"So, Yu Ming. Can you tell us how you defeated Xue Kuangren?" the elders that were on the boat asked.
"Oh, it was quite simple actually," Alex said. "I did as he asked."
"You did… as he asked?" the people looked around curiously.
"Yes," Alex said. "He wanted me to make him a healing pill, so I did. Once he was healed, the lightning tribulation he had half done continued and the final two lightning strikes killed him."
"What?" the elders were surprised. "He wasn't done with his lightning tribulation? And here we thought he was arrogant and randomly started trying to break through once more."
"No, it was because I healed him," Alex said. "That was why I healed him in the first place."
"How did you heal him though?" one of the elders from the Heaven's Frost sect asked.
"Right, Saint pills shouldn't work on him or the many alchemists he had taken hostage would have healed him completely," the elder said.
"Of course," Alex said. "But I'm sure senior Tai here should have told you guys already that I don't make normal Saint pills, hasn't she?"
The elders looked around and nodded. They had heard of the pill cloud that had formed but beyond that, they knew nothing.
"Did you… improve your alchemy skills while you were inside?" the elders asked.
"Actually, I did," Alex said. "I wouldn't necessarily say my skills improved, but my knowledge about a few things definitely did, which quite helped me in making the pills I needed."
The elders were jubilant hearing this.
"Young man, do you want to return to the sect?" Lady Xuan asked. "The Frozen Heart sect welcomes you every time."
"What are you talking about?" Huang Xinyi said before turning around to Alex. "Come to our sect. You need beast cores if I remember correctly. We have a lot of those laying around."
"We can teach you everything we know about poison," the Nether Poison sect's leader spoke, trying to persuade Alex too. He knew he didn't have any connection with Alex, but he tried what he could.
"He's my disciple's nephew. If anywhere, he will come with us," Tai Guan said. "Isn't that right, Yu Ming?"
They all turned toward Alex to hear his answer.
Alex simply smiled. "Well, let me start by clearing one thing. My name is not Yu Ming. It's just something I had to use because I didn't want people to know my real name."
"My real name is Alex, and I hope you can call me so from now on," he said.
"Oh," the elders were a little surprised, but not enough to see how that was relevant to their question.
"Secondly…"
Alex reached into his storage ring and pulled out something that finally caught the eyes of all the elders.
The gleaming, golden crown made them speechless as they watched it settle on top of Alex's head.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, but I am actually the King of the Southern Continent, and as such, There is no way I can join any of your sects."
The elders as well as Liz remained stunned for an entire minute without anyone saying anything.
"You're joking, right?" Liz was the first to break the silence.
"No, I'm not," Alex said.
"He is the King," Graham said. "He became one about a decade ago, the after he found me, actually."
"H-how?" Tai Guan asked with a quivering voice.
Alex smiled, saying nothing else.
"My prophecy," Liz spoke. "The one with the crown, was that… this?" She looked at Alex's crown and was pretty sure that this was what it was.
"Maybe," Alex said. "It definitely was mine."
Liz's face remained blank. "So the prophecies do come true," she said.
Alex hesitated a bit to agree with her even though he knew 2 of the 6 divinations he had received had already come true.
After all, one of them was a divination about his death.
If all prophecies were true, then the one about his death was true as well, and he did not like that idea at all.
"What's this about prophecies, father?" Ronron asked. "How did you receive this prophecy?"
"There's a place in the east that can do it," Alex said.
"I don't suggest you do it," Hao Ya quickly said. "Divinations can be good, but they also can be bad. If you end up receiving bad divinations, it usually ruins your life because your perception of what you would be capable of in the future changes."
"Not to mention it's near impossible to find a seer that can do proper divinations," Hao Ya said.
"Did master say these things?" Ronron asked.
"Yes," Hao Ya said. "Unless the seer has a very good grasp of the Time Dao, it is a good idea to not trust their words."
"Time dao?" Alex asked. "Divination is related to the time dao?"
"Somewhat," Hao Ya said. "I'm not sure if it's fully related or not, but having a good grasp of time is certainly helpful if someone wants to see the future."
Alex turned toward his aunt. "You have learned the Time Dao right?" he asked.
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