When they saw Charlie kneeling on one knee, all of these men who had been loyal to Curtis all this time hurriedly came forward to support him. Each of them was already in tears.Amongst them, one of them, who was the oldest, was in tears as he said, “Young Master, please don’t! We are not worthy! We are all your subordinates, so how can we accept such a big gift from you?!”Charlie said firmly, “All of you were my father’s old subordinates, and you are all still here today. That means that you have been very kind to the Wade family, and I, Charlie Wade, feel very grateful for that!”The old man hurriedly said, “Young Master, this is what we should do! In fact, when Master Curtis met with an accident back then, as his subordinates, all of us were not able to stay by his side and do our best for him. That was our negligence! For so many years now, a single day has not gone by where we do not feel guilty about it. Now that you’ve finally come back, it could be considered as you giving
Charlie got down from the car, and when he saw that there were only so few people at the scene, he asked coldly, “Didn’t you say that there would be a total of more than seven hundred members of the Wade family from all over the world who would be attending the ancestor worship ceremony today? Where have all of them gone now?” Jeremiah said awkwardly, “Charlie, as the saying goes, all of them had already fled as soon as they heard of the upcoming catastrophe. They know that we would not be able to escape this time and so, they naturally would not want to accompany us and die together with us. It is only natural for them to have left overnight.”Charlie snorted and said indifferently, “Where is the big list of names from yesterday? Bring it to me.”Charlie’s eldest uncle, Clayton, stepped forward in a somewhat depressed manner, and he handed a thick roster over to Charlie as he said angrily, “Here! Take a look at it for yourself.”Charlie threw the roster directly at Clayton and sa
Very soon, several off-road vehicles with Aurous Hill car license plates drove up from the bottom of the mountain.When Felix saw that these cars had Aurous Hill car license plates, Felix immediately sneered and said to the several people in front of him, “Look! What I’ve said was right. How can these pathetic people from that kind of small place possibly be able to play any role at all? They are not even worthy enough to be sent here to die!”The several people around him seemed to have very agreeable expressions on their faces. All of them felt that no matter what kind of help Charlie tried to bring at this time, he would only end up in failure when facing Ten Thousand Armies. Several off-road vehicles stopped, and a young woman who sported a high ponytail and was wearing a black training suit immediately jumped out of the passenger seat of the first car.When the members of the Wade family saw this woman, all of their eyes were wide opened in an instant. This was not only bec
Holden said immediately, “They are in the car at the back! I’ve already gagged them, and at the same time, I’ve placed black gunny sacks over their heads.” “Good.” Charlie nodded and spoke up, “Lord Harker, please arrange for someone to bring them out and escort them to my parents’ grave first. Make them kneel respectfully.”As he spoke, Charlie then instructed, “In addition, do not remove the black gunny sacks from their heads first. I want to save this suspense until the last moment!”“As you command!”Holden replied respectfully before immediately arranging for several members of the Harker family to bring Sheldon as well as Zayne down from the off-road vehicle at the back.The members of the Wade family were all extremely astonished when they saw the members of the Harker family bringing two men with black gunny sacks over their heads out of the car.They did not know the identities of these two men, nor did they know the reason why Charlie would bring these two men, who see
Seven o’clock sharp.The Waldron family’s ancestral grave. Porter and all the other War Generals from Ten Thousand Armies had already changed into their white mourning clothes made out of burlap.This funeral procession of one hundred men was already set to depart.Cadfan, who had gotten drunk last night, also woke up early, and he hurriedly arrived at the Waldron family’s ancestral grave. According to the original plan, Cadfan was supposed to follow the funeral procession up to Mount Wintry together with Porter.Today, Cadfan was already feeling extreme and intolerable excitement deep in his heart. As soon as he arrived at the Waldron family’s ancestral grave, Cadfan found Porter, who was dressed in white mourning clothes, and he sighed as he said, “Porter! What you did yesterday is already known amongst all the wealthy and reputable families in Eastcliff! No one would have expected that you would make such a great comeback after you have already left for twenty years. If yo
The crowd also shouted in unison, “We will deal with and kill anyone who dares to stand in our way!” Porter immediately shouted out loud, “Everyone is here! Let’s go!”After saying that, Porter slammed the brazier in his hand to the ground with a bang, and all of the black and gray ashes scattered everywhere.Immediately after that, eight five-star War Generals who were dressed in mourning clothes lifted the two coffins.Besides that, there were also more than a hundred experts from Ten Thousand Armies who had solemn expressions on their faces amidst the sound of the Suona horn as they marched in a neat pace toward Mount Wintry!***Meanwhile, on Mount Wintry. The members of the Wade family were all staring at the hands on their own respective watches. There was only less than an hour left for them.Clayton became more and more restless, and his eyes were constantly secretly looking at the large pile of supplies prepared for the ancestor worship ceremony that was placed
