Chapter 491: Disappearance, The Secret Medicine of Hall of Jade
Mason!
When Single Eye uttered the name “Mason,” Sean’s pupils suddenly contracted, and his complexion changed drastically, even with his temperament, he couldn’t help but feel his heart violently convulsing! Could it be Father?
Initially, when Sean and his mother, Nicola, returned to Hilshire province, they were wrongfully imprisoned. When Father, Porter Mason, learned of this, he went to rescue them. However, the matriarch of the Mason family sent someone to ambush them on the way. Yet, the people from the Hall of Jade intervened, saving Porter Mason’s life and spiriting him away from the Shirine Empire, leaving no trace since then! It’s been almost six years!
Now!
After enduring countless hardships, Sean finally ascended to the ranks of the Bright Realm, beginning his investigation of the Hall of Jade. Finally, he discovered some clues about his father, Porter Mason. How could he not be excited by this?
Moreover!
In nearly ten years, Single Eye had sent away eight people who had completed the first phase of the experiment. Whenever Sean mentioned the Shirine Empire, he almost reflexively and immediately mentioned someone named “Mason,” seemingly having a very strong impression of this “Mason” person!
“Master! You…”
Naturally, Single Eye noticed Sean’s strangeness, so he cautiously asked, “What’s… wrong?”
“It’s nothing!”
Sean took a deep breath, suppressing his still somewhat surging emotions, and asked in a deep voice, “What is the full name of the person called Mason?”
“Ah?”
Single Eye also hesitated. First, he inquired whether the Shirine Empire had a branch of the Hall of Jade, then asked whether among those eight people, there were any from the Shirine Empire. Now, with Sean’s unusual expression and reaction, Single Eye, not being foolish, evidently realized that something was amiss!
It seems…
This sir is paying an abnormal amount of attention to the Shirine Empire! Could it be…
Some thoughts arose in Single Eye’s mind, but he dared only to think and not to speak, not daring to ask randomly. He could only truthfully respond, “Porter Mason!”
“The person’s name is Porter Mason, a member of the Mason family in the capital of the Shirine Empire!”Original from NôvelDrama.Org.
“I’m not lying!”
“At that time, Master Dasch received orders from Lord Steer, which prompted me to secretly infiltrate the Shirine Empire and secretly capture Porter Mason. The operation was quite special, so I remember it very clearly. When we found him, he was being surrounded and attacked. If we had arrived a moment later, we would probably have only found his corpse…”
Porter Mason!!!
It truly was Father, Porter Mason!!!
Single Eye’s words confirmed Sean’s suspicions, making Sean’s heart convulse even more violently!!!
“Special?”
Sean asked, “How so?”
Single Eye hurriedly said, “Master, you may not know this, but the test subjects brought in by the Hall of Jade are mostly practitioners of the Complete Stage. Generally, only practitioners of the Complete Stage can withstand the erosion of those poisons and not die too quickly!”
“But Porter Mason was an exception!”
“I remember clearly, when we captured him, he was only at the later stage of dark energy. Logically, he did not meet the Hall of Jade’s standards!”
“Moreover!”
“Lord Steer personally ordered him by name. Plainwater Town is closest to the Shirine Empire, so he entrusted us with the task of capturing him. After we caught him, there was no first-phase experiment conducted here. He was directly taken away by the people sent by Lord Steer!”
“In my many years at the Hall of Jade, I have encountered only one such incident. It was too extraordinary. Consequently, Master Dasch asked me to secretly investigate Porter Mason’s identity. That’s when I found out he had a son, named Sean Mason, who later became the renowned General Wolf of the North, guarding the northern borders of the Shirine Empire after retiring from the Bright Realm!”
“I’ve heard!”
“This son’s lineage and talent far surpass ordinary people. After retiring from the northern borders, he darn well entered the ranks of the Bright Realm before the age of thirty!”
“I’ve also heard!”
The deaths of the former Emperor of the Shirine Empire, King Roscoe, the Emperor before him, King Ron, and the current situation of Lord North, are all closely related to Sean!”
“So!”
