In the party hall, Maria had already left Evra with the healers and returned to Mais and Kasuur. Things had calmed down, and the adults had returned to talking among themselves. Meanwhile, Maria looked at Mais and asked him,
"Can't you do something for Evra?"
"I can't."
Unfortunately, Maria could not take advantage of Mais the way she had taken advantage of Kasuur. Mais did not intend to show the full extent of his abilities, especially at a time like this. He was certain that Sufkro was watching him. After all, he was the only one with Maria and Kasuur. Geniuses were the only ones with geniuses.
At a time like this, he had to act like a blind child.
"Did you see what I did there, Maria?!" How I scared Ulam and sent for his father? Do you know how strong I am? He was nowhere near my full strength. How about we have a sparring match?"
This was definitely one of the games Kasuur tried to play to touch Maria. Unfortunately, he didn't have much time or luck. Mais had already finished Maria's initial body preparations and would soon begin new work to speed up her progress.
As you may recall, their agreement with the Baro included accelerating Maria's cultivation.
With his current laziness, Kasuur would probably not be able to overtake Maria, who was being helped by Mais. In that case, he wouldn't have had a chance to touch Maria because of the beatings. It seems that Kasuur realized this and insisted on this sparring match.
When it came to his own self-interest, Kasuur was brilliant.
"Maybe. We'll think about it."
Maria graciously agreed anyway. Mais knew, however, that this false acceptance was also to keep her on good terms with Kasuur.
"You brag so much, but if Baro hadn't come, maybe you would be dead by now," Mais said. Kasuur looked at Mais with a stupid look and shook his head from side to side.
"How could I have died? You—"
"You would die."
"Well, I would have died.
It was pointless to oppose Mais.
Meanwhile, Maria felt that Sufkro's gaze was always in that direction. He was talking to his friends and apologizing for his son's foolish behavior, but his eyes were always on Kasuur, Maria, and Mais.
"Sufkro is always watching here," Maria said. Hearing this, Kasuur immediately tried to turn around, but Maria was stronger. She was much faster. She had enough time to stop Kasuur.
"Let go."
Kasuur turned his head and looked back. Mais had not touched Maria, but had stopped her. He acted as if everything were ordinary, drinking his juice and looking straight ahead.
"How did you know Kasuur would turn around? And why did you stop me? Now Sufkro knows we noticed him."
Mais shook his head from side to side. Kasuur turned around to face him. He drank his juice, too. Neither of them drank alcohol. Or any other strange drinks. They liked juice.
"I only know Kasuur, and I can understand Sufkro's thoughts. Look at the old man. Would you have noticed him if he hadn't asked you to? He wants to make you nervous and see how you'll react. He knows you and Kasuur are already capable. Act casual so as not to give away my capabilities. You're all already under his threat. Please don't throw me to the wolves, too. I am not as great as you are."
Mais then finished his drink and asked for another glass of orange juice. Meanwhile, Maria digested what he had said. Indeed, even though Mais was just a child, his intelligence was admirable.
He was right. They were already well-known. They just needed to keep Mais's talents hidden. Mais would always play the role of Kasuur's brother.
He wanted this himself. It would have been too dangerous for him to stand out.
"Why didn't your father kill Sufkro?"
Mais asked, completely ignoring the possibility that Sufkro might hear those words. Maria was frightened. She looked at Sufkro and checked herself. He didn't seem to notice anything.
"Don't worry. He won't hear us."
Maria didn't understand why, but she trusted Mais. After all, Mais was the smartest of the three. Even though she was the youngest.
Clearly, Mais was using an item. The Origin Sound Disk was rare, but there were plenty of them in the palace treasury. They prevented people below the Origin Heart Realm from hearing voices in certain areas. Of course, there were higher models, but Mais knew that this was enough for now. These items were disposable. He could create a fake sound pattern to make people who were trying to listen in hear it. It was actually quite useful. If it weren't so useful and valuable, it wouldn't be in the palace treasury.
