Child of Destiny

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Right after coming out of the gaming cabin, Uno suddenly turned his head toward the direction of the bed and saw David standing there, seemingly waiting for him for quite a while.

"Finally willing to come out of that thing?" said David as he greeted before pointing to the set of clothes laid on his bed. "Fix yourself up and wear those. We are attending Sir Bernard's Burial."

Uno frowned slightly and asked. "Do I really need to come? I also need to check on our guy later."

"What do you think?" asked David in return.

"Tsk!" Uno clicked his tongue as he knew that there was no way David would let him slack off. "Alright, alright. I'll look for him later."

Uno unwillingly stood up and headed to the bathroom for a shower as David waited for him patiently.

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Not long after, they arrived at the place where the burial was going to be held.

According to the customs passed down to the Springfield Family since the first generation of their ancestors, their bodies had to be cremated through the Original Emperor Flame that was said to come from the Solar Dragon itself when it was still alive.

They believed that whenever those flames burned the dead, their sins, regrets, and any other unfinished business in the physical realm would be burned along with their bodies – cleansing everything, including their souls.

The Original Emperor Flame was a rare treasure that existed since the end of the Ancient Era, making it one of the greatest treasures of the Springfield Family.

Usually, when someone from the direct line of the Springfield Family died, their bodies were required to be brought into their ancestral land – the Dragon Valley – for the final cremation ceremony, especially when their ashes had to be brought to the burial grounds of the family which was also located on the same place.

But due to the special circumstances of Bernard, the Original Emperor Flame was to be brought here by their top experts. Both experts were one of the great elders of the family and also possessed unrivaled powers not only within the continent but also in the entire world as well.

The two experts were at the 'Transcendent Realm', which was said to be the pinnacle of modern martial arts.

One of them was Mondragon Springfield, the previous leader of the Springfield Family and the father of Samuel Springfield; Benard's and Nathan's grandfather, which also made him the great-grandfather of Shiella and Arthur.

As for the other person, he was Shenyoung Springfield – also known as the great ancestor of the family, who came from the same generation as Mondragon.

These two experts had escorted the Original Emperor Flames to the current Springfield Household.

Naturally, they did not immediately reveal the treasure to everyone as its presence alone was more than enough to attract the attention of the other experts within the continent.

These two Transcendent Realm Experts first set up multiple layers of isolation and protection barriers to surround the entire household before putting another series of them to enclose the place where the burial ceremony would be taking place.

Right after arriving, Uno immediately sensed the overwhelming presence of the powerful experts present in the place.

Forget about those apex Domain Realm Experts, the presence of those two old monsters was already enough to encapsulate the entire place and erase the presence of other people present.

And since his existence was very sensitive to the energies related to the 'True Origin', Uno was able to tell how close those two monsters at reaching that power.

However, the word 'close' was still infinitely far from the 'True Origin'. Uno just thought that they were close to it as he could sense that these two could somewhat control a very tiny portion of that power given their current strength.

As Uno could not help but stare at them, who was standing at the platform where Bernard's body would be cremated, Shenyoung seemed to sense something and turned toward his direction.

Swoosh!

Right after he cast his gaze at Uno, the latter was immediately thrown into a mental realm where no one but him was present.

Inside this illusionary world was filled with darkness and stars, making it resemble the universe. This scene reminded Uno of his first encounter with the Blessings of the Solar Dragon when he entered that independent space where Evangeline was staying.

Roar!

Then, just like that experience, Uno found himself standing in front of a giant golden dragon, albeit it was weaker than the first one that he had encountered.

He also subconsciously used the same Aura Manifestation, where a monster from the deep abyss was slowly manifested.

But before it could even form, he was suddenly dragged out from that mind realm by a powerful force, returning him to reality.

That was when he found himself sweating profusely. His skin also looked like it was bathed under the sun for a very long time, making his sweat evaporate.

When he raised his head, he saw the back of a woman, who was standing in front of him and blocking his view of the elder.

When Shenyoung saw the woman standing in front of Uno to protect him, he could not help but slightly raise his brows to be surprised.

His eyes then glowed with a golden light as he activated his 'Dragon Eyes', which was a unique technique based down to the Springfield Lineage.

In front of these eyes, all truth would reveal themselves.

But to his surprise, even with these eyes, he still could not uncover the disguise that the woman was using to hide her real appearance.

When he was about to use a stronger technique, he saw Evangeline briefly release her technique so that the elder could see her appearance before instantly casting the technique on herself once again.

The eyes of Shenyoung widened for a moment before nodding in understanding. He then turned his eyes back, acting as if nothing had happened.

But at the same time, he was also somewhat stunned at the abilities that Evangeline had shown.

He could tell that Evangeline had still yet to reach the 'Exalted Realm', but her skills were already enough to make him wary of her.

"A monstrous couple indeed," he could not help but comment as he also recalled what happened during the incident that occurred in the Ace City. That time when Adam purposely released his aura to make his presence known to the entire continent.

That power was so overwhelming that woke up all the Transcendent Realm Martial Artists and Exalted Realm Mentalists within the continent.

That crazy man was so peerless that he dared to pull such a stunt just to announce his presence.

What Evangeline had shown earlier might look trivial on the surface, but to be able to pull it off in front of an expert on his level was more than enough to prove her strength.

He was just curious earlier when he sensed a gaze directed at him earlier and saw a hint of Seed of Hatred right after he saw a young man staring peerlessly straight into his eyes.

When he was preparing to erase that existence, Evangeline suddenly appeared and prevented him from doing anything.

Hearing his comment, Mondragon, who was standing beside him could not help but turn in his direction.

Sensing the gaze, Shenyoung smiled as he said. "I just greeted a little lass who has become so powerful that even these old bones have a hard time recognizing her."

Mondragon seemed to have realized something and turned his gaze toward the direction where Shenyoung was looking earlier. That was when he saw Evangeline in disguise, who greeted him.

After nodding his head to greet him back, Mondragon turned his attention back to the ceremony while mumbling. "Amazing."

He then thought for a moment as if he recalled something and said. "Then does that mean that the kid behind her is their rascal? The kid that Arthur and Nathan keep on mentioning to us during the special training."

"Most likely," nodded Shenyoung before saying with a solemn tone. "But his state seems rather unstable."

As they discussed with one another, Evangeline turned to Uno and warned. "You can't just look at anyone in that realm. They can erase your existence whenever they want."

"Though, it will also be quite hard for them given that you have already integrated your existence with Shin's quite deeply," she added before walking toward the furthest row where the direct family and close friends of Bernard were located.

Uno and David were left behind as they did not have that much position within the family. However, it would be a little different if Shin was the one in control of his body.

But since Uno was currently out, it would be better to leave him behind to prevent any unnecessary trouble.

As Uno followed her figure, he suddenly saw Shiella, who was quietly standing at the forefront of the rows and silently staring at the lifeless body of her father.

She was usually calm in front of every situation, but it looked like she was having quite a hard time suppressing the turmoil of emotions boiling within her chest.

She was biting her lower lip quite hard, almost making it bleed. Her fists were tightly clenched, making her nails dig deep into her palms.

Uno slightly frowned as his eyes glowed with a mysterious light. "She is quite in a mess."

He was not talking about her current appearance since she was still as beautiful as ever despite her almost crying face.

He was talking about the current state of her Internal Qi where the two opposing energies were somewhat clashing against each other due to her current emotions.

Clicking his tongue, he suddenly mumbled. "Since you call her your sister, I will help her fix those energies. But she has to take care of the rest since the only thing I can give her is the cultivation technique I have developed."

"Fixing her constitution is entirely dependent on herself."

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