The Secretly Rich Man

“However, when you realized that the Weirs had challenged me to a duel, you changed your plans. Since there was a chance that I wouldn’t agree to join forces with you, you made a formation and had those three draw me over so that you could subdue me. Following that, you were planning to learn the secret techniques from me, correct?” interrupted Gerald.

Nodding in response, Saint Darkwind then sighed before replying, “Truly a sharp one… That’s exactly how l imagined things to be! I thought that my plan was perfect, too. After all, though your cultivation and martial arts were exceptional, there should’ve been no way for you to use your powers within my formation! Never did I imagine that you’d be able to destroy my formation that easily! You truly are a master of formations!”

“Your formation is good, I’ll give you that much. Had it not been for my knowledge of formations and the fact that I had mastered the Velement Method’s Great Transportation, I would’ve surely died to your formation earlier!” said Gerald.

“Alas, it was my mistake for not considering that! Now that everything’s gone wrong, all I can do is die regretfully!” wailed Saint Darkwind.

scrape my cultivation off instead of killing me earlier. It’s because of that that you’re still alive, you know? Had you actually attempted to kill me, I’d

“It’s a long story, though I have two main reasons. The first is well, to get stronger, of course. As for the second… You may not believe me, but it’s for the sake of the cultivation realm… I’m sure you already know that after becoming a Domiensch Master, one has to leave a lineage in the secular world. It’s only natural. That aside, when I returned to the secular world a few decades ago, I realized that all my descendants had disappeared. After some digging around, I found that they had all been murdered! Even worse was the fact that

‘Bloodline spiritual essence…’

Walter had given him. Essentially, bloodline spiritual essence was a special spiritual essence formed when a

could cultivate since their descendants were strong cultivators like Ryder, Saint Darkwind, and Lyndon who had all acquired holy bodies. Due to that, they were able

this category. While they had managed to enter the cultivation realm, they weren’t true cultivators since they could only use their essential qi and hadn’t acquired holy bodies. Another example would be the Weir brothers. Though they could use their essential qi and even combine their power to use techniques such as the Thunder

prompted to say, “All of them got