Seth Hoffman was utterly confused. What on earth was going on?
The man hadn’t done anything. Why had he exploded in anger?
Seth Hoffman had a guess in his mind but dared not believe it was true, and he finally couldn’t help but ask, "What did this person do?"
Emilio Compton gave him a glance, his face ashen, and remained silent.
Kaenu Hail sighed and said, "The Water-Fire Mirror was inside that fish’s stomach, and now that person has silently taken the Water-Fire Mirror away. Because the Water-Fire Mirror is no longer here, everything that was originally frozen has started to thaw and melt."
Seth Hoffman’s mind buzzed, and he felt dizzy and disoriented.
The Water-Fire Mirror was inside a fish’s stomach?
The very fish his team had dug up, which meant they had found the Water-Fire Mirror, but someone had stealthily stolen it right from under their noses!
My chance for immortality has been stolen!
Seth Hoffman didn’t dare to ask whether the promise made earlier still stood since it was his team that had dug up the Water-Fire Mirror but it was now stolen.
Seeing Emilio Compton’s steely expression, he knew that he was in the throes of fury. Asking this would be akin to hitting a nerve, possibly provoking his displaced anger.
All Seth Hoffman could do was mutter a defense for himself, "Who would have thought the Water-Fire Mirror was in the fish’s stomach? At that time, everyone was watching. The man’s hands were empty..."
Kaenu Hail even felt some sympathy for Seth Hoffman.
This was like a celestial opportunity that had just flown away.
Seth Hoffman had found the Water-Fire Mirror. If all had gone well, six members of the Hoffman Family could have directly joined the Dongyue Taishan Cave and also entered a Cultivator Sect. But now, all that had turned into bubbles.
"That man must be a Cultivator. Did you notice the ring on his hand? That’s a Space Ring. He reached into the fish’s belly, directly grasped the Water-Fire Mirror, and could immediately store the Water-Fire Mirror in the Space Ring. A Space Ring is an independent Otherworldly Space, isolating all auras. That’s why you didn’t feel anything, nor saw him holding anything."
A Cultivator had been working so hard alongside them for so long?
Carson Flores’s team was astonished, their emotions incredibly mixed.
Seth Hoffman felt a surge of blood to his head, his brain buzzing as if it were about to explode.
"Who is he, does anyone know?"
The rest of Carson Flores’s team said, "All we know is that his name is Alec Cash, he’s from Seashore and cultivates on his own, without any Sect or Master. He doesn’t talk much, eats alone, and as an Innate Great Grandmaster, we didn’t dare to say much."
You don’t know who he is?
Does that mean the item is lost, never to be found again?
Did my chance for immortality just run away from me?
Seth Hoffman could no longer hold back, spewing blood from his mouth.
Those around watched the scene with various expressions.
Compassion, mockery...
This man is truly miserable!
Everyone had been jealous of his luck in finding the Water-Fire Mirror, only for it to be sneaked away. Had they known this would happen, they might have preferred never to have found it.
This was something he probably couldn’t accept, even in his grave.
Marco Hoffman quickly stepped forward, helping Seth Hoffman to sit down at the side.
The members of the Hoffman Family sat nearby, their expressions one of loss. The cooked duck had flown away. Who wouldn’t be upset?
"Who could have expected the Water-Fire Mirror to be inside a fish’s stomach?"
"Exactly, who wouldn’t be dumbfounded by such a thing?"
"Has the Hoffman Family been cursed recently? First, we meet an unknown kid, Carson Flores, who flipped us over on our heads, and now our chance at immortality is gone..."
Marco Hoffman, who was supporting Seth Hoffman, stiffened, as though struck by lightning. Many images flashed through his mind.
"My name is Alec Cash, from Seashore."
"You seem so familiar..."
Marco Hoffman’s eyes suddenly widened in shock, his face filled with disbelief.
The man was actually Carson Flores in disguise!
No wonder he felt so familiar before, but he couldn’t remember where he’d seen him. Now, recalling that day in the valley, wasn’t that the figure of Carson Flores?
"Carson Flores! That man is Carson Flores!"
Marco Hoffman’s exclamation stunned all the nearby Hoffman Family disciples, and their eyes simultaneously turned towards him. Seth Hoffman grabbed Marco Hoffman’s arm, asking excitedly, "What did you say?"
Marco Hoffman repeated, "That person is Carson Flores. I’ve had contact with him before. I thought his figure looked extremely familiar, but I just couldn’t recall who it was. Now I think about it, he deliberately lowered his voice and disguised his face. If you look closely, his hands, his skin, they do not belong to that of a real old man..."
Seth Hoffman’s eyes also suddenly brightened. Previously, without a suspect, he didn’t know who the other party was. But now, as Marco Hoffman explained, he remembered Carson Flores’s every word and action and was certain of it.
That man was Carson Flores!
Seth Hoffman’s face flushed with excitement, as if he had been struck hard in the head once again. Another mouthful of blood sprayed out...