No.1 Supreme Warrior by Moneto

Chapter 1051
The next morning, a lot of people were gathered on the rooftop of a huge plaza located on the peak of a hill. Aside from the main family within the White family, a few other branches of the White family as well as some families attached to them had all come.

All of them never expected that Master White would hold this event to choose his successor, right after his only son had returned to the family.

“You’re becoming more and more daring now, Nash. You didn’t even bother to discuss such a big matter with me, and you went ahead and made the decision yourself. Do you hold no respect for me?”

On a gallery high above the square, Lily, who was seated next to Nash, rolled her eyes at her husband, huffing angrily.

“Heh. This was a last-minute decision. But as the head of the White family, I think I have some authority in this matter, especially since I’ve discussed it with plenty of elders already.”

Nash chuckled, speaking as though he was not the least bit angry.

“Hmph. I think you just don’t want Lance to become the successor. And you’ve been brainwashed by that vixen from the earthly realm. Are you thinking of surrendering the entire White family to the son you had with her?”

Lily harrumphed coldly and shot Nash a glare.

“Why are you still hung up over something that happened ages ago, Lily? Besides, I didn’t do anything that grieved you, right, besides that one thing? If you can accept Lizzie, why can’t you accept Joan and jackie? Can’t we just live together happily as one family?”

Nash frowned and stared at the woman before him. He realized that Lily had changed so much—she was not the woman he used to know. Back then, she was outspoken and abrasive and prevented Joan from marrying into the White family, but she would never hire hitmen to kill jackie and the others.

“Heh. Joan is a woman from the mortal realm. She’s not even a Chi practitioner-in-training. How can you tell me to accept her? Anyone who doesn’t know how to manipulate Chi is beneath us. I don’t want people talking behind your back, badmouthing you because you married a woman like that!

“Let’s say you married her and she gave you a son—would he have innate talent? Will he be as pure bred and as esteemed as us?”

Since Nash refused to spare her reputation, Lily did not hold back in demolishing him either. She stood up and spoke loudly.

“Hmph. jackie can give us a run for our money if I say so!”

Nash harrumphed coldly. He coughed after he said this. It was evident that his body was still weak.

“Him? Give us a run for our money? That brat is definitely a lot worse than my son. You’ll find out for yourself in a while!”

Lily sat down and spoke flippantly, “I’m telling you, Nash White, that Lance isn’t dead. He’s still alive. It doesn’t matter if you choose to hold this competition or whatnot, I’ll never acknowledge the winner of this heir selection. My son is the true successor, and he’s the one most suited for the role!”

“Whatever you say!”

Lily was refusing to budge, and Joan remained silent at the side. Nash unleashed his temper and said in a cold tone, “It doesn’t matter if you acknowledge this competition or not. All the members of the White family recognize it for what it is, and the elders all think that this is the fairest way to move forward. That itself is enough for me!”

After he said that, he cast his attention to a middle-aged woman who was garbed in a red dress. He nodded his head. “Let us begin!”

Chapter 1052
The Fourth Elder, clad in a red dress, was a beautiful woman of around forty years old. Despite being forty, her skin was still smooth and radiant, and she was extremely beautiful!

Chi practitioners had their bodies maintained by chi, and the aura surrounding them was out of the ordinary. Furthermore, they age slower than regular people. That was why a woman like that would immediately enamor plenty of men from the mortal realm if they saw her.

She leaped and drifted toward the fighting stage in the middle. “I am the Fourth Elder, Wendy,” she announced to everyone. “I was fairly late in joining the White family, and I am neither a member of the White nor Lagorio family. That’s why I think it’s only appropriate that I host this competition!”

Many of the elders could not help but smile when they heard this. It was true that if anyone else were chosen as the host, it was likely that they would be beating around the bush all day.

Although Wendy was an elder of the White family, she was not born into the family nor the Lagorio family. Nobody could speak against her if that was the case.

“As you can see, there are ten fighting stages set up here. The one on my far left is the first stage, counting all the way up to the tenth to my far right!”

Wendy gave a small smile and introduced everything, “There are a total of 230 people participating in this competition. And they’re all the younger members of the White family…”

“So many people!”

After he heard that, jackie could not help but be astonished. The younger generation had plenty of guts to come forth and participate in this competition. It was evident that they were grandmasters, at the very least. He still never expected there to be so many people.

Furthermore, all these people definitely descended from the main family, and this number did not include people from the White family’s branches as well as other families who answered to the White family.

The White family was truly an illustrious family that deserved its position as one of the Eight Shadow Families!

“The first competition is easy enough. We want to elect the top hundred candidates from it!”

Master Wendy smiled. “The rules are simple. If you’re pushed off the fighting stage, you’re out. We’ll do this melee until only a hundred people are left on the stage, and these hundred will move on to the next round!”

“What! It’s a melee!”

Some people were surprised when they heard this.

“Heh. There’s some element of luck to this round. Even if an individual is not very strong, they’ll still advance to the next round with a bit of luck and some determination!”

An old man could not help but smile.

“That’s right. There’s also the possibility of joining forces to kick someone stronger out, no?”

Another middle-aged man smiled as he spoke.

“Hah. This should be interesting. Luck is also a type of strength. It’ll be fun to see how this plays out!”

Someone’s lips curved into an amused smile.

“You’re still smiling? Your son may be at the beginning stage of the true god status. He is pretty strong, and he could have easily entered the top hundred, but what if his luck is so bad that he runs into someone else of his status or an advanced practitioner of the true god status? Heh. Then your son would be eliminated first. Wouldn’t that be too bad for him?”

The old man beside him could not help but say.

“No worries about that. The fun side of this competition is the participation! It doesn’t matter even if my son doesn’t emerge as the champion and clinch the title of the heir!”

The man from earlier smiled.

On the stage, Wendy was waiting for everyone to quiet down before speaking. “All right, all participants, please come to Stage Number One!”

In a flash, plenty of people leaped onto fighting stage number one.

Everyone exchanged looks between each other, every single one of them ready to wage war.

Chapter 1053
Some people who knew each other quite well clustered together, preparing to watch each other’s backs.

“This is a good chance. Let’s get that adopted son-in-law first. Hah. He’ll know the cruelty of the world once he’s eliminated in the first round!”

One of the participants from the White family looked at jackie from a distance, a hint of a smile on his lips.

He was a ninth-grade grandmaster. He was one of the top fighters among the younger generation of the White family.

After all, he would be considered as an eight or nine-star King of War outside, with his fighting prowess.

As he spoke, he set foot to go over to jackie’s side.

However, he only closed half of the distance when he stopped, shock painted all over his expression.

The two beauties of the White family, Beth, and Yule, were actually walking over to jackie.

“No way. Those two masters are going to help get rid of jackie? Seems like plenty of people are targeting him already. Heh! He sure has a big fat target on his back. Everybody wants to get rid of him first!”

The man flashed a bitter smile. it seemed that there were plenty of people who were thinking along his lines. He did not have to go over then. If he did, he might be eliminated by the two beautiful masters instead.

“Hah. Seems that jackie is in bad luck today. I wanted to go over and eliminate him first—tell him that he’s not good enough to become the heir to the White family. Never thought that someone would beat me to it!”

Martin burst out in laughter as he watched this from a distance.

“Heh. It’s obvious that he’s going to be eliminated soon. He’ll be the laughing stock of the century. Hah!”

Plenty of participants from the White family also stared at jackie, cold smiles on their lips.

“All right, since everyone is here, let the first round officially commence!”

The Fourth Elder smiled and flagged off the start of the competition.

“Hah. Get your a** off here!”

Some people had already set their eyes on their opponents. They all rushed toward various people once Wendy’s voice rang out.

The cacophony of various brawls immediately exploded at stage one. The fighting grew fiercer with every passing second.

A second-grade grandmaster was punched off the stage by a fifth-grade grandmaster.

“Ah. I’m no good. I can’t even get into the top hundred!”

The second-grade grandmaster immediately heaved a sigh and shook his head forlornly.

