“No way. Young Master Wilson is a grown man, and a man must always keep his word, no?” Fane spoke without sparing the other man’s shame, grinning. “That’s right. Unless you admit that you’re not a man but a eunuch or a woman, we won’t let this slide!” The satisfied Tanya also chimed in, her arms folded across her chest when she heard their defiance.“Young Master Wilson, you only made the bet with Fane because you thought that he was new at this, and therefore not well-versed with gambling rocks. Aren’t you ashamed now that you’ve lost to a rookie? Furthermore, you refuse to acknowledge your debt now that you’ve lost. It wouldn’t be very nice if word got out, right?”“Why are you such a sore loser?” This time, it was Yvonne who stepped forward and sneered at Wilson.The bodyguards dared not make a single noise anymore. The Drake family was one of the most eminent aristocratic families; they were in no position to threaten or bully Tanya Drake. It was almost like signing their d
“1 billion!”Many from the crowd inhaled sharply when they heard this. This bodyguard was just pushing it at this point. Was he aware of how much money 1 billion was? He had guts to be asking for 1 billion!Furthermore, Young Master Wilson had kindly offered the gemstone he had just bought, valued at around 7 or 8 million bucks; that was a pretty good deal on its own. How much could a mere bodyguard earn anyway? He spoke as though he had plenty of money.“1 billion? Heh. Aren’t you just being obnoxious? Why don’t you go and steal it yourself?”Young Master Wilson stared at him as though he was a madman, a contemptuous smile slowly forming on his lips. “Oh, I know why you need so much money now,” he said. “You’ve been thinking about it till it drove you nuts, didn’t you? Your dearest Grandfather Taylor’s 70th birthday is fast approaching, and you'll be chased out of the Taylors if you can’t fork out the 40 million you promised. Also, you’d have to break up with Selena Taylor, right?”“N
The old man’s eyes reddened even further; warmth began to tingle in his chest.“You have to accept this. This is a token of my appreciation—and it contains the hearts of all the soldiers of our country,” Fane insisted, earnest and solemn in his persuasion.“A—Alright. Thank you very, very much!”The old man’s eyes turned glassy. He slowly took the gemstone from Fane’s hands.“It contains the hearts of all the soldiers in our country? Hmph. You think too highly of yourself now. Even a general wouldn’t spew such flowery nonsense!” Michael, who stood by the side, smiled a cruel smile when he heard this. “Talking as though you were a god of war!” he scoffed to himself.“Thank...thank you!”The old man wanted to get onto his knees, but Fane stopped him.The old man quickly went to a nearby store to exchange the jadeite for money. So long as it was sold for a slightly cheaper price, plenty of brokers were willing to buy such gemstones.“How generous of you, giving something worth 7 to 8 mil
Fane felt slightly bashful. Yvonne was under the impression that she was every man’s object of desire.Now that he thought about it, his actions were rather questionable. Would anybody else just give away something worth 20 to 30 million?Furthermore, Yvonne was good-looking, and she had a nice figure. He had accidentally caught sight of that figure yesterday too, so she probably suspected he had some unsavory intentions towards her and wanted to get on her good side by giving her such a present. It was certainly a plausible theory.Fane gave a wry smile. “Don’t worry, I’m not having any wild ideas about you,” he assured. “You paid for this, and I already said that I’d give this to you no matter what came out while you were paying. I don’t go back on my word as a man.”He paused for a while here before continuing, “Just take it as an apology for yesterday’s accident, if you’re genuinely that uncomfortable with taking it.”In truth, he had not really done anything wrong yesterday. In fa
Fane’s lips twisted into a mirthless smile as he got down from the car.“Ahem. I hope you don’t mind, but you’re coming along with us today.”Luca chuckled, cutting straight to the chase.“Really? Where to?” Fane asked.“The George family’s residence. You fed our young miss crotons, so you have no choice but to come along with us. Not a single one of your family members will be spared if anything happens to the young miss!”Luca looked at Fane. He knew the punk was probably a skilled fighter; Fane would not have been recruited as a bodyguard for the Drake family otherwise.However, they had numbers on their side, and they were the guards of the George family, thus they did not tremble before Fane.“That’s a normal response,” came Fane’s reply, but his forehead creased soon after. “What do you mean? You’ve already taken my family?”“Hmph. What do you think, punk?”One of the bodyguards chuckled. “We’re just missing you and your wife, but never mind your wife. She’s a manager in the Drak
“Brother Luca, what do we do? Seems like the b*stard is super strong!”One of the George family’s bodyguards asked Luca right after he hung up. It was obvious that what Fane did just then had sparked fear in them.Luca exhaled a heavy sigh and approached Fane. He bowed ever so slightly. “My apologies, Miracle Doctor Woods. It’s all a misunderstanding,” he apologized. “Our master just called us and said that the young miss is doing very well. In fact, she lost a total of 15 kilos today. He specially said that he’d be treating you and your family to dinner. We’ve already booked the hotel.”The remaining bodyguards also started to bow when they heard this. “We apologize, Miracle Doctor Woods!” they cried toward Fane.Fane was stunned; their attitudes changed entirely in the blink of an eye. More importantly, so many people were watching them. Being called ‘Miracle Doctor Woods’ attracted a little too much attention than what he would like.He could do nothing but smile. “It’s fine so long
