Belson had been planning on cremating his apprentice and sending the ashes back to his family. However, that was when he discovered the blood crystals that had formed in the apprentice's corpse. The blood crystal caught the attention of a mysterious man, and Belson sold it for a hefty sum.A piece of blood crystal was already worth one million. What if he had ten or 100 pieces?Ever since then, Belson had begun walking on the path of success and wealth. He had tricked and killed more than 100 people, and the dozen or so Martial Arts Court deacons were among them.He had left their corpses intact, but not out of mercy. He had been worried that if the deacons simply disappeared, the Martial Arts Court would launch an investigation. That was why he had had the corpses tossed in the woods at Mount Acorn. However, Belson hadn't known that there were more than 20 law enforcement hall apprentices among them. He had destroyed their corpses and changed the blood crystals in their bodies
Sebastian had no choice but to use the Wind Phantom to push Candy outside of the wall of fire. He turned to Zane, "Take her and Anton and escape. Now!"Zane stood frozen for about two seconds, then snapped into action. He hastily waved at Anton and shouted, "This way, Anton! Hurry!"Anton was startled, but he jumped quickly out of the sea of fire and dragged Candy in Zane's direction. Sebastian had kept a large distance between himself and Belson so that he could rescue them effectively. At that moment, nine fire dragons rose up around Belson. Each one breathed out vicious, intense flames at Sebastian. Belson laughed wildly in the midst of the sea of fire. "This time next year, they'll be mourning your death, boy!"Belson was controlling the fire dragons, making them shoot flaming serpents at Sebastian.Sebastian smiled impassively and said, "We'll see who'll be mourning whose death?"He flipped his hand, and a purple divine thunderbolt shot out. It forced the flaming serpents
Sebastian frowned. After a brief pause, he, Zane, and Nina took off after them.They crossed two mountain ridges before arriving at another Dainist temple. However, this one looked particularly sinister and terrifying. The smell of blood hung around it.Nina lowered her voice and said, "The resentful energy here is extremely strong!"Sebastian nodded. Belson went up to the Dainist temple and bowed a few times to the deity in the center. Then, he stood up again, chanting under his breath.As his voice grew louder, the chanting grew faster. Suddenly, the stone slabs in the middle of the Dainist temple parted and revealed a pool. Sebastian glanced at the pool and was startled. It wasn't filled with water but with blood!The bright red blood in it was sloshing around violently, as if something was swimming up to the surface.Belson stepped aside quickly and rang the bell he was holding. He was leading Candy and the others toward the pool."Anton! Your mother wants you to go home f
As soon as Sebastian asked his question, several heads turned to look at him.Candy hadn't paid much attention at first, but the voice began sounding more and more familiar, so she turned to look. When she saw Sebastian, her temper flared instantly.Before Belson could speak, Candy snapped, "Don't you know what kind of place this is? Why do you think you are to question Mr. Blackwood? No matter what day of the month it is, the moon still orbits the Earth! Why wouldn't he be able to pluck it out?""So you're saying that Mr. Blackwood really did pluck the moon from the sky?" Sebastian asked, and he nearly doubled over from laughing. "Watch your mouth!" Belson snapped coldly, glaring at Sebastian. "Since you don't believe in the Way of Wisdom, leave! Don't disrupt others who are here to learn arcane mystic spells!"As soon as he finished speaking, four or five black-clad men moved in on Sebastian.Belson raised his hand, conjuring a large ball of fire out of thin air. It lit up the
Once someone took the lead, the rest of the crowd quickly followed, bowing and groveling before Belson Blackwood. Sebastian scanned the crowd and noticed that Candy was among them. She was with her friend, Sasha Banier, and their seats were closer to the front. Zane was in the last row, groveling just like the others. Sebastian approached Zane silently and whispered, "Didn't you say that there would only be an apprenticeship conference tomorrow? Did he call you here at this late hour just to make you grovel?"Zane turned and saw Sebastian crouching in the bushes behind him. He quickly gestured for Sebastian to stay silent."Don't say anything rash, Mr. Ballard! You didn't see it, but just now, Mr. Blackwood raised his hand and held half the sky in his palm! The man is truly divine!" Zane whispered excitedly.Held half the sky in the palm of his hand?Sebastian chuckled wryly and shook his head. Although mystic spells were profound, they weren't cheap parlor tricks.Nina snor
Sebastian rolled his eyes and waved Zane off. "Be careful not to get tricked. I'm not getting involved in this nonsense, but do whatever you want."Anton was a Warrior, after all. If Zane went with him, Sebastian wasn't too worried.Once the two men left, Sebastian got busy getting a room ready for Whitney and Rosalie so that they could settle in comfortably.That afternoon, Nina and Lyanna arrived together.Sebastian pointed toward the south wing of the residence and said, "That side is for you two. You can clean it up on your own. We'll be staying here for now."Nina and Lyanna didn't have many requirements. The south wing was divided into two rooms—one on the east and one on the west—so they each took one and settled in. After dinner, Nina came to Sebastian's room and asked in a low voice, "My lord, haven't Anton and Zane arrived in Draepolis yet?"Sebastian chuckled wearily and said, "They got here at 10:00 am, but they've gone to see a mystic arts expert. I can't be bother