Chapter 27: I told you lies

Alex shook his head. "Alright. Uncle, prove to me that you are powerful" he said, since seeing is believing.

"Hmm. A sliver of my power would destroy all that I have here. Then, let me show you something" Houston said.

He then disappeared and appeared in front of Alex which made Alex's eyes to widen in shock. Then Houston pressed a finger against Alex's forehead which made Alex's vision to suddenly change.

He saw the whole event that occurred between Houston and the Sae-Uhl race. He saw how his uncle released powerful attacks that could rupture small worlds and he saw the other being that fought his uncle. He was powerful too.

He relived the entire battle that occurred and couldn't help but be amazed. Then his vision changed, returning to normal when Houston removed the finger pressed against his forehead.

Alex looked at his uncle with an indescribable gaze. He couldn't believe his uncle was this powerful.

"So am I powerful now?" Houston asked with a smile.

"Is that why they fear you?" Alex asked with that look still in his eyes.

"I don't know" Houston replied.

Alex took a deep breath and before he could say anything, Houston said "I have something to show you. I believe you can still remember that I once told you that your parent died in an ultivehicle crash and couldn't leave a picture of themselves for you as they were too busy with business and obsessed in gathering wealths just to live fine and not make you suffer any lack. It was a lie... I told you a lie. Come with m—"

Alex's eyes widened in shock before it was replaced with anger interrupting his uncle as he spoke.

"Uncle, you did wh..." 

Alex said in a vexed loud tone. But before he could finish what he was saying, Houston sharply cut in "I am deeply sorry, Alex. I told you those for your own sake. I will reveal everything to you soon and you will understand why I did that. Just come with me. Wouldn't you like to see your parent's images?"

With glittering eyes that still contained hint of anger, Alex couldn't help but nod.

He really wanted to see his parent's images.

So he nodded and Houston led him to his room.

But his mind was greatly unsettled, he was picturing who his parent would be but what he could visualize was that caped man he referred to as the supreme expert and that once-in-a-million-years great beauty.

It now felt like forever as he was led by his uncle to where his parent's picture was kept. He anticipated this eagerly.

When they got to Houston's room, Houston brought Alex to a shelf. He opened it and drew out many scrolls. These scrolls were made from thick beasts' skins.

"Here. The image scrolls. They have your parent's pictures in them. Dive in" he said with a smile and went behind Alex who went forward with a heart that was beating erratically.

He grabbed a scroll and rolled it open. The moment he did, he saw two figures in the painting and then it was like a bomb went off in his head.

He couldn't breathe, and it was like his heart stopped.

"Father?... Mother?" he uttered slowly. He rubbed the figures drawn in that painting with his fingers.

Then he left that scroll and rolled open the next. In that manner, he went through all the paintings drawn in the scroll.

He then sat down beside the scrolls looking at the images he was seeing in the painting.

"Alex. I am sorry for hiding the truth from you all this while. It was for your own good. I think it's time I tell you some things about yourself and about your parent." Houston said.

"Uncle, I won't forgive you. So you lied to me all this while." Alex said in an infuriated tone. 

Houston smiled. He came closer to Alex and rubbed his head affectionately. "Forgive me or not, all that I did was for your own good." He said.

Alex knocked off his hand and stood up from the ground. He picked up the scrolls which he rolled back and stowed away in his interspatial ring.

He sat on his uncle's bed and stared angrily at Houston who was also looking at him.

"What are you trying to achieve with this gaze?" Houston said with a smile, breaking the silence.

Alex still looked at him and this made Houston feel strange. "Are you trying to make me feel am talking to a statue?" He asked.

Not getting any response, he came to sit beside Alex on the bed. Then he placed an arm around his neck.

After sometime Alex spoke, "In my dream, my dad was fighting those people. What are they?" he asked.

"Those people are beings from the Sae-Uhl race." Houston replied.

"The Sae-Uhl race? They were greatly overwhelming in numbers, they were overpowering" Alex said.

"They have that number because they are highly proliferative beings. A female Sae-Uhlian can give birth to twenty offsprings in a day. Imagine the number of offsprings that would be produced by a hundred of them." Houston said.

Alex nodded. "So, why were they trying to invade our world?" he asked.

"Alex, those beings are trying to invade our world simply because they have exhausted their resources. They have used up everything and are targeting other realmverses to support their existences." Houston said.

"Hmm. But would the resources in our realmverse support their existence? Since we are different beings with different body make-up" Alex asked in a puzzled tone.

"Of course they can." Houston replied.

Alex thought back to that caped man that he had just discovered to be his father and smiled.

Such powerful figure was his father. He looked at his uncle and asked. "Uncle, tell me all you know about my parent" Alex said.

"About your parent... They were really powerful people. Your father, Max, a fearsome cultivation genius, from a powerful family with a unique bloodline, worked his way up to that level of strongest expert in the world through hardwork and dedication. He was reclusive for sometime before he shot himself to limelight through battles with frightful geniuses from powerful cultivation families. He was domineering, always coming out top in all battles he fought. He had a unique physique and great cultivation talents. While your mom, Lucy, was from a family that was into forging of treasures including treasure-weapons, she was a great cultivation genius as well as a forging genius. Her skills in forging were impeccable and unparalleled. She could forge treasure-weapons for cultivators five to six ranks above her and they were perfect. She came up with unique designs never before seen in history. She was very popular as experts sought for her to build treasure-weapons for them, this was because the treasure-weapons she forged could match that of ancient's at that cultivation stage. Your dad got her hand in marriage by beating all the genius suitors. After many years of fighting bad people and seizing territories together, becoming the strongest experts anyone could think of, they gave birth to you." Houston said.

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Alex was silent for a great while.

His heart was full of great joy because such experts were his parents.

He looked at his uncle and asked "Did my parent leave anything behind for me? Like a cultivation manual or something related to cultivation?" Alex asked with eyes that sparkled.

Since his parent had reached such a realm, he believed they would have lot of things which they would keep for him.

"Your parent left a whole lot for you. Few hours before the great battle broke out, your father stowed away his entire palace-treasure into his interspatial necklace. This palace contains all the cultivation manuals he had ever received either from inheritances or that he seized from cultivators or took from experts that he killed. And within that necklace contains mountainous heaps of treasures and treasure-weapons. Your father's friends, acolytes, vassal forces and your fans all gave up their spatial rings to support you in your cultivation growth. You have been excessively wealthy since you were little, kid." Houston said with a smile.

Alex's heart trembled. Such wealth!

He couldn't imagine what their numbers would amount to. He simply thought of cultivation manuals, treasures and pills as limitless in number. And he still had the Azure Beastsman's wealth.

He smiled as he imagined his future. He could see a really bright future of cultivation ahead of him.