Chapter 1376: Chapter 1376: Fifth-Rate Forces
"Isn’t it said that the top five figures among the thirteen guardians are all late-stage Martial Artists in the Transcending Mortal Realm?"
Wyatt Barnes gasped in astonishnt.
"Could it be... that this Wyatt has only recently made a breakthrough?"
In the end, Wyatt Barnes could only think so.
Wyatt Barnes noticed.
As soon as Wyatt appeared, aside from Ingot Gold who was naturally assertive, the rest, including Baer Bear, who was ranked second among the thirteen guardians, all revealed a trace of wariness in their eyes when looking at him.
"Good, everyone is here."
A voice suddenly echoed throughout the Council Hall, startling Wyatt Barnes.
Not just Wyatt Barnes, everyone else except for Wyatt was also startled.
Only Wyatt stood there, like a statue, as immovable as a mountain.
"This Wyatt, his composure is truly frightening."
Wyatt Barnes thought to himself.
As the voice that erged out of nowhere finished speaking, a figure in green clothes also appeared at the head of the Council Hall... it was a middle-aged man in green.
As soon as the middle-aged man in green clothes appeared, he emitted an extrely powerful aura, making everything else around ihn appear dull and lackluster.
"We’ve seen the Heavenly Guard, sir!"
For a mont, everyone including Wyatt saluted the middle-aged man in green clothes.
Wyatt Barnes and Jemma Clifford followed suit in saluting.
If it were just the two of them here, they wouldn’t even know who this person was.
"Is he the Heavenly Guard? One of the thirty-six personal guards under the command of the City Lord of Hill Mountain City?"
Wyatt Barnes was secretly shocked, and after raising his head, he began to scrutinize the middle-aged man in green, the leading figure among the thirty-six guards, the Heavenly Guard.
"Gathering you here is to announce sothing."
The Heavenly Guard stated bluntly, "In three months, the City Lord will exit seclusion... At that ti, he will select two to three disciples from among you thirteen."
The City Lord is selecting disciples?!
As soon as the Heavenly Guard spoke, everyone, including Wyatt, had their eyes light up, except for Wyatt Barnes.
The City Lord of Hill Mountain City, a powerful being in the Entering the Saint Realm, the strongest in the surrounding areas of Hill Mountain City!
If one could beco his disciple, skyrocketing to great heights would be within easy reach.
Besides that, it would also an finding a powerful shelter... as the disciples of the City Lord of Hill Mountain City, one could undoubtedly walk sideways in the surrounding areas.
Heavy breaths echoed throughout the Council Hall.
Among those present, besides Wyatt Barnes who remained indifferent, Wyatt appeared to be quite calm... However, a flicker of longing could also be seen in Wyatt’s eyes.
As for Wyatt Barnes, it was as if he didn’t really care.
It’s not that he was putting on airs.
It’s just that he truly felt nothing about it.
Wyatt Barnes’s vision was different from that of the other young prodigies present...
In the eyes of these young prodigies, the City Lord of Hill Mountain City in the Entering the Saint Realm was an existence they needed to look up to and revere.
In Wyatt Barnes’s eyes, the City Lord of Hill Mountain City was rely a common Martial Artist in the Entering the Saint Realm.
Witnessing Wyatt Barnes’s composure, the Heavenly Guard silently praised him, "Elder Lynch picked a decent kid from the mortal lands... Having not seen much of the world, still so composed even after hearing the City Lord will take disciples."
One can imagine.
If Wyatt Barnes knew what the Heavenly Guard was thinking at this mont, perhaps he would have wished he could take out his Jewel Tower, make it grow large, and then slam it fiercely down upon the man’s forehead.
This fellow, to say he hasn’t seen much of the world?
"Heavenly Guard sir, may I ask how the City Lord will select disciples from among us at that ti?"
Fenny Graham asked excitedly.
"After three months, when the City Lord exits seclusion, he will individually test each of you... Of course, I don’t know what the tests will be," the Heavenly Guard said. "I called you here to remind you... During these three months, exert as much effort as you can to improve your strengths."
"In three months, if anyone is eliminated from the thirteen guardians, they will also lose their chance to be a disciple of the City Lord."
After the Heavenly Guard finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Alright, you may go."
As soon as the Heavenly Guard’s words ended, all but Wyatt Barnes and Wyatt swiftly left the Council Hall, heading straight towards the location of the Dragon Hidden Camp...
They were in a rush to get back to their cultivation.
Wyatt looked at Wyatt Barnes with a hint of surprise and also followed suit by flying out.
"As for Jemma Clifford... even if one wishes to improve their strength, there’s no need to rush at this very mont, right?"
Wyatt Barnes smiled wryly, then slowly walked towards the exit of the Council Hall.
He was not interested in becoming a disciple of the City Lord of Hill Mountain City, so naturally, he wasn’t in a rush to go back and cultivate.
"Wait!"
Just as Wyatt Barnes was about to cross the threshold of the Council Hall, he heard a voice behind him, it was the Heavenly Guard’s voice.
"Heavenly Guard sir, are you calling ?"
Wyatt Barnes looked towards the Heavenly Guard and asked.
Truth be told, he was very curious about the ’Heavenly Guard’, the leader of the thirty-six personal guards under the command of the City Lord of Hill Mountain City.
Earlier on, there were several tis when he wanted to use his Heavenly Eye to probe the other person.
However, thinking that even Elder Lynch, ranked ninth among the personal guards, was a Martial Artist at the full completion of the Transcending Mortal Realm, Wyatt Barnes dismissed the thought.
Wyatt Barnes even suspected that the leader of the thirty-six personal guards might, like the City Lord of Hill Mountain City, also be an existence in the Entering the Saint Realm.
