Legend of Wyatt

Chapter 2098: The ‘Charm’ of Sin City

In the Martial Dao Sacred Land, there are many kinds of ’Taoist Talismans’, with a wide range of uses.

The Mirror Image Talisman is just one of them.

Additionally,

The Mirror Image Talisman is divided into ’Ordinary Mirror Image Talisman’ and ’Son and Mother Mirror Image Talisman’.

An Ordinary Mirror Image Talisman can be used to record the scene happening in front of it for a certain period of time, preserving it in image form. Later, when it is crushed, the recorded images can reappear before people.

This effect is similar to ’video recording’ and ’videotaping’ on Earth in Wyatt Barnes’ previous life, but the biggest difference is that it only captures images, without sound.

Back when Wyatt Barnes was still at the ’Moon Radiance Sect’, he was once set up by someone from a subordinate division of the Shadow Mountain Black Market using an ’Ordinary Mirror Image Talisman’.

The person from the Shadow Mountain Black Market’s subordinate division displayed the scene recorded by the Ordinary Mirror Image Talisman in a sky image above the Moon Radiance Sect’s stronghold, creating a sensation throughout the Moon Radiance Sect, and leading Wyatt Barnes to part ways with the Moon Radiance Sect!

The Son and Mother Mirror Image Talisman does not refer to just one talisman, but to two talismans, generally considered as ’a set’.

A set of Son and Mother Mirror Image Talismans includes one ’Son Mirror Image Talisman’ and one ’Mother Mirror Image Talisman’. The ’Son Mirror Image Talisman’ is typically carried by a person, constantly recording and refreshing the scenes and images in front of the bearer.

Until the person carrying the Son Mirror Image Talisman is killed, the talisman will preserve the last scene before their death and then relay it back to the ’Mother Mirror Image Talisman’.

Once the ’Mother Mirror Image Talisman’ is crushed, you can see the last scene recorded by the bearer of the ’Son Mirror Image Talisman’ before they died.

"Who exactly is he?!"

Staring at the handsome and extraordinary young man in purple clothing displayed in the scene by the Mother Mirror Image Talisman, the face of the Earth Axe Alliance Leader was grim beyond compare.

The Earth Axe Alliance Leader, named ’Unruly Bright’, is a medium-built middle-aged man. His ordinary appearance is such that once you lose him in a crowd, you’d never find him again.

However, this seemingly ordinary middle-aged man is the ’Alliance Leader’ of a Loose Cultivator Alliance in Sin City!

In addition, Unruly Bright is also among the top of the ’Saint Immortal Third Transformation’ experts, with a ranking within the top three hundred in the Extreme Saint Ranking.

Now, Unruly Bright saw through the ’Mother Mirror Image Talisman’ the scene of two members of his Earth Axe Alliance being killed, and they were killed by a young man who looked incredibly young!

If it were merely the deaths of two Earth Axe Alliance members, it wouldn’t cause Unruly Bright to lose his composure like this.

He lost his composure because:

The two Earth Axe Alliance members were sent by him to capture the ’Thousand-pattern Saint Sword’!

And the ’Thousand-pattern Saint Sword’ was kept in the ’Storage Ring’ handed to them by an old man before they were killed by this young man in purple clothing.

Fearing it might attract too much attention if a strong person from himself or his Earth Axe Alliance took action and believing that the old man posed no threat.

He wouldn’t have sent just two ’Heavenly Saint Realm’ Earth Axe Alliance members to seize the Storage Ring containing the ’Thousand-pattern Saint Sword’ from the old man!

Thinking it was a sure thing, he hadn’t expected an unexpected encounter with a young man in purple clothing!

"Two idiots... couldn’t they have just refrained from provoking him?"

Though he only saw the scene at that time and couldn’t hear the sound, Unruly Bright still managed to roughly discern from the lip movements of the young man in purple and the two Earth Axe Alliance members what they were saying.

Consequently, he realized:

His two Earth Axe Alliance members had proactively provoked the young man in purple, which is why the latter killed them mercilessly!

"Luckily, before those two idiots set off, I gave each of them a ’Son Mirror Image Talisman’... Otherwise, I wouldn’t have known into whose hands the ’Thousand-pattern Saint Sword’ had fallen!"

Thinking of this, Unruly Bright felt a bit relieved.

Yet, he also felt some heartache.

An Ordinary Mirror Image Talisman holds little value.

However, the Son and Mother Mirror Image Talismans are extremely valuable. Even in the hands of someone like him, the Earth Axe Alliance Leader, there are only a few sets.

And now, in one go, two sets were wasted!

"As long as we can find this young man in purple and retrieve the ’Thousand-pattern Saint Sword’... wasting two sets of Son and Mother Mirror Image Talismans is worth it!"

Thinking this, Unruly Bright felt a little more balanced in his heart.

The young man in purple clothing he saw in the scene was none other than ’Wyatt Barnes’, who had just arrived in Sin City today.

However, Wyatt Barnes now had no idea that:

The old man he saw being pursued by two Earth Axe Alliance members outside Sin City today possessed the precious sacred artifact known as the ’Thousand-pattern Saint Sword’!

Moreover, the ’Thousand-pattern Saint Sword’ is now inside his Storage Ring.

