew he would die if he refused to speak.He was terrified. Faced with death, his survival instincts kicked in.“D-Don’t kill me. I’ll answer your questions.”Only then did James retract the Demonic Lotus.Laelia also gave James a dubious look.She knew about demons from legends she had heard. Never would she have expected a human from Earth to have such terrifying Demonic Energy. However, she could not care less at this point. She did not care if she was fraternizing with demons as long as it would allow her family to be saved.“Talk,” Laelia threatened.Miguel quickly replied, “Your family members are safe and sound in the Dark Keep’s base. We d
Chapter 2149
Laelia quickly left with her family.It did not take long for them put distance between themselves and the Soul Beast Mountain Range, where the Dark Keep’s base was located.Laelia shed tears of joy after they left the mountain range.“I’m so happy that you’re alright, Father. It’s fortunate nothing happened to you. The entirety Tabalham was brutally massacred. I thought you…”“Sobs…”Thinking of everything she had experienced recently, Laelia began to weep.Laelia was a princess that grew up in royalty and had never been hunted down before.Her suppressed emotions burst out as she recalled her escort guards sacrificing themselves for her one after the other, laying in pools of blood while she fled.“Laelia.”Zoe embraced her in his arms and gently comforted her, “You’ve been through a lot.”“What’s going on, Laelia?”“How did you get us out of the Dark Keep?”“Did you hand over our family’s jade pendant to the Dark Keep?”Some of her other family members surrounded her.
Chapter 2150
A few days later, they reached Tabalham.The once bustling Tabalham was now a dead city. Piles of corpses were heaped around the city, blood ran through the streets, and it reeked of a horrid odor.After Zoe returned, he immediately dispatched soldiers from nearby cities to clean up the city.In just a few days, Tabalham was thoroughly tidied up.Since the Targwyn family had plenty of affairs to handle, they were temporarily unable to prepare rations for James. In that time, James temporarily stayed with them.His stay lasted for half a month.Half a month later, Tabalham was rebuilt and slowly regained operations.James sat in the independent courtyard behind Tabalham’s Imperial Palace.He absorbed Empyrean Spiritual Energy and used it to cultivate.“James.”A dainty voice sounded from outside the door.The door was pushed open. A beautiful woman with exquisite features and gorgeous figure walked into the room wearing a gorgeous dress and flower crown. With a sweet smile on
Chapter 2151
James was truly interested in the Burial Jade.Since Zoe brought up the topic, James expressed his interest in the jade pendant.As for the Targwyns' ancestral land, James knew the Targwyns were renowned in the past. The family’s predecessors once made up the greatest clan in a certain period of history.Thus, the Targwyns' ancestral land was undoubtedly an extraordinary location.This piqued his interest and James was intrigued to see it.Zoe briefly hesitated after James stated his refusal to marry Laelia.The jade pendant was their family heirloom, and they refused to hand it over even at the cost of their entire city, so it was impossible to simply hand it over to James.Although James did indeed save their family, Zoe was unwilling to give it to James as a simple gift of gratitude.He would only bequeath it to James in the form of a dowry.“Mr. Caden, the jade pendant has been handed down by our family’s ancestors and is a very sentimental item to our family. We can only
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Laelia turned around and left.James cultivated in the courtyard all day long.Before long, night had come.James sat in the courtyard and stared at the starry night in a daze.Looking at the star-lit sky, he felt extremely small.He did not know what was on the other side of this starry sky or how many more secrets it held.Was there even a limit to this starry sky?As he thought about it, the night passed.Laelia appeared the next day morning in the courtyard.She wore a gorgeous dress and was beautiful as ever, radiating a noble allure.“James.”Her airy and sweet voice called to him.James nodded and answered, “Mhm.”“Let’s go. I’ll bring you to our ancestral land.”“Alright.”James was interested in the Targwyns’ ancestral land and was curious to see whether a powerful Targwyn ancestor indeed left behind an inheritance.The two walked out of the palace together.The two sat in a beast carriage attached to a flying creature. After getting into the carriage, the cre
Chapter 2153
James would be the first outsider to visit the Targywn’s ancestral land since times of yore.The Targwyn family only moved out of the ancestral land a thousand years ago. Before then, they had lived in ancestral land and were isolated from the outside world.The beast carriage came close to the storm. Even though they were still quite far away, the storm’s force caused James’ heart to race.Laelia stepped out of the beast carriage and looked at the cyclone over the sea. She bit her finger, and a drop of blood trickled out.She moved the drop of blood toward the storm before them.At that moment, a strange phenomenon happened.The blood was absorbed into the storm and suddenly the turbulent gales ceased, giving way to a safe passage.“Keep going,”Laelia ordered the beast carriage to pass through the storm.After passing through the storm, they entered another marine region surrounded by white mist. It was difficult to see anything beyond the few meters ahead of him.Laelia as
Chapter 2154
After reaching the village, Laelia explained, “Thousands of years ago, my family’s forbearers lived in this village.”James nodded lightly and said, “Mhm. The island appears ordinary at first glance, but there were many unusual things along the way. It’s evidently a place left behind by a very powerful person. However, did he really leave behind his legacy here?”Laelia shook her head and said, “I’m not sure about that. According to my family’s oral tradition, he left behind an inheritance for the younger generations of our family to attract them to the island. We’re allowed to search the island to see if we can find the boons he left us as adults. However, none of our family members have found it even after allt his time.”“Is that so?”James questioned her, “This is your family’s ancestral land. Your family’s forebearers have lived on this island and should know where to look for the boons, right?.”Laelia nodded slightly and said, “My family’s ancestral land is rather ordinary
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The person of the highest seniority in the Targwyn family was Sylvester.He was the only person who could possibly answer whether the jade pendant had something to do with the seal.Sylvester shook his head and said, “I’m not sure either. Our history has been fragmented. I only know that our family’s jade pendant is one-of-a-kind and that a huge secret must be hidden within it.”Even Sylvester did not know about the jade pendant’s secret.“Alright.”Laelia was disappointed but did not press him for further answers. She changed the subject, saying, “Sir Sylvester, let’s bring James to the grotto first.”“Yuliana, bring them there,”Sylvester instructed the girl beside him.She was relatively young, about 17 to 18 years old. She was dressed very simply and wore a blue dress. Although she seemed like a peasant, she was lovely.“Yes, Grandpa.”Yuliana looked at Laelia and James, saying, “This way, please.”She led both of them toward the back of the village.Behind the village
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