Everyone was speechless by the three patriarchs' actions.

Edwin's desperate act of selling his daughter to save himself was bad enough, but now Bradley and Julian followed suit. The level of disgrace was off the charts.

Even the three major families were appalled. A true man, especially a patriarch and an elite grandmaster, should face death with dignity.

Sebastian couldn't hide his disdain. "Old bastards like you are the epitome of shamelessness. You're so terrified of dying that calling you a dog would be an insult to dogs."

Edwin, Julian, and Bradley were embarrassed. They were too terrified for their lives to say anything in response.

Sebastian approached Edwin. "I remember you said my mentor was poisoned. Who did it?"

"I can tell you, but you have to promise not to kill me," Edwin replied.

"Fine. Who was it?" Sebastian demanded.

Edwin said, "It's Francis Sanders, but you've already killed him. The mastermind was Julian."

believe a word he says!

"You let it slip when you were drunk. And it wasn't just me Mr. York and Mr. Sanders also knew.

backed him up and said, "Mr. Wilder, Mr. Edwin is telling the truth. Julian is a

mentor was the greatest talent of his generation and a top alchemist. Julian ordered Francis to poison him and then falsely accused him of assaulting his daughter-in-law. In the end, your mentor was cast out and

tell you before because I'm worried that anger might cloud your judgment. But now, it doesn't matter. You

use

me?" Julian

so he needed a hostage. She was the obvious choice because Sebastian cared deeply for her and was weaker. Julian

She had a cultivation base, but they weren't enough to evade Julian. She could only

chest. But to him, it felt like nothing

SMS

There was a loud sound just as he was about to succeed. He froze and was shocked to see a sword piercing through his body from behind. Julian struggled to turn around and was

"W-Why?"

teeth and drew her sword. Julian crumpled to the ground. His eyes were wide open even in

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