Celestial Bloodline

Kyle snapped back and stared at the man who had a smug expression on his face.

"It's not true, right?"

The man rubbed his hands and neared the distance between them, only to retreat in the next second when he sensed the murderous aura around Kyle.

"Of course it's true. All this happened while you were in this place."

Kyle's expression hardened, and he clenched his fists even tighter. He thought he had only spent a few hours in the mind space, but the situation inside the projection told him a different story altogether.

"How much time has passed...? A week, or two?"

The man blinked and raised one of his hands. Kyle glanced at his fingers and stared at him with bated breath.

"Five weeks...?"

However, the man shook his head and raised his second hand as well before showing him eight fingers.

"No, it's been eight... months."

Kyle vanished, and the man freaked out when Kyle grabbed his robe with dark eyes.

"No way, you're lying!"

The man grabbed Kyle's hand and quickly pushed him back.

"I am not! If you can't believe me, just stay stuck in this place for a long time until everything outside ceases to exist!"

Kyle's hand trembled as he landed on the solid surface beneath him. He hid his eyes with his arm for a second and sucked in a deep breath before staring at the man with gritted teeth.

"Show me the projections again. I want to see what happens next."

A smile appeared on the man's face as he landed in front of him.

'keke... finally got you.'

"I can do it, but you know there's a saying that if you want something, you have to pay for it. How about... a hundred years of your lifespan?"

Kyle stared at his face. He so badly wanted to kill him but controlled the urge because right now he needed information. Information about what's happened to his friends and his family.

"A hundred years...? How about I promise not to tear you into countless pieces? That should be enough for the information I need. Or else, I can just beat you up until you're willing to speak."

The man's eyebrow twitched violently.

"You think I'll stay here until then? Wahh...!"

He jumped back when Kyle raised his hand toward him. Kyle's eyes flashed with a cold glint.

"Don't fret, I know you can't leave this space. Not until I want you to. I know I'm stuck here for some reason, but in the end, this place belongs to me. Just give me the information I want, or else don't blame me for the bleak future that awaits you."

The man's eyes widened. Kyle was right. After he entered his mind space, he had been trying to leave, but even after countless attempts, he wasn't able to.

He wanted to hide the fact behind an aloof facade, but who would have thought the person in front of him would figure it out so easily?

"You-!"

The man wanted to protest, but he knew he was at a disadvantage right now.

"Alright, first swear on your soul that you won't harm me. If you ever break it, you'll suffer the consequences."

'Just swear, hurry hurry!'

Kyle nodded.

"I swear not to touch your consciousness. You're completely safe in my mind space. However, if you attack me first, I won't hesitate to fight back."

'Only in my mind space though.'

The man's smile widened, and he quickly arrived beside Kyle. In the next second, many similar projections appeared in the air. Kyle watched as the whip neared Jian, but at that exact moment, an old dwarf appeared out of nowhere and saved Jian, Alec, and the others.

Kyle let out a sigh of relief. He stared at the old dwarf's back as the latter fought with the enemies and couldn't help but feel a strong sense of familiarity. After a minute, he remembered where he had seen him before.

'He's the one who gave me the old scroll before I entered the tower of opportunity...'

After the dwarf's body crumbled into particles and disappeared into thin air, the projection vanished once again. But it was enough. Kyle just needed to make sure his friends were all okay and... alive. Now, the question was how he was going to leave the mind space.

Actually, why the heck was he stuck here in the first place? He looked at the man next to him and narrowed his eyes.

"The smile on your face says you already know what I'm about to ask, right?"

The man blinked and let out a groan, slapping his hand over his mouth.

"Are you expecting me to know without you telling me? And now that I'm safe, do you really think I'll give you information for free?"

Kyle furrowed his brow. A hundred years of lifespan... no matter how he looked at it, it seemed like too much.

"I'm willing, but no more than ten years. It's because I don't want to wake up in an old body."

The man burst into laughter, staring at Kyle with astonishment.

"What are you saying? Don't you know your body can't age after your divine soul reached the transcendent rank? Oh... wait, wait, don't tell me you still have no idea about the otherworldly thing inside your body?"

He saw Kyle's serious expression and expressed his shock.

"Oh my gosh! How can one be so ignorant? The moment I saw you, I knew something was wrong. After all, nature was clinging to you like you're the most precious thing in the whole universe."

Kyle blinked and processed the huge amount of information he had just learned. The first thing that clicked in his mind was that he had a divine soul... but it had reached the transcendent rank.

The second thing that clicked in his mind was that he couldn't age anymore. As for the nature thing, he had an idea that the man was referring to his luck stat.

Kyle stared at the man as the latter paced around with a grin. He thought for a long minute, and before the man, who had a big grin on his face, could speak, Kyle spoke up with a deadly expression.

"I'll give you ten years of my lifespan. In return, tell me everything you know about the otherworldly thing you are talking about. Also, let me know how I can leave this place. This is my first and final offer. If you want more, then let's stay in this place together for a long, long time."