CHAPTER 1953: CHAPTER 1952: THE DEAD SHEMALE

"In the Fire Worship Sect, those with a ’Green Spirit Root’ can at least become a ’Bronze Flame Elder’ in the future... With the talent you, Augustine, have shown in the past, it is not impossible to aspire to be a ’Silver Flame Elder’ one day!"

Wyatt Barnes continued.

"Wyatt!"

However, upon hearing Wyatt’s words, Augustine’s face turned serious instead of agreeing.

"What’s wrong?"

Seeing Augustine’s expression suddenly become serious, Wyatt’s heart skipped a beat, and his expression followed suit.

"Wyatt, I’m planning to temporarily leave the ’Fire Worship Sect’... There are some things I need to do."

Augustine spoke only after taking a deep breath.

"What kind of things?"

Wyatt asked in confusion.

"It’s inconvenient to explain right now... But this matter is extremely important to me! I originally intended to bid farewell to you as soon as I saw you... However, the brothers from the Anderson Family have been watching me closely, preventing me from finding you at the Black Tortoise Altar."

Augustine said, "Today you came and killed those brothers from the Anderson Family, truly relieving my anger... So I think it’s time for me to depart."

"Augustine, no matter what you need to do, I support you."

Since Augustine said he couldn’t explain, Wyatt didn’t pry further, understanding that everyone has their own secrets.

He too was not entirely open in front of Augustine.

Hearing Wyatt’s words, Augustine smiled immediately.

"But Augustine, if you need to leave, it’s best to depart soon... Preferably right now! Otherwise, both our top Silver Flame Elder ’Maximus Lee’ from the Black Tortoise Altar and the Fifth Elder ’Russel Yorke’ from the North Territory Sect might come after you."

Wyatt said seriously.

"I was thinking the same."

Augustine nodded, and then remembered something, saying to Wyatt, "Please convey my thanks to Hall Master Watson."

"Alright!"

Wyatt agreed swiftly.

Wyatt then accompanied Augustine all the way to the northern border of the Vermilion Bird Altar.

Once he goes further, it would be considered as leaving the Vermilion Bird Altar.

"Augustine, take care on your journey."

Wyatt said to Augustine.

"Wyatt, be cautious in the Fire Worship Sect... Once my matters are settled, I will return to assist you! Maybe by then, I can truly help you, instead of being a ’worthless’ presence like now!"

Augustine nodded, his words ending on a self-deprecating laugh.

"What are you saying, Augustine? No matter what, you are my senior, Wyatt Barnes, and that’s a fact that will never change."

Wyatt said solemnly.

Under Wyatt’s gaze, Augustine eventually departed.

Not until Augustine’s silhouette disappeared from view did Wyatt regain his senses and promptly left the Vermilion Bird Altar, heading back to the ’Black Tortoise Altar’.

What he wanted most now was to return and cultivate!

At present, possessing a ’Blue Spirit Root’, his cultivation speed has doubled compared to before!

"In half a month at most, I should be able to break through to the ’Late Human Saint Realm’... Give me a month more, and breaking through to the ’Peak Human Saint Realm’ will be within reach! In three months, when I go to serve my sentence at the ’Primary Mining Area’ of the Four Symbols Altar, my cultivation should step into the ’Earth Saint Realm’!"

On the way back, Wyatt fantasized about his bright future.

Thinking this makes him eager to return.

As Wyatt returned to the Black Tortoise Altar, Augustine also distanced himself from the Fire Worship Sect.

Upon leaving the Fire Worship Sect, he followed a specific direction, as if guided by something.

"Thirty years... It’s been thirty full years..."

On the way, Augustine murmured to himself.

In Augustine’s heart, a secret was hidden, unknown even to his father, ’Winty Landon’.

That was, thirty years ago, he received an incomplete inheritance at the Martial Dao Sacred Land.

The reason for calling it incomplete is that the inheritance consists only of a small, broken part.

According to the records in the small part of inheritance, if he wants to receive the full inheritance, he must go to the ’Upper Domain’ of the Martial Dao Sacred Land... This is why he always wanted to come to the ’Upper Domain’, because he is eager to obtain the complete inheritance!

However, upon arriving at the ’Upper Domain’, he decided to first learn more about it, so he temporarily put off searching for the complete inheritance.

Until he was bullied by the brothers from the Anderson Family, which prompted his competitive spirit and stirred his yearning to achieve that complete inheritance.

The reason he didn’t share the matter of receiving the inheritance with his father ’Winty Landon’ was due to a warning left by the predecessor who left the inheritance, telling him not to share the inheritance with family or friends.

Unless he finds someone truly suitable to inherit it, he should not pass it on!

To avoid complications, he considered this matter as his personal ’secret’.

"According to the records in the incomplete inheritance I obtained from the ’Lower Domain’, the inheritance I’m set to receive belongs to an ancient sect, the ’Seven Terminating Sect’! There are a total of seven powers in the Seven Terminating Sect... The inheritance I received is one of the three powers, the ’Great Power’!"