Carefully planning, Luca then commanded the other two bodyguards, “You two! Go pick up Miss Selena from her company. You must be respectful and treat her well, do you understand?”At this moment, Fane thought of his precious daughter.“Oh, right. You didn’t take away my daughter, Kylie, right?” he spoke. “If she’s terrified because of you, you’d land yourself in serious trouble.” After all, Kylie was only a little over four years old; he did not want her to be frightened and traumatized at such an innocent age.“Well, when we went to your house, we didn’t see any little girl, so we didn’t…”Luca wiped the cold sweat on his forehead once more. Thankfully, they did not take the daughter away as she went to school. Otherwise, this unassailable yet mysterious man before him would be infuriated.Although the George family was puissant, it was certainly not a good idea to give Fane the hump.“Alright, I’ll pick up my daughter first before going to the George family’s residence,” Fane decide
In a blink of an eye, Fiona and the others standing before one of the George family’s garages.When the heavy metal door was lifted, they found themselves face-to-face with opulent and sumptuous branded cars: Bentley, Porsche, Ferrari, and even Rolls-Royce. Besides, some of them were rare and of limited edition. Each of them bore an imperial and illustrious aura like a prideful ruler.“Ma, can… Can I pick one as well? Is it mine after I pick it?”Xena was a little agitated; she never anticipated that her blessings would come so soon. She suddenly found herself touched with her decision of dating Ben. Him as a back-up was indeed her best decision ever.Nevertheless, Fiona countered, “How could you think like that? A moment ago, you were saying you’re just Ben’s girlfriend, and not a Taylor yet. For the time being, this car doesn’t belong to you, but you can drive it since you’re Ben’s girlfriend.”“Fane and sister Selena both have their own cars. Only Ben and I have driving licenses wit
There was a heavy rumbling as the door slowly opened. A boundless sense of energy seemed to come from it.A few of them looked inside. Other than the green light, they could see nothing. The light completely obscured their sight. If they wanted to look inside, they would have to step in themselves.On the way there, Fane had already talked to Lourain about it. Lourain wanted to see what the legendary Valley of Enlightenment was like. That was why Fane asked for two spots.The three of them exchanged looks with each other, and they did not hesitate to step forward together, entering the door.The power of distorting space suddenly pulled the three of them in. The space around them started to spin rapidly. They did not know how much time passed, but it felt like a whole century before the space slowed down in front of them. Then, the sense of weightlessness disappeared as their feet landed on solid ground.The three of them had not been sent to different locations and arrived at the
Zayne scoffed, "Alright then, how do you want to work together?"He wanted to see what Fane was trying to do.Fane did not waste any time, "Both of us have all three keys, and we can open the door. Ten people can enter the door anyway. I just need two of those spots.Zayne looked at Fane meaningfully, "You sure know quite a bit."Fane even knew that only ten people would be allowed through. He seemed to have done his homework.Zayne took out his purple key from his storage ring. At that moment, all three keys were there. As long as all the keys were placed together, the gateway to the Valley of Enlightenment would open."If you only need two spots, then I don't mind working with you," Zayne looked at Fane meaningfully, but he quickly added, "However, make sure you don't cause any trouble during the important moments."Fane smiled before he said, "I've always been someone who keeps to my word. I'm more worried that you'll cause me trouble instead. There are many geniuses in the V
The two of them knew what that meant. Their eyes met, and worry was evident in their eyes."Is it Fane again?" Zayne said with a frown. At that moment, the first name that popped up in his head was Fane.Only Fane would truly be a big problem for them. Seymour's expression turned sour. He suddenly felt like Fane seemed to be his Achilles heel. Fane could pop out at any time and put him in a difficult spot."That's right! It's me!" At that moment, a voice was heard from afar. The two of them looked in the direction of the voice and saw five figures appearing in the air.This time, Fane did not have a disguise on. He was facing everyone with his real face."It really is you!" Zayne's face completely soured at that moment. Even if they were meeting for the first time, he was already incredibly sensitive to Fane's name.Nothing good ever happened when Fane was mentioned and Fane had actually appeared in front of him."How dare you!" Seymour shouted angrily!He walked forward to sta
