Legend of Wyatt

Chapter 2025: Not Qualified

"If even a talent with only a ’yellow root’ can enter the Enforcement Hall... Once this spreads, others might think we accept just any random person!"

Fore Reid looked at Wyatt Barnes with disdain, speaking in front of a group of Holy Land disciples in the Heritage Hall, "The reputation of the Enforcement Hall cannot be tarnished by a mere ’yellow root’ talent!"

"Moreover, if word gets out that our Enforcement Hall accepts a talent with just a ’yellow root’... People outside would undoubtedly think our Fire Worship Sect is lacking in members!"

Fore Reid’s words conveyed one message:

The Enforcement Hall values its reputation and does not accept talents with merely a ’yellow root’!

In fact, he does this not only for the reputation of the Enforcement Hall but for the entire Fire Worship Sect!

"Yellow root? Mediocre talent?"

Wyatt Barnes initially thought Fore Reid would come up with some ’excuse’, but he hadn’t expected this.

Is Fore Reid truly an elder of the Enforcement Hall?

Logically, shouldn’t people in the Holy Land’s Enforcement Hall know that his talent is a ’blue root’?

This puzzled Wyatt slightly.

But from the current situation, it’s clear that Fore Reid is unaware that his talent is a ’blue root’, otherwise, he wouldn’t have used such an excuse to trouble him.

Wyatt then looked at Pegg Holland standing behind Fore Reid, noticing that Holland’s eyes not only held a cold murderous intent but also a hint of schadenfreude.

"Does Pegg Holland also not know that my talent is a ’blue root’?"

Once again, Wyatt felt a wave of bewilderment.

Previously, Maximus Lee’s direct disciple Jackson Wilson, unable to believe Wyatt’s talent was a ’blue root’, even went to the Enforcement Hall to accuse the Black Tortoise altar’s Law Enforcement Elder Abraham Clifford of misuse of public office.

The result was Wilson’s execution for desecrating the Enforcement Hall’s authority!

Wilson’s death undoubtedly confirmed a fact for Maximus Lee...

Wyatt Barnes’s talent was indeed a ’blue root’!

"It seems Pegg Holland did not consult Maximus Lee before causing trouble for me... Otherwise, he wouldn’t have allowed Fore Reid to use such a poor excuse to give me a hard time!"

This point wasn’t hard for Wyatt to guess.

"Moreover, this Fore Reid clearly doesn’t know about my ’blue root’ talent... Evidently, he isn’t aware of Pegg Holland’s elder brother Jackson Wilson being executed by the Enforcement Hall! Otherwise, he couldn’t possibly be unaware that my talent is a ’blue root’."

Wyatt thought to himself.

And indeed, as Wyatt guessed:

Neither Fore Reid nor Pegg Holland knew that his talent had changed from a ’yellow root’ to a ’blue root’!

Fore Reid was unaware of Wyatt’s ’blue root’ talent because he had been away recently for a distant trip, only just returning a few days ago, so he hadn’t had a chance to learn of Jackson Wilson’s execution by the Enforcement Hall.

Otherwise, he would have surely discovered through the Enforcement Hall’s records that Wyatt Barnes’s talent wasn’t a ’yellow root’, but a ’blue root’!

As for Pegg Holland, he had only recently exited seclusion.

Upon exiting, he heard about how his senior brother Jackson Wilson indirectly died because of Wyatt Barnes.

Coincidentally, Wyatt Barnes arrived at the Holy Land, first killing True Inheritor Wade Yorke, and then overpowering the even stronger True Inheritor Emma Wenston, humiliating her greatly.

At that time, he realized:

With his own strength alone, avenging his senior brother was difficult.

It just so happened he heard about Wyatt Barnes wanting to work at the Enforcement Hall.

Thus, he also went to the Enforcement Hall to find Fore Reid, who had recently returned to the Fire Worship Sect, asking him to help refuse Wyatt Barnes entry to work at the Enforcement Hall.

He had already thought of an excuse, a ruse involving Wyatt Barnes’s ’yellow root’ talent!

This led to the current scene in the ’Heritage Hall’.

"If Elder Fore Reid really wants to say this, it indeed makes a good excuse... After all, historically, the people at the Enforcement Hall, from Hall Masters and Vice Hall Masters to Brass Flame Elders and True Inheritors, have seemed to never have anyone with merely a ’yellow root’ talent!"

In the Heritage Hall, many Holy Land disciples whispered.

They all knew Fore Reid was looking for excuses, but the excuse Fore Reid found was indeed flawless.

After all, within the Fire Worship Sect, it’s one matter, because the members know Wyatt Barnes’s strength, even if they know his talent is just a ’yellow root’, it wouldn’t be surprising for him to work at the Enforcement Hall.

But people outside don’t understand Wyatt Barnes.

In their view:

If the Fire Worship Sect’s Enforcement Hall accepts a talent with merely a ’yellow root’, it undoubtedly means the sect is lacking members...

