The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 631: Chapter 631: Clearly Lacking the Strength, Why Pretend to Be a Big Shot?_1

Carson Flores’s heart gave a secretive start, experts truly were experts, able to discern his realm with just one glance.

Carson Flores politely clasped his hands and bowed, ”Cultivator Carson Flores from the mortal world, has met the Cave Master!”

The middle-aged man was naturally Daxton Campbell, the Cave Master of the Nutwood Heavenly Cave. His gaze resting serenely upon Carson Flores, he asked, ”Who taught you your Cultivation Technique?”

Carson Flores answered openly, ”I once took part in exploring the fallen Blessed Land of Chang Mountain, where I encountered the remains of Senior Wilson Weiss, and obtained his belongings: a sword, a manual named the Vast Expanse Code, and a Breakthrough Pill...”

”Wilson Weiss?”

Daxton Campbell’s eyes shone slightly, ”I have met him once. Although somewhat old-fashioned, he was indeed a rare and honest soul. His strength was not weak; how could he have died in the Chang Mountain Cave Heaven?”

A surge of joy rose in Carson Flores’s heart. He could never have imagined that Daxton Campbell had actually met Wilson Weiss, and judging from his tone, he held Wilson Weiss in high esteem. This was good news for himself.

Carson Flores cleanly narrated the story of Wilson Weiss saving all the ordinary residents of the Chang Mountain Cave Heaven with his own strength, as well as his own encounter with Wilson Weiss’s disintegration into dust. Finally, to prove that his words were no lie, he took out the Three Provinces Sword and Wilson Weiss’s journal from his Space Ring.

”All these things, I learned from this journal...”

With a gesture from Daxton Campbell, the journal flew up, floating before him as the pages turned themselves rapidly.

”He originally had limitless prospects, with the potential to attain the great Dao, yet he gave up his own life for some mundane people, what foolishness!”

Daxton Campbell cursed with a cold face, and the journal flew back, landing in the palm of Carson Flores.

”Carson Flores, what is your opinion on his actions?”

Carson Flores blinked, asking for his opinion on Wilson Weiss?

This felt like a deadly question.

Having inherited Wilson Weiss’s Vast Expanse Code, it was as if he were Wilson Weiss’s Disciple. To speak well of him, Daxton Campbell might think that he too was foolishly old-fashioned or perhaps insincere. If he were to speak ill of him, he might equally be scorned by Daxton Campbell.

You’ve reaped the benefits, yet you criticize the man, don’t you?

There is a problem with your character!

Suddenly, Carson Flores remembered the Gatekeeper’s words ”act according to your heart,” and he said, ”Perhaps for him, where the Dao resides, even if ten million people stand in opposition, I shall follow it. We may think him foolish, but it is precisely such fools who often become a beacon of light to the world.”

”I cannot be as selfless and fearless as he was, but that doesn’t prevent me from admiring and looking up to him. In my heart, he is a hero.”

”Where the Dao resides, even if ten million people stand in opposition, I shall follow it?”

Daxton Campbell scoffed coldly, ”Clearly lacking in strength, yet acting like a big shot—didn’t he end up completely obliterated? What about you? If placed in the same situation, what would you do?”

Carson Flores answered frankly, ”The fall of the Chang Mountain Cave Heaven wasn’t sudden; there must have been signs beforehand. I would inform everyone about the signs, so they could run for their lives. Without harming my own life, I would try my best to lend a hand; however, if saving them required my life, I would choose to flee. After all, we are neither relatives nor friends, and I would not risk my own life for them.”

Daxton Campbell asked coldly, ”So, you do not approve of his actions?”

Carson Flores smiled and said, ”It’s not a question of approval. He didn’t need my approval, and he acted as he wanted to act. When I saw him for the last time, he was smiling peacefully and looked content. I believe that even though his spirit perished, he was at peace and had no regrets.”

Daxton Campbell frowned slightly, then his face smoothed out, ”Yes, when I called him old-fashioned, he replied that being old-fashioned was adherence to the Dao and reason. He truly didn’t need anyone’s approval... Enough about him, talking of it makes one angry. Let’s talk about you. How did you Breakthrough? Although there are places with Spiritual Energy in the mortal world, it’s definitely not enough for a Breakthrough.”

Without hesitation, Carson Flores replied candidly, ”I acquired a magical treasure from the Cultivator known as Water-Fire Sage—the Water-Fire Mirror. I relied on its Spiritual Energy along with the Breakthrough Pill to achieve my Breakthrough.”

”The Water-Fire Mirror?”

Daxton Campbell was taken aback, his expression one of surprise, ”Was it also found within the Chang Mountain Cave Heaven?”

”No.”

Carson Flores narrated the ordeal of competing for the Water-Fire Mirror with disciples from the Heavenly Cave of Nutwood Mountain, Mount Harmony, and the Blessed Land of Spiritual Ruin, and ended the tale by presenting the Water-Fire Mirror, offering it with both hands.

This was Carson Flores’s test.

Daxton Campbell reached out, and the Water-Fire Mirror fell into his hands. He played with it for a while, ”The Water-Fire Mirror is the famous magical treasure with which the Water-Fire Sage made his name—its power is formidable, famous throughout the Cultivation Realm and the Magical Treasure Realm. Are you willing to give it to me?”

Carson Flores smiled and said, ”I’ve offended both Nutwood Mountain and Mount Harmony. If they learn of my whereabouts, they will surely trouble me. I ask the Cave Master, in consideration of my offering of the Water-Fire Mirror, to protect me.”

Daxton Campbell snorted coldly and casually tossed the Water-Fire Mirror back, ”If the Water-Fire Mirror were in someone else’s hands, I might consider seizing it for fun. But to rob a newcomer who’s just entered the Cave Heaven of his equipment—that’s not something I, Daxton Campbell, would stoop to do. Keep the mirror for yourself...”