chapter 16 Never happen next time

the Alice family, the clan hall.

"Brother, news just came that Ethan Knapp, that good-for-nothing, was taken to Juxian Tower by people from the Clark family."

Garrick Alice hurriedly walked into the hall with a smile on his face, "If nothing else, this kid will be punished to death!"

He has a pale face and beardless eyes, and has sinister eyes. He is Drusilla Alice's second uncle.

"A few days ago, he made wild remarks and made Mr. Hadrian Bill Zhengyang very angry. He should have been taught a lesson."

Patriarch Fabian Alice looked calm, "Who would have thought that before we could take action, this kid would offend Orion Clark, a dandy? I have never seen anyone so desperate for death!"

Garrick Alice suddenly frowned and said: "I don't understand something. It's not that Ethan Knapp's cultivation was useless a year ago. Why was he able to defeat Orion Clark and those followers yesterday?"

Fabian Alice shook his head and said: "After all, we were not present at what happened in Juxian Tower yesterday. Just relying on the words of this girl Wen Xue can't prove anything at all."

After a pause, he sneered: "No matter what, I don't believe that a useless person can make any waves!"

Garrick Alice also laughed and said, "I thought so too."

When Ethan Knapp was in the Qinghe Sword Mansion, he had the third level of the Blood Movement Realm's 'Refining Tendon' stage. His swordsmanship was exquisite and unrivaled, and he was regarded as the sword leader of the outer sect.

But due to an accident, his cultivation level disappeared, his energy and blood were weak, and his foundation collapsed. At that time, some big shots from Qinghe Jianfu tried to help, but to no avail.

From that time on, Ethan Knapp became a useless person and was abandoned by Qinghe Jianfu.

This matter was not only known to Fabian Alice and Wen Changqing, but also to everyone in Guangling City.

Under such circumstances, Fabian Alice did not believe that it was possible for Ethan Knapp to practice martial arts again.

"Not to mention this son, at the birthday banquet of the Old Mistress tomorrow, Huang Astaroth Clark, the head of the Huang family, will also come to celebrate his birthday. If you ask him then, you will know the truth about what happened in Juxian Tower."

Fabian Alice said casually.

He was just an insignificant son-in-law, not worthy of their attention at all.

"Speaking of tomorrow's birthday party, Wenqing, are you ready?"

Fabian Alice asked.

Garrick Alice nodded, "Some of the clans and forces that have good relations with our the Alice family have stated that they will definitely come to attend the birthday banquet tomorrow. It's just..."

He hesitated and said in a low voice: "Brother, you also know that in recent years, the situation of our the Alice family has been far worse than before. Among the three major clans in Guangling City, we have been at the bottom. Under such circumstances, we want to It is not easy to invite some important and powerful people to a birthday banquet..."

Fabian Alice suddenly frowned and said, "What went wrong?"

Garrick Alice said bitterly: "It's over there at the City Lord's Mansion."

City Lord's Mansion!

Fabian Alice heart sank and he realized the seriousness of the problem.

Over the years, the power of the Alice family has been declining, and it is not as good as before.

On the contrary, the Clark family and the Dillon family, which are also the three major clans in Guangling City, are prospering and becoming more powerful.

Such a comparison makes the Alice family even more miserable.

Recently, many rumors have appeared in Guangling City, saying that within ten years, the Alice family will be removed from the "three major clans of Guangling"!

This has become a worry for the big shots the Alice family.

Therefore, the eightieth birthday of the old lady of the Wen family was regarded as a top priority by the Alice family.

The purpose is to use this birthday banquet to show off his muscles to the outside world and tell everyone in Guangling City that the Alice family heritage is still there and cannot be slandered!

And the more important figures who come to attend the birthday banquet, the more this will naturally be proven.

In short, it is to invite some big shots to help the Alice family"support the scene"!

In the Alice family's plan, if the city lord "Lysander Edith" can be invited to attend the birthday banquet tomorrow, it will be like inviting a pillar, which can easily support the Alice family's situation.

When the news gets out, who in the world will dare to say that the Alice family is not as good as before?

"If Mr.Edith hadn't come, the big shots who came to attend the birthday banquet would probably think that our the Alice family... can no longer invite the great god Mr.Edith..."

Fabian Alice face darkened little by little.

Immediately, he took a deep breath, stared at Garrick Alice, and said word by word:

"You will go to the City Lord's Mansion later. No matter what, you must ask Mr.Edith to come to the birthday banquet tomorrow!"

Garrick Alice whole body froze, and he muttered with his lips: "Brother, in the past few days, I have personally gone to the City Lord's Mansion three times, and every time I was turned away. I didn't even see the City Lord's face..."

Fabian Alice gritted his teeth and said, "If you go again, if Mr.Edith doesn't agree, you will spend time in the city lord's mansion. I don't believe it. Based on the friendship between our the Alice family and him over the years, he can still refuse."

Garrick Alice nodded with a heavy heart and sighed: "If the Old Mistress was in Yujing City, who in Guangling City would dare to underestimate our the Alice family?"

Fabian Alice was silent, his mind tumbling.

At this time, a retinue hurried over and reported something——

Ethan Knapp returned to the Alice family!

"Are you sure he wasn't hurt at all?"

Garrick Alice couldn't help asking, with a look of astonishment on his face.