When everyone heard Charlie’s words, all of them had their mouths wide open, and their jaws were hanging slackly in shock. People had come here with good intentions to help Charlie to intercede and plead with Porter, but Charlie was still speaking nonsense conceitedly at this time. Wasn’t he simply cutting off his own route to retreat?!Felix really felt intense hatred for Charlie at this time, and he could not help but curse in his heart, ‘This Charlie Wade would really die if he’s not being pretentious, right? Helen Dunn is already here to help, but you’re still putting on airs and being so pretentious at this time?! Why?! Based on what you’re saying, you’re going to beat the shit out of Porter Waldron when he comes here later, huh? Helen Dunn is already here to help you to plead for mercy, but you’re actually asking her not to plead for mercy on Porter Waldron’s behalf later?! You’re really very good at being f*cking pretentious!’Not to mention Felix, but even Jeremiah also fel
This was the ‘waterworks dragon formation’ that Old Master Lennard had spent several years creating. This was also the Feng Shui formation that had broken the ‘dragon encapsulation formation’ for Charlie. Now, he would be setting foot here to move onto the new pinnacle of his life.He would be destroying Ten Thousand Armies and becoming the head of the Wade family. At this moment, eight buses suddenly drove to the foot of the mountain.The members of the Wade family could also see these eight buses, and they suddenly felt extremely nervous.Felix’s voice was also trembling as he blurted out, “Ten Thousand Armies is here! Ten Thousand Armies is here!” The other members of the Wade family also had horrified and appalled looks on their faces. Eight buses would mean that at least two hundred men were here.This… How could this be something that the Wade family could withstand?Jeremiah could not hide his nervousness at this time, and he asked Charlie, “Charlie… So many men fro
Elaine may have led a life as if she was above the rules, but beneath that tough exterior lay crippling insecurities and a horrific inferiority complex.She was always afraid of being belittled—but more than that, of being ostracized and betrayed.Over the years, the greatest source of her complexes could all be traced back to Matilda.After all, Matilda had been a star back in their school days. Because Elaine was a close friend of hers, many boys would get chummy with Elaine, but only because they were interested in Matilda.Being from a poor farmer's family, Elaine had been scorned plenty and therefore felt exceedingly inferior around Matilda.It was from that sense of inferiority that Elaine had inadvertently developed a one-sided rivalry against Matilda, and she believed her greatest triumph over Matilda in this life was the moment she had stolen Jacob from her.However, while Elaine presumed that she could hold that victory over Matilda's head, Lady Wilson had soured that v
Moreover, given Elaine's ridiculous temper, Jacob knew she would definitely go overboard and destroy him.He wouldn't even have a place to live at that point, and it would really be game over if she held a grudge and stormed the Calligraphy and Painting Association!Under such circumstances, he couldn't ask for a divorce—hell, he might even refuse a divorce if Elaine asked for one!However, that was when Elaine laughed coldly. "Oh, my… You're really not going to divorce me?""Come on—how long were we married?" Jacob quickly reasoned. "Getting divorced at our age? People would laugh at us."Elaine scoffed. "Now I'm curious… Matilda's quite old too, and she's a divorcee marrying again. Won't people laugh at her?""Technically, she's a widow—"Jacob blurted out, but soon turned pale, tensing up again not a second after he had just calmed down, asking gingerly, "W-Why would you suddenly mention her?'Elaine stopped pretending right then and snapped, "It's actually impressive that y
Horrified, Jacob promptly grasped the steering wheel and brought the Cullinan back under control while not hesitating to snap, "Are you crazy?! We're on the highway—that could have killed the both of us!"However, Elaine ignored him and seized the moment to open the armrest box, pulling out the large white envelope.As she opened it, she muttered, "So, it really was a wedding invitation… You really are a terrible friend, Jacob Wilson, hiding a wedding invitation like this! What's the point? Just look at that nervous face of yours—would I suspect you of having an affair with the bride-to-be?"She flipped open the card and was experienced enough to check the names first while disregarding the usual preamble. She wouldn't care about the venue or the time either, focusing solely on the professor who had somehow made Jacob very nervous.That was how Elaine found the names in less than a second: Yolden Hart and Matilda Hall.Matilda?!The name could well be knives stabbing Elaine in th
