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?”

words anymore. “First Madam, are you joking? It’s clear that the battle just now was serious; Yule did not go easy on jackie at all! That was a test attack, but Yule definitely did not go

commotion. He did not comment on

eyes. That

it be that this punk truly possesses the strength to get

to grab the position of the family head, which was to find a way to assassinate the First Elder and

his martial level would be the highest and strongest in the White family, and if he says that he wanted to become the head of the White family, who

this moment, on top of the tournament stage number one, Yule charged toward jackie with her fist clenched once again. She was surprised,

wrapped around her clenched fist. Obviously, her attack was much stronger and more terrifying

I have

mouth curled upward, and

too, can control the Chi in his body well,

Yule’s attack, jackie balled his fist and blasted directly with Yule’s

was so much louder than before, and the powerful impact blew Yule off the tournament

“I…”

had not even used any martial arts technique and yet she was eliminated from the competition by jackie just

her, she was already standing under

Yule! I’m sorry if I’ve harmed you. This is the only way for

warmly, and then only he jumped down

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

the Chi of that punk, also his control over the Chi, I suspect that punk could already be at the late stage or even the peak stage of

way! Is

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

a lot stronger than me! Now I have

go there and collect the rewards for the top 50! Five Chi Congregation Pills!” Yule said to jackie with a bitter smile on

got her eliminated

the heads of the White branch family could not hold

it’s indeed exciting and surprising! jackie was brought up and trained in a secular world, yet he possesses such skill and achievement! I wonder, at

head of the White branch family chimed

main family. She should have a better fighting technique and strategy. As for jackie, who defeated her,

In fact, I 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 than the high and almighty Lance. Lance is too

White’s branch family laughed out

the resource for enhancing martial

standing beside the heads of White branch family reminded them in a

branch family looked around, then whispered 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

goes, especially members of the branches of the White family. We’re under her barbaric management all this while; she requests for top-notch

White branch family released a huge sigh and said, “Sigh! We are only the members of the branch 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

is asking more and more every year, and I heard that the main person in charge of collecting these resources is the Third Elder. This Third Elder has a close relationship with the wicked First Madam, so I guess the request is ordered by the First

said with a stern

Chi Congregation Pills. He kept the five pills inside his martial ring, only

bad at all! You won again, and you’re actually at

a sinister grin. It was Hudson—who had won the

to win. In order to get the Cryo Pearl, the only way is

of him as he spoke in

coming to the White family! He is eyeing on the Cryo Pearl! What does this say? It says that he wants to

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 the White family—would be

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

The tall and bulky Martin intervened in

in the previous round and

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 she had the time to use them, or even take out weapons, it’d be

chimed in after pondering was

he sat down, crossed

from 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,

the high viewing platform. The only person that concerned him was the

each other. The Third Elder was very good at hiding himself in the dark. A warm yet fake smile always hung on his face whenever he talked to someone. jackie thought that he should be cautious of the

and combat prowess were top-notch. Other than the First Elder, only Nash White would be able to fight with him. But now that his father was poisoned; therefore, the only

realm; with such martial level and

If the other party had plotted a murder on him, he did not know if he was able to defeat

all, jackie had never fought such a strong

round

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

top five candidates will be awarded a

and announced the rules

spirited grass. They clearly did not

First-grade premium spirited grass? Is it something powerful? Why is everybody

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 elementary stage of the true god level. Anyway, she still went and inquired about the masters and felt

that the position of the first place

everything on this earth has spirit, including trees, grasses, and so on. If the living things grow in a place where the spiritual energy is dense and rich, and

plastered on his face. “Everyone is really happy about

in a place with a high density of spiritual energy, but age is important, too. The older the age of the spirited grass, the rarer and

accordingly. There’s a total of nine grades, the first grade is the lowest of quality and the ninth is the highest. Within its

to Selena

that he could enhance his combat prowess and martial level

Selena—could not help but exclaim aloud at Elaine’s explanation. His eyes lit up

a strong existence? A strong fighter like jackie, he could kill dozens and even up to hundreds of men with just a

did not know of any of these, hence he naturally had no desire for martial

family was to become stronger. He was a grown-up; he did not want to be protected by Elaine

the speed of enhancing the martial art status depends heavily on the techniques used. The higher the level of technique, the faster you gain enhancement in your martial

