CHAPTER 313 THE REAL REASON (PART ONE)

"He did that to obtain the blade core and the sword core from my master!" The older man gave Darren

the reason with a horror-struck expression on his face.

"To obtain the blade core and the sword core? But why did he do that? He didn't seem to need those

cores, did he? Plus, even if he needs the blade core and the sword core, he can obtain them from other

blade and sword cultivators. Why did he kill his own brother?" Clouded by the turn of events, Darren

still could not understand how Mathew afforded to kill Hanson.

"No, he can't! He can't just rob other cultivators of their blade core and sword core. As to what we have

learned, that bad guy, Mathew, has acquired some evil methods to make puppets with the blade and

the sword cores from the same body. That kind of puppet is lifeless at first. It is nothing more than just

but a toy. Mathew was desperate to bring the vile creature to life, especially when he got to know that

the puppet could inherit its master's cultivation base. In short, the cultivator's spirit and power will be

caught inside the puppet. Moreover, the puppet will not get the punishment of nature because of the

integrating of the blade intent and the sword intent.

If Mathew can make such a puppet successfully, he will own a powerful killing tool, and no one can

defeat him," the older man explained to Darren, not missing a single point.

"That sounds kind of reasonable. Being bloodthirsty, he had the reason to kill Hanson if he had learned

such an evil method," Grand Blood Refiner said calmly.

At that moment, Darren was almost convinced to believe the whole story. However, he always had

such a feeling that Mathew was not that kind of man.

"Is there anything we did not know about what really happened?" Darren asked himself in a low voice.

"That is the sole reason why Mathew killed Hanson! I have seen the cruel expression on his face and

sensed the killing desire from him!"

"If that is true, why didn't he kill you?" Darren asked, looking for some holes in the story. All this time,

the older man could not convince him that Mathew was the bad guy in the story.

"I don't know. After Mathew killed my master, he merely imprisoned the three of us and let us suffer in

here. At that time, we were only at the top level of the Mysterious Realm. He probably planned to

torture us to death using the corrosive fog here." As the older man was relaying that to Darren and

Grand Blood Refiner, he cast a forlorn look and said, "The two other slaves have been dead for

thousands of years, and only I have survived because of the magic item my master gave to me. Plus,

my cultivation base has improved continuously over the years. That's why I am alive now.

Young man, what I told you is the truth. Don't try to find the dead body of my master. Mathew, for sure,

is just using you to fulfill his evil plans. You are also cultivating the blade skill and the sword skill at the

same time. You should be cautious; otherwise, you will be killed by Mathew too." The older man gave

Darren a piece of unsolicited advice with an excited expression. Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

"Mr. Li, I got it. I will think about this matter carefully. And I won't do anything careless. Here, take these

spiritual herbs. You can use them to heal yourself," Darren said. Then he took more than ten thousand

superior spiritual herbs from his Space Ring and handed them to the older man.

"Well. A person as useless as me does not deserve to live in this world anymore. Before I die, however,

I am warning you that you cannot go and see Mathew. He must be alive and just lurking somewhere.

He is merely cheating and using you by a small part of his soul!" Finishing off with his warning, the

older man puked blood from his mouth. He broke his heart, channeling his inner strength.

"No!" Darren was stunned and could not stop the older man's action of killing himself. After a while, he

bowed to the dead body of the older man and said, "Sir, I wish you the best of luck. May you rest in

peace."

"Darren, what are you going to do next?" Grand Blood Refiner asked, standing beside Darren.

"As for now, I will make things clear about what really happened between Mathew and Hanson.

Anyway, thank you for your help, Sir. Otherwise, I would have been dead," Darren replied while he was

cupping his hands towards Grand Blood Refiner and bowing to him, to show his gratitude.

"It is not a problem. Moreover, I will ask you a favor. Now that you are almost as powerful as I am and

we are at the same level, don't call me sir. Just call me by my name," Grand Blood Refiner said.

"No. I cannot do that. When it comes to our ages, I should respect you," Darren said.

"Haha! What a man of principles you are! In this world, the stronger one is always respected. Your

strength now has been close to a grand warrior like me. I am flattered that you regarded me as your

friend." Grand Blood Refiner smiled bitterly. In his head, he had nothing but pure admiration and praise

for the young warrior.

"It is not a big deal for me. That is nothing compared to the help you have given me," with a sheepish

smile, Darren uttered back. Then he went on saying, "As per the Primitive Stones you need, I will ask

my friends for help after we get out of here. What they have will surely be enough to heal you."

"Nice. I am feeling bad as there is some force suppressing me slowly in Raksa Sea. So I will get out of

here now. After you collect the Primitive Stones, you can summon me by activating the bead I gave

you. When you do that I can sense it and will come to you as soon as possible. Thank you in advance,"

Grand Blood Refiner cupped his hands to Darren and said.

"Okay. I will summon you to take the Primitive Stones after I finish collecting them. But don't kill

innocent people after you recover your strength. I am begging you," Darren said to Grand Blood

Refiner with a serious look.