Legend of Wyatt-Chapter 1498: The Headquarters of the Nine Sects Alliance

Chapter 1498: Chapter 1498: The Headquarters of the Nine Sects Alliance

"No! No!"

Upon hearing Wyatt Barnes’ threat, Leslie Howard quickly shook his head. At this moment, there was no trace of his previous arrogance.

Now, he looked like a startled sparrow.

After removing his ghost-faced mask, Leslie’s pale and colorless face was revealed, his eyes filled with lingering terror that refused to fade.

"Here... here you go."

After canceling the ownership recognition of the storage ring in his hand, Leslie obediently handed it over to Wyatt, cooperating without resistance.

Of course, behind this cooperation, his heart was bleeding.

Originally, he had believed that he would take possession of Wyatt’s storage ring. Unexpectedly, in the end, Wyatt almost extorted his storage ring instead, and Leslie had no way to refuse.

Or more accurately, he dared not refuse.

He thought of Grandfather Mountain, a Second Elder of the Howard Family, who had perished at Wyatt’s hands, and Leslie couldn’t muster any thoughts of resistance.

"Let’s go!"

Wyatt raised a hand, gripping Leslie’s arm tightly like an iron clamp, dragging him away from the waste-filled mound back toward the earlier turning point.

Then, Wyatt led Leslie on a journey northward.

"You... you’re part of the Alliance of Nine Sects?"

Realizing that Wyatt was leading him closer and closer to the headquarters of the Alliance of Nine Sects, Leslie’s voice trembled from fear.

"Earlier today, when I visited the Howard Family, weren’t you acting tough? How is it that now you’ve become so cowardly? I must say, it feels very unnatural,"

Wyatt casually glanced at Leslie and said.

His words made Leslie’s face turn red with shame, though he had no reply.

Only after a while did Leslie manage to stammer, "What... what are you planning? What are you going to do? You promised... you wouldn’t kill me. You mustn’t go back on your word!"

Leslie was panicked—utterly panicked.

Although he had realized earlier, upon learning that Wyatt had killed Koen Howard using a three-star Taoist Talisman, that Wyatt’s background must be extraordinarily immense, that had just been mere speculation and wasn’t necessarily true.

Maybe Wyatt had encountered some incredible fortune, acquiring treasures left behind by a powerful figure, with the three-star Taoist Talisman being among them.

However, now that he realized Wyatt might truly be part of the Alliance of Nine Sects, Leslie’s last shred of hope was utterly extinguished.

Deep down, he knew that if Wyatt was indeed affiliated with the Alliance of Nine Sects, then even if Wyatt killed him, the Howard Family behind Leslie wouldn’t dare utter a single complaint.

For Wyatt, killing him would be as simple as slaughtering a chicken—with no need for any hesitation.

Realizing that his life was entirely in Wyatt’s hands, Leslie was terrified—truly terrified.

"I promised not to kill you, and naturally I won’t kill you."

Wyatt shot Leslie a disdainful glance, secretly noting that if it weren’t for the fact that this guy still held some value, Wyatt wouldn’t have spared his life.

Hearing Wyatt’s declaration, Leslie breathed a sigh of relief.

Though he suspected Wyatt intended to use him for some purpose, Leslie refrained from thinking too much about it. For him, staying alive was all that mattered.

So long as he remained alive, he’d do whatever was necessary.

Because once a person dies, everything is gone—completely erased from existence, vanished like smoke.

The headquarters of the Alliance of Nine Sects occupied a vast area in the northern part of Thames River City.

Within this large area, it was divided into nine smaller districts, each belonging to the headquarters of one of the nine sects in the Alliance of Nine Sects.

Just as Wyatt arrived outside the gates of the Alliance of Nine Sects’ headquarters, he was stopped.

"Who are you? What business do you have coming to the headquarters of the Alliance of Nine Sects at such a late hour?"

At the brightly lit gates of the headquarters, eighteen guards stood—nine on each side. One of them gazed sharply at Wyatt, frowning as he asked.

"I am a disciple of the Moon Radiance Sect,"

Wyatt said. Coming to the headquarters of the Alliance of Nine Sects, it was necessary to make one’s sect known; otherwise, entry was impossible.

"Moon Radiance Sect?"

Upon hearing Wyatt’s words, Leslie, who had been held up in Wyatt’s hand, had his pupils constrict, and his face turned pale with horror. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com

At this moment, Leslie finally realized Wyatt’s real identity.

So Wyatt Barnes was a member of the Moon Radiance Sect!

But unfortunately, now that Leslie knew, it was already too late.

"A member of the Moon Radiance Sect?"

Upon hearing Wyatt’s words, the frowning middle-aged man seemed to relax his expression.

Then, he looked toward two specific individuals among the eighteen guards, "Dante Mullins, Boden Mullins, since he claims to belong to your Moon Radiance Sect, you two shall verify his identity."

The two, named Dante Mullins and Boden Mullins, one youthful and the other middle-aged, both nodded and approached Wyatt.

"You say you’re a disciple of our Moon Radiance Sect? Do you have your sect token?"

Boden looked at Wyatt courteously and asked.

Although Wyatt appeared very young, Boden’s seasoned experience in the outside world allowed him to discern Wyatt’s extraordinary presence. Even as a Moon Radiance Sect disciple, Wyatt was far from ordinary.

