Chapter 1846: Chapter 1846: Turmoil in the Mysterious Void Manor
Finally, Augustine Landon couldn’t persuade Wyatt Barnes.
In fact, no one could persuade Wyatt in this matter because he was confident he could defeat Emperor End and seize the opportunity to enter the Dragonsmith Clan’s Holy Land, the ’Dragon Washing Pool’!
After Augustine went to the ’Azure Cloud Platform’, Wyatt returned to his father’s residence, to the room his mother had long prepared for him.
Throughout the Mansion of Azure Clouds, aside from those special ’spirit pools’, the house of House Master Lanni Barnes was undoubtedly the best place for cultivation, directly connected to a ’quasi-tier three Holy Stone mine’.
This place was surrounded by spiritual energy all year round, like azure smoke lingering over the beams.
However, given Wyatt’s current ’appetite’, the spirit pool, though good, was not suitable for him.
He could completely absorb all the liquid spiritual energy in the spirit pool in a short time. By then, the spiritual energy in the surrounding area would become thin, affecting cultivation.
Moreover, even if he took all the spirit pools from the Mansion of Azure Clouds, it would not be enough to meet his needs.
So, he honestly stayed at his father’s residence to cultivate.
However, although Wyatt had been in the Mansion of Azure Clouds for many days, news about him had not spread.
Even within the Mansion of Azure Clouds, the number of people who knew about this ’Junior House Master’ could be counted on one hand.
So far, the only ones who knew that the Mansion of Azure Clouds had a Junior House Master were the Earth Saint Realm powerhouses under his father and a few trusted individuals.
Even fewer knew he was in the Mansion of Azure Clouds.
The reason for such ’low-keyness’ was none other than the ’Demon Sealing Monument’ in his hands!
The Demon Sealing Monument was one of the top ten super sacred artifacts on the Martial Dao Sacred Land’s "Top Ten Sacred Artifact List." Even powerhouses from the Upper Domain would be driven by greed for it.
Therefore, for Wyatt Barnes’ safety and the safety of the Mansion of Azure Clouds, Lanni Barnes had not spread the news that his son was ’Wyatt Barnes,’ because the name ’Wyatt Barnes’ was a very sensitive term in the Lower Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land.
Just mentioning this name makes everyone immediately think of the ’Demon Sealing Monument’!
"The urgent matter is to first transform the ’Golden Crow Wings’ to the second form... By that time, I could officially break through to the ’Great Saint Realm’! After the breakthrough to the Great Saint Realm, if I can further enhance my cultivation to ’mid-Great Saint Realm’ before the five-year agreement arrives, there should be no major problems."
Although Wyatt was very confident in himself, in truth, he was mostly trying to bolster his confidence.
Is mastering the Minor Devouring Technique just a matter of saying he can master it?
Is breaking through to mid-Great Saint Realm something that happens just because he says he can?
If he couldn’t master the advanced divine ability of the Minor Devouring Technique or break through to mid-Great Saint Realm, aside from relying on the ’Splendid Fairy Sword,’ how could he compare with the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Emperor End?
Without the Minor Devouring Technique, and without breaking through to mid-Great Saint Realm, even if he understood the third level of the ’Supreme Heart Sword’, relying on the divine ability ’Golden Crow Wings’, without using the Splendid Fairy Sword, he had no confidence to defeat Emperor End!
As for the physical body, he had even less advantage!
Though his body was stronger than that of a six-clawed Divine Dragon at the same cultivation level, a five-clawed Divine Dragon couldn’t compare to him at all.
But even if he broke through to mid-Great Saint Realm, his body would at most be equivalent to a late-Great Saint Realm six-clawed Divine Dragon’s body.
Though a six-clawed Divine Dragon was more formidable than a five-clawed Divine Dragon, could a late-Great Saint Realm six-clawed Divine Dragon’s body match up against a Human Saint Realm pinnacle five-clawed Golden Dragon?
A five-clawed Golden Dragon was a standout among the five-clawed Divine Dragons, closely matching the six-clawed Divine Dragon in all respects!
"I almost forgot... The strength of Emperor End cannot be judged by ordinary human martial artists!"
Thinking of the formidable body of the Dragonsmith Clan, Wyatt’s face sank.
Earlier, his confidence was based on confronting ordinary Human Saint Realm pinnacle martial artists and Earth Saint Realm early-stage martial artists.
Now, he remembered that Emperor End was a five-clawed Golden Dragon!
A Human Saint Realm pinnacle five-clawed Golden Dragon, in terms of physicality, was already considered abnormal.
Then, what about an Earth Saint Realm early-stage five-clawed Golden Dragon?
Just thinking about it made Wyatt’s scalp tingle.
For a moment, Wyatt felt an intangible pressure bearing down on him, pressing him so hard that he was almost suffocated.
Faced with this pressure, Wyatt immediately entered the third level of the Jewel Tower, greedily absorbing spiritual energy and began to temper the ’Golden Crow Wings’.
Every moment, the Golden Crow Wings were changing.
In no time, they would successfully transform into the ’second form’!
By then, he would no longer need to suppress his cultivation and could break through to the ’initial Great Saint Realm’ in one go!
While Wyatt was diligently tempering the Golden Crow Wings, far away in the Mysterious Void Mansion, things were also far from peaceful.
"Den... Den?!"
Staring at the broken Soul Bead before him, the eyes of Protector Edison Dunn of the Mysterious Void Mansion widened in shock.
Bloody hues spread across his eyes, eventually completely covering them, transforming them into a pair of blood-red eyes.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
...