“Who are the two of you?”

jackie’s lips twisted into a bitter smile as he saw the two beauties before him. He did not know why they came to him.

“I’m here to protect you. But I’ve no idea why Yule is here!”

Beth said with a smile.

Chapter 1054
Beth folded her arms after she finished speaking, glancing toward Yule with a slight smile on her face.

Yule did not know whether to laugh or cry. She shrugged her shoulders. “I never thought that you would think the same as I did, Beth,” she said.

She paused here and looked at jackie before continuing, “I had no choice. This punk is my older brother, unfortunately. It’ll be embarrassing if he were to lose terribly and become the butt of everyone’s joke. Besides, my mother told me to take care of him. I have to think of some ways to prevent him from losing the first round. We’d never live it down otherwise!”

jackie did not know whether to laugh or cry when he heard the conversation between them. Still, warmth tinged his insides; these two young ladies were trying to look out for him.

In a split second, over 30 people had been shoved off the stage.

“Strange. Why aren’t those two liftings a finger?”

Someone realized that something was off. He could not help but mutter after he managed to get rid of an opponent.

“Nash White!”

In the viewing gallery, Lily’s expression had darkened. “You actually told those two to protect jackie? Heh. I never thought that you would resort to such dirty tactics for the sake of your son.”

Nash had been watching everything unfold on the fighting stage as well. “Heh. I didn’t arrange for this. I never thought that they would help jackie either,” he said, a bitter smile on his face. “Or perhaps they wanted to help him because they thought that he was a pretty good man!”

The corners of the Third Elder’s lips twitched when he heard that. “Heh. Shouldn’t you have thought of a better excuse, Master?” he said, expression stony. “Beth and Yule have only known jackie for a short time. How could they help him on their own accord? But it doesn’t matter, since he’ll be eliminated in the second round. He’ll just lose less shamefully!”

“How interesting, Beth, Yule. You’re…actually helping the live-in son-in-law?”

At this moment, a man could not stand the sight any longer. He threw an opponent off the stage and stomped his foot, streaking straight before the trio. He spoke with a cold smile.

“Heh. We’re not going against the rules, Lionel, are we? You can fight us if you’re not pleased with anything!”

Beth folded her arms before her chest. “You, an eighth-grade grandmaster, are thinking of eliminating the two of us?” she said haughtily.

A muscle worked in his jaw. A cloud suddenly fell over his face.

However, he quickly reined in his anger. “Are you a true man, you punk? Hiding behind these two women’s backs. Some hero you are,” he said, looking at jackie. “Fight me if you have the guts. Stop hiding behind other people like some ostrich!”

“Heh, jackie won’t fall for your trap. He’s not an idiot. He’ll never be roused by your provocation.”

Yule folded her arms across her chest and spoke without hesitation, lips curved into a frosty smile.

That smile instantly disappeared after she said that—because jackie was actually slowly walking forward until he became before her and Beth.

“Heh. You do have a point. As a man, I shouldn’t hide behind others.”

jackie came before the man and stared at him, smirking.

“He’s provoking you, jackie. Can’t you tell? He can’t beat us, so he wants to lure you out to eliminate you!”

Yule began to panic. “You are the Master’s son,” she whispered to jackie. “Plenty of people will take you for a joke if you’re eliminated during the first round!”

“That’s right, jackie. Listen to your little sister. I think she’s right too. I want to help you because of this!”

Chapter 1055
Beth also tried to convince jackie.

The two of them were fighters who had attained the true god status. Regular participants did not dare to seek trouble with either one of them.

After all, there were not many fighters like them among the younger generation.

“Hah. You’ve got guts!”

Lionel also never expected jackie to fall for it. He flashed a thumbs up. “Don’t worry, you’ll be respected even if you lose to me. At least you’re not a wimp who hides behind women’s backs!”

“Heh. I don’t have the right to even touch the Cryo Pearl if I can’t beat you.”

No one expected jackie to speak with such a grudging tone, a wan smile on his face.

“Oh my. You’re aiming for the treasure? So you want to be the champion!”

Lionel smiled; his gaze hardened. “You’re all bark and no bite!”

“Cut the crap. There’ll only be a hundred people left on this stage very soon if I don’t throw you out!”

jackie took a step forward and curled his fingers mockingly.

Lionel stomped his foot and came before jackie, directing a punch at the latter.

He was fast, and his attack was ferocious. It was evident that he was not holding back.

“Heh. Seems like your son isn’t listening to your orders, Nash. I think Lionel will be the one to eliminate him!”

Lily smirked as she observed what was happening on the fighting stage. She knew that jackie had been provoked by Lionel’s words to come forward and fight.

Yet the very next second, Lily’s expression crumpled.

jackie did not dodge Lionel’s blow at all, raising his fist instead to meet his opponent’s.

Lionel, the eighth-grade grandmaster, was actually flung backward from the impact, landing heavily below the stage. He spat a mouthful of blood, and his cheeks were leached out of color.

“What! That punk…is of a true god status?”

Lionel was shocked that he had been eliminated. Disbelief filled his eyes. He never thought that a brat from the mortal realm would actually be so frighteningly strong. The force behind jackie’s punch made him feel like there would have been no way to counter it.

“Heh. My apologies, dear, but jackie is not as weak as you think he is!”

Nash nodded his head in approval, speaking to Lily.

The corners of Lily’s lips twitched. “He’s not bad, but he’s far below the likes of my son,” she said. “My son isn’t here today, but if he were, he would be crowned champion!”

Chapter 1056
“No way. Lionel actually got thrown back by that punk with just a single punch, and he’s an eighth-grade grandmaster. This means that the punk is at least a ninth-grade grandmaster!”

Plenty of contestants had been observing this as well. All of them were stunned when they saw the scene unfolding. They never imagined for that easy target to actually be that strong.

“He’s not as weak as we think he is!”

Hudson also saw this, and he looked slightly ill.

He clenched his fists and stalked toward jackie. “Looks like I’ll have to deal with you myself!”

Hudson’s veins flooded with evil intent. He had not meant to eliminate jackie, but instead kill him right off. Lily had told him about this privately. He was to say that he had accidentally killed jackie, and Lily would do everything in her power to protect him.

Besides, he would be granted plenty of rewards after.

“Really? Let’s see if you’ve got the skills to back those words!”

jackie was stunned. He looked at Hudson, grinning, as though he was not worried at all.

“ jackie, Hudson is at the advanced stage of the demi-god status. Even I may not be a match for him! He has a chance to become the champion!”

Beth frowned and walked over, stepping before jackie.

“And so ends the first round!”

Yet no one expected Wendy’s voice to ring out at this moment.

“It’s over?”

Yule was stunned for a second, then she smiled. “That’s great. Now there are only a hundred people left on this fighting stage, Hudson. You can’t lift a finger now that the first round is over!”

The corners of Hudson’s mouth twitched violently. He scanned the people on the stage; including the four of them, there were indeed a hundred people left.

He clenched his fists and glared at jackie. “You were lucky today, punk. I never thought that so many people would be eliminated so fast. Heh. You would have been thrown out otherwise!”

“I think you’re the lucky one. Otherwise, a master at the advanced stage of a true god status eliminated in the first round? How embarrassing would that be for you!”

jackie shrugged his shoulders and spoke in a nonchalant tone.

“Hah. You’re pretty good at boasting, punk. Just pray that you don’t meet me in the next round. Otherwise, I’ll teach you a good lesson on what it means to be weak!”

Hudson said, laughing.

“All right. The first round is over. To all who have advanced to the next round, please exit the stage!”

The Fourth Elder spoke at this moment.

The victorious candidates all leaped down and stood to the side.

“We will now commence with the second round. It will not be a melee competition, but a one-on-one battle!”

Wendy announced in a clear voice as she stood on the fighting stage, “The matches will be drawn via lottery. We have a hundred cards, with numbers from one to fifty written on them. For every number, there will be a pair. The one who draws the same number as you do will be your opponent!”

