CHAPTER 1724: CHAPTER 1724: MAKING A NAME IN THE MYSTERIOUS VOID MANSION

"Junior Brother Wyatt, your strength is truly admirable."

Lumi Clifford naturally knew that Wyatt Barnes didn’t want to embarrass him in public, which is why he intentionally ended their duel in a draw. So, when he looked at Wyatt again, there was a hint of gratitude in his eyes even as he exchanged pleasantries.

"Senior Brother Lumi’s strength is also impressive; we should spar more in the future."

Wyatt Barnes smiled gently, polite and courteous.

And so, an uproar ended with the duel between Wyatt Barnes and Lumi Clifford resulting in a draw.

Although this was because Wyatt held back, aside from Lumi, no one else knew the truth of the matter.

However, even so, this news would shock the entire Heavenly Palace and even the entire Mysterious Void House!

A Martial Artist at the late stages of the Middle Saint Realm under forty years old has appeared only a few times in the history of the Mysterious Void House, and there is no one in the current generation... Of course, with Wyatt Barnes in the Mysterious Void House, it means that such a peerless prodigy has emerged again in the current era!

A group of Heavenly Palace disciples cast a respectful glance at Wyatt Barnes before orderly following Lumi Clifford away.

If they came full of resentment, thinking that Wyatt Barnes’s opportunity for the spirit pool baptism was due to luck and the Vice Hall Master Sinclair favoring him,

now, after witnessing Wyatt Barnes’s strength, they accepted it wholeheartedly, believing that the chance rightfully belonged to Wyatt Barnes.

In this world where the strong are revered, a powerful person will be respected wherever they go.

Moreover, Wyatt Barnes is a young man under the age of forty!

Under forty, already reaching the late stages of the Middle Saint Realm, as long as he’s given enough time, he will surely become a pillar of the Mysterious Void House in the future. As long as his talent doesn’t diminish, becoming the supreme House Master of the Mysterious Void House is not impossible.

As the group of Heavenly Palace disciples left, only two people remained on the scene, aside from Wyatt Barnes himself, there was also Ebba King.

Ebba King stared at Wyatt Barnes, her gaze unwavering for a long time.

The young man before her gave her such a great shock.

Even among all the late Middle Saint Realm experts in the Heavenly Palace, someone like Lumi Clifford, who could rank in the top three, could not defeat him and ended up in a draw.

At this moment, Ebba King felt a sense of defeat swelling within her.

Before, she thought that among the younger generation, only Eden Lee could make her feel admiration.

Now, it seems there is another person.

Perhaps this person isn’t as strong as Eden Lee, but compared to her, there’s a huge gap in strength.

"Have you seen enough?"

Only when a voice came did Ebba King snap out of her daze. It was Wyatt Barnes, noticing Ebba King had been staring at him, who furrowed his brows and asked.

"Bah! Who’s looking at you?"

Realizing, Ebba King’s beautiful face turned slightly red as she spat the words.

"I merely asked if you’ve seen enough? I didn’t say you were looking at me, right? Are you confessing on your own?"

Wyatt Barnes raised an eyebrow, struggling to hide his amusement.

He never expected that this usually unruly and insistent Miss King, in front of him, could also have such a shy side. The current her was much more adorable than before.

Seeing Ebba King’s face grow increasingly red, to avoid awkwardness, Wyatt Barnes turned and returned to his room, casually closing the door.

Bam!

It wasn’t until the door closed tightly that Ebba King came to her senses, clenching her delicate fists with mock anger, murmuring softly, "What an insensitive guy!"

"Insensitive?"

In the room he had just entered, Wyatt Barnes naturally heard Ebba King’s words and couldn’t help but smile wryly for a moment.

He could naturally sense Ebba King’s interest in him.

Perhaps, right now, Ebba King’s interest only lay in his talent and strength, but who knows if over time it might develop into something else.

Not to mention, he already had two fiancées and a confidante, and with the matter of his fiancée Keer’s life and death still unresolved, he wasn’t in the mood to get involved with other women.

So now, whenever faced with Ebba King, he avoids her as much as possible.

If he can’t provoke the situation, could he not avoid it?

"Just a few more days, hopefully, I can make further progress."

With that thought, Wyatt Barnes returned to the third floor of the Jewel Tower and continued his cultivation.

Immersed in his cultivation, Wyatt Barnes certainly wasn’t aware that rumors about him defeating Garrett Yellow, a mid-Middle Saint Realm disciple of the Heavenly Palace, and drawing in a duel against Lumi Clifford, a late-Middle Saint Realm disciple, were spreading like a storm throughout the Heavenly Palace, shocking everyone.

"Under forty, his capabilities can even draw against Lumi Clifford?"

"Lumi Clifford’s power ranks among the top three across all our late Middle Saint Realm Martial Artists and Taoist Cultivators in the Heavenly Palace... but even so, he can only draw with Wyatt?"

"Just where did this Wyatt come from? His strength and talent are almost on par with that Eden Lee, who’s been the talk of the town lately."

