Chapter 2621: Chapter 2621: Elder Hayden, Chief of the Golden Serpent Guards
"However... Even if the City Lord wants to treat him kindly, making him deeply grateful and willingly hand over the various Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities he possesses, it’s unnecessary to let Wyatt Barnes cultivate in his quiet room, right?"
Eren Maxwell murmured to himself, his expression slightly darkening, "Even I and Makai Holland have never been invited by the City Lord to cultivate in his quiet room."
As the leader of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon under the Bloodshade City Lord, Boney Holland, Eren Maxwell naturally knew how excellent the cultivation environment in Boney Holland’s quiet room was.
Besides the assistance of Immortal Stones and other cultivation aids, simply comparing the cultivation environment, the speed of improving one’s cultivation in the City Lord’s quiet room was twice as fast as here!
For this reason, Eren Maxwell had repeatedly wanted to enter that quiet room to cultivate.
Moreover, upon learning that an Ascender possessed multiple advanced Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities, he even wanted to secretly take those methods and abilities without informing the City Lord, to enhance his own power.
Once his strength improved, he could go to the County Governor’s Mansion in Nine Nether County, and vie to replace Manuel Willow, becoming the new City Lord of Bloodshade City!
By then, Manuel Willow’s cultivation quiet room would naturally become his.
"Hopefully, after the City Lord obtains Wyatt Barnes’s Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities, he will appreciate my merit in telling him everything and also pass on Wyatt Barnes’s Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities to me."
Eren Maxwell thought.
Currently, Eren Maxwell was unaware:
The City Lord of their Bloodshade City never intended to seize the Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities Wyatt Barnes mastered!
Bloodshade City, the City Lord’s Mansion.
In the vast eastern area of the City Lord’s Mansion, there was a large residence with spacious front and back yards, and this was precisely where Manuel Willow, the City Lord of Bloodshade City, resided.
His cultivation quiet room was in the backyard of this residence.
Right now, Manuel Willow was sitting at a stone table in the front yard, sipping tea while watching the flowers and plants, his thoughts unknown...
"City Lord, don’t you regret not trying to force Wyatt Barnes to hand over the Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities he possesses?"
Suddenly, a voice echoed from all directions, swiftly spreading throughout the front yard.
With the appearance of the voice came an old man in a black robe of average stature.
The old man had a commonplace appearance, a restrained aura, and a murky gaze, easily mistaken for an ordinary elderly man.
The black robe the old man wore was notable for the ’golden serpent’ embroidered on the chest.
Upon closer inspection, it’s possible to see:
The serpent’s head was embroidered with a discreet ’crown’.
"If I forced him, then I really would regret it."
Manuel Willow seemed accustomed to the old man’s sudden appearance, "I also asked you to investigate him... you should have observed something of his character and personality. Do you think he’s someone who can be pressured?"
Recalling the defiant young man in purple, the old man fell silent.
"He is a ’hidden dragon’."
Manuel Willow’s eyes flashed as he continued, "Forming a friendship with him is definitely better than antagonizing him... I have a very strong intuition: only he can help me avenge Young Master Elijah!"
"Young Master Elijah..."
The old man’s body trembled slightly, his eyes first showed a trace of fondness, then turned forlorn.
Among the current followers of Manuel Willow, he had been with Manuel Willow the longest.
In fact, he even accompanied Manuel Willow from Nine Nether County City, leaving the County Governor’s Mansion to come to Bloodshade City...
Manuel Willow’s personal disciple was also someone he watched grow up.
"Elder Hayden."
Suddenly, Manuel Willow seemed to remember something, a glint of coldness flickered in his eyes, he said to the old man, "If Eren Maxwell finds out I’m not planning to seize Wyatt Barnes’s Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities, and even recommend him to the County Governor’s Mansion, he will surely be displeased..."
"Perhaps he won’t dare to show his displeasure in front of me. But, given his personality, he definitely won’t make things easy for Wyatt Barnes."
"Even... he might leave Bloodshade City and head to Nine Nether County City, spreading the ’news’ that Wyatt Barnes possesses numerous advanced Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities..."
"I want you to keep an eye on him... if he shows signs of leaving Bloodshade City for the County City, kill him, and eradicate his sister and his brother-in-law Noel Yorke!"
Towards the end, Manuel Willow spoke harshly, "If he wants to harm Wyatt Barnes, he’ll be blocking my revenge for Young Master Elijah... if it comes to that, I’ll have to disregard our past friendship!"
"Understood."
The old man nodded, then disappeared with a flash.
From Manuel Willow’s words, it was clear that the old man’s strength surpassed that of Eren Maxwell.
And indeed, it was true.
This old man was the leader of the Golden Serpent Guards under Manuel Willow, and the Golden Serpent Guards were formed by him...
The old man was a ’Cyan Sun Golden Immortal,’ his cultivation was superior by a notch than that of Eren Maxwell, who was merely a Green Day Golden Immortal. Furthermore, the Immortal Method and Divine Ability he mastered were slightly stronger than Eren Maxwell’s, making it very easy for him to kill Eren Maxwell.
