Chapter 171
"Among them, the battle between the Ashen family’s genius female cultivator, Brina Ashen, and the Vire family Patriarch’s daughter, Leona Vire, could truly be called earth-shattering!"
A trace of interest revealed itself in Alex’s eyes.
Brina Ashen. Leona Vire.
He was extremely familiar with both of these names.
They were precisely two important members of Knox’s harem in the original novel. Not only were their appearances absolutely beautiful and their backgrounds outstanding, but they also possessed formidable aptitude and cultivation.
Brina Ashen was known as a once-in-fifty-years genius of the Heavenly Flame Dynasty. Innately capable of communicating with spirit beasts.
She excelled in beast-taming techniques and raised many powerful spirit beasts for her own use.
Leona Vire was the number one talented woman of the Heavenly Flame Dynasty.
She entered the Dao through poetry. Accomplished in both the pen and the sword. Peerless in both talent and beauty.
In the original novel, these two each had their own individual story arcs with Knox. Receiving the absolute treatment of high-tier female supporting characters.
Furthermore, both of them fell in love with Knox at first sight after a chance encounter. From then on, deeply mesmerized by this bastard’s Protagonist Halo. Swearing to follow him through life and death. Becoming Knox’s two female simps.
Besides being simps, they were also absolute paragons of filial piety whose devotion to destroying their own families was completely on par with each other.
In the original novel, in order to help Knox break through to the Supreme Realm, Brina brought out the Ashen family’s clan-suppressing treasure, the Five-Colored Consonance Blood.
Leona brought out the Vire family’s ancestral treasure, the Weeping Blood Great Restoration Pill.
With the help of these two top-tier supreme treasures, Knox directly broke through from the Mahayana Realm to the eighth level of the Supreme Realm.
And the price?
The Ashen family and the Vire family, having lost their supreme treasures, instantly plummeted from first-rate Saint Lineages to second-rate families.
This also indirectly led to the annihilation of these two major families not long after.
Their entire clans’ relatives, including their parents and sisters, were slaughtered.
Yet these two grand aunts merely shed two drops of tears before walking out of the haze. Deciding that from then on, they would follow Knox wholeheartedly without any distractions or attachments.
Alex only wanted to say: Good riddance. This filial piety is killing me with laughter.
"So, what happened then?" Alex asked with deep interest.
"Between the Ashen family and the Vire family, which one advanced?"
"Both of them advanced!" Lara said excitedly.
"Because these two major families were truly inextricably matched, and both possessed formidable strength, it gave everyone a thoroughly exhilarating watch."
"The Heavenly Flame Empress made an exception and decided that both the Ashen and Vire families would advance."
"All nine families will participate in the Secret Realm Treasure Hunt."
"Both advanced?" Alex froze slightly. After pondering for a moment, a trace of gravity revealed itself in his eyes.
Good heavens. Originally, he felt that he could just casually coast through this Secret Realm Treasure Hunt and easily bluff his way through.
But looking at the results, it wasn’t that simple.
Both the Ashen and Vire families advancing was absolutely not a good sign.
Based on Alex’s understanding of the Protagonist Halo, this was definitely God blessing Knox again.
Knox will definitely come to the Heavenly Flame Capital. Gain the favor of Brina and Leona. Become the biggest winner of the Secret Realm Treasure Hunt.
If that was the case, he couldn’t just let things run their course.
"Lara, the Secret Realm Treasure Hunt begins tomorrow, right?"
"Yes." Lara nodded.
"Alright, then I will squeeze in with you tonight and make do here for the night."
Lara froze slightly. Instantly both shocked and shy. "Saint Lord, how is that acceptable?!"
Immediately after, she reacted. "Make do for a night..."
"Saint Lord, could it be... you plan to lead everyone to participate in the Secret Realm Treasure Hunt?"
"Mm." Alex nodded, smiling faintly.
"It just so happens I am relatively free these next two days. I’ll accompany you all on a trip to the Secret Realm."
"Good, this is truly wonderful!" Lara clenched her fists excitedly.
"It just so happens that seeing the formidable strength of the major families this time, Tobias and I were worried about our chances in the Secret Realm."
"With the Saint Lord holding down the front and leading the team, we will definitely handle it with ease and become the biggest winners of this Secret Realm!"
"No, the team will still be led by you and Tobias." Alex smiled faintly.
"I will just disguise myself as an ordinary disciple and mix into your ranks."
"...Ah?" Lara looked completely bewildered.
"Saint Lord, why is that...?"
"Think about it. This time, the strength of the major Saint Lineages has advanced by leaps and bounds. They will definitely have designs on our Hale family."
Alex explained with a faint smile. "During this Secret Realm Treasure Hunt, taking advantage of my absence, they will definitely reveal their true colors."
"And if I were to show up and lead the team, they would definitely put away their crooked thoughts again."
"If that happens, wouldn’t we miss another good opportunity to eliminate dissidents?"
Lara nodded thoughtfully. "That makes sense..."
"Therefore, tonight, I will just make do here with you." Alex instructed.
"Do not tell anyone about this matter, including Tobias."
"When we assemble tomorrow, I will naturally have a way to quietly mix into the team."
"Alright, I understand." Lara nodded. Looking left and right around the room for a moment, she said shyly with a blushing face.
"Saint Lord, then how... how are we going to sleep?"
Although this room wasn’t small, it only had one bed.
"Sleep what?" Alex laughed, puzzled.
"You are also a Supreme Realm mighty figure now. Do you really still have to lie on a bed to sleep?"
"Sitting cross-legged in meditation, resting with your eyes closed. Won’t the night pass in the blink of an eye?"
He directly sat cross-legged by the wall, closed his eyes. Focused his mind on pure cultivation.
Lara froze. Instantly feeling both ashamed and annoyed. Her face flushing red to the tips of her ears.
Then, as if acting out of spite, she lay down on the bed, turned her head, and went to sleep.