While Wendy was speaking, two workers carried trays over, with cards splayed over them.

jackie simply picked a card with the number ’21’ written on it. It seemed that his opponent would be the person holding the other card with the number ’21’ on it.

“All right. Has everybody gotten their number?”

Chapter 1057
After a while, Wendy added, “Participants who drew numbers one to ten, please take the fighting stages accordingly. For example, those who drew the card with number one will go to stage number 1. After all ten pairs have finished their battle, I will call upon those who have drawn up until the number twenty!”

After she thought about it, she said, “The rules for this round are simple. You cannot kill your opponent, and you win by getting your opponent off the stage. Of course, you’ll automatically win if your opponent surrenders!”

After Wendy finished announcing the rules for this round, the contestants who took the number one to ten flew up to their respective stages.

Evidently, the competitors who emerged victorious in this second round would be able to become the top 50 contestants, and then they would be guaranteed a prize already.

“Hah. You’ve got some luck to run into me!”

On one of the fighting stages, a seventh-grade grandmaster was paired with a fourth-grade grandmaster. The former could not help but grin.

Since the first round was a melee, there were a few people who were not very strong that managed to hold on to the very end as they got lucky.

This seventh-grade grandmaster was considered an average fighter. After all, the people who won were all pretty strong—and that was why he was afraid that he would run into master of true god status.

He never thought that his luck was in his favor. He actually got a fourth-grade grandmaster as his opponent. Excitement flooded through his veins.

The fourth-grade grandmaster flashed a bitter smile. “I did not have hope anyway unless I was paired with the other fourth-grade grandmaster here!”

After he said that, he actually jumped off the stage. “I surrender!”

“I–I won?”

The seventh-grade grandmaster was stunned for a moment. Then he smiled.

“Jeez. That fellow is so lucky. He advanced to the next round just like that!”

Someone was extremely envious when he saw this.

However, the people on the other nine fighting stages were not so lucky. The opponents they had were about the same level as they were, and naturally, they would not give in without a fight. They threw themselves at each other, and the frightening cacophony of skirmishes filled the air.

“The fighting skills of this family are pretty good!”

jackie was astounded by the sight as he peered down from the audience stand. He could tell that these masters from the White family spent plenty of time honing their martial skills, and all of them were stronger than regular fighters.

Soon enough, the first batch of contestants was done. The people who had won were all elated and quickly went to claim their prizes first. The losers left dejectedly, their heads hung low as they joined the crowd to watch the rest of the competition.

Of course, there were some who had sustained more serious injuries. They could only sit at the side, take a few healing pills, and have a good rest.

The second group of people quickly went up as well.

“Hey, what number did you get?”

Unexpectedly, Yule tapped jackie’s shoulder from behind at this moment.

jackie turned his head, surprised. “Why did you ask that, Yule?”

“Can’t I ask? I just want to know when it’ll be your turn!”

Yule replied, a sweet smile on her face.

“Oh, it’ll be my turn soon!”

jackie smiled. “You’ll soon find out what number I drew!” he said.

Chapter 1058
Just as jackie finished his last syllabus, the Fourth Elder—Wendy Wind—had already flitted back onto the stage of the tournament once again.

She plastered a gentle smile and spilled, “Very well. Let’s invite participants from number 21 to number 30 to the stage!”

“Hehe! Brother jackie, it’s my turn to go up!”

Yule giggled warmly and strode toward the stage. She stomped on her right foot, leaped upward to the air, and landed on the stage. All these happened within a few seconds.

jackie stared at Yule who was already on the stage, then he looked down at the tiny piece of paper in his hand. The number on the paper made him completely dumbfounded.

“No way! How could it be her? What should I do now?”

jackie did not know whether to cry or to laugh. How could he have imagined that Yule would be his opponent? What a coincidence!

The other competitors jumped onto the stage of the tournament, and some of them glided onto the stage.

“Where’s my opponent?”

Yule frowned with a puzzled look. Her opponent had not come up to the stage yet.

Soon, her puzzled look was replaced with speechlessness. jackie stepped out of the crowd, then with a gentle stomp, he appeared in front of Yule in the next second.

“No freaking way! Brother jackie, you’re my opponent?”

Yule’s eyes went wide, and her jaw dropped to the ground when she saw that jackie stood before her. She could not believe her own eyes. Did she see wrongly? Was the person in front of her jackie? Too much of a coincidence!

“What the h*ll?”

The crowd gasped at the arrangement on the stage. Each of them had a strange look on their faces.

“The illegitimate trash of Nash White will fight against his own daughter. Heh! It’s interesting, isn’t it? Doesn’t this mean that the Brother will be competing against the Sister?”

Some people laughed sarcastically. They had never expected to witness such an episode today.

“Hahaha! That b*stard, I don’t think he is his sister’s opponent. Although Yule White is young, she is talented and a master! She’s only 17 or 18 years old but she has already reached the middle stage of a demi god status. Such martial skill and fighting prowess are similar to those so-called Gods of War. That illegitimate jackie is obviously not her opponent!”

Another person giggled with a playful tone. “I’m afraid that this time the Brother is going to lose to his sister!”

“What is this? Nash, don’t tell me you’ve arranged this? Heh! You’re quite smart, aren’t you? You actually make your daughter compete against your son in the second round. What a trick!”

Lily was stunned at the scene. She then said with a face of contempt, “I didn’t see that coming, and clearly didn’t expect such a dirty trick from the Head of the White family! You made this arrangement on purpose so that your son would win the tournament, am I right? Don’t you feel ashamed at all!”

“Dirty trick? What trick did I use?”

Nash’s face went dull and then reprimanded, “Lily, don’t talk bullsh*t if you have no evidence!”

“Oh? Do you think I don’t know what you were doing? In the first round, you had Yule and Beth protect your lovely son, so that he could enter the second round!”

Chapter 1059
Lily sneered coldly. “I didn’t expect you to pull such a trick in the second round. You must have used some dirty tricks to mark the cards during the card drawing session so that your dear son would face your daughter in this round! The next step is even simpler, you’ll just have to ask your daughter to lose to jackie deliberately for jackie to enter the next round, are my guesses correct? Then he can eventually get into the top 50, am I right?”

“I…”

Anger instantly welled up in his chest when Nash heard Lily’s claim. He never expected Lily to see him that way. He coughed harshly then only managed to spill some words out. “I didn’t!”

“Hmph! You didn’t? If you didn’t plan it, how can there be such a coincidence? Anyhow, I’d still want to see what’s up your sleeve next! How will you make your son the champion of this tournament!”

Lily snorted cold-heartedly and her face had become more and more unsightly.

“Madam, Nash didn’t do this, it’s really coincidental. You’ve known Nash for so many years, you know he is not that kind of person. He has always done things openly and honestly!”

Lizzie—who was standing aside—could not stand watching both of them argue, so she intervened to help Nash.

“Lizzie, just mind your own business, will ya? Is it because you think jackie is back with the White family and there’s a high chance for him to be the heir? Are you trying to befriend him so that he’ll take your side in the future? Hahaha! Don’t think that I don’t know what your little, tiny brain is plotting!”

Lily hissed unceremoniously. She did not see that coming. Lizzie, who had never been a talker nor an arguer dared to stand up and speak for Nash this time.

“Mrs. White, no, I—I’ve never thought of it that way. We’re a family, we shouldn’t fight. This round of the tournament must be coincidental…”

Lizzie had never wished to stir up trouble, though she disliked Lily in her heart quietly. Lily was a rather forceful and quick-tempered woman. This was why Lizzie had always shut her mouth up and even rarely stepped out of the house, hoping to live a quiet and peaceful life.

“Hmph! We’ll know soon if it’s staged or coincidental! Yule is already at the middle stage of the demi-god level. Hence if she loses to jackie this round, it must be on purpose! After all, we’re all martial artists with good eyesight; we definitely know which move is being done on purpose!”

Lily hummed frostily and left her last sentence.

Nash was deep in thoughts about Lily’s claim. He then wheeled his head, facing the First Elder, and asked in a careful tone, “First Elder, did you…did you arrange all this?”

