"However, even if Brother Augustine and Hall Master Watson have mastered this ’secret technique’, thereby preventing the exposure of my ’background’... it’s only a temporary fix!" "With Russel Yorke’s status and position, as long as he utilizes the intelligence network of the Northern Primal Sect to investigate my ’background’, tracing it to the Lower Domain, or even to the Mansion of Azure Clouds, is only a matter of time." With this thought, Wyatt Barnes’ expression suddenly became extremely solemn. "I must further strengthen myself before Russel Yorke traces to the Lower Domain! At the very least, I need to have the strength to kill Russel Yorke before then... Russel Yorke is ranked one hundred and forty-sixth on the ’Extreme Saint Ranking’ as a ’Saint Immortal Realm expert’." "His cultivation is definitely not just as simple as ’First Variation of the Saint Immortal’, ’Second Variation of the Saint Immortal’, or even ’Third Variation of the Saint Immortal’!" The ’Extreme Saint Ranking’, as a supreme list that gathers a multitude of top experts from the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land! Until now, Wyatt Barnes had been in the Fire Worship Sect’s Black Tortoise Altar for quite some time and had learned something unknown from some disciples of the Black Tortoise Altar. From the one hundredth to the two hundredth rank on the ’Extreme Saint Ranking’, within this range, the hundred experts are said to be all ’Third Variation of the Saint Immortal’ in strength, while the stronger ones are ’Fourth Variation of the Saint Immortal’ in strength! Up to now, Wyatt Barnes had interacted with four experts ranked within the top two hundred of the ’Extreme Saint Ranking’. Among them, the most highly ranked was the First Silver Flame Elder of the Black Tortoise Altar, Maximus Lee! Maximus Lee is ranked one hundred and thirty-ninth on the ’Extreme Saint Ranking’. Next is the Silver Flame Elder and Law Enforcement Elder of the Black Tortoise Altar, Abraham Clifford! Abraham Clifford is ranked one hundred and forty-second on the ’Extreme Saint Ranking’, not much different from Maximus Lee. Then, there’s the Fifth Elder of the Northern Primal Sect met today, Russel Yorke! Russel Yorke is ranked one hundred and forty-sixth on the ’Extreme Saint Ranking’. Lastly, there’s the Silver Flame Elder of the Black Tortoise Altar, Charles Thorn! Charles Thorn is ranked one hundred and seventy-third on the ’Extreme Saint Ranking’. From this, it can be seen that the strengths of Maximus Lee, Abraham Clifford, and Russel Yorke are similar, while Charles Thorn’s strength is comparatively weaker. "To kill Russel Yorke, at least one needs to have ’Saint Immortal Realm’ strength... My current cultivation is just the ’Human Saint Realm’, far from the ’Saint Immortal Realm’!" "It seems... I need to find a chance to further swallow others’ innate roots and strengthen my own innate roots!" Thıs text ıs hosted at 𝗇𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗅•𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝗇𝖾𝗍 "As long as my innate roots evolve into ’purple roots’, plus the assistance of the fourth layer’s time flow in the Jewel Tower, even breaking through to the ’Saint Immortal Realm’ won’t take long!" At this moment, Wyatt Barnes only held one thought in his mind: He must have the strength to kill Russel Yorke before the Northern Primal Sect’s Fifth Elder ’Russel Yorke’ traces his background, or else his friends and family in the Lower Domain will be in danger. If his father, mother, wife, children, and other relatives and friends come to any harm because of him, he will never forgive himself for the rest of his life! At this moment, Wyatt Barnes desperately longed to possess overwhelming strength! "Let’s go find Hall Master Watson first!" Calming down afterward, Wyatt Barnes left the Black Tortoise Altar disciples’ residence and departed from the Black Tortoise Altar, heading northeast towards the ’Vermilion Bird Altar’. The Fire Worship Sect’s residence is divided into two regions: One is the ’Holy Land’, and the other is the ’Four Symbols Altar’. The former is surrounded by the latter. The Four Symbols Altar includes four altars: the ’Azure Dragon Altar’ is west of the Holy Land, the ’White Tiger Altar’ is east of the Holy Land, the ’Vermilion Bird Altar’ is north of the Holy Land, and the ’Black Tortoise Altar’ is south of the Holy Land. Western Azure Dragon! Northern Vermilion Bird! Southern Black Tortoise! This refers to the ’Four Symbols Altar’ of the Fire Worship Sect. Wyatt Barnes chose to find Oliver Watson first precisely because Oliver Watson’s ’White Tiger Altar’ is closest to his ’Black Tortoise Altar’. Although it’s relatively close to directly traverse the Fire Worship Sect’s Holy Land and head north to the ’Vermilion Bird Altar’, there is a clear rule in the Fire Worship Sect that non-Holy Land disciples are not allowed to enter the ’Holy Land’, otherwise they will face severe punishment! Therefore, if Wyatt Barnes wanted to go to the Vermilion Bird Altar, he had to honestly take a detour. And this detour either passes through the Azure Dragon Altar or the White Tiger Altar. Wyatt Barnes also needed to find Oliver Watson, so naturally, he chose to detour through the White Tiger Altar. Occasionally, disciples from the various altars in the Fire Worship Sect’s Four Symbols Altar interact, so Wyatt Barnes appearing at the ’White Tiger Altar’ did not particularly draw attention from its disciples. Upon entering the White Tiger Altar area, Wyatt Barnes first arrived near the ’central altar’ of the White Tiger Altar. Of course, he could only get close. The central altar of the White Tiger Altar does not allow disciples from the other three altars to approach, because it hosts a giant white tiger statue that contains an