Legend of Wyatt

Chapter 2637: Ares Cooper’s ’Mystery

Although back in ’Bloodshade City’, Ares Cooper and Wyatt Barnes hadn’t had much interaction, and could only be considered acquaintances rather than familiar with each other.

But on the way to the County City of Nine Nether County, Wyatt saved his life, and while he felt he owed Wyatt a life, he also formally began to regard Wyatt as his friend.

Now, hearing the chatter of the people around him, he couldn’t help but start worrying about Wyatt’s safety.

"Logically speaking... with Wyatt’s intelligence, he should be able to realize this as well."

But then, on second thought, Ares Cooper became aware of another problem, feeling that there was no way Wyatt hadn’t thought of the ’trouble’ he would have to face after crippling Felix Campbell.

"But if he did realize that... why did he still cripple Felix just now?"

"By doing that, he not only violated the rules Lord County Governor set for Dragon Abyss, but also formed a feud with the County Governor’s Mansion’s First Sacrificial Officer, Tony Campbell... it’s really an unwise move!"

Thinking about what would come next, Ares Cooper couldn’t help but shake his head with a bitter smile.

He completely couldn’t figure out what Wyatt was thinking.

"Looks like our Dragon Abyss is going to liven up."

"The moment this ’Wyatt Barnes’ from Bloodshade City arrived, he directly stirred up our Dragon Abyss, which had been like stagnant dead water... I just don’t know when Sacrificial Officer Tony Campbell will come looking to cause trouble for Wyatt, standing up for his adopted son!"

"With Sacrificial Officer Tony Campbell’s status and position in the County Governor’s Mansion, I’m afraid he doesn’t even need to personally appear if he wants to make things hard for Wyatt, right? All he needs to do is say a word to Lord County Governor, and Lord County Governor naturally won’t let Wyatt off lightly."

"I think so too."

...

The whispers of the surrounding people continued to drift into Ares Cooper’s ears.

After a while, the group of people currently gathered near the cultivation stone chamber at the deepest part of Dragon Abyss that now belonged to ’Wyatt Barnes’ also dispersed one after another.

As for Ares Cooper, he chose that cultivation stone chamber at the very top of Dragon Abyss.

Although he also wanted to cultivate in a stone chamber with a better cultivation environment,

he was in no rush, only thinking to first feel out everyone else’s ’background’, and then, once he had confidence, initiate challenges to seize stone chambers with better cultivation environments.

After all, he wasn’t Wyatt Barnes, possessing strength that could almost crush all Golden Immortal powerhouses under a hundred years old in Nine Nether County!

Whoosh!

With a lift of his hand, he took down the ’door talisman’ at the entrance of the cultivation stone chamber, and after binding it, Ares Cooper also prepared to go in to cultivate and seize the time to raise his cultivation.

Although the cultivation environment of this stone chamber was the worst within Dragon Abyss,

compared to the place where his centurion camp of the Black Dragon Army had been stationed back in Bloodshade City, it wasn’t much worse, and was barely acceptable.

"I hope Wyatt has a way to deal with the trouble that’s about to come..."

Before starting cultivation, when Ares Cooper thought of the trouble Wyatt was about to face, he still couldn’t help worrying about Wyatt.

But he also knew that no matter how much he worried, it was useless.

With his current strength, he simply couldn’t help Wyatt with anything.

"If it weren’t for what happened back then... helping Wyatt resolve this bit of trouble would be as easy as flipping my hand! I wouldn’t even need to do anything, just one sentence would be enough."

All of a sudden, as if recalling something, Ares Cooper’s expression grew slightly overcast.

"I hope that Tony Campbell, and that County Governor of Nine Nether County, don’t go too far... otherwise, in the future, I’ll definitely make it so those two die without a burial place!"

A chilling cold light suddenly shot out from Ares Cooper’s eyes.

In that instant, an imposing aura surged out from his body, as if he had transformed in a single breath into a supreme emperor overlooking all living beings.

After a brief moment, once he calmed his breathing and stilled his mind, Ares Cooper also began cultivating.

At the deepest part of Dragon Abyss, within the stone chamber with the best cultivation environment.

"Such dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy!"

Just as he entered this cultivation stone chamber, Wyatt Barnes was startled by the surge of dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy that swept toward him and, in the blink of an eye, enveloped his entire body. Only after a long moment did he come back to his senses, his face full of delight.

"The density of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy here... feels several times richer than the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy in that large courtyard of Elder Christian Clark’s residence!"

"As expected of a place said to rival the County Governor of Nine Nether County’s cultivation ground... this really is an excellent place to cultivate."

Taking a deep breath, Wyatt sat cross-legged on the stone bed within the stone chamber. As he murmured under his breath, as if recalling something, a sharp light suddenly flashed through his eyes:

"This stone chamber will be my fixed cultivation ground in Nine Nether County from now on... No one will ever take it from me!"

A good cultivation environment directly affects cultivation progress.

Looking across all of Nine Nether County, the place with the best cultivation environment was nothing other than the County Governor of Nine Nether County’s cultivation ground.

And now that Wyatt had a cultivation place whose environment could rival the County Governor of Nine Nether County’s cultivation ground, he naturally had no intention of moving.

So long as he remained in Nine Nether County, he wanted to stay here cultivating, day in and day out.

"Cultivating in this place... it won’t be long before I can smoothly break through and achieve the realm of ’Golden Immortal’!"

