My Divine Pet Enables Me To Become The Biggest Winner
Chapter 492 - 362: Try Again with a Different Position _1

Chapter 492: Chapter 362: Try Again with a Different Position _1

"There must be some powerful Grandmasters from the palace lying in ambush at Amanda Academy, right?"

Nick Liam didn’t answer directly: "As long as you understand, I won’t say much more." She seemed disheartened and wanted to leave, but Owen Bertram asked again with great puzzlement, "This world belongs to him, what on earth is he thinking?!"

Nick Liam smiled bitterly and said, "The matters of the Imperial Court are not that simple." After thinking for a moment, she activated a sealing array and decided to explain the situation to Owen Bertram.

"The Empress is my aunt."

"His Majesty is fond of extravagance, and the treasury has long been empty. In the inner court, those eunuchs who can earn more Spirit Jades get promotions. There are even clear price tags for every level of officers."

"Recently, His Majesty is preparing for a tour and wants to build a traveling palace on wheels, which will cost a huge amount of money. The entire inner court is trying to raise funds for him."

Owen Bertram couldn’t help but be shocked: "A palace on wheels? So, he wants to build an entire palace on a cart?"

"Exactly."

"How extravagant!"

"And it’s not just one, every accompanying concubine has one, only slightly smaller in size. If the Empress wishes to go, another larger one would be added. Unfortunately, the Empress can no longer control His Majesty and can’t interfere too much, or it would be seen as the royal family controlling the court."

Nick Liam believed that Owen Bertram had understood: "Don’t put me in a difficult position."

Nick Liam herself was a member of the Royal Family, and all her power came from the support of the Empress.

Owen Bertram had robbed Evans Graham, which was actually equivalent to robbing the emperor. Nick Liam had turned a blind eye to it the first time, but it would be really hard for her if Owen did it again.

Owen Bertram nodded: "Master Liam, don’t worry. I won’t be reckless anymore."

...

Now that the second evaluation round was to select a thousand cultivators, with only one in thirty making the cut, the cultivators felt an increased sense of crisis, which directly resulted in Amanda Academy’s booming business.

Ken spent all day studying Variant Kingston and eagerly hoped that the Dragon and Snake List would end soon. He didn’t care about Owen Bertram’s ranking. He just wanted to return to Looking Cloud Cliff and preside over the breeding work for Insect Lord.

Insect Lord seemed restless as well.

Ferdinand spent these days with Owen Bertram and could tell that his master was troubled. He asked, "Do you want to buy the exam answers, sir?"

Owen Bertram shook his head resolutely: "No."

"Can you really tolerate the unfairness and not ruin Evans Graham’s good luck?"

Owen Bertram was indeed frustrated, even though he knew very well that the Wood Dynasty was already rotten from top to bottom. However, he was still furious to find out that the so-called emperor was manipulating such matters behind the scenes for his personal enjoyment. How was this different from selling government positions and misusing power?

But could he really swallow his indignation?

After hesitating for a long time, Owen Bertram finally said,"I don’t want to put Master Liam in a difficult position."

Ferdinand secretly agreed, as it was good news for his subordinates that his master was someone who valued relationships. However, Ferdinand was unaware that as soon as Owen Bertram figured out the true mastermind behind all this was the emperor, he had lost interest in continuing to be involved.

Nick Liam was just part of the reason.

Owen Bertram knew that even if he acted recklessly, he would, to some extent, be "saving" the Wood Dynasty. However, he didn’t want to do anything about it. After seeing the emperor’s ridiculous behavior, he became even more determined to leave things alone.

Abner Lane and Leonard wanted to save the Wood Dynasty, but at least they needed a dramatic top-down reform. And it was impossible without changing the emperor.

As for the current external environment of the Wood Dynasty, could it really withstand such a dramatic reform?

Actually, Master Lane’s promotion to the Ninth Great Realm was another way, though it seemed even more difficult to achieve. Cross that one off the list.

In short, Owen Bertram no longer cared about Amanda Academy’s problems and didn’t inquire about the second round. Instead, he devoted himself to cultivation and secretly negotiated with his brother: a Tier-6 Magical Instrument, a Tier-6 Demon Pill, and I want a second-generation Flying Sword for my ship!

Owen Bertram wasn’t joking around with his brother, he was genuinely greedy and dissatisfied with his current Five-toothed Battleship. It would be best to upgrade it along with the Flying Sword.

However, his brother was reluctant.

This Tier-6 Magical Instrument was given by Colby Dominic and was called "Breaking Sky Hook." It had a significant background. Hundreds of years ago, a Tier-6 Artificer pursued the path of artifact making but was always a bit short of reaching Tier-7. When he felt that his life was coming to an end, he exhausted all his life’s savings to trade for a large amount of high-grade Treasure Materials, intending to make one last magical artifact, hoping to refine a Tier-7 magical weapon before his death.

Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned. He ultimately failed at the last minute, and what should have been a Tier-7 Flying Sword ended up twisting and deforming into a hook-shaped weapon.

This Tier-6 Magical Instrument, which should have been Tier-7, ultimately turned out to be a failure and was considered mediocre among other Tier-6 magical instruments.

Owen Bertram thought that his offer of this Tier-6 magical instrument and a Tier-6 Demon Pill was quite sincere. However, his brother used the excuse that he didn’t have any other parts of the Five-toothed Battleship and could only upgrade the Flying Sword, refusing to budge on upgrading the battleship itself.