Chapter 2406


    “But… the holy stones are still with the Morningstars… In fact, I believe they’re hoarding all the holy


    stones within the nation! Come to think of it, I remember members of their family using a more


    advanced breathing techniquepared to my father… Is that why they need all those stones?” asked


    Fayvel.


    “Doubt it. They wouldn’t need that many just to cultivate. Now that I know the scale of their hoarding,


    however, I believe they may be preparing them for another party that’s been backing them up! That


    aside, you don’t need to worry. All you’ll need to do after this is follow Aiden to their manor and show


    them what I’m about to give you. They’ll surely be morepliant to hand you some holy stones by


    that point. Aiden will be needing some of the stones for his cultivation as well,” replied Gerald.


    “Sounds like a n! Though… What exactly are we bringing with us…?” asked Aiden.


    Looking at how curious they all were, Gerald simply walked toward the hall and took out a piece of


    paper as well as a pen. Following that, he wrote down, ‘Gerald Crawford’ on the paper…


    To Gerald, this was all he needed to get the Morningstars to hand them at least a hundred holy stones.


    Though this left Fayvel utterly confused, Aiden simply nodded confidently…


    Moving back to Jaxen, he was still immersed in grief back at his manor. To think that he had already


    lost two of his sons when Gerald had barely been back for two days… It was truly heart-wrenching…


    “The elders of the Thunder Sword Sect had bettere soon… Otherwise, we may have to postpone


    the birthday banquet to the day after tomorrow! ” grumbled the angered Jaxen.


    In response, the six elders simply nodded hesitantly. From all that had happened, Gerald didn’t seem


    interested in sparing their family…


    After a brief pause, Third Elder was prompted to say in a frigid tone, “If all else fails, remember that


    aside from collecting holy stones for the Thunder Sword Sect, the Morningstars have another important


    mission…!”


    “You can’t mean… the one we have locked up…? Third Brother, have you gone mad? Simply talking


    about it is already a taboo, yet you dare suggest we let him free?!” retorted Second Elder whose face


    had gone stiff.


    “Second Brother’s right. He’s arguably stronger than those from the Thunder Sword Sect, and besides,


    we’re responsible for keeping an eye on him! If we release him, he’ll potentially be even more


    terrifying than Gerald!” added the Grand Elder as he shook his head.


    “What’s there to be afraid of? He’ll only be after Gerald once he’s free, not us. Besides, Thunder Sword


    Sect probably has their sinister reasons for making us keep watch of that lunatic instead of doing it


    themselves. My theory is that they’re afraid that he’ll have his revenge on them if he breaks free, which


    is why they’re using us as an rm signal! That way, they’ll have time to react as the maniac focuses


    on killing us! ” replied Third Elder.


    “Cease this conversation! I won’t allow it!” dered Jaxen as he got to his feet while shaking his head.


    Immediately after he said that, a butler came running toward them while anxiously eximing, “B-bad


    news, Master…!”


    “Go on, ” grumbled Jaxen as his eyes fell on the paper in the butler’s trembling hand.


    After a gulp, the butler then muttered, “G-Gerald’s men are outside… They told me to show you this…


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    “They… They what…?!” eximed Jaxen who was already quivering in rage. Even the six elders were


    pissed when they saw Gerald’s full name on the paper.


    Actively holding back his anger, Second Elder was prompted to growl, “A hundred pieces…?! If he had


    just asked for ten, we could ’ve given him that even though that’s against our agreement with the


    Thunder Sword Sect! Has that boy no idea that we’ve


    only managed to gather a hundred and nine holy stones after searching tirelessly for three years…?!”


    “Remember, the Thunder Sword Sect gave us five years to collect a hundred and twenty of them! With


    how difficult they are to obtain, I’ve lost count of how many disciples got injured or even killed just to get


    the stones we currently have! With that said, Gerald is clearly crossing the line here!” yelled Grand


    Elder.


    “While we’ll be temporarily safe if we hand Gerald the holy stones, the Thunder Sword Sect will then


    have our heads! Is this god’s way of saying that we should end our family already?! It’s no longer a


    matter of if we die, but when!” wailed the remaining elders as Jaxen who had flopped back onto his


    seat-stared at the paper,pletely at a loss for words…


    “We aren’t dying anytime soon! We still have that triumph card!” dered Third Elder as he mmed


    his hand onto the table.