Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 1448 He Remained Suspicious

Upon asking for the other elders and the five stewards to head back to the Sword Spirit Sect,Timothy and Harrison left first and went straight to the Arcane Sword Hall.

At the same time, Hannah walked into the competition area and sought Rocky. After finally replaceinghim, she said, "Here you are. Come with me. The leader wants to see you."

"Huh? The leader?" Rocky actually didn't expect that his battle with Xavier would catch the attentionof the sect leader. In his honest opinion, it came as a big surprise.

But at some point, he knew that he was going to be summoned by the higher-ups because ofeverything that he had displayed in the entire competition. Thus, upon hearing what Hannah said,he just simply nodded with a smile. Then, the two of them left the competition area under thewatchful eyes of the crowd who had just witnessed the recent battle.

As soon as they entered the Arcane Sword Hall, Rocky saw that Timothy and Harrison were alreadythere, seated and patiently waiting for their arrival. There was no one else except the sect leader andthe governor. With this, Rocky immediately discerned they were trying to keep this conversation asecret one.

"Thank you, Hannah. You may leave now," Timothy ordered at once.

Hearing her father's command, Hannah cast a slight glance at Rocky before she bowed and left thehall. She was actually concerned about how their meeting would turn out, but she knew that herfather was a sensible person. Hence, as long as Rocky told the truth and explained everythingaccordingly, there shouldn't be any problem.

At this point, there were only three people left inside the hall—Timothy, Harrison, and Rocky.Despite being in front of the two powerful figures of the Sword Spirit Sect, Rocky looked rathercalm, and there wasn't any hint of fear or panic in his eyes.

"Basil, let me get straight to the point. Do you know why we requested your presence here?"Timothy inquired.

"Yes, sir. I do. You want to know where I really came from, what my purpose of hiding my realstrength was, as well as my intention of coming here to the Sword Spirit City. Am I right about allthat?" Rocky answered straightforwardly. He was a clever man, and thus he had a full understandingof what might be running in their minds.

"Well, I guess you really are a smart man. Now that you know what we want to know, go ahead andtell us the truth,” Timothy said as he stroked his beard. Although he was the leader of the SwordSpirit Sect, Timothy had always been gentle. Of course, he had a lot of reasons to doubt Rocky, buthe didn't need to be hostile towards him before he figured out everything that the young man washiding.

"I understand. Then, please let me say this bluntly. The truth is that I actually didn't enter the SwordSpirit City for any special or hidden purpose. I just wanted to improve my strength, and I thoughtthat this was the most suitable place to do it," Rocky said with a straight face.

"Really? That's all? Then, why did you need to hide your real strength? This fact bothers me a lot. Ican see that you're still very young, yet you've already attained such powerful strength. If youwanted to be a part of the Sword Spirit Sect, you could have done it directly. After all, we neverreject young and talented prospects like you," Timothy remarked. After he heard what Rocky said,his suspicions weren't fully answered. The young man's explanation wasn't that convincing for him."Before I came to the Sword Spirit City, I didn't know how strong I was. You might have alreadyheard, but I grew up in a very remote village, and only a dozen families were living there. Thus, noone really told me anything about spirit warriors. I might have some skills and potentials, but I didn'tdiscover them until I came here," Rocky answered in a serious tone, trying his best to sound assincere and truthful as possible.

Timothy and Harrison exchanged glances upon hearing this. Rocky might have given them aplausible explanation, but they still thought that there were a lot of loopholes in his story.

"Yes, I've heard your story from Hannah. But if you're telling the truth, how did you cultivate yourspiritual power then? I can't believe that you would become this proficient in using your spiritualpower just after coming here." Timothy continued to pry.

"Believe it or not, several spiritual beasts live around my hometown. Among them, some couldproduce treasures that are similar to the ethereal crystals. Therefore, since I was a child, I have beenin contact with these spiritual treasures, though I didn't know what they were for. As time passed by,I was able to absorb the spiritual power they emitted unknowingly into my body. Thus, I have a lotof spiritual power stored within me but I didn't know how to use it. Finally, when I came here, I wasable to focus on utilizing it,” Rocky continued. He had been well-prepared and already polished hismade-up stories even before he faced the two of them. But right now, it didn't matter howconvincing they were. As long as they bought them, that would be more than enough.

"I see. If that's the case, then that would explain why his spiritual aura can't be emitted from hisbody. He has never formally practiced any kind of cultivation method and he only relied onabsorbing the spiritual power from those spiritual treasures. Although there is a lot of spiritualpower within him, he couldn't activate it. That's why he looks just like an ordinary person at firstglance," Harrison concluded as he discussed it with Timothy.

