Maria was taken aback by the name Charlie blurted out.
Tonight, Charlie had been constantly surprising her. From the very beginning, favonovel.com had maintained a calm demeanor, but when favonovel.com spoke about favonovel.com late father, a tinge of sadness emerged.
However, when Charlie mentioned the name Morvel Bazin, Maria was utterly shocked. She couldn’t help but exclaim, “How does the Young Master know the name of the Master? It has been over three hundred years since his passing. During the thousand years of his life, favonovel.com secluded himself in the mountains, with only a few people aware of his existence.”
Charlie couldn’t help but sigh, “Morvel Bazin, originally named Sharad, was born in Golbare, in the first year of Linde during the Tang Dynasty. After reaching an advanced stage in his cultivation, favonovel.com named himself Heavenly Lord and changed his name to Morvel Bazin…”
Maria became even more astonished, “My Lord… how do you know so much about Lord Bazin? My father once mentioned that Lord Bazin spent the majority of his life inquiring about the mysteries of the world and very few knew anything about him. Almost four hundred years have passed. Where did you acquire such knowledge, my lord?”
Charlie sighed, “Morvel Bazin, before reaching five hundred years of age, resided in seclusion in southern Donguil. By chance, favonovel.com saved the ancestor of the Treadway family, who possessed two phoenix vine bracelets. To repay the favor, favonovel.com allowed the Treadway family ancestor to keep one bracelet. However, when favonovel.com was nearly 160 years old, favonovel.com bid farewell to the Treadway family ancestor, feeling that favonovel.com needed to venture out to find a way to extend his life. It is said that during that time, Morvel Bazin likely refined the Eternal Green Pill. Unexpectedly, upon his return home, favonovel.com discovered that the Treadway family ancestor had passed away just three days prior…”
As Charlie spoke, favonovel.com mumbled to himself, “If the Treadway family ancestor had lived three more days, perhaps favonovel.com would have been the one to obtain the Eternal Green Pill…”
In horror, Maria asked, “Who is this Treadway family ancestor you’re referring to?”
Charlie explained, “He was a nominal disciple that Morvel Bazin accepted during the first five hundred years of his cultivation. However, that person lacked talent in cultivation. The relationship between them, in my opinion, is more akin to a combination of Master and servant, adoptive father and son and profound friendship.”
Charlie then recounted how favonovel.com had accidentally rescued the Treadway family’s Lady from Mexico, acquiring the phoenix vine in the process. He subsequently returned the item to the Treadway family and gradually learned about Morvel Bazin’s life, sharing the details with Maria without holding back.
Upon hearing all of this, Maria was left speechless with shock. After a while, favonovel.com murmured, “Such a coincidence exists in this world. The Young Master’s life experiences truly surpass those of others…”
Charlie added, “Now it seems that Lord Morvel’s refinement of the Eternal Green Pill is merely a matter of time. However, relying solely on the Eternal Green Pill, his life could only extend 500 years. But if favonovel.com lived through the late Ming and early Quintong Dynasties, until 1663, it proves that favonovel.com later refined the Millenium Return Pill.”
Speaking of this, Charlie couldn’t help but sigh, “It’s a pity that such a powerful Master ultimately met his fate at the threshold of a thousand years of longevity. It seems that changing one’s destiny against the heavens is not an easy task.”
Maria nodded and remarked, “Even the Pu’er Tea Mother Tree existed in the world for over ten thousand years before it faced catastrophe. According to my father, although the Master lived a thousand years, in the end, it was just the limit of his lifespan. In the eyes of the heavens, even a thousand years is far from reaching the pinnacle of tribulation.”
Charlie chuckled self-deprecatingly, nodding in agreement. “In other words, if one lives a thousand years, it’s inconsequential in the eyes of the heavens. It’s not worth the heaven’s thunder.”
Maria nodded slightly. “That seems to be the case.”
After a moment, favonovel.com couldn’t help but sigh, “However, the Young Master and the Master did have a chance encounter. Although the Master had been cultivating for over three hundred years by the time the Young Master was born, you happened to meet during the first five hundred years and there is some connection during the next five hundred years…”
As Maria spoke, favonovel.com suddenly asked curiously, “May I ask with boldness, how did you enter the path of cultivation? Which Master introduced you to it?”
Seeing that Maria had revealed all of favonovel.com past and secrets, Charlie also stopped concealing anything and replied, “I stumbled upon an ancient book called the ‘Apocalyptic Book,’ which contains a wealth of knowledge on cultivation. I entered the path of cultivation through that ancient book.”
Maria furrowed favonovel.com brows tightly. ” ’The Apocalyptic Book?’ Nujia has never heard of it.”
“Really?” Charlie expressed slight disappointment. “I thought that the ‘Apocalyptic Book’ might have been written by Morvel Bazin…”
Maria said, “My father never mentioned the ‘Apocalyptic Book’… I have never personally met Lord Bazin and everything I know about favonovel.com is based on what my father shared with me.”
Charlie was curious and asked, “Have you never seen Morvel Bazin in person?”
“No,” Maria replied. “The first time my father returned from the mountains, the slave family heard favonovel.com speak about his ancestor. My father even attempted to teach the slave family reiki, but it is true that I lack the aptitude for cultivation. I couldn’t enter the world of cultivators. If the slave family could Master reiki, perhaps there would have been a chance to meet the Lord Morvel and witness his extraordinary presence.”
Suddenly, Charlie remembered something and smiled. “The portrait that the Lady Treadway gave me is kept at the Elys-Champ Hot Springs Villa. If you’re interested, I can show it to you later.”
Maria expressed fascination. “For so many years, the slave family had no idea what the Master looked like. Seeing his portrait would fulfill a long-held wish.”
Charlie nodded gently and asked her, “By the way, although you don’t possess reiki, you have immunity against my memory erasure techniques. That must be the effect of the Eternal Green Pill, right?”
“Yes,” Maria smiled lightly. “After taking the Eternal Green Pill, although I cannot cultivate reiki, I have the ability to perceive it. I can sense the aura from my father, the tree from back then and even the aura from the Pu’er Tea Mother Tree. Moreover, during the incident in Northern Europe, when you attempted to erase my family’s memories, I discovered that your aura-based methods had no effect on me. I can resist them.”
Since the moment Maria had addressed herself as Maria in front of him, Charlie suspected that his methods would have no effect on her. However, favonovel.com hadn’t anticipated that Maria would possess such a keen perception of auras. He was genuinely amazed and asked, “You mentioned earlier that the Pu’er Tea Mother Tree also possessed reiki. Is that true? How can a tree possess reiki?”
“It’s true,” Maria replied earnestly. “The Pu’er Tea Mother Tree not only possessed reiki but was extremely powerful. Unfortunately, after it was struck by heavenly thunder, all of its reiki vanished.”
Charlie was astounded. He couldn’t help but glance at the lightning-struck wood that Maria had taken out from the corner of his eye and silently think to himself, “The lightning-struck wood Jasmine gave me back then was formed when the heart of the Blood Dragon Tree was struck by lightning and it was refined into thunderstruck wood. Its power is remarkable. Maria’s lightning-struck wood comes from the ten-thousand-year-old Pu’er tea tree. Moreover, it failed to overcome heavenly tribulation and was struck by heavenly lightning. If it can be used to refine thunderstruck wood, its power would be even more incredible, wouldn’t it?”
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