The Story Never Ends

The bald man nodded and kindly gazed at him like an elder.

"Then why did you evilly finish off that woman?" Davion asked. He just wanted to be sure.

"Haiz, how can you call me that? Actually, she was the evil one since she tried to hurt that child. So, I had to make a move." The bald man spoke righteously.

"As I guessed," Davion muttered.

"Now you will believe me, won't you?" The bald man smiled.

"I will if you can explain to me why you are inside this child." Davion felt that this bald man should be a villain like Julia who was possessing the body of someone else.

The bald man's expression changed when he heard this. It seemed like he didn't want to talk about it.

"Hehe, I caught you." Davion chuckled inwardly and gripped his halberd tightly. He was prepared to make his move but the bald man's next word made him stop.

"What do you think of this child?"

"Eh!" Davion didn't understand what he meant by it.

"He is a being formed by the aura of heavens and earth and he isn't like us." The bald man replied.

"What? Doesn't this mean that he is a guardian?" Davion asked with a surprised look on his face.

"Indeed." The bald man nodded and continued.

"As I told you earlier, I'm a will left behind by my main body many years ago. However, I was too weak to exist for such a long time. So, my main body thought this way."

"He arranged a formation around me that would absorb the aura of this realm and help me sustain for a long period of time. But.." he paused there, and one could see a sorrowful look on his face.

"He misjudged, didn't he?" Davion could speculate on what had happened.

"Yes. Who could have thought that the law of this realm could be this strange? A guardian was born due to this aura and not only that but I was also mingled with him. This process took so long that I didn't even know about it as I lost my consciousness. Only a few years ago I managed to awaken and found myself in this body," He sighed. This formation was also the reason why there were guardians above the Golden Core Stages on this island.

"However, this is still not the sad thing but this body was born with its own consciousness," He shook his head.

"I could never imagine something like this happening. This world is really weird." He became speechless and felt pity for this bald man.

"Why didn't you try to take over his body?" He asked.

The bald man gazed at him with disgust and said, "I thought that you were suitable enough to be my inheritor. But it looks like I have made a mistake. You also have these evil thoughts."

"Damn, this bald man used my own words against me." Davion cursed and nearly smacked his halberd towards the bald man. Nonetheless, he controlled his temper and asked with curiosity, "What inheritance?"

Although he had some knowledge about it from the novels he had read in his past life, it was still his first time hearing about this in this world. Even the elders and Leyla didn't mention that there would be such opportunities here.

"Since you were strong enough to set foot on this island, I decided to take you as my successor. Even though it was that girl who had come here faster than you, I didn't like her character when observing her." The bald man answered.

"He doesn't seem to be lying," Davion thought.

"So, what will be the benefits?" he was quite excited thinking about this. Although he had profited a lot during his time in the secret realm, he was still greedy for more.

"Hehe, as I thought, people coming here are too naïve and easily fooled." The bald man snickered inwardly.

The first thing he did after the opening of the secret realm was observing these people carefully and learning everything about them. Afterward, he waited here for a suitable candidate that he could possess. Indeed, this was what the original intention of his main body was. That's why the formation was created here and his will was left.

Although the one ahead of him was in the soul form, he had a way to merge into it. So, currently, all he wanted was to escape from this child's body straight away.

However, he wouldn't have taken all this trouble if only he had some ways to acquire this body. But he found himself unable to do so as there was some unique force present inside this body that hindered it from happening. Thus, he could only give up on it and blame it due to being the body of a guardian. He remembered this clearly and was the reason for his expression changing when Davion asked about it earlier.

Despite these thoughts, he showed a warm smile outside and said, "I used to be a very strong cultivator in the past and all the spells and cultivation techniques I had were all-powerful. Although I don't remember all of them, there are a few I know. Especially the Heavenly Body Reforging Technique."

"Wow", Davion was impressed as the name sounded quite terrifying.

"Ok! Then what do you want me to do? Are there some trails?" He knew that there would always be some test one had to pass and prove their strength before obtaining them. Obviously, this was the knowledge from the novels too.

"No, you don't need to. You have already proven yourself by coming here." The bald man replied.

"Is that so?" Davion felt that it made sense.

"Of course. You can sit cross-legged on the floor now, and I will begin imparting you with the inheritance." The bald man was getting impatient.

"As you say, senior." Davion put back his halberd and sat immediately. He even called him senior in respect.

"Hehe" The bald man felt his heart beating wildly.

"Now close your eyes and just focus." He said in a low voice and extended his index finger towards the forehead of Davion.

"Stop!" How could Davion allow him to touch him this easily? Even if he seemed to be reliable, he didn't dare to take this risk. He had now started to become wary in the aspect of the soul since the incident with Julia.

"Is there any problem?" The bald man took back his hand and asked politely. But he was fuming inside.

"Senior, I want to see your abilities first before you impart me with the inheritance." Davion racked his brains and thought of an idea.

"Why?" The bald man responded.

"I want to know whether you are strong or not. If you are weak then there is no point in having this inheritance," Davion bluntly said.

"You…" The bald man's face became red from anger. He couldn't believe this brat even dared to suggest this.

Davion didn't wait for him to reply and immediately took out the staff he had obtained from the spirit ring of Julia. Yes, this was the higher-grade spiritual artifact brought by Nora.

He then said, "Senior, if you can destroy the spiritual imprint left inside it, then I will consider that you are strong and gladly accept the inheritance."

The bald man wanted to reject whatever he said because he wasn't strong right now. After all, he was only a will left behind by his main body. But this task didn't seem to be so difficult. So, he agreed.

"Ok! Give it to me." He took it from his hands and closed his eyes. A minute later, his expression became serious.

"Follow me." He ordered and flew outside the hole.

Davion didn't question him and went after him.

"Can he do it?" This was the only thing in his mind.

The bald man soared high in the sky and went towards the huge tree in the middle. Only after reaching the top, did he stop. Here, the lightning falling was so heavy, but not a single part of the tree could be seen charred. It seemed like the tree could easily absorb them.

"Senior, why are we here?" Davion questioned finally.

"The imprint left on this staff is a very tough one. The person who did this should have very high attainment in formations. I can sense at least a hundred different types of higher-grade arrays here," The bald man explained.

"Senior, you are really amazing," Davion praised him.

"Hehe, but it's nothing infront of me. I just need to use some tricks to destroy it." The bald man looked proud.

"Please, Senior," Davion bowed.

The bald man nodded and threw the staff into the air.

"BOOM"

Huge bolts of lightning fell on the staff, but it didn't seem to be affected.

Then the old man made some hand signs and chanted some weird words that he couldn't understand.

"This sounds somewhat similar to how the giant spoke," Davion muttered when he listened to it as the memories of the giant were still fresh in his mind.