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

upon hearing Elaine’s words. “It’s really not easy, isn’t it? Sigh! I wonder how my natural talent is in this area. Sigh! I don’t want to become a burden to jackie

in you. You’re definitely more talented than

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 even faster with all those pills

high level of martial art

Selena was. “Yeah, why are they

I heard from the older generation. It was passed down from generation to generation. But, in reality, even a third-grade spirited grass is extremely rare, not to mention a ninth grade. All these grasses are considered supreme treasures. Moreover, for a ninth-grade grandmaster martial artist or even a demi-god level artist, even a first-grade

of people doubt if a third or fourth grade or higher-grade spirited

“What legend is this?”

Ben

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.

utterly solemn. “According to the legends, you’ll be able to prolong your life when you hit the ultimate

“No way!”

Ben took a sharp intake of breath, wondering if they had heard her wrong. If the legends were true, then someone of that status could live until they were two hundred years old. Who would not want something like

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

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 why I think it’s likely that

a hapless smile. “If there really is an eighth or ninth-grade spirited grass existing out there, they must contain unimaginable amounts of chi. And it might just make

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

standing there were all strong fighters—at least seventh to ninth-grade grandmasters. Only

won’t escape this time,

eyes pinned on jackie, arms folded across his chest,

wasn’t planning

bitter smile. “You leave me with no choice then,” he said, “since you’re so eager to

“Let the round begin!”

then flew off the stage. Then she announced

indicating that the competition had begun, Hudson—who had achieved the final stage of his demi-god level power—balled his hand tightly. His

huh?” jackie’s lips shifted into a smirk as he noted that ferocity in wanting

like a flash of lightning as they met

jackie dismissed the Chi covering his fist and was

powerful explosion could be heard as they both flew backward several meters due to the sheer force before they could regain

much difference

Beth a disgusted glare as he growled, “What’s the meaning of this? You want this illegitimate child who returned from the outside world to win this competition? Do you want 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

family master. jackie’s ability shows how powerful the White family’s younger generation is. He’s able to grow, even though he went to a place that didn’t have enough Chi. To me, that’s not a shameful thing. Instead, it’s

but he had no way of fighting back. “Haha… What you’re saying

no hesitation in the way

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

people like Hudson and Beth, who were at the last stage of the demi-god level,

were the ones that had the

surpassed the demi-god level capstone

couple of months. Under such circumstances, Hudson, Beth, and other prodigies were the ones with the highest

this guy and get

1067 After all, jackie had already eliminated Yule, who was also a strong fighter. Even though it was due to Yule’s carelessness, it proved that jackie was a rather remarkable fighter. Hudson had no

doing, and you’ve gone all out for your son!” Lily, who was on the observing platform, almost burst in anger. She looked at Nash angrily and seethed, “You asked Beth and Yule to protect your son during the first round, and you then cheated during the second round and asked Yule to purposely lose to jackie. Now, you’ve changed the

a breather before he added, “You… You saw jackie’s Chi yourself—he’s achieved

seems like it’s been set up to me!” Lily was anguished when her thoughts went to how her son was absent from

it if you want to think about it in that

on the competition stage. He saw several

for the better as she saw the scene as well, chuckling at the sight. “Haha…! I 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

she added, “This is fate. Nothing would work even if you’ve already made arrangements when everything has

managed to say, “Say whatever you like, because I believe in jackie. I believe he’s capable of becoming the

tsk! You’re still so confident under these circumstances. I wonder where your confidence comes from.”

looked pale and still needed Titus to help him walk when they met at the bottom of the mountain. Today, he

