(The next day)Leon stepped into the company once again, a smile plastered on his face as he walked in.Yesterday, he managed to break the last layer of the seal, which in turn allowed his cultivation to soar to the Golden Core stage.His sister's seals were almost always of ten levels, with the tenth layer being the weakest.But then, the tenth layer that he had managed to break was because it was already weakened right from the start.With the help of the Bloodbane fruit and other herbs, he was able to accomplish that.He didn't even know all this until this morning, as he had been knocked out cold.The pain had been too much, and his endurance was seriously lacking.He wondered how he would be able to break the rest of the seal.The herbs he would need would need to be far more potent than this one.Shaking his head, he pushed all these thoughts to the back of his mind and was about to walk into the elevator when a figure appeared before him."Nora?" Leon frowned slightly, staring a

"Good morning, sir," Alice greeted the moment Leon walked into the infirmary."Morning," Leon nodded, plopping onto his usual spot.Taking a glance at Alice, he suddenly remembered something, but then again shook his head.It was about the Jade fruit she had talked about the other day.He wanted to know more, but he felt it wasn't the time now. Even if he was to get his hands on the Jade fruit, there was nothing he would be able to do with it.The current him wouldn't be able to handle the violent energy that came with it, so it was fine."Sir, can we continue from where we stopped yesterday?" Alice soon walked over, staring at Leon, eyes rather expectant."Sure," Leon agreed without a second thought.There was no need to think too much about stuff like this. She was eager to learn, and he was going to teach her until she didn't want to learn anymore."I..."Before Leon could begin what he wanted to say, his phone rang."Hang on," he relaxed back, pulling out the phone, glancing at the

"Are there any grandmasters?" Leon asked, ignoring the fact that Dark Knight had just knocked someone out.Well, he was asking for it, so there was no need to overly care about the other party.They did deserve it anyway."I'm not sure about that," Dark Knight responded, retracting his aura."The investigation didn't show anything, but according to what I know, the Patriarch is a Grandmaster.""Jackson's father, Ethan, is a level three martial artist," Dark Knight carried on, explaining."As for the others, I have no idea.""Alright then, let's go in," Leon nodded, stepping over the body of the guard, walking into the gate.The Miller family were truly worthy of their name of a martial arts family.They only had one guard at the door. That was impressive and also showed the confidence they had in the guard.But it was a pity they were the ones who had come to visit. There was nothing they would be able to do about it.Soon enough, they got to the door."Should we knock, ring the bell,

Minutes later, Dark Knight walked back in with Ethan carrying a tub of hot water alongside the herbs and other things Leon asked for."Ethan, undress your father and lay him on the bed," Leon instructed, rolling up his sleeves, preparing to begin the treatment."Also, stay here; I'll need help moving the old man," Leon added, picking up the needles, watching as Ethan helped Lucas prepare.Dark Knight, on the other hand, stood by the side and watched. He had been with Leon for a long time and knew this was a simple matter. If it was something Ethan wouldn't be able to handle, he would have asked him to do it.That was how Leon was.Five hours passed in a flash, and now, Lucas lay on the bed, his body recovering at a rate visible to the human eye."Feed him that herb; I left some residue of poison in his body. If you do it well, he should be able to break through to the transcendent level," Leon spoke as he washed his hands in the tub of hot water."Also, you should be able to benefit fr

"Understood, Master," Lucas nodded heavily, knowing he had to follow Leon's orders absolutely."Sir, I think the Dark Vatican's aim is to unify the power of Oakdale under their commands so they would be able to do what they want," Dark Knight spoke at this moment, his expression narrowing.He had been thinking about it. Judging from what Lucas had told them, that seemed to be their aim, and they were not far from it.Back then in the capital, there were quite a lot of powerful people, and it made them unable to do what they wanted freely.Though they did later move away, which was why Leon began looking for them, as they were using humans as experiments."If that's the case, we can't let that happen," Leon shook his head, pacing slowly around the study."Lucas, get me a piece of paper and a pen," Leon instructed after thinking for a while.Without any further ado, Lucas rushed out to get what he was sent for. He didn't dare delay, neither did he have his son or anyone do it for him.Et