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14. The bounty
Yemeni's face fell completely flat. He secretly gritted his teeth in humiliation, realizing just how much of a fool he had made of himself. The throbbing pain in his shattered jaw from the robot's physical blows was nothing compared to the pain of being laughed at by Becca.Turning away from her pathetic brother, Becca looked down at Wallace, her expression softening into a warm smile. “My sincere apologies for whatever you just had to witness, Wallace. How about you come inside so we can talk?”Wallace nodded and followed her into the mansion, secretly wondering if this young lady had already forgotten how chaotic their very last encounter had been.As they walked into the living room, Wallace cleared his throat. “Becca, about what just happened to your brother, I…”“Oh, please!” She dismissed his concern with a wave of her hand as she sank into the nearest couch. “You know how much I despise him. That leech is nothing but trouble. If it weren't for the sudden bottleneck I hit durin
13. AI tech and Yemeni
“And what if I did?”A familiar, mocking voice cut through the corner of the environment. Only then did Wallace turn around, his eyes narrowing as he scoffed.“I knew you would stoop low, Yemeni, but bringing your security men into this? The time you spent orchestrating this could have been used to actually improve your cultivation. What a waste.”Yemeni however sneered as he clenched his fists until his knuckles turned white. He loathed this trash and badly wanted him dead! By all rights, Yemeni was superior in every way… wealth, status, and cultivation realm but looking at Wallace, an uncomfortable thought crossed his mind. It felt as if Wallace possessed some hidden, unfathomable backing that he couldn't quite understand.Desperate to regain the upper hand, Yemeni leaned in with a smirk all over his face. “I see the death of your mother hasn't taken a toll on you yet. Just wait until she’s buried, and then…”“Why? Are you waiting for her to die because you desperately hope that
12. Yemeni's cunning actions
“Mother…” Wallace muttered in horror the moment he sighed his mother whose body had almost turned dark within a few hours of the attack. Yet, he knew he had to do everything to save her just for the sake of the Old Wallace. “Wallace…. I told you not to bother…” she said, holding him warmly as she coughed slightly, knowing fully well that her soul was almost slipping off her body. Wallace however walked away from her, hurriedly mixing the herbs with water. Just as he was done, he hurriedly forced her to drink it. He knew how much of a miracle it was for her to stay alive up till that moment even though he could not identify the actual poison. “There's something important I need to let you know,” she said after a while. “Those debt collectors that came the other day still have head bosses. In fact, they are still coming…” She muttered while Wallace smiled. He could see that even though she was no longer a Primordial Spirit-Mother, the herbs recognized the body and kind of sharpene
11. The prey
Chapter 11Half an hour later, Wallace arrived at his detached apartment. He paused, his eyes narrowing at the black Lexus parked directly opposite his gate.The owner had clearly been waiting for some time. In this neighborhood, the kind of car stood awkward because of how much of a high profile both the car and the person was as she leaned against it. “Wally!” She called out the moment she spotted him. Only then did Wallace stop because of how familiar the voice seemed to be. He stifled a scoff. Sally was his cousin, the daughter of the man who had conspired to betray Wallace’s mother. After his father had stripped his mother of her primordial essence, he had funneled those stolen resources into Sally’s training, turning her into the "genius" she was today.He couldn't believe how gullible the "old" Wallace had been by treating these vipers like family. He looked down at the faint scar on his lower arm that reminded him of the time he had taken a fall to save her life.“I know yo
10. Red-eyed gang
Half an hour later, Wallace walked out of the forest in a hurry with a full sack of leaves hanging on his back. He was only a few miles from home when the atmosphere shifted. From the shadows of the road emerged a pack of cultivators with eyes like glowing embers known as the "Red-Eyed Gang."It was a strange sight, yet a familiar one. These were the students of his former sect, students cast out for dark misconduct long before he became a student. Now, they were little more than lapdogs for evil cultivators. In his memory, Wallace saw them clearly: they were the ones who had relentlessly targeted him, held back only by Becca’s protection. They had expected his story to end in the gutter, just like theirs.Yet, on seeing that he came out of the forest they dared not enter with a bag of herbs, their shock tripled and now, what they wanted was more than what they thought initially. Wallace offered a weary sigh and tried to step past. A hand clamped onto his shoulder, jerking him back
9. The forest
A few minutes later, Wallace found his way into the inner core of the forest, with each herb calling for his attention. However, using his knowledge as a powerful past cultivator, he knew that most of these plants were poisonous despite their attractive appearance. Only then did he stumble across specimens he never thought he would see in this universe: Sky-anchor Vine, Cicada Petal, and Star-plucking Grass. Together, they represented the bone, blood, and breath required to rebuild the broken bridges to the heavens and soften his withered tissues.“My goodness!” he exclaimed in shock. With these herbs and a few wisps of ambient energy, the body he was stuck in was primed to break through to the next stage of Qi.He quickly gathered them and prepared to move to the next section of the dark forest. Suddenly, he screamed in agony, dropping the leaves as he collapsed. Before he could realize what was happening, an Emerald Glint Serpent coiled around him, constricting so tightly that he
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