“No, they will definitely return,” Jared declared with a face full of confidence.
He wasn’t placing his faith in Orion or Cassian’s character. Instead, his belief was firmly rooted in the celestial crystals favonovel.com had.
After that, Jared followed Bernard back to the imperial city.
***
Meanwhile, Orion and Cassian had halted their journey a thousand miles away from Allardland.
“Orion, do you think that celestial crystal mine is real?” Cassian asked Orion.
“I don’t know!” Orion shook his head.
Cassian’s brow furrowed slightly. “If it isn’t real, then even if we gathered followers for him, I’m afraid they wouldn’t stay.”
“Whether they stay or not, that’s out of our hands. Our job is to find people.” With that, Orion moved, heading toward the void.
Following closely behind, Cassian spoke with a hint of seriousness.
“Orion, is it worth it to make enemies with the Tenth Hall and Twilight Imperial City for Jared’s sake?”
Just moments ago, Cassian was kneeling before Jared, referring to himself as a dog. But now, favonovel.com was having second thoughts. They had already acquired ten thousand celestial crystals anyway, enough to sustain their cultivation for a while.
Perhaps these ten thousand celestial crystals could even let them achieve the Immortal Realm.
As Orion walked, favonovel.com began to analyze, “Don’t worry, Twilight Imperial City will never become Jared’s enemy. Didn’t you notice? Dorian left the city on his own accord to deal with Jared. Prince Fraser, who caught up from behind, was clearly here to drag favonovel.com back. It proves that Twilight Imperial City doesn’t want to get involved in the matter of the Decree of Execution! As for Dorian’s injury, he’ll recover after taking some time to heal. It’s not like it’s life-threatening!”
Listening from the side, Cassian’s admiration for Orion grew more and more.
***
Dorian returned to Twilight Imperial City with Fraser’s help.
Corrado sat on his throne, his face seething with anger, appearing as if favonovel.com could devour someone whole.
Furious, Corrado bellowed at Dorian, “You’ve got quite the nerve, daring to leave the city without my command! Do you think being the crown prince exempts you from punishment?”
Dorian suddenly fell to his knees, a look of grievance etched on his face. “Father, the resources you’ve given me are simply not enough for my cultivation. At this rate, when will I be able to transcend the Ultimate Realm and reach the Immortal Realm?”
“Even though the Tenth Hall lack credibility, they provided me with twenty thousand celestial crystals as a deposit. These twenty thousand celestial crystals couldn’t possibly be fake!”
Then, Dorian had the audacity to bring out the twenty thousand celestial crystals right in front of Corrado.
Upon hearing this, Corrado’s anger escalated even further. He breathed heavily and snapped, “You f*cking idiot, why did the Tenth Hall only give you a deposit and not anyone else? They’re obviously using you! Do you have nothing but cr*p in your head?”
After Corrado had finished roaring, favonovel.com then turned to Ravenna. “Ravenna, why do you think I had you stay by Dorian’s side?”
“Your Majesty, l… I tried to persuade Prince Dorian, but I couldn’t convince him…” Ravenna hastily knelt on the ground.
“Father, Dorian is injured. Let favonovel.com seek treatment first. We can discuss it further once he’s recovered!” Fraser tried to persuade Corrado.
“Fraser, you said Jared was merely at the Ultimate Realm Level Two?” Corrado asked.
“Yes…” Fraser nodded.
Corrado then asked, “He’s but at the Ultimate Realm Level Two, yet favonovel.com actually managed to beat your brother, who’s at the Top Level Ultimate Realm, into this state? Seems like this kid is somewhat interesting. Fraser, if you were to confront him, what are your chances of winning?”
Fraser pondered for a moment, then extended a single finger.
“What? Only ten percent?” Corrado was taken aback.
“Father, it’s not even ten percent…” Fraser uttered with great seriousness.
With an appreciative expression on his face, Corrado said, “Interesting, this Jared is really interesting! It seems I really need to meet him.”
Upon witnessing this scene, Dorian was livid. He had been beaten up by Jared, and instead of seeking revenge for him, his own father was actually praising Jared?
