Chapter 2769: "Acquaintances
The young man in brocade robes hails from a mid-level Immortal Kingdom, the ’Cloud Rock Immortal Kingdom’.
At the same time, he is also from a prominent family in the capital city of Cloud Rock Immortal Kingdom. He often associates closely with the Sixth Prince of the Cloud Rock Immortal Kingdom’s Imperial Family. He once saw the floating shadow mirror image revealed in the Floating Shadow Pearl obtained by the Sixth Prince from a third-rate family, the Nangle Family, in the capital city of Cloud Rock Immortal Kingdom.
In that floating shadow mirror image, there was a perfect beauty with unparalleled looks.
Although a long time has passed, he could never forget the moment he saw the woman in the floating shadow mirror image...
Her brows were like paintings, eyes bright as water, extraordinarily beautiful, slender and graceful, matched with a simple white dress. The faint cold air emanating from her body seemed as if it was enveloped in immortal aura, otherworldly, like a fairy immune to the mortal world.
Especially the woman’s perfect cheeks, they seemed to be the biased creation of the Creator, without a single flaw from any angle.
He still remembered:
At that time, his heart raced swiftly, and he yearned to possess that woman.
However, he also knew his place.
That woman was the one the Sixth Prince had his eyes on, not someone he could touch.
"At that time, besides that woman in white, there was also a young man in purple clothes in the floating shadow mirror image revealed by the Floating Shadow Pearl, who looked exactly the same as the person I just saw!"
"Moreover, that person was also dressed in purple... and besides, there was a woman in white with him, only wearing a veil and a gauze hat, making it impossible to see her appearance."
"However, her figure was exactly the same as the woman in white in the floating shadow mirror image revealed by the Floating Shadow Pearl back then..."
Thinking of this, the young man in brocade robes’ eyes lit up, "This seems to indicate that the woman wearing the veil and gauze hat is very likely the unparalleled beauty the Sixth Prince was previously seeking arduously within our Cloud Rock Immortal Kingdom!"
"Just in time, the Sixth Prince is also here this time... If I tell this news to the Sixth Prince, with the Sixth Prince’s fair and clear rewards and punishments character, he will surely not overlook me!"
Thinking further, the light in the depth of the brocade-robed young man’s gaze grew even more radiant.
As a mid-level Immortal Kingdom, Cloud Rock Immortal Kingdom has thirty slots for participating in the ’Desolate Territory Competition’, so this time the emperor of Cloud Rock Immortal Kingdom brought thirty young strong practitioners under a hundred years of age here.
These thirty young strong practitioners under a hundred years of age are all the outstanding figures of the current younger generation of Cloud Rock Immortal Kingdom.
In addition to the thirty young strong practitioners under a hundred years of age, there were also many others accompanying the emperor of Cloud Rock Immortal Kingdom, including strong practitioners by his side, as well as many princes and people from the major royal mansions.
Among them was the Sixth Prince of Cloud Rock Immortal Kingdom.
Although he noticed that young man in brocade robe acting strangely, Wyatt Barnes soon put the matter aside when the other party left, accompanying Leilany for a leisurely stroll in this City of Grand Unity.
Thirteenth Prince of the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation, Crue Dragonsmith, walked side by side with Wyatt Barnes and Leilany.
"Brother Barnes, since the Left Protector ’Cain Iron’ of the Taiyi Immortal Sect left last time, did he ever seek you out again?"
Suddenly, Crue Dragonsmith seemed to recall something and sent a voice transmission to Wyatt Barnes.
"No."
Wyatt Barnes shook his head.
He found this somewhat odd as well.
He thought that after he agreed to help Cain Iron refine the top-grade Immortal Pill ’Rowan Heaven Pill’, Cain Iron would surely be eager to retrieve the materials needed for refining the Rowan Heaven Pill from the Taiyi Immortal Sect and ask him for help refining the Rowan Heaven Pill.
But now the ’Desolate Territory Competition’ was about to start, yet there had been no sign of Cain Iron.
"This seems a bit unreasonable..."
Crue Dragonsmith also found it somewhat strange.
If he were Cain Iron, he would certainly have presented the materials needed for refining the Rowan Heaven Pill to Wyatt Barnes before Wyatt joined the Dragon Warrior Immortal Sect, asking Wyatt to help refine the Rowan Heaven Pill.
"Perhaps he was delayed by some urgent matter."
Wyatt Barnes said.
"That is the only explanation."
Crue Dragonsmith nodded.
And almost the moment Crue Dragonsmith’s words fell, a voice timely reached the ears of both him and Wyatt Barnes:
"Hey! Did you hear? The Protector Cain Iron of Taiyi Immortal Sect successfully broke through to become a ’Seven Star Immortal Monarch’ a few days ago! From now on, there are three Seven Star Immortal Monarchs in Taiyi Immortal Sect."
Upon hearing this voice, Wyatt Barnes and Crue Dragonsmith exchanged glances, both seeing the realization in each other’s eyes.
"So that’s why... It seems that recently, the Left Protector Cain Iron of Taiyi Immortal Sect has been in secluded cultivation to break through. And just a few days ago, he successfully broke through to become a ’Seven Star Immortal Monarch’!"
Crue Dragonsmith exclaimed.
"Seven Star Immortal Monarch..."
Wyatt Barnes’s originally calm heart also stirred slightly. Unexpectedly, the Left Protector of the Taichi Immortal Sect, whom he had met once in the past, had broken through from the Six Stars Immortal Lord to the ’Seven Stars Immortal Lord’ after a period of time.
