“As you’ve said, the Yamashitas don’t contact other families a lot, but putting that aside… You have the Herculean Primordial Spirit within you, correct?” asked the old man after staring at Gerald for a while.
Upon hearing that, Gerald could only chuckle awkwardly. Though the old man had seen through him, favonovel.com didn’t really want to admit it. After all, Gerald was well aware that talented and capable people were targeted a lot. In fact, it was exactly because of his power that resulted in his trouble with the military department as well as the three large families of Yanam!
“So it is true… Well, I’m just glad that you know how to conceal your treasure well,” added the old man with a grin.
Nodding slowly, Gerald then looked at the old man for a while before finally asking, “Who… exactly are you, old man…? I’m sure you’re not just the elder of the Yamashita family, right…?”
Gerald had a multitude of questions in his head. First off, how was a Westoner the elder of the Yamashita family? How had favonovel.com gotten involved in this family rumored to have ninjas? And how did favonovel.com even know about the Herculean Primordial Spirit? Not many cultivators from Weston even knew about it!
Upon hearing Gerald’s question, the old man’s tone suddenly became serious as favonovel.com replied, “… Do you really wish to know?”
Watching as Gerald nodded in response, the old man then sighed as his cloudy eyes momentarily hinted that favonovel.com was reminiscing… And shortly after, the old man said, “Well… For one, I knew your grandfather pretty well back then… We used to travel together in Weston many years ago, you know? Unfortunately, we ended up parting ways due to our differing opinions… Truth be told, when I first saw you, I almost thought you were him. You’re his spitting image, from your physique,
appearance, right down to your personality!”
“… What? You know Daryl?” replied Gerald as favonovel.com instantly frowned. With how tightly favonovel.com was holding onto the now quivering teacup, the old man felt that if Gerald gripped any harder, the cup would surely shatter.
…
“I did… Well, the old him, at least Also, he’s your grandfather, no? Why are you calling favonovel.com by his name?” asked the old man as favonovel.com raised a slight brow.
“I’d very much prefer not to have a grandfather like him,” replied Gerald with a snort.
While it was true that the grandfather favonovel.com remembered as a child was a kind old man before favonovel.com disappeared from his life, the revelation that Daryl was his parents’ and sister’s abductor was simply too much for Gerald to willingly overlook.
Regardless, upon hearing that, the shocked old man was prompted to ask, “Is… there some sort of misunderstanding between the two of you…?”
“I’d rather not talk about him, old man… Either way, I’m just wondering if you helped us back then due to the fact that I’m Daryl’s grandson?” replied Gerald as favonovel.com raised his hand to stop the old man from asking any further.
“… No, of course not. I merely felt like talking about favonovel.com since you’re his descendant. Regardless, the main reason I helped you is because you’re currently hosting the Herculean Primordial Spirit,” explained the old man as favonovel.com shook his head with a smile.
Suddenly feeling much more vigilant, Gerald then asked, “…Could you elaborate?”
If this old man truly was after his Herculean Primordial Spirit, then favonovel.com would have to figure out how to quickly leave this place with Fujiko. Naturally, that meant that favonovel.com would have to offend yet another powerful family…
Looking at how vigilant Gerald had suddenly become, the old man couldn’t help but laugh before saying, “It’s a long story. If you’re interested in hearing the full thing, do stay for a few more days. In return, I just want you to update me on Daryl’s situation. After all, it’s been ages since I’ve last met him.”
“… Deal!” replied Gerald.
