Chapter 115: Chapter 115

Early in the morning, Jim hurriedly knocked on Owen Bertram’s door: "Sir, we must leave!"

"Those people are insane and they want to kill you!"

It took a lot of effort for Jim to find out some information, and he speculated that York Gordon and the others were going to make a move on Owen Bertram.

Even though Owen Bertram escaped from Jim’s grasp, the Horizon Bureau would definitely punish him. However, Owen Bertram controlled the Spirit Seed within Jim’s body - if Owen Bertram died, Jim would be finished as well.

Even if it meant enduring punishment, Jim had to let Owen Bertram go.

But Owen Bertram took his time washing up, and told Jim: "Don’t worry, I’ll handle it."

Huh, why did I also start to call myself "Esteemed Master"? It must be the influence of the Chief Flag of the Cloud!

Jim eyed him suspiciously, but Esteemed Master Owen flashed an enigmatic smile.

Jim was on edge all day, but until the sun set, York Gordon’s group of seven didn’t show up. Jim was utterly convinced, and the image of Esteemed Master Owen in his heart became even more mysterious and awe-inspiring.

"That’s true. How could someone who could casually produce a Mysterious Mechanism Seed be just an ordinary Trial Training General?"

Jim was satisfied, certain he had latched onto a well-hidden powerful figure.

Owen Bertram used Mechanical Dao Soldiers to secretly observe the village all day. Today, the military officers didn’t go searching for Dandelion Killers either. Everyone knew that the Dandelion Killers in the river must have already been cleaned out by the Water Ghost.

The Mechanical Dao Soldiers could hide in the river and approach without being detected.

York Gordon and his group spent their entire day in the "Gold Soil," surrounded by the Spiritual Talisman Light Curtain, rendering everything outside invisible and inaudible. Yet everyone understood that they must have had a fierce argument inside.

The Corpse Fiend only figured out the connections late last night.

He was furious, but instead of seeking out the King of Souls and the Lord of the Skeleton Sea, he cursed at the old man: "An unmarried girl is like spilled water, but I am your family! How could you take advantage of me ?!"

The Drowned Ghost Princess felt that in future palace struggles, she would need the support of her "family," so she hurriedly came forward to appease him.

She had found many Dandelion Killers anyway, so she shared a little with the Corpse Fiend to appease him.

Tonight, the four of them waited expectantly in the Ghost Zone. The Drowned Ghost Princess and the King of Souls were sure that they had passed this test.

The Lord of the Skeleton Sea was uneasy, without full confidence in their success.

Corpse Fiend... mustering confidence!

The Honored Lord likes to consume my Spiritual Flames! With my status as a relative, even if I am initially at a disadvantage, I will surely rise to the top in the end!

This gave people an illusion: this fellow seems to be a bit wiser than he appears.

Little Loach entered the water from the Daoist temple and was ushered in warmly by the Drowned Ghost Princess.

"Welcome the Respected Master, we have done our best to find the Dandelion Killers you requested. We are almost certain that there will not be a second piece of Dandelion Killer within a few hundred miles."

The King of Souls and the Drowned Ghost Princess were both very confident.

After speaking, they each offered the Dandelion Killers they had found.

Corpse Fiend also casually brought out his own - only the Lord of the Skeleton Sea hesitated, like a timid daughter-in-law afraid of meeting her in-laws.

Through Little Loach’s mouth, Owen Bertram asked in an indifferent yet profound tone, "How did you all find them?""One at a time."

The Drowned Ghost Princess was the most proactive, using subtle, progressive, and changing language to describe how she prioritized the Honored Lord’s instruction and arrived at the Extinct Village first, tried the hardest to find the most Dandelion Killers, and even shared some with the Corpse Fiend out of unity and love.

King of Souls couldn’t help but think she’s a pro at this!

Hasn’t she upgraded from a water bitch to a saliva bitch?

Just listen to how she talks about herself, seemingly without belittling others, and even wins over the Corpse Fiend!

In the King of Souls’ mind, everyone said he was a wise old ghost, but none of you youngsters are slacking, each of you striving to catch up.

However, the King of Souls still believed that his own Daoist skill was deeper. Why say so much? Underestimate the wisdom of the Honored Lord!

He said nothing, presented the Dandelion Killers first, then honestly stepped aside to secure his image as a "hardworking and conscientious old bull for the Honored Lord."

Scratch that, ghost image.

When it was the turn of the Lord of the Skeleton Sea, he shook his enormous skull head, using countless smaller skull heads to form the shape of a human brain. When shaken, it made a clattering noise, as if there was really water inside.

"I’m slow-witted and reacted a bit late. But even though I arrived late, I was still quite lucky and found a big one."

The King of Souls couldn’t help but look at him highly: Pretending to be a fool, but secretly setting an image of a lucky fool! Throughout history, which great leader didn’t have a lucky general by their side?

Well done, fellow! Old Husband had really underestimated all of you.

Due to the well-known reason that the Dandelion Killers were snatched from York Gordon by the King of Souls or found by the Drowned Ghost Princess’ daughters, they were generally very delicate and even smaller than the average size of the wise male beings in the Eight Desolates. The one presented by the Lord of the Skeleton Sea was truly satisfyingly huge.

As for the Corpse Fiend, he kept it simple. The Drowned Ghost Princess had given him a bit, he held it in his hand and presented it to Little Loach, along with the dozen or so kinds of Spiritual Flames coming from all over his body!

Little Loach sucked all the Spiritual Flames in one gulp, satisfied.

Owen Bertram suddenly felt the style was strange, and sucking from cats in his previous life was somewhat weird, but now you’re actually sucking from corpses?!

All four had offered Dandelion Killers and then stood in line like elementary school students who had handed in their homework: well-behaved, nervous, and full of anticipation.

Owen Bertram pondered for a moment, then said, "Not bad, in this test, you did not kill, suppressing your own killing desires."

The King of Souls muttered to himself, that’s what I thought.

"You might not understand the purpose of this test." Owen Bertram continued to flatter, "Actually, the first thing I wanted to teach you all was in this test. Did any of you realize it?"

The guidance is within the test? The four racked their brains in deep thought - so the sound of clattering came from inside the skull head of the Lord of Skeleton Sea.

After a long while, they still hadn’t realized anything. The Drowned Ghost Princess revealed a vulnerable look, her blood-red eyes pitifully looking at the Envoy, and coquettishly said, "The slave is foolish and unable to understand the Honored Lord’s profound meaning. Can the Honored Lord enlighten me?"

As a woman, I should pretend to be dumb!

Owen Bertram did not want to give guidance because, firstly, you look a bit scary ; secondly, I really don’t know what to say, and I’m just pretending to be a skilled master.

"Hehehe." Owen Bertram let out a mysterious laugh but said nothing more.

"The Honored Lord’s meaning is..." At the critical moment, it was the King of Souls who seemed to have a sudden understanding, "The four of us have different ways of completing the Honored Lord’s test, so should we actually stick to our own hearts and uphold our own Great Path?"

Owen Bertram let out a long sigh, but since he was pretending to be a master, how could he let them guess so easily?

"Yes, and no; or rather, not entirely correct," Owen Bertram said, "Some truths seem to be shrouded in mist, like a mountaintop in the clouds, but in fact, they are simple and easy to understand, only that people have their eyes blinded and can’t see the truth."