"What do you an?"
"Those who enter The Holy Land can obtain Divine Power, and their descendants will be nurous. So, finding the Lowell Family was also a way to uncover the secret of this Divine Power..."
***
They sailed for five days before reaching a remote island in Niphoria.
Elias Lennox handed Dawn Miles a mask and said with a sly smile, "Junior Sister, since you made a deal with him, I’ll have to ask you to look after my frail body now that we’re ashore."
Dawn Miles pressed her lips together, picked up the briefcase and Ditto Miles, and was the first to disembark.
She had made an agreent with Elias Lennox’s other personality. She would cooperate with him temporarily to investigate The Holy Mountain, but all their activities would be limited to just the two of them.
Furthermore, once this was over, they would still be on opposing sides.
She would still personally send them to The International Penitentiary.
The two of them got into an inconspicuous car and drove toward the main island of Niphoria.
This car belonged to the Matsumoto Family. They had nearly gone under recently because of the "God’s Blessing" incident. Fortunately, they managed to survive by promptly shutting down their public-facing laboratories and issuing a public apology.
But they had also been targeted. All of the Matsumoto Family’s High Rank Martial Cultivators had been secretly assassinated.
Even though they hadn’t publicly revealed their identities as Sons of God, they were still eliminated.
They had no choice but to move out of their previous ho and keep a low profile.
"Master, besides the Regulator, we’re also being watched by the Sherwood Clan."
Elias Lennox, wearing his mask, asked through a voice changer, "What do they want?"
"They’ve been trying to find out your identity, Master."
"Heh..." Elias Lennox chuckled, his eyes growing colder.
"A greedy family."
"Master, the Regulator is with the Sherwood Clan right now. Is that what they’re using to threaten us?"
Elias Lennox suddenly turned to Dawn Miles. "Junior Sister, how about you handle this?"
He knew the current Female Head of the Family of the Sherwood Clan had been saved by Janet Sinclair, the fifth daughter of the Sinclair Family. Therefore, it would be best for Aurora Sinclair to handle it.
A glint appeared in Dawn Miles’s eyes, and she nodded slightly.
"Once we’re on the main island, drop us off near the Sherwood Clan’s estate."
***
The Sherwood Clan.
Grace Sherwood was in ditative Martial Cultivation.
Suddenly, the voice of a trusted subordinate ca from the door. "Family Head, there’s a young woman outside asking to see you."
"Who is it?"
"She brought so Green Ball Cakes and said she has sothing to discuss with you."
Grace Sherwood’s eyes snapped open. She stood up imdiately. "Bring her to the private chamber. Don’t disturb the distinguished guest in the estate."
"Yes—"
Dawn Miles was quickly led into the Sherwood Estate.
The layout here was very familiar to her, and images began to surface in her mind.
They matched so of the things Alvin Morgan had told her before.
It seed the place she was heading to was the Family Head’s courtyard.
As she was crossing a small wooden bridge, Dawn Miles’s steps faltered for a mont.
An almost imperceptible Power Domain swept over her. ’It must be the Regulator’s.’
His strength was a little higher than hers, also at the Martial Lord realm.
People at this level could control their Power Domain to the point where it rged with the surroundings, allowing them to co and go without a trace.
If she weren’t at the Martial Lord level herself, she would never have been able to sense this Power Domain.
She pretended a pebble had gotten into her shoe, tapping her foot lightly before starting to walk again.
The faint Power Domain lingered beside her, as if trying to ascertain her identity.
Therefore, upon entering the private chamber, Dawn Miles imdiately put a finger to her lips, signaling Grace Sherwood to be quiet.
She understood at once and asked with a smile, "Aurora, what brings you to Niphoria?"
Dawn Miles spoke towards a special ring on her hand. "I heard from Mr. Sinclair that you’d returned ho, and I happen to be traveling nearby..."
As she spoke, she pressed a button on the travel case beside her, and a beam of light projected onto the white wall of the chamber.
[The Regulator’s Power Domain is covering the entire area outside this chamber.]
"Is that so! Perfect, you should stay and visit for a few days." Grace Sherwood looked at the projected text in surprise, feigning a casual conversation while pouring tea for Dawn Miles.
