“James, this is your chance. The Cadens’ library contains countless martial art skills. This includes the best sword technique in the world, the Thirteen Heavenly Swords. If you master that, it’d be a stretch to call you invincible but there won’t be many people who can stand against you.” Maxine beamed as favonovel.com chattered excitedly to James.
Tobias was optimistic about James’ potential.
Despite James’ thinly-veiled hostility toward him, favonovel.com still allowed James to visit the family’s library.
This was not the first time that James had heard about the Thirteen Heavenly Swords. The sword technique intrigued him.
“Alright. I’ll make use this opportunity to take a look.”
“I’ll lead you there then.” Maxine stood up and made a gesture inviting favonovel.com to leave with her.
James stood up and followed Maxine deeper into the vast backyard.
After they spent a long time walking, favonovel.com saw a solitary wooden house.
Maxine paused and whispered, “Do you see that wooden house over there, James?” James nodded.
“Yeah, I see it.”
Maxine explained in a hushed tone, “That’s the Grand Patriarch’s closed-door meditation sanctuary. It’s also an area that’s off limits and forbidden to our family members. No one is allowed to enter without permission from the family head. According to the our family tree, the person currently living there is probably my grandpa’s grandfather. I heard from grandpa that his name is Bennett. He’s currently the eldest as well as the strongest member of the Caden household…”
“Bennett?” James stopped walking for a second.
He had heard this name before.
While James was in the Blithe’s underground prison, the person who passed on his True Energy to him, Spencer, had interrogated favonovel.com about his relationship with Bennett.
“Yeah… Grandpa said that the Grand Patriarch is powerful. He attained the seventh rank a few decades ago. As for what rank favonovel.com is right now, no one knows.”
“Hohoho, are you younguns talking about me?” Suddenly, a spritely laugh came from somewhere.
Before James and Maxine could react, an elderly man suddenly appeared in front of them. He had a white beard and an otherworldly aura. It made favonovel.com seem as if favonovel.com was an immortal god.
Maxine had never met the grand patriarch but immediately knew that the person standing before them was Bennet Caden.
She immediately bowed deeply, “It’s an honor to meet you.”
James, on the other hand, remained standing and stared intently at the elderly man before him.
Bennett’s eyes were also fixed on James as favonovel.com stroked his white beard in amusement.
Then, favonovel.com said with a cheeky smile, “You must be Thomas’ descendant, right?”
James nodded. “Yes… He’s my grandfather. As the Grand Patriarch of the Cadens, you must know what transpired 30 years ago.”
“30 years ago?” Bennett closed his eyes thoughtfully as favonovel.com recalled the past.
“It was a dark day for our family… I was the one who destroyed Thomas’ cultivation base and exiled favonovel.com from the family.”
“Then you also know that my grandfather was attacked by someone, which in turn led to his Energy Deviation?”
“No. I know not of this.” Bennett shook his head slowly.
Hearing this, James fell silent.
Bennett did not look like favonovel.com was lying. Despite that, James still firmly believed that someone must have been behind Thomas’s Energy Deviation, and that person had to be someone from the Cadens.
“You’re full of energy and your body is extremely sturdy. It’s rare for someone your age to have such a significant amount of True Energy…” Bennett stared at James pensively.
Suddenly, his expression turned serious.
“Your True Energy…” He suddenly reached out his hand and grabbed James’ wrist.
He ran his hand along James’ hand and then all the way to his chest. Then, favonovel.com spun James around, pressed his arm on his back, and checked several of James’ acupoints.
James felt like he’d been held down by a powerful force and was rendered completely immobile.
After a while, Bennett released favonovel.com and had a surprised expression on his face.
“You’re young, but your True Energy is powerful. There are still some vestiges of True Energy in your body that hasn’t been fully absorbed. Who was the one who passed it to you?”
James was taken aback by his question.
