Severin stepped forward, placed his arms around Diane's waist, and said, "Why would I bother with alchemy when tonight's our wedding night? I have a beautiful woman waiting for me right here too!"Diane's cheeks were slightly red as she said to Severin, "Why all the fuss about our wedding night? Our daughter is already a young girl! You're making me feel embarrassed when you say all that!"Severin replied with a smile, "By the way, honey, you're going to the be wife of a governor. How does that make you feel? Are you happy?"Diane smiled slightly. "When I was broke, all I hoped was to become rich. The main reason I thought that way was because I didn't want Selene to suffer. Now that I have the money, I feel like safety is more important than anything else. Money now becomes a number for me, and I'm content to have food on our tables, clothes to wear, and the liberty to buy whatever we want."After a brief pause, she continued, "On the contrary, I'm more interested in breaking thro
A day later, Gracie, Mick, Larry, and Rachel came to meet with Severin according to his instructions."Why did you call us here today, Supreme Leader?" Gracie asked with a little grin once she confirmed that there were no outsiders around. She was wearing a shorter leather skirt with a pink-and-white thin knit sweater top, which made her look cute yet sexy at the same time. Even her grin became that much more charming.Severin looked at them and conjured up four small bottles with a wave of his palm. He then handed the bottles to them and said, "Here are the pills that I've refined. Each person will get a few first-grade low-rank pills and two first-grade medium-rank pills. These pills are very useful for those who are profound masters and can be used in your training!""You're amazing, sir! I never imagined you'd know alchemy! Why didn't we know about it before?" Mick expressed his surprise as he took the bottle from Severin. His attainment base was only that of a level seven prof
As soon as they all heard that, their eyes lit up and they were overwhelmed with excitement."Okay! We'll work hard!" Larry clenched his fists with a resolute expression."Don't worry," Gracie reassured, "you should focus on raising your proficiency in alchemy. We'll do our best to ask around and send our people to locate the other hall masters. I'm sure we can find the other eight halls in no time!" She was as resolute as Larry was.Severin nodded and reminded the four of them. "When you begin your search, perhaps you can go to different regions, such as focusing on certain forces in certain cities. It'll be much more efficient that way!""Thank you for reminding us." Rachel nodded too.Severin looked at them and said again, "You're all aware that I'll be moving to South Link City to take up the position of South Governor in the next few days, so if there's anything you need, feel free to call me or visit me there!""Hehe, then I'll visit you often!" Rachel smiled and said, "I'm
Severin merely laughed when he heard that. "I don't want to be recognized everywhere I go. Anyway, the spiritual energy in Brookbourn is much thinner, and the energy in South Link City would be much denser than here! Everything's set then!"It was noon by the time they finished chatting, and Severin asked Judith to prepare some lunch for them before sending them off. For Severin, even second-grade medium-rank pills would be of little use to his attainment, so there was no point in him keeping them. To that end, he distributed all the pills that he refined a few days ago to the four hall masters. His priority at that moment was to keep practicing alchemy to improve his proficiency. The rest would have to wait until the four hall masters have improved their attainment.Meanwhile, the Shanahans were all extremely excited about the big move, and they were busy selling off their assets during the past two days. It was to ensure that they had enough money in their hands so they could imme
Rachel smiled and said, "Sure, I've already made a reservation! You've helped me out big time, so I insist on treating you tonight!""Sure thing! I'll make sure to stuff myself to the fullest!" Severin laughed.Not a lot of people from the Shanahans came along since most of their bodyguards and servants had been let go. Apart from Lillie and her group, the only bodyguards who were brought along were those who had better attainment than most.Severin planned to live with the Shanahans because he and they could mutually support each other. Since he was going to be heading South County Mansion as the governor, he planned to visit the city center the next day to select a few strong bodyguards. After all, the ones from Brookbourn are either low-level profound masters or low-level grandmasters, and they were wholly inadequate for such places.After saying that, he turned to Catherine and said, "You and everyone else should go with Rachel and rest at her place. Diane and I will have a loo
That middle-aged man was Lance York, an elder of the Hillguard Gang who had always liked Rachel and wanted to win her heart. Unfortunately, he never had the chance to do so. Later on, he was so heartbroken after learning that Rachel was forced to marry Horus that got drunk several times alone.His Hillguard Gang was strong enough to face Serpent Hall, but he could not do anything after learning about Rachel's forced marriage because their gang could never be a match for South County Mansion. Moreover, he was just an elder, and their gang leader would never have allowed the gang to make an enemy out of the county mansion for the sake of a woman that their elder fell for.A few days ago, when he heard that the grand-elder of the South County Mansion had been killed and the wedding was called off, he became extremely excited and was filled with a glimmer of hope.Then, he came to know that another more important piece of news—the Neelys, who were the current leaders of South County Man
The bald man did not hold back at all and said, "Keep dreaming, kid? We're not from Serpent Hall. We're from the Hillguard Gang! This is one of our elders!"Lance's crush on Rachel was well known to them, and one of the guys went so far as to shine Lance's shoes by saying, "Do you know who he is? He's Rachel's boyfriend, Lance Kirk!""Boyfriend?" Severin glanced skeptically at the other person. Lance looked like an unsavory character, and his appearance was far from spectacular either. He did not think that Rachel would fall for someone like him.Lance was overjoyed when he heard his men's flattery, but that joy soon turned into gloom when he saw Severin's expression. "What's with that look, kid? Do you doubt us?"Severin laughed. "I think you're just bragging. I've never heard from Rachel that she has a boyfriend. She never mentioned that at all.""Tch. Who do you think you are? Why would she tell you if she has a boyfriend?" The baldie spat on the floor beside him and said to Se
"AGH!" The bald man wailed in pain and covered his injured arm with his other hand. His face turned pale as he said, "We're doomed. I have a broken bone, and the punch he just threw at me was almost on the level of a level nine profound warrior!"The baldie's attainment had reached level six profound master and was thus quite decent. However, he was powerless to withstand Severin's casual punch."I didn't think you'd have such a high attainment. You have it coming for you now that you've hurt one of my men!" The smile of schadenfreude on Lance's face had disappeared, and in place of it was a cold expression."I had no choice. You were asking for it when you called me a car thief and insulted my wife!" Severin smiled insipidly and had an indifferent look on his face."Do you think you're strong just because you're a level nine profound master? Let me handle him!" Another guy took a step forward and manifested a surge of spiritual energy as he clenched his fist. When his fist began t