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Chapter 1367 - 513: Just Beating You Guys_3

Chapter 1367: Chapter 513: Just Beating You Guys_3

His relationship with the current emperor was already distant, and his status within the Imperial Family was not high. He actually had quite some talent for cultivation, but neither the emperor nor the Great Minister of Rites wanted to see another top-level cultivator in the Imperial Family, so King Asher had been lacking cultivation resources before.

After the Origin Resurgence, he relied on his talents alone and diligently cultivated, advancing step by step. He finally broke through the Seventh Level a few months ago, riding on the momentum of the Origin Resurgence. With the help of his own tenuous dragon vein powers, he created his first mini-world!

After King Asher became the Cultivation King, he changed his previous low-key and forbearing style, and wrote a letter to the Great Minister of Rites, Chancellor Ryan: The Imperial Family should not treat the previous emperor’s descendants harshly, such as the Crown Prince and others. They should be assigned to prosperous regions, preferably closer to the Capital, so that whether the Emperor wants to see his brothers or the Empress wants to see her sons, an imperial edict can be issued to visit the Capital at any time.

That was basically saying to reassign the Crown Prince to Lake Mature Region...

The territory of the Crown Prince was in the southwest, bordering some small countries, with a small area, and was truly a wasteland. The situations of the other princes were not much better.

King Asher’s proposal on the surface was because: Nine years ago, he suffered from a demonic invasion during cultivation, and sought help everywhere. In the end, the Crown Prince, in order to gain fame among the Imperial Family, gave him a Tier-5 Spirit Pill to save him from the brink of death.

However, Chancellor Ryan knew that this was King Asher’s belief that he had become the Seventh Realm Supreme and was challenging the authority of the Great Minister of Rites. He wanted to gain more say in the Imperial Family.

The Emperor also knew that King Asher was showing him a sign of existence, and if the Emperor did not provide enough benefits, this Seventh Level cultivator could support other princes at any time.

The second one came from the Capital’s Forrest Clan. The Martinez Clan were Capital locals, and historically, they had produced a first-rate scholar of three generations! Over the past three hundred years, the Martinez Clan has produced three Prime Ministers and seven officials, making them a solid political family.

And now the head of the Martinez family, the fourth-ranked Academician in the Inner Cabinet, was a political ally of Master Dunn. They worked well together and had been doing business with Lord Owen since the Martinez family joined the war in Nanni Nation. During the expedition to the Red Clan Barbarian Continent, they also made a heavy bet and earned a lot of profit.

However, after this "Foster Martinez" was promoted to the Seventh Realm, the Martinez family had hinted several times to Master Dunn that they hoped to move forward in ranking among the Cabinet ministers.

Third is the head of the Capital’s "All Victory Escort Agency," Rock George. The agency was a gold-lettered plaque in the Capital, more like a major sect comparable in strength to the Wood Dynasty’s first-rate sects. Their real profitable business was not escorting, and they had stopped doing it over a hundred years ago.

However, if someone wanted to open an escort agency in the Capital, they had to get their approval. Each year, they received tens of millions of Spirit Jade in tribute from various agencies.

Their second major source of income was to protect the homes and properties of the nobles and high officials of the Capital. Some newly rising officials, as well as wealthy merchants coming to the Capital from other places, did not have strong enough cultivation protection and would spend lavishly to hire the All Victory Escort Agency to protect themselves.

With All Victory Escort Agency’s massive connections, none of the people they protected ever had an accident. Conversely, those who did not wish to employ them would always encounter some troubles, big or small.

George had close ties to the nobles and officials of the Imperial Court. In the market, some gangs were also cheering for them. After George was promoted to the Seventh Great Realm, Lord Owen found that the soldiers he had transferred from various provinces to supplement the expeditionary force were frequently hindered, and there was feedback from various levels to Lord Owen that the nobles had some opinions on the division of profits of the Red Clan Barbarian Continent and wanted to renegotiate the shares.

In simple terms, they felt that Lord Owen’s side was taking too much.

The fourth one was Harrison, the commander of the Bottle Neck Pass in the northwest. The Bottle Neck Pass was the most important fortress in the defense against the Nine Witch Demon Court of the Wood Dynasty. The Harrison family had guarded this place for generations. The 150,000 soldiers stationed nearby were even called the "Harrison Army." The Imperial Court had tried several times to change this situation, but the ministers sent by the Imperial Court always met with mysterious mishaps around the Bottle Neck Pass, either suffering a disastrous defeat in a rash attack or being caught by the Imperial Envoys for corruption and fiercely criticized.