Indeed, this seemed a little bit too coincidental for him to comprehend. He now had somewhat suspected that there could really be someone plotting this without him knowing.

The First Elder was rendered speechless for a few seconds and then replied in a calm voice, “Master White, it’s not like you don’t know what kind of person I am. How could it be possible for me to arrange all this?”

“Alright! Since you’ve said so, I trust you! That’s fine.”

Nash bobbed his head with a bitter smile hanging on his tired face.

At this moment, the tournament has already started. The other nine candidates had started fighting each other, except for Yule and jackie.

Yule and jackie were at stage number one; they were looking at each other with an awkward look plastered on their face.

“Brother jackie, I can’t believe that you’re my opponent! Sigh! I heard that you’re very talented. Well. Let me test that hearsay out!”

Yule halted to ponder for a few seconds, she then clenched her fist and said, “If you can’t even defeat me, you’d never get first place. After all, Sister Beth is a lot stronger than me! She’s already at the late stage of the demi-god level. Not to mention that Hudson and Martin have both signed up for this tournament; they’re both at the late stage of the demi-god realm as well. There’s a lot of others who are stronger than me. Therefore, even if I let you win on purpose this time, it’d be in vain!”

Few seconds of silence brushed through the air, Yule then continued, “But, well, even though my martial art status is not as high as theirs, I’m a powerful fighter with stronger determination compared to them. So, I actually have a little hope in winning them.” Yule felt proud of herself. “Anyway, you don’t have to worry about the Cryo Pearl. I’ve discussed this with Beth. The two of us, no matter who wins the first place, when the time comes, we’ll give you the Cryo Pearl!”

jackie suddenly felt a flicker of warmth inside his heart when he heard Yule’s words. “Thank you for your kindness. But, I better get first place, so that it’d be certain that I’ll get the Cryo Pearl!”

Chapter 1060
“You get the first place? Are you serious? Do you know that I’m already at the intermediate stage of the demi-god level?”

Yule was puzzled at jackie’s exaggeration, wondering if she had heard him wrong. She was relatively young among the younger generation in the White family, and to be at such a level, she was considered a master among masters!

How could jackie be so confident with his own ability? Could it be that his martial art status and fighting prowess were even higher than hers?

“I know your martial art status, so I will hold back a little. After all, you’re my sister; I won’t hurt you!”

jackie gave Yule a faint smile. Though the smile was faint, it was radiant and sunny.

He could see that Yule was a kind-hearted person, although she might have been spoiled since young and had always carried a frightening yet noble aura, she was a young woman with a pure and simple heart.

“Hehe! Not bad at all! You take care of your sister!”

Yule returned with a wide and amiable grin. Near the corner of her mouth appeared a cute dimple.

After teasing jackie, Yule balled her fist firmly, stomped on her feet. She leaped toward jackie, yelling, “Brother jackie, I hope you won’t let me down!”

Just as Yule’s words fell, she had come before jackie. Her speed was not as fast as lighting, but rather like a phantom that no one was able to catch a sight of. Less than a second, she was right in front of jackie.

jackie clenched his fist as well when he saw Yule blasting toward him with a firmly balled fist.

The seemingly ordinary clash of fists between two humans emitted a terrifying loud bang and cast a powerful and forceful circular wave outward to the audience.

“What the!”

The radiant smile that was on Yule’s pretty face a moment ago soon faded into the thin air. What was soon dawned upon her face was shock and puzzlement.

The strength and power that erupted from jackie’s body were clearly way stronger than hers. Based on the strength she had felt from him, this man before him should at least be at the late stage of the demi-god level. Moreover, he seemed to belong to the top-notch category in the late stage of the demi-god level.

With Yule’s round and astonishment-filled eyes, she was blown away by the force and flew two to three meters backward before she stomped on the ground, halting, and stabilizing herself.

This was the first clash between the two, and to everyone’s surprise, it was jackie who had the upper hand.

“My God! Did you see that? That punk jackie had actually blasted Yule, the little master, away?”

In the stands, the crowd could not help but gasp aloud at the scene before them. They initially thought that jackie would soon be eliminated within seconds. They truly did not expect him to be so strong.

At this time, most of the battles on the other stages had already ended. Some were eliminated and some advanced into the next round. All of them were paying attention to the situation on the other stages.

And when they witnessed the clash between Yule and jackie, confusion and astonishment were written on their face. After all, Yule’s combat prowess was already at the demi-god level; how could an adopted son-in-law who had just returned from the secular world be stronger than her?

“That’s freaking awesome! Master White, Young Master jackie is so awesome, isn’t he? Haha! He is more powerful than I expected!”

In the viewing stand, Butler Titus’s eyes were immediately lit up as though he had seen something wonderful. “If jackie could win the first place and become the heir to the family head. We finally have a successor for the White!” Titus chortled warmly.

Nevertheless, just as he finished his words, he could feel a pair of burning eyes staring at him with malice and hatred.

If this gaze could kill, he had no doubt that he would have died a million times over.

A wave of fury crashed through Lily that she was almost choking on her rage. She glared at Titus with eyes full of hatred, and then she barked, “What do you mean by ‘finally have a successor for the White’? Is my son not a member of the White family? Isn’t he the son of Nash White? I watched the battle with my own naked eyes, and it was so fake! It was obvious that Yule went easy on that punk! You all must have discussed the strategy before the tournament started! Otherwise, it’s impossible for that punk to perform that way!”

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“Went easy on him?”

all those toxic words anymore. “First Madam, are you joking? It’s clear that the battle just now was serious; Yule did not go easy on jackie

Elder—Wade White—sat aside, watching the commotion. He did

attack clearly with his own naked eyes. That attack did

it be that this punk truly possesses the strength to get first

face went dull and gloomy. It seemed like there was only one way for him to grab the position of the family

and if he says that he wanted to

stage number one, Yule charged toward jackie with her fist clenched once again. She was

of light blue Chi wrapped around her clenched fist. Obviously, her attack was much stronger and more

I have underestimated

came close to jackie, the corner of her mouth curled upward, and her fist lunged at

can control the Chi in his body well, and within a second, a layer of light blue Chi

Yule’s attack, jackie balled his fist

than before, and the powerful impact blew Yule

“I…”

even used any martial arts technique and yet she was eliminated from the competition by

she was already standing under the stage,

sorry if I’ve harmed you. This is the only way for me to win

warmly, and then only he jumped down

that punch just now! I didn’t expect that punk to be at the

of defeat. “Furthermore, looking at the thickness and richness of the Chi of that punk, also his control over the Chi, I suspect that punk could already be

way! Is he really

to attack had already shown that he was definitely a solid demi-god. That was something that could not

bad, huh. You’re a lot stronger than me! Now I have faith in you

from the stage. “Now, go there and collect the rewards for the top 50! Five Chi Congregation Pills!” Yule said to jackie with

freaking way! This punk defeated our stunning master Yule and got her eliminated from the tournament? Hehe! This competition

viewing stands, one of the heads of the White branch family could

secular world, yet he possesses such skill and achievement! I wonder, at which level his

White branch

branch family then responded. “This shouldn’t be possible. We’re a great and prominent family in the hidden world, and Yule is from the White main family. She should have a better fighting technique and strategy. As for jackie, who defeated her, perhaps he has higher

do hope that brat could win the position of the heir of the family head. After all, only such a person—who rises slowly from the mundane—will understand acquiring martial arts and improving fighting prowess is hella difficult. I think it might be better for him to be the heir

family laughed out loud after giving

that’s the case, the resource for

who was standing beside the heads of White branch family reminded them

tensely, “We’re so far away though, it’s not possible for her to overhear us, right? Speaking of her, this time her son has disappeared for so long and still hasn’t been found, I guess he’s highly likely dead by now. Furthermore, the position of the

the White family. We’re under her barbaric management all this while; she requests for top-notch quality resources for

family. If the branch family members want to grow, the main family members have to evolve even more, hence it’s reasonable for us to hand all the good-quality resources to the main family so that they can be stronger. Otherwise, the White family wouldn’t achieve what we have today, the White wouldn’t be one

resources is the Third Elder.

