"Shane Winter, how dare you try to order me around? Besides, I'm sure that with Dr. Ballard here, the patient will not be in danger!" Henrietta exclaimed.Shane was always so arrogant, and now he was even trying to talk big in front of Henrietta's dream man, Sebastian!Henrietta was always elegant and poised, but she had a hot temper when she was provoked. "You—" Shane couldn't believe that his dream woman would lose her temper with him because of Sebastian."Thank you, everyone, but Rex is out of danger. Besides, Dr. Ballard has already said that his condition won't flare up again for the next five years, so we won't need to trouble all of you anymore," Howell said very politely to the medical staff from Tranquil Hospital."Dr. Ballard? Which one is he?" Shane looked instinctively at Sebastian. "He's the one."Shane felt as if his lungs were about to burst from anger when he saw that Henrietta was still holding Sebastian's hand and didn't seem to want to let go."Dr. Ballard
"Are you from Tranquil Hospital?" Robin walked out of the crowd, frowning.The people who had come to Dramon with Madeline were all the best medical experts in the world. Where had an idiot like Shane popped up from? How dare he accuse Bailey of not understanding medicine?Even Robin couldn't stand such a thing. He had finally managed to fulfill Madeline's wish of listening to a lecture on traditional medicine and had been about to breathe a sigh of relief when Shane had come out of nowhere to cause more trouble for him."Are you…" When Shane saw that it was Robin, his pupils constricted suddenly. Wasn't that the chairman of the Steinberg Medical Association?The Winters were a powerful family, but they dared not offend the Medical Association at all. Big families like the Winters thought nothing of money, but even the rich were not spared from diseases. If any of the Winters got some kind of terminal disease, they would still have to plead with Robin for him to get a consultat
Sebastian had only given a lecture on traditional medicine for Madeline and the others because Rosalie had asked him to.Besides, Sebastian had no plans of accepting a large group of foreigners to be his students.Although he also wanted to make traditional medicine more widely accepted and spread to the whole world, he didn't have the energy to do so."I'm just teasing. I can only stay here for a month at most. However, Bailey can make his own decisions. I also hope that you will be able to teach him about traditional medicine. "Bailey is the best cardio-cerebrovascular expert in the world, and cerebral ischemic strokes are one of the highest causes of death. I hope that you can break through national boundaries," Madeline said, being very sincere in her support of Bailey's cause.Sebastian hesitated before saying, "Alright. If he's sincere in wanting to treat diseases and save people, I'll be willing to accept him as a student.""Really?" Bailey asked, looking excited. "Of c
When Shane told Matthias that Sebastian had been the one who provoked him that day, the latter was secretly delighted. Even if there had been no such incident with Shane, Matthias would still have caused trouble for Sebastian. However, now that Shane had made such a call, Matthias would be able to push all the blame onto him. He would not have to worry about how much trouble he ended up causing. It was easy for Matthias to find information on Sebastian. In less than a day, a thug he found had told him pretty much everything. "The Royal Café and the Moonlyte Club?" Matthias crossed his arms and thought long and hard. In the end, he decided to begin his attack with the Royal Café.After all, the Moonlyte Club was fairly well known in Steinberg, and even the Winters would find it hard to try and do anything to a club that was worth over 100 million. However, he had no idea that the Royal Café was actually worth much more than the Moonlyte Club. That afternoon, Matthias drove
"Are you the owner of this place?" Matthias asked, narrowing his eyes at Sebastian.Sebastian nodded slightly. "Do you have proof that I brought this cockroach? Besides, it's an honor for you to have me eating here. If you don't want trouble, pay up and apologize!" Matthias said, sneering. "You want us to pay and you want an apology?" Sebastian grinned as he walked over to Matthias and looked down at him. "I hate unethical business owners like you. Since you have a fairly good attitude, just grovel to me and then pay me five million in reparations. We'll let it go if you do." Matthias blew out a smoke ring at Sebastian, looking very arrogant as he spoke. Before he came, he had already found out that the Royal Café only had two security guards, unlike most other hotels. Both the security guards were old men in their 50s, and they would be no use at all. The other wait staff were all women, and they posed no threat to Matthias. If Sebastian dared to refuse, Matthias could let
"You think that I won't dare to attack you?" Sebastian smiled impassively and slapped him again.This time, he used more strength in the slap.The slap sent Matthias flying more than eight feet away, and he fell heavily onto the floor. An intense pain rose up all over his body, and he grimaced. Although he tried several times, he couldn't get up. Sebastian ambled over to him and crouched down. He yanked roughly on Matthias' hair so that he was looking up, and he stared icily into Matthias' eyes as he said, "Do you think I'm afraid to attack you?" Matthias was only part of one of the Winters' branch families. Sebastian had even beaten up Maverick. In fact, he had broken Maverick's legs while Dexter had not dared to say a word. Matthias' lips moved slightly. He barely dared to breathe. He was truly afraid now, and his heart was filled with fear. He could see a murderous look in Sebastian's eyes. "I could trample people like you with one foot. You don't count for anything. Ho