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

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

expression darkened when she saw that the other prodigies like Martin and Liah

of them were in their final stages of demi-god level prowess. Apart from them, there were three other masters who achieved mid-stage of the demi-god prowess. The strengths and weaknesses were very obvious when

as he said, “Beth, we wouldn’t have attracted so many people over here if

jackie said

other prodigies’ determination to eliminate

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

sorry, but you seemed to have forgotten

champion!” came the hoarse voice of Martin, a man with a towering stature,

in trouble. There are so many of them!” Beth looked at

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

he was unreliable. They were up against six prodigies, and

and curled one of his hands into a fist, and the Chi that came from his fist was much more than the last. Apart from that, his

the others. He was startled when he saw jackie disappearing in a

in front of Hudson and swung

so fast!” Hudson was taken aback at how jackie singled him out first. Hudson, after all, was in the last stage of

enough time for him to perform his martial arts, thus he could only meet jackie’s punch with

Chi was discharged immensely, and

the last stage of the demi-god level, and I don’t

I kill you, she

surged through, and the collision between the daunting

severed from its string.

mouth upon impact, and his face immediately

He did not believe that he would lose to the illegitimate child, the son-in-law who married into the wife’s family he looked down

lost terribly under everyone’s gazes with just one punch. Hudson truly had lost

people stopped fighting after they saw what had happened on the stage. Their mouths were wide open and their chins almost dropped

that Hudson—who had the highest possibility of winning the competition—would be eliminated by jackie with just one punch. It did not help that Hudson completely lost under the circumstances where both

could say that Yule deliberately threw the competition away and let jackie win

not feel that Hudson would purposely lose out on the

People like the First and Second Elder also stood up from the observation stage in surprise. The force behind jackie’s punch had already reached the highest stage of the demi-god

the Third Elder and Lily darkened after they glanced at each other. Only Lance could have displayed such

back his grin as

the way, Sister, did you realize how different Brother-in-law was on the night

I have special eyesight? How’d I know he’s the young master of the White family? Also, how’d I know that he’d become such a formidable person after being

abashedly, “Still, you

insight!” beamed Ben. “Of course, my sister is just as outstanding. Both of you can be considered as a

you become such a sweet-talker, huh?” Selena could barely hold back

Meanwhile…

the branch families were also stunned. Many of them

He’s a master, no doubt! It must’ve been difficult for him to reach this step as he didn’t

and I never saw it coming that he’d take down Hudson first—that master! This looks very interesting!” another

next!” jackie smiled and said to

stage of

of the observation stage. Before this, they could still say that Nash set everything up and that

Hudson did not

people standing in front of jackie had disbelief written all

into a more grim mein, spoke, “This guy’s at an incredible state level now, and he’s also adept in combat. Don’t underestimate him. I say we

him win again. We’d have no place to hide our faces if he wins and becomes the champion.” Martin immediately nodded. There was still hope for them if

jackie, I can help block one or two!” offered

to shake his head and said, “Don’t worry about it. I don’t need

Liah, and the others had their lips uncontrollably twitching. The guy before them was practically rubbing it on their

jackie, Martin balled his fist and condensed

Exploding Wolf Punch? That’s a first-grade premium martial skill, an impressive skill for a young person. Their attack power can

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 was a master at that level. The attack power would be magnificent!” exclaimed some among the people. “However, it’s quite

At that moment…

Wolf Punch!” Liah performed the same punching skill and

achieved an extremely thorough status. The Chi on her punch was

martial skill was not as strong as the Exploding Wolf Punch, the power was daunting enough when three prodigies at the middle stage of

time, jackie.” On the observation deck, Lily—seeing how five younger masters attacked jackie altogether with strong martial skills—smiled

knew jackie was as good as gone. That guy was delusional when he said he wanted

coming!” However, jackie only smiled

out a loud roar as he balled his hands into fists. Chi surged from his

group of five had just appeared before jackie, aiming toward

thought that their attacks, when combined, would

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

heard and the strong power blew all five people away. They banged into the stone slabs under the competition stage like kites with broken

vomited blood

laid on the floor and felt

eyes of Martin and the others were filled with disbelief. They could not believe that they could not topple jackie, even as all five of them

