Chapter 83: The Old Mage’s Past

Seeing that Krishchen had drunk the medicine, Lan Fake immediately waved his hand and said: “Hurry up and get out to vomit!”

“What?” Krishchen was first stunned, but then, following a huge wave of nausea rushing up, he couldn’t hold it back either, hurriedly ran out, with a wow sound, he vomited wildly. It was just that, what he drank was black Potion, but what came out was completely green bitter water, which also faintly had a unique aura of natural Magic Power.

Old Xie just glanced from a distance, and concluded that Lan Fake’s Potion had taken effect. Sure enough, after Krishchen finished vomiting, he immediately felt a sense of relief all over his body, the connection between his internal Magic Power and War Soul also strengthened a lot, he hurriedly said excitedly to Old Xie: “Young Master, I’m fine, I’m really fine!”

“Don’t be happy too soon!” Lan Fake poured cold water on the side and said: “Your poison has been lurking for a long time, it’s not that easy to completely drive out, if you don’t want to be entangled by toxins, you’d better drink more than ten bowls of this kind of Potion!”

“More than ten bowls?” Hearing this, Krishchen almost fainted, such a disgusting thing, if he had to drink more than ten bowls in a row, wouldn’t he vomit his intestines out!

“That’s right, one bowl a day, after more than ten days, you’ll be fine!” Lan Fake said indifferently.

“I understand!” Krishchen said with a crying face.

Old Xie didn’t know how to comfort people either, so he could only say to Krishchen, “Alright, Krishchen, don’t worry, anyway there is plenty of time, why don’t you just live here, wait until the toxins are completely driven out, then come back to find me!”

“Yes!” Krishchen could only helplessly agree.

“En!” Old Xie nodded, looked at the weak Old Steward, and said with a bitter smile: “Then you go rest first, looking at you, you’re tired enough!”

Krishchen was also dizzy from vomiting at this time, seeing Old Xie so considerate, he was also extremely grateful, nodded, then took his leave and left.

After only Old Xie and Lan Fake were left in the room, they both fell into silence simultaneously, Old Xie just unhurriedly looked at the surrounding things, while Lan Fake deliberately put on an appearance of an accomplished expert.

Both of them actually had things to say, but they were both pretending to be deep, afraid of revealing an impatient look, anyway neither of them spoke first. Time passed second by second, Old Xie had already walked around ten times, Lan Fake had also meditated with closed eyes for about half an hour, yet they both held back.

However, Old Xie was obviously not willing to waste time here, moreover he had the initiative, there was no need to waste time with Lan Fake here, so he suddenly turned around to leave.

Seeing Old Xie about to leave, Lan Fake finally got anxious, hurriedly said: “Wait!”

Old Xie was just putting on a show, hearing Lan Fake call him, he also stopped accordingly, pretending to be puzzled and asked, “Is there something?”

“This~” Lan Fake said somewhat awkwardly: “Kid, look, I’ve treated your person too, your anger should be out too, right?”

“En, consider it out!” Old Xie said indifferently.

“Then shouldn’t you undo the Restriction on my body!” Lan Fake said with a bitter face.

“Oh my, does this Restriction still need me to undo it? You are a powerful Saint Domain Expert after all. If such a small Restriction stumps you? Are you sure you can’t undo it yourself, and must have me do it?” Old Xie said with an innocent face.

Involving the issue of face, Lan Fake of course could only toughen his scalp and say, “Who said I can’t undo it? I just don’t want to waste the effort!”

“Since you can undo it, then why are you calling me?” Old Xie said with a smile.

“I, didn’t I say, I don’t want to waste this effort!” Lan Fake said somewhat anxiously.

“Hehe!” Old Xie smiled slightly, then said: “Then according to your estimate, how much time do you need to undo my Restriction?”

“This!” Lan Fake thought for a while, and said somewhat hesitantly: “One month should be about right, right?” Obviously, he didn’t have much confidence either.

“Hmph!” Old Xie sneered disdainfully, saying: “Then how about we make a bet?”

