Joss hired a bullock cart and took his assistant with him.They were not allowed to use the tunnel, so the cart had to go westward and then cross the river using the stone bridge at the Bluegrass clan.After crossing the river and going down the road a few hundred meters, the cart stopped.“What’s wrong?” Joss asked.“The road is blocked,” the driver said.“What?” Joss got out.To his surprise, there were over half a dozen vehicles ahead, unable to move ahead because of the fallen trees blocking the road.A few men were trying to chop the trees into blocks and clear them.“How did such giant trees fall?” Joss asked. “I don’t remember any strong winds blowing recently?”“Go and look at their trunks, and you will know, sir,” one of those men said. “There are more blockages ahead. At least thirty threes in total. It’s going to take a day or two to clear all of them.”“Trunks?” Joss inspected, and there were fist imprints on the trunks. “Don’t tell me…” He squinted his eyes and looked bac

“Uncle Jiro, please bring as many silver needles as you can,” Lexar requested Jiro.“You want me to mess with the silverspine hog?” Jiro felt goosebumps thinking about it.“The master who took me in would love it if I took the silver needles back,” Lexar said. “I’ve seen many masters in the sect use those needles as quills to test the sharpness of their weapons.”“What?” Jiro gritted his teeth. “We use them for medicine and acupuncture, and they used it to test their swords?” He seemed greatly offended. “And you’re asking me to bring needles for their amusement?”“I-It’s n ot for amusement, Uncle. I would go myself if I could. Please understand,” Lexara clasped his hands and lowered his head.“Ugh..” Jiro was conflicted. “Fine. Because it’s the first young master asking, I’ll get those silver needles for you.”“Thank you.”“By the way, did you know that Harold is taking your sect’s exam?” Jiro asked.“Old Oak Simon’s grandson?” Lexar was surprised. “I didn’t know.”“So he wants to cle

Later that night.Enron entered the prison that wasn’t far from the patriarch’s hall.There were three cells, but two of them were empty. In the third, Dory was being held, with stillsoul shackles restricting him from using aura.Dory was all bloody because he was interrogated for hours.Enron entered the cell with a bottle of rum. “This was made with sugarcanes grown on the ten thousand beasts mountain. My brother and I got these over forty years back. It’s been stored in our earthen pots all this time. It’s pretty sweet and clear even after all these years. The other clans use oak barrels and other objects to store their alcohol, but nothing is better than an earthen pot to keep your rum or your food for that matter. Our clan has been doing that for thousands of years… since long before Phantom Clan even existed.”Dory forced out a smile. He was bleeding from his ruptured lower lip.“Do you know how Hell Lands came to be?” Enron said. “I’ve read one of the books in our library. I do

At Herbberg.A group of three youngsters fought the iron-horn goat and defeated it.They were huffing and puffing by the end. They all suffered minor injuries.One of them, the fat guy with a pear-shaped body, used the glaive to cut the horns and pack them in the bag. “These horns are used in medicine, right? I’m sure we’ll get a lot of money for these.”“But these iron-horn goats are tougher than we thought,” the only girl in the group said while applying ointment to her bruises. She was tall but had short, curly red orange hair. “If we took five minutes to kill a mere goat, then I’m afraid we can’t go deeper.”“Young Lady Serena,” the third guy who had a predator’s look said. “If you want to marry the man you want, then you got to do well at the inter clan competitions among the fifth-grade clans. Our clan has never won in recent times, so if you can win it, then the patriarch will surely consider your thoughts.”The red-haired girl Serena sighed. “I’m already twenty. I want to get

Darius’ eyes stretched wide as the monkey easily deflected the glaive and attacked him with the claws.He was not even able to react in time.His heart sprang into his throat, thinking his face was going to get cut by the three-inch claws.BAM~!A fist reached the monkey’s jaw first, and it was sent packing into the bushes.Darius’ eyes flashed with surprise after seeing Gunnar’s punch.Three more drumtail monkeys jumped out of the tree.Gunnar threw his punch at the closest one.It tried to deflect his punch, but the spherical mass at its tail was repelled back.In that time, the other two monkeys hit Gunnar’s body with their tails.BUDUMM~~!!It sounded like multiple bones cracked, but Gunnar caught the tails and smashed the monkeys into the third monkey.All three of them fell to the ground and then ran away in confusion.Darius took a step back, his face full of shock. “Y-You… weren’t lying? Are you really the one who saved me last night?”“That’s what I said,” Gunnar went back to