Chapter 52: Unraveling the Threads
Morilan repeatedly promised that as long as Su Xiao helped him resolve this matter, he would gift him that gemstone.
Bubuteni had seen that gemstone—an Immortal-rank gem with a 1496 rating, its attributes perfectly suited for Dragon-Slaying Flash. It was something Beini had searched for a long time to find.
After organizing Morilan's fragmented and chaotic descriptions in his mind, Su Xiao basically determined that the problem lay in the old mansion in the "Old Royal Capital."
Morilan's grandfather had intended to use that old mansion as a temporary residence while searching for transcendent knowledge in the "Old Royal Capital," but before he could even begin, he stepped right into a landmine.
In reality, Morilan's grandfather had first tried to obtain transcendent power through the Kodo School, but after witnessing the Kodo School's method of acquiring such power, that old gentleman couldn't sleep well for several days.
After the incident with Morilan's family, Morilan himself immediately sought help from the Kodo School. The Kodo School, which had collected "taxes" from the Morilan family for years, did send people. After an investigation, their advice was for Morilan to abandon that old mansion.
There was no need to go back anyway—the Kodo School had already blown up the old mansion and warned Morilan that if he wanted to live, he should stop investigating this matter.
Morilan wasn't someone who ignored good advice. Originally, he planned to live out his life in mediocrity, but his overwhelming bad luck terrified him. He suspected that even if he didn't starve to death, he might choke to death on water one day.
Morilan didn't have much to offer—only that gemstone remained. He wasn't afraid of poverty; having been raised in a business environment since childhood, if he were given just a little opportunity, he could rise again. The problem was, he was too unlucky.
With the only valuable gemstone in his possession, Morilan approached the Kodo School. To be fair, although the Kodo School sometimes acted dishonorably, they didn't show that side to Morilan, a descendant of a merchant who had once paid them taxes.
The Kodo School contacted Bubuteni without telling Morilan too much, only saying that if even these people couldn't solve the problem, he should come to the Kodo School and become an ascetic monk, and they would ensure he wouldn't starve.
Su Xiao now understood the situation. What Morilan wanted to resolve boiled down to a few things.