A soldier shouted at Wilbur and Felix from afar. Felix was about to storm over, but Wilbur grabbed him by the shirt and gave him a pointed look. The two men turned to leave.


    As they walked, Felix said, "Master, it looks like they''ve nned for this. I don''t think we''ll be able to get the energy aura from the ck Tortoise Lake anymore."


    "I know, but when there''s a will, there''s a way. There''s still the Azure Dragon Lake. We can take a look near there instead."


    The four major energy sources were located in the Azure Dragon Lake, the White Tiger Forest, the Vermillion Bird Mountains, and the ck Tortoise Lake. Since the ck Tortoise Lake was now guarded, Wilbur believed they could try looking around the Azure Dragon Lake instead. Water was a body of matter that could form underground streams, and it was much easier for energy aura leaks to happen to akepared to a forest or mountain.


    The two men were in the middle of a forest when a voice sounded from behind them. "Hey, you two! Where are you rushing off to?"


    Wilbur and Felix stopped in their tracks to see a man wearing ck robes and a ck hat. His body waspletely hidden behind the long robes, and his face was covered as well.


    Wilbur frowned. "Who are you?"


    Felix said, "We''ve not seen you before. Do you know who we are?"


    "I don''t know you, but I know you''re heading to the Azure Dragon Lake. You were just loitering around the ck Tortoise Lake, and now you''re going to the Azure Dragon Lake. That sure seems suspicious."


    Wilbur and Felix exchange a nce of shock. "You were following us?"


    "Yes, I was. From the look of things, you''re probably the people who benefitted from the energy aura leak in the ck Tortoise Lake. Do you know that you caused the death of all the cultivators within a ten-kilometer radius around Mount Noss?"


    "You..." Felix was about to say something when he was cut off by Wilbur, "We did indeed benefit slightly from the energy aura leak, but we''re just regr cultivators. We didn''t cause the leak. You would have been the benefactor if you had been the one to stumble upon it. If anyone''s to me, it''s the Albert family''s fault for being so heartless. The energy aura from the ck Tortoise Lake is supposed to belong to everyone, but the Alberts wanted it for themselves. You can seek them out for revenge if you want to. There''s no point taking it out on us."


    The man in ck sneered, making his way towards them. "I can''t control what the Albert family does, but I''m pretty sure you two will be screwed if I report this to them. However, I''ll give you a chance. Give me a Waterfree Pearl, and I''ll pretend this conversation never happened."


    "A what?"


    Wilbur and Felix looked at each other with raised eyebrows. "What''s that? We don''t have such a thing on us."


    "You''re still trying to lie to me! How else would you havested so long in the water, huh? Listen up! I don''t want to give you any trouble, so you''d better give me that Waterfree Pearl before I drag the two of you to see Lord Conrad. I heard the Albert family has sixty different punishment methods, you won''t even get to beg for forgiveness then!"


    The man shot them a threatening look, then said, "I''m going to count to three. If I don''t see a Waterfree Pearl by then, you''re in trouble. One... two... three!"


    The man in ck glowered at Wilbur and Felix. "You asked for this, bastards! You''reing with me to see the Alberts this very second!"