When Shin and the others saw that, they were speechless. That person who had looked down on them was completely bound and on the ground at that moment. He looked pathetic.Fane quickly walked toward Warren, reaching out to pull off the mask to reveal his face.Fane controlled his energy, reducing the destructive power in Warren's soul. After the pain diminished, Warren slowly woke up.He looked up and saw the one person he never wanted to see in his life. He lost his voice as he said, "Fane?! It's you!" He almost bit his tongue as he spoke.Fane smiled and nodded slightly, "Yes. It’s me.""No wonder, so it's you! Where's Presti then?" Warren looked up and said.Fane raised an eyebrow and shot an incredulous look at Warren. Warren immediately understood what happened, and his whole face turned pale, "He's dead!"Fane nodded. There was nothing much to hide. Warren gulped, suddenly feeling like his thoughts from earlier were an absolute joke at that moment. He had even been think
After seeing that, there was a surprised look on Warren's face. However, he quickly pushed back that surprise. Even if that man was skilled, he would just be an above-average warrior. Above-average warriors were like paper to him!"Brat, it looks like you have some skill. However, that means nothing in front of me. I'll show you right now what a warrior at the peak is!"Right after he said that, he circulated his true energy around his feet. Red energy started to frantically blow away the dust on the ground. He lunged into the air incredibly fast.Fane raised an eyebrow before he started to form seals with his hands. Countless seals danced around in the air, and a chain appeared.That chain looked like a black dragon as it danced in the air.Warren scoffed in disdain. It was just a petty trick from an above-average warrior in his eyes. That chain would shatter in just one blow.He did not even bother thinking about it as he raised the sword in his hand. A silver ray of light quic
He leaped forward and landed in front of those four. Fane had already noticed Warren a while ago, but Fane relaxed when he saw Warren was alone. If it was just one person, then there was nothing to worry about!"Presti really is a piece of trash. He couldn't even get you!" Warren said with a sneer.Shin clutched his chest and turned to look at Cavill next to him. Cavill nodded slightly and did not say anything. The two of them shut their mouths at the same time as they looked in Fane's direction.Warren immediately felt something was wrong. He turned to look at Fane and saw that Fane was still completely calm as if nothing had happened."Brat, it looks like you're no ordinary person!" Warren said with a sneer.Fane turned to look at him before saying calmly, "Are you here to kill us?"Warren laughed out loud, and his eyes were full of mockery, "What do you think I'm doing here? Do I look like I'm here to chat?"Fane laughed. He could not believe another one turned up so soon aft
When Warren heard that, he felt incredibly exasperated. He mumbled, "It's just Shin, how could there be any trouble? Even if he has some fellow disciples with him, Presti is more than enough. They're all trash anyway."Zayne frowned, and he unleashed an incredibly strong aura that forced Warren to take a step back, "Shut up! Do you think we can afford to be careless right now? We're at the cusp of accomplishing everything right now. We have to be extremely careful. What kind of attitude is this?"Warren immediately shut up and did not dare to say anything. Zayne coldly looked at Warren, and deeply felt like Warren was not someone who could accomplish much. If it was not for the fact that he was useful, Zayne would not even bother bringing Warren through the door with him.Seymour turned to look into the distance. Gray mist filled up the skies, and no one could see the end of the horizon.There was nothing in the skies, and Seymour suddenly started to feel some worry. He was not clo
In front of an ancient stone door, two men were standing there, while another was sitting down and resting.The men who were standing had very stiff expressions on their faces. The two of them looked at each other with animosity in their eyes. It was obvious they were not friendly with each other. The man who was sitting down had his eyes shut and completely ignored the other two."Seymour! You're just the same as Desmond. You can't even get something so simple done. Desmond lost his life. I think you're about to follow suit!" Warren sneered as he mocked.Seymour's expression was dark, and he shot right back, "Warren, stop with those disgusting words of yours! Don't think I don't know what you're trying to do. You're just trying to push me down and take all the credit for yourself!"Stop joking around! You aren't smart enough to steal my credit! Even though Desmond is already dead, he still did the best he could. He was just tricked by Fane. If it was you, you wouldn't even have
Fane frowned. After he reached out to grab Presti's neck, Presti's life ended with a crack.Shin's eyes widened as he looked at Fane with fear. His savior could very well kill him!Cavill started to panic as well. He looked at Fane with alarm. Even though he was thankful that Fane saved the two of them just now, he had no way to tell what Fane would do after this. Fane slowly walked in front of them, and he did not show much emotion on his face.Cavill said in a dry voice, "Fane, you…?"Fane shook his head, "Don't panic. I won't kill you. Let's work together. It's not like only one person will be able to enter after the door opens."Shin looked at Fane with an incredibly inquisitive look. He thought about it before he said, "I… I don't want to work together. I'll give you the key as thanks for saving me. That Valley of Enlightenment doesn't sound like a good place at all. If I enter, I don't even know if I'll be able to survive."As he spoke, Shin had a bitter look on his face.