Chapter 1163 Unexpected

Chapter 1163 Unexpected

It was not that the mermaid was beautiful, but that she was mesmerizing a group of sailors on a ship, causing them to veer their ship towards them. But instead of jagged rocks and a dangerous island, like Lex had heard in stories back on earth, the mermaids were attracting them towards a sales booth.

They were selling deep sea items, though the usefulness of those items was questionable. After years of practicing with his Glyph that could identify treasures, Lex had developed an innate understanding for the value of random objects, and he could tell that nothing they sold was particularly precious.

Lex used a simple illusion technique to alter the appearance of his face before teleporting down to the booth.

"Excuse me ladies," Lex said warmly, "could you possibly point me towards the continent? I'm a little lost."

The mermaids looked at him, then looked down at their booth. The meaning was simple. Buy something before asking them any questions.

Lex gave the items a cursory glance and picked up the most valuable thing on the table, a necklace with a pearl at the end.

"How much for this?"

"You have a good eye. That's for 30 superior spirit stones. No bargaining."

Superior spirit stones were just a type of spirit stones with a higher concentration of spirit energy. They were very widely used by rich cultivators below the immortal realm.

Fortunately Lex had a few thousand lying around in his spatial bangle. He ordinarily didn't bother with these kinds of spirit stones since he directly dealt with spirit crystals, which is what immortals used for cultivation.

Lex finally slowed down upon finding a town, and instead of searching for answers in a rush, walked through the town at a casual pace. With his spirit sense extended, he could easily absorb a lot of information around him.

He did not expect that he could just go up and ask to see the head of the family, nor did he want to reveal his identity till he was sure of Belle's state. Soon he learned of the details of the new city that the Williams family had built which would function as their base of operations.

One teleport later, he found himself in the city. Lex actually felt slightly nervous upon thinking that he was about to meet Belle. From the moment he decided to meet her again, he had been visualizing their reunion. It had to be perfect.

Owing to the number of immortals in this city he could not just flagrantly blare his spirit sense again, so it actually took him some effort to learn where exactly the family head was supposed to be.

Lex was already fantasizing about how he would infiltrate into a secure compound, sneak past all the security undetected and finally discover the truth about his sister, when he learned some news that gave him pause.

Just a few hours ago, in fact probably only a couple of hours before Lex arrived on the planet, Belle had declared that she was giving up her position as family head! That news came as a shock to everyone, especially since everyone knew that she had been aiming for that position for so long.

Now, not only had she finally achieved it, but she claimed it completely through her own merit and ended up saving a lot of lives in the process.

No one knew what she was thinking. She just gave up the position, declared the next family head, and left the planet. No one knew where she was going or what her intentions were.

The news left Lex dumbfounded. He had even gone as far as to try to build a connection to Pangaea to the Inn so that his future travel to this planet would be easier, since if Belle was normal, he might want to come here to see her regularly.

But she had just gotten up and left.

A wave of denial hit Lex. No, how could he give up? This could be just a ruse. He had to sneak into the family mansion like a spy and find out the details.