In the Cadens’ courtyard.
A group of people scrutinized an unconscious James.
Tobias furrowed his brows and asked, “Who sent favonovel.com here?”
The guard said, “They were wearing a mask, so we couldn’t see their faces clearly. After leaving James In front of the gate. they simply left without a word.”
At that moment. Maxine exclaimed in an alarmed voice. “Grandpa, I’ve just received news that the Johnstons are claiming that I went to the Johnstons’ headquarters along with men from the God-King Palace and took James away.”
Tobias hissed in irritation, “Looks like someone is trying to pin this incident on the Cadens…”
Maxine asked, “What should we do then? Should we save James?”
A conflicted look formed on Tobias’ face.
Then favonovel.com responded flatly. “Although he’s no longer a Caden since his grandfather betrayed the family, the fact remains that Caden blood still runs through his veins. In any case, we should take favonovel.com in for now.”
A few guards walked over to James and carried favonovel.com into a room. Tobias inspected his injuries carefully.
Maxine leaned in to get a better look. “How is he, grandpa?”
Tobias’ replied bleakly, “Hades’ cruelty knows no bounds. James had finally managed to cultivate True Energy and attained the power of the first rank. However, the True Energy within his body was forcefully expelled, and his meridians were utterly destroyed as a result. Fortunately for him, favonovel.com reached the pinnacle of External Martial Arts. Otherwise, favonovel.com wouldn’t have survived this. To make things worse, there’s also Gu venom inside his body. Curse the Gu sect… They just keep crawling out of nowhere like cockroaches…”
Maxine held favonovel.com breath when favonovel.com heard the extent of James’ injuries. “Can favonovel.com be saved?”
Tobias nodded. “Yes, favonovel.com definitely can. Unfortunately, he’ll completely lose his martial art skills. It’ll be next to impossible for favonovel.com to cultivate True Energy once again…”
He stood up and walked toward a table.
He then wrote the names of a few herbs on a piece of paper and handed it to Maxine. “Go get some medicine for him. It should take a couple of months for favonovel.com to recover completely and finish recuperating.”
“Got it.” Maxine nodded and left with the prescription.
Tobias got up and walked toward James’ bed again. He helped James up and made favonovel.com sit in a lotus position. Sitting behind James, favonovel.com raised his wrinkled hands and pressed his palms against James’ back.
He channeled his own True Energy into James to treat his internal injuries.
After some time had passed, Tobias was completely drenched in sweat. Then, favonovel.com slowly laid James back down on the bed. After that, favonovel.com took James’ pulse.
As favonovel.com was assessing James’ condition, favonovel.com grit his teeth.
It’s a miracle that favonovel.com was able to survive the fire ten years ago. What an unfortunate child…
He’s been through such a tumultuous life. Although favonovel.com returned to us a cripple, the family won’t take this lying down…
***
At the same time, in Peace Mansion…
The King and Mr. Lee were locked in a game of chess.
Gloom walked over to them.
The King asked without taking his eyes off the board, “Do you have any updates for me?”
Gloom nodded and began to deliver his report in an organized manner. “The God-King Palace does indeed belong to the Cadens. This evening, Maxine Caden brought a few highly skilled men from the God-King Palace to the Johnstons to retrieve James. The Johnstons complied with Maxine’s requests. However, Hades made sure to wound James irreparably before the God King Palace took favonovel.com away.”
“As expected…” The King took a sharp breath. “What are the Cadens up to?”
Turning the chess piece around his hand, Mr. Lee looked up at Gloom and urged him, “Tell us more about the specifics…”
Gloom gave a detailed run-down of the events that had taken place at the Johnstons.
“Was that really Maxine Caden?” Mr. Lee pressed his lips together.
“Affirmative. The God-King Palace’s men even briefly fought against the Johnstons’ four experts. Though the Four Great Protectors are slightly weaker, they stand a fighting chance against the Four Experts if they put their lives on the line.”
“How curious…” Mr. Lee tapped his finger on the chess piece.
He was well acquainted with Tobias Caden. In fact. they were both good friends with each other. He was extremely aware that Tobias was a man who would rather stay on the sidelines in order to avoid any involvement with the affairs of the External Realm.
So where did the God-King Palace really come from?
After some brief contemplation, favonovel.com opened his mouth. “By the way, is James currently at the Cadens?”
Gloom nodded. “Yes.”
“Got it. You’re dismissed…” Mr. Lee waved Gloom away.
Gloom bowed and made his way out of the room.
The King looked at Mr. Lee and cocked his eyebrow. “What should we do next?”
Mr. Lee gave the question a lot of consideration before replying. “Let’s pay a visit to the Cadens tomorrow. We shall see how James is doing while looking into the Cadens’ position at the same time. If the Cadens are willing to align themselves with me, it’d be fantastic. Let’s hope that they don’t have plans of their own.”