Jacob's brain blanked out, leaving only a dull hum as soon as Walker mentioned 'Professor Hall'.Already feeling nervous in the first place, he quickly said, "Okay, okay—I got it. Anyway, I'm hanging up if there's nothing else!"With that, he promptly pressed the button to hang up.Nonetheless, Elaine was soon asking in curiosity, "Who's Professor Hall?"If Jacob had any semblance of composure, he would have said 'a colleague at Senior University' as if it was perfectly natural, and the matter would have been forgotten.But the reality was that he didn't—in fact, he was the champion when it came to dropping the ball as a casual question from Elaine left him sweating all over his brow.Even as he slid nervous glances at her face, he stammered uncontrollably, "N-Nobody…"Elaine promptly noticed his strange reaction and frowned. "I'm talking about Professor Hall. What do you mean, nobody? Who are they? And what's this about an invitation? Inviting you for what?"Seeing that he was
Jacob had really had too much to drink and couldn't remember the later parts of what had happened last night—even how he had gotten home was a blur.Naturally, he also forgot that Walker had brought Matilda's wedding invitation, and therefore didn't hesitate to answer the in-car answer button.Over the phone, Walker was positively fawning as he asked, "Mr. Wilson? It's Walker. Why didn't you come in today? Had too much to drink last night?""Uh-huh," Jacob grunted, lethargic. "I did—my head still hurts now… Anyway, what's up? Trouble at the association?""No, of course not," Walker quickly said. "I was just worried you're still hungover, so I called to ask. If you need a driver or anything, you just need to ask!"Then, before Jacob could answer, he continued, "By the way, my wife is somewhat knowledgable in Oskian medicine, and she has recipes for brews that cure hangovers and nourish the liver. I'm sure you'll need the latter since you're always drinking at social events, so I as
Fortunately, Elaine and Jacob's bickering never escalated.Even though Elaine was winning, Jacob found it tolerable.After Jacob finished his lunch and cleaned up, he never looked up as he said, "Charlie sent a text, saying Claire's flight would touch down earlier at three. We will leave at two."Elaine grumbled. "Why leave so early? She's coming back from abroad, and there'd be checkpoints she has to clear—she'd be lucky if she could leave by half past three. I'm sleeping a few winks now, and we'll leave at half past two."As she left the dining room, she didn't even look back as she said, "Clean up for me too."Jacob had a million complaints but said nothing as he kept his head down, throwing Elaine's lunchbox in the trash can as well.With Elaine gone, he sat on the couch as her hangover slowly cleared while his mood soured with the lack of alcohol.In the end, the pleasure of being fawned over at the Diamond Room was but temporary—the pain of his beloved leaving with someone
Vera kept her plan to investigate the identity of the abbess deep in her mind and told Charlie nothing.Instead, she smiled as she said, "It seems that it's both yours and Ms. Ito's good fortune that she has attained enlightenment. You've never had anyone who could attain enlightenment and master Reiki at the same time, so Ms. Ito will definitely be a great help to you in the future."Charlie chuckled and said calmly, "I'm not hoping for her to help. I'm simply happy for her with her enlightenment and excited to have another comrade in my solo ventures into the dark forests."Vera nodded in understanding, and she murmured emotionally, "I've lived for so long, and it's only when I opened my heart to you that I felt that sensation you described."There was a flicker of wistfulness in her eyes.She really did not expect to attain enlightenment before meeting Charlie.Years ago, she thought that she would eventually avenge her father.Now, she no longer hoped to murder Fleur Griffi
Vera was inwardly disappointed to hear that Claire was returning.That meant there were fewer chances of Charlie visiting the Scarlet Pinnacle Manor, as were her chances of seeing him again.Still, she didn't let it show, instead asking casually, "How are things at Champs Elys? Are the warriors improving at a rate to your satisfaction?""Well, most of everyone's improvement is within expectations…" Charlie explained, just as he remembered a certain someone. "By the way, there's something I haven't told you yet. Are you perhaps acquainted with the name Ito Nanako?""Yes," Vera smiled. "The Japanese lady who was with you. What about her?""She attained enlightenment days ago.""Enlightenment?" Vera did a double take and soon pressed, "Enlightenment in what sense? Essential Qi or Reiki?"After all, the former was the path to enlightenment in martial arts, while the latter meant enlightenment in cultivation.But despite the distinction between both domains, enlightenment was a comm
While Charlie had long since gotten used to Elaine and Jacob's bizarre marriage, being near the heart of the storm still took a toll on his senses—to the point that he felt physically sick.Leaving right away was therefore his best solution.Once he left, however, he realized he didn't have anywhere to go. Champs Elys was quite far, and it would take a lot of time.As he started to feel bored stiff, he remembered Vera for some reason and called her.Once Vera answered, she quickly asked in curiosity, "To what do I owe the pleasure? Lunch, perhaps?"Charlie chuckled. "Since you've put it that way… I haven't eaten either, so lunch it is!"Vera giggled. "Come over to my place, then. It's cold outside, and I was just lighting up a hot pot. I'll have Madam Marilyn prepare an additional portion.""Okay!" Charlie agreed to it without hesitation. "I can return her car too. Just wait, I'll be right there!"Once he hung up, he got on the Rolls Roycs he had borrowed from Scarlet Pinnacl