“In my opinion, Sean’s bloodline inheritance comes from Porter Mason. Since his son’s talent is so abnormal, Porter Mason, as his father, surely can’t be lacking. Lord Steer must have known something, which is why he ordered his capture…”
Single Eye’s survival instinct was strong, so he was very honest, indeed sharing everything he knew almost in one go. Some of it was already known to Sean, which served to confirm each other’s information!
“So that’s how it is?”
After listening to Single Eye’s account, Sean contemplated for a moment and asked, “What happened to Porter Mason after Lord Steer’s people took him away? Is there any news about him?”
Porter Mason’s current whereabouts were what concerned Sean the most!
However!
Single Eye shook his head and said, “Like the other seven people, he was taken away and simply disappeared!”
Thud!
Sean’s heart sank. It seemed that to solve this, he needed to start with Lord Steer. Porter Mason had been ordered to be captured by Lord Steer. Single Eye’s position within the Hall of Jade was too low, and he knew too little!
So!
Sean changed the subject, asking, “As far as I know, the Hall of Jade is adept in the ways of medicine. Not only do they conduct these live experiments, but they also secretly develop many peculiar elixirs!”
“For example…”
“Medicines that, once taken, can completely conceal a person’s cultivation level!”
“Is that right?”
With Sean’s current strength, in order to infiltrate the core of the Hall of Jade, he not only needed to conceal his identity, but also his cultivation level. His previous method of “concealing his strength” could only deceive practitioners below the Bright Realm. If he encountered Lord North, Albert Sitwell, or even Lord Steer, they would likely see through him at a glance!
This was one of the reasons why Sean intended to dismantle the Plainwater Town branch today!
“Elixir???”
Single Eye was surprised, thinking to himself, he even knows about elixirs. This “sir” must have had a plan in place for some time, intentionally bringing me in!
Darn!
He’s using me as a pawn!
Moreover!
Thinking back to Sean’s repeated concealment of his strength, Single Eye couldn’t help but think to himself, “Could it be that this sir has a grudge against the Hall of Jade?”
“He does!”
“Indeed he does!”
Without hesitation, Single Eye immediately reached into his pocket and pulled out a small porcelain bottle with blue and white patterns, handing it to Sean, indicating, “Please take a look, this should be the elixir you’re talking about!”
“This elixir is called the Moon Pellet. After taking it, its effects can last for half a month. Within that time, as long as you don’t actively reveal your true strength and unless the other person is a super practitioner two levels above you, they absolutely won’t notice anything unusual!”
“As I mentioned earlier, every time we find someone who has completed the first phase of the experiment, Lord Steer will send someone to take them away and give us some rewards in return!”
“These elixirs are part of Lord Steer’s rewards, and they are extremely precious!”
“Master Dasch is responsible for overseeing the branch and rarely goes out, while I am responsible for luring those pitiful creatures at the Complete Stage. In certain special circumstances, we can use them, so there are a total of eight pills. Master Dasch gave me five, I used two, and three are still here…”
In fact!
Lord Steer’s rewarded elixirs were not limited to just this one type, but since Sean didn’t mention any other elixirs, Single Eye naturally wouldn’t be foolish enough to proactively bring them out. After all, as he had said, these elixirs were extremely precious!
“Two levels?”
Sean took the small bottle and examined it, puzzled. “What do you mean?”
“In other words!”
Single Eye hastened to explain, “If I’m not mistaken, Master, you should currently be at the Consolidation level. So if you take this elixir, no matter what level you pretend to be, whether it’s early-stage dark energy or complete dark energy, only a super practitioner at the Harmonization level can see through your true level. And across the entire Middleland, there should be only one such super practitioner, the overall master of the Hall of Jade!”
“Besides the overall master, even the Twelve Demons won’t be able to!”
“I’ve heard that!”
“These elixirs were personally refined by the overall master, so they only have no effect in front of him!!!”
Upon hearing this, Sean couldn’t help but feel a surge of joy, because this was exactly the effect he wanted. Being able to fool the Twelve Demons was already enough!
However!
With Single Eye saying this, Sean naturally wouldn’t be foolish enough to easily believe it!
So!
Sean suddenly squatted down, took a pill from the small bottle, and directly stuffed it into Single Eye’s mouth. He wanted to see if this “Moon Pellet” was as miraculous as Single Eye claimed, and whether it could truly deceive the eyes of a Bright Realm practitioner like himself…