Chapter 1850: That Era
Though Jovie Lee didn’t speak, she was also closely watching Lanni Barnes, clearly wanting to know how he would respond to Christina Lee’s words.
She had witnessed the power of Emperor End.
Back then, Emperor End had obliterated the Heaven Fortin Sect with the might of a single dragon.
On Crescent Island, those who died at his hands were countless!
Remembering it now still sent shivers down her spine.
"Natalie, the matter of the ’Five-Year Agreement’ was arranged by Senior Oracle himself... so rest assured, Wyatt will be fine."
Lanni Barnes said to Christina Lee, "Moreover, when the five years are up and Wyatt is dueling Emperor End, I’ll be right there... I promise, if Wyatt is in danger, I will save him at the first opportunity!"
Lanni Barnes, who had long been prepared, was adept at reassuring Christina Lee.
Senior Oracle?
Hearing Lanni Barnes’ words, Christina Lee was taken aback. She surely knew that the Senior Oracle he referred to was the renowned ’Old Oracle’ of the Martial Dao Sacred Land’s Upper and Lower Domains!
Thinking of Old Oracle, and recalling her husband’s ’promise,’ she felt slightly at ease.
"Will there really be no trouble?"
Although she felt somewhat relieved, Christina Lee still harbored some worries.
"Don’t worry."
Lanni Barnes nodded, giving Christina Lee a firm answer, while also looking at Jovie Lee, "Jovie, rest assured... Wyatt is my son, I won’t let anyone hurt him! The opportunity to enter the Dragonsmith Clan’s Holy Land’s ’Dragon Washing Pool’ is exceptionally meaningful to him, and he wants to compete for it himself."
Jovie Lee had already come to the Mansion of Azure Clouds and had heard about the existence of ’Old Oracle’ from Christina Lee.
When Lanni Barnes mentioned Old Oracle, her heart, like Christina’s, became somewhat settled.
Hearing Lanni Barnes’ words, she nodded.
Since it’s her man’s choice, she would unconditionally support him.
If he was safe, that’s good; if he was in trouble, she wouldn’t live alone!
As long as he lives, she lives; if he perishes, she perishes.
This is Jovie Lee’s moth-to-flame-like ’love’ for Wyatt Barnes, albeit small, yet grand.
Of course, Wyatt Barnes naturally knew nothing about this.
At the moment, he was inside the Jewel Tower, working tirelessly!
In the Shadow Mountain Black Market headquarters, Leader ’Dugu’ also received news of the five-year agreement set between Lanni Barnes and the Dragonsmith Clan, knowing that in a few months, the time would arrive as expected.
"Isn’t that son of Lanni Barnes missing? Can he appear on time for this five-year agreement?"
Dugu expressed deep suspicion about this.
Back then, before the news spread that Lanni Barnes’ son, Wyatt Barnes, possessed the Demon Sealing Monument, he had already sent his men to search for Wyatt Barnes extensively. Although they later found some leads, Wyatt Barnes still managed to escape.
Since that time, though Shadow Mountain Black Market hadn’t ceased searching for Wyatt Barnes, they had consistently found nothing over the years.
Even now, around the Mansion of Azure Clouds site, there were still many reliable subordinates whom Dugu specifically dispatched posted there.
The existence of these people was to obstruct Wyatt Barnes from returning to the Mansion of Azure Clouds.
Unfortunately, after several years, it seemed that Wyatt Barnes had disappeared without a trace and hadn’t returned to the Mansion of Azure Clouds.
At least, in the eyes of the Shadow Mountain Black Market’s stronghold, Wyatt Barnes hadn’t returned to the Mansion of Azure Clouds.
They were unaware that Wyatt Barnes had not only returned to the Mansion of Azure Clouds but was striving within it to enhance his strength, preparing for the ’Five-Year Agreement’ with the Dragonsmith Clan a few months ahead.
Not to mention them; even the leader of the Shadow Mountain Black Market, ’Dugu,’ might not even dream that Wyatt Barnes mastered a ’disguise technique’ that even Divine Sense could not penetrate.
Because of Wyatt Barnes’ ’disguise technique,’ he could smoothly return to the Mansion of Azure Clouds right under the noses of the Shadow Mountain Black Market strong Cultivators.
If not, even if he weren’t dead, he would have been captured and taken to the Shadow Mountain Black Market.
"Chief, whether Wyatt Barnes will appear or not, can’t we just go to the Dragonsmith Clan in a few months and see?"
The Vice Leader of the Shadow Mountain Black Market, ’Diffy Fenning,’ standing under Dugu, timely spoke to him, his words respectful, not underestimating this youthful-looking leader at all.
He couldn’t afford to underestimate!
This leader, though much younger than him, was far beyond his reach in terms of power.
In his opinion, within the current Martial Dao Sacred Land’s Lower Domain, among their peers, only the House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds could rival their leader in talent.
As for those up-and-coming youths, only that ’Wyatt’ of the Mysterious Void Mansion could be compared to their House Master!
"You’re right, let’s then go and see at the Dragonsmith Clan."
Dugu nodded, and his eyes unknowingly narrowed as he murmured, "Lanni Barnes, I hope your son shows up... I’m quite eager to see if your miraculous son can bring me some ’surprises’! According to Emperor End of the Dragonsmith Clan, four years ago, your son hadn’t even entered the ’Little Saint Realm’!"
In the Martial Dao Sacred Land’s Lower Domain, as the leader of the Shadow Mountain Black Market, and as a rare prodigy in the Lower Domain for a century, Dugu was initially solitary and lonely.
Until the rise of the Mansion of Azure Clouds, and the appearance of ’Lanni Barnes,’ which added vibrancy and color to his life.
