Elijah looked at Philip with awe and respect. He merely saw Philip as a powerful junior, but there was more than met the eye. Elijah felt that he had underestimated Philip. Maybe he should think twice about the force behind this seemingly elegant young man. Novak watched nervously as Elijah handed the stone back to Philip. He opened his mouth but found no voice. He knew that it was not his place to speak. “Please keep this stone carefully. It’ll play a big role when the time is ripe," Elijah’s voice quivered as he said. He knew the importance of this stone, which could help them seal those extraterrestrial creatures. Elijah wanted to study the stone but knew it belonged to Philip. “I’ll leave my clergy members in your good hands. Time is very precious now. I have to contact other guilds at once!” Elijah waved his hand and told his clergy members to thank Philip. The clergies of Mistral Temple were extremely excited after learning that Philip owned the sealing stone. They
Elijah read Novak’s thoughts but could not say anything openly. Novak scowled, surprised that Elijah would say that so directly. Novak planned to forge a good relationship with Philip and see if he could steal the stone. He had been studying seals since he was a child. He had a thorough understanding of seals and was quite proficient at them. More importantly, he wanted to complete the final sealing ceremony in person. Only the person who owned the stone could activate the sealing ceremony. He did not want Philip to steal his limelight. Once he took charge of this event, he would become the successor of Mistral Temple. Novak was restless at the thought of it. Novak turned a deaf ear to Elijah’s warning. It was every man for himself. Novak would not give up the sealing stone so easily. Seeing Novak’s earnest behavior, Elijah got busy with his own affairs. Philip instructed his people to find accommodation for the clergies before he returned to his room. He wanted
If Novak was a decent person, he would not go upstairs without the owner’s permission, especially when he was not allowed. Novak agreed cheerfully and acted as if he had lost his way. After saying goodbye to Preston, he entered the washroom. He had to play the part and continue with his act, but he kept replaying Preston’s words in his mind. Why did he tell him not to go upstairs? If it was just an ordinary storeroom, why was no one allowed in there? Novak was curious about Philip and wanted to know how Philip obtained the stone. …While Philip had time, he accompanied Mila to read and write and taught her some new pill and weapon-making skills. Wynn watched them with a smile on her face. She had been longing to see this. Wynn heard the conversation just now and knew they would be facing a war of the century before long. This war was related to the safety of the whole ancestral land! If they lost, the whole ancestral land would be in danger. Wynn was worried and scar
After running around for a while, Elijah failed to convince anyone. Even if they knew a crisis was imminent, they wanted the biggest profit for their force. Elijah almost went crazy when he realized their thoughts. He had not encountered this situation when he did this with his teacher a century ago! Back then, everyone was very protective of their homeland and immediately stood united against extraterrestrial invaders. On the contrary, people nowadays were very self-centered, with no comparison at all. In desperation, Elijah had no choice but to return to the villa. Since Philip was also at the villa, he deactivated the formation. He did not have time to make extra tokens for everyone. Martha had been hiding in her room, trying to avoid Philip. She knew it would be over once Philip found out about it. Fortunately, Philip seemed very busy and had no time to pay attention to her at all. While everyone was about to have dinner, Elijah dragged himself home tiredly. Philip qu
Philip could set a rule that anyone who wanted to purchase his pills had to take part in the war. In this way, all the forces, large or small, would be forced to take part. Philip's words aroused Elijah's curiosity. He looked at Philip in puzzlement but hesitated to ask. In the end, he simply nodded and started eating. Since Philip was so confident that he could handle everything, Elijah would forget his worries for now and wait for tomorrow.… The next day arrived. Elijah got up early and sat on the couch waiting for Philip. He was surprised to find many kids doing morning exercises. He thought it was a routine morning exercise like the ones in school, but he later discovered that the kids were absorbing the energy in the surroundings. It was simply amazing. Some of the stronger kids had reached the seventh zone while the weaker ones were at the peak of the sixth zone. After the morning exercise of absorbing energy, they took out their alchemy furnaces and medicinal materia
The pills made by the kids were perfectly round, simply surreal. There had to be an expert alchemist in the villa or they could never have groomed such outstanding students. More importantly, each student had a storage ring! Elijah’s eyes almost popped out from this shocking scene. A storage ring was a rare item. Even Elijah only owned a storage bag. He could not figure out how the gap between practitioners could be so huge. Mistral Temple could be considered a relatively wealthy force, but they could hardly flaunt their wealth like this. Thus, Elijah started to wonder about Philip’s background. Philip smiled at Elijah’s nervous reaction. “Just call me Philip!” Philip did not put on airs. He did not think these things were worth mentioning. He simply wanted Elijah to know what he was capable of. Elijah was surprised by Philip's humble attitude but simply nodded. “I can hardly wait to visit the guilds now. What are you going to give me?” Elijah glanced at Philip doubtf