"It still sounds too good to be true, but it's possible,” Timothy replied with a nod as he fixed hisgaze on Rocky.

So far, all the things that Rocky said were reasonable enough to explain the dubious factssurrounding him. However, both Timothy and Harrison experienced a lot in their lives. Theywouldn't be easily fooled with just that. There were still a lot of details that they needed tocountercheck, and just a single inconsistency would put Rocky in a tight spot.

"I also heard from Ramon that you bumped into Ally on purpose so that you could be taken fortreatment here. Why would you do that?" Harrison asked with inquisitive eyes.

"It's actually a long story, so please bear with me." Then, with a slightly deep sigh, Rocky startedtelling another made-up story. "I left my hometown in order to make a name for myself in theSupreme Ether Land. However, after I started my journey, I encountered some terrible guys. Since Iwas from the countryside, I was easily fooled. I was swindled and they managed to take all of mybelongings. My bad luck didn't end there. Later on, I was abducted to the area just outside of theSword Spirit City. I was actually almost on the brink of being sold as a laborer. Fortunately, I wasable to escape just in time. At that point, I didn't have any money on me and so I suffered fromhunger for a while. Realizing that I needed to do something about my situation, I tried my luck tosee if I could meet some rich people who could spare me some food and money. Then, that waswhen I bumped into Ally. I was surprised that I was taken here in the Sword Spirit City by the kind-hearted lady. Before that incident, I already heard about the Sword Spirit City because of its goodreputation. So, when I saw that I was brought here, I thought this might be the opportunity that Iwas waiting for. And I'm sure that you already know everything that happened afterward,” Rockysaid as he recounted his miserable "experience" before he came to the city.

"So, you're telling us that you just happened to enter the Sword Spirit City by accident?” Timothyasked with furrowed brows as he scrutinized Rocky further.

"Yes. Just as I told you, I really didn't have a specific purpose on why I entered the Sword Spirit City,"Rocky greatly emphasized. "I totally understand that hiding my real strength is something uncalledfor. However, if other people discovered that I have such kind of spiritual power within me, Ithought that I would be under more suspicion and that I might be expelled from the Sword SpiritSect. Therefore, I waited for an opportunity to prove myself. With that, I hoped that I could attractthe attention of the powerful leaders like you two, so that I could come clean. Fortunately, that waswhat happened. In my current state, I know that I'm not that talented in terms of swordsmanship,but there are other things that I could offer. For example, I'm good at beast taming and beastcuring, because I've been dealing with all kinds of spiritual beasts since I was a child. I can say that Iknow them pretty well,” Rocky explained in detail.

"Speaking of which... That spiritual beast that you summoned earlier, is that a demonic spiritualbeast?"

Timothy asked straightforwardly. "Yes," Rocky answered briefly.

"But demonic spiritual beasts usually don't appear in the Ethereal Region. Moreover, it's notsomething that a spirit warrior can just control easily. So, how are you able to control this demonicspiritual beast?" Timothy queried out of curiosity.

"It's because I raised it myself,” Rocky replied without hesitation.

"You raised it?" Both Timothy and Harrison were greatly taken aback after hearing that Rocky wasable to raise a demonic spiritual beast, which was far stronger than ordinary spiritual beasts.

"I actually saved it from another fierce spiritual beast when I was still a child. At that time, I thoughtthat it was just an ordinary spiritual beast, only to replace later on that it was something special. Notonly did it grow fast, but it was also stronger than ordinary spiritual beasts. I was fascinated by it, soI trained it with all my might and I managed to make it act according to my orders," Rocky explainedlike it wasn't such a big of a deal.

"How about when you merged with it? How did you do that?" Timothy asked. The truth was that hewas really curious about that skill. After all, in his vast experience, he had never seen a human beingwho could fuse with a spiritual beast, let alone a demonic spiritual beast.

"Well, I'm afraid I might not be able to explain it. During the time that I discovered that skill, I wasactually in grave danger. Then, fortunately, I accidentally found out that I can do it. Since then, I'vebeen able to do it whenever I want," Rocky said with a bit of an awkward smile.

After hearing everything that Rocky had said, Timothy looked at Harrison and it seemed that theydidn't have anything more to ask. From their observation, Rocky never showed any hint ofnervousness or anxiety. Moreover, all of his answers were consistent and reasonable, and they didn'treplace anything suspicious. However, Timothy still couldn't shake the feeling that this young man wasstill hiding something and that he wasn't as simple as he appeared to be.