After delivering his dramatic speech, Xenon left the auction house, which now showed significant damage.
He left as if nothing had happened.
The people were left in a daze...
"Xenon Invictus..." Karina muttered.
"Father, is he from a noble family or the imperial family?" Karina asked her father.
"No..." Narhan Patriarch stopped himself from answering when he saw the actions of the Milton Clan Patriarch and Ralton.
The Milton Patriarch began to move like a worm, giggling as he squirmed, then resumed his worm-like movements.
Everyone was stunned. They couldn't believe what the Milton Patriarch was doing. The Patriarch of the second most powerful clan in Stone City, a Martial Apprentice Stage 8, was reduced to this.
The Milton Patriarch's actions grew more bizarre as he began eating pieces of wood. After consuming some, he started doing push-ups using one arm.
As people watched in horror, the Milton Patriarch himself was equally horrified. Though he could see what his body was doing, he couldn't control it—he could only watch.
If that wasn't bizarre enough, Ralton, the Custodian of the Lotus Auction House, began performing backflips!
He was now exiting the auction house, not by walking or running, but by continuously doing backflips!
The incident at the Lotus Auction House spread like wildfire across Stone City and beyond to other cities.
The event was truly shocking, and Xenon's name quickly became known as that of a mysterious young master.
Inside the Milton Clan compound, there was turmoil over what had happened to their Patriarch.
The Milton Patriarch, still outside, was now dancing. His clan couldn't approach him, as he would attack anyone who came too close, even his own clan members.
At the Lotus Auction House, Ralton continued to perform backflips, likely having done over 11,000 by now. If there were a backflip record in this world, he would probably be ranked number one, and he might now be the person who has performed the most backflips in the entire Tripeak Continent.
His servants had already contacted the Lotus Temple for help and to report what had happened. They were sure to send someone after Xenon because, due to him, the reputation of both the Lotus Auction House and the Lotus Temple had been severely damaged.
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[Host, you gained a total of 12,300 Hate Points.]
[You now have a total of 16,023 Hate Points.]
Xenon and his three subordinates were now deep in the forest. Xenon didn't stay in Stone City because he knew the Lotus Pavilion would send someone to investigate what had happened.
However, Xenon wasn't afraid. He had accumulated enough hate points to summon a Martial Warrior Subordinate. The main reason he left Stone City was that he had nothing more to do there.
He decided to venture into the deep forest because the spiritual energy there was strong. With the help of various spiritual fruits, he planned to reach Martial Apprentice Stage 4. Once he achieved that, he would decide on his next course of action. But Xenon already had two locations in mind: Hound Forest or Tazar City.
Tazar City was no ordinary city.
If ranked from small, medium, to large, Stone City would be considered a medium-sized city. However, Tazar City was the largest city in the entire Low Peak Mountain.
Tazar City was not under the jurisdiction of the Blue Water Empire or any powerful temples. They had their own powers.
The reason Tazar City was the largest was that it was home to the Tazar Academy, located at the center of the city. The academy was the heart of all scholars in the Low Peak Mountain region.