said with

Pills. He kept the five pills inside his martial ring, only then he returned to the

not that bad at all! You won again, and you’re actually

Hudson—who

get the Cryo Pearl,

person in front of him as he spoke in

all hear that? This punk has declared his intention of coming to the White family! He is eyeing on the Cryo Pearl! What does this say? It says that he wants to be number

a rough and loud voice, “Guys, if any of you face him in the future rounds, don’t go easy on him, okay? And even if you win against him, you’ve to cripple him. Otherwise, if we let this punk get the first place, we—the masters who were trained in

I’ll definitely make sure he is bedridden for months if he is ever my

The tall and bulky Martin intervened in

in the previous

man chimed in with a cold smile. “First, Yule simply didn’t expect for him to be at the demi-god level, so Yule certainly didn’t use her full strength in the battle, giving him the advantage to win over her. Second, Yule has not had the time to use her martial techniques and skills. Heh! If

who chimed in after pondering was a ninth-grade

attention to these men, instead, he sat down, crossed his legs, and waited leisurely for

these people, sooner or later, he would use his fists to respond and make them understand that although he, jackie White, came from the mundane world, he was not any inferior to these so-called masters

Elder from afar, who was at the high viewing platform. The only person that concerned him was

that this Third Elder, Lily, and the Ninth Patronum—Brenton White—were basically a team; they were close to each other. The Third Elder was very good at hiding himself in the dark. A warm yet fake smile

thing was that the Third Elder’s martial art status and combat prowess were top-notch. Other than the First Elder, only Nash White would be able to fight with

god realm; with such martial level and combat prowess, it was sufficient for him to defeat

Elder and his people. If the other party had plotted a murder

all, jackie had never fought such a strong person

second round was finally

competition, there are only five winners, the top five. So this is another melee round, and it only ends when there’s only last

top five candidates will be

Elder flew onto the stage and announced the rules for

the prize for the top five—the spirited grass. They clearly did not see this coming; they did not expect the top

grass? Is it something powerful? Why is

stage, Selena asked with a puzzled face. jackie winning all the previous rounds was within her expectation, after all, she knew very well that jackie’s martial art level was already at the

the position of the first

things grow in a place where

is really happy about this spirited grass. What does it do though? Are its benefits truly

It’s arduous and hard to find spirited grass, which makes it extremely rare. These spirited grasses not only have to grow in a place with a high density

a total of nine grades, the first grade is the lowest of quality and the ninth is the highest. Within its own grade, we further divide them into elementary, intermediate, and

smiled warmly and explained to Selena

mean that he could enhance his combat prowess and martial

Elaine’s explanation. His eyes lit up and were full of desire, as though he had found the love of his

strong fighter like jackie, he could

these, hence he naturally had no desire for martial prowess.

was a grown-up; he did not want to

techniques used. The higher the level of technique, the faster

status when you first start practicing it. And it grows harder and harder as you reach a higher level. When you reach the ninth-grade grandmaster level, it basically depends largely on your talent to breakthrough and go into the next level. But, for some people, they could not even reach the first-grade grandmaster level. Hence, it largely depends on a person’s talent,

it? Sigh! I wonder how my natural talent is in this area. Sigh! I don’t want to become a burden to jackie all the time

in you. You’re definitely more talented than most

help you in improving your martial art status. You’re at the early stage, so it’d be fast for you to improve your martial art status, and

high level of martial art status, why are they still happy about the first-grade spiritual grass? Didn’t you just say that the ninth

was in the same confusion as Selena was. “Yeah, why are

even a third-grade spirited grass is extremely rare, not to mention a ninth grade. All these grasses are considered supreme treasures.

doubt if a third or fourth grade or higher-grade

“What legend is this?”

Ben asked

a chi warrior can attain as of now is to be at the peak of the true god status. It’s very difficult to improve once you’ve hit that stage since we don’t have any martial art skills that advance beyond that. Still, there’s a legend that says that it’s possible to achieve something even

the legends, you’ll be able to prolong

“No way!”

Ben took a sharp intake of breath, wondering if they had heard her wrong. If the legends were true,

god status was frightening enough. A person with the ultimate god status must be exceedingly

Heh. The eight shadow families are all trying to unearth this mystery. They’ve been to so many dangerous places, but they haven’t found a single clue even after so many years. That’s

there, they must contain unimaginable amounts of chi. And it might just make my body explode in an instant. After all, there’s no way a body

five would advance to the next round after the melee battle. It was

to ninth-grade grandmasters. Only fighters like that stood a chance

won’t escape

began, Hudson already had his eyes pinned on jackie, arms folded across his

I wasn’t planning

“You leave me with no choice then,” he said, “since you’re

“Let the round begin!”

Fourth Elder stood on the tip of her toes then flew off the

begun, Hudson—who had achieved the final stage of his demi-god level power—balled his hand tightly. His fist emitted Chi

as he noted that ferocity in wanting to eliminate him, and his tightly clenched fist was covered with a thick layer of

like a flash of lightning as they

covering his fist and

several meters due to the

was not much difference

every White here to lose their dignity? Haha…! How shameful would we be when news about this got spread outside? They’d say that masters like us can’t even compare to someone who returned from the outside

how powerful the White family’s younger generation is. He’s able

Hudson was angry when he heard what Beth said, but he had no way of fighting back. “Haha… What you’re saying is a fallacy. I’m going to ask you

Beth, no hesitation

jackie who was beside her and said. “ jackie, this guy keeps pinpointing on you. I know that your fighting prowess isn’t bad, so why don’t we work together? We’d have one less competitor if

was true that people like Hudson and Beth, who were at the last stage of the demi-god level, were rare among the younger masters in the White’s main

that had the highest

demi-god level capstone and was one step away from the first stage

being missing for a couple of months. Under such circumstances, Hudson, Beth, and other prodigies were the ones with the highest hope of winning the

White, you’re really shameless! You actually want to work with this guy and get me eliminated?” Hudson’s face

Even though it was due to Yule’s carelessness, it proved that jackie was a rather remarkable fighter. Hudson had no confidence in winning

and seethed, “You asked Beth and Yule to protect your son

Nash grew angry at that as he coughed, and he took a breather before he added, “You… You saw jackie’s Chi yourself—he’s achieved demi-god prowess.

set up to me!” Lily was anguished when her thoughts went to how her son was absent from

it in that way!” Nash

his face immediately darkened when he saw the situation on the competition stage. He saw several White family disciples

believe you’ve not anticipated this, Nash White. Although you’ve arranged for Beth to protect jackie and help him enter the next round, the other White family disciples don’t like him. So many well-versed prodigies want to

Nothing would work even if you’ve already made arrangements when everything has

you like, because I believe in jackie. I believe he’s capable of becoming the champion because he said he’d work

so confident under these circumstances. I wonder where your confidence comes

discovered that Nash seemed to be in a better condition than before. The other day, Nash looked pale and still needed Titus to help him walk when they met at the bottom of the mountain. Today, he did not pant as much when he spoke, and his

peculiar. Could it be my imagination, or is he in his last hours?’ mumbled Lily to herself as that thought occurred to her. She

who was by their sides, seemed to also feel that something was different. He looked at Nash and started

Beth’s facial expression darkened when she saw that the other prodigies like Martin

three other masters who achieved mid-stage of the demi-god prowess. The strengths and weaknesses were very obvious when six of such masters surrounded

at Beth by reflex as he said, “Beth, we wouldn’t have attracted so many people over here if you didn’t come to help me. This many people are coming because you’re here

