Chapter 4: An Old Mage

“Who knows? I have never seen it before. But judging from his arms, he seems to be a Naga, but aren’t Nagas born with two arms? Also, Nagas have snake tails, but he has legs.” another guy said puzzledly.

“This is obviously a monster. Judging from the beast skin wrapped around him, he is probably a deformed baby thrown away by someone! How about we just take the beast skin and throw him away?” the third guy said.

‘Damn it, this bastard wants to freeze me to death?’ Old Xie cursed loudly in his heart.

“That wouldn’t be good. We should make use of this waste. We can tear him into pieces and use his meat to fish for Magic Crocodiles!” the first guy suddenly said.

‘Ah! You damn thing, don’t let me come back to life, or I will tear you into pieces!’ Old Xie was almost angry to death.

While the few people were talking, they stripped Old Xie naked, taking away both the beast skin and the basket. Afterward, one of them casually took out a dagger and was about to slaughter Old Xie. Poor Old Xie was just a baby now, and a baby who had been hungry for several days at that. He did not have a shred of strength to resist, so he had to close his eyes and wait for death. The depression in his heart was unspeakable. He could not help but think sorrowfully, I dominated the world for a lifetime, invincible everywhere, ruling the world for hundreds of years, but I never expected to end up like this? Isn’t it tragic!

However, just at that moment, another person suddenly shouted: “Wait, I suddenly thought of a better idea!”

“What good idea?” another guy asked hurriedly.

“I think perhaps we can sell him for a good price!” that guy said with an excited face.

Another person immediately put away the dagger and asked happily, “Oh, sell to whom?”

“Of course to that Old Mage who often comes to our town. Don’t forget, he buys living Magical Beasts from us every year, and the rarer the breed, the more he likes it. Last time, I saw him buy a Grade 1 Wind Fire Bird for the sky-high price of ten Gold Coins.” that guy said vividly.

“Ah, really?” another person immediately asked in surprise: “Impossible? That thing seems useless?”

“Of course it’s true. Although the Wind Fire Bird is not very useful, don’t forget, it flies fast, and there are few of them, so it is rarely caught alive. Things are valuable because they are rare, that’s why it sold for so much.” that guy then said with a lewd smile, “But if we talk about rarity, this guy in our hands is definitely rarer than the Wind Fire Bird. He is definitely unique in the world. Maybe we can sell him for a hundred Gold Coins, wouldn’t we be rich then?”

“That makes sense!” the other two people immediately nodded in surprise and joy.

“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go quickly!” that guy said anxiously: “The Old Mage is leaving in the next few days. We have to hurry, otherwise, if we miss him, we’ll have to wait two or three years for him to come back!”

The few people then did not dare to neglect, quickly wrapped Old Xie up again, and put him in the basket. Then they carried him and ran away fast.

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In the evening of that day, after a long journey carrying Old Xie, the few people finally arrived at a small town. They familiarly crossed the dilapidated streets and came to a tavern. Old Xie was completely wrapped in beast skin and could see nothing, but he could hear noisy sounds, indicating there were many people inside.

After asking the boss for the Old Mage’s residence, they hurried upstairs and knocked on a door.

“Who is it?” an old voice came from inside.

“Respected Mage Your Excellency, we are a group of Adventurers. We took the liberty to disturb you because we obtained an extremely special item, perhaps you will be very interested!” a guy said fawningly.

“Oh?” the person inside immediately said: “Then come in!”

The few people immediately opened the door and walked in after hearing this. They saw a spirited white-bearded old man sitting on a chair. They heard him say to them with great interest: “What exactly is it, bring it here for me to see!”

“Yes, yes!” a guy quickly put the basket in front of the Mage, opened the wrapping, revealing the strange Old Xie inside.

“Hmm?” the Old Mage’s eyes immediately lit up, and he asked curiously: “What is this?”

“A baby!” one person hurriedly replied.

“I know he is a baby, I am asking about his race!” the Old Mage said anxiously.

“This, sorry, we don’t know either!” that person said embarrassedly.

“Then where did you find him?” the Old Mage asked hurriedly and curiously.

“Oh, we picked him up in a river in the woods!” that guy said honestly. He knew that the Mage opposite him was not easy to fool. He had seen with his own eyes several people who dared to deceive the Old Mage being burned to death. He heard people say that Mages have a special Spell that can judge whether a person is lying, so no one can deceive him!

“Hmm!” the Old Mage did not speak after hearing this, but directly picked up Old Xie and began to observe him carefully. Of course, while he was observing Old Xie, Old Xie was also observing this Old Mage.

Expert! This was Old Xie’s first impression of the Old Mage. Although the Old Mage was not as strong as his mother, the difference was not too far. According to the standards on Earth, this Old Mage could also be considered a Grandmaster level.

However, for Old Xie, a Grandmaster was nothing. He had destroyed at least a dozen of them, so Old Xie was not very impressed by the Old Mage. But the Old Mage was extremely interested in the peculiar Old Xie, as if he were holding a treasure, constantly admiring him, and even laughing lewdly from time to time.

This really made Old Xie extremely annoyed. He wanted to beat him up, but he did not have the strength. Finally, his eyes turned, and he immediately thought of an idea to vent his anger.

Just as the Old Mage was smiling wickedly while looking between Old Xie’s legs, Old Xie’s little brother suddenly stood up. The Old Mage had no experience raising children, so he did not know what was going on and was immediately stunned by this strange phenomenon. Then, Old Xie’s water gun accurately hit the Old Mage’s open mouth, nose, eyes, and even his entire face.

Everyone present was dumbfounded, including the Old Mage. As a powerful person, the Old Mage was a person of high status. To be peed on the face in public, although it was just by a child, such a wretched appearance was really too annoying for him.

The Old Mage’s anger quickly manifested. A powerful aura surged out from his body. The few people on the side were immediately scared to the point their legs were trembling, cold sweat flowing, and they could not even stand, falling to the ground one after another.

Only Old Xie was not affected at all. He still stared with a pair of bright eyes, looking at the Old Mage with an arrogant posture. Although Old Xie knew he was no match for the Old Mage, the dignity of a strong man made him have no fear or retreat. Even if he was killed by the Old Mage for this, he would absolutely not allow others to despise and be unreasonable to him!

The Old Mage’s eyes full of killing intent were also shocked by Old Xie’s arrogant posture. He really could not understand why this child was not afraid of him at all? Was it really because the ignorant are fearless? Just as he was puzzled, he was suddenly attracted by Old Xie’s brow. It turned out that as the Old Mage’s aura pressed down, the mark left by Old Xie’s mother also began to appear.

As soon as the Old Mage saw the green mark shaped like a beast claw, he was immediately shocked. The killing intent all over his body disappeared instantly, replaced by a very complicated emotion. There was shock, curiosity, and puzzlement, but more than that, it was amusement! He did not even have time to wipe the urine off his face, but first eagerly reached out to touch the mark on Old Xie’s brow, and quickly confirmed the aura inside.

“Looks like it, looks exactly like it, the talent is similar too, it can’t be wrong. But how did he grow up like this?” the Old Mage said to himself, crying and laughing: “Damn it, Deity above, this is too weird, right?”