After Linley gave Wharton a brief introduction to his faction, everyone once again began to drink.
Crown Prince Calendar, year 10008, December 30th. The day before the Crown Prince Festival, snow began to fall. The capital of the O'Brien Empire, Red Flame City, was completely covered in snow, and the world was covered in a vast expanse of white.
Boulder Road, in the training grounds of Earl Horton's mansion.
"Wharton, how's your practice of the fist technique I taught you?”Leo asked." It's been nine years. Let me see your progress!”
" Uh…" Wharton awkwardly said," Second Brother…the fist technique you taught me was too difficult, and I was never able to get a grasp of it. The word 'soft' you said, I never felt it…"
Wharton's personality was relatively straightforward. Those simple and easy to learn techniques were extremely powerful, but techniques that required a special intent were much more difficult.
"Forget it!" Leo shook his head." It's my fault. I didn't consider your situation. I'll test your elemental affinity later!”
"Elemental affinity?" Wharton looked at Leo in surprise." I'm not a mage. What's the use of testing elemental affinity?”
In Wharton's eyes, elemental affinity had always been something that mages needed, while warriors only needed to train their battle-qi.
"Wharton! Carefully observe Big Brother's cultivation!”Leo didn't explain much, but let Wharton feel it himself.
"Yes!" Wharton nodded, then carefully observed Linley's training.
"Hmm?"
Wharton discovered, to his surprise, that although snowflakes were flying everywhere, when they approached Linley's body, they actually began to circle around him. It was as if there was a whirlwind around Linley. Not a single snowflake could be seen on his clothes.
"This is?" Wharton was rather surprised.
Linley, who had been quietly training, suddenly opened his eyes."Wharton. What are you looking at?" Even though he had been seriously training just now, Linley could sense that someone was watching him.
"Big brother, what about that snowflake? Could it be the realm of Shi recorded in the clan's books?”Wharton said in surprise.
Linley smiled. At the level of Shi, one could indeed prevent the snowflakes and rain from touching the body, but that required one to fully control the power of heaven and earth around them. It was absolutely impossible. When he was cultivating, he was able to achieve this without any intention.”
Just now, Linley hadn't intentionally tried to do so. With just a thought, the snowflakes had been unable to lean against him.
"Surpassing Shi, what is that?" Wharton truly admired his two brothers.
He had trained bitterly for so many years, and had even received the best education in the O'Brien Academy, but he had only just reached the level recorded in the clan's books where he could lift heavy objects with ease.
"This is the Profound Truths of Wind that I have comprehended.”Linley laughed calmly.”
"Profound Truths of Wind?" Wharton's eyes lit up.
"Leo is better than me in this area. With him teaching you, you should improve faster.”Linley said, then closed his eyes and began to meditate.
"Profound Truths of Wind?" Wharton murmured, then walked excitedly to Leo's side." Second brother, did you teach me that fist technique because you wanted me to learn the profound meaning of water?”
Leo was silent for a while, then nodded."I really hope that you can comprehend the profound meaning of water. That set of soft fists is a fist technique that contains my understanding of water.? If you cultivate to the extreme, there's a high chance that you'll be able to comprehend the Water Profundity.”
" However, I overlooked one point." Leo continued," Everyone's physique and experience are different. I can comprehend the profound meaning of water, but you might not. Generally speaking, the one that was the easiest for everyone to comprehend was usually the one with the highest affinity. For example, my elemental affinity is for the five elements of earth, wind, water, lightning, and darkness. Big Brother's elemental affinity was mainly for the earth and wind elements, so what he comprehended was the laws of the earth and wind elements. Phyllis 'affinity for the elements was wind and water, so she had comprehended the laws of wind and water.”
Hearing Leo's explanation, Wharton's eyes lit up.
"Second brother, are you testing my elemental affinity now so that I can find a good path ahead of time?”Wharton said excitedly.
"I guess so." Leo smiled." Come with me!”
With that, Leo led the way into the room, and Wharton quickly caught up.
Walking into the room, Leo found a table and took out a crystal ball from his dimensional ring.
Although the crystal ball used to test elemental affinity was expensive, Leo had bought one a long time ago and put it in his space ring.
"Wharton, come here!" Leo waved at Wharton." Put your hand on this crystal ball.”
"Hu ~"
Wharton took a deep breath, then nervously placed his right hand on the crystal ball. Instantly, the entire crystal ball began to emit a hazy, faint red light.
"Elemental Affinity, Fire Element, Intermediate!”Leo said lightly.
'Middle-grade fire attribute…' Wharton was a bit disappointed. His two brothers both had supreme affinity, while he only had middle-grade affinity.