However, besides holding military power, the Harrison family was loyal to the Imperial Court. Every time the Demon Clan invaded, the Harrison family, young and old, went to battle together. More than half of the plaques in the Harrison ancestral hall were the heroic martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the battle against the Demon Clan.

By the time of the previous emperor, he was no longer bothered to meddle, and simply handed over the Bottle Neck Pass to the Harrison family. As long as the defense line was stable, the Imperial Court would turn a blind eye to their secret dealings and unsavory activities.

So far, the Harrison family hasn’t made any statement. The Emperor guessed that they might ask for a noble title, such as a marquis, to confirm their position as the "Sitting King" of the Bottleneck Pass.

Three days after Owen Bertram arrived in the capital, he heard some gossip. For example, some nobles in the flower and willow alleys were openly competing with Lord Liam for a girl who played the qin. Some members of the royal family began to oppress good people and collided with the Horizon Bureau, but instead of obediently accepting legal punishment as before, they supported each other, refused to hand over people to the Horizon Bureau, which eventually forced Master Lane to show up.

It wasn’t a total mess, but there were indeed signs of breaking the existing order.

That day, Owen sent out four invitations from his small courtyard in the capital to the four newly-promoted Seventh Realm cultivators, inviting them to a moon-viewing banquet at his house tomorrow night.

It wasn’t the Mid-Autumn Festival, so why would there be a moon-viewing party? But Owen sent out the invitations anyway, even one to Rock George who was far away at the Bottleneck Pass. It seemed insincere. Would someone come all the way from the Bottleneck Pass just to have dinner with Owen Bertram?

For that meal, Owen’s house had no cook — when he came to the capital, he always brought Verna with him, and the siblings would cook by themselves — so Owen spent a total of three taels and four qian of silver, ordering an eight-dish, eight-bowl banquet from a nearby ordinary restaurant.

That’s how it was; Owen was indeed willful.

Then Owen just waited at home. Naturally, there wouldn’t be any gossip about this in the streets, but it did cause a stir among the families involved.

Less than half a shichen (1 hour) after the invitations were sent out, a servant from King Asher’s mansion came to reply, "My lord said he doesn’t have time."

King Asher didn’t think he was being arrogant because it was Owen Bertram who was first disrespectful. As a Seventh Realm cultivator, he should be given enough respect. If you wanted to invite him to dinner, at least send a close Sixth Realm ally like David or Glenn Mitchell to deliver the invitation, the appointment should be at least seven days later, and it should be at the most famous restaurant in the capital. This wouldn’t be considered disrespectful!

Who cares about going to your lousy courtyard?

That night, the Martinez Clan sent a direct descendant to deliver their response, informing Owen that Foster Martinez would attend the appointment punctually, admiring Master Owen for a long time, and looking forward to discussing with Master Owen face to face.

The All-Victorious Escort Agency, in their arrogant attitude, received the invitation without giving any response at all.

The next night, Owen sat in the courtyard, waiting for his only guest, Foster Martinez. Foster was quite surprised because there were two more people in the yard: Abner Lane and Nick Liam.

The four of them chatted casually, Abner complaining about Owen’s crude food and drink. The food could be tolerated, but the drink was not acceptable. So, he replaced it with his own good wine, the four of them talking and laughing, knowing the significance of tonight. Foster realized he made the right choice. Even though the Martinez family had some discord with Master Dunn before, it should be resolved after tonight, and the ally relationship between the two sides would become even closer.

Foster discreetly glanced at the dim half-moon in the night sky and wisely didn’t mention the "moon-viewing" matter to Owen.

When it was almost midnight, which meant "tonight" would soon pass and "tomorrow" would come, Owen stood up and said, "What must be done today must be done today. I’m going to meet the three of them."

Foster Martinez secretly broke into a cold sweat, Owen Bertram was truly an impulsive person, acting swiftly and decisively, not even waiting for tomorrow’s daytime.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock at the door! A voice outside yelled, "Master Owen, haven’t you finished your dinner yet? After the Harrison family received the invitation, I rushed here immediately. Sorry, I arrived late because the road was too long."

Foster Martinez was stunned for a moment, then laughed. Harrison arrived at the last moment. Whether the Sitting King would become reality or not, at least the Harrison family’s riches and honor were preserved.