The First Elder, who was on the observation stage, stood up. His eyes lit up and seemed excited. “That’s no simple martial skill and definitely isn’t a first-grade martial skill. It looks like

“Above all, that’s a rare martial skill capable of attacking 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

externally. It’s terrifying when you think about how a big wave shoots outward!” Nash 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

smile disappeared, replaced by the

like Hudson and Liah, who had the possibility of becoming the champion, would also be eliminated

no doubt about the champion position as some of the people left on the competition stage were

was beside Lily, was

that sounds of bones cracking could

child would

a person being their family master’s heir!” Many of the branch families’ masters thought about

they thought had the ability to fight were all eliminated. Instead, Young Master jackie, the illegitimate child

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

but they never expected that jackie would eliminate five to six masters in one go. Even masters like Hudson, Martin, and Liah—who were in the last stage of the

who stood not far away from jackie, was stupefied. She was the First Elder’s daughter, and her father purposely asked her

never thought that his combat prowess would exceed the

she saw

nobody dared fight them as everybody knew defeating them

was going to proceed to the next

be the competition’s first runner-up,

need your help,” said the smiling jackiet to Beth when he saw her

grade is that martial skill you’ve performed just now? I feel that it’s a second-grade martial skill. If that’s 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

they would say his

out attacks where his Chi left his body, and it was natural that

intermediate martial skill. It’s handy,” replied

used for group attacks. I think the master will ask you to contribute it so

now the family master’s inheritor, and you’ll be the master in the future. You won’t refuse

was obviously interested in his

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

eyes at jackie and said, “Stop being so humble! Which one of these people can

and there were no doubts about the results. jackie, Beth, and three others were

won the top five position got a first-grade premium spirited grass as their reward, much to their

the stage as they tended to their wounds, all while they

five and obtaining the spirited grass, but not only

the observation stage and thought to himself, ‘If I knew that this guy was that talented, I wouldn’t have thought about

happened afterward was just like how everybody imagined it to be: jackie was crowned champion while Beth

to keep and use the White family’s treasure, Cyro Pearl, but he’ll

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

a second-grade martial skill? How did you obtain it?” Wendy could not keep her question at bay as she softly asked,

was lucky to obtain it, but I can tell you that it’s

is a really good one. Even the White family only has several.” Wendy

of my brothers is badly hurt, hanging only onto his last breath. The Cyro Pearl is one of

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

did his brother become

my! Such evil

spread throughout the square after hearing what the Third Elder

“ jackie, is the Third Elder telling the truth? Why

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

and firmly said, “I object to you using the Cyro

1074 jackie did not expect that the Third elder would fail to contain himself and stepped

Third Elder who stood high up on

Cyro Pearl is a treasure we’ve obtained with much difficulty, so 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

person somewhat alive, it has no other

up. “That’s right. Putting the fact that you’re using this on an outsider aside, the most crucial

started discussing among themselves after they heard what the Third Elder and Lily said, sharing their opinion that it was indeed wasteful to use such a treasure on an outsider

Pearl, and

“Firstly, I’ve won the competition, and the Cyo Pearl is my reward. Am I not right to say that nobody has the right to interfere with how I use this pearl or who I use it on? Secondly, I’ll definitely search for a way to cure my brother after I’ve

Young 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

just give up on saving

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

jackie so he would leave a bad impression in the hearts

to do. He smiled and stood up. “To be honest, the Cyro Pearl is a treasure when we say that it is because it can freeze up an area the size of a room. Even if you’re a

nodded after they heard what Nash said—seemed as though this Cyro

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.

