Son-In-Law Gets an Upgrade

Chapter 896 Insect Codex

The book’s pages had turned slightly yellow, clearly indicating its age, but surprisingly, it remained completely intact and was not the slightest bit damaged.

Judging from how well-preserved the book was, Magnus likely treasured it very much.

Alex couldn’t help but wonder what kind of book would spur Magnus to protect it so well.

Without hesitation, he flipped through the pages. The words were written in seal script. Thankfully, he was somewhat familiar with it, so he could understand what was written on it.

Upon realizing the book recorded a series of methods of raising poisonous insects, he knitted his eyebrows grimly.

One of the methods documented in the book involved raising poisonous insects using children’s innards. The insects in question were Magnus’ Life Bugs and the Red-headed Bugs that attacked Alex before this.

After flipping through more pages, Alex found the odd malady Jared was suffering from. With that information at hand, everything clicked into place.

extremely capable man. However, since he practiced unorthodox black magic, he was hunted by righteous cultivators sent by secret forces. As a result, he was forced to live his life in hiding and could no longer continue practicing black magic.

that very moment, the sudden establishment of a new prominent family in Lumenopolis caught his attention. After a while, he devised the perfect plan to manipulate that

strange ailment and waited for a while before showing up, using the Wallace family to help him get his hands on the materials he needed for raising poisonous insects on the

terrified of dying and would do anything Magnus said in order to stay alive. That was how things slowly developed into how it was now.

would’ve gotten a lot worse. It was even possible that everything would remain a secret due to

most tragic person in the whole story was undoubtedly Jared, who was used by the person who caused him sufferings. If Alex didn’t discover the book, Jared would never know Magnus

Jared again, he saw a pool of blood around the latter’s body. Almost all the flesh on Jared’s left leg had been carved

was grimacing, his face looking as pale as a ghost. It seemed

released the dagger in his

the pain from his leg was so overwhelming that he almost lost his mind. Since he couldn’t

a monster and about the true nature of

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the past, he was once curious about the answers to those questions. In fact, he asked someone to investigate

still very curious about the truth behind those matters,