Takemikazuchi approached them with a smile, and Natalie who felt the terrifying attack from the old man subconsciously stepped out and blocked the path between him and Dan.
The former revealed a wry smile, "Little girl, you need not worry about me hurting your husband," Dan retorted at the side, "Then why did you suddenly attack? Old man?"
"Well, that"s because I am quite sure that you can avoid that attack..." His emaciated figure emanated an indiscernible pressure which pressed onto the bodies of the three, with the exception of Juliet who pointed at him and said, "Skeleton Grandpa!"
Her words broke the silence that circulated in the area and almost made Dan bust a gut in holding his laughter down. Natalie hurriedly covered her daughter"s mouth while Mathias had a weird expression on his face.
Witnessing the mighty Legendary Blacksmith being insulted by a nine-years-old child was a scene that was out of this world. He maintained his indifferent expression but his gradually flus.h.i.+ng face indicated his pent-up laughter.
Takemikazuchi approached Juliet and Natalie staggered backward, Dan"s eyes also narrowed and Mathias discreetly summoned a thread of his cultivation base, ready to protect the little child.
"What a cute little child, but why do I feel like she doesn"t possess an extraordinary bloodline like you? Young Master?" Takemikazuchi scratched his head and glanced at Dan while Natalie"s expression went dim.
The sudden change in the atmosphere enabled the old man to get a hold of some clue and he quickly switched the topic, "Now that I think about it, It seems like it"s noon already, " Glancing at Mathias who stood at the side like an obedient child, he mumbled, "Lil" Mathias, prepare us some meals to eat..."
He unceremoniously walked towards the gates of the mansion as the formation that enveloped the manor rotated when it felt his unfamiliar aura. Mathias exclaimed but the old man calmly sliced the air as lightning crackled. With a booming sound, the formation grounded to a halt and the group entered with Dan wearing a wry smile on his face.
Mathias stared at the old man"s actions with shock evident on his face. The formation that enveloped the mansion could deter a Divine Soul Pract.i.tioner like him but it couldn"t even halt the old man"s entrance? Just how powerful is he in the end?
He bitterly chuckled and thanked the heavens that the old man and he didn"t become enemies or else...Sighing in his heart, he turned around and crushed a jadeslip, sending a stream of information flying towards a distant residence.
Arriving inside the mansion, the group found themselves in a huge dining room with a jade table in the center. Atop the jade table were fruits with different sizes that emanated the light of Spiritual Qi.
With just a look, Dan knew that those fruits should be Spiritual Fruits that could only be planted in certain conditions.
He plucked them and fed Juliet and his wife while he himself ate like a slouch, not minding the presence of the powerhouse before them that didn"t seem to mind their lack of manners.
"This is awesome, eating a single fruit gives me the sensation of breaking through..." Juliet who possessed an average talent and physique gradually improved in terms of cultivation talent just from eating these fruits.
After they were done taking their snacks, the old man finally spoke, "SInce it seems like both of you are full already, I am here to discuss with you, the matters about this jade token."
The old man took the jade token of the Night Rangers a.s.sociation from his robe and placed it above the table. He glanced at Natalie and Dan nodded his head, "It"s fine, my wife isn"t someone that is a stranger so it"s fine..."
He rea.s.sured the old man and the latter started talking, "It seems like that young miss from the Paradyne Clan has a huge bounty above her head..."
Dan"s expression didn"t change much, he had guessed this much but since he didn"t know how much was her bounty, he asked, "How much is that huge bounty?"
"At least a hundred thousand gold coins..."
The amount changed the expression of the husband and wife as the two of them stared at the old man with widened eyes. A hundred thousand gold coins were at least a decade worth of money that Dan"s household would earn.
And placing that much above the head of someone could be considered as overkill and would surely attract the eyes of those a.s.sa.s.sins whose aim for killing people was money.
But there"s a certain issue that bothered Dan; If that"s the case, why was that young miss, still alive? He didn"t believe that the Night Ranger a.s.sociation with such a deep history behind them would be that incompetent.
"You must be wondering about why their target was still alive, right?" The old man accurately guessed Dan"s thought and the latter nodded in response, "That"s because-"
"Let me explain that, Senior..."
Mathias" voice interrupted from the side and his figure materialized in the air beside them, Dan glanced at the arriving Mathias and the latter stood before them as he said, "That"s because my daughter, possesses a unique physique const.i.tution called the Soaring Phoenix Physique, this gave her an excellent disposition for our clan"s Divine Arts, however."
Mathias" eyes flashed in a critical light, "It"s also because of this cultivation that she"s being targeted. The reason is, she could become a cultivation furnace which gives at least a hundred times of the benefits that you could acquire from using an average girl as your furnace..."
"Cultivation furnace?" Dan mumbled under his breath as his eyes widened in shock, Natalie looked visibly shaken and her daughter in her arms became silent.
"Yes, that"s right, the employer of that mission was a Necromancer, he wants my daughter dead so that he could use my daughter as a cultivation furnace whenever he wants without any possible resistance..." At this time, Mathias" expression looked dark and reddened in anger.
But Dan knitted his eyebrows as he asked, "If that"s the case, why didn"t you accompany her when she arrived at this city?" Dan felt that it was weird that he didn"t accompany his daughter when she arrived at this city, doing that thing was akin to announcing his daughter"s unpreparedness.
"Of course I did that to lure out those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds plotting behind the scenes, but who would"ve thought that they would use a suicide bomber in their a.s.sa.s.sination..." At this time, Dan"s eye lit in enlightenment, so that"s the reason why that carriage looked unnecessarily decorated.
When Dan heard Mathias" words, he understood that someone that loved his daughter like him would surely not place his daughter in any kind of danger without any protection.
Nodding his head, Dan said, "Then, why are you telling this to me? Senior? Could it be that there"s something that I can do in this matter? Don"t forget that I"m just a cultivator with the lowest cultivation in this Sect."
The old man and Mathias stared at each other as the latter sighed, "You do know that Necromancers has an affinity for Yin, right?"
Dan nodded in confirmation, Necromancers who summoned the dead from their graves always has an affinity for Yin, but why would he ask something so obvious.
But this time, Natalie interrupted, "Could it be that you want to utilize my husband"s Divine Arts to finish that Necromancer off?"
Mathias"s figure shook and the old man stared at Natalie with a light of satisfaction within his eyes. There was a saying in this continent that says, "A strong husband is the wife"s bastion but an intelligent and tactful wife is the husband"s greatest support."
Now that he witnessed Natalie"s intelligence, he realized that the saying befitted her.
Dan glanced at Natalie and nodded his head, indeed, with the Divine Arts of the Longinus Clan, Blessing of the Lightning G.o.d, he was the ultimate of all Yin affiliated enemies.
Mathias stared at Dan with a hopeful light within his eyes while the old man looked bored as he placed both of his hands on the back of his head.
Emerging from his contemplation, Dan stood straight and crossed his arms together as he said in a clear voice, "What Senior said is right, but what benefit I could get from such a dangerous endeavor? Do you expect me to stake my life for nothing?"
His words echoed throughout the dining room as the figures of the two powerhouses froze.