Lanni Barnes, though an opponent, shared mutual admiration with him, at least from his side.
Even so, despite knowing that Lanni Barnes’s son was the very ’Wyatt Barnes’ widely rumored to have obtained the Demon Sealing Monument in the Lower Domain, he did not spread this information.
Even though he knew that disseminating this news would spell trouble for Lanni Barnes and indeed the Mansion of Azure Clouds, he still chose not to share it.
The Demon Sealing Monument is already enough to attract numerous Upper Domain powerhouses to the Lower Domain!
In Du Gu’s view, whether it’s defeating Lanni Barnes or overthrowing the Mansion of Azure Clouds, he must rely on his own strength and the power of Shadow Mountain’s black market.
He, Du Gu, disdains relying on external forces!
"North Du Gu, South Lanni, the top of heaven and earth in the Lower Domain... Lanni Barnes, between you and me, we must ultimately determine who is the superior! I hope that day comes soon, yet I also hope it doesn’t come too early... If I defeat you and topple the Mansion of Azure Clouds, wouldn’t I plunge into loneliness once more?"
Du Gu silently mused, "Lanni Barnes, I hope you show some backbone, don’t let me surpass you too quickly. At least, before I leave the Lower Domain for the Upper Domain, don’t let me surpass you... Otherwise, without you, I’ll find it quite unsettling."
Martial Dao Sacred Land, Lower Domain.
The former site of the Seven Terminating Sect.
"Who would have thought back then... that the Seven Terminating Sect, at the peak of its glory, would fall to such decline."
The chilling wind whistled, as a venerable figure stood loftily in the void, hands behind his back, gazing at the ruins beneath, whispering softly.
If Lanni Barnes were here now, he would unerringly recognize:
This old man is none other than the elusive ’Heaven’s Mystery Elder’!
The Seven Terminating Sect, divided into Seven Absolutes.
Heaven’s Mystery Elder is the contemporary inheritor of the second absolute ’Destiny Stream’.
Also the current ’Acting Sect Leader’ of the Seven Terminating Sect, a being the three great sects of the Upper Domain in the Martial Dao Sacred Land dream of eradicating!
Back in the day, the Seven Terminating Sect was renowned due to the Sword Saint ’Breezy Wind’, stunning an entire era of the Martial Dao Sacred Land.
During that era, the Martial Dao Sacred Land wasn’t divided into ’Upper Domain’ and ’Lower Domain’.
If one asked:
How powerful was the Seven Terminating Sect at that time?
The answer:
So powerful that it forced the three great sects’ unprecedented joint resistance, barely managing to withstand the Seven Terminating Sect’s assault, ensuring their survival.
Otherwise, the great sects of today in the Martial Dao Sacred Land might no longer exist!
In that era, if one asked which force was the ’protagonist’, everyone would shout:
The Seven Terminating Sect!
In that era, if one asked who the ’protagonist’ was, everyone would raise their thumbs:
Sword Saint, Breezy Wind!
During that era, the Seven Terminating Sect bore the mark of the Sword Saint Breezy Wind, while the Sword Saint Breezy Wind needed no reliance on the Seven Terminating Sect.
One man, one sword, swept across the Martial Dao Sacred Land, truly invincible!
In that era, the previously three dominant great sects of the Martial Dao Sacred Land had to huddle together just to survive.
That era belonged to Sword Saint Breezy Wind and the Seven Terminating Sect!
Until the Sword Saint Breezy Wind ascended and entered the myriad planes... that era came to a close!
Era’s end, destined be marked with bloodshed.
The three great sects that were long suppressed survived their huddled dormancy, and once retaliated, came in full force.
The unprepared Seven Terminating Sect, despite having abundant talents, could not withstand the desperate counterattack of the three great sects, and after several months of determined resistance, was ultimately extinguished.
Luckily, although the Seven Terminating Sect was exterminated, its legacy did not cease.
The legacy of the Seven Terminating Sect, beyond direct impartation, emphasizes a certain ’fate’.
Current sect members habitually leave their legacies across the Martial Dao Sacred Land, awaiting destined individuals of future generations.
Due to this, the foundation of the Seven Terminating Sect remained unbroken.
Upon learning this, the three great sects naturally were extremely apprehensive, mobilizing all forces to find the ’legacy’ left by Seven Terminating Sect members throughout the Martial Dao Sacred Land.
They were worried that another existence like Sword Saint ’Breezy Wind’ might emerge from the Seven Terminating Sect, so they aimed to sever all roots of the Seven Terminating Sect as much as possible!
The Seven Terminating Sect, indeed their sworn enemy!
Until Martial Dao Sacred Land split into two, as the three great sects moved to the ’Upper Domain’, they ceased searching for the Seven Terminating Sect’s legacy left in the Lower Domain.
However, in the Upper Domain, whenever they discovered individuals suspected to be of the Seven Terminating Sect, they would mete out annihilation with thunderous means!
Just like the contemporary inheritor of the Destiny Stream of the Seven Terminating Sect’s second absolute, ’Heaven’s Mystery Elder’, on the Upper Domain of Martial Dao Sacred Land, he’s been placed on the ’blacklist’ of the three great sects.
No matter where he appears, as long as the three great sects receive news, they will dispatch experts to hunt him down immediately!
"The Dragon Washing Pool, is where the dragon transformation of our Seven Terminating Sect’s prime absolute ’Mist and Rain Stream’ inheritor will take place... Once the Mist and Rain inheritor undergoes dragon transformation, they will be unstoppable! Truly worth the anticipation..."
Heaven’s Mystery Elder’s form gradually blurred, leaving behind only a murmuring whisper.