"Because of his family. Even though he isn't very popular in the Meng clan, Sufkro is still a member. Of course, if that were the only problem, my father would have found a way to kill him anyway. He would have attacked during a time of turmoil for the Meng family and blamed an assassin. However, he cannot hide Sufkro's death, no matter what he does. Sufkro's parents are also powerful. My father can't just let Sufkro die. "
"His father is Meng Duo. He's an Origin Heart cultivator, so my father isn't too scared of him. Even though he's an expert, he's 700 years old, and it won't take Dad long to defeat him. The problem is Sufkro's mother. She's not from the Meng Clan. She's a genius from an ordinary family. Her name is Pima. She's so powerful that she challenged one of the clan's rules and ensured that her child's name came before his surname. It's difficult for my father to hide his son's death from her. He doesn't just kill Sufkro. This loving mother would come after him and slaughter the whole city."
Mais frowned.
" What about their cultivation level?" "
Maria definitely knew. She wanted to insist on not telling, but between Kasuur's curious gaze and Mais' overwhelming aura, she had no choice but to tell them.
" His father forced his way into the Origin Heart Realm. He did so because he was nearing the end of his life. He did not meet the conditions, As a result, he could never leave the first stage. Despite this, he is still an Origin Heart expert."
"His mother is not even 300 years old, yet she is already at the peak of the Origin Heart Realm. She's a tenth stage Origin Heart expert."
"Well, well, well."
Origin Heart experts only live to be 750 years old. Even if Baro had stayed where he was because his father was near death, he would still have surpassed this man. But Sufkro's mother was definitely a high-level individual.
Kasuur was shocked and got more information from Maria, but Mais didn't think the same. He didn't need to hear any more.
'Hmmm?'
He heard footsteps behind him. And—
PAAT!
His opponent attacked suddenly. Mais's fist reached his opponent, but a single move destroyed the power of the whole attack. Mais felt his hand being held in the air. He tried to step back and create distance, but his opponent was too strong. He couldn't free his hands.
"Wow! I didn't expect a blind boy to be so strong."
At that moment, Kasuur and Maria realized that someone was with them. The man had approached them from behind, intending to scare them. However, this boy, whom he had not been paying attention to, attacked him with Core Realm power.
How incredible! How inconceivable!
"Damn! Sufkro noticed!"
But it wasn't Sufkro. It was the drunken nobleman from the street. But Sufkro must have seen him respond to the nobleman with power from the Core Realm.
Kasuur was a genius who reached the Core Realm at age 12. But who crossed that boundary at the age of nine? Just an ordinary genius?
"Don't worry. No one noticed anything," said the nobleman. Mais did not understand these words, but then he realized that the waves of origin energy emanating from his hand had disappeared directly into the nobleman's body. No one had had time to measure its intensity. Not even the two young boys beside him. Mais' cultivation was still a mystery to them.
Mais, too, did not understand what had happened to the origin energy that had suddenly left his body. He stood in bewilderment.
" What was that?"
"I'm sorry. What just happened is out of your league for now."
'Feeling Tao! What Tao?'
Mais definitely understood that this was a Tao Feeling stage. How could he not? Even though he was blind, he had a great affinity for the Tao. He himself was in the Tao Feeling stage.
There was no doubt that this Tao was extraordinary. In fact, this man was extraordinary. He must have been at least at the Origin Heart Realm. It was difficult to be higher, but he was definitely an Origin Heart expert. He was not weak. He had reached this level with an important Tao. Everyone knew you had to feel a Tao to reach the Origin Heart realm. But this nobleman's Origin Heart seemed to have achieved it with an extraordinary Tao!
He didn't sound old, either. Although Mais didn't see the man, he didn't look old either. He was probably only in his thirties. He might have even been younger than City Lord Baro.
Mais did not worry about his age. He found it hard to keep his heart from racing at the unexpected expert's sudden appearance.
It wasn't a normal Tao. He probably possessed a Complex Tao, but Mais felt a moment of fear as he analyzed his aura and power. He had seen a Complex Tao before from his older brother. This one felt different. And this man...
What if he had actually felt a Transcendent Tao?