CHAPTER 1820: CHAPTER 1820: MEIR NIXON... LANNI!

"Let them go."

Wyatt Barnes glanced at the few disciples of the Dunn Family in the Mysterious Void mansion and said lightly.

"Why aren’t you all leaving?!"

Hearing Wyatt Barnes’ words, and seeing the Dunn Family disciples still sitting there dumbfounded, Augustine Landon immediately shouted.

After a few disciples from the Dunn Family fled, Augustine Landon walked into the courtyard with a displeased expression and said, "I closed my practice today, originally to give that old man in my family a ’surprise,’ but I didn’t expect him not to be there!"

"So, Brother Augustine, you came to share this surprise with me first?"

Wyatt Barnes asked with a smile.

Augustine Landon nodded.

"The news of Brother Augustine breaking through to the ’Human Saint Realm’ will probably spread throughout the Mysterious Void mansion soon, thanks to those few guys just now... As I know, even the House Master didn’t reach the ’Human Saint Realm’ at your age!"

Wyatt Barnes exclaimed.

"Alright, don’t praise me anymore... it’s fine from others, but when you praise me, it just doesn’t feel right."

Augustine Landon waved his hands hurriedly and said, "In front of a monster like you, who dares to speak of talent? Oh right, on my way over here, I noticed something seems off about the mansion’s atmosphere. Do you know what’s happened?"

"The Devouring Dark_Demon Art has resurfaced!"

Wyatt Barnes said gravely. He had already left seclusion half a month ago, so he had heard some recent events from outside.

"Hasn’t the Devouring Dark_Demon Art already appeared long ago?"

Augustine Landon asked puzzledly.

Nearly two years ago, their Mysterious Void mansion acted against the Sky-scraping Mansion for the Devouring Dark_Demon Art!

Of course, at first, they didn’t know the demonic technique was the Devouring Dark_Demon Art. Only later did they learn when the key figure, the Sky-scraping Mansion’s Junior House Master, Peace Adams, was taken away by the former Palace Master Oliver Watson.

"The remote western region has now become a ’dead zone’... Almost everyone there is dead! Especially those young women, all turned into withered corpses."

Wyatt Barnes said gravely, "Now this matter has spread throughout most of the Lower Domain! Including our Mysterious Void mansion’s young female disciples, all young women in the Lower Domain are in a state of panic..."

"Because the situation there is similar to the chaos caused by the Demon Cultivator who practiced the Devouring Dark_Demon Art back then, it can be almost certain that someone practicing the Devouring Dark_Demon Art is responsible!"

"Originally, the only one practicing the Devouring Dark_Demon Art was Peace Adams from the Sky-scraping Mansion... But after Peace Adams was rescued, the person practicing the Devouring Dark_Demon Art was no longer just one."

Wyatt Barnes said.

"You mean... Palace Master Watson has already started practicing the Devouring Dark_Demon Art, and what’s happening in that remote western region is his doing?!"

Augustine Landon drew in a breath of cold air, shocked that such a major event had occurred while he was in closed practice.

"Peace Adams’ body may now be in a coma, but his incomplete soul, communicating with others is not difficult... So, it would be very easy for him to pass the Devouring Dark_Demon Art to Palace Master Watson."

Wyatt Barnes speculated, "Palace Master Watson taking Peace Adams away might have been after reaching an agreement with him... saving Peace Adams in exchange for the Devouring Dark_Demon Art!"

"I never thought a person could change so quickly! In the past, Palace Master Watson had a pretty good temper. But now..."

Augustine Landon sighed.

"Sometimes, hatred can destroy a person!"

Wyatt Barnes said with a grave expression.

Oliver Watson, once the Palace Master of the Heavenly Palace in the Mysterious Void mansion, though not very familiar with him, Wyatt had met him, and his first impression was that he was a kind elder.

Yet, this kind elder, due to the humiliation by Shadow Mountain’s black market Vice Leader, Diffy Fenning, had hatred planted in his heart.

This seed of hatred, after the Devouring Dark_Demon Art appeared, was no longer able to be suppressed and completely sprang out!

With the seed of hatred germinated, what Oliver Watson would do next is to desperately devour the essence blood energy of young women, practice the Devouring Dark_Demon Art, and enhance his cultivation as quickly as possible.

Until he seeks revenge on Shadow Mountain’s black market Vice Leader, Diffy Fenning!

"However, that incident, truly the black market Vice Leader of Shadow Mountain, Diffy Fenning, went too far... Had I been Palace Master Watson and suffered such humiliation, I couldn’t stand it either."

Back when Oliver Watson was humiliated by Diffy Fenning, Augustine Landon was also present, and each time he recalled it, he couldn’t help but feel indignant for Oliver Watson.

"If Brother Augustine were Palace Master Watson, knowing normal cultivation could never lead to revenge, facing the temptation of the Devouring Dark_Demon Art, what would you do?"

Wyatt Barnes asked.

"I might make the same choice as Palace Master Watson."

Augustine Landon sighed, "To me, such humiliation is worse than death! Brother Wyatt, if it were you? What would you do? Assuming your talent wasn’t as high, put yourself entirely in Palace Master Watson’s shoes."

