Legend of Wyatt

Chapter 1961: First Mining Zone

The purpose of Maximus Lee’s trip to the White Tiger Altar was only one:

To find Wyatt Barnes’ companion, Oliver Watson!

He still remembered that when Wyatt Barnes first arrived at the Fire Worship Sect, he was accompanied by two companions.

After his later investigations, he also learned that Wyatt Barnes’ two companions were named ’Augustine Landon’ and ’Oliver Watson.’

The former was at the ’Vermilion Bird Altar,’ while the latter was at the ’White Tiger Altar.’

"Hmph! I just don’t believe... that Oliver Watson and Augustine Landon, like Wyatt Barnes, have been keeping their doors closed!"

On the way, Maximus Lee’s face was gloomy, and he sneered in his heart.

Since three months ago, after Wyatt Barnes killed Maximus Lee’s disciple ’Hudson Anderson’ at the Vermilion Bird Altar, Maximus Lee frequently lurked near the Black Tortoise Altar’s disciple living quarters.

He was waiting for an opportunity to catch Wyatt Barnes alone, to apply the ’Soul Searching Secret Technique’ on him!

At the Fire Worship Sect, even if Wyatt Barnes was alone, he did not dare to easily kill him.

The Enforcement Hall of the Holy Land had means beyond imagination, and they might even make him swear a Thunder Punishment oath simply based on suspicion, to confirm if he killed Wyatt Barnes.

He didn’t dare to gamble!

However, if he applied the ’Soul Searching Secret Technique’ on Wyatt Barnes without others present, as long as the impact wasn’t significant, even if the Enforcement Hall knew, they generally wouldn’t investigate deeply because of his status as ’Elder Silver Flame.’

Unfortunately, for the past three months, Wyatt Barnes had always kept his door closed, so he couldn’t find a suitable opportunity to apply the ’Soul Searching Secret Technique’ on him.

Today, Wyatt Barnes was to be sent by the Black Tortoise Altar’s Law Enforcement Elder ’Abraham Clifford’ to serve in their Four Symbols Altar’s ’First Mining Area’, and he also realized that he had no chance in the short term to apply the ’Soul Searching Secret Technique’ on him.

With Wyatt Barnes himself out of the question, he planned to find a ’breakthrough point’ from Augustine Landon and Oliver Watson!

The ’White Tiger Altar,’ where Oliver Watson was, was relatively close to the Black Tortoise Altar, so he first went to the White Tiger Altar.

Perhaps it was Maximus Lee’s good luck.

He had just arrived at the White Tiger Altar when he saw Oliver Watson, who had just left the altar and was returning to the White Tiger Altar disciples’ quarters. Moreover, there was not even a single White Tiger Altar disciple nearby.

Swoosh!

Immediately, Maximus Lee’s figure moved like the wind and turned into a flash of lightning, darting straight towards Oliver Watson.

"Who?!"

As a swift whistling wind sound reached his ears, Oliver Watson’s face changed dramatically, for he could clearly sense the whistling wind was rushing straight at him.

However, just as Oliver Watson’s face changed dramatically, before he even had time to react, the vast and terrifying power emanating from Maximus Lee easily imprisoned him, rendering him immobile.

Completely at Maximus Lee’s mercy!

Immediately following, the scenery in front of Oliver Watson’s eyes kept changing, and he found himself being rapidly carried by someone.

After a while, the person carrying him finally slowed down and then stopped.

And he also came to a stop.

"Maximus Lee?"

Although he never managed to see the other’s appearance clearly, it was not difficult for Oliver Watson to guess who it was.

With such strength and taking him away from where he was, the other side clearly had a purpose... At the first moment, he thought of Wyatt Barnes’ ’reminder’ three months ago, and also remembered the secret technique Wyatt Barnes had taught him to resist the ’Soul Searching Secret Technique.’

The next moment, there was a flash before Oliver Watson’s eyes, and an old man appeared in front of him.

This old man, he had met once when he first joined the Fire Worship Sect, was the Black Tortoise Altar’s first Elder Silver Flame, ’Maximus Lee’!

The facts proved that he guessed right.

"Fortunately, I’ve always been operating the ’secret technique’ Wyatt Barnes taught me."

When Maximus Lee applied the ’Soul Searching Secret Technique’ to Oliver Watson, a thought crossed Oliver Watson’s mind just before he completely lost consciousness.

Maximus Lee stood before Oliver Watson, looking at the utterly dim eyes of Oliver Watson, and asked indifferently, "Who are you?"

"Oliver Watson."

With eyes devoid of light, Oliver Watson, like a walking corpse, responded immediately to Maximus Lee’s question without any hesitation.

"Who is Wyatt Barnes?"

Maximus Lee asked again.

"My friend."

Oliver Watson replied.

"What is his background? Where does he come from?"

As Maximus Lee asked this question, his eyes gleamed with excitement, for this was what he most wanted to know.

As long as he could find out Wyatt Barnes’ ’background,’ he would inform the Fifth Elder of the Northern Qi Sect, ’Russel Yorke,’ who would naturally handle everything related to Wyatt Barnes.

Perhaps by capturing Wyatt’s close relatives, they could force him to leave the Fire Worship Sect.

Once Wyatt Barnes left the Fire Worship Sect, he would be like fish and meat on their chopping board, ready to be slaughtered!

"I don’t know."

However, Oliver Watson’s answer caused the excited smile on Maximus Lee’s face to freeze, and he asked in a deep voice, "Aren’t you his friend? How come you don’t know his background?"

