Ken nodded, satisfied with Flynn’s idea. “Haha! What an idea! This is a great idea! For now, we can beat him up and torture him however we like, so long as we don’t kill him. We’ll wait until Selena’s birthday, when he loses face, before letting him die painfully.”“My thoughts exactly!” came Flynn’s reply, his eyes filled with malice and contempt. “I heard that his wife’s quite a catch.” Flynn gritted his teeth. “Hmph! Once he’s out of the picture, I’ll have his wife kneel at my feet one way or another, and I’ll have her begging for me to toy with her…! I’ll have fun torturing her by all means!”Hearing this, Ken instantly snapped, “Cousin, I’m afraid that’s a no-go. I’ve had my eyes on Selena all this while, so you can’t touch her!”This, of course, did not sit well with Flynn. “Ken, I only want revenge, and you can’t even fulfill this request of mine? I… I lost my leg…! I can’t vent my hatred if I don’t do that!”Ken’s face darkened. “Flynn, need I remind you that it was Fane wh
Ken nodded at Flynn as they reached an agreement.Meanwhile...Fane was back in his villa, and he took a bath and changed. It was only then when Selena came back from work.“How was work, Honey? Is everything in the company alright?” Fane asked caringly when he saw his wife entering the room.“Yes, everything’s fine. Though… As bad as he may be, Ivan has been anxiously trying to show off his performance. All the materials in this project are able to reach in time, and their quality is quite good too. The general manager is extremely satisfied with him.” Placing her bag down, Selena searched for a fresh pair of clothes as she prepared to take a bath.“Really? Oh, Mother said that Grandfather asked us to come over for dinner tonight, so go on and take a quick shower,” spoke Fane with a small smile on his face. “After dinner, we’ll stroll around the compound.”“Really? Grandfather asks us to come and have dinner with him? Did something happen?” Selena was slightly surprised. After a
Hearing what Fiona had said, Joan’s lips curled into a frown. “Yes, and I’m quite worried. Selena’s mother told me that Quil Xenos asked a marshal to come over. Although this other person’s not so capable, it only shows that the Xenos family is really powerful as they had gotten a marshal’s help!”Fiona grew more afraid the more she thought about it. “It’s all because of Fane, and it’s infuriating.” She glared at Fane. “How could he offend someone like that and make people hate him!”When she saw where this was going, Selena quickly jumped in on Fane’s defense. “Mother, we can’t blame this on Fane,” she reasoned. “Fane told me that they were at the veteran’s gathering and the Goddess of War, Lana killed Magnus Sutherland because he forced female celebrities to sleep with him. This Magnus is Quil’s father’s god-brother, and he has to address Magnus as ‘uncle’!”Selena paused before she added, “Nobody knew that Quil would instead pick a fight with Fane when he knew he couldn’t do so w
“Mother, I can understand that you consider money to be a very great thing,” began Selena. “And yes, you suffered a lot several years ago. Still, you can’t risk our lives, including Fane’s. What if the martial artists from the Xenos family truly come for us and kill us? Are you really not afraid of death?” Selena felt herself getting heated at the moment. She felt that her mother was too much; that she could not even discern right from wrong.Nobody expected, however, that Fane would side with Fiona as he spoke, “What Mother said seems to make sense. We can’t give money to Xena.”Initially criticized and rebuked for her thoughts and opinions, Fiona lowered her head in embarrassment and dared not speak when no one sided with her.She never expected Fane would take her side on this matter.Her lips instantly curled into a smile as she proudly remarked, “Look, I’m not the only one who said this. Fane’s saying the same thing, too. We can’t give Xena money!”Selena was puzzled. She loo
Cecilia was startled to hear Selena snapping at her in such a tone.The initial stunned expression on her face eventually disappeared as Cecilia composed herself, folding her arms across her chest in arrogance just like before. “Hah! It seems the way you speak has changed now that you have quite the money, no? No wonder you look down on me. Isn’t it only a villa that’s worth tens of millions?”Though there was a strange undertone to it, Cecilia did not stop there as she continued, “I heard that a commander’s reward is around two million, yet you get such a small amount of money after five years. You even went through uncountable life and death situations, but the amount of money you get isn’t much. You bought a villa and several cars, and didn’t I hear that you’ve even hired bodyguards? With my calculation, Fane doesn’t have much money left, right? He only has several tens of millions, no?”Indifferent, Selena icily replied, “Yes, we don’t have much money, but we aren’t short of mon
“Mother, what are you talking about? I chose this myself, and I regret nothing. Just so you know, I feel that Fane is so much better than Young Master Clark and Young Master Wilson!” Irked by her mother’s behavior, Selena rolled her eyes at Fiona and walked past her to get inside. “Hmph!” Fiona looked at Fane, obviously displeased. Everything happened because Fane was incapable as a provider, and others had looked at their family with disdain. While their lives had changed for the better, they could have had that luxury and happiness even from back then.Fiona brusquely walked inside, silently as she did. Andrew’s lips curled into an awkward and sheepish smile as he patted Fane’s shoulder. “Fane, don’t take it too seriously. This is how she is. She’s not a bad person; she’s just hoping that Selena would have a good life.”Fane smiled bitterly and nodded. “Don’t worry, Father-in-law, I won’t let you guys down! I don’t care that much about the Gold family or Clark family either!”Fa
Fane merely wore an aloof smile as he walked over to Cecilia’s table and sat on the empty seat next to Selena. Once Fane sat down, the Gold family’s young master, Kelly Gold smugly spoke, “Ah, so you’re Fane? We went overseas for a trip some time ago and have just returned recently! I’ve heard quite a lot about you. You’re the one who joined the forces, right? A son-in-law who married into his wife’s family. Haha! You’ve been away for five years, no?”On the other side, Old Master Gold’s expression darkened as he glanced at Fane. “Old Master Taylor, this… This is the son-in-law who married into your family?” “Yes, and he’s been here for a month now!” Old Master Taylor nodded with a smile on his face.The expression on Old Master Gold’s face continued to darken, and he added, “We’re here to discuss important matters today, and it’s about Kelly and Cecilia’s wedding. It’s not so good for an outsider to sit here with us on the same table, don’t you agree?”“That’s right, Old Master
This could be why the Gold family agreed to prepare for her and Young Master Gold to get married; she was with child. The Gold family’s future generation.“Why… Why are you looking at me? I’m not pregnant!” Fane easily noticed the sliver of shock and guilt behind Cecilia’s eyes as she averted her gaze, turning to the side. “I’m not an easy woman!”Fane chuckled at her comeback, and he smugly added, “You should be around six weeks pregnant. Being pregnant isn’t that much of a strange occurrence. It’s quite normal in this current society!” “Cecilia, are you pregnant?” Old Master Taylor’s face darkened. Conceiving before marriage was not abnormal, merely a normal happening all around the world.Still, Old Master Taylor was a man who highly preserved his dignity, and the Taylor family has just achieved the second-class aristocratic family title. If news about how the Taylor family’s girls got pregnant before they were married got publicized, the Taylor family’s value would deteriorate
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.