Alex then began to wonder what the man was doing there. He looked back at the woman and at the three-piece necklace held in her hand.
"Isn't that the necklace instructor Jennifer said was the key to open the door of a vault?"
Then he looked at the man again.
"But what's this bastard doing here?"
Then he kept quiet and tried to understand all that was going on before him.
"Daughter, I am sorry I wouldn't be there to see you transition to a beautiful young woman. I shouldn't have gone for the sage-stage cultivator inheritance. I was purely after my own gain. Look at me now. My vitality is draining away." The sickly woman lying on the bed said regrettably.