Talented Martial Hero novel Chapter 291

"That's all I wanted to say. Could you do me this favor?" Grand Blood Refiner asked as he sighed deeply.

Darren remained silent for a few moments and then replied, "Sir, I cannot do it."

"It looks like you still don't believe me." Grand Blood Refiner was bitterly disappointed. He went on, "I see. Well then, you may leave."

"Sir, you have misunderstood my words," Darren said, getting on his feet. "What I meant was that we don't have the abilities to help you find the Primitive Stones containing the Life Rule right now."

"That's right, sir! I definitely want to help you, but our strength is nowhere enough to help you find the Primitive Stones. On top of that, we are not familiar with the surroundings either. We will most likely get lost in this place. There is nothing we can do for you, sir," Tom said, also getting up from the stone chair. He was moved by what Grand Blood Refiner had said.

"Oh! I mistook your words!" A look of joy spread across his face and he continued, "You don't need to worry about your current strength. If you are able to find enough Seven-holy Fruits, you can get rid of the repressive power of the Raksa Sea. After that, it will become easier for you to fight."

Grand Blood Refiner took out two white fruits and said, "I already have two fruits. But this is not enough to have any significant effect on the repressive power. Commit to your mind what the fruit looks like and collect as many as you can."

He looked at them for a few seconds and then nodded as he continued, "I can't be here for too long. If you two are willing to help me, you may take these two fruits with you. When you find the Primitive Stones, send out your spiritual sense. When I sense it, I will come to you. Thank you for your help." Saying so, he withdrew his domain. The next moment, he turned into Robb.

Darren and Tom took the fruits from his hands and promised that they would try their best to collect more fruits. After that, the Grand Blood Refiner left in a hurry.

"Alas, I didn't expect that Grand Blood Refiner had suffered a lot as well." Tom fumed, seething with anger.

Darren slightly shook his head at Tom's naivety. With a faint smile on his lips, he said, "Tom, how innocent you are to believe everything he said."

"Huh?" Tom turned to Darren with a look of surprise on his face. "Are you saying he was lying to us? That sounds highly unlikely. It would have been a piece of cake for him to kill us right away. Why did he have to say all those things to us?"

"He mentioned that his power is restrained in here, and that he can't find the Primitive Stones by himself. We would have been no use to him if he kill us. Since he really wants to get his hands on the Primitive Stones, he need our help. He have to leave us alive," Darren explained.

"So, you're saying that he is using us to his own ends?" Tom asked. Darren nodded in response. Tom gritted his teeth and then wondered out loud, "Why do you think he asked us for help and not anyone else? It seemed to me that he was mainly asking for your help! It's strange." Tom suddenly realized that the whole situation was weird.

"I don't know. But I do know that even if what he said was all true, he still wouldn't be the same person he was when we get the Primitive Stones. It will be difficult to foretell, seeing that we don't know what kind of person he is right now. You should keep in mind that several superior talents have died because of him," Darren replied.

"You are right. We can't be too careful." Tom nodded in agreement with a serious look on his face.

"I was too naive to believe all that crap," Tom admitted with a bitter smile on his face.

"That's okay. That trait is both your advantage and disadvantage. If not, you wouldn't have got so many good friends," Darren said with a wink. "Let's go, Tom. We should find the Primitive Stones now. We can decide whether we should give them to the Grand Blood Refiner later. I have space treasures. I can keep the Primitive Stones in my Space Ring. So even if he gives chase, he won't be able to get the stones unless I'm willing to give him." Darren's face broke into a smile and he walked into the forest.

Tom followed him.

They walked for a while. "Shush!"

Darren turned around and gestured for Tom to keep quiet.

"What is it?" Tom walked up to him and asked in a whisper.

"It's the border mutant." There was a large plot of land in front of them. Two strange double-headed men were taking a nap under a big tree. As Darren took a better look at the tree, he saw that there were numerous white fruits hanging on its branches.

"So many Seven-holy Fruits!" Tom felt giddy with excitement and couldn't keep his voice down.

"Who's there?!" The noise awoke the two-headed man. They had particularly acute senses and could perceive even the slightest movement.

"Huh? Doesn't look like anyone is around. You are alarmed all the time," said the other two-headed man, waking up from his sleep. He leaned forward and listened carefully, but found nothing out of place. He said, "It's probably just some damned human beings; you are overreacting to them. It is such a dead boring job to guard this damn tree."

Hearing that, the other man let his guard down and echoed, "True. I heard that our leader got his hands on a nice woman. He must be having fun somewhere, and in the meantime, we are stuck in this damn place, staring blankly at a big dull tree. I'm pretty sure that our leader did it on purpose to torture us."