Chapter 34 The Zok clan Secre

Chapter 34

The ancestor of the Zok clan along with the other members of the clan casually walks on the street. When Delver Delamar saw this he felt a little uneasy. Especially when the old man is looking toward Shin Jiao's direction.

Shin Jiao turns around and saw the group, then he noticed a young man who looks familiar besides a simple looking elderly man wearing a white robe. When the youth met his eyes, the later's eyes went wide and his face suddenly lights up in happiness. Then the young man suddenly ran forward and extended his greetings towards Shin Jiao.

"Greetings good brother! I'm glad to see you here. I wasn't able to thank you back then when you helped me. So let me invite you to our clan for a sumptuous dinner this would be my form of gratitude toward you."

Albert Zok without reading the situation suddenly blurted out.

This garnered the curiosity of the people from the clan. As they eyed Shin Jiao and the four people behind him. On the ground they noticed the 2 gold core mid-stage cultivators who is already fainted. But upon eyeing Shin Jiao they had a doubtful look in their eyes.

"It seems that this young fellow is Albert's friend?"

The Zok clan leader who is Albert's father said looking at Shin Jiao.

"Umn. Yes father, remember the last time I told you about someone who saved my life. He is that guy, he used a stone to deflect a sword about to pierce chest. Isn't he awesome? Ha ha."

"This junior's name is Shin Jiao, I greets the elders. I'm sorry for the mess I'm in right now. As you can see some people are trying to assert their dominance and bully others with their numbers."

Upon seeing Albert Zok's attitude towards him, Shin Jiao just introduced himself and politely greets them while explaining the circumstances.

After hearing this the young master got angry and retorted.

"Ha! I'm Delver Delamar from Liberty city Delmar clan. He is my enemy, those who blocks my way will answer to my clan."

He said with a prideful demeanor while looking at the people around him with a sneer in his face and without fear. In his heart he didn't really care about these people as he belong to a clan that is big and powerful in Liberty city.

"Ha ha ha. The Delamar clan is a good clan, it has only one young master and that is Michael Delamar. If he knows that you are using the clan's name to oppress others I can't imagine what he'll do to you. Young man you have a long life ahead of you, don't waste it like that."

The old voice of the Zok clan ancestor calmly said.

"You… you… How do you know the name of my clan's young master?"

Delver Delamar was shook. He didn't expect this elderly man to know his clan young master.

"Of course I know him, he is one of my prized students in Sword Arts mastery."

When the young man heard this he began to tremble. He now know who this old man is, he is one of the greatest sword teacher in the Xi Empire, Migor Zok. It is said that he even taught all the princes of the Empire, and although he didn't reach the nascent immortal stage because of some unknown reasons he is still respected by the people.

"But that was a long time ago, when you return home tell Michael to drop by for old time's sake."

Migor Zok smiled affably to Delver Delamar.

Upon hearing this he quickly bowed and ran away leaving his henchmen.

"Ha ha. What a coward, look at him run." Albert laughed upon seeing the young lord ran away.

Shin Jiao shook his head and walked towards the two who fainted on the ground. He hit some of their acupoints which helped them regain their consciousness.

Never minding the three stupefied henchmen of Delver Delamar, he then smiled and cupped his hands to the Zok clan people.

"This junior wanted to thank you for your help."

"Ha ha. No worries, you're a friend of my son so you're welcome. Come with us, we'll be having a dinner celebration in the clan estate."

The Zok clan leader quickly said as he invited Shin Jiao.

Shin Jiao wanted to say no, but he was dragged when Albert Zok put his arm on Shin Jiao's shoulder and started chatting. So without a choice he just walked with the group. The Zok clan estate was just a few blocks away from the auction house so it didn't take too long for them to arrive home.

Inside a wide and spacious area of the clan's estate lays many tables and chairs. In the middle is an elevated platform for people to perform and show their skills for the enjoyment of everyone. The smell of the dishes made Shin Jiao hungry and can't wait to eat. The purpose of the celebration is to welcome the Zok clan ancestor for returning to the clan after many years of traveling and living outside. In the festivity Shin Jiao learned about the exploits of the Zok clan ancestor which made him really impressed. Especially when he learned that Migor Zok is a sword master. Since the original owner of the body is also a martial arts enthusiast, he himself became interested in the elderly man's skills.

But throughout the festivities he notice something odd. Albert Zok introduced to almost all the other clan leaders and patriarchs except the Zok clan patriarch who is not present. So in his curiosity he asked Albert about it.

"I noticed that your clan patriarch is not here?"

Hearing this the chatty Albert Zok became quiet. And didn't spoke for a while, then he just smiled though his eyes showed sadness in them. Shin Jiao was confused, but he didn't probed further.

Then all of a sudden he felt something strange, an eerie feeling coming from one of the buildings in the house. And upon looking around his gaze end up at a pavilion behind the garden behind the Zok clan leader's seat. Then with a feeling of curiosity and suspicion he ended up putting on his goggles. He almost ran away when he saw a thing that's floating at the top of the pavilion. Suddenly he saw in his memory that this is one of the most sinister curses, the lineage severing curse.

Once a person is affected with this curse, he will temporarily live a normal life. But upon reaching a stage where a cultivator prepares the seed to form his infant soul and before completing his nascent transformation, meaning gold core, this curse will suddenly become activate. Once it began, it will suck in the life force and spiritual energy of the cultivator, coupled with the feeling of intense pain all over their bodies every fifteen days. But this is not the worse part yet, the pain and frequency will intensify as the cultivation level progresses and the affected person may suffer for the rest of his immortal life. And this curse will also be carried to their descendants, this is the reason why it is sinister.

But if the cultivator can see the main root of the curse, it can easily be removed. But not all cultivators can see the root, as only earth severing nascent may have the ability to see it.

Thinking of this sad curse, Shin Jiao used his goggle as he looks around and to his surprise seven people had the same curse including the clan ancestor. Migor Zok is actually suppressing the curse but it won't last long and he will also succumb to it sooner or later. In Shin Jiao's analysis this might be the real reason why Migor Zok returned. He wanted to live the rest of his life peacefully.

Unknown to Shin Jiao, Migor Zok actually noticed him when he started to stare at the pavilion. Then Migor Zok's was astonished when Shin Jiao lowered the odd looking object on his head towards his eyes. Seeing the reaction of the youth, Migor Zok can now understand that Shin Jiao is not an ordinary youth and can actually maybe see the curse. His conjecture was proven when the youth began to scrutinize everyone even himself using the odd object.

"Did he found the curse in my family? If he did, then how? According to my travels and research only Earth severing nascent realm cultivator may have the ability to see it. And that itself is not even a hundred percent sure. I need to talk to this young lad."

In his mind Migor Zok felt some form of hope.

He first noticed this youth on the street and how he took care of those two gold core realms. His actions and technique impressed him, especially when could not sense any killing intent from him.

After some time, the banquet has already ended and Shin Jiao wanted to go back to the tavern and have a rest. He look around for Albert Zok so that he can say his goodbye, but the latter is busy talking to a beautiful young woman whom he found to look familiar. Then he thought of something from when he met Albert at the market.

"Ah, that was the woman who bought the black stone from before."

Shin Jiao thought and smiled as he look at Albert who is happily chatting with her.

Seeing that everyone is busy, so he just decided not disturb Albert and just approach the Zok clan leader. When he stood up he noticed that someone is walking towards him.