In Bloodshade City, this old man beside Manuel Willow was exceptionally powerful, second only to him.
"I wonder... in half a year, will his cultivation advance further, breaking through to become a ’Purple Moon Celestial.’"
After the old man left, Manuel Willow turned his head to glance at the direction of the backyard, murmuring softly.
And the ’he’ in Manuel Willow’s mouth naturally referred to Wyatt Barnes.
"However... it probably isn’t very likely. After all, he has just broken through to become a ’Blue Moon Celestial Immortal.’"
After a second thought, Manuel Willow shook his head to himself, thinking it might not be possible.
Although Wyatt Barnes did claim that in the short span of a month, he broke through from Azure Moon Immortal to become a ’Blue Moon Celestial,’
But in his view, it was definitely the opportunities Wyatt Barnes had in that small world that helped catapult his cultivation to the brink of a Blue Moon Celestial.
It was precisely because of this that Wyatt Barnes could successfully break through to become a ’Blue Moon Celestial’ in a mere month.
Now, wanting to break through from Blue Moon Celestial to become a ’Purple Moon Celestial’ in a short span of half a year seems unlikely.
"Though it may not be likely... there’s still hope for a ’miracle.’ After all, he is someone who ascended from the mortal plane, achieving what he has today in less than a hundred years, which shows that his monstrous talent is indeed exceptional, even in the mortal plane."
After a moment, the originally dim look in Manuel Willow’s eyes gradually brightened up.
He didn’t know about other places.
However, during all his years in Nine Nether County, he had never heard of:
Aged below a hundred years, and originating from a mortal plane ’ascendant’ appearing in Nine Nether County.
Because of this, he hoped even more that Wyatt Barnes could create a miracle and surprise him.
In the backyard, inside a cultivation chamber.
Now, this cultivation chamber had been completely handed over to Wyatt Barnes by Manuel Willow.
Although he could enter and cultivate alongside Wyatt Barnes, he chose not to, giving Wyatt Barnes a completely quiet and undistracted cultivation environment...
And Wyatt Barnes, at the moment, had also consumed a low-grade Immortal Pill ’Spirit Essence Pill,’ holding a top-grade Immortal Stone, practicing the "Crystal Clear Profound Secret," focusing entirely on his cultivation.
In half a year, he would go to the County City of Nine Nether County, to the County Governor’s Mansion of Nine Nether County.
There, he would encounter even more powerful beings.
Among them, there would be no shortage of Daai Law Golden Immortals as well!
Before that, he naturally hoped his cultivation could advance further, so that his overall strength would also improve accordingly, allowing him a bit more self-protection when he reached the County Governor’s Mansion in Nine Nether County.
Currently, Wyatt Barnes had become completely familiar with the "Crystal Clear Profound Secret," constantly absorbing Spiritual Energy from the world into his body, transforming it into a pure, clear liquid that circulated continuously along his Heavenly Veins...
In addition, with the medicinal efficacy of the Spirit Essence Pill, the Immortal Origin in his body was also changing every moment, rapidly improving at a visibly measurable pace...
Time silently flew by.
In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
At this moment, news that in five months, the City Lord of Bloodshade City planned to choose a ’Golden Immortal’ under a hundred years old from among the Black Dragon Army, Army of Silver Sea Dragon, and Golden Serpent Guards to head to the County City of Nine Nether County and enter the County Governor’s Mansion of Nine Nether County was spreading widely.
"Going to the County Governor’s Mansion?"
"That’s a great opportunity! If one goes to the County Governor’s Mansion, they not only get better cultivation resources but also a cultivation environment incomparable to the current one!"
"I heard this time the County Governor’s Mansion wants people from under its nine counties... each county has two spots."
"Two spots? Wasn’t it said before there’s just one, and the competition would happen in four months’ time?"
"You’re out of date, aren’t you? One of the spots has already been reserved by the City Lord for that Centurion of the Black Dragon Army, Wyatt Barnes!"
"No wonder I heard a few days ago that Wyatt Barnes had left the Black Dragon Army and was no longer a Centurion there... I initially thought the City Lord planned to keep him by his side, but he was actually preparing to send him to the County Governor’s Mansion in Nine Nether County."
...
Both in Bloodshade City and the camps of the Black Dragon Army and the Army of Silver Sea Dragon, similar discussions were widespread.
"Didn’t the Army of Silver Sea Dragon say before that Wyatt Barnes was just an ’ascendant’ newly arrived at our Spiritual Heaven? Since the City Lord has reserved a spot for him, it shows his age must be under a hundred, right?"
"And you still believe what the Army of Silver Sea Dragon says? When they said Wyatt Barnes was just a Heavenly Immortal newly arrived at our Spiritual Heaven, I already knew their words were not trustworthy... Could a newly ascended Heavenly Immortal have the power to cripple a Centurion of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon? They must be joking!"
"Exactly! The Army of Silver Sea Dragon spreads such news... obviously just making a joke out of us!"
...
Bloodshade City was becoming increasingly lively.
