Wait a minute! That voice!


    Wilbur widened his eyes as realization hit him.


    "Do you remember me now?" The middle-aged man red at Wilbur, striking him viciously in the chest and sending him a dozen meters backward before walking into the room calmly and shutting the door.


    Wilbur rubbed his chest as he caught his bnce, watching the man walk into the room and sit down on the sofa before asking, "Are you Adam?"


    "Precisely."


    The middle-aged man put a leg up. "I''m Adam. You should consider yourself lucky to get my mother''s approval, but you must be dreaming if you think getting my approval is going to be that easy."


    The ache in Wilbur''s chest slowly faded as he looked at the middle-aged man. "I don''t need your approval, nor do you need mine. Everyone has different personalities. It''s normal for everyone to do things differently."


    The middle-aged man snapped his fingers. "You nearly convinced me, Wilbur Penn. How about you be my pupil?"


    "What?"


    Wilbur frowned at the man, who got up from the sofa and pointed at his own temple. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Adam, and the owner of this host body is called Barker."


    Adam cleared his throat, then exined, "Barker and I made a spirit contract a thousand years ago, and he''s been cultivating thew of darkness under my guidance ever since. He''s gotten to live much, much longer than he normally would. What I''m trying to say is that Barker and Senior Fremont are both cultivators who have lived up to a thousand years. Yet, the fact remains that Barker''s no more than a host body I''m borrowing. You''re much better off bing my pupil than Fremont Skye''s, you know?"


    Wilbur frowned at Barker. "Are you saying that Barker only got to live so long because of his spirit contract with you?"


    "That''s exactly what I''m saying. I can help you live a thousand years if you want, too."


    "A thousand years?"


    Wilbur starred at Barker. "Who are you, and how are you able to do that?"


    Barker threw his head back andughed. "Who am I? Well, I''ll tell you. My mother was around before this human civilization came to be, and I was the one seed she nted a thousand years ago. I might have only lived for a thousand years now, but I could live on long after humanity goes extinct if I wanted to."


    "A seed? Are you saying you''re a seed?"


    Wilbur was shocked to hear the words, and Adam smiled. "Yes, that''s right. My mother and I are both Dark Trees, and no one in the world is any match for us."