on what grounds can we interfere with how he uses it? If it was mine, I’d use it based on my needs!” said the Seventh Elder confidently once he stood up. “Young Master jackie is so talented at such a young age. To me, Young Master jackie is the true treasure. He returned regardless of previous unpleasantries and became our family master’s inheritor. Compared to the Cyro Pearl, Young Master jackie is the treasure with unlimited possibilities

slightly stunned, but he also stepped forward and smilingly said, “Yes, Young Master jackie is really talented. Young

support Young Master jackie. Young Master jackie 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 the

with such an attitude because jackie was the current inheritor. They wanted to please jackie as he would be the future family master

and spoke on jackie’s behalf, they would become closer to jackie and he would remember them. Their future lives would be

by now. After all, he’s only one step away from the true god-level, and he’s been away from home for two to three months. How can jackie be

A man from the Lagorio family, 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 all,

the inheritor, he can do what he wants with the Cyro Pearl. Let’s stop this gathering.” Nash waved his hand

inheritor to our family master!” Many people started leaving. jackie had just

rise from the common world, Young Master jackie. It’s really rare

families. If any of you are free, please stay and leave tomorrow. We’ll have a gathering at my place and talk about the issues among the branch family while

home tomorrow so I can have a drink or two with Young Master jackie!” replied

it possible that Young Master jackie planned to start caring about the branch families’ situation? If that was the

enhancing their martial status—they had to hand in most of their materials, after all. As a result, prodigies of the branch

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. Moreover, too many of you might attract unnecessary attention, and I’m afraid of what

jackie had just returned, and although he became the inheritor of the family master with his own strength, there were many among the branch families who did not

this competition and accepted the competition’s outcome. Hence, Lily and the others dared not say anything even though they

see my friend. Let’s meet tonight. It’ll be easier when

did not want him to be this inheritor. jackie thus decided to take up the mantle, and he would

easier for the other party to unmask their true identities under such circumstances. By then, he would be able to identify if it was Lily and the

members from the branch families left, Elaine, Selena, and the others walked toward

closer and smilingly gushed, “Congratulations, Honey, you’re now the family master inheritor. You’ve gone up

to be the inheritor.” jackie smiled bitterly. “However, to get this Cyro Pearl and find out the person who poisoned my father, I’ve

You’re the family master inheritor now, and that means you’re the future White family master!” Ben stared at jackie. “Many people wished for something as good as this to happen to them, but you, on the

if I don’t be the family master inheritor,” assured jackie. “After all, martial artists don’t need so much resources for the enhancement of martial status. I can get several Chi Congregation Pills as I’m a member of the

harm you if you’re the family 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

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 by yourself!” Lana, who

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 more. I feel like I won’t have a problem

We need to visit Fernando and use this Cyro Pearl soon. I’m afraid that your senior won’t hold on if we don’t use it

…

led everyone to a

room inside the cave, and many White family members stood guard at the

a stone

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

Cyro Pearl out. “I’ve gotten

afterward, noticing that his breath of life had indeed weakened. If they did not freeze him, it would be

and the others, so he did not linger to wait for Fernando to be

party had waited a couple more days for Fernando’s breath of

thought of Fernando—the man who once made great achievements

heavily, jackie took the Cyro Pearl, gently opened Fernando’s mouth, and placed the

and strands of Chi appeared from his fingertip into the

the Chi entering the Cyro Pearl, it slowly emitted a faint

stronger, jackie

shone as ice crystals emerged continuously. The temperature

“Go, step back.”

he saw Fernando’s body frozen little by little. The ice crystals

he would not perish in his frozen status. Of course,

frozen and he was entombed as though it was

be that useful!” blurted Ben at the sight of how the pearl worked. “There really are all sorts of precious items in this world. Such

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

“It’s not worth that much because this item can only be used once. The pearl would disappear when the ice

and the others are malicious people. What if they come in and destroy this ice coffin when nobody is here? Won’t

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

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

“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

connect to the Cyro

should leave. This place is ice-cold

artists yet, so your body quality is bad when compared to us,” stated jackie. “You might get a cold

group soon walked out of

can only prevent Fernando from dying right now; it’d be difficult if we want to heal him. His body has totally stiffened, and so have his muscles and stones. He’s like a stone right now. How are we going to save him? I’m out of

don’t know myself, and all

that even

frozen forever? That’s no different than dying.” Ben could not

know a family who has a precious item—a medical book. I heard that this book is very powerful, and there’s a possibility for us to

the White family has a bad relationship with this family, and we can be considered as enemies. The most crucial

felt that he was in trouble after he heard

we need to do now is to wash your bodies and make you martial artists before leading

