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Chapter 5 - Family meeting

After Grace arrived she confirmed the situation and asked both her children to get in the car.

They drove for around an hour to the outskirts of England to a massive farmhouse.

John was stupefied with the grandeur of the place and asked,

"So like you own this?"

Grace replied, "Yes, jointly owned by me and your dad."

Tilly said, "So like we are rich? Our CEOs don't even make this much."

Grace replied, "Not even, me and your dad own the company."

John said, "What am I working as an analyst for then? And Tilly running a small bakery?"

Grace said, "Now now, don't be like this, eventually we would have told you."

John was on call in seconds, "Yeah I am putting my resignation."

Tilly wanted to laugh but controlled herself.

After arriving they went to a meeting room.

A few servants were present there; Grace asked them to leave and close the door behind them.

After they left, Grace asked John to pick out the paper and repeat the action.

They lived in the mansion and trained.

Grace also felt the same changes in her body and was sure about everything her children said.

Grace said, "Okay, now we will not be leaving this mansion until we are clear about everything."

Tilly said, "But my bakery?"

Grace replied, "Seriously? Forget about that for now."

Tilly was dejected but John was laughing at her misfortune.

A few months flew by like this and now John was able to reproduce the paper, but was instructed by his mother to destroy the paper after every try.

Meanwhile Eva was still thinking how to get the second part of the qi training out. She continued her lifestyle and slowed down her actions, anyway she had a 300-year lifespan.

The best idea she could think of was mailing it anonymously to a different continent so that it became difficult to trace her as the source.

She took all the precautions and posted it to China, to a random address she got from social media. She made sure the sending location couldn't be traced at all.

After a few days Meng Jin, who was an 18-year-old college freshman, received a letter with a page with some scribble written all over it.

He could not understand it at all.

He thought about sending it to his professor and tried clicking an image.

He was shocked to find that the camera viewfinder was showing the sheet as empty.

He sent the blank paper to his professor with his concern but was ignored.

He did not have much hope to begin with, still he posted about this phenomenon on a social media site.

Before he could think about anything he was contacted by an anonymous account saying if what he was saying was true, the other party was ready to pay one million pounds for the paper.

He was very confused and did not reply.

After a certain amount of time he got another message saying,

"I can give you the first part. I do not know if you have the first part or any other parts, but even if you have only the first part I will pay the promised amount."

"I can also agree to let you read your sheet if required by you in future."

He was very confused but one million pounds was a lot of money, enough for him to get his parents a proper place and open a small business he always wanted.

After considering the same he decided to agree to the meeting. But he put forward a requirement that the meeting would take place in a public setting.

"Yes, works for us. Three days later in New York. Here are ten thousand in bitcoin for your flight ticket and stay."

He was shocked and verified the authenticity of the crypto wallet and found real money. He booked the flight and hotels, called his parents about a very niche internship, and convinced them.

Three days later both parties met at a private table in a high-class restaurant.

In front of him sat a woman around forty with beautiful long hair and unusually clear skin, wearing a simple long skirt and top.

He was wearing a formal shirt and pants.

Grace said, "Can you show me your sheet? Don't worry, we are in a very public setting."

He nodded and slowly pulled out the sheet and handed it to Grace. She just confirmed it was different compared to the sheet she had and hurriedly pulled her attention away; she could not fall in trance here.

"Okay, here is your sheet. Make sure no one knows about it and do not share it with others or the consequences will be dire."

The sheet had everything except the last warning about not sharing with multiple people.

"Also, the money has been transferred. Goodbye, may we never meet again."

He took the sheet and returned to his hotel room hurriedly.

After reaching he opened the sheet and concentrated on it. He went into a trance and did not wake up for five hours.

Post that, after he opened his eyes, he understood what he had was the later part of this.

He was a bit dejected but remembered the woman's comment about him being able to see the sheet later and recovered a bit.

Meanwhile Grace returned to England the same day, to her mansion, and put the suitcase with the sheet on the dining table.

Both John and Tilly were present.

She slowly opened the suitcase; as all of them had completed the first part they all were able to understand this part which after a few hours they were able to confirm was the second half.Then thay started to comprehend the technique one by one.

Tilly woke up first, then Grace and then John.

He was a bit dejected but when he thought about the time spent by him to fill up his body and compared it to others he was a bit consoled.

Post this they all started practicing together. Meanwhile Meng Jin was also practicing.

Eva was a bit dejected as she could not find John's trace anywhere.

She needed to get the first part to more people. She also had an intuition that her direct dao descendants were the only people who first touched the sheet; after that, the source changed to that person.

She thought about getting some of her own family also involved as such a good thing should definitely be shared within her family.

Her chance would come in a few weeks at the family Christmas party.

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