Free Web NovelChapter 2726: Chapter 2726: Thirteenth Prince
"Brother, about what happened three days ago, my ignorant cousin offended you in many ways... As her cousin, I’m here to offer you an apology. I hope you won’t hold a grudge, and won’t lower yourself to her level."
Judson Dragonsmith said to Wyatt Barnes with a smile.
"Fourth Prince, you’re too courteous... That matter only cost me and my junior sister some time, we didn’t really suffer any loss. There’s no need to mention it."
Wyatt Barnes smiled faintly.
"With those words from you, I’m relieved... If you’re ever free in the future, you can come into the imperial palace to look for me at any time."
As Judson Dragonsmith spoke, he took out a token and handed it to Wyatt Barnes. It was clearly a ’pass token’ used exclusively for entering and exiting the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation’s imperial palace. As long as it was shown at the palace gate, one could freely enter and leave the palace.
"Certainly."
Wyatt Barnes casually accepted the token and put it away, but in his heart he had no intention of going into the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation’s imperial palace to seek out this Judson Dragonsmith, because he did not want to have any dealings with him.
Although Judson Dragonsmith seemed to believe the words he had just said.
However, he could see clearly:
This Judson Dragonsmith only half believed what he said; the reason he hadn’t torn all pretenses with him was largely because he did not know Wyatt’s true background, at least because he had yet to uncover it.
Otherwise, Judson Dragonsmith would definitely show a completely different face.
"He truly is one of the two people in the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation with the greatest hope of becoming the next emperor... This Fourth Prince is not only clever, he also knows how to endure."
"Still, that’s fine... At the very least, before he thoroughly investigates my background, he won’t make a move against me. He should even warn the Campbell Family not to act against me lightly."
Wyatt Barnes thought to himself.
"Brother, I still have some other matters to attend to, so I’ll take my leave first... I look forward to you entering the palace so that we can gather again. When the time comes, we won’t leave until we’re drunk!"
Judson Dragonsmith stood up and said to Wyatt Barnes with a smile.
"All right."
Wyatt Barnes nodded, but he did not stand up; he simply sat there and responded to Judson Dragonsmith on his own terms.
Seeing this, Judson Dragonsmith did not get angry. After greeting Jenny Campbell, he left with the old man.
From beginning to end, he did not greet the manager of the Flowing Years Inn.
"Honored guest, I am Percy King, the manager of the Flowing Years Inn. The Fourth Prince insisted on seeing you just now; even if I wanted to stop him, I couldn’t... My apologies."
After Judson Dragonsmith and the other two left, the manager of the Flowing Years Inn, that middle‑aged man, immediately bowed and apologized to Wyatt Barnes, his tone filled with humility.
Although he did not dare to be certain whether the person before him truly had such an exaggerated background.
But just from the way the other party dared to act so casually before the Fourth Prince of their Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation, even if the other party was only putting on an act, he would still accept it, since even the Fourth Prince himself could not be sure the other party was merely bluffing.
Therefore, he now completely treated the other party as someone with a truly immense background.
"Mm."
Wyatt Barnes responded faintly, never once sparing Percy King a glance. He stood up, turned around, and went back to his room, closing the door right in front of Percy King.
Seeing this, not only did Percy King not dare to be angry, he instead felt this was perfectly natural.
After all, if the other party’s background was truly as exaggerated as he claimed, then acting this way was something he had every right to do.
"Take good care of this honored guest."
Before leaving, Percy King specifically instructed the maid ’Orange’, and she answered repeatedly in the affirmative.
After Percy King left, Orange glanced at the room Wyatt Barnes had just entered, then at the room where Leilany was in seclusion, and could not help but feel waves of shock and disbelief well up in her eyes.
She had never imagined:
The very first guest she served upon coming to the Flowing Years Inn would actually be treated in such a manner by that person just now.
One must know that the person just now was the Fourth Prince of their Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation, one of the three most outstanding princes of their Imperial Family, and also one of the two sons most doted upon by their emperor.
Such an existence actually behaved so cautiously in front of the guest she was serving...
This made her feel even more strongly that the guest she was serving was anything but simple.
On the other side.
The Fourth Prince of the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation, Judson Dragonsmith, after leaving with Jenny Campbell and returning to the imperial palace and his own residence, immediately spoke to Jenny Campbell in all seriousness, "Jenny, don’t go provoking that person again in the future."
"Cousin... you believe what he said?"
Jenny Campbell asked.
"I can’t say I completely believe him, but I can’t completely disbelieve him either... If he’s only putting on a show, it wouldn’t matter even if I killed him. But if what he said is true, killing him would only bring endless trouble upon me."
"Precisely because of this, unless we can confirm his ’background’... otherwise, we can’t lightly provoke this person. At the very least, I won’t lightly make a move against him."
"No matter what, I’ve personally tested his strength. He is definitely an existence above the ’Daai Law Golden Immortal’ realm beyond all doubt... And his age can be confirmed to indeed be less than a hundred! A Daai Law Golden Immortal under a hundred years old, unless he had some great fortuitous encounter of his own, nine times out of ten must come from a major power!"
"Moreover, at the very least, that major power shouldn’t be weaker than our Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation’s Imperial Family!"
Judson Dragonsmith said in a deep voice.