"A late Middle Saint Realm under forty years old has only appeared briefly a few times in our Mysterious Void House’s history, yet now such a figure has emerged again... Could it be that our Mysterious Void House’s golden age is upon us?"

"If this Wyatt can maintain his current talent and progress, maybe he could lead our Mysterious Void Mansion to the pinnacle of the Lower Domain in the Martial Dao Sacred Land, just like that new House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds!"

...

Throughout the Heavenly Palace, similar remarks could be heard everywhere.

Some even linked Wyatt Barnes with the current House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds, because it was after the latter became the House Master that the Mansion of Azure Clouds was able to stand at the pinnacle of the Lower Domain in the Martial Dao Sacred Land, contending with the once-dominant ’Shadow Mountain Black Market’.

However, they didn’t know that the current House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds was actually the father of the ’Ling Tian’ they were talking about.

Of course, even Wyatt himself didn’t know this; otherwise, he wouldn’t have come to the Mysterious Void Mansion.

"What a kid, to have actually defeated Garrett Yellow, and fought to a draw with Lumi Clifford."

Vice House Master Lay Sinclair of the Heavenly Palace was greatly shocked when he heard this.

He had initially thought Wyatt Barnes was just a martial artist at the mid-stage of the Middle Saint Realm, but he didn’t expect Wyatt Barnes to be a late-stage Middle Saint Realm martial artist, with strength far beyond the average late-stage Middle Saint Realm.

This could be seen from his ability to fight to a draw with Lumi Clifford.

However, in his wildest dreams, Sinclair could not have imagined that the person in his eyes who fought to a draw with Lumi Clifford did so because he was holding back.

Otherwise, Lumi Clifford would have been defeated with just one move!

At the same time, the news of Wyatt Barnes and Lumi Clifford’s draw spread to the Earth Palace, Mystic Palace, and Yellow Palace.

Lumi Clifford, although just an ordinary disciple of the Heavenly Palace, was renowned for his outstanding strength among late-stage Middle Saint Realm; hence, many from the other three palaces knew him, especially those disciples in the same realm.

"Lumi Clifford, ranked among the top three among the late-stage Middle Saint Realm disciples of the Heavenly Palace?"

"And he fought to a draw with that Wyatt?"

"My goodness! Wyatt’s strength is so formidable... I thought his mid-stage Middle Saint Realm cultivation was already impressive, but I didn’t expect him to be this monstrous!"

"Speaking of monstrous, the ’Eden Lee’ from the Sky-scraping Mansion’s territory is even more exaggerated. That Eden Lee stepped into the ’pinnacle of the Middle Saint Realm’ before the age of forty! Wyatt pales in comparison to him."

"Indeed, Eden Lee is more monstrous."

...

The disciples of the three palaces couldn’t help but compare Wyatt with ’Eden Lee’ when they spoke of him.

If Wyatt heard their conversations, he would undoubtedly smile wryly.

’Eden Lee’ was just who he was a year ago.

Now, his strength was on a completely different level compared to a year ago.

Of course, even if Wyatt heard them, he would only smile wryly, without offering much explanation.

After all, he was no longer Eden Lee, but ’Wyatt’!

In any case, the news of Wyatt and Lumi Clifford’s draw spread like a storm throughout the ’Mysterious Void Mansion’, even alerting several important figures within the mansion.

Many even started entertaining the idea of recruiting him as a disciple.

Regardless of the undercurrents, Wyatt himself was still diligently training on the third floor of the Seven Treasures Jewel Tower, until the day the spirit pool was to open. He then came out, opened the door, and sat down at the stone table in the courtyard.

With a flick of his hand, a bottle of wine appeared, and Wyatt took a sip.

He was waiting.

Before long, Wyatt heard a faint sound of the wind and looked up.

He thought it was Matthew King, but to his surprise, it was Ebba King who came.

For some reason, seeing Ebba King now gave Wyatt a headache. This woman, he couldn’t curse at or hit, as she hadn’t done anything outrageously beyond having a bit of a spoiled attitude.

Of course, Wyatt was unaware that a few days ago, it was Ebba King who fanned the flames and incited a group of Heavenly Palace disciples. Otherwise, his view of her might have changed.

"Wyatt, you’re actually out early this morning... I was thinking if you didn’t show, I’d tell Brother Matthew King that you had given your chance for the spirit pool baptism to me."

Ebba King strolled in brazenly and sat across from Wyatt without any courtesy, addressing him.

"Do you think Brother Matthew King would believe that?"

Taking a sip of the wine, Wyatt responded flatly.

"Hmph!"

Ebba King snorted, a slight frown appearing between her brows, making her look incredibly charming.

And at the moment Ebba King furrowed her brows, Wyatt, whose gaze had inadvertently swept over her, felt as if he had been struck dumb, his body completely immobilized.

The reason was that when Ebba King furrowed her brows, her expression bore a resemblance to his fiancée ’Keer’.

Just as they say, ’scenery evokes sadness’, seeing the resemblance between Ebba King and Keer left Wyatt a bit entranced.

"Has this guy awakened to something?"

Ebba King naturally noticed Wyatt’s gaze, and wondered to herself.