Chapter 1024


    "It really isn’t me, Grandfather.Besides, although the secret of the painting has been unraveled, I still


    don’t know how to cultivate it." Bet nodded his head slightly.


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    "Yes, I had a look at it too.Indeed, it’s impossible to cultivate.Let’s not be too engrossed in deciphering


    the painting.Perhaps the Prince of Orchid Mountain was just trying to fool us all.With so many varieties


    of martial arts in the Caden family, each of them, when mastered, is extremely powerful-especially the


    Thirteen Heavenly Swords.If you can master the Thirteenth Sword, you''ll be undefeatable."


    "Understood." Tobias nodded.


    "You’re dismissed."


    Bet waved his hand and returned to the bamboo house, mming the door shut.Tobias stood at


    the doorstep, lost in contemtion.


    "Did Grandfather manage to reach the eighth rank?" he murmured.


    He knew that Bet had reached the seventh rank decades ago.


    Since he had been in closed-door meditation for so long, theoretically, he should have seeded.


    However, he was not too sure.


    After all, reaching the eighth rank was no easy feat.


    Throughout history, only a handful of people had aplished such a feat.


    As far as he knew, only the Sect Leader of the Mount Thunder Sect, the Great Grandmaster of the


    ancient martial world a hundred years ago, managed to aplish such a feat.


    However, in a battle against the Gu Sect, he was poisoned by Gu venom.


    In an instant, his True Energy waspletely drained and he perished there.иσν???вσσк.￠σмHe put


    his thoughts aside.


    All he could do now was to enter a closed-door meditation.He had to gain insight into the final two


    moves of the Thirteen Heavenly Sword with what limited time he had.


    Thus, after reporting the incident to the Grand Patriarch of the Cadens, he entered a closed-door


    meditation.


    Meanwhile, James had bought a ne ticket back to Cansington.


    Maxine and Thea were already back.


    They had returned to Cynthia’s ce.


    "Maxine, Thea, where’s James?"


    The moment they opened the door, Cynthia began bombarding them with questions.


    Thea replied, "He’s doing fine.He’s now on his way back."


    She looked at the time.It was nine p.m.


    After a brief moment, she continued, "He should be on the next ne.If everything goes ording to


    n, he’ll be back by eleven."


    "Oh...What happened after you two went to the Western Border?" Cynthia asked.


    Hearing this, Thea and Maxine looked at one another.


    Up until now, they could not figure out how James escaped the Blithes’ captivity or how he managed to


    be so powerful in such a short amount of time that even the patriarch of the Blithes stood no


    chance against him.


    If not for the Blithes’ Grand Patriarch''s terrifying aura which intimidated James, Donovan would have


    died by his hand.


    Maxine sat down and said, "Now, we can only wait for James to return."


    "Mihm." Thea nodded.


    With a slight smile on her face, Thea said, "Now that James has be so powerful, there’s no need


    for him to be fearful of anyone."


    "How strong has he be?"


    Cynthia was puzzled.She knew nothing about the events that unfolded at the Western Border.


    Wearing a bright smile, Thea said, "He''s so strong that not even the Blithes’ patriarch stands a chance


    against him."


    Saying that, she looked at Maxine and asked, "Maxine, what rank do you think James is currently at?"


    After thinking for a moment, Maxine said, "I heard from my grandpa that Donovan’s at the sixth


    rank.Since he managed to defeat him with ease, he should be above that."


    "What? The sixth rank? B-But how?" Cynthia eximed.