Within the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation’s Imperial Family, there were close to twenty princes. To stand out from nearly twenty people was enough to show that Judson Dragonsmith was no ordinary figure...
Unless he had complete certainty, he did not dare to lightly touch Wyatt Barnes.
As the saying goes, ’The clever can be ruined by their own cleverness’; right now, Judson Dragonsmith was exactly in such a situation, yet he truly had no other choice.
Hearing Judson Dragonsmith’s words, Jenny Campbell fell silent.
"Jenny, don’t think your cousin is trying to scare you... Regarding this matter, unless we can find out that man’s ’background’, otherwise, not just me—even the Campbell Family—I don’t recommend rashly making a move against him."
Judson Dragonsmith continued speaking.
"For now... one thing we can be sure of is this: he is not someone of our Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation."
"And according to what he said earlier, he comes from a Sect outside the Desolate Territory... As for that, I have no way to verify it. Even for your Campbell Family and our Imperial Family, it would be very difficult to verify."
"Unless..."
Speaking up to this point, Judson Dragonsmith paused.
"Unless what?"
Jenny Campbell pressed him.
"Unless you have your third sister verify it through the Thousand-Spider Immortal Sect... After all, the Thousand-Spider Immortal Sect, as one of the three great immortal sects in our Desolate Territory region, has strength far surpassing yours Campbell Family and our Imperial Family, and an intelligence network far broader than either of us."
Judson Dragonsmith continued.
"Third Sister?"
Hearing Judson Dragonsmith’s words, Jenny Campbell’s eyes instantly lit up, but soon dimmed again. "But... a few years ago, it seems Third Sister left the Desolate Territory with her master and went on a long journey."
"I heard she came back last month."
Judson Dragonsmith said with a smile.
"Third Sister came back last month?"
Jenny Campbell’s eyes lit up once more, dazzling like the stars. "Then I’ll go find her!"
Jenny Campbell’s Third Sister was also another daughter of the Campbell Family patriarch.
The Campbell patriarch had a total of four children: two sons and two daughters. Jenny Campbell was the youngest, and before her there was another daughter, younger than the two sons, ranked ’third’.
That daughter of the Campbell Family was known as Third Miss Campbell, and she was also the pride of the Campbell Family, even the pride of the entire Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation.
Because she was the most gifted existence to appear in the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation in the last thousand years, and in her early years she had joined the Thousand-Spider Immortal Sect, becoming the final disciple of the previous Sect Leader of the Thousand-Spider Immortal Sect.
Since the current Sect Leader of the Thousand-Spider Immortal Sect was also a disciple of the previous Sect Leader, she was thus the junior martial sister of the current Sect Leader, and was deeply cherished by the current Sect Leader of the Thousand-Spider Immortal Sect.
...
Within the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation’s Imperial Family, there were three princes who were the most outstanding, but only two of them were deeply favored by the emperor of the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation, and were the most likely to become the next emperor.
The reason for this situation was also because:
The remaining prince had a complicated background; even the emperor of the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation could not confirm whether he was his own flesh and blood.
For this reason, the emperor did not treat him the same as he treated his other sons.
Even though he was just as outstanding as the Fourth Prince and the Seventh Prince.
He was the Thirteenth Prince:
Crue Dragonsmith!
"Origin unknown, claims to come from a Sect outside the Desolate Territory... Less than a hundred years old, yet that junior martial sister of his, who he says is younger than him, possesses the strength to kill an elder of the Campbell Family at the Earthly Daai Law Golden Immortal level with a mere lift of her hand."
Inside the imperial palace, within the Thirteenth Prince’s residence, a handsome young man dressed in a white robe trimmed with gold sat in a pavilion in a courtyard filled with flowers and greenery. As he watched the middle-aged man standing before the pavilion, he muttered under his breath.
"Even Fourth Brother... is wary of him and doesn’t dare touch him?"
All of a sudden, the handsome young man lifted his head, revealing a handsome, fair face. Looking at the person outside the pavilion, he asked.
This handsome young man’s skin was as fair as jade, comparable to that of a woman.
Yet between his brows, there was an unrestrained masculine heroism.
The paradoxical blend of softness and toughness meant that anyone with a normal memory, after a single glance at him, would likely etch his image deeply into their mind.
"Yes, Your Highness Thirteenth Prince."
Outside the pavilion, the middle-aged man stood there, utterly respectful.
It was only because Wyatt Barnes was not present.
Otherwise, Wyatt would certainly have recognized at a glance:
This middle-aged man was none other than the manager of the Fleeting Years Inn, Percy King!
"In addition..."
Percy King continued, "That guest informed my subordinates that he intends to participate in the small-scale auction to be held by the Nian Family five days from now."
"He’s interested in that kind of auction as well?"
The Thirteenth Prince was rather surprised.
"That I don’t know..."
Percy King said.
"Make arrangements... Five days from now, I’ll go meet this mysterious figure who, with just a few words, managed to scare off my Fourth Brother."
The Thirteenth Prince said.
"Yes."
Percy King answered respectfully.
"You may withdraw."
As the Thirteenth Prince spoke again, Percy King withdrew as well, leaving the Thirteenth Prince’s residence, departing the imperial palace, and returning to the Fleeting Years Inn.
