Exorcist's Self-Cultivation

At this moment.

In the room, only Du Wei and the comatose Alex remained.

Freddy had already returned to the dream.

Continuing to enjoy its life.

Meanwhile, Du Wei sat by the bed, quietly watching Alex for quite some time.

About half an hour or so.

He finally got up, walked to the door of the ward, pushed it open, and walked out.

Outside the door.

Old John and his in-laws had been waiting for a long while.

"Can you wake Alex up?"

As Alex's grandfather, Old John was the first to speak.

His father-in-law Lawrence also asked with concern, "Du Wei, you look very pale, is there a serious problem?"

Hearing this.

Du Wei forced a smile and said, "It's just that I can't solve it for the time being, but I've found the direction and will definitely wake her up."

Lawrence wanted to keep asking, but he opened his mouth and then couldn't help sighing deeply.

His wife also turned her head away, leaning on his shoulder with her eyes red with tears.

The sound of sobbing was very sorrowful.

Old John looked at Du Wei, tapping the ground with his cane and said calmly, "Come with me, we'll talk over there."

After saying that, he turned and walked away.

And Du Wei could only say, "Okay..."

At the same time, he gave his in-laws a reassuring look, signaling that they need not worry too much and that he had everything under control.

...

They arrived at a dark corner.

It was beside a window.

Faint moonlight shone on the ground, but Old John and Du Wei stood together in the darkness.

An old man and a young man.

Neither could see the other's face clearly.

The atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.

"You're a good kid..."

In the darkness, Old John's tone was very complex.

"And Alex is a good kid too, she's kind; many things shouldn't be her responsibility, so I thank you for your previous deception and protection of her."

Having said this, Old John couldn't help but smash his cane against the wall, creating a thudding sound.

The old man was very irritable now.

He said angrily, "But now she's in trouble, she can't wake up, why does fate have to be so cruel to her?"

"She hasn't done anything wrong."

Across from Old John.

Du Wei felt very conflicted when hearing this; he understood the old man's emotions, but couldn't think of any lie that could comfort him.

He could only change the subject, "I will solve Alex's problem thoroughly, and just like I said, I have already found the direction."

"Direction?"

Old John scoffed, "I know you will take action, and I know you can do it, but I'm angry about this situation, can you understand that?"

Du Wei said solemnly, "Anger only causes one to lose reason."

Old John waved his hand, "But sometimes, anger can make a person more rational, like now."

"Du Wei, I've seen a lot of unexpected things in you."

"Tell me, what is your direction?"

"I have a premonition that what you're about to do is going to be very dangerous."

There are many intelligent people in this world.

As the head of the Wittebach family, Old John, experienced and shrewd, had already seen that Du Wei was actually heavily burdened and not as assured as he appeared on the surface.

However.

Du Wei didn't want to explain too much, he merely said coldly, "There is no so-called danger, I just want to start with the prophecy, and this is not only about Alex, but also about myself."

Old John was taken aback, "Indeed, you took Alex's place and were tainted by the curse that should have been hers."

Du Wei said no more.

He stood in the darkness, leaning against the wall, his gaze stretching out through the window towards the night sky.

The night was thick.

A bright moon hung in the sky, but at that moment, a dark cloud drifted over, rendering it hazy.

It was as if a shadow had been cast over his heart.

He told himself, "I need to return to the church, to see the Blood of Jesus in the pool once more, and to make contact with the Vanity Sect, or even join them."

The church corresponded to Minette, because it was Alex's voice that had reached his ears when he saw the Blood of Jesus, though it was actually Minette's voice.

The Vanity Sect corresponded to the man who wanted to marry Alex.

That person must know something.

As for Massas City...

Below it lies the Mask Maker, along with the object of prophecy left by the Demon God.

Before the Evil Spirit Du Wei awoke.

If Du Wei chose to go in, there was a high likelihood he would leave his life there.

Unless he only moved around the periphery, but that would be pointless.

In the end, it all came down to Alex not having consciousness...

It was unknown when.

Old John had left this place.

The sound of his walking stick and the ground, the thumping noise, grew fainter and fainter.

In the darkness.

A red flame flickered briefly.

Du Wei lit a cigarette for himself, taking a long drag.

The smoke filled his lungs.

Stifling, choking...

His eyes harbored complexity that others could not fathom.

Alex was his girlfriend.

Yet she possessed no consciousness.

Either she never did, or her consciousness had vanished since he returned from Hell's Gate.

He had received a result he did not wish for.

And had paid an even sadder price.

"From the beginning until now, I've suffered too much pain, seen despair that is hard to accept."

"But I don't want to complain."

"I accept, I bear, I can face all of this calmly."

"It's just, I hope that one day, fate can be a little kinder to her."

"Beyond that, I have no other desires."

...

Late at night.

A Rolls-Royce left the Wittebach family once more.

Heading towards the airport in the city.

Du Wei sat in the car, and made a phone call to Hunter Kane from the church.

"This is Du Wei."

"I am now en route to St. Bodia, I need to see the Blood of Jesus, and also I want to join the Vanity Church, becoming the thirteenth member of the sect."

"But now, my status in the church is too high."

"So I need you to play along with me in a little act."

"After I leave, announce that I attempted to seize the Blood of Jesus and have defected from the church."

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone.

Kane finally spoke, "Lord Duwei, this move will be a blow to the church's reputation."

"And with Lord Ferren already part of the Vanity Sect, you could completely ask for his help."

Du Wei said in a heavy tone, "He can't help me, this is something I have to do myself. He is an undercover agent hidden in the shadows, while I am exposed in the open."

Kane, puzzled, replied, "An undercover agent in the open? I don't understand what you mean."

Du Wei said indifferently, "You don't need to understand, you just need to recognize a fact, and that is me, His Excellency the Duke, I have now remembered everything."

"The Vanity Sect will certainly choose to accept me, and they will also fear my presence."

"What I have to do is find one of them, pry open his mouth, and get everything I want."