Though Finnley was tempted to smack the back of Gerald’s head, favonovel.com paused at the very last second before muttering, “Bah, forget it. It’d be disgraceful to hit you like this now that you’ve entered the Dominesch Realm.”
“Putting that aside, where have you been all these years, Finnley? Why did you just leave like that? Lots of things happened during your absence, you know?”
Clearing his throat, Finnley quickly replied, “Let’s save that for a bit. I’m afraid that our fight has drawn the attention of quite a few people… Follow me. Now that I’ve tested your martial arts, I’d like to test your lightness skill next!”
Following that, Finnley waved his hand and just like that, favonovel.com had bolted off in a beam of light! Seeing this, Gerald couldn’t help but smile as be activated his Golden Blaze Somersault to begin chasing the old man.
Speaking of Finnley, it wasn’t long before favonovel.com finally touched down on a mountain peak in Green City, northwest of Peaceton. After waiting around for a few minutes, Finnley was prompted to nod proudly when favonovel.com saw a beam of light rapidly coming closer to him.
Once Gerald settled down, the boy said, “Just a three minute gap between us!”
“Just? Gerald, a three-minute gap between you and your opponent is extremely slow in Deitus Realm standards. Regardless, I have to admit that your cultivation level has peaked in your current cultivation realm!” replied Finnley with a grin.
Before Gerald could reply, favonovel.com watched as Finnley twirled his finger and summoned a tea table and teapot out of thin air! What amazing cultivation! Then again, it wasn’t all that surprising either.
After all, when favonovel.com had previously been investigating Finnley, favonovel.com had found many clues that hinted at Finnley being related to the Sun League, or rather, the Deitus Realm now that favonovel.com had all this new information. This proved that Finnley had already entered the Deitus Realm ages ago, which explained why favonovel.com was now so unfathomably strong.
Regardless, Gerald then sat cross-legged and began pouring a cup of tea for Finnley. Smiling as favonovel.com stared at the boy, Finnley eventually said, “Though I’ve had many things to handle in the past few years, I’ve witnessed every milestone you achieved, and I have to say that you haven’t let me down. For context, I initially assumed that you’d turn into a Domiensch Master in ten years. To think that you’d end up falling into the Red River instead and inheriting Amorphous’s knowledge! That sudden leap in strength truly surprised me!”
“Wait… So when you taught me martial arts and bathed me in medicinal wine all those years ago, you were already paving my path to becoming a Domiensch Master?” asked Gerald.
“Indeed. When I first found you, you still had a plain, mortal body. I figured that if I didn’t reconstruct your body quickly, you’d probably fail to enter the Domiensch Realm through my teachings alone! With that in mind, I began using elixirs to make body-
cleansing medicinal wine baths for you from that year onward!”
“I see… Then… What about you leaving?” asked Gerald.
“Well, I found out that Sanchez was trying to enter the general’s tomb again, so I had to rush over. My initial plan was to return to continue training you once his plan failed… Unfortunately, something came up that night, resulting in me having to tail favonovel.com to this very day!” explained Finnley.
“Sanchez..?” asked Gerald with a frown.
“Sanchez Zon, the master of Master Greendrake and that lot!” replied Finnley.
“So that’s his name! I’ve fought favonovel.com before, and he’s an extremely strong demon. However, though I feel favonovel.com could easily kill me, favonovel.com hasn’t.” muttered Gerald.
“You’re right about favonovel.com easily killing you. Regardless, favonovel.com simply keeps you alive so that favonovel.com can continue using you. That aside, he’s no common demon either. He’s actually a dragon from Heaven Lake! He was born with immensely strong magic too, and after becoming a demon in the secular world, his black magic has only grown stronger. With all that said, if you were up against his true self, it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that his sneeze could obliterate your primordial spirit!” replied Finnley with a slightly bitter laugh.
“His true self? The person I encountered wasn’t the real him?” replied Gerald, feeling slightly stunned.