As the robe on Edison Dunn’s body flared up, his head of grey-white long hair broke free from its tie and fluttered in the absence of wind, causing the tables and chairs in the massive side hall to shake and emit a series of crisp sounds.
"No matter who... dares to kill my son, I want you to pay with your life!"
Edison Dunn’s throat moved a few times, and he spoke almost word by word, although his voice was not loud, it was filled with violent murderous intent.
The shattered Soul Bead belonged to none other than the Vice Mansion Leader of Xuan Kong Mansion who died at Qingyun Mansion, ’Atlas Dunn’.
Of course, Edison Dunn did not know that Atlas Dunn had gone to Qingyun Mansion, much less that Atlas Dunn died there.
Faced with the powerful Asa Honorston, Atlas Dunn couldn’t send any message before he died.
In less than a month, his grandson and son both died, the blow to Edison Dunn was undeniably immense!
And when Edison Dunn was driven mad with anger, the entire Xuan Kong Mansion was also thrown into chaos.
Atlas Dunn, as the Vice Mansion Leader of Xuan Kong Mansion, had more than one Soul Bead left in Xuan Kong Mansion... Besides the one in his own residence, there was another one stored inside the inner estate of the Main Mansion of Xuan Kong Mansion.
And today, a Xuan Kong Mansion disciple, during a routine check of the Soul Beads, discovered that Atlas Dunn’s Soul Bead was shattered!
Immediately, the face of this Xuan Kong Mansion disciple changed drastically, and he reported the matter up at once.
There’s no wall in the world that doesn’t let the wind through.
As the matter was reported, the news quickly swept through like a hurricane, spreading throughout the entire Xuan Kong Mansion.
"Hey! Have you heard? Vice Mansion Leader Atlas Dunn, is dead!"
"No way? Vice Mansion Leader Atlas Dunn was very powerful himself, and his father is Protector Edison Dunn, who could kill him? Who would dare to kill him? Did you receive fake news?"
"It must be true news! It’s said that Vice Mansion Leader Atlas Dunn’s Soul Bead is shattered too."
"Who has such audacity to dare kill Vice Mansion Leader Atlas Dunn?"
...
With the entire Xuan Kong Mansion in turmoil, Ryatt Morgan, the Mansion Leader of Xuan Kong Mansion, naturally was also alarmed and immediately gathered the higher-ups stationed within the Xuan Kong Mansion grounds.
These higher-ups ranged from the lowest-ranked Peak Elders to the Vice Mansion Leader, and even Protectors!
When Protector Winty Landon arrived, almost everyone was there, except for ’Edison Dunn’.
However, after waiting for a while, Edison Dunn eventually arrived.
"Protector Dunn, my condolences."
Seeing Edison Dunn, Ryatt Morgan sighed and was the first to offer his condolences.
"Protector Dunn, my condolences."
After Ryatt Morgan, including Winty Landon, all the higher-ups of Xuan Kong Mansion also offered their condolences to Edison Dunn.
Of course, some of them were only expressing condolences verbally, while their eyes betrayed a hint of schadenfreude, making it clear they were being insincere.
"Thank you, Mansion Leader, thank you everyone."
Edison Dunn’s voice was somewhat hoarse, faintly exuding a cold aura, keeping people at a distance.
"Protector Dunn, I convened everyone here this time, mainly to discuss the matter of Vice Mansion Leader’s death... Whoever it is, dares to kill my Xuan Kong Mansion’s Vice Mansion Leader, Xuan Kong Mansion will never let them go!"
Ryatt Morgan declared.
"Of course, the immediate task is to find the murderer of Vice Mansion Leader... Does anyone present have any clues about Vice Mansion Leader?"
Ryatt Morgan’s gaze swept over the crowd present.
"Mansion Leader!"
As Ryatt Morgan’s voice fell, a Xuan Kong Mansion elder spoke, "A few days ago, I was on duty patrolling the area around the Earth Palace, I saw Vice Mansion Leader seeming to rush to the south... Oh right! Before him, Protector Landon’s son ’Augustine Landon’ also went south."
In Xuan Kong Mansion, the four palaces of Earth, Heaven, Profound, and Yellow are located in the north, south, west, and east respectively.
Departing from the Main Mansion to the south, the area around the Earth Palace is on the way!
"South?"
Ryatt Morgan frowned.
Hearing what the Xuan Kong Mansion elder said, Winty Landon’s expression changed, his heart suddenly racing, "My son just left, and then Atlas Dunn went to the south too... It seems he wanted to follow my son to find Wyatt!"
As one of the Protectors of Xuan Kong Mansion, Winty Landon, who was old in the ways of the world, could easily guess this.
Thinking of this, he also felt a pang of worry for his son.
However, considering that Atlas Dunn was now dead, and his own son’s Soul Bead was safe in his hands, he was relieved and vaguely guessed something, "That Atlas Dunn dared to make a move on Wyatt... I reckon he most likely died at the hands of a strong figure from the Mansion of Azure Clouds!"
Of course, although he guessed the ’cause of death’ of Atlas Dunn, Winty Landon did not say it out loud.
Although he and Edison Dunn were both Protectors of Xuan Kong Mansion, they did not have much interaction on a usual basis.
In fact, his son had been assassinated several times before, and he suspected it was Edison Dunn but struggled to find evidence.
Until his son claimed he had no interest in staying in Xuan Kong Mansion and wanted to venture to the Upper Domain, he had not encountered assassination attempts again.
At that time, he had already confirmed that the person behind those assassination attempts was Edison Dunn.
As a result of an accidental opportunity, he learned that Edison Dunn wanted a descendant of the Dunn Family to become the next Mansion Leader of Xuan Kong Mansion, and that he would eliminate any obstacles in his path!