The subordinate thought about it seriously and said: "From the outside, it looks unscathed."

Garrick Alice was stunned for a moment, how could this be possible?

Orion Clark was so humiliated, how could the Clark family let Ethan Knapp go so easily?

There must be something fishy in this!

"Brother, what do you think?"

Garrick Alice couldn't help but look at Fabian Alice.

Fabian Alice said impatiently: "Compared with the Old Mistress birthday party tomorrow, whether Ethan Knapp is alive or dead is nothing!"

Garrick Alice was suddenly speechless.

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The afternoon sun passed through the window lattice and cast light spots on the ground.

Ethan Knapp figure was soaked in the wooden barrel, with his eyes closed and breathing in. His clear and clean face was filled with tranquility.

"Starting tomorrow, we will be using a new body tempering prescription."

After a long time, Su Yi took out a long breath. His breath was like an arrow piercing the sky, strong and long, with the faint sound of wind and thunder.

At present, his cultivation has reached the stage of perfecting the "skin refining" level in the early stage of the Blood Moving Realm.

The next level is "refining meat"!

Refining meat means tempering the flesh and blood, tapping and stimulating the potential of the body, and further improving the body's strength.

After cultivating this state to the extreme, your flesh and blood will be as soft as jade when relaxed, and as hard as fine iron when tightened, and can withstand wounds from ordinary weapons!

"When tempering the skin membrane, the medicinal materials consumed in the daily medicinal bath are worth five hundred taels."

"But if I am tempering flesh and blood, I will consume about one thousand five hundred taels worth of medicinal materials every day. Only in this way can I cooperate with the Songhe body training technique to temper the most powerful flesh and blood power..."

Ethan Knapp got up from the barrel, put on his clothes, and sat in front of the window, meditating.

It has only been six days since he started practicing again. Although he has reached the stage of perfecting the skin refining stage in one fell swoop, he has also spent a full three thousand taels of silver!

Now, the 10,000 taels of silver that Sabrina had given as a gift only had 7,000 taels left.

According to Ethan Knapp estimation, if he starts practicing at the meat refining level, these 7,000 taels of silver can only last for four or five days!

Ordinary people simply cannot afford such staggering expenses.

"Take the time to go to Yuncang Mountain for a walk. If you can find some elixirs, that would be even better."

Ethan Knapp thought in his heart,

Miraculous medicines are different from ordinary medicinal herbs. They are produced by bathing in spiritual energy.

In the wilderness of Kyushu, apart from those "Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures" level elixirs, other elixirs of various grades can be easily purchased.

But in the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, not to mention the treasures of heaven and earth, even ordinary elixirs can be called "rare". Each one is extremely precious and cannot be exchanged for a thousand pieces of gold.

To Ethan Knapp, this was nothing.

In the blood-moving realm, even if there is no magic medicine, ordinary medicinal materials can be used instead. It will only cost more time and money.

After a while, Ethan Knapp stood up, came to the courtyard, and began to practice the Songhe Bodybuilding Technique as before.

The way of cultivation is inherently boring and difficult. Those who can persevere must have great perseverance and courage.

Only in this way can it be accomplished!

What's more, if you want to surpass yourself in the previous life, you must not slack off at all.

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The next morning.

Before dawn, everyone in the Alice family was busy.

Today is the Old Mistress eightieth birthday, and there will be many big figures coming. This matter has already spread throughout Guangling City, attracting a lot of attention, and no one dares to neglect it.

But all this excitement has nothing to do with Ethan Knapp.

In the Alice family, he was just an insignificant son-in-law.

While others were busy, he had already walked out of the house as he had done in the past days, walked leisurely outside the city, and walked along the Dacang River.

From a distance, Ethan Knapp saw two figures waiting near the mulberry forest.

It was Kendrick Carter and Sabrina.

"I've met Mr.Knapp!"

When he saw Ethan Knapp, Kendrick Carter perked up and stepped forward with a big smile, bowing his hands in greeting.

Compared to when they first met, he looked much better.

"Sabrina has met Mr.Knapp!"

Sabrina stepped forward with a respectful expression.

Today she is wearing an aqua dress, her skin is as good as snow, her willow eyebrows and apricot eyes are bright and beautiful, and her grace is outstanding.

"You two must already know my identity, don't you have any doubt?"

Ethan Knapp said with great interest.

Kendrick Carter said solemnly: "Worldly people often like to judge people by their appearance and their status. Little do they know that beings like Mr.Knapp are the real masters!"

Ethan Knapp smiled and shook his head, "No need to say polite words."

Sabrina hesitated for a moment, and then said apologetically: "Mr.Knapp, I sent people to find out your identity before, and also asked people to pay attention to your movements secretly, but I dare to swear to God that I never have any other ideas. If I offend you, I hope to make atonement."

As she spoke, she lowered her head and bowed in greeting.

"It won't happen again."

Ethan Knapp nodded.

Sabrina secretly breathed a sigh of relief and then dared to straighten up.

"Mr.Knapp, look at my injuries..."

Kendrick Carter couldn't help but speak.

"Wait a moment. After I practice, I will heal your injuries."

As Ethan Knapp spoke, he came straight to an open space in the mulberry forest. He held his breath and relaxed his mind, and slowly performed the Songhe Bodybuilding Technique.

He didn't even notice that there were two other eyes watching him in the area next to him.

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