If word gets out, the entire Fire Worship Sect will be embarrassed to no end!

"That’s not quite right."

Of course, many disciples of the Holy Land spoke up for Wyatt Barnes:

"Although Elder Fore Reid’s reasoning makes sense, there are exceptions to everything. Wyatt Barnes’ talent root may only be a ’yellow root’, but his strength has already surpassed most of our Fire Worship Sect’s ’Copper Flame Elders’ and ’True Inheritors’!"

"Such a figure—if he’s not qualified to serve in the Enforcement Hall, who is?"

For a moment, many Holy Land disciples looked at Fore Reid with discontentment and disdain, feeling that he was being too excessive.

"Even so, it’s a fact that Wyatt Barnes’ talent root is only a ’yellow root’... While we of the Fire Worship Sect firmly believe in Wyatt Barnes’ deeds, outsiders are unlikely to believe it!"

A disciple of the Holy Land said.

"Yes, even if the events after Wyatt Barnes joined our Fire Worship Sect were to spread, outsiders would probably not believe it... They would merely think that it’s false information deliberately fabricated by our sect!"

"Indeed. So, even if Elder Fore Reid really uses this as an ’excuse’ to refuse Wyatt Barnes from serving in the Enforcement Hall, and even if Wyatt Barnes goes to the Enforcement Hall to accuse Elder Fore Reid of abusing power for personal gain, the hall may not accept it!"

"In this matter, to some extent, Elder Fore Reid does hold some ’reason’... Of course, anyone can see that he’s doing it intentionally! But what can be done? Wyatt Barnes’ talent root is merely a ’yellow root’!"

"If Wyatt Barnes’ talent root were not a ’yellow root’, today’s incident wouldn’t have happened... Ultimately, it’s all because the grade of his talent root is too poor."

...

Within the Heritage Hall, a group of Holy Land disciples discussed among themselves.

Many people looked at Wyatt Barnes, shaking their heads as if feeling sorry for him.

"However, for someone with a ’yellow root,’ to have such strength... This Wyatt Barnes, when looking back through our sect’s entire ’history’, is indeed unprecedented!"

A disciple of the Holy Land couldn’t help but exclaim.

"Not just in our Fire Worship Sect! Even looking across the entire Martial Dao Sacred Land’s ’history’, there’s never been anyone like Wyatt Barnes!"

"Wyatt Barnes, with only a ’yellow root,’ and his cultivation just at the ’Earth Saint Realm peak’, can kill a Saint Immortal First Transformation expert and overpower a formidable Saint Immortal Second Transformation expert... Throughout the Martial Dao Sacred Land, he’s truly unprecedented!"

"Truly, fate is cruel to talent... Heaven gifted Wyatt Barnes with an extraordinary ability to comprehend Divine Abilities, yet forgot to bestow him the talent for cultivation, leaving him with just a ’yellow root’!"

"A yellow root may be considered a decent talent outside... But in our Fire Worship Sect, those with a ’yellow root’ are everywhere! It’s hardly worth mentioning!"

...

Anyway, Wyatt Barnes possessing today’s strength with merely a ’yellow root’ still astonished many Holy Land disciples.

Of course, in the eyes of these disciples, Wyatt Barnes’ future achievements are limited.

Indeed, Wyatt Barnes’ cultivation might remain at ’Earth Saint Realm peak’ for his lifetime!

"Wyatt Barnes!"

At the same time, Fore Reid once again looked at Wyatt Barnes, snickering, "Do you still believe I’m abusing power for personal gain?"

Fore Reid’s demeanor was arrogant and dismissive.

As if Wyatt Barnes was merely an ant he could crush at will!

"Whether you’re abusing power for personal gain... Do you truly not know in your heart?"

Wyatt Barnes responded defiantly with a cold smile.

"What now? Do you still refuse to accept it?"

Fore Reid’s smirk deepened, "Isn’t what I said clear enough? You, a mediocre person with just a ’yellow root’, if you join our Enforcement Hall, it won’t just disgrace the hall, but also disgrace the Fire Worship Sect!"

"Do you selfishly wish for the Fire Worship Sect to be embarrassed in front of outsiders?"

Saying this, Fore Reid subtly placed the ’disgracing the sect’ blame on Wyatt Barnes!

"Are you... done talking?"

No matter what Fore Reid said, Wyatt Barnes’ expression remained as calm as ever, unaffected by his words.

"What now? Do you still have more to say? To proclaim your strength isn’t weaker than most True Inheritors?"

Seeing Wyatt Barnes’ calm demeanor, Fore Reid couldn’t help but sneer:

"Don’t forget, outsiders are different from those inside the Fire Worship Sect... They won’t believe someone with just a ’yellow root’ has the strength to rank in our sect’s top ten ’True Inheritance List’!"

Fore Reid’s words seemed flawless.

Of course, his ’flawless’ reasoning was based solely on the fact that Wyatt Barnes’ talent root was indeed just a ’yellow root’.