What jackie

it fueled the other prodigies’ determination to eliminate jackie,

when they saw how many powerful masters gathered at this side. They could only pick out those with lower combat prowess

siding with jackie, huh Beth? I’m sorry, but you seemed to

the champion!” came the hoarse voice

so many of them!” Beth

they want to take me out so badly, I’ll just have to eliminate them first!” jackie’s behavior was far

he was unreliable. They were up against six prodigies, and even the one with

into a fist, and the Chi that came from his fist was much

warned the others. He was startled

front of Hudson and swung

jackie singled him out

his martial arts, thus he could

punch, Chi was discharged immensely, and his punch

at the last stage of

would surely reward me handsomely at the sight of you being crippled. If I kill you, she might even give me a bounty of spirited grass!’ At the thought of the

through, and the collision between the daunting forces resulted in a humming

like a kite severed from its string. He crashed onto the

expelled from Hudson’s mouth upon

he would lose to the illegitimate child, the son-in-law who married into the wife’s family he looked down upon in front

with just one punch.

saw what had happened on the stage. Their mouths were wide open and

with just one punch. It did not help that

that Yule deliberately threw the competition away and let jackie win

that Hudson

punch had already reached the highest

possible?” The faces of the Third Elder and Lily darkened after they glanced at each other. Only Lance could have displayed such

He truly is a one-of-a-kind master!” Ben could barely fight back his grin as he

her sister. “By the way, Sister, did you realize how different Brother-in-law was on the night of your

at Ben by reflex. “Do you think that I have special eyesight? How’d I know he’s the young master of the White family? Also, how’d I

who was on the competition stage and spoke abashedly, “Still, you got a point… I truly

Ben. “Of course, my sister is just

when have you become such a sweet-talker, huh?” Selena could

Meanwhile…

man seems so different!” Masters and elders from the branch families were also stunned. Many of them

an old man. “Master! He’s a master, no doubt! It must’ve been difficult for him to reach this step as he didn’t have such conditions as the other

down Hudson first—that master! This looks very interesting!” another family master said

five are next!” jackie smiled and said to the

stage of the demi-god-level, defeated by jackie with a

could still say that Nash set everything up and that Yule lost to Nash on

did not throw the game away on

five people standing in front of jackie had

was only after a good while that Liah, her expression shifting into a more grim mein, spoke, “This guy’s at an incredible

if he

one or two!” offered Beth, her

jackie to shake his head and said, “Don’t worry about it. I don’t need your help here; I

their lips uncontrollably twitching. The guy

for jackie, Martin balled his fist and

That’s a first-grade premium martial skill, an impressive skill for a young person. Their attack power can increase by several folds after using this skill!” Many people at the observation deck exclaimed after they saw

no idea that Martin could perform this martial skill so well. It’s unfortunate that he’s not a master in the real god-stage; he’d be able to send the wolf head to the opponent and attack his opponent if he

At that moment…

Wolf Punch!” Liah performed the same punching skill and

Wolf Punch that Liah performed had also achieved an extremely thorough status. The Chi on her punch was also thickly condensed, and there was

carried out a first-grade premium martial skill. Although this martial skill was not as strong as the Exploding Wolf Punch,

On the observation deck, Lily—seeing

gone. That guy was delusional when

However, jackie only smiled indifferently when he saw the attacks and remained

a loud roar as he balled his hands into fists. Chi surged from his fists as jackie bent his knees and

five had just appeared before jackie, aiming toward him when he threw his

initially thought that their attacks, when combined,

they saw wave after wave before them. These waves were illusions that rushed toward them from jackie’s fists without relief. The waves

loud blast could be heard and the strong power blew all five people away. They banged into the stone slabs under

prodigies helplessly vomited blood still mid-air, flying from jackie’s

again when they crashed to the ground. They laid on the floor and felt

and the others were filled with disbelief. They could not believe that they could not topple

up. His eyes lit up and seemed excited. “That’s no simple martial

a group of people simultaneously. If it has such good effects when it’s being used by a demi-god-level martial artist, the attack power when it’s being used by a real god-level martial artist would be far more

was pleased as well. That martial skill was not only a high-level skill, but it was also a skill that could carry out group attacks, and not everyone knew of it. Nobody knew that jackie had such a great martial

smile disappeared, replaced by the look of

not believe that masters like Hudson and Liah, who had the possibility of

champion position as some of the people left on the competition stage were not as strong as Hudson

was overjoyed at the outcome. “This is my son—the son of Nash

furious that sounds of bones cracking could be heard from her tightly

illegitimate child would have such impressive talents and

convinced with such a person being their family master’s heir!” Many of

people that they thought had the ability to fight were all eliminated. Instead, Young Master jackie, the illegitimate child who grew up in the outside

“This is great! There’s hope for us to get to the top five!” Not many contenders were left on the stage at that moment, and

five to six masters in one go. Even masters like Hudson, Martin, and Liah—who were in the last stage of the demi-god level—were

jackie, was stupefied. She was the First Elder’s daughter, and her father purposely

never thought that his combat prowess would exceed

she saw the scene

nobody dared fight them as everybody knew defeating them was

tight smile on her face. It looked like she was going to proceed to the next round and be

be the competition’s first runner-up, given the

Beth, but I really don’t need your help,” said the smiling

not the case, how can you defeat them when you’re only mid-way the demi-god level?” Beth smiled bitterly. She thought about it and continued speaking. “With your attack just now, I feel that you should be at the peak stage of the demi-god level.

him at how they would

out attacks where his Chi left his body, and it was natural that they did not know that he was already in the real god-level. It was best if he could

Hits—a second-grade intermediate martial skill. It’s handy,” replied jackie with an indifferent

when she heard this and she said with a smile. “Second-grade intermediate? That astounding skill can be used for group attacks. I think the

and you’ll be the master in the

excitement baffled jackie; she was obviously interested

“It’s still too early to assume things. I’m not the inheritor yet, and I can only be considered as one of the

jackie and said, “Stop being so humble! Which one of these people can beat you? There’s no

about the results. jackie, Beth, and three

1073 Every person who won the top five position got a

Martin, and the others sat on the floor below the stage as they tended to their wounds, all while they wore a soured

grass, but not only did they fail to defeat jackie, but they failed to obtain

to himself, ‘If I knew that this guy was that talented, I wouldn’t have

to be: jackie was crowned champion while Beth was the first

He obtains the right to keep and use the White family’s treasure, Cyro Pearl, but he’ll need to inform all elders before he could use it,” the Fourth Elder, Wendy Wind announced loudly on the competition stage. “I invite Young Master jackie to come

before wearing a small smile. He flew upward to the competition stage and arrived before the

you obtain it?” Wendy could not keep her question at bay as she softly asked, passing

lucky to obtain it, but

good one. Even the

later as one of my brothers is badly hurt, hanging only onto

Third Elder—pissed off at the competition’s outcome—slowly stood up and spoke in his slightly worn-out voice, “I don’t think that your friend is badly hurt. I had a good look at his body, and his wounds are superficial. The most crucial point is that someone had trained him into a puppet, so his body is extremely stiff while his breath of life has been reduced to an extremely small amount. Won’t it be wasteful to use our White family treasure on

did his brother become

my! Such evil skills really

the square after hearing what the Third Elder had

the Third Elder telling the truth? Why did your brother become a puppet? Why do such evil

the work of a mysterious power from overseas,” answered jackie, his fists tightening as he did. “We had already killed their people before, but I’m not sure if there are still

it before folding his hands behind his back and firmly said, “I object to

elder would fail to contain himself and stepped forward to make him look

on the observation stage. “Really?”

it’s best if we use it with care. We need to think about its value before we use it. No harm is done if we’re to use the Cyro Pearl on the family master or other important people of the White family.” He let that sink before he added, “But to use it on your brother, an outsider…

a person in ice and keeping a dead person somewhat alive, it has no other effects. Even if you seal this

fact that you’re using this on an outsider aside, the most crucial point is if you can revive a puppet. Haha…! I’d say that’s rather

that it was indeed wasteful to use such a treasure

Cyro Pearl, and it would be gone after

the right to interfere with how I use this pearl or who I use it on? Secondly, I’ll definitely search for a way

