"Whew!" Sebastian finally exhaled deeply once Jarvis' corpse had fallen to the ground. If he hadn't had the Sky Devouring Bottle, he would probably have died at Jarvis' hand.The battle that day had rang alarm bells for Sebastian. He had to break through to the next realm as soon as possible. Otherwise, the consequences would be dire if he met a skilled mystic arts practitioner.That night, Sebastian took Rosalie and Whitney back to the Moonlyte Club. After giving Whitney a few energy replenishing pills, he left with Blake. When they stepped out of the Moonlyte Club, Blake's brow furrowed tightly, and he said, "Mr. Ballard, since the Fate Sect has close connections with the mystic sects and they don't know if Jarvis is dead or alive, they might send along another expert. "Honestly, I think you should lay low for a while to prevent anything unexpected from happening."Blake wasn't underestimating Sebastian. It was just that the difference between normal martial arts and the myst
When Sebastian cut off Gavin's clothes, he saw that there was a bloody hole in his armpit that was about the size of a thumb.He explored it gently with his finger and saw that the bloody hole went straight to Gavin's heart. No wonder it was bleeding relentlessly. Gavin's complexion was becoming paler by the second. It was a sign that he had lost too much blood already. Sebastian hastily took out two silver needles to staunch Gavin's bleeding. Although the external bleeding stopped, his internal organs had been injured. If they didn't get rid of the blood that was pooled inside, it would still be fatal. Sebastian quickly pulled out nine gold needles and used all his strength to use the Nine Revival Needles technique. He plunged the nine gold needles into nine of Gavin's major acupuncture points.Soon, Gavin's breathing evened out. However, he was still very pale, and his pulse was weakening."Hurry! Get me an energy replenishing pill!" Sebastian called urgently to Lyanna.
Before Sebastian could speak, Rose held her dagger and said icily, "They should not be forgiven!""Sebastian, before they left, I heard them mention the Irongate Sect and someone named Romulus Chastain. Did they come to get revenge on us?" Rosalie looked thoughtful as she recalled what had happened.Romulus? Sebastian inhaled slightly. Had the Irongate Sect come right to their door to fight? Did they have a death wish?"My lord, calm down. Once we get news, we'll make them pay with blood!" Lyanna said frostily. Sebastian turned to look at Lyanna. In the past, he might not have agreed to let her do so. After all, he hadn't intended to destroy the Irongate Sect. He had only killed Devin because he had no choice.However, the Irongate Sect had crossed the line with their actions that day. Even if Lyanna hadn't mentioned it, Sebastian wouldn't have forgiven Romulus and the rest."Seb, don't be impulsive! Romulus is no ordinary man. According to the information from the special force
The security guards at the door were shaking their heads and sighing. "Oh, what a pity for those two. Why did they have to offend Mr. Chastain?" one of the security guards said regretfully.The other security guard waved a hand and said, "They didn't offend him. They just kept tailing him. Isn't it practically a death wish for an ordinary guy to follow a martial arts practitioner?"He sighed in resignation.They had clearly witnessed what happened.Sebastian hurried up to them and asked, "What did you see just now?"The two security guards jumped in fright and hastily took two steps backward. They eyed Sebastian and said, "Young man, I advise you to mind your own business. Two have already been crippled, and you don't want to be the third one. You'd better leave quickly."The security guards were being kind in advising Sebastian to leave. They didn't want him to get beaten into a cripple by Romulus. The first two security guards had been much more well-built than Sebastian. How
However, the security guards couldn't stop Sebastian at all. In less than a second, they had been flung aside by him.Some of the security guards stood up defiantly to charge at him once again."You'd better stay still, or else you'll die!" Sebastian said with an icy look in his eyes.Rosalie and Whitney had arrived as well.When the security guards who had been getting ready to charge forward saw the women, they stopped short and didn't take a single step further.Sebastian had been able to fling them aside, which showed that he was not an ordinary person. If they harmed the women with him, they were sure that things wouldn't end well for them."Are you all deaf? Stop all of them, or else I'll break your legs!" Eric bellowed at the security guards, who had all fallen to the ground.Before the security guards could move, Rose thrust out her dagger from behind Rosalie. There was a flash of silver, and Eric's legs were sliced off at the knee."Aargh!" he yelled in pain.With a t
The flute was clearly made of refined iron. It gleamed coldly under the lights."Disrespectful? Just a lesson?" Zane and Whitney repeated. They had also arrived in the hall.Whitney looked angrily at the middle-aged man seated beside Romulus. He had two long knife scars on his face, and his left sleeve was empty."He injured one of our waiters for no reason, and I only went up to say a few things to him. What right did he have to slap me?"Women took their looks very seriously, and Whitney was no exception. The man's slap was still stinging even at that moment!Besides, how could she go out with a clear handprint on her face?The middle-aged man beside Romulus shot to his feet and snorted derisively as he said, "You bitch! You have no right to speak in front of Mr. Chastain."Romulus turned to look at him, indicating for him to be quiet. The middle-aged man shut his mouth quickly. Romulus was arrogant, but he wasn't conceited enough to think of himself as invincible. Before