" Fire..." Leo was speechless. It was really the same as the original. But soon Leo said to Wharton,""If it's the fire element, we really don't have a choice. None of us here understands the fire element, so there's no one to guide you. You'll have to rely on yourself in the future."
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On the day of the Crown Prince Festival, the auspicious sun shone high in the sky. It shone on the snowflakes covering the branches and roofs, reflecting a dazzling light. The entire Imperial City seemed to be much brighter.
On this day, the Imperial Capital would also hold a grand celebration.
In the carriage.
Linley, Leo, Firis, and Wharton, who had just returned from watching the event, were in the same carriage. Wharton was currently discussing with Linley, Leo, and the others about Nina's situation and how to deal with her.
"Wharton, in two days, take me to see that Emperor.”Linley said directly.
"See His Majesty?" Wharton looked at Linley in surprise.
Linley laughed calmly."I have no enmity with the O'Brien Empire. If that Emperor is willing to let Nina marry you, I wouldn't mind living in the O'Brien Empire.”
"If that Emperor doesn't know what's good for him and insists on marrying the Seventh Princess to Blumer, then…Then, he could only use his last resort. He would snatch Nina over and elope with her.”Linley looked at Wharton."Wharton, are you willing to accept this result?"”
Wharton was silent for a moment. Then he said,"Of course I don't care. I don't have any sense of belonging to the O'Brien Empire. It's just that Nina…"
" Will the Seventh Princess object?" Linley asked.
This was very important.
Wharton shook his head." I know Nina. When I was fighting over the land with Galen, Nina said that if His Majesty really forced her, she would elope with me. It's just that Nina is worried that she won't be able to escape."
"You don't need to worry about this, unless the War God personally takes action.”Linley said calmly, then turned to Leo."Leo, what about you? Are you coming with us?"”
"You guys can go. I'm too lazy to go.”Leo laughed.
" Sure enough..." Phyllis whispered." I knew you didn't like to deal with people, especially the emperor of the empire.”
Phyllis had been with Leo for so long that she had long realized that Leo didn't like to deal with people. He believed in strength. No matter what the problem was, as long as he had strength, it wouldn't be a problem.
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Three days later, early in the morning, Wharton brought Linley to the imperial palace.
The morning passed quickly.
After Linley and Wharton returned, they brought back a piece of news. A month later, Wharton and Blumer would duel in the Coliseum of the imperial capital.
"Wharton, do you have the confidence to win?”During lunch, Hogg asked in his heart,"Blumer is, after all, the War God's disciple."”
Wharton said confidently,"Don't worry, Father. Among people of the same level, who do we Dragonblood Warriors fear?”
"Confidence is good, but don't be careless.”Leo said calmly," Blumer is Olivier's younger brother and the personal disciple of the War God, after all. He might have some kind of forbidden move or other trump card.”
"What a pity!" Leo sighed." Your elemental affinity is fire. If only it was water. I've taught you the Soft Fist for so long. If you're a water element, then you should have comprehended a bit of the Profound Meaning of Water.”
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Blumer quickly told Emperor Johann about the challenge, and Emperor Johann sent someone to ask Wharton if the matter was true. After learning that the matter was true, Emperor Johann immediately ordered his men to prepare for the battle between the two geniuses.
Especially after the news of this decisive battle spread, the people of the entire Imperial City became excited.
The personal disciple of the War God, Blumer of the ninth rank.
One was a member of the Dragonblood Warrior clan, a genius of the O'Brien Academy, Wharton!
Most importantly…
These two geniuses both liked the Empire's Seventh Princess. With the gossipy nature of humans, they naturally thought that these two people were fighting for the Seventh Princess. All sorts of rumors about Wharton, Blumer, and Nina began to spread through the streets and alleys of the imperial capital.
Just as the news of the duel between the two was spreading like wildfire outside.
In the training ground behind the Count's mansion on Boulder Road, east of the Imperial Capital.
Linley and Wharton were standing at two ends of the training grounds. In the distance, Hogg, Leo, Firis, Housekeeper Hiri, Hillman, Barker, and the others were watching.
"After the news of your duel spread, I secretly observed him. Among warriors of the ninth rank, his speed was relatively fast.”Leo stood on the sidelines and said calmly," But when it comes to speed, he's similar to Big Brother, so let Big Brother play with you. Get used to it and go all out!”
"I understand!" The shirtless Wharton immediately began to transform. Azure dragon scales covered Wharton's entire body, and his hands and feet were also covered with scales. His fingernails were even sharper. A dragon tail emerged from its tail, and a dragon horn appeared on its forehead. His eyes were black, but occasionally, a golden light would flash past them.
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