Legend of Wyatt

Chapter 2676: Chapter 2676: Passing Each Other By

As for the matter of Wyatt Barnes taking part in the "Sixteen County Martial Meet" held by King Cooper’s Mansion, the County Governor of Nine Nether County, Tian Jiyu, naturally wouldn’t honestly tell the old crone before him.

After all, once he said it, eight or nine times out of ten the old crone would descend upon King Cooper’s Mansion when the Sixteen County Martial Meet was held, and make a move against Wyatt Barnes...

At that time, unless King Cooper personally took action, no one would be able to stop the old crone.

In that situation, Wyatt Barnes would be doomed, ten deaths with no life!

That was something he didn’t want to see.

After all, if Wyatt Barnes died, it would mean Wyatt Barnes wouldn’t be able to smoothly take part in the Sixteen County Martial Meet, and would also mean Wyatt Barnes would have no way of seizing "first place" in the Sixteen County Martial Meet, and thus wouldn’t be able to win those three mid‑grade Immortal Pills, the "Daai Law Pills," for their Nine Nether County.

The Daai Law Pill was something he dreamed of day and night; he would not allow anyone to ruin his chance of obtaining a Daai Law Pill!

Even if that person was "Upper Immortal Love Rowan."

"Hmph!"

As the old crone let out another cold snort, a powerful aura slammed into Tian Jiyu’s body once more, forcing Tian Jiyu to stagger back a few steps again, dark blood spurting from his mouth as if it cost nothing.

Blood dyed the sky, like blossoms of crimson roses, glaring and eye‑catching.

"Your cultivation is close to the ’Earth‑Tier Daai Law Golden Immortal’... moreover, you should have been stuck at this bottleneck for many years, right?"

The old crone gave Tian Jiyu a faint glance and asked.

Next, before Tian Jiyu could speak, the old crone continued, "At this time, if you had two or three Daai Law Pills to take... breaking through your bottleneck and stepping into the level of ’Earth‑Tier Daai Law Golden Immortal’ would not be difficult."

Speaking up to this point, the old crone once again looked deeply at Tian Jiyu. "If I were you, there’s no way I’d stop Wyatt Barnes from participating in that Sixteen County Martial Meet... After all, you also just said it yourself: with Wyatt Barnes’ strength, taking ’first place’ in the Sixteen County Martial Meet is no difficult task."

"And it’s precisely because of this that the other fifteen counties under King Cooper’s Mansion, after learning of his strength, want to get rid of him and keep him from participating in the Sixteen County Martial Meet." freewёbnoνel.com

The old crone finished in one breath.

"Senior, you’re right."

Tian Jiyu said with a bitter smile, "Of course I hope Wyatt Barnes will participate in that Sixteen County Martial Meet held by King Cooper’s Mansion; after all, I truly do want the Daai Law Pills... But when he left, when he said his farewells to me, he said he didn’t want to take part in the Sixteen County Martial Meet."

"I even told him that if he could participate in the Sixteen County Martial Meet, as long as he took ’first place’... among those three Daai Law Pills, I’d be willing to split one with him. But judging from how he was at the time, he had absolutely no interest, and even said that if he participated in the Sixteen County Martial Meet, before he took ’first place’, people from the other fifteen counties might secretly make a move against him."

"According to what he meant... if he doesn’t participate in the Sixteen County Martial Meet, he can still stay alive. Once he does participate, his life could be in danger at any time, so he doesn’t want to take that risk."

Tian Jiyu said.

"Couldn’t you have forced him to stay and not let him leave?"

The old crone asked in a deep voice.

"Senior, if I had forced him to stay and not let him leave... once the powerhouses bought off by the other fifteen counties arrive, he would be doomed without a doubt! At that time, I’d still end up with nothing."

"But if he leaves, even if he doesn’t participate in the Sixteen County Martial Meet, perhaps he will still remember my kindness in not forcing him today... With his talent, this time after leaving, as long as his path is smooth and he doesn’t die halfway, his future will definitely be boundless!"

"Once he becomes strong, as long as he remembers that I didn’t force him, maybe he can help me obtain mid‑grade Immortal Pills, ’Daai Law Pills,’ by other means... So letting him leave and not forcing him is, for me, the best choice."

"What do you think, Senior?"

Tian Jiyu’s speech was watertight, without a single flaw to be heard.

And the reason he said so much was also to mislead the old crone, to make the old crone believe that Wyatt Barnes would not be taking part in that Sixteen County Martial Meet...

Otherwise, if the old crone lay in wait at King Cooper’s Mansion when the Sixteen County Martial Meet was held, waiting for Wyatt Barnes like a hunter by the stump, Wyatt Barnes would be almost certainly doomed!

Even he himself would be implicated and thus unable to obtain the Daai Law Pills he wanted. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

It had to be said, Tian Jiyu’s watertight speech was indeed very effective.

At the very least, the old crone did not doubt his words.

"When he left, did he say where he was going?"

The old crone looked at Tian Jiyu and asked in a deep voice.

Hearing the old crone ask this, Tian Jiyu knew that the old crone had believed his words and did not think Wyatt Barnes would be taking part in the "Sixteen County Martial Meet" held by King Cooper’s Mansion.

For a moment, he couldn’t help feeling a bit of joy in his heart, though he did not dare show it on his face.

"When he left, I asked him where he wanted to go... but at that time, he said he himself didn’t know where he wanted to go."