To be precise, it’s inside the Storage Ring within the Storage Ring within the Storage Ring!

The reason for saying this is:

The Storage Ring containing the ’Thousand-pattern Saint Sword’ is the old man’s Storage Ring;

And the old man’s storage ring was placed within the storage ring of a member of the Earth Axe Alliance;

And the storage ring of the Earth Axe Alliance member was placed within Wyatt Barnes’ storage ring.

As of now, Wyatt Barnes hasn’t had the chance to examine his ’spoils of war’ for the day, so he wasn’t aware that he had unknowingly acquired a ’Thousand-Pattern Saint Sword’.

At this moment, Wyatt Barnes was in an inn in the center of Sin City.

This inn was one of the most bustling inns in the center of Sin City. Wyatt had been here for some time and had gained further insight into Sin City.

"No wonder so many loose cultivators are desperate to settle in ’Sin City’... It turns out that in Sin City, every once in a while, a few loose cultivators above the ’Saint Immortal Seventh Transformation’ take out some good items for all the loose cultivators to scramble for!"

Sitting by the window in the inn, Wyatt also heard some loose cultivators mention ’this matter’.

In Sin City, there are several loose cultivators above ’Saint Immortal Seventh Transformation’ who do not belong to any loose cultivator alliances, yet they hold very high status in Sin City and are deeply admired by many loose cultivators in the city.

Every once in a while, these powerful loose cultivators casually throw out things that are considered ’treasures’ to ordinary loose cultivators, all around Sin City for the loose cultivators to scramble for.

These good items might be ’celestial-grade Holy Stones’, ’advanced martial arts’, ’rare Taoist Talismans’, or ’Hundred-Pattern Saint Artifacts’.

"Those loose cultivators... they are practically toying with other loose cultivators!"

After learning of ’this matter’, Wyatt couldn’t help but shake his head in secret.

From the mouths of some loose cultivators in the inn, he learned that whenever those ’Saint Immortal Seventh Transformation’ loose cultivators threw things around Sin City, it would cause a group of loose cultivators to scramble.

And every time, quite a few loose cultivators would meet a tragic end.

Human nature is greedy.

The items thrown out by the few powerful loose cultivators may be just ordinary items to them, insignificant.

But for the other loose cultivators in Sin City, they are like ’priceless treasures’, worth risking their lives for!

"If you’re unlucky, the ’treasure’ drops in a crowd, needing a fight... If you’re lucky, the ’treasure’ drops in a sparsely populated area, even a low-cultivation loose cultivator has a chance to easily obtain it."

Knowing these things, Wyatt once again sighed in his heart.

To say nothing else.

Just this alone is probably enough to make many loose cultivators desperate to settle in ’Sin City’, hoping that good fortune might one day smile on them?

After all, there are more people with wishful thinking.

"Just like the ’lottery’ on Earth in my previous life, knowing the odds of winning are miserably low, there are still countless people flocking to it... Every accumulation of prize money runs into billions!"

At this moment, Wyatt remembered the ’lottery’ from his previous life on Earth, and wasn’t there a group of speculators scrambling to buy it?

All for that pitifully low chance of winning!

"Compared to the odds of winning the ’lottery’ on Earth in my previous life... the odds of obtaining the ’treasures’ those powerful cultivators in Sin City throw out are much greater."

Wyatt mused.

"The ’treasure trove’ left by the ’Saint Immortal Ninth Transformation’ loose cultivators before undergoing tribulation, before ascending?"

Soon, Wyatt learned from some loose cultivators’ discussions about another enticing aspect of ’Sin City’.

That is:

In Sin City, every once in a while, information may surface about the location of a ’treasure trove’ left by ’Saint Immortal Ninth Transformation’ loose cultivators before undergoing tribulation, before ascending to immortality.

It is well known that regardless of whether one is a Martial Artist, a Taoist Cultivator, or a Demon Cultivator, once they step into the ’Saint Immortal Ninth Transformation’, they will face the ’celestial tribulation’ before ascending to the heavens.

The Saint Immortal Ninth Transformation is also known as the ’Ascension Transformation’!

After successfully passing the tribulation, one can achieve immortality, either directly ascending or waiting for a while before ascending.

Of course, that period is limited.

Typically, those who successfully pass the tribulation cannot remain in the ’mortal plane’ for long and are eventually forcibly pulled to ascend to the heavenly planes by the ’power of ascension’ after a specific period.

Of course, even ’Saint Immortal Ninth Transformation’ experts dare not guarantee a successful tribulation passage.

The celestial tribulation is terrifying.

Under the celestial tribulation, many ’Saint Immortal Ninth Transformation’ experts are reduced to ashes, perishing completely!

’Saint Immortal Ninth Transformation’ experts from major forces usually retain only the sacred artifacts and Taoist Talismans related to their strength before undergoing tribulation, storing the rest in a ’storage ring’ to leave behind for their factions.

After all, under the celestial tribulation, even a ’storage ring’ can be reduced to ashes!

And if they survive the tribulation, it is generally not permitted to carry any items upon ascending.

This is because any mundane items from the mortal plane, including ’Ten Thousand Patterns Saint Artifacts’, are repelled by the ’power of ascension’ that compels ascension of ’Saint Immortal Ninth Transformation’ successful tribulation survivors.