Master jackie. Indeed, we have no right to intervene since this item belongs to you, and based on the rules, you can use it however you like. I’m merely providing a suggestion, and you can choose to ignore the suggestions from us, the elders.” Wade chuckled

just

naturally have some comments based on what jackie had said. They would feel that jackie liked to do things his way without thinking about the bigger picture or listening to the recommendations from other people. A person with such characteristics was naturally unsuited to

Wade stood forward and said the things he did was to lead jackie so

it can freeze up an area the size of a room. Even if you’re a dying man, it can also remain

as though this Cyro Pearl was not such an extremely important object after

discussions died down, Nash continued, “Apart from that, we’re one of the eight shadow families, and we need to keep our promises. Since we’ve promised to give this pearl to the champion and jackie won the competition, the pearl belongs to him. He’s entitled to do whatever he wants with it. Doesn’t that

said the Seventh Elder confidently once he stood up. “Young Master jackie is so talented at such

also stepped forward and smilingly said, “Yes, Young Master jackie is really talented. Young Master Lance isn’t here today, but I don’t think he

is so talented, and we’re convinced that he becomes the family master’s inheritor. I believe that with Young Master jackie’s talents, it’ll only take him another one to two years to break through and achieve the primary stage of

this. These people must have stood forward with such an attitude because jackie was the current inheritor. They wanted to please jackie as he would be the

spoke on jackie’s behalf, they would become closer to

talented as well? Haha… My son might have reached the true god-level by

who happened to be an elder, slightly smiled as he spoke. “Nobody could anticipate the results, and we can only say that jackie is lucky. After

discussing this and settle down on what happened today. Now that the competition has ended and jackie is the inheritor, he can do what he wants with the Cyro Pearl. Let’s stop this gathering.” Nash waved his hand

for becoming the inheritor to our family master!” Many people started leaving. jackie had just come

you to rise from the common world, Young Master jackie. It’s really rare to have such talents. Truly, you’ll lead the White family on

have a gathering at my place and talk about the issues among the branch family while we drink. After

and I’ll only head home tomorrow so I can have a drink or two with Young Master jackie!” replied Lancelot, chuckling as he did. The eyes of this branch family

to suggestions from the branch families. Was it possible that Young Master jackie planned to start caring about the branch families’ situation? If that was the case, that

families, in their own rights, had many prodigies among them, but they had limited resources for enhancing their martial status—they had to hand in most of their materials, after all. As a result,

it and said to the crowd, “Sure! Anybody who wants to come over can come, but make sure that there aren’t too many of you as my living quarters can’t contain so many people.

returned, and although he became the inheritor of the family master with his own strength,

was an extremely fair-and-square way, most of the people approved this competition and accepted the competition’s outcome. Hence, Lily and the others dared

It’ll be easier when the sky turns dark.” jackie smiled and soon asked

to be this inheritor. jackie thus decided to take up the mantle, and he

to identify if it was Lily and the others. He could think of a way to

the branch families left, Elaine, Selena,

closer and smilingly gushed, “Congratulations, Honey, you’re now the family master

this Cyro Pearl

as good

need so much resources for the enhancement of martial status. I

master inheritor, even though they desperately want to kill you. You’re safe in the White main family! However, if you’re not the family master inheritor, some people might not give you face!” Elaine paused here before continuing to speak with a bitter smile on her face, “However, they wanted to get rid of you before you returned. They’re probably getting antsy now that you’re here, just wanting

At least the First Elder and Second Elder would protect you when you’re still at the main family. We’d be in trouble if you sneak out

kill me with my martial level!” jackie gave a small smile as he tightened his fists. “Fighting with these people today made me understand my combat power even

Fernando and use this Cyro Pearl soon. I’m afraid that

…

everyone to

the cave, and many White

lied on a stone bed as Ethan kept

when he saw jackie coming over. “Master, how did it go? You must’ve succeeded with your martial level! I’ve analyzed Senior’s situation again, and his breath is rather weak. If we don’t freeze him now, he might not make it

He flipped his hand and took the Cyro Pearl out. “I’ve gotten the item. Let’s freeze him

breath of life had indeed weakened. If they

in a hurry to kill him and the others, so he did not linger to wait for Fernando to be a complete puppet. He used Fernando in

days for Fernando’s breath of

who once

gently opened Fernando’s

fingers on the pearl, and strands of Chi appeared from his fingertip into the Cyro Pearl with

Chi entering the Cyro Pearl,

light grew stronger, jackie removed his finger and stood

The temperature of their surroundings

“Go, step back.”

Fernando’s body frozen little by little.

perish in his frozen status. Of course,

and

how the pearl worked. “There really are all sorts of precious items in

response. “Who’d sell such a precious item?

because this item can only be used

who was beside, thought about it and asked, “But Honey, Lily and the others are malicious people. What if they come in and destroy this

worried face, and he smilingly assured, “This isn’t just a regular treasure. Once this ice coffin freezes Fernando, nobody would be able to destroy it. Even a master of the true god-level won’t be able to forcefully destroy the coffin. How could it be the

really that strong?” Ben exclaimed when he heard what jackie said. However, he soon frowned again and said, “How should we undo this freeze on Fernando when you find a way to heal him

To Ben’s question, jackie explained, “When I inserted the Chi, I inserted a strand of my mental strength into it. You guys still can’t use this mental strength yet at the moment. This mental strength is an invisible and mysterious power. You guys can’t see it, and you can

freeze, I just need to connect to the Cyro Pearl through my thoughts.

should leave. This place is ice-cold right

is bad when compared to us,” stated jackie. “You might

soon walked out of the

we want to heal him. His body has totally stiffened, and so have

I don’t know myself, and all I can do

reply flustered everyone else. They had no idea that even jackie had not thought of ways

we’ll have to keep him frozen forever? That’s no different than dying.” Ben could not help but smiled bitterly as he

I know a family who has a precious item—a medical book. I heard that this book is very powerful, and

a moment as he thought of something, a tight smile appearing on his face afterward. “Sadly, we’re in trouble because the White family has a bad relationship with this family, and we can be considered as enemies. The most crucial point is that they’re one of the eight shadow families, and they’re very strong. They might not show us the

was in

to wash your bodies and make you martial artists before leading you guys onto the path of training. Apart from that, there’s also my father’s poison. I already know what medication I need to help cure

Fernando’s issue right now as it’s not that urgent. However, we need to think of a way to help treat your father.” Ethan also nodded

others. Of course, I’ll try my best

arrived

her heart was blocked by something. “I’m furious! This bastard

martial arts competition; they could say that their hands slipped

have at least stopped him from becoming the champion and

managed to suppress everybody in that competition and obtained the position the family master acknowledged.

room and drank a mouthful of white liquor. He then growled, “I estimate that this young man’s martial level is already at the peak stage of the demi-god level. Together with the second-grade intermediate martial skill, it really was easy for

expression darkening as she did. “What infuriates me more is how some of the elders are behaving. jackie’s yet to be

a smirk. “Everybody knows that although jackie is the family master inheritor, Nash won’t live for much longer. In fact, it’ll be a miracle if he lived for another two months! Hence, they naturally think that jackie will soon become

actions as long as he stays with the

still rather bland. He’s not something we should worry about, considering he won’t impede us much!” Wade laughed at this moment and said, “Although his return had disrupted our plans, his martial level is too low, so he won’t bring much effect. The person we need to worry about right now is the First Elder. I feel that I should concentrate on retreating and training. We’d have no need

we have right now,” Lily sighed, her heart filled with

Evening came…

branch family masters came to

food and wine on the

is too much! You’ve prepared so much food!”