Of course, this was just his speculation.
"I heard you are from the Mortal Continent?"
The Heavenly Guard looked at Wyatt Barnes and asked.
"Yes."
Wyatt wasn’t surprised that the Heavenly Guard knew of his origins... After all, he had reported his background in front of Elder Lynch, saying that he was from the Mortal Continent.
"Which Mortal Continent are you from? To my knowledge, beside the Martial Dao Sacred Land, there are a total of three Mortal Continents... However, only two Mortal Continents have Martial Artists."
"I co from the Mortal Continent that only has Martial Artists."
Wyatt spoke truthfully.
"I have heard of that Mortal Continent... called the Cloud Skies Continent."
The Heavenly Guard nodded, "It seems that you are not from the sa Mortal Continent as the City Lord’s disciple... If you were from the sa continent, you might know each other."
"The City Lord’s disciple?"
Wyatt was taken aback, "Also from the Mortal Continent?"
"Yes."
The Heavenly Guard nodded with a smile, "Not only is he from the Mortal Continent, but he is also an extrely rare Martial Dao prodigy. You will have the chance to et him in the future."
"Hmm."
Wyatt nodded.
"Lord Heavenly Guard!"
Suddenly, Wyatt rembered sothing, "May I ask you a question?"
"Go ahead."
The Heavenly Guard nodded.
"Do you know, within the five-tiered forces of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, there is a family with the surna ’Han’?"
Wyatt asked.
Five-tiered forces!
As soon as Wyatt finished speaking, the Heavenly Guard’s complexion had already changed...
Five-tiered forces!
To him, those were exalted existences far beyond his reach.
"Lord Heavenly Guard, what’s the matter?"
Seeing sothing off with the Heavenly Guard, Wyatt’s face was filled with confusion, not understanding why his deanor suddenly altered.
Could there be sothing wrong?
Because the Holy Stones given to him by Julia were mostly fifth-grade Holy Stones, with a small portion being fourth-grade...
Therefore, he speculated that the force behind Julia belonged to one of the Martial Dao Sacred Land’s five-tiered forces.
Of course, this speculation was also due to Jemma Clifford’s reminder.
According to Jemma Clifford, her Clifford Family in Jade Trust Town was a ninth-tiered force with ownership of a ninth-grade Holy Stone mine.
And the Main Mansion of Hill Mountain City was an eighth-tiered force with ownership of an eighth-grade Holy Stone mine.
A ninth-grade Holy Stone mine could produce a small number of eighth-grade Holy Stones.
An eighth-grade Holy Stone mine could produce a small number of seventh-grade Holy Stones.
It was by this logic that he deduced.
The force where Julia was from should indeed be one of the ’five-tiered forces’ of the Martial Dao Sacred Land.
"Wyatt, why would you ask about this?"
The Heavenly Guard took a deep breath to steady his agitated emotions and asked.
"Back in the Mortal Continent, I heard from my grandfather that when he was young, he t a person... a man surnad ’Han’ who claid to be from a five-tiered force of the Martial Dao Sacred Land."
Wyatt made up a story on the spot. He didn’t dare to say outright that he knew soone with the surna Han, suspected to be from the five-tiered forces of the Martial Dao Sacred Land.
He didn’t want to stir up unnecessary trouble.
Moreover, if he claid to know soone from a five-tiered force, and others believed he might have received so ’benefits’ from those forces, it could incite greed and spell certain death for him!
Having lived through two lifetis and rged with the mories of two lifetis as a Martial Emperor, Wyatt could be considered to have experienced ’four lives’ – his thoughts were naturally thorough.
"So that’s it."
The Heavenly Guard, upon hearing this, heaved a sigh of relief, "Indeed, many people from the Martial Dao Sacred Land have visited the Mortal Continent before... but, as they describe it, the conditions there are very poor and staying for even a short period is unbearable."
Wyatt couldn’t help but smile bitterly at the Heavenly Guard’s words.
Compared to the Martial Dao Sacred Land, the Mortal Continent’s conditions are naturally inferior.
Not to ntion anything else.
Just take Jemma Clifford’s Clifford Family in Jade Trust Town – a ninth-tiered force of the Martial Dao Sacred Land – which offers a cultivation environnt and resources far surpassing any place in the Cloud Skies Continent.
"As for the five-tiered forces... I don’t know much about them either. Even our Hill Mountain City Main Mansion is only an eighth-tiered force. Even the great Sect above our Hill Mountain City is rely a seventh-tiered force," said the Heavenly Guard. "Five-tiered forces are too far removed from us... However, one thing is certain. Within the five-tiered forces, there are nurous powerful figures, with at least hundreds in the Saint Realm."
When ntioning ’Saint Realm experts’, the Heavenly Guard showed respect, a deep and heartfelt veneration.
"Hmm."
Wyatt nodded while inwardly he was also shocked, "So the force Julia is from is that powerful? Saint Realm experts numbering at least in the hundreds... Isn’t that an exaggeration?"
Wyatt was inwardly stunned.
After a mont, Wyatt bid farewell to the Heavenly Guard and left the Council Hall.
"He truly is a rare genius... To have cultivated on the Mortal Continent and to have reached the ’Mid-Transcending Mortal Realm’ at the age of thirty-five! If the City Lord’s disciple hadn’t co to the Martial Dao Sacred Land with the City Lord in advance, he might not compare to him."
The Heavenly Guard thought to himself.
Within the Hill Mountain City Main Mansion, when it ca to the matters of the City Lord, as the leader of the City Lord’s most trusted thirty-six guards, he naturally knew much.
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