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Chapter 1146: Chapter 1146: Shocking Secret
Gonzalez City outskirts, inside a dilapidated warehouse.
"Cough..."
An elderly woman leaned on a walking stick, resting against the warehouse wall, softly coughing.
Her clothes were covered in dust and had become somewhat tattered.
"Granny, your injury is very serious."
Brysen Beaumont carried a plastic bag containing water and bread.
"Have you come down from the mountain?"
Granny Xihua took a handkerchief from her pocket and gently wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.
"It’s been a long time since I’ve encountered old acquaintances."
She looked outside the warehouse, which was surrounded by overgrown weeds.
"Granny, do you know that old person?" Brysen Beaumont unscrewed a bottle of water and handed it to Granny Xihua.
The two most renowned people of Thunderpeak Hall were slightly bedraggled at the moment.
Brysen Beaumont’s vest was torn, and the butcher knife on his back was slightly deformed.
His complexion did not look good.
"He’s not exactly an old acquaintance, but he is in a way."
Granny Xihua took the water, sipped gently.
"I’ve lived for three hundred years, seen many people, lived through many events. That person just now, he’s an incredible old guy. After the fall of Ghost Valley, it’s all up to them."
After finishing, she tossed the water away and sat on a wooden plank.
"Granny, why would this person seek us out?" Brysen Beaumont frowned, "I always feel, things aren’t simple. Let alone our Thunderpeak Hall base surrounded by countless surveillance and secret sentries. Just his ability to find us in Gonzalez City is a mystery!"
Before Thunderpeak Hall came to Gonzalez City, they had spent a lot of time choosing the base location.
Firstly, it had to be safe, concealed.
Unnoticed by others.
The locations where they established their bases were said to be the safest spots around Gonzalez City.
Even so, they were still traced by the old man in the dead of night.
If one says there’s no trickery involved, Brysen Beaumont himself wouldn’t believe it.
"Surely, there must be an informant inside." Granny Xihua also fell into deep thought, "But who could this person be?"
"Could it be Devlin?" Although Brysen Beaumont was reluctant to mention this name, Devlin’s disappearance with the Cyber Corps was abnormal.
That was Thunderpeak Hall’s secret weapon!
"I am not sure, we must wait for the people sent to find Devlin to return before we can be certain," Granny Xihua waved her hand, "I won’t wrongly accuse anyone, that would be too disheartening. However, nine times out of ten, the traitor is him."
"Yes."
Brysen Beaumont did not inquire further.
"Do you know who that old man is?" After a brief silence, Granny Xihua spoke again.
"I don’t know." Brysen Beaumont answered truthfully.
"In the past, there were people who wanted to overthrow the rule of the Ten Thousand Mountain Alliance. There were many reasons, but mainly, people felt it was time for someone else to sit on the throne of the world!"
Granny Xihua’s cloudy eyes gleamed slightly.
"I have lived for three hundred years! I happened to live through that era and was fortunate enough to witness it!"
"Numerous people rushed headlong into it, yet countless died on the execution platform at the foot of Demarco Mount. But, this spark of rebellion never died out."
"One thousand years ago, people began to resist. They were the first pioneers, but they failed. At that time, the Ten Thousand Mountain Alliance was not yet formidable, and although these people were all killed, they left behind a secret about the Ten Thousand Mountain Alliance."
"Ten years later, descendants of the first pioneers, using this secret, quietly set up an organization called Pendleton. Initially, there were seven founders. Later, the seven founders expanded into the Seven Veins. Descendants of Pendleton, living incognito across various places, endeavored generation after generation to overthrow the Ten Thousand Mountain Alliance."
"At the same time, only the Vein Holders of each generation have the right to know the secrets left by the first generation."
"Seven Veins..."
Granny Xihua looked at her fingers and murmured to herself, "According to the registers left by our ancestors, the current Vein Holders are... Feng, Huang, Bai, Ye, Zhu, Mo, Ying."
"Among them, only the Vein Holders can be addressed by these titles alone. And the one we saw last night should have been Leland... but he’s not a Vein Holder."
Granny Xihua narrowed her eyes, beginning to recall the elder from last night.
"Granny, how did you come to know this?" Brysen Beaumont stood frozen, feeling as though his brain wasn’t quite keeping up.
He had followed Granny Xihua for many years, but this was the first time he had heard this secret.
"Last night, you defended me with loyal dedication, so I won’t hide it from you." Granny Xihua firmly tapped the ground with her golden staff, somewhat melancholically saying, "My lineage is Bead Pulse. My real name is Hanley."
"This..."
Brysen Beaumont, despite his renowned reputation and being second only to none within Thunderpeak Hall,
was truly stunned right now.
This was the first time he knew Granny Xihua’s real name!
"You... are one of the pulses? Then why did that elder try to fight you to the death last night?"
As allies, they should have cooperated with each other.
Yet, looking at Leland Will’s stance last night, it seemed he intended to kill Granny Xihua!
"Actually, three hundred years ago, when I was a child, the alliance had already shattered. Everyone harbored their own schemes, all wanting to monopolize that secret. Thus, relentless infighting and killings ensued." 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝑐𝘰𝑚
Granny Xihua gave a bitter smile.
"Now I see!" Brysen Beaumont finally understood why Leland Will had recognized Granny Xihua at first sight.
"But last night, that elder said you secretly..."
He hesitated to continue.
"The Bead Pulse isn’t led by me as a Vein Holder. But by a stroke of fate, I received the grace of the Ten Thousand Mountain Alliance’s High Lord and have lived for three hundred years! During this time, two Vein Holders of my pulse have died."
Granny Xihua didn’t conceal this but openly stated, "One died unnaturally, and the other of old age. Though I am from a branch line, I have lived the longest."
"Then the current Vein Holder..."
Brysen Beaumont knew he had entered into the eye of a storm.
"In fact, had I not lost my longevity elixir last evening, that elder would have already fallen at the hand of my staff!" Granny Xihua said, unable to suppress a cough.
"Our pulse’s Vein Holder is Bead. But she is a notable figure, having infiltrated the Ten Thousand Mountain Alliance and often staying close to the High Lord! Over a thousand years, only she has achieved this!"
"Could it be..." Brysen Beaumont’s heart pounded wildly, almost daring to guess!
"Correct! She, under the alias Isabella Warm, has infiltrated the High Lord’s side! There’s another secret I need to tell you." Granny Xihua suddenly turned and pointed at Brysen Beaumont, "Each of the Seven Veins holds a secret! But each pulse knows only a portion of that secret. Bead has already eliminated one of the pulses and nurtured their successor, who is Ying! Ying is still young but is utterly devoted to Bead."
"Brysen Beaumont would sacrifice his liver and brain, willing to do everything for granny!"
Brysen Beaumont knelt on one knee, his tone sincere.
"Good! I was waiting for these words!" Granny Xihua took a deep breath, as though making an incredibly difficult decision.
"Find Devlin, and kill him!"
Finally, she said these immensely challenging words.
"This..." Brysen Beaumont hesitated briefly and then stood up, quickly leaving.
Once he had left, Granny Xihua stayed alone in the warehouse, her expression solemn.
"Devlin, you deceived me."
She looked like a resentful woman, her eyes filled with hatred.
"He didn’t deceive you."
Just then.
A voice came from the entrance of the warehouse.
