196 Truth 4 (1/2)
Chapter 196: Truth 4
”Alright,” Zhaoxing nodded, and looked at Garen,”follow me. Julie, please take care of our two guests.”
”Yes teacher.”
Zhaoxing stood up and headed towards a wall on the right side of the room. The wall suddenly rose up and revealed a stone door.
Garen followed closely as they went in one after another.
The door closed behind him, Garen was now in a quaint study room.
A few ash white shelves sat in a corner, while some small tables paired with black sofas and yellow lights on the wall. It was a simply furnished room.
”Sylphalan plans to head east. He knows you’re looking for him, so perhaps he’s running away from you, or maybe he has other plans, but he is already preparing a boat. Him running away from you today was not a coincidence.”
Zhaoxing said that once they got in.
”What’s your relationship with the old man Gregor?” Garen asked.
”My mother is Sylphalan and Gregor’s sister. The three of them were perfect siblings until one day my mom died in an accident trying to save Gregor.” Zhaoxing casually turned on a gas light on the small table, illuminating her’s and Garen’s face with a flickering yellow light.
”Sylphalan believed that it was all Gregor’s fault, so they fell apart. At that time, Gregor was incredibly handsome and very powerful. His position among telekinetic practitioners was just like the position of the Immortal Palace Alliance today. Sylphalan couldn’t fight him, so he distanced himself,” Zhaoxing sighed,”Sylphalan seemed to have some sort of perverted affection towards my mother. Since the accident he started relentlessly pursuing greater and greater power in hopes of challenging Gregor one day. Finally, in the end, he killed Gregor.”
Garen could sense that there was more to this, but the general summary seemed to be true.
”Sylphalan once had the opportunity to kill me, but he let me go, why?”
”He only has two lifelong objectives, one is to kill Gregor for revenge, and the other is to revive my mother,” Zhaoxing said softly,”his relationship with Gregor was complicated. Everything he knew, he learned it from Gregor. Gregor was more than just his brother, he was his teacher. You are Gregor’s heir, so I believe he spared you for the sake of Gregor.”
Zhaoxing shooked her head.
”Actually, Sylphalan went mad many years ago.”
”I can see that,” Garen nodded,”his mental state surely isn’t normal right now.”
”So what is your objective?” Zhaoxing looked at Garen,”find Sylphalan and avenge Gregor?”
Garen sat down and cupped his face in his hands, he couldn’t come up with a response.
After a long silence, he finally spoke.
”Sylphalan killed Gregor, he also almost killed me once. I will find him, and I will kill him. This is my objective.”
”Aren’t you interested to know if Sylphalan found the path of the Blood Warriors?”
”Do you know?” Garen laughed,”I don’t know anything about what you people call telekinesis. Even if he finds it, it has nothing to do with me, I’m not one of you.”
”As someone who is able to achieve this level of power at such a young age, the three of you aren’t just ordinary people. I trust my guts, mere mortals would not possess talent like yours,” Zhaoxing said definitively,”well? Would you like to test it?”
Garen hesitated.
”Sure, but how?”
”It’s very simple,” Zhaoxing walked to the front of one of the shelves and took out a few books, revealing a hidden compartment in the back. From the hidden compartment she took out one thick book.
The book was covered in a black hardcover, and on the cover were some twisted text that Garen couldn’t recognize.
”This book..” Garen could however feel a sense of familiarity towards the book.
”This is the book of potential I got from Gregor. This used to be his telekinetic tool, it carried the potential of his abilities within it. Now that he’s dead, he mailed this to me before he died,” Zhaoxing said,”open it, it will trigger the potential inside your body. The strength of your inert telekinetic abilities will be shown by how many words turn red as you open the book.”
”Turn red?” Garen took the book over and casually flipped a few pages. The words on the cover, the words on the page, all remained in their typical black ink.
”Perhaps I’ve gotten the wrong book,” Zhaoxing stared at the pages, feeling something was off.
”No, this is the right one,” Garen disagreed,”I’ve actually flipped this book before in Gregor’s shop.”
”You’ve flipped it before?” Zhaoxing was stunned, she checked the cover again and was certain that this was the book of potential.