"I met him a few days before coming to the Fire Worship Sect. I don’t know his background. He didn’t mention it, and I didn’t ask."

Oliver Watson continued to answer Maximus Lee’s questions woodenly.

"Damn it!"

Hearing Oliver Watson’s words, Maximus Lee’s face turned ugly, realizing that this was a false hope.

This Oliver Watson didn’t know Wyatt Barnes’ ’background’ at all!

"Hmph!"

Since he couldn’t find the answer from Oliver Watson, Maximus Lee didn’t waste any more time on him and left directly.

After Maximus Lee left, Oliver Watson’s eyes regained their brilliance.

Coming back to his senses, Oliver Watson realized he was in a remote forest in the White Tiger Altar.

A moment later, having regained his composure, he recalled the prior incidents and muttered softly, "That Maximus Lee must have used a ’soul-searching technique’ on me... I hope the resistance technique that Wyatt Barnes taught me works, otherwise, I might have unconsciously betrayed him!"

Meanwhile, as Oliver Watson worried there, Maximus Lee left the White Tiger Altar without obtaining the ’answers’ he wanted from Oliver Watson.

He went to the Vermilion Bird Altar!

Planning to lie in wait for a chance to use the ’soul-searching technique’ on Augustine Landon.

At this time, Maximus Lee still didn’t know that Augustine Landon had already left the Vermilion Bird Altar three months ago and had left the Fire Worship Sect.

The little schemes Maximus Lee was secretly engaging in were naturally unknown to Wyatt Barnes.

Currently, Wyatt Barnes was following the Law Enforcement Elder at the Black Tortoise Altar, ’Abraham Clifford’, getting closer and closer to the ’First Mining Area’ of the Four Symbols Altar.

"Elder Abraham Clifford, I heard that our Fire Worship Sect has many ’Grade One Holy Stone deposits’, and even a ’quasi-immortal grade holy stone deposit’! Is the ’First Mining Area’ we’re heading to the location of the ’quasi-immortal grade holy stone deposit’?"

Wyatt Barnes looked at Abraham Clifford and couldn’t help asking.

"Of course not!"

Abraham Clifford shook his head and then said, "For our Fire Worship Sect, the quasi-immortal grade holy stone deposits are extremely important, so they wouldn’t be in the Four Symbols Altar."

"Moreover, the place where the quasi-immortal grade holy stone deposit is located has an excellent cultivation environment even without a ’Spirit Gathering Array’. It is hidden underground in the central area of the Holy Land and is usually mined by some slaves and elders or disciples who were exiled there for punishment for committing mistakes."

"Its presence also makes the Holy Land of our Fire Worship Sect one of the best cultivation places in the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land! Cultivating there, with the assistance of the Spirit Gathering Array, is very efficient."

Abraham Clifford explained in one breath.

Wyatt Barnes suddenly understood.

He was now quite familiar with quasi-immortal grade holy stones.

The place where he lived as a disciple at the Black Tortoise Altar, in the ’B House’, contained five ’Spirit Gathering Arrays’, each having some ’quasi-immortal grade holy stones’ as their Array Foundation.

Because of this, cultivation within the B House is extremely efficient.

These advantages cannot be compared by other factions in the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land.

Only the other two major sects in the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land have such courage as the Fire Worship Sect to use ’quasi-immortal grade holy stones’ for their outer disciples.

Thanks to the presence of the ’Spirit Gathering Array’, there’s no need to hold a holy stone to cultivate, as the Spirit Gathering Array extracts the spiritual energy from the holy stone for the people training within the array to sense and absorb.

"Besides that quasi-immortal grade holy stone deposit, the remaining ’Grade One Holy Stone deposits’ are all in our Four Symbols Altar... the ’First Mining Area’ I am taking you to is the largest Grade One Holy Stone deposit controlled by our Fire Worship Sect!"

Abraham Clifford continued.

With Abraham Clifford’s introduction, Wyatt Barnes gained some understanding of the ’First Mining Area’ in the Four Symbols Altar.

In the ’First Mining Area’ of the Four Symbols Altar, the Fire Worship Sect’s largest Grade One Holy Stone deposit is buried and is divided into large and small regions.

The large region is called the ’Slave Area’, which consists of lowly, untalented slaves collected by the Fire Worship Sect from various parts of the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land.

From the moment they arrive at the Fire Worship Sect, their fate is sealed:

If they don’t want to die, they must stay honestly at the Fire Worship Sect, mining holy stones for the rest of their lives!

The small region is known as the ’Punishment Zone’, where those mining holy stones are disciples of the Four Symbols Altar who have committed mistakes.

They are sent there to serve their punishments!

The Four Symbols Altar disciples serving in the Punishment Zone stay for as little as three to five years, or even over a hundred years in some cases.

"The Punishment Zone is only in the ’First Mining Area’... the other mining areas have only the ’Slave Area’."

Abraham Clifford said.

Wyatt Barnes nodded.

With Abraham Clifford’s more in-depth introduction, Wyatt Barnes gained an increasingly deeper understanding of the ’First Mining Area’ of the Four Symbols Altar.

Additionally, Wyatt Barnes learned that the ’First Mining Area’ has two Gold Flame Elders stationed there, while the remaining mining areas are overseen by several other Gold Flame Elders.

In the First Mining Area of the Four Symbols Altar, one Gold Flame Elder is responsible for the ’Slave Area’, and the other takes care of the ’Punishment Zone’.

"We’re approaching the ’First Mining Area’ of the Four Symbols Altar now."

Abraham Clifford’s voice broke Wyatt Barnes from his thoughts.