Philip made a cup for Elijah and invited him to drink. Elijah put the box away respectfully and took a sip of tea. His eyes widened. Even as a centenarian, he had never seen such a top-quality spiritual tea! Elijah's eyes flickered in astonishment. Philip was simply amazing to come up with this tea. “They should know what to do,” Philip said. These people would realize many things after seeing the pill. Philip could not force them to take part in the war, but he felt they would make the right choice if they were smart. If they refused to join in, they would have to fight alone when the extraterrestrial creatures invaded. It would be a nightmare if they could not receive any reinforcements in that situation. On the other hand, they could gain friendly troops and such an amazing pill by taking part in the war. Normal people should know what to do. After taking several sips of the delicious spiritual tea, Elijah lost no time and went out with his clergy members again. The
The leader of the Avine Guild could have considered reaching an agreement with Elijah but decided to give up when he saw no benefit in doing so. Others would laugh at him if they found out he had reached an agreement with Elijah for nothing. He smiled as he looked at the box handed over by Elijah. The exquisite box was extraordinary at a glance. As he reached out for the box, Elijah shrank back. “Please don’t touch it. Let me show you.” Elijah opened the box and presented the pill in front of the other party. The leader of the Avine Guild glanced at the box nonchalantly, but his attention was quickly attracted. It was that pill! Although he had no idea what pill it was, he could easily tell from the round shape and lack of aroma that it was a pill made by Philip. Any pill made by Philip was enough to prove its value. “What’s this pill?” the leader asked, immediately toning down his attitude. Elijah was surprised by his change of attitude and became more confident. “Th
“What do we do with him?” Carlos asked. He wanted to skin the hooded man alive. Rabbit bared his teeth. “Kill him! Take off his clothes and hang him outside for everyone to see!” At this time, Alain finally noticed the commotion on this side. They were very noisy, so everyone kept looking over, trying to see what happened. Alain saw a familiar man lying on the ground. “What’s going on?” He walked over for a closer look and saw the hooded man! “What’s this? How could this happen?” Alain was dumbfounded. The onlookers had been watching, so they knew the situation. “What happened?” Alain asked in agony, wondering what happened. A kind onlooker explained, “Oh, don’t you know? That rabbit knocked the hooded man out!” Alain was taken aback by that remark. “How is that possible?” Alain was full of disbelief and thought someone had done something behind the scenes. Although he knew that the rabbit was powerful, he did not think it was strong enough to deal with the hooded
“You went too far! I’m well-respected wherever I go. How dare you treat me as a pet?” Although Rabbit had lost his memories after turning into an inanimate puppet, he could still deduce what had happened from Philip’s remarks. The hooded man was embarrassed to hear a rabbit reprimanding him. “If I can take you as my pet, that’s just a testament to my ability. If Philip couldn’t control you, what’s the big deal if I took you for my own?” The hooded man had always seen Rabbit as a pet, never a friend. Rabbit’s only purpose was to entertain him and fight for him. “Philip, leave this guy to me.” Rabbit was eager to take care of this guy. Carlos glared at the hooded man, certain that he had never seen him before. The hooded man also turned his attention to Carlos. From the match earlier, he knew that Carlos was from the Celestial Palace. In that case, he would have no reservations. He wanted to get to know someone from the Celestial Palace anyway. He ignored Philip and Rabbit
“What?” Carlos suddenly felt that maybe that rabbit in the hooded man's arms was Philip’s pet. “Stay here. I’ll take a closer look. I have a feeling that the guy is more than meets the eye. I think he was the one sneaking around my house.” After saying this, Philip walked over briskly. He had never seen such an arrogant thief. The guy was bold enough to appear in public after stealing someone’s rabbit. “Did you steal that rabbit from me?” Philip approached that man and asked solemnly without beating about the bush. The hooded man was taken aback by Philip's direct approach. “When did you appear behind me?” The hooded man was horrified to know that someone had snuck up behind him without his knowledge. It was as if Philip was immaterial. Feeling Philip's strength, the hooded man dared not say another word. He thought he was undefeatable, which was why he decided to watch the fun in person, but he got careless. “Are you saying that this rabbit belongs to you? Why don’t you
