Chapter 389: They Are All Fake

“I won’t,” Jared shook his head.

Luke soon left as well. Watching Luke go, Jared found him strangely mysterious and cunning, yet he didn't consider him a bad person; after all, Luke had been helping him.

“Jared, please remember what I said. Watch your back. If Derek finds out, he won’t let you off easily,” Anthony said helplessly.

“I’m sure there are plenty of ways to solve this. No need to worry,” Jared replied with a faint smile.

Anthony, unsure how to respond, left with his men.

Once everything was settled, instead of going home, Jared took Phoenix and Tommy directly to the Jantz family residence. With Zachariah dead, everything belonged to Jared; no one would contest it.

Tommy drove while Jared sat in the passenger seat, with Josephine and Lizbeth in the back. Several cars carrying Phoenix and her Phoenix Regiment men followed.

“Jared, why did you eat those…dirty things? What’s going on?” Josephine finally asked, unable to contain her questions.

Goosebumps covered her body as she recalled Jared consuming the ghosts. The scene made her nauseous.

“What did he eat?” Lizbeth asked curiously.

Josephine couldn’t explain, instead staring at Jared expectantly.

Only then did Jared realize Josephine had witnessed him consuming the ghosts. Damn it! She must have been disgusted and terrified.

“They weren’t dirty things. It was an illusion created by the mage. Do you really believe in ghosts?”

Jared feigned ignorance, explaining, “Look, there’s nothing in my hands, right? But I can conjure illusions instantly!”

With that, a white mist appeared on his palm, forming a frightening ghost. Josephine and Lizbeth paled.

Jared then sucked the ghost into his mouth. In reality, it was an illusion created with his spiritual energy. However, the ghosts Venicus had released were real.

“See? All fake. Now, let me conjure a dagger.”

He created a dagger, inhaled deeply, and sucked it into his mouth. “These are made of martial energy. You can’t tell because you aren’t martial artists.”

“I get it!” Lizbeth said, turning to Josephine. “Josephine, you’re not a martial artist, so you don’t understand. An Internal Energy Grandmaster can transform energy into different forms, creating objects—but they’re all illusions!”

Josephine, reassured, said, “I see. So they were all fake!”

Jared breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, she believed him; otherwise, he wouldn't have known how to explain. He needed to be more careful in the future and prevent her from witnessing such things.

Tommy, driving, smiled secretly. If Jared hadn’t convinced Josephine, she might have refused intimacy with him.

“What’s so funny? Keep your eyes on the road,” Jared snapped.

They soon arrived at the Jantz mansion, which was deserted. The remaining Jantz family members had apparently fled after Zachariah’s death.