"Yes,"

Wyatt nodded, taking out a token and handing it to Boden. It was the identity token of a Moon Radiance Sect outer sect disciple.

"The token checks out... but you’re an outer sect disciple?"

After verifying the token, Boden returned it to Wyatt, clearly surprised as he asked.

"Wyatt Barnes greets Senior Brother Boden Mullins and Senior Brother Dante Mullins,"

Wyatt casually threw Leslie onto the ground like a piece of trash, slightly bowing as he greeted Boden and Dante.

From the identity tokens on their waists, Wyatt could tell they were both inner sect disciples of the Moon Radiance Sect.

But Wyatt’s words left Boden and Dante absolutely stunned.

"Wyatt Barnes? Outer sect disciple of the Moon Radiance Sect?"

Meanwhile, the other sixteen guards immediately shifted their gazes to Wyatt, as if he were emitting some irresistible allure.

"What’s going on?"

Wyatt was dumbfounded.

"You... you’re Wyatt Barnes?!"

At that moment, Leslie, who had been lazily dumped on the ground by Wyatt, stared at him as though seeing a ghost, seemingly recognizing him anew.

"You know me too?"

Hearing Leslie’s words, Wyatt frowned. Was he really that famous?

"Junior Brother Barnes, do you not yet realize that you’re nearly a household name across the entire Alliance of Nine Sects region?"

At this point, Boden finally came back to his senses, flashing a bitter smile as he responded to Wyatt’s query to Leslie.

"Nearly a household name across the entire Alliance of Nine Sects region?"

Wyatt was shocked.

"Since shortly after entering the sect, when you killed Sail Fenning, ranked ninety-ninth on the Earth List, and took his place, your reputation has begun to spread within the Alliance of Nine Sects region,"

Boden remarked.

"Then, when you defeated Center Montes, ranked sixty-sixth, and ascended to sixty-sixth, your brilliance astounded the entire Alliance of Nine Sects region! Nowadays, in the region, nearly everyone except those in remote areas or isolated from news has heard of you."

Boden continued to explain.

Wyatt finally understood; the cause of all this renown was the Earth List.

Realizing this, Wyatt looked relieved.

As he recalled, the Earth List was a ranking across the Alliance of Nine Sects region, encompassing the most exceptional Transcending Mortal Realm peak experts.

Regarding the Earth List, Wyatt’s fame spreading throughout the region no longer seemed implausible.

At first, Wyatt was unaware of this because he hadn’t thought in these terms.

Now, he realized that unwittingly, he had already become a well-known figure in the region of the Alliance of Nine Sects.

Those ranked on the Earth List, though merely Transcending Mortal Realm Martial or Taoist Cultivators, stood as the pinnacle in their domain at that level.

"What’s most noteworthy is that you, Junior Brother Barnes, are merely a Small Perfection Martial Artist in the Transcending Mortal Realm... a Small Perfection Martial Artist making it to sixty-sixth on the Earth List—that has never happened in the history of the Earth List,"

Dante remarked with admiration.

"That’s Wyatt Barnes?"

"He looks really young."

"They say he’s only thirty-five years old... Thirty-five, ranked sixty-sixth on the Earth List. His strength and talent are undeniable."

"Word has it he’s merely a Small Perfection Martial Artist in the Transcending Mortal Realm... is that even possible?"

"I highly doubt it. Ten to one, this is probably a gimmick cooked up by the Moon Radiance Sect just to attract attention."

...

The sixteen guards began discussing in whispers.

Their words reflected their skepticism that Wyatt could achieve rank sixty-six on the Earth List with the cultivation level of Small Perfection.

"There’s even talk that Wyatt Barnes was informally taken as a disciple by Elder Trevor Baillie of the Moon Radiance Sect, who recognized him as a younger brother... now that’s something truly astonishing,"

"That news seems credible since it came directly from the Moon Radiance Sect."

"Indeed, anything involving Elder Trevor Baillie wouldn’t dare be made up."

"Regardless, just this alone is cause enough to avoid offending Wyatt Barnes... offending him would be tantamount to offending Elder Trevor Baillie."

...

As their discussion reached this point, the sixteen men gazing at Wyatt now showed unmistakable signs of fear.

Meanwhile, Leslie, still sitting stunned on the ground after learning the identity of the man he had been scheming against, was left completely petrified.

Wyatt Barnes, ranked sixty-sixth on the Earth List, an outstanding outer sect disciple of the Moon Radiance Sect.

If it had been only this, Leslie might have managed to calm down.

What truly terrified him, though, was Wyatt’s *status.*

Wyatt Barnes was recognized as the younger brother of Trevor Baillie, the Moon Radiance Sect’s esteemed three-star Saint Markings Master!

A three-star Saint Markings Master—there were only a handful in the entire region of the Alliance of Nine Sects!

"No wonder... no wonder his sacred artifacts had so many ’three-star Saint Markings’! As Trevor Baillie’s younger brother, he certainly wouldn’t lack for three-star Saint Markings,"

In that moment, Leslie pieced together many things.

However, coming to these realizations now changed nothing—it was all too late.

"Junior Brother Barnes, who might this be?"

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Wyatt, Boden glanced at Leslie, seated on the ground, and asked Wyatt.