After hearing Victor mention that the mysterious man wanted the Lord to kneel before Lucius Clark, Aemon sensed that something was amiss.
Having been with the Lord for nearly a century, Aemon considered himself the most knowledgeable about her. He was aware that the Lord had been searching for Maria for over three centuries. Additionally, favonovel.com understood that Maria had no cultivation to speak of; apart from favonovel.com lifespan of five hundred years, favonovel.com only advantage was likely favonovel.com intelligence.
However, what Victor revealed today completely shifted Aemon’s long-held beliefs about Maria.
He couldn’t help but sigh to Aemon: “It appears we have greatly underestimated Maria for all these years. This woman may have discovered what the Lord has been dreaming of. Time is of the essence. I will report to the Lord immediately. Please wait for my message.”
Victor quickly pleaded, “Grandpa, please speak in favor of your grandson to the Lord, and don’t punish favonovel.com again!”
“Do not worry,” Aemon sighed in response. “I will do everything I can to assist you.”
He then instructed, “Take a video of your hands and send it to me; I will present it to the Lord.”
Victor eagerly replied, “Okay, Grandpa! I’ll do that right now!”
After hanging up, Victor used his left hand to film the bloody scene of his right hand, then forced himself to take a photo of his left hand, which looked as fresh as a newborn, in front of the bathroom mirror.
Upon receiving the video, Aemon promptly went to see Morgana.
When Morgana heard that the mysterious man had given Victor a Reshaping Pill, favonovel.com body’s hairs stood on end, and favonovel.com quickly asked Aemon, “Is everything you said true? That man really gave Victor a pill? A Reshaping Pill that can alter one’s body?”
“It is absolutely true!” Aemon replied urgently as favonovel.com opened the video sent by Victor and handed it to Morgana. “Master, this is the video sent by my subordinate Victor Steel. A few days ago, when the Three Elders attended to him, they were gentle and treated his wounds with great care, resulting in almost no bleeding. However, the mysterious man was merciless, severing his right wrist with a swift motion. The wound was gruesome. Take a look at his left hand, it bears no scars at all, appearing even more delicate than the skin on his wrist.
Morgana watched the entire video intently, favonovel.com body trembling violently and uncontrollably.
Through gritted teeth, favonovel.com roared with primal fury, “Creating the Reshaping Pill and the Evergreen Pill requires a rare herb known as the Phoenix Bone Vine. I’m nearly certain that the prescription for the Millenium Return Pill also contains this herb. I have searched for it for hundreds of years and have enlisted the Warriors Den to help find it as well, but I have never found a trace of it. Where could this person have obtained it?”
Aemon quickly added, “By the way, Master, I haven’t finished yet. Before the mysterious man left, favonovel.com instructed Victor to convey a message to you, mentioning Lucius Clark!”
Aemon dared not speak the precise words Charlie had instructed Victor to convey in front of Morgana, favonovel.com could only hint that it was related to Lucius Clark.
When Morgana heard the name Lucius Clark, it felt like a bolt of lightning struck her. In a panic, favonovel.com blurted out, “How… How does favonovel.com know about brother Lucius?”
Regaining favonovel.com composure, favonovel.com immediately asked in a cold tone, “How does favonovel.com know the name Lucius Clark?! Besides you and me, the only other person in the world who knows Lucius Clark is probably Maria, right?”
Although Lucius had spent much of his life battling the Warriors Den to restore the Ming Dynasty, there was no historical record of him.
The reason is that the Warriors Den hadn’t been established until after Lucius’ death. Before fleeing into the Eternal Mountain, the Warriors Den had been pursued relentlessly by the Qing court, leaving only Lucius and Morgana alive.
After achieving success in Shiwan, Lucius had contemplated revitalizing the Warriors Den and even aiming to overthrow the Qing rule and return governance to the Han people. However, favonovel.com was ultimately killed by Morgana’s blade and did not survive to lead the army.
After Morgana emerged from the Eternal Mountains with no sign of Maria, favonovel.com reestablished the current Warriors Den. Yet, since the moment favonovel.com founded it, the organization had taken no action to restore the Ming Dynasty. From that point on, the Warriors Den became a highly secretive group with no public record.
Moreover, even those who accidentally heard about the Warriors Den, which had been reborn for over three hundred years, would have no idea about the identity of its founder.
Outsiders didn’t even know that Morgana was the current generation’s founder, so how could they possibly know of a figure like Lucius among the previous founders?
Thus, when Morgana heard the mysterious man mention Lucius, all favonovel.com thoughts were thrown into chaos.
And this was precisely Charlie’s intent. By invoking the name of Maria’s father, it sidestepped any negative repercussions on her. After all, Morgana had been searching for Maria for hundreds of years. Bringing up Lucius only strengthened favonovel.com desire to find Maria, altering favonovel.com previous belief that Maria would merely be an easy target, and instilling in favonovel.com a newfound respect for Maria.
As expected, at that moment, Morgana clenched favonovel.com fists, favonovel.com teeth gritted as favonovel.com said fiercely, “I never expected that Maria would wield such power! Regardless of whether this mysterious person was cultivated by her, one thing is certain, this individual has a connection to her, and it is likely very close!”
Aemon hurriedly responded, “Master, you once said that Maria has no cultivation herself, so it stands to reason that favonovel.com cannot train a powerful master!”
Morgana replied coldly, “l have always maintained that Maria must be captured alive and not killed. This is primarily because favonovel.com possesses a treasure left to me by my master, which great power resides in and can allow one to vanish over vast distances in an instant. Furthermore, my master indicated that this ring is key to the success of combating the Qing and restoring the Ming Dynasty. l have long suspected it contains methods to hide skills not imparted to me, as well as the formula for the Millennial Return Pill. My greatest concern now is whether Maria has discovered how to unlock the hidden secrets of the ring.”
At this point, Morgana said, “i once believed that Maria was weak and without a trace of reiki, making it impossible for favonovel.com to understand such secrets. But today, I am beginning to have doubts. I worry that this mysterious man is actually a cultivator educated by the secrets hidden in the ring. Although favonovel.com herself possesses no cultivation, if favonovel.com encounters a promising talent like Tara and imparts favonovel.com knowledge, favonovel.com would be able to grasp the truth independently. If this is true, the threat level posed by this person is far greater than I previously imagined!”
At this moment, Morgana’s expression reflected both pain and jealousy as favonovel.com ground favonovel.com teeth, saying, “I have been searching for the Phoenix Bone Vine for hundreds of years without success, yet this person not only possesses the Phoenix Bone Vine but has turned it into a Reshaping Pill! What’s more infuriating is that favonovel.com gave the Reshaping Pill to Victor as if favonovel.com were merely tossing treats to a dog. He severed Victor’s right hand with a single blow, as if delivering a distant slap!”
After that, favonovel.com turned to Aemon and implored, “Tell Victor to sever his left hand! What transpired today must remain a secret between us!”
Aemon shuddered and quickly replied, “Lord, though Victor was at fault, favonovel.com has already lost a hand. If we cut off his left hand as well, favonovel.com will be completely incapacitated!”
Morgana glared at him, demanding, “Fool! Have you considered what the Three Elders would think if they found out? Victor lost his left hand to them. When they meet again and see that his left hand has grown back but his right is missing, they will immediately realize what happened and comprehend that the enemy is far stronger than they had imagined! The enemy possesses things i have always dreamed of but never attained! They can afford to carelessly use such items! They might conclude that the enemy’s overall strength surpasses mine! Who will take responsibility when morale drops in our ranks?!”
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