Chapter 2682: Chapter 2682: Sacrificial Officer Laird, Wyatt Barnes?
The ’Fourth Prince’ of the King Cooper Mansion is considered a legend by those in the King Cooper Mansion.
Among the current King Cooper’s several brothers, the Fourth Prince’s talent was undoubtedly the highest, and even a hundred years ago, his strength surpassed that of the current King, earning him the title of ’the strongest in the King Cooper Mansion’.
Unfortunately, heaven is jealous of genius, and decades ago, the Fourth Prince of the King Cooper Mansion went mad during secluded cultivation. After injuring the King, he left the King Cooper Mansion and vanished without a trace.
As the chief of the Nine Nether County, Tian Jiyu once had the honor of meeting the Fourth Prince of the King Cooper Mansion, but due to the passage of time, he couldn’t react immediately:
The reason he found Ares Cooper familiar was because Ares looked like the Fourth Prince.
Now, seeing Ares display the exclusive divine ability ’Blood Seal Dance Heaven’ of the direct lineage of the King Cooper Mansion, and witnessing the Third Prince in charge of this Sixteen Counties Martial Tournament calling Ares over, he recalls the Fourth Prince from years past.
"This Ares Cooper from Nine Nether County... seems ... very similar to the Fourth Prince of the King Cooper Mansion back then!"
Suddenly, in a moment of enlightenment, chief of the Mountain County, Carter King, realizes:
Why from the first glance he had a sense of familiarity seeing Ares, it’s because Ares resembles the Fourth Prince of the King Cooper Mansion from back then.
"Why does this Ares Cooper look so much like the Fourth Prince?"
"Looking so much like the Fourth Prince, and with the surname Cooper... could he be a direct descendant lost outside of the King Cooper Mansion?"
"He might even be the Fourth Prince’s son!"
...
Some other county chiefs who had seen the Fourth Prince of the King Cooper Mansion that disappeared decades ago couldn’t help but whisper among themselves when they saw Ares walk behind the curtain in the VIP area, speculating that Ares might be the son of the Fourth Prince who went missing from the King Cooper Mansion.
"Fourth Prince?"
"He is the ’strongest of the King Cooper Mansion’ who was famous a hundred years ago, the fourth brother of the current King, the Fourth Prince of the King Cooper Mansion?"
"This Ares Cooper from Nine Nether County ... could possibly be the Fourth Prince’s son?"
...
As a group of county chiefs spoke, their subordinates more or less heard their words, and they were all very surprised for a while because the news was very shocking and caught them unprepared.
A grassroots individual from Nine Nether County suddenly turned out to potentially be the son of the Fourth Prince of the King Cooper Mansion, a direct descendant of the mansion!
Around the audience seating at the martial tournament arena, besides people from the sixteen counties under the King Cooper Mansion, there were also some guests invited by the King Cooper Mansion. These guests were from powerful sects and families within the territory governed by the King Cooper Mansion.
These factions, while not as powerful as the King Cooper Mansion, were not comparable to any county under the King Cooper Mansion.
"Ares Cooper? A direct descendant of the King Cooper Mansion? Son of the Fourth Prince?"
On the side of the VIP audience seating, a figure entirely shrouded in a black cloak moved slightly and muttered in a voice only he could hear, with a few hints of surprise in his tone.
The cloaked figure was completely enveloped in a black cloak, on which flames were embroidered, and these flames formed the character ’Kun’, which seemed to burn brightly at all times, dazzling and eye-catching.
This was, indeed, the ’Immortal Master Cloak’ of the multiverse.
The Immortal Master Cloak is designed by the ’Immortal Master Alliance’ in the multiverse. Only alchemical immortal masters and artifact immortal masters can claim it at the alliance’s bases after proving their identity as an immortal master.
The Immortal Master Cloak is rarely forged because anyone daring to wear a fake cloak, or forge a fake cloak, will be hunted down by the Immortal Master Alliance if discovered.
Therefore, throughout the history of the multiverse, very few dare to forge or wear a fake Immortal Master Cloak.
The Immortal Master Cloak is divided into four levels.
They are ’Heaven Immortal Master Cloak’, ’Earth Immortal Master Cloak’, ’Qian Immortal Master Cloak’, and ’Kun Immortal Master Cloak’.
Among them, the Heaven Immortal Master Cloak is only available to supreme alchemical and artifact immortal masters; the Earth Immortal Master Cloak to top-grade alchemical and artifact immortal masters; the Qian Immortal Master Cloak to mid-grade alchemical and artifact immortal masters.
As for the remaining Kun Immortal Master Cloak, as long as one is a low-grade alchemical immortal master or artifact immortal master, once proven at the alliance’s base, they can receive it smoothly.
And what this cloaked figure was wearing was indeed the Kun Immortal Master Cloak.
This enough indicates:
He is a ’low-grade alchemical immortal master’!
"Vice Sect Leader Yellow... the Fourth Prince of the King Cooper Mansion, was his strength stronger than that of the King?"