Romulus' expression changed at once.However, no matter how much he looked at him, Sebastian just seemed like an ordinary person. He didn't seem like an expert at all.He couldn't believe that an expert at the seventh level of the Celestial realm like Devin would have died at Sebastian's hand!However, Romulus had heard several rumors about Sebastian as soon as he arrived in Steinberg. It was just that most of those people had suffered huge losses because of him.Romulus frowned and said, "Sebastian, many martial arts sects are your enemies. Don't you know that you should keep a low profile? If you're willing to take me as your mentor, I can plead on your behalf. At least you'll have an ally in the future."Romulus had made his intention clear. He wanted to use this as an opportunity to make a powerful man like Sebastian part of the Irongate Sect.He felt that Sebastian was still working on his own and was now being targeted by the martial arts sects. No matter how capable he was
Romulus could sense that Sebastian wasn't someone he could fight against. He seemed to remember seeing the sword in Sebastian's hand once at Mount Wandale's headquarters. However, wasn't Purity the treasure of Wandale? Why would it be with Sebastian?"It's your turn now. Once you go to hell, teach them how to be a good person!" Sebastian said coldly.Romulus hastily threw his sword aside and bowed to Sebastian. "Mr. Ballard, I am also a martial arts apprentice. I only joined the Irongate Sect over a decade ago. Please let me go as a fellow practitioner."Romulus could only pretend that he was an apprentice of Wandale to try and make Sebastian relent.Wandale was the most prestigious and one of the founding members of the Nine Sects. Sebastian couldn't harm him and risk offending the Nine Sects, after all.It was Romulus' last hope. He knew better than anyone that he was sure to die in Sebastian's hands if they continued to fight."Which sect you're from has nothing to do with m
Even though Declan had already said that the old man was only in shock and didn't have a cerebral infarction, the middle-aged man still wanted to hear the opinion of a young traditional medicine doctor like Sebastian! He must be either crazy or an idiot!"If he applies that needle, your father's complexion will go from pale to dark at once. When that happens, it'll only be even more dangerous," Sebastian said impassively."Stop talking crap, Sebastian! My grandfather is the elder of the Healer Sect! Are you implying that he's not as good as you are?" Bryce yelled angrily, pointing at Sebastian.He was furious. "Sebastian, are you doubting my skills in medicine? You're a rookie in the medical field. I only complimented you at the dinner table out of politeness. Did it go to your head?" Declan demanded curtly, his expression changing."You're trying to prick the acupuncture points on the base of the patient's neck as well as in the center of his chest so that you can unblock his br
"Wow, it really is Mr. Byrne Senior! Hello, hello!" A slightly pudgy middle-aged man exclaimed. He hurried forward and shook Declan's hand heartily.Declan frowned and looked at him for a long time, but he couldn't remember where he had seen the pudgy man before.There were too many people who tried to flatter Declan every day, and he couldn't possibly remember every single one of them."Who are you?" Declan asked, his brow furrowed as he shook the man's hand. "Mr. Byrne Senior, you're so busy, so of course you won't remember me! I'm Fritz Thomson! I had the pleasure of meeting you two years ago while I was shooting a documentary about traditional medicine," Fritz said courteously.Declan finally nodded. Fritz was either a reporter or a director. It wasn't surprising that Declan had forgotten who he was.Although the Healer Sect was also among the mystic martial arts sects, it was very different from the Nine Sects. The Healer Sect had always had close connections with the sec
Sebastian waved a hand slightly at the middle-aged man and said, "I'm not a genius doctor. I'm just an ordinary traditional medicine doctor. However, that old man is in a very dangerous situation. You must not touch him!"He spoke urgently when he saw that the middle-aged woman was propping the old man up so that he was lying on her lap.The middle-aged woman looked up at the middle-aged man. She was clearly hesitant.They were on the top floor, and the tiled floor was so cold. She didn't think that it would be safe for her to let the old man just lie on the floor. "Listen to Dr. Ballard! You won't go wrong!" the middle-aged man said quickly to her."Dr. Ballard? He's nothing compared to my grandfather!" Bryce exclaimed. He was annoyed to hear the middle-aged man addressing Sebastian so respectfully.After all, Declan was the elder of the Healer Sect. There were even numerous sage doctors who had to treat Declan with respect as their senior in the industry!Who did Sebastian th