"If I were Palace Master Watson, I’d also want nothing more than to grind Diffy Fenning’s bones to dust... But, I probably wouldn’t practice the Devouring Dark_Demon Art. After all, one should not impose on others what they don’t desire for themselves! Those young women are innocent."

Wyatt Barnes sighed.

If it were the version of himself from his previous life on Earth, he would definitely make the same choice as Augustine.

But in this life, having walked this path and experienced the warmth and coldness of the world, he is unwilling to ruin those young women for the sake of personal revenge.

"Would you rather not take revenge than cultivate the Devouring Dark-Demon Art?"

Augustine asked again.

"Of course not!"

An icy light flashed in Wyatt Barnes’ eyes, revealing a hint of determination, "To be wantonly humiliated and trampled on dignity... how can such hatred not be avenged! However, even if I cannot avenge him in person through normal cultivation, I will find other ways to take revenge!"

"For example, by finding ways to make others do it for me."

Wyatt said.

"Make others do it for you?"

Augustine was taken aback, "How to make others do it for you?"

"For instance, by attempting to kidnap the family members of the Shadow Mountain Black Market leader or the House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds, using their relatives as leverage to make them attack Diffy Fenning... once Diffy Fenning is dead, I will release their family members!"

Wyatt said, "Even if I end up being killed by them in the end, I will accept it!"

Upon hearing Wyatt’s words, Augustine couldn’t help but feel admiration and also sighed, "If Hall Master Watson had heard what you just said before rescuing Peace Adams... it would have been great."

"Brother Augustine, I was just speaking casually... trying to kidnap the family of the Shadow Mountain Black Market leader and the House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds is, just thinking about it, not something easy to accomplish."

Wyatt shook his head and said, "So, even if Hall Master Watson had heard my words in advance, it might not have been possible to successfully take revenge in this manner."

"Perhaps it was not possible before... but, as far as I know, the House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds is a person who values family greatly! Moreover, it is said that in recent years, he has brought back many family members from his hometown to the Mansion of Azure Clouds."

Augustine said, "With so many family members brought back to the Mansion of Azure Clouds, it is impossible for every one of them to be protected by experts above the Human Saint Realm’s pinnacle... with Hall Master Watson’s strength at the Human Saint Realm’s pinnacle, kidnapping one of the House Master’s relatives is not a difficult task."

"In recent years, brought back many relatives from his hometown to the Mansion of Azure Clouds?"

Hearing Augustine’s words, Wyatt couldn’t help but be taken aback, then asked again, "Brother Augustine, it is said that the House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds is very young, rising to prominence in the Lower Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land in less than twenty years, leading the Mansion of Azure Clouds to stand at the peak of the Lower Domain, on par with the Shadow Mountain Black Market?"

"Yes. In the Lower Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, that House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds is a legendary figure! He is also the person I admire the most so far."

Augustine nodded, "Perhaps the leader of the Shadow Mountain Black Market is not inferior to him in talent and strength, but the leader of the Shadow Mountain Black Market has been cultivated with full effort by the Shadow Mountain Black Market since childhood... in contrast, the House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds comes from the ’Mortal Continent’!"

"Someone who came from the Mortal Continent and achieved such success is already enough to become a ’legendary tale’ in the Lower Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land!"

As he spoke, Augustine was filled with admiration.

"Mortal Continent?!"

Wyatt was stunned, "The House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds is from the Mortal Continent?"

In that instant, other information about the House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds began to echo in Wyatt’s mind:

Rose to prominence in the Lower Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land in less than twenty years!

Several years ago, brought back many relatives from the hometown on the Mortal Continent!

North Du Gu, South Meir Nixon, topping the Lower Domain... South Meir Nixon refers to the House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds!

Meir Nixon!

"Back then, Jovie... was taken away by people under my father’s command! To be able to take Jovie away from the fifth-tier power ’Bibo Han House’, the person under my father’s command must not have been weak... could it be..."

An astonishing thought suddenly emerged in Wyatt’s mind.

Of course, it was just his guess and couldn’t be confirmed yet.

"Brother Wyatt, what’s wrong with you?"

Seeing Wyatt suddenly widen his eyes, his body trembling, Augustine’s face was full of doubt, not knowing why Brother Wyatt suddenly became like this, when he’d been fine just now.

"Bro... Brother Augustine."

Wyatt took a deep breath, trying hard to suppress his restless emotions, looked at Augustine, and asked with a solemn expression, "Do you... know the name of the House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds?"

Originally thinking that Wyatt was so serious because he was going to say something important, Augustine didn’t expect it to be such a question, making him somewhat amused, "What? Brother Wyatt, you don’t know the name of the House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds?"

"Brother Augustine, tell me!"

Wyatt took another deep breath, his body trembling even more violently.

At this moment, Augustine also noticed Wyatt’s odd behavior. Although he didn’t know the reason, he didn’t joke further and directly replied, "The name of the House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds is ’Lanni Barnes’!"

"Perhaps you’ve never heard of his name... but you must have heard the phrase ’North Du Gu, South Meir Nixon, topping the Lower Domain’."

"South Meir Nixon refers to him!"