However, we need to think of a way to help treat your father.” Ethan

course, I’ll try my best to think of a way to resolve

arrived at

“I’m furious! This bastard kid actually has such high fighting prowess,

martial arts competition; they could say that their hands

to kill jackie, they could have at least stopped him from becoming the

was to everyone’s bewilderment that that young man managed to suppress everybody in that competition and obtained the position

a mouthful of white liquor. He then growled, “I estimate that this young man’s martial level is already at the

no surprise he won with that martial skill of his!” fumed Lily, her expression darkening as she did. “What infuriates me more is how some

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 the

We can’t take any actions as long as he stays with the White family.” Lily frowned as she could not think of a way right

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 right

Evening came…

branch family masters came to jackie’s living quarters silently

food and wine on the table as he waited

much! You’ve prepared so

Elaine said that this is the meat of monster beasts, and consuming it benefits the body. I definitely need to eat more today!” There were two tables in the garden. Ben laughed when he saw the meat on the table and his saliva almost

“You, Selena, and my mother need to eat less. Although this meat is beneficial, your body can’t take 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

1081 Elaine nodded to jackie’s reminder and chimed in, “That’s right. You can’t eat

can’t eat too much of it,” grumbled Ben as he swallowed

formalities!” jackie smiled and said to the masters of the branch families. “We’re all members of the White family

Young Master is correct!” Everybody

a while, jackie turned to Lancelot and said, “By the way, Lancelot, is everything alright within the branch families? Let me know if there’s anything

openly, and he instinctively glanced at

speak but were afraid to

“Don’t worry, just speak openly. I

how should I put it? The branch families had always been supporting the main family. Even the monster beast meat that you’re eating comes from the beasts that we’ve hunted in the forest. We sacrifice our lives every month,

crowd, and added, “Truthfully, this is nothing because the main family has

what do you actually wish to say?” jackie frowned and continued to

grew in these couple of years. Not only did they

or seventy percent in recent years. We didn’t complain about anything, but several months ago, they increased our requirement to eighty percent. If we’re lucky enough to get a hundred spirited grass, we need to give eighty pieces to the main

had to hand in that much?” jackie’s face darkened when he heard this—that went too far. After all, these people from the branch 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 if this

about it before he solemnly

if the master knows 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 spoke with

apparent that they feared the main family members while

of these things?”

things, thus Third Elder was placed in charge of the matter.” Lancelot smiled. “Not long after he was tasked with managing the martial enhancement resources, he told us that the upper

had developed well 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

all, it was best to concentrate the resources and let a small

old man chimed in, “Yes. Several people voiced their unhappiness when the requirement rose to seventy percent, but the Third Elder killed them in front of everybody else. He was furious, indeed, saying that the

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

the way, are these resources safely kept by the Third

going in. He seriously suspected that the non-stop increase in the resources submission from the branch families

was afraid that his actions would be exposed, which was why he killed those against the requirement and him, effectively silencing the branch family members despite their

to the main family under normal

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

happened was that he was not a member of the main family before this, and it helped that he himself invited them to

place, thus the Third Elder is only in charge of collecting these resources. He would need to submit these resources to the First Madam—she’s in charge of allocating the resources and doing the accounts,

heard that, and everything clicked

Elder had openly spoken on Lily’s behalf, and coupled with that were the rumors about how close they were as of late. This made him sure that Lily and the Third Elder were working together and were responsible

seemed like that was not all. They must have worked together to

unnerved when

without resentment, just to get things off of our chests. We feel that the branch families

never suspected Third Elder and First Madam, especially First Madam. She’s the family master’s wife, so we’re sure that she won’t do something