"I can’t. I’m with a tour group and have to leave this afternoon. I just ca to see you this ti."
Dawn Miles typed another line: [I’m investigating sothing, and I need you to do a favor.]
"Alright, then you must at least stay for lunch at my place."
"No problem."
[I ca across a family and found a piece of history on a sheepskin scroll they owned. Is the Sherwood Clan descended from the Azure Clan of the Ancient Tis?]
After reading this, Grace Sherwood was so shocked that the teacup nearly slipped from her hand.
She dipped her finger in water and wrote a single word on the table: Kane.
Dawn Miles nodded and continued typing:
[I want to know about your clan and the Harrow Royals.]
Grace Sherwood looked at her for a mont, then shook her head slightly and continued writing on the table: The heritage chart is in the ancestral hall. I can’t get in.
[Why?]
The key to the ancestral hall is with Cassian Sherwood.
[Where is he?]
The ancestral hall, but he’s been in a coma.
[I’ll wake him up.]
***
Next, using the pretense of showing a friend around the estate, Grace Sherwood led her to the ancestral hall.
"Mr. Yuri, my friend from Veridia is here. Her family has been physicians for generations, so it’s a good opportunity for her to take a look at the Grand Elder’s injuries..."
Mr. Yuri sized up the disguised Dawn Miles. He wasn’t very trusting, but since she was Grace Sherwood’s friend, he didn’t refuse.
The Sherwood Clan’s ancestral hall was built in a completely different style from the Kane Ancestral Hall, but the characters carved inside were the sa—an ancient script from the Ancient Tis.
Cassian Sherwood’s room was in a side building next to the ancestral hall, filled with the scents of dicine and incense.
Many traditional talismans were posted on the door.
Dawn Miles walked into the room, and after rounding a wooden screen, she saw Cassian Sherwood lying quietly on an old-fashioned wooden bed. Next to it were several pieces of equipnt that looked completely out of place with the room’s decor.
A Martial Healer was massaging Cassian Sherwood’s limbs.
When he saw them, he imdiately stood up and greeted them respectfully.
Grace Sherwood introduced Dawn Miles as a Martial Healer and had her examine Cassian Sherwood.
The Martial Healer’s brow furrowed at once. But like Hugo Sherwood, he didn’t say much out of respect for Grace Sherwood’s status. He just kept his eyes fixed on Dawn Miles, as if afraid she would harm Cassian Sherwood.
Dawn Miles sat beside Cassian Sherwood, took his wrist, and began to check his pulse.
"His dantian is destroyed, and two main ridians are severed..."
The Martial Healer’s eyes lit up when he heard this. What Dawn Miles said was almost identical to his own diagnosis, and she even pointed out hidden injuries he had missed.
"The reason he’s in a coma is that one of his ridians is blocked by Power. That Power needs to be drawn out..."
"How do you draw it out?"
"Bring eighteen silver needles. Grace, I’ll need your cooperation as well."
"Alright."
"Everyone else, leave."
The Martial Healer and Mr. Yuri had hoped to witness a miracle, but now they were being asked to leave. They hesitated and looked at Grace Sherwood.
But she agreed. "Mr. Yuri, Martial Healer Linton, please step outside for now. This is a secret technique of my friend’s family; it cannot be learned by outsiders..."
The two had no choice but to leave, waiting by the door, ready to rush in at any mont.
Grace Sherwood bolted the door from the inside and nodded at Dawn Miles.
"Ditto Miles, scan the entire room. Look for the key."
Dawn Miles rolled up her sleeve and spoke softly to a device on her arm.
"Yes, Master."
A beam of light shot out from her hand.
A few minutes later, Ditto Miles’s voice ca through Dawn Miles’s earpiece.
"Master, the key is not in this room."
Dawn Miles shook her head at Grace Sherwood. "It’s not in here. Where does he usually stay?"
"I heard from Mr. Yuri that he usually ditates in the bamboo forest on the back mountain, but the Regulator is living there right now..."
Grace Sherwood replied hesitantly.
But Dawn Miles looked at her for a mont and said calmly, "Grace, you’re lying to ..."
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