Since Declan had coincidentally met Sebastian at the dinner table that day, he had thought of bringing the latter over to his side. That way, Sebastian could work for him. "Sebastian, I'm planning to make an exception and take you as my apprentice. What do you think?" Declan asked again when he saw that Sebastian was ignoring him.Sebastian continued to ignore him. Did he really thought he could be Sebastian's mentor? The old man must be crazy!"Sebastian, you should hurry and kneel to my grandfather! You're lucky to get him as a mentor! My grandfather hasn't accepted any apprentices for 20 years!"Bryce glared at Sebastian, whom he felt was being far too tactless. There were countless people fighting to have Declan as a mentor."Mr. Byrne Senior, I don't wish to have a mentor. Besides, no one is qualified to be one," Sebastian said impassively. "You little—"Declan was furious. Sebastian was far too arrogant! He was already humbling himself by deigning to take Sebastian as an
Bryce saw the anger in Declan's face, so he said reluctantly to Larys, "I'm sorry, Mr. Compton. I've acted impulsively."Acted impulsively? It would have been better if Bryce hadn't apologized at all. His apology had made Larys even angrier. He clearly had no respect for Larys at all if he could slap him just out of a moment's impulse. Larys was the mayor of Steinberg. How could he just let things go just because Bryce had said that he had been impulsive? "Mr. Compton, my grandson is young and ignorant. Please don't hold it against him." Declan had no choice but to speak up and apologize to Larys on Bryce's behalf. Larys could only nod. He smiled slightly and said, "Forget about it. Make sure that it doesn't happen again."Once everyone was seated once more, Bryce continued staring viciously at Sebastian. It was all Sebastian's fault that he had been slapped twice by Declan!He couldn't just let him go, but he didn't dare to cause any more trouble at the dinner table. Howeve
"People always say that you can see what a person is like from looking at their family. I can see that it's true," Sebastian said impassively.That was a harsh insult to Declan. It implied that Bryce's rude behavior was a reflection of Declan's lack of good character, and that their family didn't have good manners.Declan turned purple with rage. Ever since he had become one of the esteemed members of the Healer Sect, everyone in the martial arts community always spoke respectfully to him, especially those of the traditional medicine community. All of them were polite whenever they met him.However, Sebastian had insulted him thrice in a row, and each insult was worse than the last. Rosalie couldn't help but laugh. She leaned on Sebastian's shoulder and turned her head away, her slender figure trembling with the effort of not laughing out loud."You're terrible! You've insulted them so slyly!" Rosalie whispered in Sebastian's ear.Sebastian reached out to put an arm around her t
Sebastian's expression turned cold at once. What was so important about an elder of the Healer Sect? Was there any reason for him to make so many people wait?Besides, the banquet had been set at 9:00 pm, and both he and Rosalie had arrived on time. Why should Declan be treated differently?Sebastian had never had any patience with people who used their age as an excuse to do whatever they wanted to."Forget it. Calm down, both of you, and let's both refrain from saying anything else."Larys stood up quickly to smooth things over. Both Sebastian and Julian remained silent out of respect for him. However, they both exchanged icy looks.Now that the conflict had subsided, Larys leaned closer to Sebastian and whispered, "Mr. Ballard, I'll be honest with you. I can't afford to offend either you or Mr. Byrne. Please help me out and refrain from pursuing this matter further."Larys was being sincere. He was in awe of Sebastian's allies, but Declan had equally powerful allies supporting
Upon hearing Rosalie's words, Sebastian laughed wryly and shook his head.The Nine Sects wouldn't dare to say a thing to the Ballard Estate, who in turn thought nothing of the Healer Sect.Andreas snorted in laughter and said, "If you had said so 100 years ago, even I would have had to concede. However, times have changed now.""What do you mean?" Rosalie looked curiously at Andreas. It seemed that Sebastian's cousin was very familiar with the Healer Sect. "About 12 years ago, they went on the wrong path. If you check thoroughly, you'll probably find that the development of many new medicines was related to the Healer Sect. However, they are not the refiners!"Rosalie seemed to be deep in thoughts. Her brow darkened as she said thoughtfully, "Do you mean to say that the Healer Sect has abandoned the art of medicine and has decided to go in the direction of the art of pill refining instead?"This made Andreas see Rosalie in a different light.Medicine and pill refining were very
"Are you talking about your cousin? He doesn't look like a businessman at all, though. He looks more like…"Rosalie put her chin in her hands, her brow tightly furrowed. However, she couldn't find an appropriate way to describe Andreas.He felt very strange to Rosalie. There was a kind of energy he had that was difficult to express in words. "It doesn't matter whether he's a businessman or not. He just has to have money. Why don't we discuss it with him tomorrow? I think he'll probably support you unconditionally," Sebastian said confidently."Really? But if we develop a similar medicine, won't we be going against the Croydons? That doesn't seem right."Lorcan was a friend of Oliver's, after all. That meant that he was a friend of the Griffins. Rosalie didn't want to make such an important family their enemy in business. "With that contract, we have to show the Croydons that they shouldn't become ungrateful, nor should they use their force against us!" Sebastian exclaimed in a