Jeff sneered at this scene and knew that it was time for payback. He did not plan to kill Hogster at first. After all, he was the young heir of a guild and represented the Hexa Guild. However, Hogster had pissed him off thoroughly. He had to kill Hogster at all costs. Thinking of this, Jeff raised the sword in his hand and stabbed Hogster. With that, everything was over. Alain closed his eyes at this scene. He shook his head in helpless agony. Due to the technique that he practiced, he could not have another child. Although he had been working hard to groom Hogster over the years, he had not stopped trying to get another child either. However, none of the women could get pregnant! Hogster was his only child so far. Unfortunately, his only son was dead. Under Jeff’s attack, he turned into dust and vanished without a trace! “How did things turn out this way?” Alain aged drastically all of a sudden and looked very haggard. The hooded man watched the scene warily, shocked
“What's going on? What drug did he take? It’s so powerful!” Jeff exclaimed in horror. All his attacks were ineffective, so what about Hogster’s attacks? At this time, Hogster attacked Jeff. His invincible mode would only last a few minutes. He had to seize the opportunity to take Jeff down. However, Hogster was not worried at all. In his opinion, dealing with Jeff was just a matter of seconds. “Go to hell!” Hogster made his move. He launched a killing move without holding back at all. Jeff was no match for Hogster at all. He was sent flying and fell to the ground miserably. Everyone looked at him with pity. Jeff spat a mouthful of blood and looked at Hogster in horror. Hogster had become so strong that he was no match for him at all. “Hehe, is that all you can take?” Hogster sneered. He was about to kill Jeff when the latter took out a pill from his pocket and swallowed it. It was the same pill he had taken earlier. Sure enough, Jeff was back to normal after taking
“Wow, I feel so good as if I just had a massage.” Jeff praised Philip in his mind. After taking the pill, he recovered instantly. Even the ailments he had been suffering from in the past were healed. He was in such good shape that he could face Hogster with no problem. He even felt that he could resist Hogster’s attack this time. Philip nodded. Jeff was quite good. He had thought that Jeff was already defeated and would not even be able to move. However, Jeff forced himself to take out a pill and swallowed it. “He’s quite good at persevering and has a bright future. You can consider grooming him,” Philip said to Jamie. Jamie was surprised to hear such a high assessment from Philip. Jamie attached great importance to Philip's suggestion. Since Philip said so, he would develop Jeff properly. “Aren’t you very full of yourself? Keep going.” Jeff rushed forward and started beating Hogster up. Hogster was already dying and could not put up a fight at all. “Stop!” Hogste
The Hexa Guild had lost the earlier match, so Hogster was upset about it. Their guild should be undefeatable. They should have made a name for themselves by now, but everything was ruined. Although Hogster did not know why the Celestial Palace was so powerful, he had a feeling that they were cheating. “I’m the pride of the Hexa Guild while you’re just an ordinary member. Don't even think about resisting me,” Hogster said calmly, clearly looking down on Jeff. Of course, Jeff was not to be outdone. “My favorite hobby is to beat someone while they're down. Your guild's reputation is so bad anyway. Why bother holding on to it?” His remark struck the Hexa Guild’s sore spot, and all the members scowled at him. Indeed, the Hexa Guild had a very bad reputation. They could only recruit ordinary people who could not join other guilds but yearned to practice. “Hehe, cut the crap. We’ll know the outcome after a fight!” After saying this, Hogster charged at Jeff with a weapon in han
It would do the Hexa Guild no good to keep Vanna alive, so they would not allow it to happen. Although the members of the Hexa Guild were angry, they quickly cheered up. There would be several matches with the Celestial Palace to go. They could not lose their fighting spirit because of this trivial matter. “Let’s see how powerful the Celestial Palace is. I refuse to believe that we’re no match for them.” Hogster decided to take the stage because the upcoming opponent was just an ordinary member of the Celestial Palace. They were not very strong. In his opinion, an ordinary member could not be very strong. It would be easy to win this match, and it would save him a lot of trouble too. It would be bad if he faced a dark horse like the previous match. The hooded man saw the performance of the Celestial Palace and was surprised by their extraordinary strength. However, he did not notice anything unusual. He simply thought that it was their usual strength. Since they were so str
“This is interesting.” The hooded man glanced at the people discussing this matter and felt expectant. He could not wait to meet Philip. On the other hand, Philip was watching the competition and had no idea what was going on. “Oh, I see, you’re the young lady of the Celestial Palace. I thought you were very powerful, but this is all there is to you.” Vanna’s opponent was an ugly woman who was very upset with her beautiful appearance. Vanna looked at her mockingly. “The outcome has yet to be determined. I don’t think you’re any better either.” After saying this, Vanna looked at the other party, waiting for her to make the first move. The ugly woman was furious at Vanna’s provocation. “Very well. Since you don’t know what’s good for you, let me show you what I’m capable of!” After saying this, she attacked Vanna as if she were ready to get rid of her. She had received an order from the guild leader to deal with Vanna properly. The Hexa Guild had initially planned to qu