"Dad, bring money for my ransom, hurry…" Matthias began crying as he spoke."Who would dare to beat you up? Give the phone to them!" Bosco said icily. Sebastian scoffed and took the phone. He said impassively, "I'll be waiting for you at the Royal Café. Bring me five million as a ransom for your son. I'm only going to give you half an hour, and even if you're a minute late, you can get ready to pick up your son's corpse.""What's going on, Mr. Winter?" A middle-aged man in martial arts robes asked in concern. Bosco looked menacing as he said, "My son was beaten up by the owner of the Royal Café, and he wants me to bring money over there as a ransom!"The conference room fell silent. Everyone could sense the murderous energy in Bosco's expression.The Winters were one of the Four Great Families in Sartvale, and Bosco was the most ruthless one in the family. Even at the peak of the Coltranes' power, they had had to show respect to the Winters.Although the Coltranes had been th
The men barged fiercely into the Royal Café and blocked all three exits in the main hall.Mervin led a few black-clad men and followed Bosco closely as he walked over to the round table in the center of the hall and sat down.Matthias looked as if he had seen his savior. He shouted loudly at Bosco, "Dad, save me!"When Bosco saw his son kneeling at Sebastian's feet, he frowned and said, "I'm already here! How dare you continue to keep my son captive?"Bosco was known to be ruthless among the Winters' second generation. If Dexter hadn't been keeping him in check for many years, Sartvale would already be at his mercy."Five million," Sebastian said impassively.That was the price that Matthias had named, and Sebastian wouldn't accept a single cent less. He hated it when people threatened him.Matthias had just happened to do what Sebastian hated the most, so he could hardly blame Sebastian.Bosco and the middle-aged men with him roared with laughter, as if they had heard a very f
Whitney perked up at Sebastian's question. "It's all because you ran into the two monsters that day," she said. "I saw it on the surveillance footage. That was when I realized that the two women living in the store don't have that kind of relationship with you…"Whitney had never asked, and Sebastian hadn't bothered to explain who Nina and Lyanna were. That was why she had mistakenly thought that both of them were Sebastian's lovers as well.Realization had only dawned on her when she heard Nina address Sebastian as her master, even in her dying breath. Whitney had seen how powerful Nina was that day and how she had been willing to die in order to protect Sebastian.Nina and Lyanna weren't Sebastian's lovers. They were his servants. Not only that, Nina was a thousand-year-old giant snake!That had completely changed Whitney's view of the world. Although there had always been legends of mystical beings and ghosts, Whitney was an accomplished businesswoman who believed firmly in sc
Sebastian laughed wryly and shook his head. "I'm not from the Ballard Estate," he said. "My name is Sebastian, and it's better if my cousin weren't seen around me too much.""Oh, you're Sebastian."The two young women breathed a long sigh of relief. They looked him up and down for a long time before exchanging a glance. Then, they covered their faces and giggled.One of them stepped forward and said, "Come with me. Honestly… you seem pretty normal. I don't get why Ms. Sutton is yearning for you so much."Sebastian cleared his throat awkwardly and said nothing.The young woman led Sebastian into the house, where Whitney was sitting and reading a book intently. She said, "Ms. Sutton, look who's here."Whitney put down her book and looked up. When she saw Sebastian behind the young woman, she was both surprised and delighted. She got up and threw herself into Sebastian's arms."Sebastian, is it really you?"The young woman covered her face and chuckled before leaving the room sile
Sebastian watched Andreas leave and exhaled deeply. Preston wasn't the only one he didn't trust. No one in the Ballard Estate was worthy of his trust, including Andreas.Once Andreas had completely disappeared, Sebastian beckoned to the woods in the distance and said, "Come out!"In a flash, Duo appeared at his side. "My lord, why didn't you wipe out those people in the hall today?" he asked.Duo clenched his fists tightly, and there was a murderous look simmering in his eyes. Although he hadn't been in the hall, he had clearly heard everything the Ballards had said.Anyone who disrespected his master deserved death!Besides, neither Sebastian nor Duo would have had to lift a finger to kill them. All they had to do was to crush the Tribulation Avoidance Charm and trigger the divine tribulation. Once it descended, no one in the hall would have lived to tell the tale, including Arnaud."If we become hostile with the Ballards, it'll be almost impossible for us to leave in peace. Now