altar-stabilizing divine ability meant for White Tiger Altar disciples to comprehend—a high-level offensive divine ability! If disciples from the other three altars dare approach, even without extending their Divine Sense into the white tiger statue to comprehend the divine ability, they will be immediately expelled from the Fire Worship Sect! If someone comprehends it, they’ll be executed by the Fire Worship Sect! "It’s said that around the central altars of each of the Four Symbols altars, there is a formation to shield Divine Sense, designed to prevent non-White Tiger Altar disciples from accessing the forbidden knowledge within the White Tiger Altar’s sacred divine ability..." While internally musing, Wyatt Barnes’s Divine Sense extended outward. When approaching the central altar of the White Tiger Altar, he was met with obstruction, unable to advance further. "Indeed, there is a formation! Unless I enter the central altar area of the White Tiger Altar, my Divine Sense can’t penetrate inside, let alone comprehend the divine ability documented inside the White Tiger statue." After verifying, Wyatt Barnes promptly retracted his Divine Sense. Meanwhile, Wyatt noticed a White Tiger Altar disciple stepping out from the central altar and heading towards him. Immediately, he stepped forward to block the other’s path, very politely and courteously asking, "Brother, where is the residence of the White Tiger Altar disciples? I have a friend who is a disciple of the White Tiger Altar; I need to meet him." This White Tiger Altar disciple was wearing a white robe similar to his own, and it was embroidered with pale grey flames. The only difference from his own robe was the insignia—a majestic ’huge tiger’ on the other’s garment, compared to the ’huge tortoise’ on his own. Clearly illustrating the distinction between ’attire exclusive to White Tiger Altar disciples’ and ’attire exclusive to Black Tortoise Altar disciples’. "Our White Tiger Altar disciples reside in the southern area of our altar’s premises. Since you’re a Black Tortoise Altar disciple, you must have come from the direction of the Black Tortoise Altar... You should have already passed by that area." The White Tiger Altar disciple pointed behind Wyatt Barnes and said, "I’m heading to the residence now, you may go with me." "Thank you, brother!" Wyatt Barnes promptly expressed his gratitude. "And your name, junior brother?" During the journey, the White Tiger Altar disciple initiated conversation to break the silent atmosphere, asking. Wyatt Barnes replied with a smile, while politely asking, "What’s your name, brother?" "My name is ’Kori Willow’." The White Tiger Altar disciple named ’Kori Willow’ paused, as if recalling something, and murmured, "Wyatt Barnes... This name sounds familiar somehow?" "Wyatt Barnes, Black Tortoise Altar..." Suddenly, Kori Willow glanced at Wyatt Barnes, and said in shock, "You’re the defiant ’Wyatt Barnes’ of the Black Tortoise Altar?" Wyatt Barnes was startled and then asked, "Brother Kori Willow, are you sure you’ve got the right person?" "How many ’Wyatt Barnes’ are there in your Black Tortoise Altar?" Kori Willow asked again. "I just arrived at the Black Tortoise Altar not long ago, and I haven’t met many people there, so I don’t know if there are others with the same name." Wyatt Barnes shook his head and said. "You, just arrived at the Black Tortoise Altar not long ago? From what I know, the defiant ’Wyatt Barnes’ of the Black Tortoise Altar also arrived not long ago, part of the latest batch to pass the examination and enter the Black Tortoise Altar!" Kori Willow’s gaze sharpened and held firm on Wyatt Barnes. Wyatt Barnes suddenly realized, then said with a bitter smile, "If the Wyatt Barnes you mentioned, Brother Kori Willow, is part of the latest batch that passed the examination and entered the Black Tortoise Altar... then I suppose I am the ’defiant’ one you’re talking about." "You’re really that ’defiant’ one?" Kori Willow said in surprise, "From what I know, you had a conflict with the first Silver Flame Elder of the Black Tortoise Altar, ’Maximus Lee’, soon after arriving... Ten days ago, you even killed a Martial Dao prodigy with an ’Azure Spiritual Root’ who was about to become Maximus Lee’s personal disciple!" "From what I know, you defeated that Martial Dao prodigy, whose cultivation had reached the ’Earth Saint Realm peak’, with your cultivation at the ’Earth Saint Realm beginner stage’!" Kori Willow stated, looking at Wyatt Barnes. Wyatt Barnes humbly shook his head, while internally surprised at how news about him had already spread to the ’White Tiger Altar’. "You don’t need to be modest," Kori Willow shook his head and continued, "Although your impressive strength is surprising... what I admire most is how you dared to provoke Elder Maximus Lee so soon after arriving at the Black Tortoise Altar..." "Never mind that my cultivation is only at the ’Heavenly Saint Realm late stage’, even if I reached the ’Heavenly Saint Realm peak’, or even ’Saint Immortal Realm’, I wouldn’t dare to provoke Elder Maximus Lee lightly! Let alone kill his potential personal disciple." "Regarding that, I, Kori Willow, truly admire you!" Concluding his statement, Kori Willow gave Wyatt Barnes a thumbs-up. Listening to Kori Willow and observing his gesture, Wyatt Barnes felt speechless but also surprised at Kori Willow’s level of cultivation. He hadn’t expected that while merely asking for directions, he’d encounter a ’Heavenly Saint Realm late stage’ disciple of the White Tiger Altar! "Brother Kori Willow, from what I know, disciples in the Heavenly Saint Realm late stage from the Four Symbols altars can participate in the Holy Land examination to become ’Holy Land disciples’... Why are you still at the White Tiger Altar?" Wyatt Barnes inquired curiously.