Suddenly, the cloaked person’s head tilted, and his eyes under the cloak flashed, falling on a middle-aged man sitting not far away. He asked in a slightly husky, low voice.
"Sacrificial Officer Laird."
Upon hearing the cloaked figure speak to him, the middle-aged man immediately turned to look at the cloaked figure, his originally stern face revealing a thick smile, nodding as he spoke: "The former Fourth Prince of the King Cooper Mansion indeed had strength surpassing the King."
"It seems, Sacrificial Officer Laird... you haven’t heard of the former Fourth Prince of the King Cooper Mansion?"
The middle-aged man is Vice Sect Leader Cohen Yellow of a sect ’Flying Dragon Sect’ within the territory governed by the King Cooper Mansion.
This time, he brought some people from their Flying Dragon Sect to the King Cooper Mansion upon invitation to join the festivities.
The festivities they are joining are indeed this ’Sixteen Counties Martial Tournament’.
Even though the black-robed man had joined their Flying Dragon Sect for only two short months, and was merely one of their sect’s five low-grade alchemy masters...
Because his alchemy level far surpassed the other four low-grade alchemy masters of the Flying Dragon Sect, he dared not show any indifference before him.
You should know, even the Sect Leader of their Flying Dragon Sect was incredibly polite in front of this alchemy master.
This time, as he left, the Sect Leader of their Flying Dragon Sect repeatedly instructed him:
To treat Sacrificial Officer Laird as respectfully as he would treat the Leader himself!
"Hmm."
The black-robed man nodded, then said faintly, "I have wandered around these years, and only two months ago did I arrive in this region governed by King Cooper’s residence... Just as my cultivation bottleneck loosened, I wanted to temporarily find a place to seek a breakthrough, so I chose your sect."
As the Vice Sect Leader of Flying Dragon Sect, Cohen Yellow had long heard the Sect Leader mention the black-robed man’s background, so he was not surprised by the man’s words.
"Sacrificial Officer Laird, since you are interested in the fourth prince of King Cooper’s residence, let me tell you about him..."
Cohen Yellow said warmly.
...
As Cohen Yellow recounted, the black-robed man learned what kind of person the former fourth prince of King Cooper’s residence was.
"Ares Cooper might really be the lost son of King Cooper’s fourth prince..."
The black-robed man was moved internally and thought silently.
Seeing that after his words, the black-robed man sat there with his head lowered, saying nothing more and not paying any more attention, Cohen Yellow was not annoyed.
Because he was already accustomed to the solitary nature of their Flying Dragon Sect’s Sacrificial Officer Laird.
"This Sacrificial Officer Laird, judging by his hoarse voice... should be an old man, and his true age should not be small either."
Cohen Yellow glanced at the black-robed man once more before retracting his gaze.
However, he did not know that the hoarse voice of the black-robed man was entirely feigned...
Underneath the black robe, there was actually a youthful appearance.
To be precise, he was a very young-looking, and his vital energy was extremely vigorous, a young man dressed in purple.
But because he was shrouded under the black robe, concealing everything about himself, others couldn’t see that he was a young man.
Right now, if Ares Cooper were here and lifted the black robe off of him, he would surely recognize at first glance:
This black-robed man was none other than someone he knew: Wyatt Barnes!
"Currently, that third prince of King Cooper’s residence should be further verifying Ares Cooper’s identity..."
Enveloped entirely under the black robe, Wyatt Barnes thought silently.
Although he did not, like the people around from Flying Dragon Sect or others, turn to look behind at the area covered by the curtains behind the VIP audience seats, his mind, like theirs, was focused beyond the curtain.
"However... it’s fortunate that the rule set by King Cooper’s residence for the Sixteen Counties Martial Assembly allows each county to have one ’trump card’, giving me the opportunity to consider whether to reveal myself and participate in this assembly."
Wyatt Barnes thought silently.
Except for Wyatt Barnes himself, including the governor of Nine Nether County, ’Mr. Tian’, no one suspected:
Wyatt Barnes had actually arrived at the site of the Sixteen Counties Martial Assembly held by King Cooper’s residence.
It’s just that he came under another identity.
Flying Dragon Sect Sacrificial Officer, a ’low-grade alchemy master’ wearing the Kun character alchemist robe!
And because he wore the Kun character alchemist robe and had the identity of a low-grade alchemy master as cover, no one dared to rashly probe him with divine sense when shrouded in the black robe...
Nobody wanted to easily offend an alchemy master.
If he did not have the identity of an alchemy master as a cover, his age, his identity would certainly be exposed.
Suddenly, thunderous proclamations rang out timely:
"King Cooper arrives!"
"King Cooper arrives!"
...
Along with the arrival of these proclamations, in the nearby void, nine snow-white horses pulled an open-top carriage from afar, the speed of which was not inferior to a typical Daai Law Golden Immortal.
On the open-top carriage, there was a dignified middle-aged man dressed in a purple-gold robe.
A vast group of people followed behind the middle-aged man.
