Wilbur soon realized that the energy aura in the mirror dimension would weaken every five days but restored itself within an hour. Thus, Wilbur guessed that that was the time the energy aura at the bottom of the lake would recharge itself. Since the bronze mirror could automatically absorb energy aura, Wilbur and Felix would not have to leave the mirror dimension at all. Eventually, a hundred years had passed in the mirror dimension as the two of them cultivated. One day, Conrad Albert, the head of the Albert family had just finished a three-year-long isolated cultivation. He walked out of his room barefoot and made his way toward the Black Tortoise Lake around two hundred meters away. There were already dozens of beautiful women lined up by the path leading to the lake. They were the women of the Albert family, stunning beings who had been cherry-picked from the others. However, they could only be servants and maids of the family, serving the core members of the family and satia
"I'm afraid I don't, sir." "The energy aura in the Black Tortoise Lake has decreased significantly. You were in charge of guarding it, and this happened under your watch. Do you know how much trouble you've brought to the Albert family?" "W-What?" Shawn's jaw dropped open as he trembled from head to toe, bowing repeatedly as he apologized. "I'm so sorry, sir. Please give me a bit of time, and I'll be sure to find where the energy aura is flowing out of and block it off." "You have one day. Remember that on top of finding the leak, you're also going to kill whoever benefited from it." "Yes, sir." Shawn left feeling terrified, and Conrad sat on the ground. He suddenly remembered what that dimensional guardian had said to him all those years ago. Was it possible that that particular elite had shown up? The four major forces of energy aura would not leak out easily unless that elite was here. And if it was indeed the case, he would need to be killed so that there would be o
"No." Conrad said, "Don't you forget, Dorrah. This might have happened almost ten thousand years ago, but the dimensional guardians can access and supervise the operations of the dimensions. Their words will come true eventually, and we're the ones in charge of stopping this from happening." "Well, according to the legend, that elite will release the energy aura from all four sources and take down the Four Great Families. I don't think what the dimensional guardians said will come true." "Man cannot control time. Even if those dimensional guardians could see the future, it might have changed after they helped us out. So, what they saw before might not even happen anymore." Babbit and Grote exchanged glances with amusement in their eyes. The Reyne and Hilton families were nothing like the weak force they had been ten thousand years ago, and Babbit was willing to bet that even the two dimensional guardians might not be a match for the Four Great Families if they returned. Dorra
Dorrah waved his glass at Conrad. "Well, now that you've found the source of the leak, all you need to do is just block the stream off and the energy aura won't leak anymore! Case closed." However, Conrad still looked worried. He was unsure if this would harm the Four Great Families if it went on, but this may be the only way to solve the situation at hand. After giving it some thought, Conrad asked, "Shawn, are there any cultivators near Mount Noss?" "About a dozen or so of them. They fetch water from the lake every now and then, But I've killed all the cultivators within a ten-kilometer radius around Mount Noss, and the outside world hasn't noticed." "Have you blocked off the underground stream?" "Yes, I had the servants do it." "Good job, Shawn. You may leave now." "Thank you, sir." After Shawn had left, Dorrah goaded Conrad into a few more glasses of wine. Eventually, the four family heads got to their feet silently. Following that, Babbit, Grote, and Dorrah faded a
A soldier shouted at Wilbur and Felix from afar. Felix was about to storm over, but Wilbur grabbed him by the shirt and gave him a pointed look. The two men turned to leave. As they walked, Felix said, "Master, it looks like they've planned for this. I don't think we'll be able to get the energy aura from the Black Tortoise Lake anymore." "I know, but when there's a will, there's a way. There's still the Azure Dragon Lake. We can take a look near there instead." The four major energy sources were located in the Azure Dragon Lake, the White Tiger Forest, the Vermillion Bird Mountains, and the Black Tortoise Lake. Since the Black Tortoise Lake was now guarded, Wilbur believed they could try looking around the Azure Dragon Lake instead. Water was a body of matter that could form underground streams, and it was much easier for energy aura leaks to happen to a lake compared to a forest or mountain. The two men were in the middle of a forest when a voice sounded from behind them. "He
Felix sneered at the man. "So, you're one of the Alberts' dogs, then. Alright, let's do this." "F*ck you!" The man in black charged toward Felix, who muttered a spell. He began to emit a white glow, then threw a punch at the man. Just then, the man's sword swiped through the air in front of him. Wilbur called out, "Be careful, Senior Horne!" Felix's fist collided with the sword, resulting in a loud clang that sent a powerful ripple of energy outward as both men retreated several steps. The man in black stared at Felix in shock. "I can't believe you've got a thousand years of cultivation in you. You forced my hand! I've never lost before, and I'm sure as hell not losing today." Upon saying those words, the man emitted a black aura. Felix let out a smirk, saying, "Well, you're not getting away for standing in our way, either." The man and Felix exchanged a wordless glance. In Buck Town, two enemies would usually not say much to each other. Their conflict would be resolved t
A smirk spread across Felix's face, but the man in black disappeared in the next second. He then reappeared right behind Felix, bringing his sword down against Felix's back. Just then, a black sword pierced through the man's body before his attack could reach Felix. The man in black froze in mid-air, and Felix turned around to see that Wilbur had stabbed the man through the chest with his Magic Dragon Blade. The man in black disappeared in a cloud of miasma before appearing on the left of Wilbur. However, Wilbur was much faster and reduced the man into black miasma once more. In the next few seconds, the man appeared around Wilbur and Felix. Wilbur was able to beat him with ease every time and finally said, "You've Flash Stepped six times. This is your last chance, dude." The man appeared a hundred meters away, and Wilbur teleported over the next second to drive the Magic Dragon Blade through him for good. Felix ran over, his eyes still wide with shock. "Master… that guy was
Wilbur frowned upon hearing those words. A hundred gold coins was definitely a lot, but how was Felix so sure that the man had earned them through less-than-savory methods? "How do you know he earned the coins through doing bad deeds? He's a member of the Albert family, after all. Couldn't that be the money they paid him, or bonuses he got for completing tasks for them?" "No." Felix shook his head. "I know Buck Town too well, Master. Any regular cultivator here, even if they were a slave of the Eight Great Families, can only make two gold coins each year at most. After deducting all the necessary expenses, which would amount to no more than two hundred silver coins. One gold coin is worth a thousand silver coins, and a regular cultivator would have to work for five years to make one gold coin. A hundred gold coins would require five hundred years of work, and that's without stopping or resting. It's just simply impossible." Wilbur snorted. "Really, now? Well, how did you make fiv