eat more today!” There were two tables in the garden. Ben laughed when he saw the meat on the table and his saliva almost dripped

it if you eat too much, considering you guys are not martial artists yet and this is your first time eating this. Sure, these monster beasts are low-leveled, but don’t eat too much of

nodded to jackie’s reminder and chimed in, “That’s right. You can’t eat too

meat smells so good, but we can’t eat too much of it,” grumbled Ben

need for any formalities!” jackie smiled and said to the masters of the branch families. “We’re all members of the White family and, by right, makes us

yes! Young Master is correct!” Everybody sat down smiling

branch families? Let me know if there’s anything to be done. I’m not very

openly, and he instinctively glanced at

to speak but

saw their reactions. “Don’t worry, just speak openly. I won’t tell anybody, so

meat that you’re eating comes from the beasts that we’ve hunted in the forest. We sacrifice our lives every month, supplying and sending the meat. Apart from that, we also supply spirited grass. These are the things we supply, and we make sure that we supply

this is nothing because the main

case, what do you actually wish to say?” jackie

it grew in these couple of

to sixty or seventy percent in recent years. We didn’t complain about anything, but several months ago, they increased our requirement to

families risked their lives and went into the forest to find spirited grass and food, yet the main family only allowed them to keep 20 percent of what they obtained. The grievance in their hearts would only deepen

thought about it before he solemnly asked, “Does my

about this, and we dared not ask. We’re afraid of offending others if we ask too many questions.” The old man was one of the branch family masters. He

main family members while wanting to get more martial enhancement resources for the

in charge of these things?” questioned

the matter.” Lancelot smiled.

and many of their youngsters had breakthroughs. We were asked to be considerate toward the main family and sacrifice a bit more. They also said that they’ll let us keep some of the resources after the family

understood the difficulties the family master faced. After all, it was best to concentrate the resources and let a small amount of people breakthrough, and that’s why

in front of everybody else. He was furious, indeed, saying that the branch family members are inconsiderate and even said

were obviously angry but they dared not say it out loud. They could only hold it in as there was

“By the way, are these resources safely kept by the Third Elder

increase in the resources submission from

be exposed, which was why he killed those against the

the branch families were far away from the main family, and it was difficult for them to come to the main family under normal circumstances. Even if they were to come, they might not be

that that was what the main family wanted and that the Third Elder would kill them, so they could only keep themselves in check and endure it throughout the

the main family before this, and it helped that he himself invited them to stay for drinks and share

is only in charge of collecting these resources. He would

when he heard that, and everything

Today, the Third Elder had openly spoken on Lily’s behalf, and coupled with that were the rumors about how close they were as

that was not all. They must have worked together to embezzle lots

of the branch family masters were rather unnerved when

jackie, don’t misunderstand us. We’re saying this without resentment, just to get things off of our chests. We feel that the branch families lack martial enhancement

Master jackie. We never suspected Third Elder and First Madam, especially First Madam. She’s the family master’s wife, so we’re sure

really the main family’s idea. He quickly held his wine glass up. “Yes, Young Master jackie. We’re only talking about it and we dare not make assumptions. Apart from that, the main family had developed nicely,

“Don’t be afraid. I invited everyone here so I can hear your concerns and pleas. I’m not sure why they collected that many martial enhancement resources, and I’m also unsure

Chad blurted, “No, no, no…! Young Master jackie, if you’re to ask, the Third Elder and First Madam will be downright enraged when they know about this. It won’t matter

him. However, if this was not the decision made by the main family members and somebody was hiding the martial enhancement resources, they’d be just as

on the other party’s face. “Come, let’s raise

glanced at each other anxiously, not knowing what jackie was thinking. They carefully finished the wine in their glasses when

I’ll secretly ask my father about this, and I won’t let the Third Elder

family members relaxed when they heard what

you, Young Master jackie!” Lancelot immediately gestured to jackie with a sincere expression

family area. Master Lancelot should come to

father about what you said, and we’ll soon know what really happened. I won’t

are no other ways. In fact, we have prodigies among the branch families, talented to boot, but we’re lacking resources. Dare we say that the materials we’ve got are downright scarce, and that resulted in a slow progression of their martial level. Alas,

same applies to our branch family. Those masters are very unconvinced and complain all the time. After all, they can find better treasures and spirited grass if their martial

before I came over this time that I’ll man up to tell members of the White main family. I didn’t keep my hopes up, though, since I didn’t know who to talk to

jackie before he continued, “I have to thank Young Master jackie for making such a

White family master inheritor, you’ve honored us by inviting us to dinner. If you find this issue complicated, it’ll be fine if you don’t say anything. Kindly just disregard what

very emotional when he heard these

and main families. Otherwise, these men from the branch families would not have been that afraid to express their worries nor

things as they really hoped that somebody would perform justice for them and take care of

of their master. They were afraid that the Third Elder and Lily would find

“I’ll try my best. Don’t worry, it’ll get

a toast in your honor!” The white-haired old man was intensely moved when

jackie might be upset or even lie to them somehow.

like jackie truly was considerate

then occurred to Lancelot as he slowly began, “By the way, Young Master jackie, the Third Elder has a high martial level, and Lily is your father’s first wife. You have to be careful. When I watched today’s game, First Madam

seen a lot of people fighting civil wars just for the

I know. Come, come, let’s drink!”

people drank for

The branch family masters came to a rather secluded pavilion and

of them then spoke, “Everyone, do you think we can rely on Young Master jackie? It concerns me, seeing as he had just returned to the White family.

difficult for him to say what he said today, but he even invited us for a meal to

all slowly leave the main family tomorrow morning. You can wait for me at the bottom of Dragon Mountain, which isn’t far from the main family. I’ll go talk to jackie tomorrow and see what

Would he still go and ask his father

go since he said so. I can’t just not show up!” Lancelot smiled bitterly. “Go back and sleep early. I hope that jackie can prosper continuously. If he can grow up successfully and be the family master, better days truly

family members left, jackie came to where Nash

young men who were guarding the door greeted him

work!” jackie nodded

that Nash was having a chat with

his tracks and listened

didn’t know that jackie didn’t get the martial art technique and martial enhancement resources I sent!” Nash, who was lying on the bed, sighed and continued to speak, “I don’t

smiled bitterly and said, “ jackie is a great son, and he’s very outstanding. He didn’t let me down. Although he didn’t receive the things that you gave him, he still became the man he is today. I was really worried about him during the

It was you who brought our son up to be such an excellent person.” Nash held Joan’s hand in excitement as he asked, voice laced with ardent affection, “Jo, do you hate me? Do you hate my

1086 Joan gave a bitter smile. “Why should I hate you?” she said. “I did hate you at the start—I hated how weak you were,

understand your helplessness. You are in this position after all. And your father and your family would never have approved of us even back then. Besides, as the master of the family, you must always take the White family

Thank you for being so understanding and

the master of the White family, die on a bed instead of a battlefield,” he added. “I thought of plenty of ways I could die, but I never thought that I would be

smiling. “Don’t be so pessimistic. jackie’s very skilled in medicine. I believe that there will be a way to find an antidote—I believe that he’ll

take effect on a chi practitioner—what more a chi practitioner like me. It means that this

well aware that there’s no way of finding an

you being too sentimental for a

studied his father, who was lying on the bed. “Don’t worry. I didn’t give up on Fernando even when his condition was so serious,” he said. “It’ll be difficult to find the ingredients for the antidote, but I’ll get it. I already know how to treat you. So long as we get those ingredients, the antidote won’t

did

arrived at the door when I heard you voicing your woes, talking about how the poison has no cure to. How little faith

don’t have to worry about anything

a while before saying, “Oh, right. Why aren’t you asleep yet, jackie? You must be here to

something to talk to

jackie replied, smiling.

first. I’ll give

a soft smile when she looked at

use the Cryo

asked after

The results are promising. It completely

down by the bedside. “Father, how much tithes do we receive from the branch

White

never ask about the White

developing the main family, so they give 60 percent. There’s no way about it though. The branch family members have to make some sacrifices to help some of

they fully cooperate with us. They even give the best-spirited grass

thought it would be. The Third Elder and Lily had been lying to everyone by

increased the tithing after raising it to 60

just to make

“No!”

twice before answering, “60 percent is plenty enough. The other big families only make their branch families give 50 percent. Sometimes, people from the main family will even help to find resources. But here, we wanted everyone to focus on their training and get stronger. That’s why we had the branch families find the resources and give