Chapter 1428 Heads Will Roll, But...
"Those Yantras..."
Ezekiel Alstreim muttered in hatred before he looked towards Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim.
"Father-in-law, I heard that other than that demon spawn nurtured by my wife, your subordinate and Nora's subordinate was the reason for a Yantra to be able to plot against the Alstreim Family, not to mention this whole mess...?"
Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim's expression became crunched in shame before he sighed.
"I have no face left..."
Seeing that he did not deny, everyone nodded, including Davis.
"I see..." Ezekiel Alstreim smirked before he looked at Ancestor Dian Alstreim, "When are we invading them? I also heard that we have two other powerhouses who'll protect the Alstreim Family while we're away?"
"What!?"
Grand Elder Elise Alstreim and Grand Valdrey Alstreim both simultaneously shouted.
Two more powerhouses? Who were they!? They were inside the prison for a year, unaware of the events that happened in the Alstreim Family.
Ancestor Dian Alstreim deeply smiled.
"Indeed, you all must know about the local legend of the Viridian Lightning Fox and the human who had transformed into a fey. With Davis's help, they had become our allies and are now secretly protecting the Alstreim Family from external threats."
Both Grand Elders had their eyes twitch in disbelief. Those local legends were still alive and became powerhouses!? They had no idea, but...
Davis, again!?
How many achievements did he have under his name? No wonder he was treated importantly by the Ancestor other than the fact that they had come from the Forsaken Phoenix Realm.
"As for the Yantra Family of the Flowing Mist Sect, we have enough power to make them regret what they tried to do to us by deviously plotting, but not now. We will get to them in due time."
Ancestor Dian Alstreim shook his head as he spoke, and seeing their expressions turn confused, he continued.
"Make no mistake. Heads will roll in the Yantra Family and even the entire Flowing Mist Sect if they try to stop us but just not at the moment. I already plundered one of their Legacy Artifacts that bolsters their Karmic Luck, so we will bide our time until the Yantra Family weakens more, not to mention that our primary focus is protecting Davis. "
"I see..." Ezekiel Alstreim nodded his head.
"Well, I don't care about protecting Davis, but for the help he did, I don't mind protecting him twice or thrice...."
"Yes," Ancestor Dian Alstreim satisfactorily nodded, "You are now the family's hidden Ancestor. I want you to lay low, and in the meantime, you can spend your time with your wife as you wish."
"Thank you, Ancestor! I am grateful!" Ezekiel Alstreim's expression became bright.
"Ahaha! What are you saying?" Ancestor Dian Alstreim shook his head, "We are both of the same statuses. Therefore, you don't need to obey my commands."
"Well, Ancestor is still Ancestor to me, so I don't think my status gives me a reason to disobey, especially when it is what I wish."
Ezekiel Alstreim replied like a little kid that it could be seen that he held immense respect for the Ancestor while Grand Elder Elise Alstreim blushed like a newly wed when the former looked at her.
Ancestor Dian Alstreim couldn't help but feel heartened. He was more than happy to think that Ezekiel thought that way and also said that he would protect Davis while forgetting the grudges they had.
He felt more worried about the Zlatan Family instead of the Yantra Family. It was evident that they had sent people to spy on the Dragon Queen, but he couldn't get rid of the possibility that they might try to kill Davis since he had offended them by humiliating one of their youths, nor could he eliminate the possibility of them recruiting because he had the blood of that unnamed dragon probably given by Dragon Queen Isabella herself.
He knew why because they had a special relationship.
Nevertheless, protecting Davis was his top priority, but he was unaware that the same Davis went around on a killing spree in the Burning Phoenix Ridge that could easily destroy their power by sending a few Powerhouses.
The news had reached almost every part of the Fifty-Two Territories, making him and Ancestor Tirea Snow deeply astonished. The Burning Phoenix Ridge, whose flames were much more powerful than them, had lost three Ninth Stage Powerhouses, including an Ancestor to a cultivator of the legends, a wicked path cultivator who practices Death Laws.
However, it was also said that the Burning Phoenix Ridge had successfully killed the Death Law Cultivator after he had been weakened, making them renowned and praised.
However, it was eerily similar to Davis as they both used the same power from what he had seen when the heavenly tribulation descended, but Davis was still alive, and even his avatar seemed unhurt and unhinged, perhaps even more powerful.
So he concluded that it was not Davis, and that he had been thinking too much into it. However, he was itching to get his hands on that Death Law Cultivator's spoils so Davis could benefit from it and become even more powerful, but he was powerless to even negotiate and broke to buy anything of value from them not to mention that he lacked favor.
However, poor Ancestor Dian Alstreim just did not know that it was actually Davis and that he never left anything behind there in the first place while his spatial ring was with Shirley for her to use!
Davis's eyes blinked before he nodded his head to Ancestor Dian Alstreim's worry. However, he had another plan in his mind.
Nevertheless, he looked around and saw that everyone held smiles as if everything had settled by now and no one held any grudges anymore. He couldn't help but feel humans were peculiar creatures. As long as they could be convinced, they could and would change.
