My Divine Pet Enables Me To Become The Biggest Winner
Chapter 156 - 154: Guardian Hall (Fourth Watch)_1

Chapter 156: Chapter 154: Guardian Hall (Fourth Watch)_1

"Something must have happened." Owen Bertram entered the courtyard and shouted "Tabitha!"

No one responded, but Owen clearly sensed that there were four people in the kitchen. He shouted again: "What are you doing?"

"Ah?" Verna’s voice was a little flustered: "Nothing, Brother. I’m cooking."

Owen pushed the door open and entered the kitchen, sniffing: "It smells delicious!"

Verna had a mysterious talent in cooking, which big brother knew. Her cooking had always been fragrant, but never as much as this time.

Of course, it seemed that Verna’s so-called "mysterious talent" was not limited to cooking.

Ava instantly beamed: "Told you it would be good! We’re going to eat something delicious today."

Owen felt that something was wrong. He looked around and saw Alvin Morgan holding a spoon and stirring in the kettle–Owen was on high alert: the sun was rising from the west? Verna actually let someone else touch her kitchenware?

Something fishy was going on!

But at this point, the elder brother’s suspicion was only that Verna had learned something bad from others and was playing a trick on him with the food.

After stirring for a long time, Alvin lifted his head and gave an imperceptible nod to Ava and the others.

Matthew and Bennett Basil breathed a sigh of relief, their faces revealing a moment of uncontrollable joy before they repressed their excitement. They couldn’t let their teacher find out about this; it would be a big problem.

Ava’s round face showed a hint of smugness: Humph, I told you it wouldn’t be poisonous, but you still didn’t believe me and insisted that our teacher checked it.

They had already tested it with a bird, and it became even more energetic after eating it.

Ava snatched the spoon, smiling and said: "Brother, let me serve you first."

The food was handed to Owen, but he refused to eat it. Instead, he waited for Verna and the other three to eat first and still looked at the big bowl in his hand with some suspicion: Is there really no problem?

Matthew was the first to finish, his face showing his satisfaction: "I’ve never tasted anything so delicious in my life!"

He felt the half bowl of Pill Cuisine enter his stomach, immediately turning into a massive warm current that flowed through his limbs and converged in his meridians!

He had originally been at the Ignition Spirit Level of The Second Level, but now he was making rapid progress and was about to break through to the Illuminating Acupoint Level.

"I’ll go first."　He needed to hurry back and seclude himself, striving to maximize the benefits from this harvest.

As soon as Matthew left, a surge of spiritual light rose from Bennett Basil’s body, pushing his realm to the Spiritual Vein Level. If he made further progress, he would condense Heterotext!

His realm was the lowest, so his improvement was the highest.

Bennett Basil simply sat cross-legged nearby, quietly concentrating on condensing his Heterotext. The area next to the stove was suitable for him.

Alvin Morgan’s realm was the highest, and although the half-bowl of Pill Cuisine didn’t directly break his realm, he gained a lot from it. Especially the process of Ava’s cooking, which had given him a lot of insights and greatly improved his way of alchemy!

"I... can now boast that I’m the number one alchemist in Waves Prefecture!"

Those two insignificant guys who were previously ahead of me, step down!

Ava didn’t have as many thoughts, she just enjoyed the food. She couldn’t help but feel a little regretful - if it had been made with fresh ingredients, it would have tasted even better!

"Elder brother, why aren’t you eating?" Verna asked in a muddled voice, and Owen smiled: "I will."

Owen also started eating. Before, he would always deliberately leave some food for Verna as she never had enough to eat.

But today, he completely forgot about that, devouring the large bowl of food at an astonishing speed and still feeling unsatisfied: Huh? How did it run out so fast?Following that, a warmth surged within him, the first time he obtained warmth from a source other than his younger brother.

It felt so good.

Then, to his surprise, all his remaining meridians ignited, and he reached the perfect state in the Fire Vein Level!

Ava licked the bottom of the bowl clean. She initially thought, considering her elder brother’s small appetite, that he would not finish it tonight. When she looked over, however, she saw that his bowl was empty!

Verna felt a little lost, but immediately after, the biggest smile bloomed on her round face: the food must have been really good today, for elder brother managed to finish it all!

Owen could never have imagined that he would achieve the perfect state of the Fire Vein Level thanks to Alexia. It seemed... among the Bertram siblings, he was the most useless?

Was it only due to his younger brother and sister’s support that he’d come this far today?

Even so, they were blood-related siblings!

During the three years Little Loach was injured, Owen gritted his teeth and carried on, taking care of Little Loach and supporting Verna by himself.

"Did that little bird also eat?" Owen guessed.

Verna nodded. Owen pressed further: "Why did you give it to him so generously?"

"It kept calling at the door, which means it must have been hungry - and pitiful. Oh, brother, just don’t ask anymore." Verna couldn’t hold it in any longer and lied to her brother, feeling guilty...

Owen thought for a moment, then asked no more: "Alright, in the future, make more of this delicious food."

"Okay!" Verna agreed with a beaming smile. This is what you said. That array you set up in the backyard looks like it can be broken by Matthew, so when I pick some leaves to cook, I’m just following your instructions - you cannot blame me if they get plucked bald.

That night, a massive white lion appeared near Extinct Village. It roared to the heavens at the bottom of Burning Hillock before vanishing with a leap inside the hillock, its entire body shining with silver light, and sprouting eight heads on its neck.

...

Owen got up early, eating the breakfast prepared by his sister, but found it not as tasty as last night’s dinner, so he left more than half a bowl for Verna.

Today’s plan was to "cultivate" the Gourd, then go downstream to meet up with his younger brother and open up some stones.

But before he even left the house, Matthew - who had just separated from him in the kitchen - came over with a grave expression, holding a piece of official document.

"Master, have a look at this."

Owen took a look and asked doubtfully, "The Imperial Court is forming a new Guardian Hall?"

This official document, jointly issued by one of the current top imperial scholars, Adonis Dunn, and Commander of South Prison, Liam, was addressed to the Kai County Horizon Courthouse and the Prefect Mansion. It ordered them to coordinate action, recruit personnel, and fill the ranks of the newly-formed Guardian Hall.

Of course, it was not the original copy, just a transcript.

Matthew closed the door and explained, "This has happened already last month; here in Jaafar County, we are quite far from the Emperor, and news is scarce."

The rumors about this have come true at last.

"Adonis Dunn ranks second among the four top scholars in the Inner Cabinet. Master Liam is the fourth-ranked official in the Horizon Bureau. He oversees all of the Horizon-related matters in seven southern provinces under the rule of our Imperial Court. However, York Gordon is not considered one of his men."

"The current situation..." Matthew hesitated for a moment, glancing at the master before continuing, "Considering what’s happening, with the world under the control of treacherous officials, the people are suffering."

"From the local County Government Office all the way up to our Horizon Courthouse, the institutions are bloated, and personnel redundant. Every year, plenty of money is consumed by the Imperial Court, yet chaos persists."

"That’s why Scholar Dunn came up with this idea to establish a brand-new institution. However, its target is not to replace the Horizon Bureau and the Ministry of Punishments, but to be primarily responsible for suppressing and killing ghosts, demons, and other evil creatures - there have been numerous wrongful deaths in recent years as a result of these cases, as well as various heretic cults flourishing."