Chapter 249: The True Culprit Behind the Scenes, Williams Mason’s Will
As soon as the door was opened, a pungent, overpowering scent of medicine assaulted their nostrils, making it almost impossible to breathe!
Tim Lewis was taken aback!
“Mr. Mason!”
Instinctively activating dark energy to shield himself, Tim Lewis looked towards the center of the room where Sean was sitting cross-legged in a huge bathtub, and asked incredulously, “What are you doing…?”
Before Sean could answer, Tim Lewis understood in the next moment!
Sean was cultivating!
There were many ways for dark energy masters to cultivate, and using medicinal baths was a common and relatively effective method. Tim Lewis had used it more than once himself!
However…
The amount of medicine Sean was using far exceeded what Tim Lewis could handle!
The amount of medicine in the bath was directly related to one’s cultivation level!
For example, at this moment!
Sean sat in the bathtub, as still as a mountain, seemingly enjoying a hot spring, while Tim Lewis would have difficulty even breathing without the protection of dark energy!
That was the gap!
If Tim Lewis were to immerse himself in the bath like Sean, under such a large amount of medicine, he would be gasping for breath, and perhaps die after just a few days!All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.
Amazed, Tim Lewis couldn’t help but secretly praise in his heart, “Mr. Mason is truly a monster with unfathomable strength!”
“Compared to him, I am ashamed!”
Not being as strong as Sean was one thing, but the key point was that Sean was only 26 years old!
What a comparison!
Sean, with his back to Tim Lewis, asked directly, “Who is the murderer?”
“As expected by Mr. Mason!”
Tim Lewis immediately replied respectfully, “After our seven-day secret investigation, we can now confirm that the person who murdered Old Mr. Mason, or at least one of them, is Pierce Porter!”
It’s confirmed?
It really was Pierce Porter!!!
Sean’s eyes grew colder and colder as he asked in a frosty voice, “Is the evidence solid?”
“Solid!”
Tim Lewis said, “Mr. Mason’s predictions were accurate. During our investigation, we indeed encountered some resistance; someone tried to assassinate us, and someone else helped us.”
“All of them were Complete Stage cultivators, and their identities were never exposed.”
“Following the guidance of the party, we pursued step by step and finally found the descendant of an old servant who had been by Old Mr. Mason’s side five years ago. The old servant had died five years ago, but we got a memory card from his descendant!”
“Inside it is…”
“Old Mr. Mason’s will!”
A will!
Sean’s heart trembled violently!
“Mr. Mason, please wait.”
Tim Lewis took out his phone, found the video will from the memory card, walked a few steps to the bathtub, held the phone screen towards Sean, pressed play, and gestured, “Mr. Mason, please watch!”
The person in the video was Sean’s grandfather, Williams Mason!
And the background of the video was Williams Mason’s study!
“Sean…”
As soon as the video began, Williams Mason called out to Sean, seemingly this so-called video will was not meant for everyone in the Mason family, but specifically for Sean alone!
“Unforeseen changes can happen in the world, and people can experience sudden misfortune.”
Williams Mason continued, “If one day you are fortunate enough to see this video, it means that your grandfather is no longer in this world, but you are still alive, and I can rest in peace.”
“Storms are coming!”
“They cannot be reversed!”
“The Mason family will face a catastrophe!”
“Under the shattered nest, it will be difficult for any eggs to remain unbroken!”
“Your father and I will send you away from the capital to ensure your safety as best as we can. Remember, you only need to live well, never return, never investigate, and never ever think of avenging us…”
“The waters of the capital are deep!”
“Stay away from the capital and live out the rest of your life peacefully. If possible, leave the country, go as far as you can, find a place where no one knows you, and live!”
“Please, live well…”
“…”
In the nearly 20-minute video testament, Williams Mason spoke a great deal, clearly arranging his affairs for after his passing. This was enough to prove that his sudden death was no coincidence, but rather a deliberate murder!
However!
The answer Sean sought, Williams Mason did not reveal!
For instance…
Who were the specific culprits behind the murder of Williams Mason? Besides Pierce Porter, were Prince Roscoe, Old Mrs. Mason, and Uncle Bernardo involved?
Furthermore…
What was the reason for their sudden plot to harm his grandfather Williams Mason?
If Williams Mason had realized at the time that the Mason family would face disaster, and disaster was inevitable, he must have known the reason or sensed something!
But in this video testament, he did not mention it at all!
On the contrary!
He repeatedly emphasized that the capital was fraught with danger and extremely perilous. He urged Sean to let go of his hatred, abandon thoughts of revenge, stay away from the capital, and even leave the country. Survival was his top priority!
Sean knew his grandfather, Williams Mason, very well!
He was definitely not a cowardly person!
So!
What kind of danger, what kind of enemy, and what kind of reason made his grandfather so hesitant to speak out and discourage Sean from coming to the capital to avenge him?
Was it Prince Roscoe???
Prince Ashby???
Did he worry that Sean, being weak and powerless, would not be able to exact revenge and would instead be killed???
This possibility was the greatest!
Perhaps in his wildest dreams, his grandfather could not have imagined that Sean, with his extraordinary talent, would become a Complete Stage cultivator within a mere five years, even touching the threshold of the Bright Realm.
“Mr. Mason.”
After the video testament finished playing, Tim Lewis said, “The memory card is in my phone. I’ll take it out for you later.”
“I also have another video on my phone.”
“It was secretly filmed by a spy from Prince Ashby’s party who was undercover in the Porter family. It’s enough to prove that Old Mr. Mason’s death was due to Pierce Porter, who had planted people in the Mason family and secretly poisoned Old Mr. Mason’s food with a toxin called Heart Devourer!”
“This poison is colorless and tasteless, a slow-acting toxin that requires at least a month of continuous consumption to unknowingly erode a person’s heart. Once it takes effect, there’s no cure!”
“And!”
“No traces can be detected…”
Heart Devourer!
Sean’s heart suddenly jolted. When his grandfather, Williams Mason, had suddenly fallen seriously ill and been hospitalized, it was indeed due to a heart-related disease!
They sought out all the famous doctors in the capital, but they were helpless!
Although Sean was suspicious at the time, he could not understand why Williams Mason, with his level of cultivation, would be unaware of someone poisoning him for as long as a month and fall victim without a sound.
Now it seemed!
It was not that Williams Mason had failed to detect it, but rather, knowing he was doomed, he chose not to reveal it and accepted his fate!
Sean watched the video once!
It was clear that it had been filmed secretly!
In the video, Pierce Porter was conspiring with the elders of his family to harm Williams Mason. The video lasted nearly half an hour, even longer than Williams Mason’s video testament!
Moreover!
From the angle of the video, the person filming was likely an elder of the Porter family with a high status, as the camera was very close to Pierce Porter and the other Porter family elders!
In other words!
There were those among the Porter family elders who had secretly sided with Prince Ashby!
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