After feeling out the cultivation environment inside this stone chamber, Wyatt Barnes was full of confidence regarding his upcoming progress, believing that cultivating here, it wouldn’t take long for him to achieve another breakthrough.

And it would be a major leap between Heavenly Immortal and Golden Immortal!

Thinking of this, Wyatt took out a piece of top-grade immortal stone, closed his eyes, and began to cultivate...

Crystal Clear Profound Secret!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

...

If someone were standing to the side right now, they would clearly see:

Around Wyatt’s body, the ambient heaven and earth Spiritual Energy in the air, together with the pure heaven and earth Spiritual Energy extending out from the top-grade immortal stone in his hand, turned into mist, enveloping him completely and continuously pouring into his body through the pores on his skin.

After the heaven and earth Spiritual Energy entered Wyatt’s body, it followed the circulation route of the Earth Rank cultivation method Crystal Clear Profound Secret, traversing ninety-nine Heavenly Veins, driving the remaining medicinal efficacy of the low-grade Immortal Pill ’Spirit Essence Pill’, and, at an extremely fast speed, completing one Great Cycle after another.

Wyatt’s cultivation was changing with every passing moment.

Outside the stone chamber, within Dragon Abyss, all was calm.

However, many people inside Dragon Abyss knew this was merely the calm before the storm.

Although the County Governor’s Mansion covered a vast area, any place within it that experienced so much as the slightest stir would usually see that news spread throughout the entire mansion in a short time.

"Hey! Have you heard what happened in Dragon Abyss today?"

"I’ve heard! They say that one of the two Golden Immortals under a hundred years old whom Elder Christian Clark brought back from Bloodshade City had just arrived at Dragon Abyss when he crippled Tony Campbell the Sacrificial Officer’s adopted son, ’Felix Campbell’, breaking all four of his limbs. Although they can be reattached, more or less there will still be some sequelae."

"That’s right, that’s the one! I really didn’t expect that remote Bloodshade City to produce such a Golden Immortal powerhouse this time. You should know, that Felix Campbell is a ’Yellow Sun Golden Immortal’. Before today, looking across all of Nine Nether County, we’ve never heard of any Golden Immortal under a hundred who could compare to him."

"Maybe this is what they mean by ’there’s always a higher sky, and always someone stronger.’"

"Well said. This time, that under-hundred Golden Immortal from Bloodshade City, ’Wyatt Barnes’, is destined to become famous."

"By now, this news has probably already started spreading beyond the County Governor’s Mansion, right? It won’t be long before the entire County City knows about it."

"At that time, that ’Wyatt Barnes’ will become renowned throughout the entire County City!"

...

All throughout the County Governor’s Mansion, similar comments filled the air.

"That brat... really knows how to stir up trouble!"

The news also reached the ears of the inner court elder ’Christian Clark’, who had brought Wyatt Barnes and Ares Cooper over from Bloodshade City. After hearing it, Christian Clark was stunned for a long while before revealing a wry, helpless smile.

"He’d just arrived at the County Governor’s Mansion, just arrived at Dragon Abyss, and it’s one thing that he seized the best cultivation stone chamber there... but why did he have to break Felix Campbell’s four limbs as well? That’s a violation of the rules Lord County Governor personally set for Dragon Abyss!"

"And on top of that, he’s offended Sacrificial Officer Tony Campbell!"

"Brat... the trouble you’ve stirred up this time is beyond my ability to help, even if I want to. You’ll just have to pray for your own good fortune..."

Muttering to himself, Christian Clark let out a long sigh in the end.

Although he had a good impression of Wyatt and was quite willing to help him with some matters,

this time, the trouble Wyatt had caused wasn’t something he could help with just because he wanted to—he was powerless to do anything!

Outside the courtyard where the County Governor’s Mansion’s First Sacrificial Officer, ’Tony Campbell’, resided.

"What did you say? My adoptive father left on a long journey half a month ago?"

Felix Campbell, who had just found a place to properly tend to his injuries and then hurried over to look for Tony Campbell, heard that Tony had left the County Governor’s Mansion on a long trip half a month ago. His expression instantly grew dark and gloomy.

"My adoptive father went on a long journey... how could I not know?"

Felix asked in a deep voice.

"Young Master Felix, Sacrificial Officer left secretly this time. Even Lord County Governor doesn’t know... If you hadn’t refused to listen to advice today and insisted on barging in, I wouldn’t have dared to lightly reveal this to you. Sacrificial Officer said no one was to be told about his departure this time."

The servant of Tony Campbell’s courtyard said with a wry smile.

"Since my adoptive father isn’t here, I’ll go to Lord County Governor!"

"That Wyatt Barnes dared to violate the rules Lord County Governor personally set for Dragon Abyss—Lord County Governor definitely won’t let him off!"

Felix had no time to think about why his adoptive father would leave so secretly on a long trip; at this moment his actions were completely driven by rage.

After turning and leaving Tony Campbell’s courtyard, he went straight to find the Governor of Nine Nether County.

"Lord County Governor, you must uphold justice for me!"

In the main hall of the County Governor’s Mansion, after a few inner court elders finished reporting matters to the Governor of Nine Nether County and withdrew, Felix, who had been waiting at the side for a while, immediately stepped forward and knelt before the Governor of Nine Nether County.

The Governor of Nine Nether County was a tall, robust middle-aged man wearing a silver robe embroidered with a silver dragon. He had a square face, stern features, thick brows and large eyes, and unconsciously exuded an aura of authority.