The Black Book: Seven Deadly Sins-Chapter 501: Holy Temple Guardian

"Tell Ancient One, I’m not the Holy Temple Guardian, I’m just temporarily helping to watch over for a while."

"Yes."

With a respectful bow, Wang An retreated into the teleportation gate, where the blooming sparks instantly collapsed, disappearing into the air.

Until the last spark completely extinguished, the two tense onlookers finally relaxed, fixing their amazed and reverent gazes upon Zhu Haomiao.

Behind that [Door] just now was a place of birdsong and fragrant flowers, significantly out of place with the concrete jungle of New York.

Time-Space Folding Technology?!

Supreme Mage?

Holy Temple?

Guardian?

It sounds like some ancient organization secretly protecting the world!

Tony and Pepper exchanged glances, capturing a wealth of information from the snippets of words, seeing uncontrollable excitement in each other’s eyes.

On the other side, not noticing their exchange of glances, Zhu Haomiao toyed with the key in his hand, tossing it lightly and making it disappear like a magic trick.

"I’m off."

Seeing the youth in black wave his hand and turn away without reluctance, Tony Stark quickly spoke up to retain him.

"Zhu, how should I contact you in the future?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Haomiao paused his steps, hesitated for a moment, and flicked his finger lightly.

Ding~

In the crisp sound of metal cutting through the air, a dazzling gold light suddenly shot from his finger, spun a graceful arc in the air, and was caught by Tony.

Looking at the elegant and beautiful gold coin in his hand, with a hint of mysterious charm, Tony Stark looked at Zhu Haomiao with puzzled eyes.

"Pray to it, and I will hear it."

With his whole body trembling, Tony Stark’s pupils slowly shrank to the size of pinholes, glancing at the gold coin in his hand and then at the handsome youth in black, involuntarily swallowing hard.

Prayer...

This religious term generally points to... [God]!

An eerie suspicion flashed through his mind; previously, Tony Stark only thought Zhu Haomiao was not a mortal, but now he wonders if Zhu is even [human].

On the other side, noticing Pepper’s curious stare at the gold coin in Tony’s hand, Zhu Haomiao’s heart stirred, and he flicked his finger again.

Ding~

Receiving the gold coin tossed by the youth in black, Pepper blinked, her bright eyes filled with confusion.

"Mr. Zhu... this?"

"Everyone sees some, take it."

Laughing lightly and explaining, Zhu Haomiao shifted his gaze to Tony and patiently advised.

"If you fall into desperation, you can use it up and borrow strength from me. For... uh, a friend’s sake, I won’t charge interest."

With a sunny and gentle smile, Zhu Haomiao waved to the two, turned, and walked away.

Though his pace was unhurried and composed, his elegant and ethereal figure quickly disappeared from their sight.

Watching the black-clad youth’s figure vanish into the distance, Tony and Pepper exchanged bewildered glances before looking down at their beautiful gold coins in their palms.

"It’s truly beautiful!"

Pepper’s eyes were dazed, unable to resist picking it up, rotating it gently under the sunlight, and watching its refracted colorful light, liking it more and more.

Meanwhile, Tony carefully examined the patterns on the gold coin, furrowing his brows in confusion.

Pyramid?

All-Seeing Eye?

Isn’t Zhu a deity from East University?

Various fragmented clues tangled in his mind, Tony pondered for a moment, shook his head, clenched the gold coin in his hand firmly with his fingers.

"Perhaps he saw something, which is why he bestowed these coins upon us... Pepper, make sure to always keep it with you!"

Seeing Tony’s unprecedented serious expression, Little Pepper nodded blankly.

On the other side, entirely unaware of Tony Stark’s excessive thinking, Zhu Haomiao gave them the [greed coin] just as a casual move, primarily aiming to leave a unique marker for convenient teleportation access.

Ever since rescuing Tony, Zhu Haomiao discovered that these Heavenly Destiny Main Characters are like endless golden rice crops, whether guiding him back to the predetermined world line or disrupting it to collect massive Qi Fortune.

As long as you intervene slightly at the critical turning point of his destiny, you can easily harvest a rich essence of Qi Fortune!

Never-ending!

Utterly endless!

Clicking his tongue, Zhu Haomiao strode swiftly down the streets of New York, following the guidance of the key to a tranquil and elegant neighborhood.

The ancient Holy Temple, hidden among buildings, appears inconspicuous, yet upon close observation, one can sense the profound historical weight of centuries past.

Buzz~

A complex three-dimensional golden array suddenly appeared in midair; Zhu Haomiao unawarely bumped against it as if passing through a thin membrane, standing easily before the Holy Temple door.

Using the key to open the door, he was greeted by a dim, ancient western-style hall.

It resembled a palace of the European Royal Family or a museum housing countless treasures, with powerful Time-Space Folding Technology expanding the interior into a miniature independent world.

Brimming with curiosity, Zhu Haomiao strolled around, observing various strange magical artifacts.

But even after several days, he hadn’t explored all the areas and had to settle in a luxurious bedroom temporarily.

Wow~

Several days later, Zhu Haomiao gradually accustomed to life within the Holy Temple, found a book recorded with magic, and gently flipped through it.

Leaning back on a high-backed leather chair, the black-clad youth crossed his legs, while not far away, a middle-aged white man in a retro tailcoat elegantly and smoothly brewed coffee for him.

"My Lord, your coffee."

With white gloves, Wilson seemed like a dutiful butler, placing the freshly brewed coffee on a small table by the boy’s side.

"Hmm."

Taking it up and sipping casually, Zhu Haomiao’s full attention focused on the magic book in his hand, with ethereal knowledge coalescing on his retinas into incomplete Law Fragments, twisting and writhing like tiny insects, flashing in and out, and eventually assimilating into the depths of his pupils.

With genuine interest, Zhu Haomiao nodded thoughtfully, vaguely enlightened.

The automatic search of the [Creation Jade Disk] doesn’t conflict with his proactive collection; both running in parallel could accelerate the completion of his cultivation technique!

Of course, his proactive collection efficiency was quite low, but the advantage was its specificity!

If lucky and encountering spheres yet to be touched by the [Creation Jade Disk], even finding the last missing "piece," it could save years, even decades of hard work!

With keen interest, he perused the magic book; as Zhu Haomiao immersed himself in the ocean of knowledge, an eerie sensation interrupted his concentration, prompting him to look instinctively beyond the dome’s circular glass window.

The silver moonlight enveloped him like a veil, his heart pulsing; in the mystic flow of fate, a pivotal change seemed quietly underway.

"Roar!!!"

A roar resembling a massive carnivorous beast jolted the entire city awake.