Tian Jiyu said with a bitter smile, "So when he left, you could say it was aimless... Where he has gone now, I truly have no idea. However, he only left three days ago; logically speaking, he should still be within our Nine Nether County’s territory right now."

"I hope you haven’t lied to me... If I find out that you knew where he went and didn’t tell me, in the future, you... will undoubtedly die!"

After leaving these words behind, the old crone flickered and disappeared, as if vanishing into thin air before Tian Jiyu’s eyes.

From beginning to end, Tan Jiyu couldn’t catch the slightest trace of the old crone’s figure; it was as if she had truly vanished into thin air right before his eyes.

"That old woman... I’m afraid she’s not just an ordinary Love Rowan Upper Immortal."

After the old crone left, Tan Jiyu’s pupils shrank slightly, and his heart trembled.

Even that ’King Cooper’ of King Cooper’s residence, disappearing before his eyes at his fastest speed, might not be able to be as swift as this old crone, leaving not the slightest trace before his eyes.

The old crone’s strength completely terrified Tan Jiyu.

"I really don’t know... how Wyatt Barnes managed to provoke an existence like that."

Tan Jiyu gave a wry smile.

"No, that’s not right!"

All of a sudden, a flash of inspiration lit up in Tan Jiyu’s mind, as if he had thought of something. "Wyatt Barnes is not yet a hundred years old, yet his strength already presses close to a Daai Law Golden Immortal... By rights, in our Nine Nether County, it shouldn’t really be possible for such an existence to appear."

"Could it be... his ’background’ is also not simple?"

"Or perhaps... he belongs to some powerful force, and because that powerful force was exterminated or something, he drifted into our Nine Nether County. And that old woman just now is someone from a rival force of that powerful force that was wiped out..."

The more Tan Jiyu thought along these lines, the more he felt this was possible.

It was only because Wyatt didn’t know what Tan Jiyu was thinking right now; otherwise, he would definitely admire Tan Jiyu’s ’wild imagination’.

Of course, the reason Tan Jiyu would have such thoughts was because he didn’t know that Wyatt was an ascender, and moreover an ascender who had risen to the heavens’ plane ’Spiritual Heaven’ less than three years ago!

"I just hope that when the sixteen-county martial competition held by King Cooper’s residence begins, that old woman won’t show up... If she comes, not only will Wyatt Barnes be in trouble, I’ll be in trouble along with him. After all, so long as she’s at King Cooper’s residence when the sixteen-county martial competition starts and sees Wyatt there, she’ll definitely decide that I deceived her!"

At this thought, Tan Jiyu couldn’t help but start praying in his heart again, praying that the old woman wouldn’t appear at King Cooper’s residence when the sixteen-county martial competition began.

Because, at that time, Wyatt would be in King Cooper’s residence.

...

At this moment, Wyatt had no idea that if he had left the Nine Nether County Governor’s Mansion a few days later, he would already have become a corpse under the hands of a powerhouse from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect.

Three days ago, after leaving the Nine Nether County Governor’s Mansion, Wyatt had been heading all the way in the direction of Bloodshade City, planning to meet the City Lord of Bloodshade City, ’Manuel Willow’, one more time before leaving Nine Nether County.

Although he and Manuel Willow didn’t have any particularly deep friendship, Manuel Willow had indeed helped him. Even though it was due to a ’deal’, the Immortal Fire he later obtained had been acquired thanks to clues provided by Manuel Willow.

So, before leaving Nine Nether County this time, he intended to see Manuel Willow once, and leave some top-grade Immortal Stones and some low-grade Immortal Pills, ’Spirit Essence Pills’, for him.

To him now, top-grade Immortal Stones and Spirit Essence Pills were things he could obtain with a wave of his hand, hardly worth mentioning.

But to Manuel Willow, they were all rather precious items.

"I, Wyatt Barnes, have always been unwilling to owe people favors... This time, leaving some top-grade Immortal Stones and Spirit Essence Pills for City Lord Willow will count as repaying the favor for telling me where that gray Immortal Fire was."

"Perhaps... from now on, he and I will never intersect again."

With such thoughts in mind, after leaving the County City of Nine Nether County, Wyatt once again went to Bloodshade City, went to the Bloodshade City Main Mansion, and met the City Lord of Bloodshade City, ’Manuel Willow’.

"Wyatt Barnes?!"

What surprised Wyatt was that when Manuel Willow saw him, his face was filled with wild joy. "You... you... you’re all right?!"

As if seeing Wyatt unharmed was an incomparably exciting matter.

"Hm?"

At the same time, in the depths of Manuel Willow’s gaze, Wyatt saw a hint of guilt, as if he were somehow in the wrong towards him.

"City Lord... what’s this about?"

Wyatt’s face showed doubt; he didn’t understand why Manuel Willow was so失态 when seeing him again.

And why he would feel guilty?

"Wyatt Barnes, forgive me... I really had no choice."

Seeing that Wyatt seemed not to know what had happened, Manuel Willow let out a long sigh, then recounted the ins and outs of the matter to Wyatt:

"A few days ago, an old crone came to the door, stating directly that she was looking for you by name, and asked me where you had gone."

"She even took the lives of everyone in the Main Mansion and the Black Dragon Army as hostages... I had no choice but to say that you had gone to the Nine Nether County County City, to the County Governor’s Mansion."

"Her strength was too terrifying... Just by extending the aura from her body, she forced me to my knees on the ground and gravely injured me to the brink of death."

"I feel that her strength... is even stronger than our Nine Nether County’s Lord County Governor!"

The more he spoke, the heavier Manuel Willow’s expression became.