up. “Yes, Young Master jackie. We’re only talking about it and we dare not make assumptions. Apart from that,

they collected that many martial enhancement resources, and I’m also unsure if this is the decision

blurted, “No, no, no…! Young Master jackie, if you’re to ask, the Third Elder and First Madam will be downright enraged when

was the decision everybody made in the meeting, the Third Elder would be unhappy and say that we conspired against him. However, if this was not the decision made by the main family members and somebody was hiding the

frightened expression on the other

knowing what jackie was thinking. They carefully finished the wine in their glasses

my father about this, and I won’t

relaxed when they heard

gestured to jackie

about this: Tomorrow, find a place to gather after all of you leave the main family area. Master Lancelot should come to me alone tomorrow morning. I’ll inform you about the situation, and you can pass

really happened. I won’t let the Third Elder and the others know about this plan. We’ll definitely handle the situation if the Third

and express ourselves. We don’t need anything else!” explained an old man, carefully so. “The main reason is because there 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, all we could do was look on in

our branch family. Those masters are very unconvinced and complain all the time. After all, they can find better treasures and spirited grass

came over this time that I’ll man up to tell members of the

and glanced at jackie before he continued, “I have to thank Young Master jackie for making such a request. We

glass and gave a toast to jackie. Finishing his wine in one go, he spoke, “Young Master jackie, as the White family master inheritor, you’ve honored

emotional when

seemed to be a huge status divide between the branch and main families. Otherwise, these men from the branch families would not have been that afraid

really wanted to tell jackie about these things as they really hoped that somebody

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

understand.” jackie smiled and drank the wine in his glass before he continued, “I’ll try my best. Don’t worry, it’ll get better soon. There will

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

a long while about telling him everything that happened, afraid that jackie might be upset or even lie to them somehow. They were also worried that jackie would

like jackie truly was considerate

You have to be careful.

people fighting civil wars just

worry, I know. Come, come,

of people drank for

a rather secluded pavilion and sat there after leaving jackie’s living

had just returned to the White family. I think that many people can’t accept him yet, and Lily might work against him. Moreover, he’s yet to settle down. Do you think he can

if he can help us or not. It was already difficult for him to say what he said today, but he even invited us for a meal

this: Let’s 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

late. Would he

Lancelot smiled bitterly. “Go back and sleep early. I hope that jackie

family members left, jackie

door, two young men who were guarding the door greeted him

for your hard work!” jackie nodded

jackie entered the room, jackie heard that Nash was

his tracks and listened

know that jackie didn’t get the martial

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 five years that he was on the battlefield, but I knew he’d return safe and sound. As expected, he came back and had grown to be who he

Joan’s hand in excitement as he asked, voice laced with ardent affection, “Jo, do you hate me? Do you hate my incompetence years

gave a bitter smile. “Why should I hate you?” she said. “I did hate you at the start—I hated how weak you were, and how you couldn’t

“But I no longer hate you. I know that you truly love me, and I can feel your sincerity,” she continued. “I also 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

for being so

God’s punishment, to make me, 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

jackie’s very skilled in medicine. I believe that there will be a way to find an antidote—I believe that

that can successfully take effect on a

of you are probably well aware that there’s no way of finding an antidote for this poison. I’m not afraid of

you being too sentimental for a

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 be

“When did you arrive?” he asked

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

about anything with you around. I

a while before saying, “Oh, right. Why aren’t

to

jackie replied, smiling.

and rest first. I’ll give

into a soft smile when she looked at jackie, then

you use the Cryo

after Joan

are promising. It completely encased Fernando in

bobbed his head and sat down by the bedside. “Father, how much tithes do we

was starting to show concern about the White family’s matters, it seemed that he was intent on

never ask about the White family

always made them pay 50 percent. But we’ve raised this by 10 percent in recent years for the sake of 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

they fully cooperate with us. They even

be. The Third Elder and Lily had been lying to everyone by taking plenty of resources for the enhancement

never increased the tithing after raising it to 60 percent?

again just

“No!”

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