The Seven Stars Immortal Lord and the Six Stars Immortal Lord, though differing by just one level, the gap in power is as wide as a chasm.
At least, on the surface, the Taichi Immortal Sect only had two Seven Stars Immortal Lords, the Sect Leader and the Grand Elder...
Now, with Cain Iron’s breakthrough, the Taichi Immortal Sect’s surface-level number of Seven Stars Immortal Lords would change from two to three, and the overall strength of the Taichi Immortal Sect would be greatly enhanced.
"Originally, because the Taichi Immortal Sect possessed a ’King Grade Immortal Artifact,’ it secretly surpassed the Tianzhu Immortal Sect and the Longwu Immortal Sect in strength... Now, the appearance of another Seven Stars Immortal Lord means the Taichi Immortal Sect is undoubtedly stronger!"
"After this event, the situation in the Desolate Territory might undergo subtle changes... At the very least, the Tianzhu Immortal Sect and the Longwu Immortal Sect will surely be uneasy."
"Naturally. The three major immortal sects in the Desolate Territory have always been in a state of balance. Now that the Taichi Immortal Sect has another Seven Stars Immortal Lord, the Tianzhu Immortal Sect and the Longwu Immortal Sect will definitely be more wary."
"I believe the Tianzhu Immortal Sect and the Longwu Immortal Sect might intend to join forces in the future to balance the Taichi Immortal Sect, suppressing its arrogance... If the Taichi Immortal Sect is allowed to defeat them one by one, it will definitely dominate the Desolate Territory in the future!"
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At the same time, the conversations of passersby reached the ears of Wyatt Barnes and the others.
The discussion was all about the emergence of another Seven Stars Immortal Lord in the Taichi Immortal Sect.
However, Cain Iron’s breakthrough didn’t affect Wyatt Barnes at all.
To him, whether it’s the Longwu Immortal Sect or the vast Desolate Territory, it’s just a stepping stone in this plane of existence named ’Ling Luo Heaven’; in the future, he plans to venture beyond the Desolate Territory to a bigger stage.
After all, his goal is still the ’Divine Ruin Lands’ that transcend all planes of existence.
"However... regarding the Divine Ruin Lands, even Crue Dragonsmith, the Thirteenth Prince of the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation, has never heard of it. It seems that to learn about the Divine Ruin Lands, one must at least exit the Desolate Territory."
Previously, Wyatt Barnes had asked Crue Dragonsmith if he knew about the ’Divine Ruin Lands.’
However, he said he didn’t know.
Moreover, when Crue Dragonsmith consulted several reputed scholars within the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation’s Imperial Family, they all said they hadn’t heard of the ’Divine Ruin Lands.’
Even after searching through various ancient texts, they found no records about the ’Divine Ruin Lands.’
At that moment, Wyatt Barnes realized:
With the foundations of the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation, they haven’t even come into contact with the level of existence of the ’Divine Ruin Lands,’ let alone heard of it.
"When the Left Protector of the Taichi Immortal Sect, ’Cain Iron,’ comes to find me, I can ask him about the Divine Ruin Lands... If even he doesn’t know or can’t find out, then I’ll have to ask ’Brother Patel.’
Wyatt Barnes mused.
"Who knows when Brother Patel will return... However, when I come out from that ’small world’ left by an Immortal King, Brother Patel should have returned. After all, if he doesn’t come back, the items I obtain inside that small world might fall into the hands of the Longwu Immortal Sect."
Wyatt Barnes was very clear in his heart:
Even though he’s a top-grade Alchemy Immortal who can refine top-grade Immortal Pills like the ’Rowan Heaven Pill,’ once he enters and safely exits the small world left by the Immortal King, the Longwu Immortal Sect will surely inspect his Storage Ring.
After all, the Longwu Immortal Sect’s craving for treasures within that small world is no less than for the Rowan Heaven Pill and certainly no less than for me, a top-grade Alchemy Immortal.
"Moreover... Brother Patel left this time to help me resolve the issue of the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect arranging for Milana Harrington to be married to someone from another force. I’m not sure if everything went smoothly."
Thinking of Milana Harrington, a disciple of the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect, Wyatt Barnes felt a slight heaviness in his heart.
Although he had no emotional attachment to Milana Harrington, since they shared a marital bond, he considered Milana Harrington his woman...
His woman is absolutely not allowed to be touched by anyone else!
"My current strength is still too weak... If only my strength were sufficient, I could directly go to the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect and take Milana Harrington away; anyone who dares stop me, I shall kill!"
At this thought, Wyatt Barnes’s eyes suddenly emitted a chilling glare, ready to devour anyone in his path.
He continued to accompany Leilany for about an hour.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Wyatt Barnes’s eyes narrowed, as he saw two familiar figures.
One of them was precisely the well-dressed young man he had seen an hour ago.
As for the other, it was the young man named ’Lux Nangle’ whom he and Leilany had encountered near the Capital City of the Yunyan Immortal Nation before they left.
At that time, because Lux Nangle and others intended to kill him and abduct Leilany, they were almost all killed by Leilany.
Only Lux Nangle, having used an Immortal Talisman ’Floating Shadow Talisman,’ escaped under Leilany’s watchful eyes with speed comparable to an Immortal Lord!
"Your Highness Sixth Prince, it’s them!"
When Wyatt Barnes saw Lux Nangle, Lux Nangle also saw him and immediately reported respectfully to another young man beside him, whom Wyatt Barnes had never seen before.