Female Novel
Chapter 625
Chapter 625 Power Struggle
Meanwhile, Joshua was reading an ancient manuscript in the garden of his mansion in Zedfield,Yaleview. As he was reading, a young man slowly approached, holding a tray with a teacup and ateapot. “Commander, here’s your tea. It’s quality tea that arrived today. Please try it.”
“Okay.” Joshua leaned against his chair and nodded slightly. He put away the ancient manuscript in hishand and looked at the teapot and teacup on the table. Picking up the teacup and lifting the lid, heasked with a smile, “John, how long have you been working with me?”
The young man hurriedly bowed and replied, “Almost one and a half years, Commander.” “One and ahalf years, huh?” Joshua picked up the teacup and blew on the tea leaves floating in the teacup. “Now,that’s a long time.”
Just as he put the teacup beside his mouth, he stopped and looked at John. “Why? Is the weather veryhot today?”
“No. Maybe it’s my clothes. I might have tied them up too tight, so I feel a little suffocated.”
Joshua nodded in response, but after a sigh, he put down the teacup on the table. “John, do you knowwhy you’re the only one who managed to work with me for over half a year?”
“W-Well…” John looked at Joshua hesitatingly, and words eluded him. Joshua pointed to the seatopposite him and said, “Come. Have a seat. There’s nothing to be nervous about.”
“I wouldn’t dare, Commander.” John was visibly panicking. “Commander, did I do something wrong?Please tell me what I did wrong, and I’ll make it right this instance!”
“Just sit down. Don’t worry about it.” Joshua gestured to John with a smile on his face. AlthoughJoshua was far away, John could feel as if he was pressing on his shoulders, forcing him to sit down.
It’s the force field of a Grandmaster! How is this even possible? John widened his eyes in shock at thissight and stared right at Joshua. Sitting on the chair, John exclaimed, “Commander, y-you are—”
“A cultivator? I’ve always been one.” Joshua smiled. “John, let me talk to you about something from thebottom of my heart.”
With his spiritual energy wrapped around John, he restricted John’s movements and said, “Sitting in myplace I’m at right now is very tiring. You have to worry about the threat Asura’s Office poses and theinternal conflicts caused by the eight respectable families. Then there’s Wilbur, the man I trained sohard only to have him become a traitor.
Yaleview has become a dangerous place for me now. I dared not give anyone the chance to get nearme, so I had to replace the people around me from time to time. I fear they would learn about my habitsand exploit them if they stayed around me for too long. I’m worried that they would be bribed intobetraying me. I’m drained.”
As he said that, he reached out for the teacup and swirled it in his hand. “John, you’re the person I trusthe most. I’ve also treated you nicely when you served me, so why don’t you entertain me for a bitbecause I can’t understand the reason for your betrayal?”
“I-I didn’t. Commander, please let me explain.” John panicked, as he was being pressed onto the chairby Joshua’s spiritual energy.
Ever since he was transferred to Joshua’s side, John had witnessed three assassination attempts onJoshua, with the third assassination being the most severe case. The assassin’s blade was alreadydangling on Joshua’s neck, yet he did not unleash his spiritual energy.novelbin
Joshua had shown no sign of panic or nervousness, so everyone thought he was a man of sheer willwith a strong mind.
They, too, did not think that Joshua was a cultivator. A cultivator might be able to conceal the spiritualenergy fluctuations in him for some time through techniques, but he could not maintain it forever. Afterall, a cultivator had to breathe and cultivate throughout the years. Even if he did not intend to cultivate,his presence would still draw spiritual energy to him. Hence, there was no way Joshua could concealthe fact that he was a cultivator.
However, it was the same man who had pulled off an incredible move.
“I could tell that your heart skipped a beat the moment you entered the garden.” Joshua smiled. “Whois it? Is it Wilbur? I think it is. He’s the only one in Yaleview who can make you betray me.”
“Commander, please. I can explain. I wasn’t thinking—”
Before he could finish, the tea on the table turned into a stream of water rushing toward John. The cupof tea was supposed to be poisonous, but it did not matter much to Joshua anymore.
The stream of water made its way into John’s nose and entered his lungs under Joshua’s control.John’s eyes widened, and his face was swollen. He was in great pain.
The water blocking his windpipe made him cough, but Joshua waved his hands as soon as Johnopened his mouth, unleashing another wave of spiritual energy that sealed John’s nose and mouthand, alongside that, the final opportunity for John’s survival.
As he was being choked to death, John clenched his hands firmly around the armrest. His bodystiffened, and the process lasted for two minutes until Joshua heaved a sigh and dispersed his energy.
Looking at his lifeless subordinate, Joshua picked up his ancient manuscript and looked outside thegarden. “Since you’re here, why don’t you show yourself? Do you expect me to welcome youpersonally?”
Nothing could be heard around the surroundings except for the howling of the wind. “Weapon.” Joshuaflipped the ancient manuscript open and heaved a sigh. He reached his hand into the manuscript andpulled out a longbow.
With his left hand grabbing onto the bow firmly, he slowly pulled the bowstring with his other hand.
As he channeled his spiritual energy, an arrow took form in his hand. It looked as if it was made of ice.From afar, the arrow looked real but also nonexistent at the same time.
His eyes cold, Joshua let go of his right hand, and the arrow made of spiritual energy vanished into thinair.
Following the vanishing of the arrow, the pillar to the entrance of the garden exploded and shatteredinto pieces. At the same time, Wilbur threw a jet-black dagger.
“Break!” Wilbur muttered to himself, and the dagger struck the arrow. After coming in contact with thearrow, the dagger flew right back into Wilbur’s hand while the arrow shattered into pieces and fell intothe pond beside them.
The explosion of spiritual energy caused a mist to form around the surrounding. Wilbur’s face that wasfilled with bloodlust twitched.
“The advanced phase of God Realm? Hah, you’re good at keeping secrets, aren’t you? Everyone,listen up. Whoever kills him will take over my position as the commander of the Yaleview Army!Charge!”
As Wilbur gave out his order, the spiritual energy of at least thirty Grandmaster Realm cultivator burstinto the sky, aiming straight at Joshua who was in the garden.
Beside Wilbur sat a woman who was occupied with her phone.
“So Joshua is now in the advanced phase of God Realm after keeping a low profile for ten years.You’re sending your men to their demise,” the woman said absentmindedly as she stared at theinformation of the stock market on her phone.
Hearing this, Wilbur turned around and said, “Eva, I, for one, am very interested in the power of theSalladay family. Why don’t you take this chance and show me your prowess?”
Eva raised her head, a disdainful look on her face. “Wilbur, you’d better get your mind straight. We’renot working with you. I’m here to evaluate your capabilities. We’ll only talk business with you if youmanage to kill Joshua. If you fail, however, you will, in turn, be worthless to us.”
Wilbur snorted at her words. He swung his dagger as he marched into the garden. “Then you’d betterprepare yourselves. We’ll talk business after I take Joshua down.”