Chapter 173: The Metallica

The line moved forward quickly once the hundred cultivators left with the fierce man. The crowd once again fell silent.

Mary, at this time, was looking at her surroundings with a dark expression on her face. She appeared really pissed, and the first to bear the brunt was Borrito, whose fluffy body was being squeezed to death by Mary.

"Darling! Why are we even standing in line? Why can't we just cut to the front?" Mary spoke in an annoyed tone. After waiting for some time, she was starting to get irritated.

David rolled his eyes at her words and continued to wait. He had no intentions of causing trouble here for now, not until he better understood the situation.

While David's eyes wandered all over the place, his entire focus was on one room inside the castle which his Divine sense found difficult to penetrate. David felt as if his divine sense was blocked by a huge wall.

As to why David was interested in this room, it was because he had followed the hundreds up to this point. However, once they entered inside, he completely lost sight of these hundred people, as if they had entered a completely new world.

While on the outside it looked like David was patiently waiting, in reality, he had already visited every single nook and cranny of the castle in front of him except that one single room which seemed to be protected by some sort of formation.

Nothing except that room was able to stop David's mighty divine sense that was like a surging river descending down a mountain.

Suddenly, David's eyes flashed, and he tried to penetrate the formation covering the strange room again but failed.

After a couple more attempts, David sighed and gave up.

Time continued to pass, and it would be David's group's turn the next time the scar-faced man came to pick them up.

Just as he was starting to feel bored, his favorite window popped up in front of him.

[Regretfully! You lost one of your clients today. However, the Bank of Eternal Origin can never suffer a loss.

Even if he died, the client will have to pay back somehow; therefore, his soul was captured. You now have the following options. Keep in mind that you can only choose one:

1 - Extract Client's Crystallion of Life (The Metallica Refiner, Grade - Earthly King)

2 - Extract Alom's memories from his birth till his death

3 - Any item that client owned in his lifetime

4 - Do Nothing, let the compound interest do its thing and decide again when the Client dies in his next life

Please note that capturing the soul and imprisoning it requires a large amount of mana, because of which you only have one hour left to make a choice.]

David's eyes flashed with seriousness after reading through the entire notification.

"This is interesting!"

Mary and Borrito also noticed his strange but familiar dazed looks. Judging from the expressions on both of their faces, it was easy to guess what they were thinking.

'Here we go again!'

Their eyes met, and in the next moment, a smile appeared on Mary's face.

Sadly, David couldn't appreciate this silent interaction between the two of them as he was deeply pondering every word in the prompt.

"The Metallica Refiner," David lightly muttered under his breath. Judging by the name of the crystallization of life this guy had, he should be good at...

Immediately David's eyes flashed, and he chose the third option.

The third option was the most risky; most of the time, David preferred to avoid it. But now he had a feeling that he might make a killing this time. However, this was just one of the reasons; the second reason was the changes...

At this time, a new window popped up in front of him.

[Here are the three most precious items owned by the client in his lifetime:

1 - Gem of Heavenly Ecstasy

2 - Sun and Moon Emerald Dew Your next chapter awaits on m v|l--NovelFire.net

3 - Demon Tendon Forging Manual]

Now from these options, David had to choose. He started to contemplate; his options were very few, and moreover, the window wouldn't describe what each of these three treasures was all about.

"Ahh! What to choose!" David sighed. Choosing one out of three was really stressful.

In the end, he closed his eyes and chose one at random.

[Demon Tendon Manual has been successfully deposited in your inventory.]

After the window disappeared, he turned his head behind him.

Two familiar figures were standing there in terrible condition - one young, one middle-aged. These two were none other than the master and disciple whom David had met outside the city. He hadn't expected to encounter them here.

After some time, the master and disciple also noticed David from a distance and gave a slight bow.

Mary also saw the duo and curiously asked, "Darling, who are these people? Are they your friends?"

David looked at her figure from the corner of his eyes and said, "You could say that."

During their short exchange, the disciple and teacher bowed again, their faces filled with gratitude.

David hurriedly dismissed them and asked them to behave normally. Mary also didn't continue the topic as she realized the two were in a difficult position.

"What are you guys even doing here?"

At David's question, Hany's face turned red, but he didn't say anything. After all, he couldn't just say that he had lost his way inside the city.

After exchanging pleasantries, they started to chat casually.

Mary looked at the scene in confusion. Just now she had realized the simple-looking man was at the Nascent Soul realm. However, even if he was at the Nascent Soul realm, why was he talking to David with such respect? Strangely, she didn't seem to be aware of David's strength, which was really surprising.

Some time later, the scar-faced man appeared again and led David and the others inside.

While David was walking through the exotic garden, his eyes flashed with surprise. Someone had died again.

[Regretfully! You lost one of your clients today. However, the Bank of Eternal Origin can never suffer a loss.

Even if he died, the client will have to pay back somehow; therefore, his soul was captured. You now have the following options. Keep in mind that you can only choose one:

1 - Extract Client's Crystallion of Life (Copper Skin, Grade - Earthly King)

2 - Extract Ryan's memories from his birth till his death

3 - Any item that client owned in his lifetime

4 - Do Nothing, let the compound interest do its thing and decide again when the Client dies in his next life

Please note that capturing the soul and imprisoning it requires a large amount of mana, because of which you only have two hours left to make a choice.]

This time, however, David was intrigued by the first option.

After thinking for a moment, he chose the first option and rejected the window which asked if he wanted to consume them.

Immediately the next moment, David felt a strange new power appearing inside his sea of consciousness. Curious, David paid the bank to take a look at the status report.

[Name: David Well-wisher

Lifespan: 27/1000

Spiritual Space: 510 kilometers

Laws: Greater Law of Annihilation (1.99%) Embryo Form

Cultivation: Peak of Nascent Soul Realm

Cultivation Technique: Purple Thunder, Ancient Dragospider Diagram, Nine Star Heaven Locking Formation, Benevolence of the Blood Primordial Asura

Crystallizations of Life:

- Bank of Eternal Origin (Grade: ???)

- Domain of Zenith Sovereign (Grade: Heavenly Sovereign)

- Demon of Fate (Grade: Sky King)

- Seal of Absolute Ownership (Grade: Earthly Emperor)

- Blink (Grade: Earthly Emperor)

- Five Elements Clone (Grade: Heavenly King)

- The History Repeater (Grade: Sky King)

- Supreme Learner (Grade: Sky King)

- Eclipse (Grade: Earthly King)

- Golden Eyes (Grade: Earthly King)

- Copper Skin (Grade: Earthly Knight)

- Master Sharpshooter (Grade: Unranked)

Remark: Congratulations on your successful breakthrough. Don't get too full of yourself and die while showing off.]

A new ability looked nice in his status window, but it was becoming too clunky.

Sometimes being clunky isn't bad at all; David wanted this list to become endless.

David continued to walk forward. From time to time, people from his group would notice something and mutter in awe, as if they were seeing something straight out of a fairy tale.

The beautiful garden!

Seven Regalia flowers!

Finally, after walking for some minutes, David and his group, led by Scar, arrived in front of the room which David's Divine sense couldn't penetrate.

Suddenly, the man stopped and looked at the hundreds of people in front of him carefully and said, "Once inside, you will be under close scrutiny. If you are caught doing anything suspicious, then you will be responsible for your own death."

The scar-faced man's words sent chills running down the spines of people who were a little weak-willed.

After issuing the warning, the scar-faced man led everyone inside. Sёarch* The ηovёlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Once David stepped through the gate, he heard a loud shout filled with shock and amazement