“Bet on what?” Lan Fake asked puzzledly.

“I’ll give you a year’s time, if you can undo the Restriction, I’ll give you the Blink Dagger!” Old Xie said proudly: “Do you dare to bet?”

“You’re betting the Blink Dagger?” Lan Fake was first stunned, then his face suddenly became serious, and he said coldly: “Then if I lose, what do you want?”

“I have a Castle, how about you help me watch the house?” Old Xie suddenly smiled.

“You want me to be your servant?” Lan Fake immediately said angrily: “Dream on! I tell you, if you weren’t from the Stephen Family, just for that sentence of yours, I would have slaughtered you!”

“No, no!” Old Xie shook his head and said: “Misunderstanding, I didn’t mean to take you as a servant. Actually, it’s like this, my Castle is in the Oasis of the Great Gobi, um, you should know that place, right?”

“En? The Ruins of the Elves from before?” Lan Fake indeed knew.

“Yes!” Old Xie said: “Now it has been occupied by me!”

“Ha, you have a huge appetite!” Lan Fake couldn’t help but say in surprise: “That place connects Humans, Beast Race and Dwarves, Barbarians, it’s a treasure land that several families want to occupy, but they held back due to mutual fear. If you succeed, just collecting toll fees from various Caravans can earn you a mountain of gold!”

“Hehe!” Old Xie smiled proudly, saying: “I plan to do that too!”

“But your appetite is a bit too big!” Lan Fake immediately said disdainfully: “At most a year, you will be flattened by the powerful neighbors around you, even with the Stephen Family’s support, I don’t favor you! After all, the power of a family cannot resist four or five countries no matter what! You kid presumably also know the difficulties, so you just want me to be your thug, right? Hmph, no way!”

Having his thoughts exposed by Lan Fake, Old Xie was not annoyed at all, instead he said with a smile: “Not bad, I do have this plan, but I also know that a Saint Domain Expert like you has the dignity of a strong person, and will not easily submit, even if I threaten you with the Restriction on you, you won’t lower your status to be my subordinate, right?”

“Hmph, you’re smart!” Lan Fake said proudly.

“Hehe, so I didn’t plan to take you as a subordinate at all!” Old Xie smiled: “At least not before I am stronger than you!”

“Then what do you want to do?” Lan Fake asked.

“I just want to invite you to live in my Castle, and not restrict your freedom, however, when my Castle is threatened, you need to help out, you don’t need to care about other things, I will also provide you with the best treatment as reward, how about it?” Old Xie asked with a smile, “This condition isn’t harsh, right?”

“You just need to give me the Blink Dagger, I can watch the house for you for three years!” Lan Fake said straightforwardly.

“No, no, I only bet the Blink Dagger, as long as you undo the Restriction within a year, I’ll give you the Blink Dagger!” Old Xie immediately shook his head. The Blink Dagger was his treasure now, at least it couldn’t be missing before he recovered fifty percent of his strength, he would rely on it to save his life later.

“This~” Lan Fake said somewhat embarrassedly: “To tell you the truth, there are thousands upon thousands of Restrictions in the world, I can’t possibly undo them all. Although I said a month just now, I wasn’t confident in my heart either. Perhaps I really might not be able to undo it within a year, this is also a very possible thing!”

“Hehe, don’t worry, the Restriction on you can only last for a year, after a year even if it’s not undone, it will disappear on its own!” Old Xie smiled: “My requirement is not high, just delay you for a year’s time, if you successfully undo the Restriction, I give you the Blink Dagger, if not, then consider it your bad luck, help me watch the Castle for free for a year, after a year when the Restriction is undone, if you are willing to stay, I welcome it, if not, you can come back, this bet, for you, shouldn’t be considered a loss, right?”

