Child of Destiny

Chapter 1994: Preparation to Leave

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Shin and David did not immediately leave; the former helped his senior brother recover.

Due to the battle between David and Shin’s demonified self, the entire underground temple was already in a terrible state.

All the barely standing structures had collapsed completely. They had been turned into a pile of rubble or had crumbled into dust.

Even the center of the underground temple, where the Zen Room was located, was destroyed in the process.

Fortunately, David was able to protect the key sections of the place, which maintained the structure of the grand formation, protecting the entire place.

However, some of the less important sections were damaged quite seriously during the battle. But they did not affect the overall function of the grand formation.

David’s efforts during the entire battle had paid off.

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The two spent a couple more days repairing all the damaged sections of the grand formations, returning them to their original state.

Fortunately, Shin was quite familiar with the entire process already. Adding that he had also repaired most of the sections of the grand formation before entering his Sea of Consciousness previously, he was quite knowledgeable about how to deal with most of the problems that they had encountered.

David was quite knowledgeable and experienced himself, so they did not encounter any serious problems during the entire process.

They had first spent a couple of days recovering from their respective fatigue and injuries before proceeding to the overall restoration of the grand formation.

After all, this was the resting place of their Ancestors, so it was their responsibility to protect and maintain it. They could not afford to let this place be exposed to other people.

It took them an entire week before they managed to restore the overall function of the grand formation and repair everything that needed to be restored. They had even spent another two days surveying everything and made sure that they did not overlook anything in the process.

After finishing everything they needed to do, David led Shin to the tombs of their Ancestors to pay his respects before leaving.

“Oh! So, this is the resting place of those two legendary figures, huh?” mumbled Shin while looking around.

But he was not that interested in the legacies that the two ancestors of the Solomon Kingdom had left, since he could sense that they were not too useful for him.

His path differed from what David was taking, especially when the latter had inherited all the major mentalism paths of the fallen Solomon Kingdom, acknowledging their existence and continuing their legacy.

Instead, he was more interested in what the Head Arhat had left behind for the future generation.

Shin walked toward the still intact remains of the Head Arhat after paying his respects to the two ancestors.

Repeating whatever he did in front of the tombs of the two ancestors, Shin gave his respects to this diseased arhat of ancient times.

He attempted to revive something from the remains of the Head Arhat by chanting the Buddhist Sanskrit he had recently learned, alongside the related mantras he had obtained from David.

Unfortunately, nothing happened despite spending quite a lot of time completing an entire ritual.

Shin persisted for quite a while but did not get anything aside from having a cleansed mind and clear heart, which seemed to be the regular effects of the ritual. These effects seemed to have been enhanced to a certain degree due to his doing it right in front of the Head Arhat, but they did not have any additional effects that he was looking for.

The Buddhist Canon that David was talking about earlier had become clearer in Shin’s mind when he was during the ritual, but nothing much happened after.

Aside from gaining a decent understanding of Buddhist Scriptures and memorizing them quite clearly, Shin had not gotten anything else.

Even though he was quite disappointed, he was still thankful because he had gotten the entire Buddhist Scriptures that obviously came from the ancient era.

Even though he could not practice it due to the discipline that he was already following, the scriptures could at least help him subdue the evil within his heart.

He had already tested it earlier, right before he and Uno dealt with the Seed of Hatred. These scriptures were more useful than they looked.

“That should be enough. Should we go back and meet the others now?” asked David after seeing Shin finish the entire ritual.

Shin thought for a moment before shaking his head. “You can go back and regroup with the rest. I will go directly back to the Springfield Household with the teleportation talisman that Mom has given me.”

“Eh!? Why is that?” asked David, sensing something wrong with the tone of his junior brother.

Shin then proceeded to explain his current situation, especially about how the Mechanical Dullahan of the Sun-Moon Continent was chasing after him – or more specifically, Uno.

“Eh!? Something like that happened?” said David before falling into silence, trying to recall what was happening outside right before he headed to this place. “No wonder Grandmaster Benn and Sir Joaquin have been quite tense the last few days during your disappearance. They must have noticed something odd with the movements of the Sun-Moon Government.”

“If they have dispatched an Old Monster at Transcendent Realm, then they must have figured out about your background – or at least have some idea about it,” he added, understanding the gravity of the situation.

“It must be because of the sudden appearance of Mom and the First Head of the Black Serpent Mafia,” said Shin before adding. “It may be brief, but it was more than enough to attract the attention of those people.”

“They may not have caught a glimpse of those two, but the lingering energies that they have left behind in the battlefield at that time must have given those old monsters enough clues about what happened.”

David scratched the back of his head for a moment, thinking that their situation was indeed a bit troublesome. “To cast such an ultra-range teleportation talisman, you will most likely create a huge commotion, which is more than enough to alert those old monsters.”

“Given that they are already in full alert, they will most likely catch you in an instant, right before you finish casting it.”

Shin nodded and added. “That is why you need to go first and tell the old fatty to create some disturbance to attract the attention of those people. The bigger it is, the better.”

David did not need that much explanation to understand what Shin was planning. But what made the corner of his mouth twitch was the way Shin addressed his mentalism teacher. “You must be the only student who addresses their teacher in such a way, especially when it is someone on the level of Great Elder from the Elders Council who is concerned.”

Shin just shrugged his shoulders and answered. “I just happen to be used to it.”

David shook his head before saying. “Old Geezer for Professor Plum and Old Fatty for Grandmaster Benn. At this point, you may as well give Sir Ryong a nickname or something.”

“Ah!?” Hearing that, Shin could not help but consider the ’issue’. “Should I?”

Seeing his junior brother’s reaction, David could not help but glare at Shin. “You still dare to think about it? Do you even know how esteemed their status is around the world?”

“They are just beneath the pinnacle experts of their respective disciplines. Even some of the Transcendent Martial Artists, Exalted Mentalists, and Sword Saint Paragons need to give them some face, you know!?”

The two continued to bicker for quite a while until they fully recovered their peak state. It was also David’s cue to leave.

“I will inform the elders about the situation, so you should prepare thoroughly,” said David while standing up.

“Then, let us time it well,” said Shin while nodding his head. “Three days from now, you should have finished the preparations for the others to leave the Sun-Moon Continent, alongside how the Old Fatty will deal with the situation.”

“I plan to leave this place first through a minor teleportation talisman to avoid the eyes of those old monsters, before using the ultra-range one.”

“I have already chosen the perfect coordinates where I will be casting the advanced talisman, so there should not be any problem on my side,” he added.

“You have already chosen a coordinate?” asked David, wondering when his junior brother had become familiar with the coordinates of the Sun-Moon Continent.

“Yeah,” Shin nodded before extending his hand. “So, give me the coordinates where you and the pair of cousins from the Valentine Family have docked the yacht.”

“You-…!” David pointed his finger at Shin, realizing what this crazy guy was planning.

“What? Is there any problem with it? I think that it is a pretty good plan, don’t you think?” said Shin with an innocent face.

David tried to say something, opening and closing his mouth repeatedly, but did not manage to spit out any words in the process.

He could only sigh and nod his head. “I understand. Three days, make sure to be ready by then.”

David did not stay for much longer and left immediately after, using the same method that he used to arrive at this place.

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