"It all comes back to Uncle Samson," Andreas said. "Great Uncle Arnaud already told you he'd let Uncle Samson have his freedom if you find the other emerald token, but then he brought up the marriage alliance. "It directly affects whether or not Uncle Samson can regain his freedom. So, why don't you think about it?"With a quiet chuckle, Andreas walked toward a grove of peach trees to the west.Realization finally dawned on Sebastian. Arnaud was a shrewd man. He wouldn't slip up like that. Besides, although the Ballards and the Yeomans had established a marriage agreement, they hadn't named specific individuals, only that the Blessed Child of the Ballards would fulfill it.The Blessed Child bore the duty of guiding the Ballards to revival. In other words, the emerald token would be better off falling into the Blessed Child's hands rather than anyone else's.Could it be that the final emerald token was with the Yeomans? If that were true, why hadn't the Ballards used their pow
"I'm sorry, but I have no interest in becoming the head of the Ballard family," Sebastian said impassively. "I only want my father to be freed."Arnaud's expression changed slightly, but his tone remained neutral as he said, "It's Braxton who owes you and your mother, not the entire family. Why must you do this?"Sebastian let out a cold snort. It was true that Braxton had been the one who had kicked them out, but weren't the true culprits the elders of the Ballard Estate?"If there's nothing else, I'd like to see Whitney," Sebastian said, rising slowly to his feet. As soon as he mentioned her name, Arnaud waved a hand at him and said, "Don't be in such a rush, Sebastian. Whitney is safe. The Ballards would never harm a frail woman."He added, "However, there's something I want to ask you. Is Whitney still your wife?"Sebastian frowned. "Whether she is or isn't, what business is that of the Ballards?""Of course it is," Arnaud replied firmly. "The Ballards and the Yeomans of
Arnaud led Sebastian into a secret room deep within the Hall of the Ancestral Dragon. Once inside, Sebastian saw a Cosmic Orbit Diagram. It was exactly the same as the records in the Sacred Medicine Secret Annals.However, the Ballards' Cosmic Orbit Diagram was divided into different sections. It looked even more three-dimensional."This is the Cosmic Orbit Diagram passed down through our family for generations," Arnaud said proudly. "The one that the Sacred Medicine Society has is just a copy."The legacy of the mystic arts in Dramon almost all came from the Ballards.The Ballards had withheld some things back then as well. As a result, all the legacies of the various secular sects only had incomplete Cosmic Orbit Diagrams. It was why there were very few experts at the fifth level of the Eldoria realm and above.Afterward, Arnaud led Sebastian into a library. Thousands of technical legacies lined the shelves. Sebastian flipped through them. The techniques recorded there were
Samson glanced at Sebastian. He took a deep breath and said to Arnaud, "Thank you for sparing me, Uncle Arnaud."He gave Sebastian a few final reminders before leaving the hall with Preston.Once they were gone, Arnaud pointed at Duo and said to Sebastian, "Tell him to leave too."Sebastian waved a hand at Duo."I'll wait for you at the entrance, my lord," Duo said. "If anything happens, I'll be here as soon as you call!"He gave Arnaud a cold look before striding out of the hall.Arnaud watched him leave and smiled approvingly. He beckoned to Sebastian. "Come, sit!"Sebastian didn't hesitate. He crossed the hall and sat in the chair opposite Arnaud."Do you know why I asked Andreas to bring you back here?" Arnaud asked impassively. Sebastian shook his head expressionlessly. He said in a cold voice, "It's probably because of the emerald token in my father's possession."Apart from using him and Whitney as leverage against Samson, he couldn't think of any other reason.Arnau
"The Blessed Child! The Blessed Child has finally come to our family!"The black-robed old man who had been sitting beside Arnaud stood up, looking pleased. He couldn't hide his excitement as he turned to Arnaud and said, "Arnaud, our family is going to prosper!"Only Rexton and Milton looked extremely displeased. Braxton and Roland looked pained, as if they had lost something of great value. They were practically thumping their chests in regret!The Blessed Child had been foretold by one of the heads of the family centuries ago. No matter how far the Ballards declined, the prophecy said that after a few hundred years, a Blessed Child would appear—someone who could lead the family's revival!The only proof of the Blessed Child was for him to enter a master-servant oath with a Devora."Prosper? What a joke!" Hugo scoffed, holding Virtus firmly. "Weren't you all just clamoring about killing the two of them?"At Hugo's words, Arnaud's expression changed slightly. "When did I say tha
"Hugo!"Arnaud, who had been sitting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them wide. He eyed Hugo with a conflicted expression as he asked, "Have you forgotten the agreement the Thornes made with us ten years ago?"Hugo smiled coldly and put one hand behind his back. "That was the agreement you made with the Thornes. I'm only following Ms. Thorne's orders to protect Samson and find the emerald token. If Samson dies in this battle, how am I supposed to explain that to her?"He pointed at Sebastian and added, "He's Ms. Thorne's flesh and blood. Your family has no right to punish him! If the Ballards insist on killing them today, don't blame me for going on a killing spree!"When Hugo had finished, Sebastian finally realized that Hugo was from Isabella's family and that he had stayed at the Ballard Estate to protect Samson.It was clear that Isabella hadn't held a grudge toward Samson. In fact, she had sent an expert to stay behind to protect him in case anything happened.Arnaud's