Lan Fake thought about it, he indeed wasn’t at a loss, wasn’t it just being a thug for a year? Looking at the situation there, even if it was attacked by several major powers, it wouldn’t happen in a short time, after all, transmitting messages, then making decisions, then dispatching troops, all these required not a short time. I’m afraid in the first year, the things I do would at most be robbing some dishonest Caravans. Using a year’s leisurely time, to bet for a chance to get the Blink Dagger, no matter how you calculate it, I am the one gaining!

Thinking of this, Lan Fake no longer hesitated, immediately nodded, and said: “Alright, I promise you, let’s bet!”

“Hehe, very good!” Old Xie said with a treacherous smile. He thought to himself, ‘As long as you, old guy, go to my Castle, hehe, I will have plenty of ways to deal with you, not afraid you won’t take the bait!’

Next, Old Xie then pretended to smile and say: “Since we have the opportunity to work together in the future, then let’s write off the unpleasantness just now, they say no discord, no harmony!”

“What a case of no blows, no acquaintance!” Although Lan Fake had suffered a loss, he actually admired this young man who could leave him helpless. After all, people on this Continent valued strength above all else. A young man with powerful strength like Old Xie would naturally be held in high regard.

“Come, come, I’ll treat you to a drink. I specifically brought a hundred-year-old vintage wine from the Imperial Capital. It’s quite good!” Old Xie said, pulling Lan Fake out with him.

When Lan Fake heard there was good wine, he almost started drooling and immediately followed Old Xie out. In fact, the wine was prepared by the Old Mage. The Old Mage had once studied under Lan Fake for a period and knew that Lan Fake loved good wine, so he brought some top-quality fine wine for Old Xie to give to Lan Fake. The purpose was to use the wine to curry favor with Lan Fake so he would treat Krishchen. But now, obviously, there was no need to use wine as payment, so Old Xie simply used it to build a relationship with Lan Fake. Actually, Old Xie had a belly full of questions he wanted to ask Lan Fake, which was why he was so enthusiastic.

Of course, given the smell inside the Castle, Old Xie refused to eat inside no matter what. He could only find a decent house in the village outside. After tipping a Gold Coin, the host family excitedly got busy. Soon, a fairly sumptuous meal was laid out. Although the cooking wasn’t as good as a Grand Hotel, it had a unique rural flavor, which was quite nice.

Old Xie took out the fine wine given by the Old Mage, sent the others away, and started drinking with Lan Fake. After a few cups of wine, Lan Fake’s mouth started running. Without Old Xie needing to pry, he brought up the Old Mage’s embarrassing past as conversation material.

It turned out that the Old Mage had once made a huge mistake and almost became a public enemy of the entire Human Race on the Continent. If his father hadn’t been incredibly awesome, he would have been wiped out by others long ago. To protect the Old Mage, his father had to secretly place him with Lan Fake. Firstly, he could learn some things from Lan Fake. Secondly, with an Expert like Lan Fake protecting him, there was no fear of assassination. Of course, the third point was the most important. The Old Mage had just stepped into the Saint Domain, and he couldn’t be contained anywhere else, so they had to trouble Lan Fake.

The Old Mage was very arrogant back then. At a young age, he was already a Saint Domain Expert, at least 20 years earlier than his father. He had enough to be proud of just for that. Although he had become a public enemy of humanity, he still didn’t care and insisted he wasn’t wrong. After several confrontations with his father, he was forcibly sent to Lan Fake, and naturally, he wouldn’t behave himself.

As a result, on the very first day he arrived, the Old Mage clashed with Lan Fake. Unfortunately, although the Old Mage was tough, he had just entered the Saint Domain. Compared to Lan Fake, an old monster nearly 400 years old, the gap was not small! Lan Fake turned him into a frog, soaked him in a water jar for a day and a night, and then let him out.

One could imagine the mood of the arrogant Old Mage at that time. He definitely had the mind to kill Lan Fake. However, the difference in combat power was too great. In a head-on fight, the Old Mage was no match at all. Helplessly, the Old Mage started using other tricks. Besides being a Lightning Magic Saint, he had also inherited his family’s tradition and was an Alchemy Grandmaster.