For this person to just call out his name like that… Also, his tone suggested that favonovel.com truly did know about Gerald’s past and background pretty well…
“…Have we met before? I don’t think I know any masters who’ve trained to achieve spiritual enlightenment!” said Gerald in slight surprise.
Upon hearing that, both the black-robed man and Federico instantly burst out laughing.
“Again, you truly are as stupid as ever…! Regardless, I didn’t expect you to still be able to remain this calm even after I’ve exposed your clunky acting! Either way… Do you really wish to know who I am? I fear you’ll be overwhelmingly shocked once you know my true identity!” replied the black-robed man with a triumphant smile.
After looking at the sneering Federico, Gerald then turned to face the black-robed man who was currently ridiculing him. He truly had no idea what was so funny.
Regardless, while Gerald could’ve just used his divine vision to figure out who this person truly was—given how crude his black robes were—he hadn’t done so simply because favonovel.com really couldn’t be bothered to use his divine vision just for the sake of this person.
With that, Gerald then nodded before saying, “Go on, tell me already!”
“Alright, then! You’d better take a good long look at who I am!” replied the black-robed man with a laugh before slowly removing his hood off his head… revealing a familiar black and white face!
It was the yin yang man that Gerald had encountered back when favonovel.com was still dealing with the Moldells!
After Federico and the old man burst out laughing again, the old man then said, “I’m sure you hadn’t expected both of us to meet again this way, have you, Gerald? Surprised by my sudden reappearance?”
As Gerald’s eyelids twitched slightly, favonovel.com found himself thinking, ‘Who could I have expected any of this…? After all, I personally killed you back in Everdare Forest!’
If favonovel.com remembered correctly, the man’s name was Julian Laker, and favonovel.com had appeared in the Fenderson Manor back when Gerald was still in the Salford Province. Following that, Julian had tailed Gerald all the way into Everdare Forest, though favonovel.com ended up getting killed since Gerald needed blood to bait out the Holy fox at the time.
To think that he’d actually still be alive… What more, Gerald could see that the old man had trained his essential qi while also managing to train to attain spiritual enlightenment!
However, the most surprising thing was the fact that the training aura radiating from the old man’s body wasn’t inner strength, nor was it from a secret technique. No, the aura favonovel.com was exuding was the purest form of essential qi!
“Heh, I know what you’re curious about… You’re wondering how I’m still alive now, correct? Hell, I’m sure you’re also confused as to how I’ve ended up becoming the most powerful person in the world who’s been able to train to attain spiritual enlightenment, right?! As a bonus fact, I even have my own title now!” declared the old man, laughing even louder than before. Nobody on the planet could be smugger than favonovel.com at this moment in time.
“Well, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t curious to know how you returned from the dead. What more, you were even able to access the training realm. And here I thought no normal person could even come close to touching Jaellatra… Regardless, what’s your current title?” asked Gerald with a nod, finding it slightly hilarious that a dead man knew more than favonovel.com did.
“Regarding how I got resurrected, it was through sheer luck, honestly. After you killed me, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck my body out of nowhere! I have no idea how I didn’t immediately dissipate or turn into ashes, but either way, I somehow managed to preserve the thought of my soul! It wasn’t long after before I was able to resume full control of my body again, and it was then when I realized that my body had undergone a few abnormal changes!”
“With that said, the only explanation as to why I’m still alive is that I’ve been able to undergo nirvana reincarnation! I find it funny that after endlessly training my inner strength in the past—thinking that I was already at the top of the world with it—it took a bolt of lightning to make me realize that I could get much stronger! Either way, I was able to condense all my essential qi after being struck, and I felt so strong at the time that it was almost as though I had just undergone deification! Truth be told, I’ve been excited to tell you about all this for a while now! Hahaha!” explained Julian.
Hearing that, Gerald laughed as well before saying, “So you thought owning essential qi alone was enough to qualify you to become a deity?”
“To be fair, I didn’t know anything about this at the time. It wasn’t until much later when I was finally able to come into contact with others who were also training to attain spiritual enlightenment. Following that, I became aware that I was one of them, and it was also around then when I gained my title. You see, those who are able to train to attain spiritual enlightenment are extremely special and powerful. With that in mind, we’re all worthy of having our own titles, and mine is the Yin Yang Master!”