A perfect example of that was systematic brainwashing in the modern world, especially in the western countries where some children were taught that they could become whoever they want to be in terms of gender identity. All the male children had to do was convince themselves that they were female and boom! They were apparently female from that moment and vice versa.
It was absolutely ridiculous, but yet it came to fruition, a very small percentage of people actually falling for it, or so was what Davis thought.
In this case, the two parties were grudgeful against each other, but after he gave them things to compromise on, they looked like they forgot or forgave readily.
'Honestly, I don't know if I'm persuasive or manipulative... I hope it's the former...'
Davis heaved a sigh as he felt that if he were truly manipulative, it would be only for his self-interest, but considering that he heaved a sigh of relief while the others wore happy faces, it could be seen that what he was doing was positive manipulation or contrivance as called by some psychological therapist in the modern world who doesn't want the words scheming, plotting and artificial resolution to be full of negative connotations.
Otherwise, almost all psychological therapists would be called master manipulators, sinister masterminds, and whatnot.
At this moment, Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim and Grand Elder Elise Alstreim had their cultivations seals forcefully broken by Ezekiel Alstreim.
Davis was extremely satisfied as no one released their undulations. It was a form of hostility, after all, especially when a conversation was happening.
In any case, most cultivators were not ruthless enough to radiate their undulations when there were babies present, especially cultivators who had been born and brought up in a family and other stable homes with a sense of righteousness.
It was an unspoken rule in the civilized world of the cultivators. After all, no one accidentally wanted to kill a baby unless they were aiming to erase a baby that they perceived to be a demon spawn. But, in truth, there were many cases of cultivators killing babies because their wives had cheated on them and birthed someone else baby's and shockingly, this was not frowned upon and even encouraged, albeit without being voiced out.
It was just like how a male magical beast would proceed to kill the previous babies of the female magical beast it conquered so that the female would ultimately come under its rule without having any second thoughts.
However, not all male magical beasts succeeded in making the female theirs after killing the offspring of someone else's. Ultimately, only King-Tier Magical Beasts could successfully enact this because their bloodline superiority is intensely attractive to the female magical beasts, making them a bit willing to come under their rule after having their children killed.
As for the wicked path, no one really knew as they could swing both ways.
Therefore, Davis knew that a fight really wouldn't take place here between the two parties, but if it did, it would undoubtedly be on a life and death platform.
"Davis..." A voice echoed out, making him come out of his reverie.
He saw that it was none other than Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim, who possessed a complex expression on his face.
"Well, I thank you for bringing them back as well but don't misunderstand. I don't like your tone. It would've gotten you killed. You should be like that when you have enough strength, not when you're under someone else's wing..."
He berated, but it also looked as if he were advising that made Davis blink.
"Grandpa..." An awkward voice echoed beside him suddenly.
Everyone turned to look and saw that it was Nora, having a proud yet hesitant expression on her face.
"What?" Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim raised his brows when his expression suddenly froze!
"Davis is not a Mature Soul Stage Cultivator but a Soul King..."
"!!!"
Everyone who was not aware had their eyes go wide as their pupils dilated. Even Ezekiel Alstreim wasn't an exception as his eyes shot towards Davis, his pupils dilating in utter disbelief that bordered on insanity.
Wasn't this brat just around twenty-five or twenty-six years old!?
"I don't really want to say this but, he could wipe the floor with grandpa just with his speed alone, not to mention that Claire said that he could transcend a few levels to fight despite being a Low-Level King Soul Stage Expert. You haven't even fought a Soul King before, grandpa. So..."
Nora's expression became awkward again before she voiced out.
"Grandpa will undoubtedly lose..."
"What...? You are kidding...!"
Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim's expression kept quivering. He couldn't stop it from shaking and even felt like he was losing his footing.
"Grandpa, it's the truth..." Nero Alstreim naturally called him grandpa, "I suspect he also had a hand in killing the people of the Infernal Lightning Palace. I also underestimated him before, thinking I had the upper hand when I went out with him, but..."
His expression became awkward.
"Of course not. I was at Peak-Level Supreme Soul Stage at that point, although I won't deny that I killed some of them..." Davis smilingly interjected as he downplayed his strength.
However, it still invoked another significant reaction among them.
Davis felt that it was okay if they knew his strength. They wouldn't do anything funny or play games if at all they tried to think of one. Moreover, after giving up on their grudges and finally learning that he was a Soul King, they would be deeply rejoicing in their decision, thinking that they made the right one.
After all, even if they think he couldn't possibly kill them, he can easily run around, killing them off one by one. Not even a powerful Law Rune Stage Powerhouse would be able to easily catch a Soul King with a difference of a stage. Nevertheless, these people were truly smart. Not a single one of them questioned the origin of the Blazing Thunderlight Kirin's aura that he used to bring them out.
Either they were plotting or didn't care at the moment, but surely, after learning he was a big shot, they should forget all thoughts of trying to plot against him if they even had such a thought in the first place.
Strength was the first and major factor of deterrence, after all. All other things were secondary factors!
And as expected, their eyes did begin to hold respect for him at this moment!