"And I am also the inheritor of this generation’s ’giant power lineage!’"

Augustine Landon’s eyes shone brightly, "As long as I acquire this Seven Terminating Sect’s triple inheritance of the ’giant power lineage,’ my strength will surely progress by leaps and bounds... By then, going back to the Fire Worship Sect, I can greatly assist Brother Wyatt in rescuing his sister-in-law!"

The ’Upper Domain’ of the Martial Dao Sacred Land is vast and boundless, its area far exceeding that of the ’Lower Domain’ of the Martial Dao Sacred Land.

The Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, Northern Polar Region.

Here, snow covers the ground year-round, the land and sky blend together in a vast expanse of white.

Currently, at the peak of a snow-covered mountain in the Northern Polar Region, stands a solitary, aged figure. Despite his thin robes, he seems unaffected by the cold.

The elder’s robe flaps in the wind, complementing the falling snow, giving him an air of ethereal mystique.

Now, if there were a second person present, upon close inspection, it would be evident:

Though the elder stands amidst the icy snowfield, his feet do not touch the summit’s icy ground, and even the falling snowflakes, upon nearing his robe, are repelled by an invisible force.

Who! Who! Who!

...

The cold winds howl continuously towards the elder, but he remains steadfast, unmoved.

His gaze is firmly fixed in the southwest direction, his fingers continuously calculating, murmuring in a low voice, "The inheritor of the Smokey Rain lineage, the great force has formed... Additionally, it seems the inheritor of the giant power lineage is about to emerge... It seems the day for my Seven Terminating Sect’s ’gathering of seven masters’ is not far off!"

"Gathering of seven masters? Destiny Elder, you certainly think highly of yourself."

Unnoticed, a beautiful woman also appeared at the mountain peak.

She arrived without a trace, her steps leaving no marks on the snow.

The beautiful woman possessed an exquisite face, her nearly perfect features unforgettable at a glance.

Hearing the elder’s words, she couldn’t help but mock.

"To my knowledge, the ’twins lineage’ of the six masters still hasn’t shown up, right?"

The beautiful woman continued.

"The inheritance of the ’Twins Lineage’ is in my possession... I have already selected a successor. If the timing is right, Case should be bringing them over soon."

The elder replied.

"Case Moon? That fiendish character?"

Upon hearing the elder’s words, a flash of aversion flickered in the beautiful woman’s eyes.

This ’aversion’ was clearly directed at the mentioned ’Case Moon.’

"Widow Flower, who are you calling a fiendish character?"

Almost immediately after the beautiful woman’s words fell, a soft voice rang out, tinged with anger.

The voice emanated out of thin air at the mountain peak, but no third figure could be seen.

"Anyone whose voice is neither male nor female, that’s who I’m talking about! What? You got a problem with that? Don’t forget that your current cultivation is far behind mine... Feel like trying your luck against me?"

Upon hearing the soft voice, the beautiful woman suddenly seemed to transform, becoming a ’shrew.’

"Hmph!"

The soft voice sounded once more, this time only a single cold snort, before seemingly disappearing completely.

"Despite everything, he is still a senior, why not let him be?"

The elder sighed lightly.

If Wyatt Barnes’ father, Lanni Barnes, were here, he would undoubtedly recognize the elder as the elusive ’Destiny Elder.’

The earlier voice would not have been unfamiliar to Lanni Barnes either.

It belonged to that of ’Case Moon,’ who once spent some time beside him.

The Seven Terminating Sect is divided into seven lines, with four of them as ’Shadow,’ an inheritor of this lineage specializes in assassination techniques, truly deserving the title ’King of Assassins.’

Case Moon is indeed the ’Shadow Inheritor’ of this generation.

"Since that fiendish character is here, it seems the inheritors you selected for the ’Twins Lineage’ have arrived too... Let’s go! I’ll accompany you to meet them."

The beautiful woman suggested.

Her words indicated a keen interest in the inheritors the Destiny Elder had chosen for the ’Twins Lineage’ among the Seven Terminating Sect’s six lines.

Simultaneously, inside a grand hall within a palace standing on a broad platform halfway up the snow-covered mountain, as a young woman entered, two voices exclaimed in unison, "Miss Julia?!"

"You... How did you end up here?"

The young woman was momentarily stunned upon seeing the pair of twin brothers before her.

The young woman who entered the hall was none other than ’Karina Hanson,’ brought to the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land by her mentor, also the eldest daughter of the Bibo Han Family in the Lower Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land.

"You... Are you the people that fiendish character ’Case Moon’ brought?"

A moment later, Karina Hanson seemed to recall something, her face filled with surprise as she asked.

"Julia darling, let me repeat myself... I am not a fiendish character! I’m called Case Moon... You can call me ’Senior Case Moon’ or ’Master Case Moon!’"

The soft voice reverberated through the hall, sending chills down spines.